Records access and management

• US 10,078,728 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2016
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eIngot LLC
• Original Assignee: eIngot LLC
• Inventors: Raduchel, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tran N
• Application Number:
  US15/273,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20170011172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 705 3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys

Abstract

An electronic device for aggregating electronic medical records, in which electronic medical records are aggregated from multiple electronic repositories and displayed as a single set of records. The multiple electronic repositories may store records for a particular patient using varying identifying/access information to facilitate anonymous access to the electronic medical records. Emergency medical services providers may be able to access medical records for a patient using the electronic device after being authenticated as a valid/licensed medical services provider.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for transmitting an electronic medical record to a medical provider record system, the method comprising:

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a communication device, a request for an electronic medical record associated with a user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the communication device, the request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the communication device, the electronic medical record in response to the communication device receiving the request and authenticating the request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the communication device authenticating the request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the communication device and from the request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the communication device, the request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

based on the request being authenticated, establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the electronic medical record to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting the electronic medical record from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is associated with a user identity and the electronic medical record is associated with a record identifier such that the user identity associated with the user is not identified by the record identifier associated with the electronic medical record.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user identity associated with the user does not identify a name of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical provider record system is associated with a pharmacy, and the electronic medical record includes prescription information, the medical provider record system transmitting the request for the medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the electronic medical record to the medical provider record system upon the wireless device being disposed proximate to the pharmacy.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

enabling delivery and printing of the prescription information included in the electronic medical record upon receipt of the request for the medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the electronic medical record to the medical provider record system.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the wireless device, a message including a resource for enabling the wireless device to install the medical record application;

receiving, by the wireless device, user input indicating a selection of the resource for enabling the wireless device to install the medical record application; and

based on receiving the user input indicating the selection of the resource for enabling the wireless device to install the medical record application, installing the medical record application on the wireless device using the resource for enabling the wireless device to install the medical record application.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising:

based at least on installing the medical record application on the wireless device, receiving, by the wireless device, one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) that each correspond to an electronic medical record associated with the user; and

storing, by the wireless device, the one or more URLs that each correspond to an electronic medical record associated with the user at the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the wireless device, authentication information corresponding to the user;

submitting, by the wireless device, the authentication information corresponding to the user for authentication;

receiving, by the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token in response to the medical record application of the wireless device submitting the authentication information for the user for authentication; and

storing, by the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token at the wireless device.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising:

based at least on receiving the hardware specific machine token, enabling, by the wireless device, display of a list of one or more electronic medical records associated with the user from which the user may request a particular electronic medical record associated with the user.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the communication device to deny the request based on the request failing to include the hardware specific machine token.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling display of the electronic medical record at the medical provider record system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device and the medical provider record system constitute separate devices, and further comprising enabling display of the electronic medical record at the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing filter criteria associated with a service to be provided for the use, wherein the request includes the filter criteria, and wherein the electronic medical record meets the filter criteria.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the electronic medical records is a legitimate electronic medical record based on authentication information associated with the electronic medical record, wherein the authentication information associated with the electronic medical record includes authentication information other than the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless device and the medical provider record system are each at least one of a server and a personal computer.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the hardware specific machine token encodes data provided by a medical service provider associated with the medical provider record system, the data provided by the medical service provider associated with the medical provider record system being data that is required to receive the electronic medical record at the wireless device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and the medical provider record system comprises establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and the medical provider record system over the internet.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining at least one of a summary and a statistical analysis of the electronic medical record; and

enabling display of the at least one of the summary and the statistical analysis of the electronic medical record.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic medical record constitutes a partial medical record, such that when the electronic medical record is assembled with another electronic medical record, a medical record is completed that includes at least a portion of the electronic medical record.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the wireless device, (i) a request to add an electronic medical record, and (ii) information associated with the electronic medical record to be added; and

generating, by the wireless device and based on the request to add the electronic medical record, an electronic medical record that includes at least a portion of the information associated with the electronic medical record to be added.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a location of the electronic medical record, wherein determining the location of the electronic medical record comprises;

transmitting, from the wireless device, information that identifies the wireless device, and

receiving, at the wireless device and based at least on the information that identifies the wireless device validating the wireless device, information that (i) validates the identity of the wireless device, and (ii) includes address information relating to the location of the electronic medical record.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on an electronic communication between the wireless device and the medical provider record system or a recipient device associated with the medical provider record system, that the wireless device is proximate to the recipient device associated with the medical provider record system; and

transmitting the electronic medical record from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection based at least on determining that the wireless device is proximate to the recipient device associated with the medical provider record system.

23. An apparatus for transmitting an electronic medical record to a medical provider record system, the apparatus comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a communication device, a request for an electronic medical record associated with a user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the communication device, the request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the communication device, the electronic medical record in response to the communication device receiving the request and authenticating the request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the communication device authenticating the request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the communication device and from the request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the communication device, the request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

based on the request being authenticated, establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the electronic medical record to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting the electronic medical record from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for transmitting an electronic medical record to a medical provider record system, the computer program comprising instructions that, if executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a communication device, a request for an electronic medical record associated with a user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the communication device, the request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the communication device, the electronic medical record in response to the communication device receiving the request and authenticating the request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the communication device authenticating the request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the communication device and from the request, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device that is encoded in the hardware specific machine token,

comparing, by the communication device, the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the request with corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device, and

authenticating, by the communication device, the request based on the comparison of the data representing the identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device extracted from the request with the corresponding data that uniquely identifies the wireless device;

based on the request being authenticated, establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver the electronic medical record to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting the electronic medical record from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.

25. A computer-implemented method for aggregating electronic medical record information for a user, the method comprising:

accessing, by a wireless device, a hardware specific machine token that encodes data representing an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device, the hardware specific machine token having been previously stored at the wireless device;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a first communication device, a first request for a first electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the first communication device, the first request including the hardware specific machine token;

transmitting, from the wireless device to a second communication device different than the first communication device, a second request for a second electronic medical record associated with the user and stored in electronic storage accessible by the second communication device, the second request including the hardware specific machine token;

receiving, at the wireless device from the first communication device, the first electronic medical record in response to the first communication device receiving the first request and authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the first communication device authenticating the first request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the first communication device, the hardware specific machine token from the first request,

comparing, by the first communication device, the hardware specific machine token extracted from the first request with a corresponding token associated with a wireless device of the user, and

authenticating, by the first communication device, the first request based on the comparison of the hardware specific machine token extracted from the first request with the corresponding token associated with the wireless device of the user;

receiving, at the wireless device from the second communication device, the second electronic medical record in response to the second communication device receiving the second request and authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token, wherein the second communication device authenticating the second request based on the hardware specific machine token comprises;

extracting, by the second communication device, the hardware specific machine token from the second request,

comparing, by the second communication device, the hardware specific machine token extracted from the second request with the corresponding token associated with the wireless device of the user, and

authenticating, by the second communication device, the second request based on the comparison of the hardware specific machine token extracted from the second request with the corresponding token associated with the wireless device of the user;

establishing a secure, authenticated connection between the wireless device and a medical provider record system;

performing, by the wireless device, statistical processing on at least the first electronic medical record and the second electronic medical record;

receiving, at the wireless device, a request for a medical record application of the wireless device to deliver results of the statistical processing to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection; and

transmitting, by the wireless device, the results of the statistical processing from the wireless device to the medical provider record system using the secure, authenticated connection.