Method and system for medical record collection and distribution

A system for collecting and distributing medical records, the medical records collection and distribution (MRCD) system comprising:

• a distributed network of electronic systems in communication with one another;
• the distributed network comprising hospital EMR systems, private and government registries, provider EMRs and practice management systems, and optionally, lab systems;
• the electronic systems having access to medical records, provider/patient demographic information, and knowledge of the relationships that exist between a provider and a patient;
• at least one provider or patient portal;
• the provider or patient portal being in communication with the distributed network
• a NAV controller for managing the collection of medical records and the distribution thereof through the patient or provider portals;
• a dynamic data exchange (DDE);
• the DDE comprising datasets that include instructions for connecting to the electronic systems and a federated authentication system to validate that the patient or provider is registered with the system and has an active directory record;
• a domain messaging system;
• the messaging system adapted to provide a medical record query requesting a patient's medical information;
• optionally, a scanned medical records storage;
• the scanned storage being accessible by the DDE;
• and
• a means to produce a continuity of care record or documents;
• the record or documents being provided to the patient or provider portal via the messaging system;
• wherein the creation of the medical record query, location of all providers that have seen the patient along with establishing a connection with their electronic systems, and sending the query to all of these electronic systems is accomplished in a single process step.