Patent ID: 8626534

Claim:
A computerized method for facilitating an exchange of information between a patient and at least one health care provider of the patient, the method comprising the steps of: providing a database on a provider computer having stored personal/individual electronic medical records of a plurality of patients, wherein the personal/individual electronic medical records of the patients are maintained and used by at least one health care provider of the plurality patients in the regular care of the patients; creating a personal/individual electronic medical record on the provider computer of a patient from the plurality of patients using health related data of the patient from one of the at least one health care provider, storing the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient in the database present on the provider computer until deliberately deleted by an authorized person; organizing the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient in the database on the provider computer selected from the group consisting at least one of a chronology, health-related procedure code, and diagnosis code; providing a computerized interface configured so that the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient from the database on the provider computer is accessible over the Internet; receiving an electronic request from a patient computer via the computerized interface for information from the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient; retrieving one or more entries from the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient from the database on the provider computer responsive to the electronic request; generating a web page responsive to the electronic request, wherein the web page contains content that is based at least in part on the personal/individual electronic medical record; receiving an access list from the patient computer over the Internet, wherein the access list is indicative of access rights to at least a portion of the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient; wherein the access list includes a set of access rights with one or more family members of the patient; transmitting the web page to the patient computer; wherein the computerized interface is configured to allow transactions selected from the group consisting at least one of view the patient's personal/individual electronic medical record online, request prescription refill, request to view lab results, and request to view radiology results, and transmitting at least another portion of the personal/individual electronic medical record of the patient to a second health care provider.