Patent ID: 8521565

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for use in a medical record repository, the computer-implemented method comprising: (a) storing patient-generated medical data from a patient in a medical record repository database on a first computer system; (b) storing patient-collected medical data relating to the patient from a clinical record system in the medical record repository database; (c) storing physician-generated medical data relating to the patient from at least one clinical record system in the medical record repository database; (d) storing an indicator in the medical record repository database identifying stored medical data as patient-generated, patient-collected or physician-generated, wherein physician-generated medical data is identified as medical data that has not been collected or generated by a patient; (e) displaying, via a processor, at least one of the patient-generated, patient-collected, and physician-generated medical data for the patient; wherein the at least one of the patient-generated, patient-collected, and physician-generated medical data is visually linked to a visual indication of an authority of the data based on its identification as physician-generated having a high level of authority, patient-collected having a medium level of authority, and patient-generated having a low level of authority; (f) displaying a numerical ranking indicating the level of authority associated with the medical data.