Patent ID: 7520419

Claim:
A method for transmitting personal health information from a databank to a health facility comprising the steps of: a) storing a person's health information in a databank, wherein said storing comprises the steps of: i) entering an individual's health information into said databank in a private file, ii) coding said private file with a unique identifying number or alpha-numeric sequence; iii) providing said individual with a barcode corresponding to said unique identifying number or alpha-numeric sequence; b) scanning said barcode with a scanner, wherein said scanning step comprises the steps of: i) using a scanner to scan said barcode; ii) transmitting to said databank said barcode's number or alpha-numeric sequence and a unique reference number or alpha-numeric sequence associated with said scanner; iii) matching said barcode's number or alpha-numeric sequence with said unique identifying number or alpha-numeric sequence at said databank; iv) authenticating said unique reference number or alpha-numeric sequence as an authorized user at said databank; v) transmitting said individual's health information to said scanner or other health facility further comprising the step of updating said health information by allowing said individual to enter and edit new health information via a website, further comprising the step of updating said health information with new form print-out by said individual comprising the steps of: a) viewing onscreen said information previously stored on said website; b) deciding which new form print-out to add to said website; c) printing a facsimile cover sheet with a unique confirmation number; d) electronically assigning said unique confirmation number to a blank file in said private file; e) faxing to a provided fax number said form print-out and said facsimile cover sheet; f) scanning into said database said form print-out and said facsimile cover sheet; g) associating said confirmation number on said facsimile cover sheet with said confirmation number in said private file; h) electronically placing said scanned print-out in said blank file in said private file and locking said blank file in said private file so said information will not be transmitted to a health facility until said blank file is unlocked; i) notifying said individual that said blank file in said private file is locked and awaiting approval; j) unlocking said blank file after said individual has viewed contents of said blank file over said website and approved said contents.