Method, system and apparatus for secure communication of commercial &/or clinical information with integrity of data

A system for communicating patient data over an interconnected computer data network between a patient and a clinic, the system comprising:

• a patient mobile communication device operably associated with the patient;
• a local data management hub operable within the clinic and which is operatively connected to the interconnected computer data network and comprises processor means adapted to operate in accordance with a predetermined instruction set;
• a transient data store which resides within the interconnected computer data network intermediate the patient mobile communication device and the clinic;
• an application program adapted for being downloaded from the predetermined instruction set and residing on the patient mobile communication device and further adapted to;
• load instructions from the predetermined instruction set onto the patient mobile communication device for the encryption and decryption of patient data for secure data communication where the patient data to be encrypted for including in the secure data communication is exclusive of direct patient identifiers;
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• load instructions from the predetermined instruction set onto the patient mobile communication device for connecting to the transient data store;
• wherein both the patient mobile communication device and the local data management hub of the clinic only transmit or receive data, that includes the encrypted patient data securely communicated between the patient mobile communication device and the clinic, by subscription with the transient data store.

A method of uniquely associating a patient with a clinical record that is communicable to a clinic, the patient having a patient mobile communication device and the clinic having a local data management hub that comprises processor means adapted to operate in accordance with a predetermined instruction set and which is operatively connected to an interconnected computer data network, the method comprising the steps of:

• downloading an application program from the local data management hub onto the patient mobile communication device;
• generating, at the clinic, a unique ID that links only the unique ID to an EMR of the patient;
• embedding the unique ID into the downloaded application program;
• creating a unique PIN for the patient to access the application program;
• operatively associating one or more medical instruments for use by the patient with the application program;
• communicating patient data created by the patient's use of the one or more medical instruments to the application program where loaded instructions from the predetermined instruction set onto the mobile communication device encrypt the patient data for secure data communication over the interconnected computer data network via a transient data store to the clinic;
• decrypting the patient data at the local data management hub;
• using the unique ID to correlate the patient data with the patient at the local data management hub.