Patent ID: 8131569

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining access to a first electronic medical file stored in a source computing system, the first electronic medical file including a first identifier associated with a patient; modifying by a computer system the first electronic medical file by removing the first identifier associated with the patient in the first electronic medical file and replacing the first identifier with a second identifier associated with the patient, wherein a source facility uses the first identifier for identifying the patient and a destination facility uses the second identifier for identifying the patient; and transmitting or causing to transmit electronically the first electronic medical file to a computing device of a destination computing system, the computing device of the destination computing system configured to permit causing display of the first electronic medical file including the second identifier to a user in conjunction with a second electronic medical file including the second identifier associated with the patient, the second electronic medical file stored in the destination computing system, wherein the computing device of the destination computing system is configured to prevent causing display of the first electronic medical file including the first identifier in conjunction with the second electronic medical file including the second identifier, and wherein the computer system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device.