Patent ID: 7805377
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access to a medical record of a patient hosted by at least one medical record repository, comprising a plurality of record portions, each record portion having associated different patient-controlled access control criteria, comprising: (a) receiving, by an intermediary, a request for a medical record from a requestor, said request comprising a medical record identifier, a requestor identifier, requestor authentication information, and patient-provided access control authorization; (b) providing an automated processor adapted for automatically processing, by the intermediary, the request for the medical record to authenticate the requestor and determine sufficiency of the patient-provided access control authorization to meet the patient-controlled access control criteria for each respective record portion encompassed by the request; and (c) selectively communicating, through an automated communication network, from the intermediary to the at least one medical record repository, an identification of each record portion for which patient-controlled access control criteria are determined to be sufficient for access by the requestor; and (d) generating an electronic payment authorization associated with the request, for compensation of at least one of the intermediary and the at least one medical record repository.