US Patent 7213016 System and method for managing advance directives

A system and method can store and retrieve advance directives with a database that is coupled to a communications system. The database is arranged to register and store information about a service provider in anticipation of future creation of advance directives that will come into at least the temporary possession of the service provider. The database is arranged to store information supplied by the service provider and about a person and the person's advance directive. The communications system is operable in response to a request by the service provider to automatically transmit information about one or more advance directives that were stored in the database by the service provider.