HEALTH-CARE RELATED DATABASE MIDDLEWARE
First Claim
1. A method for electronic transmission of electronic medical records, the method comprising:
- generating metadata for the electronic medical records provided by a user-specified form;
physically storing the metadata in an object model of a database, the object model matching a logical model that is derived from a messaging protocol;
transforming the metadata for the electronic medical records stored in the object model to a format utilized by a recipient institution for transmission using the messaging protocol; and
transmitting the electronic medical records represented in the format to the recipient institution.
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Abstract
A system for electronic transmission of electronic medical records includes an object model derived from a messaging protocol, the object model configured to generate metadata for electronic medical records provided through a user-specified form. The system also includes a database configured according to the object model, the database physically stores the metadata generated by the object model. A data bridge/data set pair transforms the metadata from a first format utilized by the database to a second format utilized by a recipient institution and a messaging module transmits the electronic medical records in the second format to the recipient institution.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for electronic transmission of electronic medical records, the method comprising:
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generating metadata for the electronic medical records provided by a user-specified form; physically storing the metadata in an object model of a database, the object model matching a logical model that is derived from a messaging protocol; transforming the metadata for the electronic medical records stored in the object model to a format utilized by a recipient institution for transmission using the messaging protocol; and transmitting the electronic medical records represented in the format to the recipient institution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for transmitting electronic medical records, the system comprising:
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an object model derived from a messaging protocol, the object model configured to generate metadata for electronic medical records provided through a user-specified form; a database configured according to the object model, the database configured to physically store the metadata generated by the object model; a message generation module configured to transform the metadata from a first format utilized by the database to a second format utilized by a recipient institution; and a transmission module configured to transmit the electronic medical records in the second format to the recipient institution. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for transmitting electronic medical records, the system comprising:
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a user interface configured to allow a user to specify a form for user input; a data mapping tool configured to allow a user to map a field value from the specified form to a data field of an XML based object model derived from a Health Level 7 (HL7) Reference Information Model (RIM), the object model configured to generate metadata for electronic medical records input using the specified form; a database configured according to the object model, the database configured to physically store the metadata generated by the object model; a message generation module configured to transform the metadata from a first format utilized by the database to a second format utilized by a recipient institution, wherein XSLT is used to transform the metadata to the second format; and a transmission module configured to transmit the electronic medical records in the second format to the recipient institution.
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16. A method for electronic transmission of electronic medical records, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a user, a data mapping that maps from a field value in a user-specified form to a data field in an object model of a database; generating metadata for the electronic medical records utilizing the data mapping; physically storing the metadata in the object model of a database, the object model matching a logical model that is derived from a Health Level 7 (HL7) Reference Information Model (RIM); transforming the metadata for the electronic medical records stored in the object model to a format utilized by a recipient institution for transmission using XSLT; and transmitting the electronic medical records represented in the format to the recipient institution.
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17. A method for electronic transmission of electronic medical records, the method comprising:
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generating metadata for the electronic medical records provided by a user-specified form; physically storing the metadata in an object model of a database, the object model matching a logical model that is derived from a messaging protocol; reducing storage used in storing the metadata in the object model of the database by converting a primary key associated with the metadata from a globally unique identifier to an integer identifier; transforming the metadata for the electronic medical records stored in the object model to a format utilized by a recipient institution for transmission using the messaging protocol; and transmitting the electronic medical records represented in the format to the recipient institution.
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