Health Information Exchange and Integration System and Methods Useful in Conjunction Therewith
First Claim
1. A health information exchange system comprising:
- apparatus for archiving health information using a health information encoding procedure only if the health information fulfills a criterion of frequent use; and
apparatus for using a first procedure to respond to queries pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use and using a second procedure to respond to queries not pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use.
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Abstract
A health information exchange system comprising ontological apparatus for defining and storing ontological link elements ontologically linking between individual health care information items within a first population of health care information items; apparatus for receiving a second population of health care information items and for associating at least some individual items in the second population, with corresponding individual items within the first population of health care information items; and apparatus for responding to queries regarding particular information items in the second population including translating the particular information items into items in the first population corresponding to the particular information items and using link elements linking the items in the first population corresponding to the particular information items to generate data pertaining to the particular information items in the second population.
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35 Claims
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1. A health information exchange system comprising:
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apparatus for archiving health information using a health information encoding procedure only if the health information fulfills a criterion of frequent use; and apparatus for using a first procedure to respond to queries pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use and using a second procedure to respond to queries not pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 21)
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2. A health information exchange system comprising:
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ontological apparatus for defining and storing ontological link elements ontologically linking between individual health care information items within a first population of health care information items; apparatus for receiving a second population of health care information items and for associating at least some individual items in said second population, with corresponding individual items within said first population of health care information items; and apparatus for responding to queries regarding particular information items in said second population including translating said particular information items into items in said first population corresponding to said particular information items and using link elements linking said items in said first population corresponding to said particular information items to generate data pertaining to said particular information items in said second population. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 22, 23, 24, 33, 34, 35)
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7. A health information exchange method comprising:
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archiving health information using a health information encoding procedure only if said health information fulfills a criterion of frequent use; and using a first procedure to respond to queries pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use and using a second procedure to respond to queries not pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 32)
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8. A health information exchange method comprising:
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defining and storing link elements linking between individual health care information items within a first population of health care information items; receiving a second population of health care information items and associating at least some individual items in said second population, with corresponding individual items within said first population of health care information items; and responding to queries regarding particular information items in said second population including translating said particular information items into items in said first population corresponding to said particular information items and using link elements linking said items in said first population corresponding to said particular information items to generate data pertaining to said particular information items in said second population. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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13. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a health information exchange method comprising:
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archiving health information using a health information encoding procedure only if said health information fulfills a criterion of frequent use; and using a first procedure to respond to queries pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use and using a second procedure to respond to queries not pertaining to said health information which fulfills the criterion of frequent use. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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14. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a health information exchange method comprising:
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defining and storing link elements linking between individual health care information items within a first population of health care information items; receiving a second population of health care information items and for associating at least some individual items in said second population, with corresponding individual items within said first population of health care information items; and responding to queries regarding particular information items in said second population including translating said particular information items into items in said first population corresponding to said particular information items and using link elements linking said items in said first population corresponding to said particular information items to generate data pertaining to said particular information items in said second population. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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