Inventors:
Ranjan Sachdev - Bethlehem PA, US
International Classification:
G06F017/60
Abstract:
A HIPAA compliant for patient check-in at an office of a health care provider using a identification card. The card includes a substrate that carries a computer-generated representation of a name of the patient, a name of a medication, a medical condition, treatment, test or procedure, a place and date for when the medical condition was diagnosed, medication was prescribed and medical treatment, test or procedure was performed, a name of a health care provider diagnosing the medical condition, prescribing the medication and performing medical treatment, test or procedure and a result of the medical test. The card also carries an encoded, computer-readable identification number that identifies the patient in a medical information database. The card may also carry a computer-readable code that stores an encoded representation of the human-readable information. An identification card that carries information about a pet. The card includes a substrate that carries a computer-generated representation of a name of the caregiver, name of the pet, name of the pet's species, breed or gender, a name of the veterinarian health care provider, a name of a vaccination, medical test or procedure and result of the medical test. The card also carries an encoded, computer-readable identification number that identifies the pet in a medical information database. The card may also carry a computer-readable code that stores an encoded representation of the human-readable information.