Patent ID: 7578432

Claim:
A method for transmitting personal health information from a databank to a health facility comprising the steps of: a. storing a person's health information in a databank, wherein said storing comprises the steps of: i. entering an individual's health information into said databank in a private file wherein said individual enters his/her own health information via a website, ii. coding said private file with a unique identifying number; iii. providing said individual with a barcode corresponding to said unique identifying number; b. scanning said barcode with a scanner, wherein said scanning step comprises the steps of: i. using a scanner to scan said barcode; ii. transmitting to said databank said barcode and a unique reference number associated with said scanner; iii. matching said barcode with said unique identifying number at said databank; iv. authenticating said unique reference number as an authorized user at said databank; v. transmitting said individual's health information to said scanner or other health facility; c. updating said health information with new form print-out by said individual comprising the steps of: i. viewing onscreen said information entered onto said website; ii. printing said information as a form print-out; iii. printing a facsimile cover sheet with a unique confirmation number; iv. electronically assigning said unique confirmation number to a blank file in said private file; v. faxing to a provided fax number said form print-out and said facsimile cover sheet; vi. scanning into said database said form print-out and said facsimile cover sheet; vii. associating said confirmation number on said facsimile cover sheet with said confirmation number in said private file; viii. electronically placing said scanned print-out in said blank file in said private file and locking said blank file in said private file so said information will not be transmitted to a health facility until said blank file is unlocked; ix. notifying said individual that said blank file in said private file is locked and awaiting approval; x. unlocking said blank file after said individual has viewed contents of said blank file over said website and approved said contents.