Patent ID: 7885822

Claim:
A system for transferring electronic medical files comprising: a record client comprising software systems operating on a processing platform; the record client comprising a diagnostic record system configured to include generated diagnostic record data in a medical record data file; the record client comprising a comment record system configured to receive and include comments from a local practitioner or a remote practitioner, and associate the comments with the diagnostic record data in the medical record data file following entry of the comments by the practitioner; the record client comprising an encapsulation system configured to encapsulate a first version of the medical record data file including the diagnostic record data and comments, wherein encapsulating the medical record data file comprises encryption algorithms that generate a record tracking data value based on the exact data structure of the entire medical record data file or preselected portions thereof; the encapsulation system configured to buffer the first version of the medical record data file when accessed such that any modification causes the first version of the medical record data file to be stored separately from the modified version; a network communications medium configured to transfer encapsulated medical record data files between the record client and a record server; the record server comprising software systems operating on a processing platform; the record server comprising a sync system configured to compare the record tracking data values of the first version of the encapsulated medical record data file and a second version of the encapsulated medical record data file to determine whether modification to part or all of a medical data record has occurred; the sync system of the record server also configured to store at the record client the most recent version of the encapsulated medical record data file, and to store on a record server tracking system all historical versions of the encapsulated medical record data file in a record database system, wherein record data stored by the record database system is organized as one or more files where each file has one or more data fields; and the record server comprising a notification system configured to generate a message comprising a notification that an encapsulated medical record data file has been received to be reviewed.