PUBLISHER GATEWAY SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE DATA EXCHANGE, COLLECTION, MONITORING AND/OR ALERTING

• US 20080255885A1
• Filed: 06/26/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edgar H. Mcculloch, George Eisenberger, Thomas L. Richards
• Original Assignee: Edgar H. Mcculloch, George Eisenberger, Thomas L. Richards
• Inventors: Eisenberger, George, Richards, Thomas L., McCulloch, Edgar H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,364,500 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A Publisher source of healthcare data is configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising a Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources, automatically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic patient data records having electronically searchable data fields, and electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database.

Claims

1. In a data processing system having a processor and executable program code, a Publisher system providing healthcare data configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising:

a Publisher Gateway configured to receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources electronically, automatically electronically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic patient data records having electronically searchable data fields, and electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database.

2. The Publisher according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of data input sources comprise data sources of different data types, and wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database for less than about six months.

3. The Publisher according to claim 1, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically cache certain patient-specific data for a desired interval to correlate later arriving patient-specific related data with current or previously received patient-specific data to thereby compile all related patient event data into respective electronic patient data records.

4. The Publisher according to claim 1, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically format patient data records into respective electronic patient messages of event related patient data having electronically searchable data fields.

5. The Publisher according to claim 4, wherein the electronic patient messages comprise open standard formats of patient data.

6. The Publisher according to claim 4, wherein the electronic patient messages comprise industry accepted laboratory and pharmacy codes.

7. The Publisher according to claim 1, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically review patient data and normalize local patient data into a standardized data message format.

8. The Publisher according to claim 1, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to communicate with an Administrative Server and a Message Flow Server via the Internet, the Message Flow Server being in communication with the Administrative Server and a plurality of Subscribers.

9. The Publisher according to claim 8, wherein the Publisher is configured to electronically receive and approve or deny a publication request from a Subscriber at a web portal via the Administrative Server for a selected healthcare topic.

10. The Publisher according to claim 8, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically monitor for and identify an adverse drug event in an electronic patient data record and automatically send the identified adverse drug event as an electronic message to the Message Flow Server.

11. The Publisher according to claim 8, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to electronically identify a public health risk disease event and/or a bio-terrorism or environmental exposure event in an electronic patient data record and electronically automatically alert at least one Subscriber via the Message Flow Server.

12. The Publisher according to claim 9, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to use electronically generated search rule criteria for each approved Subscriber request for data and to use the defined rule criteria to electronically filter and search the electronic data records to identify relevant patient data records.

13. The Publisher according to claim 12, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically search existing and new electronic data records using the defined rule criteria for each approved Subscriber request.

14. The Publisher according to claim 13, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically transmit matching patient data records to the Message Flow Server for electronic publication to approved Subscribers.

15. The Publisher according to claim 14, wherein personal identifier data is removed from matching patient data records and respective patient data records are formatted into an XML package format before the Publisher Gateway transmits the patient data record to the Message Flow Server as an outgoing publication to Subscribers.

16. The Publisher according to claim 8, wherein the Administrative Server is in communication with a global Anonymous Global Patient Identifier Server and/or Module (“

AGPI”

), and wherein the Publisher Gateway communicates with the AGPI to assign a unique patient identifier to each outgoing data record publication so that the outgoing publication is devoid of personal identifying data.

17. The system for receiving and forming electronically searchable electronic patient data records, comprising:

a Publisher Gateway in electronic communication with a plurality of participating Subscribers via a Message Flow Server and an Administrative Server using an Internet, the Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive data from a plurality of Publisher specific sources and automatically electronically correlate the data into an electronically searchable record of patient related data.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with an event or person and automatically form discrete data records having electronically searchable data fields, and automatically electronically store the discrete data records in a Publisher database.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the Publisher-specific sources comprise sources of healthcare data, and the discrete data records comprise patient healthcare records.