Patent ID: 7234064

Claim:
A method operable on a computer for managing patient authorizations granting access to remotely stored medical data files, comprising the steps of: receiving from a user at least one patient authorization request including a user identifier, a patient identifier identifying a patient, a medical data file identifier and a file source identifier identifying a file source, the medical data file identifier identifying a medical data file, the identified medical data file containing medical data relating to the patient and stored at the file source; identifying the patient associated with the patient identifier; identifying the file source associated with the file source identifier; identifying a patient authorization form required by the file source to authorize the release of the medical data file; providing to the patient the patient authorization form; receiving electronically from the patient the patient authorization form including a digitized signature associated with an indicator authorizing access of the user to the medical data file; and transmitting to the user an authorization to access the medical data file from the file source.