System and Method for Analyzing De-Identified Health Care Data

• US 20140040308A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IMS Health Incorporated (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ober, N. Stephen, Grubmuller, John, Farrell, Maureen, Wentworth, Charles, Barrett, Kevin, Davis, Steven, Nordman, Erik, Grenier, Randell, Gilbert, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 8,930,404 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first data store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second data store with the at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store.

Claims

1. A system for analyzing de-personalized health care data, comprising:

(a) a plurality of health care databases, the plurality of health care databases each including at least one record, each record including a de-personalized yet unique patient identifier associated with a patient, whereby the de-personalized patient identifier is common for a specific patient across the plurality of health care databases;

(b) a processor coupled to the plurality of health care databases, wherein the processor performs the steps of;

(i) receiving records from the plurality of health care databases;

(ii) querying the records received from the plurality of health care databases, based upon selected person-level criteria; and

(iii) generating at least one report based upon the results of the querying step.