Patent ID: 7725331

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving information about a patient record; in response to receiving the information about the patient record, performing a search through one or more databases of records for one or more matching records that match the patient record; for each of the one or more matching records that are found through the search, creating an unconfirmed link between that matching record and the patient record; and in response to input from a user regarding a selected record that is from the group consisting of said patient record and the one or more matching records, converting the unconfirmed link for the selected record to a directional confirmed link identifying which of the selected record and the linked record identified by the unconfirmed link for the selected record is a leader record, wherein the leader record among two linked records is the record among the two linked records that is at least one of most current, most correct, and most proper, wherein receiving information, performing the search, creating unconfirmed links, and converting unconfirmed links is performed by a computer system.