Methods, systems, and devices for managing medical images and records

Abstract

The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for managing, transferring, modifying, converting and/or tracking medical files and/or medical system messages. In certain embodiments, the foregoing may generally be based on requesting medical files at a first medical facility, identifying the requested medical files at a second medical facility, initiating a secure network connection between the first and second medical facility, modifying a header portion of the medical files based on patient identification information created by the first medical facility, and other processing steps.

1 . A computer-implemented method for transferring one or more medical files from a source facility to a destination facility over a computer network, the method comprising:
 displaying by a user access point system a list of one or more medical files associated with a user, wherein the one or more medical files are located at one or more medical facilities;   receiving by the user access point system a request from the user to transfer one or more medical files from a source facility to a destination facility;   receiving by the user access point system an authentication key from the user, wherein the authentication key is generated by a client server system of the one or more medical facilities, given to the user after verifying identification of the user by the one or more medical facilities, and transmitted electronically to a main server from the client server system;   transmitting electronically by the user access point system the authentication key received from the user to the main server, wherein the main server is configured to compare the authentication key received from the user to the authentication key received from the client server system, and   wherein the main server is further configured to initiate transfer of the one or more medical files from the source facility to the destination facility over the computer network based on the comparison of authentication keys; and   receiving electronically by the user access point system a notification when the transfer of the one or more medical files is completed, whereupon a secure network connection between the source facility and the destination facility used to facilitate transfer of the one or more medical files is automatically terminated,   wherein the user access point system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the authentication key is a barcode. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the authentication key is generated by the client server system of the one or more medical facilities according to an authentication key generating algorithm, wherein the authentication key generating algorithm is pre-determined by the main server. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2 , wherein the authentication key generating algorithm is based on a location of the one or more medical facilities and time of generating the authentication key. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the main server is further configured to verify the authentication key generated and transmitted by the client server system. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein verifying identification of the user comprises verifying one or more identification documents of the user by the one or more medical facilities. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1  further comprising receiving by the user access point system input from the user in response to questions configured to further confirm identification of the user, wherein the questions are pre-selected by the user. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the user access point system is a mobile device comprising a browsing module configured to present data and a user interface configured to allow user interaction with the data over the computer network. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the user access point system comprises one or more computer systems. 
     
     
         10 . A computer-implemented method for transferring one or more medical files from a source facility to a destination facility over a computer network, the method comprising:
 receiving by a main server a request from a user access point system to transfer one or more medical files from the source facility to the destination facility, wherein the request comprises a first patient identifier and a second patient identifier, wherein the first patient identifier is used by the source facility to identify the user and the second patient identifier is used by the destination facility to identify the user;   determining by the main server a user identifier associated with the user based on the received request, wherein the user identifier is used by the main server to identify the user;   initiating generation of a secure network connection between the source facility and the destination facility, wherein the secure network connection facilitates transfer of the one or more medical files;   transmitting electronically by the main server a first electronic communication to the source facility to transfer the one or more medical files to the destination facility, wherein the first electronic communication comprises the first patient identifier and the user identifier, wherein the source facility is configured to replace the first patient identifier with the user identifier in the one or more medical files and transfer the one or more medical files to the destination facility based on the first electronic communication;   transmitting electronically by the main server a second electronic communication to the destination facility to receive the one or more medical files from the source facility, wherein the second electronic communication comprises the second patient identifier and the user identifier, wherein the destination facility is configured to receive the one or more medical files from the source facility and replace the user identifier with the second patient identifier in the one or more medical files based on the first electronic communication; and   initiating termination of the secure network connection between the source facility and the destination facility after transfer of the one or more medical files is completed,   wherein the user access point system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.   
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more medical files comprise all medical files that are associated with the first patient identifier. 
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the user identifier is different from the first patient identifier and the second patient identifier. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the main server comprises one or more computer systems. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the source facility is configured to replace only the first identifier in a header portion of the one or more medical files with the user identifier. 
     
     
         15 . A computer-implemented method for transferring one or more medical files from a source facility to a destination facility over a computer network, the method comprising:
 receiving by a user access point system a request from a user to transfer one or more medical files from the source facility to the destination facility;   generating by the user access point system an electronic communication based on the request and transmitting the electronic communication to a main server, wherein the main server is configured to generate a unique code based on the request;   receiving by the user access point system the unique code from the main server;   displaying by the user access point system the unique code, wherein scanning the unique code at the destination facility initiates generation of an authentication message to the main server, wherein the main server is further configured to initiate the transfer of the one or more medical files from the source facility to the destination facility based on the authentication message,   wherein upon initiation of transfer of the one or more medical files by the main server, a secure network connection is established between the source facility and the destination facility to facilitate transfer of the one or more medical files, and   wherein the user access point system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the unique code is a barcode. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the user access point system comprises one or more computer systems. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the authentication message comprises the unique code. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the main server is further configured to verify the unique code received from the user access point system by comparing with the unique code the main server generated. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein scanning the unique code at the destination facility further initiates downloading by one or more computer systems of the destination facility patient information related to the health of the user from the main server.