US 8,577,697 B2Granted

Use of internet site as a registry for results of medical tests

OwnerGregory A. Demopulosinventor

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Abstract

Results of medical tests for sexually transmissible diseases (STDs) or other medical conditions such as drug use are posted to a registry site accessible by a subscriber and any authorized guest of the subscriber. The medical test results are associated with a verification of the subscriber's identity. The verification may be in the form of a driver's license number, or other indicia of identification, recorded when a test sample was drawn by a testing lab affiliated with the registry site. Results of the test performed by the testing lab are automatically posted to the registry site, along with the customer ID assigned to the subscriber when registering with the registry site, and the verification of the subscriber's identity. Subsequently, the subscriber and any authorized guest or prospective sexual partner can access the subscriber's test results and the verification of the subscriber's identity by entering a predefined password or other access code, thereby enabling the guest, who may be a prospective sexual partner, to verify a medical condition asserted by the subscriber.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for registering results of a first medical test on a subscriber so that the results are accessible only to authorized parties over a communication network, as evidence of a medical condition of the subscriber, the computer-implemented method comprising:

under the control of one or more computing devices,
receiving, at a registry site from a testing agency that performed the first medical test, the results of the first medical test of the subscriber and an indicator of an identity of the subscriber comprising an image of at least the face of the subscriber, wherein the indicator of the identity of the subscriber is distinct from the results of the first medical test, wherein the indicator is generated by the test agency in conjunction with administration of the first medical test, and wherein the first medical test corresponds to at least one predefined type of medical test, and wherein the at least one predefined type of medical test is not modifiable by the subscriber;
processing the indicator of the identity of the subscriber with the results of the first medical test to link the indicator of the identity of the subscriber and the results of the first medical test;
storing, in a data store associated with the registry site, the results of the first medical test of the subscriber together with the indicator of the identity of the subscriber to which the results are linked;
receiving, from a party authorized by the subscriber, a request for at least the results of the first medical test;
and
providing, to the party authorized by the subscriber, all results of medical tests corresponding to the at least one predefined type of medical test and the linked indicator of the identity of the subscriber that is stored in the data store associated with the registry site.

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A system for managing medical test results of a subscriber so that the results are accessible only to authorized parties over a communication network, as evidence of a medical condition of the subscriber, the system comprising:

a data store for maintaining results of one or more medical tests of the subscriber, wherein the results of at least one medical test of the subscriber are linked within the data store to an indicator of an identity of the subscriber collected comprising an image of at least the face of the subscriber generated by the test agency that performed the medical test in conjunction with administration of the medical test, wherein the indicator is distinct from the results of the medical test;
and
a processing unit in communication with the data store, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive, from a test agency, the results of a first medical test of the subscriber performed by the test agency and an indicator of an identity of the subscriber comprising an image of at least the face of the subscriber, wherein the indicator is generated by the test agency in conjunction with administration of the first medical test, wherein the first medical test corresponds to at least one predefined type of medical test, and wherein the indicator is distinct from the results of the first medical test;
process the indicator of the identity of the subscriber with the results of the first medical test to link the indicator of the identity of the subscriber and the results of the first medical test;
store, in the data store, the results of the first medical test of the subscriber linked to the indicator of the identity of the subscriber;
receive, from a party authorized by the subscriber, a request for at least the results of the first medical test;
and
provide, to the party authorized by the subscriber, the results of the first medical test and linked indicator of the identity of the subscriber.

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A system for registering results of a medical test on a subscriber so that the results are accessible only to authorized parties over a communication network, as evidence of a medical condition of the subscriber, the system comprising:

a data store for maintaining results of one or more medical tests of the subscriber, wherein the results of at least one medical test of the subscriber are linked within the data store to an indicator of an identity of the subscriber comprising an image of at least the face of the subscriber, wherein the indicator is generated by the test agency that performed the medical test in conjunction with administration of the medical test, and wherein the indicator is distinct from the results of the medical test;
a processing unit in communication with the data store, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive, from a test agency, results of a first medical test of the subscriber performed by the test agency and an indicator of the identity of the subscriber comprising an image of at least the face of the subscriber, wherein the indicator generated by the test agency in conjunction with administration of the first medical test, wherein the first medical test corresponds to at least one predefined type of medical test, wherein the at least one predefined type of medical test is not modifiable by the subscriber, and wherein the indicator is distinct from the results of the first medical test;
process the indicator of the identity of the subscriber with the results of the first medical test to link the indicator of the identity of the subscriber and the results of the first medical test;
store, in the data store, the results of the first medical test of the subscriber linked to the indicator of the identity of the subscriber;
provide, to a party authorized by the subscriber, registry site verification information, the registry site verification information to be used by the party authorized by the subscriber in verifying trustworthiness of the registry site;
receive, from a party authorized by the subscriber, a request for at least the results of the first medical test;
and
provide, to the party authorized by the subscriber, the results of the first medical test linked to indicator of the identity of the subscriber.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/767,752Filed 26 Apr 2010 · continuation
Priority: 28 Feb 2000
Published: US 2010/0318379 A116 Dec 2010
Granted: 5 Nov 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G16H 15/00
Ict specially adapted for medical reports
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…
G16H 40/67
For the operation of medical equipment or devices: for remote operation