US 2003/0158754 A1 · WEB-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING AND ACCESSING MEDICAL RECORDS

Abstract

The medical records system includes a medical records database used to store medical record information for a patient. The system provides a graphical user interface from which the patient can enter, update and store their medical records information. The graphical user interface can be part of a client terminal at a local network site. A computer network, such as the Internet, or other wide area network configuration, can be used to implement the medical records system. In particular, the medical records database can be accessed by the client terminal from any location via the computer network providing a mechanism for accessing patient medical records information from any location. In this way, the medical history of the patient is maintained constant, up-to-date and made available for future access both by the patient and the physician.

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Dependent claims

A medical records information system for permitting a patient to enter, alter, retrieve and store medical records data over a wide area computer network, said system comprising:

a medical records database for storing medical record information for a patient;
a client terminal at a local network site providing access to said medical records database over said computer network, said client terminal including a user interface from which the patient can enter, update and store medical records data in said medical records database;
and
a security mechanism employed to provide secured access by said patient to said medical records data contained in said medical records database.

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A program product for use in client terminal at a local network site having access to a computer network, with a database adapted for storing patient medical records is located at a remote network site, said program product comprising:

an instruction mechanism for causing said client terminal to access said database over said computer network;
an instruction mechanism for causing a set of security measures to be implemented when a user of said client terminal attempts to access said database;
an instruction mechanism for retrieving patient medical records stored in said database from said remote network site, in response to patient input into said client terminal;
and
an instruction mechanism for causing said client terminal to graphically display retrieved patient medical records to a patient user of said client terminal in a graphical user interface, thereby enabling a patient to access, review and update his or her medical records at stored at said remote network site from said local network site.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Web-based method and system for maintaining and accessing medical records

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Web-based method and system for maintaining and accessing medical records

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Abstract

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