Patent ID: 7647320
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a patient's medical records authored by a plurality of healthcare providers, wherein at least two healthcare providers of said plurality have different medical records systems, said method comprising: collecting a plurality of medical records from a plurality of healthcare providers identified by the patient, wherein said collecting is by a service provider in response to a request by the patient for said collecting of said plurality of medical records; making a substantially unaltered copy in electronic image format of each document in the patient's collected medical records; categorizing a plurality of said substantially unaltered copied documents according to a categorization system, such that each said substantially unaltered copied document is identified by a unique document identifier; storing in a central storage area said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents, wherein said central storage area comprises a database, and wherein access to said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents in said central storage area must be authorized by said patient; and retrieving from said central storage area an ordered set of documents of said categorized plurality of substantially unaltered copied documents, using at least one of a plurality of predetermined criteria.