Patent ID: 8301466

Claim:
A method for providing a use with the ability to access and collect personal health records associated with the user in a secure and private manner, the method comprising: associating access information with the user for the user to use to access a server storing files comprising personal health records associated with the user in a computer readable storage medium; providing the user with a user interface on a computing device to remotely access the personal health records stored on the server, the user interface providing for organizing the files into separate file folders with functionality for the user to name the file folders and add file folders and individually assign password protection to each of the file folders; receiving at the server the files comprising personal health records associated with the user from a health care provider associated with the user; receiving at the server a request from the user made through the user interlace of the computing device for access to the files, wherein the access information is associated with the request; sending the user a file containing the personal health records associated with the user from the server to the computing device in response to the request; wherein the files are maintained on the server independently from any files maintained by the health care provider and wherein the files are managed privately by the use independently from the health care provider.