Patent ID: 8788284
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a medical service eligibility inquiry message from a first healthcare provider via a payment processing network, retrieving a privacy level associated with a patient's medical record from a patient terminal, wherein the privacy level is designated to a first healthcare provider by a patient via a user interface of a host site, and the user interface of the host site is presented to the patient via the patient terminal; granting, by a host computer, the first healthcare provider access to the patient's medical record stored at a server and accessible through the user interface of the host site, based on the received privacy level, wherein the first healthcare provider has a different level of access to the patient's medical record than a second healthcare provider; obtaining the medical record information access request related to the first healthcare provider from the received medical service eligibility inquiry message, wherein the medical service eligibility inquiry message is sent upon triggering a portable consumer device at a financial payment acceptance terminal at the first healthcare provider who has access to the patient's medical record, the medical service eligibility inquiry message is sent through the payment processing network via an acquirer, wherein the payment processing network processes transactions between and amongst networks, wherein the acquirer is a financial institution with an account associated with the first healthcare provider; determining that the privacy level designated to the first healthcare provider grants the first healthcare provider access to the requested medical record information; and sending, according to the privacy level, the requested medical record information from the patient's medical record and co-payment information, to the first healthcare provider, in response to the medical record information access request from the received medical service eligibility inquiry message, wherein the requested medical record information and the co-payment information are transmitted through the payment processing network, wherein the medical information includes at least one of a medical condition, a medication history, a current medication, a treatment, a referral, a follow-up, or a medication.