Patient-Physician Connectivity System and Method

A computerized personal health (“PHR”) record system comprising:

• a repository server including a personal health record (“PHR”) of a patient including a plurality of records with medical information concerning the patient in a database, wherein the database includes at least one record identifying a primary care physician (“PCP”) of the patient;
• a web-based communication interface adapted to receive health-related information from the repository server over a communication network, wherein the web-based communication interface includes a patient health record section;
• computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
• establishing a charge for patient access to the PHR, wherein the patient is required to pay at least a portion of the charge;
• providing the patient with access to the PHR over a communication network after receipt of a payment;
• determining an allocation of the payment between a plurality of entities including the PCP of the patient, wherein the PCP or the provider who issued the PHR to the patient is allocated at least a portion of the payment regardless of whether the PCP issued the PHR to the patient;
• paying the PCP the portion of the payment allocated to the PCP;
• a processor for executing the computer executable instructions;
• and
• a memory for storing at least the computer executable instructions.