Method and system for distributing health information

Abstract

A method of and system for distributing medical information for an individual over a communications network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a plurality of security access codes, generating a plurality of hierarchical categories, ranging from a low security category to a high security category, categorizing the individual's medical information into privacy levels ranging from a least private level to a most private level, inputting the individual's categorized medical information into the plurality of hierarchical categories, the least private level being input into the low security category and the most private level being input into the high security category and assigning, to each of the categories, one or more of the access security codes, such that the medical information in each category will be released only if the assigned access security codes are received. The method further includes the steps of receiving, from a requestor, one or more of the access security codes over the communications network, determining whether the received access security codes match one or more of the assigned access security codes and transmitting, to the requester over the communications network, the medical information in the categories in which the received security access codes match the assigned security access codes.