Abstract: A method of creating and maintaining a centralized medical record system includes establishing, in a computer system, a record associated with an account of a client, the computer system being in communication with a network to which the client has access, receiving a copy of at least one medical record or item of data, from one or more of a multiplicity of health care entity sources, sent to the centralized medical record system, producing an electronic representation of each copy received from each of the multiplicity of health care entity sources, and storing, in the centralized medical record system, the representation received and logically associating, with each representation, client information related to the client.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of creating and maintaining a centralized medical record system. The method of this embodiment includes establishing, in a computer system, a record associated with a client. (The computer system is in communication with a network to which the client has access and is capable of storing records from a multiplicity of clients having medical information developed at a multiplicity of sources). The method also includes receiving medical data from a source pursuant to a written request by the client to the source for transfer of the medical data to the centralized medical record system. Also the method includes storing and logically associating a representation of the medical data with the record and providing the client with access to the record over the network such that the client may review the representation of the medical data.