Patent ID: 8909660

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for implementing an improved personal health record enrollment process, comprising: an electronic medical record system configured to generate an index file, the index file including a plurality of links to individual records of patient medical data including the clinical records of the patient, wherein the index file is augmented with encrypted metadata generated based on the patient medical data and configured to include a non-reversible hash of the patient authentication information along with a prearranged secret key shared between the electronic medical record system and a personal health record system; and the personal health record system configured to implement a patient enrollment process including the steps of: a) receiving patient authentication input; b) authenticating the patient authentication input based on the received patient authentication information in the encrypted metadata in the index file by checking the hash of the patient authentication input and the prearranged shared secret key against the non-reversible hash in the encrypted metadata, hashed again with a randomly generated token to validate the user's identity, and c) generating a patient enrollment account for the patient based at least in part on the authentication.