Patent ID: 7729597

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for automatically generating a portable computer-readable medium containing medical data related to a patient, comprising: receiving, via computer-implemented interface a request for medical data related to the patient; automatically searching a first computer database via a first database interface for a first set of medical imaging data related to the patient based on the received request; automatically retrieving the first set of medical imaging data related to the patient; automatically searching, based on the received request, a second computer database via a second database interface for additional medical data also related to the patient, wherein the second interface is different from the first interface; automatically receiving the additional related medical data; and automatically generating a portable computer-readable medium, at a production station, containing the first set of medical imaging data related to the patient and the additional related medical data, wherein the first set of medical imaging data is formatted in a standard medical imaging format used by a computer configured for viewing the medical imaging data.