Patent ID: 7856366
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for providing controlled access to electronic health records, comprising: configuring a network-accessible storage repository to store a plurality of electronic medical records for a plurality of individuals; providing each of the plurality of individuals with an electronic health care records account (EHR account), wherein each EHR account is available to store, in the storage repository, a portion of the electronic health records associated with each of the respective individuals and wherein electronic records associated with at least one of the respective individuals are further associated with at least one sub-account, wherein the respective individual may specify which sub-accounts to associate with a particular electronic health record and wherein at least one sub-account is a restricted-control sub-account, and wherein the respective individual is prevented from limiting access to selected electronic health records associated with the restricted-control sub-account once the respective individual has authorized an entity to access the restricted-control sub-account; in response to a request for access to a particular sub-account received over a data-communications medium, determining whether the respective individual has authorized the entity making the request to access to the particular sub-account; and if so, granting access to the electronic records associated with the particular sub-account.