Methods and systems for secure acquisition, interpretation and transmission of data under hipaa compliant protocol

A system, comprising:

• a mobile communication device configured to communicate over a communication network, the mobile communication device comprising:
• at least one processor;
• a volatile memory space coupled to the processor, the volatile memory space allocated for a defined session and de-allocated at the termination of the session;
• and
• a barcode reader configured to read a machine-readable optical code and to decode the optical code into a patient identifier, wherein the processor is configured to store the patient identifier, patient data corresponding to the patient identifier, and a billing record at least partially filled with the patient data in the volatile memory space, and wherein the de-allocation of the volatile memory space erases stored data in the volatile memory space.

A method comprising:

• receiving by a database a patient identifier;
• searching the database and retrieving patient data corresponding to the patient identifier, wherein the patient data includes patient health information;
• at least partially filling a billing record with the patient data;
• and
• transmitting the at least partially filled billing record to a mobile device using a secure transmission protocol.