ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE, STANDARDS-BASED RHIO ARCHITECTURE AND APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD OF USE

• US 20080183495A1
• Filed: 05/25/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Spilling, Douglas Gustav, Lieberman, Michael Ian, Ricciardi, Thomas Nicholas, Caha, Milan, Langdon, George B., Braunstein, Marianne Noel, Brown, Anthony Perrigo, Gund, Mandred A., Howard, William Louis, Joseph, Michael F., Butterfield, Nathaniel Blair
• Application Number:
  US11/753,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20080183495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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 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: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for health information exchange. Certain embodiments provide a health information exchange system. The system includes an interface accommodating a plurality of data sources transmitting data for storage at the health information exchange system. The system also includes a shared data repository configured to aggregate and store patient-related data from the plurality of data sources. The shared data repository is accessible to a community of users via the health information exchange system. The system further includes a query engine for querying the shared data repository to retrieve a subset of patient-related data. Additionally, the system includes a Web-based portal providing an authorized user access to the subset of patient-related data for at least one of patient care and clinical performance.

Claims

1. A health information exchange system, said system comprising:

an interface accommodating a plurality of data sources transmitting data for storage at said health information exchange system;

a shared data repository configured to aggregate and store patient-related data from said plurality of data sources, said shared data repository accessible to a community of users via said health information exchange system;

a query engine for querying said shared data repository to retrieve a subset of patient-related data; and

a Web-based portal providing an authorized user access to said subset of patient-related data for at least one of patient care and clinical performance.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said health information exchange system facilitates at least one of storing data at said shared data repository and accessing said data via said Web-based portal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said shared data repository comprises a shared electronic medical record data repository.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said health information exchange system provides data to an authorized user via an application service provider.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said shared data repository comprises a cross document sharing data repository.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising security services providing protection of patient privacy within said health information exchange system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said health information exchange system comprises infrastructure of or for a regional health information organization (“

RHIO”

).

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said query engine pre-fetches data from said shared data repository in response to a query request.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said health information exchange system processes data based on at least one of a patient identifier cross-reference and a patient demographic query.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said shared data repository comprises an extract, transform and load (“

ETL”

) database in communication with a vocabulary server to transform extracted data.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein data is aggregated and scrubbed in said shared data repository.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said shared data repository comprises an electronic medical record-based medical quality improvement consortium data warehouse.

13. A method for providing health information exchange services, said method comprising:

providing, for a fee, an interface allowing a plurality of data sources to transmit data to one or more shared data repositories accessible to participants in a health information exchange; and

providing, for a fee, population data from said one or more shared data repositories based on a query.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said population data is provided via an electronic medical record application service provider.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising aggregating population data for a region from said one or more shared data repositories for comparison against a national benchmark.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein said providing step further comprises providing, via a Web-based portal, for a fee, population data from said one or more shared data repositories.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising aggregating, scrubbing, structuring and transforming raw clinical data from a health information exchange to load a population data warehouse.

18. A health information exchange, said exchange comprising:

pre-established data connectivity for import and export of patient data to be shared for a region;

an electronic medical record database configured to aggregate, scrub, structure and transform raw clinical data for said region; and

a population data warehouse loaded with data from said electronic medical record database for data extraction for clinical quality and clinical outcomes reporting.

19. The health information exchange of claim 18, wherein said population data warehouse is configured to safeguard patient privacy.

20. The health information exchange of claim 18, further comprising a viewing application for creating clinical performance metrics and clinical outcomes data sets.