Patent ID: 8311855
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-based system for accessing patient medical information in a network comprising: a plurality of repository databases residing on repository computing devices, each of said plurality of repository databases storing medical links, each medical link being associated to a medical record that is associated to a patient by a unique patent identifier, the medical link including a healthcare provider identification code, a date of service, a diagnostic or billing code, and an availability code, said availability code includes a listing of an ability to access the medical record with the respect to the healthcare provider; and an interface processor, including at least one computer hardware component, for generating a medical link in response to a generation command initiated by a healthcare provider having access to one of the repository databases, wherein generation of medical links creates availability codes for medical records depending on the manner in which the medical records are capable of being accessed, and wherein the creation of availability codes includes creating each of the following: (a) a hyper-link to a first medical record being stored on one of the repository databases, (b) a hyper-link to a second medical record being stored on a healthcare provider database, and (c) direct contact information for a healthcare provider having a third medical record that is not directly accessible by electronic means.