A digital camera containing patient images is connected to an uploader
computer and the patient's name or history is entered into the uploader
computer. The uploader computer then connects to the Internet, connects
to the secure host server, uploads the images to the host server and
shuts down the Internet connection. After the physician selects a medical
facility and the system verifies the physician's user I.D. and password,
the host server constructs an HTML web page which includes a list of
patients whose images were previously uploaded by the medical facility
and are available for viewing. The physician simply selects the name of a
patient and the host server displays the patient information and images
on the physician's computer. The system is password-protected at all
levels and the operator for each medical facility determines who may have
access to the medical facility images.