USE OF INTERNET SITE AS A REGISTRY FOR RESULTS OF MEDICAL TESTS

• US 20100318379A1
• Filed: 04/26/2010
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gregory A. Demopulos
• Original Assignee: Gregory A. Demopulos
• Inventors: Demopulos, Gregory A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,577,697 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Results of medical tests for sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) or other medical conditions such as drug use are posted to a registry site accessible by a subscriber and any authorized guest of the subscriber. The medical test results are associated with a verification of the subscriber'"'"'s identity. The verification may be in the form of a driver'"'"'s license number, or other indicia of identification, recorded when a test sample was drawn by a testing lab affiliated with the registry site. Results of the test performed by the testing lab are automatically posted to the registry site, along with the customer ID assigned to the subscriber when registering with the registry site, and the verification of the subscriber'"'"'s identity. Subsequently, the subscriber and any authorized guest or prospective sexual partner can access the subscriber'"'"'s test results and the verification of the subscriber'"'"'s identity by entering a predefined password or other access code, thereby enabling the guest, who may be a prospective sexual partner, to verify a medical condition asserted by the subscriber.

Claims

1. A method for registering results of a medical test on a subscriber so that the results are accessible only to authorized parties over a communication network, as evidence of a medical condition of the subscriber, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving the results of the medical test of the subscriber from a testing agency that performed the medical test, along with an indicia of an identity of the subscriber or verification of the identity of the subscriber;

(b) storing the results of the medical test of the subscriber at a registry site provided by a subscription service; and

(c) enabling the subscriber and any party authorized by the subscriber to access the results of the medical test and the indicia of the identity of the subscriber at the registry site over the communication network and thus, to provide evidence to said party of the medical condition of the subscriber based upon the results of the medical test.

2-55. -55. (canceled)