METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION WORKFLOWS

• US 20120150962A1
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeVries, James R., Hussain, Saleem, Rath, Cale T., Sakhitab, Saeid
• Granted Patent: US 8,856,064 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A method and apparatus for information repository workflows to transfer information between a first domain (e.g., healthcare sites) and a second domain (e.g., medical research facilities). Large quantities of medical information may be directly transferred to an information repository or indirectly transferred to the repository through the use of pointers. The information is cleansed and normalized prior to storage in a production database within the repository. The cleansing process is conducted while ensuring integrity of the production database is maintained and while continuing to receive additional information transfers. Errors encountered during processing are logged and reported.

Claims

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A method of preparing a document for transfer between a remote site and a central processing facility, comprising:

determining if the document exceeds a size threshold;

combining the document with first header information to produce a message when the document does not exceed the size threshold; and

generating a link to a location storing the document and combining the link with second header information to produce the message when the document exceeds the size threshold.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the document includes medical information corresponding to a patient.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising replacing identification information associated with the patient with an anonymous global patient identifier.