Method and process for transporting health information

• US 10,120,978 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (State of Michigan)
• Original Assignee: Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (State of Michigan)
• Inventors: Pletcher, Tim, Livesay, Jeff, Mach, Rod
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Linh Giang
• Application Number:
  US15/081,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20160210414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method for transforming and transporting health information is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving the health information; transforming the received health information of based on a predetermined rule; validating whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard; and parsing the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.

Claims

1. A method according to a set of instructions stored on the memory of a computing device for transforming and transporting health information, comprising:

receiving, by a processor of the computing device, the health information;

streaming, by the processor, the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations;

transforming, by the processor, the received health information based on at least one predetermined rule, wherein the transforming comprises;

de-identifying the received health information,

extracting data from an attachment received as part of the health information, and

transforming the data from the attachment to a proper form based on a third-party standard;

determining, by the processor, whether the received health information is in the proper form based on the third-party standard;

error-correcting the received health information;

categorizing, based on an identifier included with the received health information, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information; and

parsing, by the processor, the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the received health information is provided via a Health Information Service Provider (HISP) to HISP communication.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third-party standard is provided via the Center for Disease Control .

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third-party standard is based on a Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes standard.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third-party standard is based on the Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine standard.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising routing the de- identified health information to the determined entity.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the determined entity is a Health Plan Data Warehouse.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the determined entity is a personal health care provider.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, wherein the instructions comprise:

instructions to receive the health information;

instructions to stream the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations;

instructions to transform the received health information based on a predetermined rule, wherein the instructions to transform the received health information further comprise;

instructions to de-identify the received health information,

instructions to extract data from an attachment received as part of the health information, and

instructions to transform the data from the attachment to a proper form based on a third-party standard;

instructions to determine whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard and to error-correct the received health information;

instructions to categorize, based on an identifier included with the received health information, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information; and

instructions to parse the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the attachment includes a single record.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of records.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the plurality of records comprises immunization or Admit-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) records.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the information parsed to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information is located in the attachment.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory; and

a first set of instructions stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive the health information;

stream the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations;

transform the received health information based on a predetermined rule, wherein to transform the received health information the processor is further configured to;

de-identify the received health information,

extract data from an attachment received as part of the health information, and

transform the data from the attachment to a proper form based on a third-party standard;

determine whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard;

error-correct the received health information;

categorize, based on an identifier included with the received health information, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information; and

parse the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of attachments.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information is parsed from a subject field of the received health information.