Patent ID: 8589183

Claim:
A medical record information management system, comprising: a database having stored therein a plurality of medical records, each medical record including an identification of a corresponding client, each medical record further including individual transaction records, each separately and uniquely encrypted before storage in said database, whereby ownership of each individual transaction record is implemented in the data record itself; a computer system under the control of a third party trusted information broker, said computer system being configured to receive via a communication medium a first request initiated by a service provider for access to at least one of said medical records in said database, said first request including an identification of the service provider; said computer system being further configured to transmit a request for consent to said client and receive an indication from said client that said client consents or does not consent to access to said medical record by said service provider; said computer system being further configured to grant or deny access to said at least one client record based upon said indication from said client; said computer system being further configured to receive a second request initiated by a second service provider to enter at least one second transaction record to said database, and to receive a third request initiated by a third service provider to enter at least one third transaction record to said database, each service provider being an external entity not affiliated with the third-party trusted information broker.