Patent ID: 7561287

Claim:
A method comprising the steps of: receiving a transmissions from a plurality of health care providers via a facsimile device, said transmission including a facsimile image of a document containing medical information relating to a patient of a health care provider, along with a separate facsimile form having a first coded information thereon, said first coded information being used to associate said document with an account relating to said patient, said separate facsimile form further having a second coded health care provider identifier, said second coded health care provider identifier identifying a health care provider submitting said document containing medical information, said facsimile device transmitting said transmission to a processor via a public-switched telephone network; receiving at said processor a plurality of said transmissions from said plurality of health care providers, each of said transmission, including said documents containing medical records relating to a plurality of said patients and each of said transmissions including said separate facsimile form, sent from said plurality of health care providers, wherein each set of said documents is received along with said separate facsimile form; automatically storing at said processor said images of said transmissions in a memory location relating to one of said patient account associated with said first coded information on said separate facsimile form and further associating said images of said transmissions with said second coded health care provider identifier; and providing at least one image from said images of said transmissions from said account associated with said first coded information to an authorized user at a user designated device in response to a request received.