Patent ID: 7487102
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A process of allowing a patient to have limited input access to their electronic medical record, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing the patient with a machine readable card including a questionnaire concerning the patient's medical history, environment, symptoms, or other pertinent information for answering by the patient; b) receiving the patient's medical history, environment, symptoms, or other pertinent information from the patient in response to the questionnaire provided on the machine readable card; c) interfacing the machine readable card with a scanning type machine to convert the patient's written answers to a data stream; d) arranging the data stream into a defined data structure simulating the protocol structure from a party having authorization to export data to the patient's patient-specific electronic medical record; e) sending the arranged data stream to an assigned location for importing into a patient's patient-specific electronic medical record, wherein the patient's electronic medical record contains patient-specific, clinical information regarding the patient's health; f) verifying that the arranged data stream is authorized to be imported into the patient's electronic medical record; and (g) importing into the patient's electronic medical record the verified data, including patient's medical history, environment, symptoms, or other pertinent information provided by the patient on the machine readable card.