CPC H04L 63/0428 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/18 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for managing a document request, the method comprising:
generating, by a first healthcare entity, a medical document associated with a patient;
storing, by a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) associated with the first healthcare entity, the medical document in a digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) format;
receiving a medical document request to transmit the medical document to a second healthcare entity, wherein the medical document request includes at least one of a C-move command and a C-find command;
determining, based on the medical document request, whether a legal document is required approve the medical document request;
sending, in response to determining that the legal document is required to approve the medical document request, a legal document request to a legal entity associated with, and authorized as a legal representative of, the patient;
receiving a legal document responsive to the legal document request;
determining that the legal document responsive to the legal document request fulfills the legal document request;
receiving, from the first healthcare entity, the medical document; and
sending, using a C-move command, the medical document to the second healthcare entity.
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