Patent ID: 8249895

Claim:
A health record system comprising: a first clinical record system associated with a first medical institution comprising at least one computer communicating with a set of data terminals and a first database and executing a first stored program to collect, organize, and display physician-generated medical data for given patients, the first clinical record system including an authentication protocol limiting access by non-healthcare professionals; a medical record repository comprising at least one computer communicating with a set of data terminals and a repository database and executing a repository program to collect, organize, and display medical data controlled by given patients, the medical record repository including an authentication protocol limiting access by others than the given patients, the repository program operating to: (a) accept into the repository database patient-generated medical data from a given patient; (b) accept into the repository database patient-collected medical data from a second clinical record system of a second medical institution in a manner to be separately identified from the patient-generated data; and (c) respond to authorization by the given patient to transmit at least some of the patient-generated data and patient-collected data to the first clinical record system; wherein the first stored program further operates to provide a display output providing medical data for the given patient visually linked to a visual indication of an authority of the data based on its identification as physician-generated having a high level of authority, patient-generated having a low level of authority, or patient-collected having a medium level of authority, wherein the display output further displays a numerical ranking indicating the level of authority associated with the medical data, further wherein the first stored program is configured to identify data as physician-generated where the data has not been collected or generated by a patient and where the data was not received at the first clinical record system in the transmittal of the patient-generated data and patient collected data transmitted from the medical record repository.