Electronic medical record method
First Claim
1. A method of handling patient medical information, the method comprising:
- for a patient, creating a patient-centric electronic medical record by storing a plurality of data items about the patient in a patient-centric data structure;
establishing access permissions for the medical record, wherein the access permissions are patient-controlled; and
wherein the electronic medical record is owned by the patient and includes data items associated with an arbitrary number and variety of health care providers that have been used by the patent over the patient'"'"'s lifetime.
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Abstract
An internet-based, patient-centric and patient controlled electronic medical record and systems and methods for managing the patient-centric and patient controlled electronic medical record. To ensure robustness of data and interchangeability of data the present invention is preferably implemented using open source software. Because the present invention is patient controlled, privacy of data is assured. The present invention contemplates entering data into the medical record from the physician'"'"'s office, the laboratory, ancillary medical personnel, and the hospital. In another aspect translation of existing information applicable to the individual patient (legacy data) into the patient-centric electronic medical record are contemplated.
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1. A method of handling patient medical information, the method comprising:
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for a patient, creating a patient-centric electronic medical record by storing a plurality of data items about the patient in a patient-centric data structure;
establishing access permissions for the medical record, wherein the access permissions are patient-controlled; and
wherein the electronic medical record is owned by the patient and includes data items associated with an arbitrary number and variety of health care providers that have been used by the patent over the patient'"'"'s lifetime. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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