Method of and system for integrating health information into a patient's record

• US 20040111298A1
• Filed: 12/10/2002
• Published: 06/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trizetto Group Incorporated (Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Trizetto Group Incorporated (Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.)
• Inventors: Schoenberg, Roy
• Application Number:
  US10/315,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20040111298A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A method of integrating information into a record includes the steps of:

A. constructing, with a user system, a personalized record on a first data server system;

B. selecting a topic about which information will be integrated into the record;

C. the first data server system locating a second data server system on a network which contains information about the topic;

D. the first data server system generating, within the record, a link to the location within the second data server system which contains the information;

E. the user system accessing the record on the first data server system via the network;

F. the user system selecting the link within the record;

G. the first data server system retrieving the information associated with the link from the second data server system via the network; and

H. the first data server system transmitting the information to the user system via the network.

Claims

1. A method of integrating information into a record comprising:

A. constructing, with a user system, a data record on a first data server system;

B. selecting a topic about which information will be integrated into the record;

C. said first data server system locating a second data server system on a network which contains information about the topic;

D. said first data server system generating, within the record, a link to the location within the second data server system which contains the information;

E. said user system accessing the record on the first data server system via the network;

F. said user system selecting the link within the record;

G. said first data server system retrieving the information associated with the link from the second data server system via the network; and

H. said first data server system transmitting the information to the user system via the network.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said record is a health record.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said first data server system hosts a website through which said user system accesses the record.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said user system gains access to said information through said website.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein, in step A, said record is constructed by a patient using said user system.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein, in step A, said record is constructed by a healthcare provider using said user system.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said network is the internet.

8. A system for integrating information into a record comprising:

a first data server including a computer processor and associated memory, said first data server having a database containing at least one record, the record including data pertaining to a user of the system; and

a second data server system including a computer processor and associated memory and being coupled to said first data server system via a network, said second data server system including information categorized into at least one topic;

wherein the record further includes a link to the information in the at least one topic stored on said second data server system, such that, when the user selects the link from within the record, the first data server system retrieves the information stored on said second data server system via the network and transmits the information to the user via the network.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said record is a health record.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein said first data server system hosts a website through which said user accesses the record.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the user gains access to said information through said website.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising a user system including a computer processor and associated memory wherein said record is constructed on said first data server system by the user system.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said record is constructed by a patient using said user system.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said record is constructed by a healthcare provider using said user system.

15. The system of claim 8 wherein said network is the internet.

16. A method of integrating information into a record comprising:

A. constructing, with a user system, at least one data record on a first data server system, said at least one data record including information categorized into at least one category;

B. searching each of said at least one data records to locate particular entries in each of said at least one category;

C. locating a data record having the particular entries in each of said at least one category;

D. associating a topic with the located data record;

E. said first data server system locating a second data server system on a network which contains information about the topic;

F. said first data server system generating, within the located data record, a link to the location within the second data server system which contains the information;

G. said user system accessing the located data record on the first data server system via the network;

H. said user system selecting the link within the located data record;

I. said first data server system retrieving the information associated with the link from the second data server system via the network; and

J. said first data server system transmitting the information to the user system via the network.

17. A method of integrating information into a record comprising:

A. constructing, with a user system, a data record on a first data server system;

B. assigning an informational topic to the record;

C. said first data server system locating a second data server system on a network which contains information about the topic;

D. said first data server system generating, within the record, a link to the location within the second data server system which contains the information;

E. said user system accessing the record on the first data server system via the network;

F. said user system selecting the link within the record;

G. said first data server system retrieving the information associated with the link from the second data server system via the network; and

H. said first data server system transmitting the information to the user system via the network.