Patent ID: 8195483

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for controlling a permission-based workflow process for transferring medical files from a source facility to a destination facility, the method comprising: reviewing by a computer system an electronic request to transfer at least one medical file from the source facility to the destination facility computing system, wherein the request further comprises criteria for the at least one medical file; locating by the computer system medical files in a database accessible by the source facility that possibly satisfy the criteria, wherein the database includes at least one of a picture archiving and communication system, an image server database, a radiology information system, and a hospital information system; causing by the computer system to display to a film librarian the located medical files that possibly satisfy the criteria; receiving by the computer system from the film librarian a selection of at least one of the located medical files; and transmitting electronically by the computer system an approval to a main server system to approve a transfer of the at least one selected medical file, wherein the transmitting electronically causes transferring of the at least one selected medical file from the source facility to the destination facility and modifying the at least one selected medical file by removing a first patient identification and replacing the first patient identification with a second patient identification, wherein the source facility uses the first patient identification for identifying a patient and the destination facility uses the second patient identification for identifying the patient, and wherein the computer system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device.