Patent ID: 7155422

Claim:
A medical information system, comprising: a database of health information descriptions, each description relating to a patient and an associated pair, the associated pair comprising an associated access code, which is associated with the patient, and an associated password, which is associated with a non-patient user of the system; a computer readable memory on a portable card, the memory having stored therein a prospective access code, which is associated with a patient; a first computer programmed to provide a prospective pair substantially simultaneously, the prospective pair comprising the prospective access code and a prospective password, the prospective password being associated with a user of the system; a second computer, in communication with the database and with the first computer, the second computer being programmed to determine whether the prospective pair corresponds to the associated pair, and if the prospective pair is determined to correspond to the associated pair, then the second computer provides only the description that corresponds to the prospective pair; and further the first computer is programmed to provide a change to one of the descriptions; and the second computer is programmed to receive the change to the one of the descriptions, and then modify the database to reflect the change and the second computer is programmed to record who made the change to the one of the descriptions.