Abstract: A system for managing electronic medical records, including: (a) an originator facility, having: data sources storing data segments in different formats; and a data encoder configured to construct a consolidated electronic medical record from the data segments, the data encoder being configured to attach a unique identification tag to the consolidated electronic medical record and to the individual data segments; (b) a data delivery and messaging platform configured to transmit the consolidated electronic medical record and the unique identification tags over the internet; and (c) at least one recipient facility configured to receive the consolidated electronic medical record and the unique identification tags from the data delivery and messaging platform, having: a data decoder configured to extract the consolidated electronic medical record and the unique identification tags; and a plurality of data repositories, each data repository comprising a one or more data segments stored in a different format.