METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA IN A STANDARDIZED MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT

• US 20070220006A1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation), General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Incorporated (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: Shehadeh, Firass, Wiechman, Grace, Dean, Timothy, Elletson, Paul, Palmer, Peter, Baird, Douglas, Gund, Manfred
• Application Number:
  US11/677,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20070220006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for generating data in a standardized machine-readable format. A method monitors a secured area in a centralized repository; detects the creation of one or more files at the centralized repository, wherein the files include patient-related data, and in response to detecting the creation: connects to the centralized repository from a computer associated with a medical practice; authenticates the connection to access a secured area; and accesses one or more files in the secured area.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring a secured area in a centralized repository;

detecting the creation of one or more files at the centralized repository, wherein the files include patient-related data, and in response to detecting the creation;

connecting to the centralized repository from a computer associated with a medical practice;

authenticating the connection to access a secured area; and

accessing one or more files in the secured area.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting to the centralized repository from the computer associated with the medical practice; and

communicating patient-related data to the centralized repository.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the patient-related data includes a demographic update or a lab result.