Healthcare system for recording and monitoring transactions of system participants

A method of creating an electronic medical record that enables confirmation of the integrity of a supply chain of a particular medical product for treating a particular medical condition of a particular patient, the particular medical product being uniquely identified by a product code applied by a manufacturer, from the time a medical product is shipped from the manufacturer until a medical product reaches the particular patient to be loaded into a portable medical device capable of using the particular product to treat the particular medical condition of the patient, wherein the device stores a unique electronic patient code associating the device with the particular patient and includes (i) reading/detection apparatus for creating an electronic compliance record by reading a product code applied to a medical product loaded into the device, and (ii) communication circuitry for sending the patient code and the compliance record from the device to a remote storage location, the method comprising:

• storing at the storage location the product code applied to the medical product by the manufacturer;
• storing a manufacturer's shipping record at the storage location when a medical product intended for a particular medical device leaves the manufacturer's custody, wherein the manufacturer's shipping record is created by reading a product code applied to the medical product and associating a resulting electronic shipped-product code with a unique identity in electronic form that is indicative of an individual shipping the product from the manufacturer;
• storing an intermediate party receiving record at the storage location when a medical product is received by an intermediate party, wherein the intermediate party receiving record is created by reading a product code applied to the received product and associating a resulting electronic received-product code with a unique identity in electronic form that is indicative of an individual receiving the product at the intermediate party;
• storing an intermediate party forwarding record at the storage location when a medical product is forwarded from the intermediate party intended for delivery to the patient, wherein the intermediate party forwarding record is created by reading a product code applied to the forwarded product and associating a resulting electronic forwarded-product code with a unique identity in electronic form that is indicative of an individual forwarding the product from the intermediate party;
• associating the patient code at the storage location with a unique electronic device code identifying a particular medical device associated with the particular patient;
• using the compliance record created by the reading/detection apparatus and received at the storage location via the communication circuitry to signify that a medical product was loaded into the device;
• when the compliance record matches the product code applied by the manufacturer, creating a medical record associated with the particular patient confirming that the particular medical product was loaded into the particular device;
• storing the medical record at the storage location for access by authorized individuals;
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• when the compliance record does not match the product code applied by the manufacturer, identifying from the respective unique identities at least one of the individual shipping the product from the manufacturer, the individual receiving the product at the intermediate party, and the individual forwarding the product from the intermediate party associated with a respective shipped-product code, received-product code, and forwarded-product code that does not match the product code applied by the manufacturer.