Patent ID: 7640271

Claim:
A system for maintaining patient medical records for a plurality of participating patients, and in which such records are remotely accessible by participating patients and by physicians for reading and editing of the respective patient medical records, and permitting entry of patient medical information by authorized persons, the system employing a wide area computer network that permits communication between computer devices connected to said network, with the computer devices including at least one patient access computer device and at least one physician access computer device; each said computer device being suitably programmed with a web browser; and a server including a suitably programmed computer device including means for connecting with said network, a memory for storing said patient medical records, and software providing data modules to each of said computer devices connected to said server over said wide area computer network, and providing to each said patient access computer device for the associated one of said participating patients a set of patient-viewable patient history screens containing a patient medical record of the associated one of said participating patients, and said server also providing to the at least one physician access computer device for each of said participating patients a set of physician-only access screens containing the physician medical record of the associated participating patient, the screens of the set of physician-only access screens being distinct from the screens of the associated set of patient-viewable screens, the physician-only access screens including medical information for said respective patient that is not provided on the patient-viewable screens, each said set being a plurality of screens; and wherein said server also includes a two-way firewall program that allows both the associated participating patient and the physician to access the patient medical record of the associated participating patient for reading and editing, but includes a firewall feature that allows only the physician access computer device and not the associated participating patient access computer device to access the physician-only access screens of the medical record of the associated participating patient; and wherein at least one screen of the physician-only access screens containing the physical medical record of the associated participating patient includes at least one space for physician entry, in said space, of notes concerning symptoms, diagnosis, medical procedures performed, and/or medications prescribed for said associated participating patient by the physician.