LOGICAL INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL RECORD DATA MINING

• US 20080208633A1
• Filed: 07/31/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eClinicalWorks LLC
• Original Assignee: eClinicalWorks LLC
• Inventors: Navani, Girish Kumar
• Application Number:
  US11/831,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208633A1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a logical interface for mining medical data records comprises a data processor for receiving input of a selection of criteria for a medical records query, a database of medical records, responsive to a query, for outputting patient medical record data responsive to the query, and a plurality of operations including a means of combining a first and second query and a means of providing medical data not meeting the first and second query. The query may utilize a plurality of filters among the following: demographics, vitals, laboratories, ICD codes, CPT codes, prescriptions, alerts, medical history, immunizations and encounters/visits among other filters. In one embodiment, the result of a series of queries may be output to a central database for various purposes including the identification of an outbreak of an epidemic in a geographic region. In reverse, an embodiment may comprise a patient portal for posting personalized patient alerts regarding, for example, medical risks associated with taking a given medication or having received a bad vaccination lot.

Claims

1. A logical interface for mining medical data records comprising:

a data processor for receiving input of a selection of criteria for a medical records query;

a database of medical records, responsive to a query, for outputting patient medical record data responsive to the query;

a plurality of operations including a means of combining a first and second query and a means of providing medical data not meeting the first and second query.

2. A logical interface as recited in claim 1 further comprising a patient portal for access by patients, the patient portal for providing medical data to a patient responsive to the first and second query.

3. A logical interface as recited in claim 1 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of demographics, vitals and prescriptions.

4. A logical interface as recited in claim 1 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of prescriptions and immunizations.

5. A logical interface as recited in claim 1 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of an ICD code or a CPT code.

6. A logical interface as recited in claim 1 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of a medical history and encounters/visits.

7. A logical interface as recited in claim 1 further comprising an interface to an external database including one of a federal agency, a state agency and a research organization.

8. A logical interface as recited in claim 7 further comprising a patient portal for access by patients, the patient portal for providing a medical alert input via said interface to an external database.

9. A method of logically interfacing with a medical records database comprising:

selecting a first query via a first filter;

selecting a second query via a second filter;

running a subset combining the first and second queries; and

logically “

not”

operating on the subset to obtain a set of medical patient data.

10. A method of logically interfacing as recited in claim 9 further comprising:

transmitting a message associated with the set of medical patient data via a patient portal.

11. A method of logical interfacing as recited in claim 9 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of demographics, vitals and prescriptions.

12. A method of logical interfacing as recited in claim 9 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of prescriptions and immunizations.

13. A method of logical interfacing as recited in claim 9 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of an ICD code or a CPT code.

14. A method of logical interfacing as recited in claim 9 wherein said first or second query comprise querying via a plurality of filters including at least one of a medical history and encounters/visits.

15. A method of logical interfacing as recited in claim 9 further comprising interfacing to an external database including one of a federal agency, a state agency and a research organization.

16. A method of logical interfacing as recited in claim 10 further comprising broadcasting a message to all patients identified responsive to a query via said patient portal.

17. Computer readable media for performing the method of claim 9.

18. A system comprising an electronic medical records subsystem and a centralized database, the centralized database collecting medical query result data from at least one subsystem, the centralized database for permitting the generation of a medical alert directed to patients associated with the at least one medical records subsystem responsive to the medical query result data.

19. A system as recited in claim 18 further comprising a patient portal of the electronic records subsystem for providing a personal patient alert.

20. A system as recited in claim 18, the centralized database collecting specific medical query results indicative of symptoms of a particular disease, the electronic medical records subsystem comprising patient symptom data for a plurality of patients.