A business method for providing improved portable health care records
management that is HIPAA compliant and legally reliable from the
physician's perspective. The method provides service for providing a USB
portable medical records database to a hospital patient in a USB device
with multiple layers of security. The USB device and first and second
softwares for implementing updates of the USB portable medical records
database are provided. A first software resident on the USB device
auto-runs a resident database of patient medical records and provides
security and HMI functions. Second software resides on a business
computer linked to the hospital medical records database for acquiring,
sorting, and storing medical records on the USB device. A discharge
service includes creating a USB portable medical records database for a
patient being discharged, and may optionally include reviews of the
records for compliance with medical and insurance standards. Only
physician-dictated records are stored.