US 8,508,336 B2 · Proximity-based healthcare management system with automatic access to private information

Abstract

A healthcare management system and method provide efficient and secure access to private information. A portable physical device, referred to herein as a Personal Digital Key or “PDK”, stores one or more profiles in memory. The biometric profile is acquired in a secure trusted process and is uniquely associated with an individual that is authorized to use and is associated with the PDK. The PDK can wirelessly transmit the identification information including a unique PDK identification number and the biometric profile over a secure wireless channel for use in an authentication process. The PDK is configured to wirelessly communicate with a reader. A provider interface coupled to the reader, and the reader is further configured to receive profile information from the PDK. The healthcare management system also includes an auto login server configured to communicate with the provider interface to allow access to information in a patient database.

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Dependent claims

A healthcare management system with automatic access to information, comprising:

a first personal digital key (PDK) configured to wirelessly communicate with a reader within a proximity zone of the reader, wherein the first PDK includes a first profile uniquely associated with a first user, wherein the first user is a healthcare provider;
a provider interface coupled to the reader, wherein the reader is further configured to differentiate between multiple PDKs including the first PDK and a second PDK within the proximity zone, select a PDK based on accumulated PDK data and receive profile information from the selected PDK, wherein the second PDK includes a second profile uniquely associated with a second user and the accumulated PDK data is accumulated in the reader a predetermined time after the selected PDK enters the proximity zone of the reader;
and
an auto login server configured to communicate with the provider interface to allow access, while the first PDK is within the proximity zone, to information in a patient database based on the profile information received from the first PDK-when the first PDK is the selected PDK.

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