Patent ID: 8577696
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system for transferring medical records from one or more source locations to one or more destination locations, the source locations and destination locations selected from a plurality of medical site clients connected via a network, each of which has access to medical records at a corresponding medical site, the system comprising: at least one request initiating client device configured to generate simultaneously an exam transfer request specific to the medical records desired and an exam transfer authorization that authorizes the transfer of the medical records, an exam distribution server configured to be connectable to each of the plurality of medical site clients via the network, the exam distribution server configured to receive the exam transfer request and to receive the corresponding exam transfer authorization, wherein said exam transfer request specifies exam criteria and the one or more destination locations to which medical exams that have the criteria should be transferred and a desired format of the records, wherein, upon receipt of the exam transfer request and the exam transfer authorization, the exam distribution server forwards the request and the authorization to the one or more source location medical site clients, wherein one or more source location medical site clients are configured to accept the exam transfer authorization and grant access to records authorized in the exam transfer authorization and stored at the source location medical site; wherein, the exam distribution server receives all exam records meeting the criteria of the exam transfer request from the source location medical site clients as a response to the forwarded request and exam transfer authorization, wherein the exam distribution server periodically receives a list of recent exams from each of the medical site clients and wherein the exam distribution server generates a data package containing all of the records that meet the request and are authorized by the authorization and subsequently forwards received the package containing the exam records to the one or more destination locations specified in the exam transfer request.