SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING AN INTERNET-BASED, UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE AND ANONYMOUS PATIENT MEDICAL HOME PAGE

摘要

Universal internet access to a patient's critical medical records is obtainable by creating an anonymous medical homepage for each patient which is devoid of any personal identifiers. The anonymous medical homepage is hosted on a centralized data server which receives medical information from a participating physician's electronic medical records program. At the time of an office or consultation visit, EMR data is captured by the data center and processed so as to append critical patient medical information to the patient's anonymous homepage. The owner of the anonymous homepage is identified solely by a pseudoname and password, such that the patient's identity is maintained in confidence. A medical alert bracelet or medical alert card, containing the patient's pseudoname and password, gives notice and grants access to an emergency physician in cases where the patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate a scientifically rigorous and detailed medical history.

主权项

1. A method for developing a universally accessible electronic patient medical history, the method comprising:
defining a medical history database, the database accessible by an electronic data input and processing device, the input device writing medical history information associated to particular patients to the database wherein each patient has medical history information that is controlled by the patient and wherein a unique pseudoname and password chosen and controlled by the patient is associated with the medical history information and the patient can modify the medical history information; generating a particular anonymous webpage based on the medical history information of a particular patient, wherein the particular anonymous webpage is identified by the unique pseudoname and password chosen and controlled by the particular patient and wherein the particular anonymous webpage does not contain any personal identifiers of the particular patient; and accessing the particular anonymous webpage by a party other than the particular patient over a public wide area network, wherein access to the particular anonymous webpage is controlled by the particular patient and is granted in accordance with the particular patient's pseudoname and password chosen and controlled by the particular patient.