Patent ID: 6876985

Claim:
A method of managing patient information exchanged between an information use side that creates and uses the patient information, and an information storage side that stores the patient information, the method comprising the steps of: in the information use side, issuing patient identification information unique to patient and encrypting patient information of the patient; sending the encrypted patient information from the information use side to the information storage side; in the information storage side, storing the encrypted patient information received from the information use side in a retrievable format; in response to a request from the information use side, sending the encrypted patient information pertaining to the request from the information storage side to the information use side; decrypting, by the information use side, the encrypted patient information by applying the patient identification information and a password decided by the patient; and in the information use side, using the encrypted patient information received from the information storage side after said decrypting of the encrypted patient information.