SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENTING PATIENT INFORMATION

1 . A method for providing access to patient information from within an electronic medical record, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user, at least one piece of identifying information, identifying the user as a person authorized to access the patient information;

providing an encrypted link on an electronic medical record of a patient, wherein the encrypted link is preloaded with the at least one piece of identifying information and a patient medical record number corresponding to the patient;

decrypting the encrypted link in response to the user clicking on the encrypted link, without requiring the user to provide any further identifying information; and

providing the patient information to the user via a secure web site, in response to the user clicking on the link.

2 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein the encrypted link is further preloaded with a private, shared key to encrypt the link, and wherein, once the encrypted link is clicked, the link validates the key and the link is decrypted.

3 . A method as in claim 2 , further comprising using the key to decrypt a uniform resource locator parameter.

4 . A method as in claim 1 , further comprising looking up the at least one piece of identifying information and the patient information in a database, before providing the patient information.

5 . A method as in claim 4 , further comprising providing an error message if the at least one piece of identifying information or the patient information is not found in the database.

6 . A method as in claim 4 , further comprising providing view-only access to the patient information if the at least one piece of identifying information is not found in the database.

7 . A method as in claim 4 , further comprising populating the database with data from a Health Level 7 feed from a healthcare institution at which the patient received healthcare.

8 . A method as in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the user as a particular type of user; and

providing a specified amount of access to the patient information, based on the particular type of user that the user is identified as.

9 . A method as in claim 1 , wherein the patient information is provided via a display monitor of a computer, and wherein the method further comprises linking the computer to a mobile electronic device to allow the patient information to be viewed on the mobile electronic device and on the display monitor.

10 . A method as in claim 9 , further comprising providing a mobile electronic device connection link on the display monitor of the computer to allow the computer to link with the mobile electronic device.

11 . A method as in claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying a code on the mobile electronic device in response to the user clicking on the mobile electronic device connection link; and

receiving the code entered into the mobile electronic device by a mobile device user, wherein linking the computer to the mobile electronic device is not performed until the code is entered into the mobile electronic device.

12 . A method for providing access to patient information from within an electronic medical record to multiple users, the method comprising:

displaying a first link on an electronic medical record of a patient on a display monitor of a computer, wherein the first link connects a first user to a secure web site in response to clicking on the first link;

providing the patient information to the first user via the secure web site;

displaying a second link on the secure web site on the computer, wherein the second link links the computer with a mobile electronic device in response to the first user clicking on the second link;

displaying a display code on the mobile electronic device in response to the first user clicking on the second link;

receiving an entered code, entered into the mobile electronic device by a second user;

verifying that the entered code matches the display code; and

linking the computer with the mobile electronic device, based on the verifying step.

13 . A method as in claim 12 , further comprising encrypting at least the first link.

14 . A method as in claim 13 , further comprising preloading at least the first link with a private, shared key to encrypt the first link, and wherein, once the encrypted first link is clicked, the first link validates the key and the first link is decrypted.

15 . A method as in claim 12 , further comprising looking up at least one piece of identifying information about the first user and the patient information in a database, before providing the patient information.

16 . A method as in claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying the first user as a particular type of user; and

providing a specified amount of access to the patient information, based on the particular type of user that the first user is identified as.

17 . A method as in claim 12 , wherein the patient information is provided via the display monitor of the computer, and wherein the method further comprises linking the computer to a mobile electronic device to allow the patient information to be viewed on the mobile electronic device and on the display monitor.

18 . A method as in claim 12 , further comprising providing a mobile electronic device connection link on the display monitor of the computer to allow the computer to link with the mobile electronic device.