Patent ID: 7908155

Claim:
A system for managing immunization and disease information comprising: a computer-readable database that stores disease information, vaccination information, electronic patient records, and vaccine administration data, wherein said disease information and said vaccination information comprise, respectively, information about a vaccine preventable disease and the vaccine therefor; said database further comprising selected ranges for normal body temperature and size measurements of skin characteristics at a vaccination site for each of a plurality of days following a vaccination; a patient transaction module configured to: provide a patient with at least one of said disease information, said vaccination information and his corresponding one of said electronic patient records from said database, receive patient input data from the patient on at least a daily basis after a received vaccination, and store said patient input data in the corresponding one of said electronic patient records in said database, said patent input data comprising adverse reaction data relating to an adverse reaction in the patient from a vaccination, said adverse reaction data comprising measurements of the patient's temperature and size of skin characteristics of a site of said vaccination on the patient's body and digital images of the site of said vaccination taken on each of a plurality of days after the vaccination is administered; a service provider transaction module configured to: receive service provider input data and store said service provider input data in corresponding said electronic patient records, wherein said service provider input data comprises biographical patient information, vaccinations administered to corresponding patients, and location of vaccinations administered, said service provider input data further comprising data selected from the group consisting of patient medical history, vaccination date, vaccination lot number, and adverse event data relating to an adverse reaction to a vaccine; generate said vaccine administration data using said provider input data, and transmit stored data from said database to service providers, relate said measurements and said digital images in said database to the corresponding one of said electronic patient records for said patient, to a recorded vaccination administered by said service provider, and to said selected ranges for each of the plurality of days, and determine when at least one of said measurements is outside the selected range corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of days and generate an alert indicating that referral of the patient to a health provider is recommended.