Patent ID: 7865373
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for collecting, organizing, storing, sharing and distributing a patient's medical history information over a network comprising the steps of: establishing and presenting to a patient representative a medical visit-type questionnaire, the patient representative being any of a medical patient, the medical patient's guardian, and the medical patient's personal representative; the patient representative selecting a visit type in response to the visit-type questionnaire, said visit type comprising at least one of a medical facility and a physician, a physician only, and a personal use only selection; generating a structured basic medical history information summary for the patient via: storing the basic medical history information summary in a computer database coupled to said network; receiving a selection from the patient representative of a physician only identifier or a medical facility identifier, said identifier designating a specific physician only or specific medical facility personnel as authorized to access a physician only/medical facility copy of the patient's medical information; determining, by a processor, at least one medical specialty specific questionnaire to present to the patient representative, wherein the medical specialty specific questionnaire is determined based on said visit type selection and said identifier selection; generating the physician only/medical facility copy of the patient's medical information, wherein said physician only/medical facility copy includes the patient's structured basic medical history information summary and medical specialty specific information collected in response to the at least one medical specialty specific questionnaire, and storing the physician only/medical facility copy in a computer database coupled to said network; receiving a request to access said physician only/medical facility copy via the network from the designated physician only or the designated medical facility personnel; responsive to receiving said request to access said physician only/medical facility copy, automatically modifying said patient representative's access to said physician only/medical facility copy, wherein said patient representative is subsequently not permitted to edit the physician only/medical facility copy; and receiving modifications to medical information contained in the physician only/medical facility copy from the designated physician or designated medical facility personnel, wherein the patient representative selectively updates the patient's structured basic medical history information summary based on said modifications and submits the updated structured basic medical history information summary to at least one of a different physician and different medical facility personnel.