Patent ID: 7996245

Claim:
A device for assisting in maintenance of medical records, comprising: a processor; a tangible computer readable memory; at least one patient database stored on the tangible computer readable memory and configured for storing a plurality of medical records, each of the plurality of medical records associated with a patient; a display; and a healthcare management software including a plurality of machine readable instructions executable by the processor, the healthcare management software configured to facilitate reading of at least one medical record stored in a medical device, each of the read medical records comprising medical data and medical device identification data, the healthcare management software further configured to associate the medical data of each read medical record with one of the patient databases by comparing the medical device identification data of the read medical record to an identification index, the identification index comprising an index indicating the medical device identification data assigned to each of the patient databases, the healthcare management software further configured to display the read medical records on the display to a user of the device, and the healthcare management software further configured to display a first user selectable option and a second user selectable option, activation of the first user selectable option causing assignment of the medical data of the medical record into the associated patient database, activation of the second user selectable option providing the user a first additional selectable option and a second additional selectable option, activation of the first additional selectable option permitting the user to select at least one read medical record for deletion and activation of the second additional selectable option permitting the user to select at least one read medical record for association with a different patient database.