System and method for medical device identifier

Disclosed is a method and a system for sharing medical records data of a patient with a home medical equipment provider entity and a physician entity using a computerized records management system (110) on a network (160). The medical records data at least includes data associated with a home medical equipment (HME) device (170) provided to the patient. The method comprises the steps of creating a HME device associated patient record in the computerized records management system (110); associating the HME device associated patient record with at least one of the home medical equipment provider entity and the physician entity; and transmitting, via the network (160), data of the HME device associated patient record to a device (140, 150) associated with the home medical equipment provider entity or the physician entity. The HME device associated patient record comprises patient information and an HME device identifier. Wherein the HME device identifier is associated with the HME device (130) and is a unique identifier that distinguishes the HME device (130) provided to the patient from other HME devices registered at the computerized records management system (110). The computerized records management system (110) is configured to provide access to the patient information via the HME device associated patient record in connection with an HME device identifier search, whereby duplicate record creation is avoided.