Access to inpatient medical information for patient and proxies

摘要

A method and apparatus for making information associated with a patient at a medical facility available, the method comprising the steps of providing a processor, a database and at least a first interface device, the processor linked to each of the interface device and the database via a network and during an admit period that occurs between admission of a first patient to and discharge of the first patient from the facility, allowing at least one of the first patient and a proxy for the first patient to access at least a subset of admit period information associated with the first patient that reflects activities related to the first patient that occur during the admit period where the admit period information includes official facility generated information.