Standardized health data hub

• US 20080215627A1
• Filed: 01/04/2008
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: iMetrikus, Inc.
• Original Assignee: iMetrikus, Inc.
• Inventors: Higgins, Rose, Webber, Jeffrey James, Pakarinen, Toni Tapio
• Application Number:
  US12/006,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215627A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A central health data repository stores health data from various data providers and provides data to various data consumers. The data hub is a standardized central repository that conforms to various standards, such as Health Level Seven (HL7). The data is received according to the HL7 specification and is transmitted to the various data providers using HL7. The data may also be transmitted as a continuous data feed. In this manner, a large volume of health data may be collected, stored, and disseminated using the data hub as a standardized service. A computer system includes one or more processors, an output network interface and an input network interface, a memory for storing multiple personal health records having fields for storing data in a proprietary format or in a standard format. The memory may also include an HL7 translation module and a data insertion/retrieval code module, wherein the computer system performs as a standardized health data repository for various entities in the healthcare industry.

Claims

1. A method a managing health-related data comprising:

receiving health data for a plurality of data providers, wherein the health data is either transmitted using the Health Level Seven (HL7) specification or is transmitted in a proprietary format using a known protocol;

translating health data in a proprietary format to HL7-conforming format for storage;

storing the health data in a data hub having a plurality of personal health records, wherein a PHR stores the health data having multiple formats;

transmitting a portion of the health data to one or more data consumers using the HL7 specification,

wherein the data hub performs as a central, standardized data hub capable of providing a continuous health data feed to data consumers.

2. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors;

an output network interface and an input network interface;

a memory for storing

a plurality of personal health records, a personal health record having fields for storing data in a proprietary format or in a standard format;

an Health Level Seven (HL7) translation module; and

a data insertion/retrieval code module,

wherein the computer system performs as a standardized health data repository for various entities in the healthcare industry.