Patent ID: 8868768

Claim:
A method of accessing secure data, the method comprising: transmitting a first request from a first user device, which resides on a first network, to an application device; wherein the application device comprises a web server external to the first network; and wherein the first request is related to presentation of medical data, to which access is restricted, on a second user device residing in the first network; and wherein the medical data is stored on a secure data administrator device residing in the first network; and wherein the first user device is restricted from initiating communication with the second user device and the secure data administrator device based at least partially on the ability of the first user device to transmit requests to the application device; receiving instructions, at the first user device and from the application device at least partially based on the transmitted first request; transmitting at least a portion of the received instructions from the first user device to a HIP server, which resides on the first network; and wherein the HIP server is communicably coupled to the first user device and at least one of the second user device or the secure data administrator device; and wherein the HIP server can initiate outgoing communication to a network external to the first network and is restricted from accepting incoming communications initiated by a device in a network external to the first network; and responsive to receiving at least a portion of the received instructions from the first user device, transmitting a second request from the HIP server to at least one of: the second user device to allow presentation of the medical data requested in the first request on the second user device; or the secure data administrator device to allow presentation of the medical data requested in the first request on the second user device.