On 22 Nov 2004, at 6:29 PM, Tim Churches wrote:
There is some concern here in Australia over a patent application lodged by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia over some rather generic features of EHRs.
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The details of the CR Group application for "METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE INFORMATION" can be found here:
http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=WO02073455&F=0
or here:
http://snipurl.com/ator
The filing dates for both are 14 march 2002, with earliest priority dates of 14 March 2001.
The following link may be a false lead, as it may not be a close enough match, or early enough.
http://www.sonomavws.org/it082902200.html
This is an August 2002 article on a migrant farmworker personal health record system, which it describes as "developed and launched a year ago" by a local non-profit health advocacy group. This may be of interest depending on how closely the "Follow-Me" health record matches the claims of the PGA, and depending on whether or not the "Follow-Me" system beats the 14-March-01 date.
Further useful links.
http://www.vwsvia.org/ http://www.mmrinfo.com/
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