Method and apparatus for requesting and retrieving de-identified medical information
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1. A method of searching for medical information executed by one or more computers comprising:
- (a) receiving a request for medical information from a requester including identification of a subject;
(b) transmitting a query to a medical information repository for information pursuant to the request; and
(c) transmitting a response to the request including information based on the response to the query, the response being de-identified prior to transmission to remove any identifying information therein.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of searching for medical information. The method of searching may be executed by one or more computers and comprises the steps of receiving a request for medical information including identification of a subject; transmitting a query to a medical information repository for information pursuant to the request; and receiving a response to the query. The response to the request including information based on the response to the query may be further transmitted after being received. In addition, the response to the query may be de-identified to remove any identifying information therefrom.
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1. A method of searching for medical information executed by one or more computers comprising:
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(a) receiving a request for medical information from a requester including identification of a subject;
(b) transmitting a query to a medical information repository for information pursuant to the request; and
(c) transmitting a response to the request including information based on the response to the query, the response being de-identified prior to transmission to remove any identifying information therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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14. A method of searching for medical information executed by a network comprising:
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(a) requesting medical information including identification of a subject;
(b) verifying the request;
(c) querying a medical information repository for medical information about the identified subject;
(d) generating a response including any medical information about the subject contained in the medical information repository; and
(e) de-identifying the response to remove any identifying information from the response.
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23. A method for gathering and formatting medical information regarding an individual, and making that information available to a requester, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) searching at least one medical information repository for medical information regarding a group of preselected individuals;
(b) compiling and formatting at the site of the medical information repository the results of the search in a generic format ascertainable by requester;
(c) de-identifying the results of the search; and
(d) providing the compiled and de-identified results of at least one of the preselected individuals to a requester upon verification that the request is authorized.
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24. A method of providing relevant medical data from a medical information repository to a requester in a format ascertainable by a requester, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a query regarding the medical history of an individual;
(b) searching and compiling medical information from third party sources;
(c) de-identifying the medical information; and
(d) providing the compiled and de-identified medical information to satisfy the query.
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