SYNDICATING CT DATA IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20070116037A1
• Filed: 12/22/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Newsilike Media Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, James
• Application Number:
  US11/615,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20070116037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/462
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6263 during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for syndication and management of structured and unstructured data to assist institutional healthcare delivery, healthcare providers'"'"' practices, healthcare providers'"'"' group practices, collaborative academic research and decision making in healthcare, including through the utilization of medical devices and healthcare pools.

Claims

1-150. -150. (canceled)

151. A method comprising:

receiving computed tomography data from a medical device;

securing the computed tomography data with a conditional access mechanism to provide a secure item; and

publishing the secure item in a syndicated data feed.

152. The method of claim 151 further comprising subscribing to the syndicated data feed and storing the syndicated data feed in a data pool.

153. The method of claim 152 further comprising accessing the data pool to obtain data for authorizing a medical procedure.

154. The method of claim 152 further comprising accessing the data pool to obtain data for authorizing payment for a medical procedure.

155. The method of claim 151 further comprising limiting access to the secure item based upon a privacy rule.

156. The method of claim 151 further comprising limiting access to the secure item based upon an identity of a requester of the secure item.

157. The method of claim 156 further comprising determining the identity according to a patient identifier.

158. The method of claim 151 further comprising adding metadata to the secure item.

159. The method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies the medical device.

160. The method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies a time of creation of the ultrasound echo data.

161. The method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies a physician who requested the computed tomography data.

162. the method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies a patient.

163. The method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies an intended recipient of the computed tomography data.

164. The method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies a health care professional who operated the medical device to acquire the computed tomography data.

165. The method of claim 158 wherein the metadata identifies a laboratory where the medical device is located.

166. The method of claim 158 further comprising manually entering the metadata.

167. The method of claim 158 wherein the medical device adds the metadata.

168. The method of claim 158 wherein a physician adds the metadata.

169. The method of claim 151 further comprising encrypting the secure item to prevent unauthorized access.

170. The method of claim 151 wherein publishing the syndicated data feed includes publishing the syndicated data feed to a publicly-accessible network.