Abstract: An electronic consent-based medical record is created by: providing a processor(s) communicably coupled to an input/output interface, a memory and a data storage; receiving a medical procedure identifier for a patient; creating the electronic medical record and storing the electronic medical record in the data storage; storing a medical data and an education information for a medical procedure associated with the medical procedure identifier in the electronic medical record; storing a set of consent-based questions for the medical procedure in the electronic medical record; providing the educational information and the consent-based questions for the medical procedure to the patient via a remote device; receiving an electronic consent from the patient; storing the electronic consent in the electronic medical record; providing a report based on the electronic medical record to a medical provider; receiving an electronic authorization from the medical provider; and storing the electronic authorization in the el

Abstract: In a storage system, at least three storage sites are arranged in a full mirroring relationship using a virtual connection between instances of a storage group on two of the sites whereby no user data is transmitted.