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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 hig

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.

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1. A method of distributing health information, comprising the steps of:A. categorizing health information for an individual into a plurality of hierarchical sets of health information; B. assigning by said individual access priority data representative of an access priority level to each of said pl

1. A method of distributing health information, comprising the steps of:A. categorizing health information for an individual into a plurality of hierarchical sets of health information; B. assigning by said individual access priority data representative of an access priority level to each of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy, said access priority levels being based on differing criteria for release authorization for each of said plurality of sets of health information established by said individual; C. storing, at a datastore, each of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy and associated access priority data; D. providing, by said individual to one or more requesters, access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy; E. receiving, from a requestor, by way of a communications network, a request for at least one of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy, said request including access priority data correlated to an access priority level; F. processing said access priority data to determine whether said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested health information; and i. when said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested health information, transmitting said requested health information to said requester by way of said communications network, and ii. when said access data fails to correspond to said access priority level, denying access to said requestor to said health information.