Patent ID: 7707047

Claim:
A message facility on a PHR server configured to establish a secure connection with a first set of computer systems of multiple health care providers of a patient, wherein the messaging facility is adapted to obtain electronic health care data of the patient from the first set of computer systems of the multiple health care providers, wherein the patient is identified in the electronic health care data using a master patient identification that is unique to the patient across the multiple health care providers, wherein the master patient identification is not a social security number; a PHR population engine on the PHR server configured to communicate with a second computer system using the master patient identification to obtain claims data of the patient, wherein the PHR population engine is configured to extract encounter data indicative of an encounter between the patient and at least one of the multiple health care providers from the claims data, wherein the encounter data is extracted from more than one type of universal healthcare concept code; wherein the PHR population engine is configured to assemble a personal/individual/electronic health record of the patient keyed to the master patient identification based on both the electronic health care data received from the messaging facility and encounter data extracted from the claims data; and a web based portal configured to provide at least one of a health care provider or a patient with access to the patient's personal/individual/electronic health record over the Internet.