摘要 |
An individualized patient electronic medical records system (10) that provides unlimited patient access to one's medical records (20). The invention may include a benchmark against which medical treatments can be evaluated for compliance with reasonable standard of care or a prompt to indicate appropriate testing, medications, etc., based upon the patient's age, sex, etc. The invention is applicable to human and animal patients. Advantages include patient ownership, control, and access to her/his individual records; the patient (22) can review and enter comments or questions on her/his data record for review and consideration by a physician; the patient can carry the medical record on her/his person so that the information is accessible in the event of emergency or when traveling; any entry to the medical records is identified by the provider (12, 14, 16, 24) or patient her/himself; and a password or similar prevents tampering or altering information entered by someone else. |