Patient identification and information protection system and method

A personnel identity protection system, comprising:

• communication means for portably and wirelessly communicating information that is usable to identify a location of a wearer of the communication means, the communication means having a pseudo-name identifier correlated to a protected identity of the wearer of the communication means, wherein the pseudo-name does not visibly reveal the public identity or private information relating to the wearer;
• transceiver means for receiving wireless communication from the communication means and transmitting a signal having at least one of the wireless communication means' communication and a transceiver means' location, and capable of receiving a non-communication means generated signal;
• processing means for receiving the transceiver means' transmitted signal and initiating a non-communication means generated signal to be transmitted to the transceiver means;
• and
• instruction means for operating on the processing means and evaluating the received transceiver means' signals, the instruction means designating the transceiver means' access to differing levels of information relating to the wearer of the communication means based on at least one of the transceiver means' location and the communication means' communication.

A method for protecting identifying information of personnel, comprising the steps of:

• generating a visible pseudo-name on a wearable and wireless communication tag, the pseudo-name being correlated to a protected identity of a wearer of the tag, wherein the pseudo-name does not visibly reveal the public identity or private information relating to the wearer;
• transmitting a wireless communication from the tag;
• receiving at a transceiver at least one of the wireless communication from the tag and a non-tag generated signal;
• transmitting from the transceiver a signal having at least one of the tag's communication and a transceiver's location;
• receiving the transceiver's signal for processing by a computer;
• executing software instructions based on at least one of the tag's communication and the transceiver's location;
• designating the transceiver's access to differing levels of information relating to the wearer of the tag based on at least one of the transceiver's location and the tag's communication;
• and
• initiating a non-tag signal to be transmitted by the computer to the transceiver facilitating access to designated information relating to the wearer of the tag.