Electronic Backbone for Medicine Infrastructure

• US 20100324934A1
• Filed: 07/27/2009
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Dadc (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony DADC US (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Macdonald, John S., New, Anthony C., Selinfreund, Richard
• Application Number:
  US12/510,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20100324934A1
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to the association of a non-guessable, unique ID with a user and the automatic or electronic referral of user ID to a medical service provider, without revealing private medical information. After the assignment of a unique ID to a User, the ID may then provide authentication by a certified health care source. In some embodiments, the delivery of a unique ID to a User can act as a token that can provide authentication for data entering a secure transmission system for medical referrals and tracking. In some embodiments, an electronic system compensates various parties by tracking activities associated with a unique user ID number without revealing any private medical information of a user also associated with the ID.

Claims

1. A system for dynamic health-related information transmission;

electronically assigning a unique ID to a first entity;

transferring the unique ID to a second entity

electronically determining that the unique ID has been transferred to a second entity; and

detecting a transmission of health-related data between the first and second entity.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first entity includes a record of the patient, wherein the unique ID is designated for association with the record.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the health-related data includes a referral recommendation.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein a compensation transaction is communicated.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the system associates the unique ID to a user.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the unique ID is authenticated by a health-related benefits provider.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the health-related data is not private health-related information.

8. A method for dynamic health-related information transmission, the method comprising the following performed by a processing system;

assigning a unique ID to a first entity;

determining that the unique ID has been transferred to a second entity; and

detecting a transmission of health-related data transferred between the first and second entity in association with the unique ID.

9. An apparatus for dynamic health-related information transmission, the apparatus comprising

a processor;

a processor-readable device including instructions executable by the processor for;

assigning a unique ID to a first entity;

determining that the unique ID has been transferred to a second entity; and

detecting a transmission of health-related data transferred between the first and second entity in association with the unique ID.

10. A processor-readable device including instructions executable by a processor for dynamic health-related information transmission, the processor-readable device comprising one or more instructions for:

assigning a unique ID to a first entity;

determining that the unique ID has been transferred to a second entity; and

detecting a transmission of health-related data transferred between the first and second entity in association with the unique ID.