Method and system for providing online records

• US 8,301,466 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2011
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MyMedicalRecords Incorporated
• Original Assignee: MyMedicalRecords Incorporated
• Inventors: Lorsch, Robert H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Morgan, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHNG, JOY POH AI
• Application Number:
  US13/041,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154508A1
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• 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 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect records associated with the user in a secure and private manner includes associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising records associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium, providing the user with a user interface on a computing device to remotely access the records stored on the server, receiving at the server the files comprising records associated with the user from a service provider associated with the user, receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interface of the computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request, and sending the user a file containing the records associated with user from the server to the computing device in response to the request.

Claims

1. A method for providing a use with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method comprising:

associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising personal health records associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium;

providing the user with a user interface on a computing device to remotely access the personal health records stored on the server, the user interface providing for organizing the files into separate file folders with functionality for the user to name the file folders and add file folders and individually assign password protection to each of the file folders;

receiving at the server the files comprising personal health records associated with the user from a health care provider associated with the user;

receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interlace of the computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request;

sending the user a file containing the personal health records associated with the user from the server to the computing device in response to the request;

wherein the files are maintained on the server independently from any files maintained by the health care provider and wherein the files are managed privately by the use independently from the health care provider.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the access information comprises a password.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving at the server additional files comprising personal health records associated with the user from a second health care provider associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the files comprise image file format files.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the image file format files include image representations of medical records, living wills, power of attorneys, or other medical or legal documents.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the files comprises audio recordings.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the audio recordings include voicemail recordings from a health care provider.

8. A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method comprising:

associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising personal health records associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium;

providing the user with a user interface on a computing device to remotely access the personal health records stored on the server;

receiving at the server the files comprising the personal health records associated with the user from a health care provider associated with the user;

receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interface of the computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request;

sending the user a file containing the personal health records associated with user from the server to the computing device in response to the request;

wherein the files are maintained on the server independently from any files maintained by the health care provider and wherein the files are managed privately by the user independently from the health care provider.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the access information comprises a password.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising further comprising receiving at the server additional files comprising personal health records associated with the user from a second health care provider associated with the user.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the files comprise image file format files.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the image file format files include image representations of at medical records, living wills, power of attorneys, or other medical or legal documents.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the files comprises audio recordings.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the audio recordings include voicemail recordings from a health care provider.

15. A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method comprising:

associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising personal health records associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium;

providing the user with a user interface on a computing device to remotely access the personal health records stored on the server, the user interface providing for organizing the files into separate file folders with functionality for the user to name the file folders and add file folders and individually assign password protection to each of the file folders;

receiving at the server the files comprising records associated with the user from a health care provider associated with the user;

receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interface of the computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request;

sending the user a file containing the personal health records associated with the user from the server to the computing device in response to the request;

receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interface of the computing device for sending one of the files to a second health care service provider;

sending the second health care service provider the one of the files from the server;

wherein the files are maintained on the server independently from any files maintained by the health care provider and wherein the files are managed privately by the user and independently from the health care provider and wherein the user interface is not provided to the health care provider.