PATIENT STATUS NOTIFICATION

• US 20150356249A1
• Filed: 10/27/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Green Line Business Group, LLC
• Original Assignee: Green Line Business Group, LLC
• Inventors: Wright, Anthony, Yeager, David
• Application Number:
  US14/524,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356249A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/42 Anonymization, e.g. involving pseudonyms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/88 Medical equipments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0894 Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage

Abstract

A healthcare facility server identifies an anonymous identifier (ID) associated with a patient at a healthcare facility. The healthcare facility server identifies data indicating that the healthcare facility server has received a medical status update for the patient. In response to identifying that the data indicating the medical status update for the patient has been received, the healthcare facility server sends a request to a server to send a medical status notification about the patient to a computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID. The request includes the patient'"'"'s anonymous ID and the medical status update for the patient. The medical status notification is based on the medical status update and includes only non-patient identifiable information.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

identifying, at a healthcare facility server, an anonymous identifier (ID) associated with a patient at a healthcare facility;

identifying data indicating a medical status update for the patient has been received by the healthcare facility server; and

in response to identifying that the data indicating the medical status update for the patient has been received, sending, to a server, a request to send a medical status notification about the patient to a computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, the request including the patient'"'"'s anonymous ID and the medical status update for the patient, and wherein the medical status notification is based on the medical status update and includes only non-patient identifiable information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the status updates are Health Level 7 (HL7) events.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying that the medical status update is a patient discharge event; and

in response to identifying that the medical status update is the patient discharge event, requesting, from the server, that a survey be sent to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving data indicating a time when visiting is discouraged; and

requesting, from the server, that a notification indicating the time when visiting is discouraged be sent to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the anonymous ID expires a predetermined time period after having received the medical status update identified as the patient discharge event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is a mobile application specific notification.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the application specific notification is non-forwardable.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the anonymous ID is a base 36 encoded binary number.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

encrypting the anonymous ID and data associated with the anonymous ID with a one-way salted SHA-256 hashing algorithm; and

storing the encrypted anonymous ID and data associated with the anonymous ID.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the a request from the computing device to receive status notifications associated with the anonymous ID includes data related to the computing device, and

wherein the method further comprises:

encrypting the data related to the computing device with key-based encryption algorithm; and

storing the encrypted a data related to the computing device.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more processors which, upon such execution, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identifying, at a healthcare facility server, an anonymous identifier (ID) associated with a patient at a healthcare facility;

identifying data indicating a medical status update for the patent has been received by the healthcare facility server; and

in response to identifying that the data indicating the medical status update for the patient has been received, sending, to a server, a request to send a medical status notification about the patient to a computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, the request including the patient'"'"'s anonymous ID and the medical status update for the patient, and wherein the medical status notification is based on the medical status update and includes only non-patient identifiable information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the status updates are Health Level 7 (HL7) events.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying that the medical status update is a patient discharge event; and

in response to identifying that the medical status update is the patient discharge event, requesting, from the server, that a survey be sent to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving data indicating a time when visiting is discouraged; and

requesting, from the server, that a notification indicating the time when visiting is discouraged be sent to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the anonymous ID expires a predetermined time period after having received the medical status update identified as the patient discharge event.

16. A system comprising:

a first server configured to;

identify an anonymous identifier (ID) associated with a patient at a healthcare facility,

identify data indicating a medical status update for the patient has been received, and

send a request, to a second server, to send a medical status notification about the patient to a computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID;

a computing device configured to;

send a request to receive status notifications associated with the anonymous ID to the second server, and

receive, from the second server, one or more status notifications; and

a second server configured to;

receive, from the computing device, the request to receive status notifications associated with the anonymous ID,

receive, from the first server, the request to send a medical status notification about the patient to a computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, and

send, to the computing device, a medical status notification for the anonymous ID, the medical status notification being based on the medical status update and including only non-patient identifiable information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the first server is further configured to:

identify that the medical status update is a patient discharge event, and

in response to identifying that the medical status update is the patient discharge event, send a request, to the second server, to send a survey to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, and

wherein the second server is further configured to;

receive, from the first server, the request to send the survey to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, and

send the survey to the computing device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the first server is further configured to:

receive data indicating a time when visiting is discouraged, and

send a request, to the second server, to send a notification indicating the time when visiting is discouraged to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, and wherein the second server is further configured to;

receive, from the first server, the request to send the notification indicating the time when visiting is discouraged to the computing device that is registered to receive notifications associated with the anonymous ID, and

send the notification indicating the time when visiting is discouraged to the computing device.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the first or second server is further configured to:

encrypt the anonymous ID and data associated with the anonymous ID with a one-way salted SHA-256 hashing algorithm; and

store the encrypted anonymous ID and data associated with the anonymous ID.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the a request from the computing device to receive status notifications associated with the anonymous ID includes data related to the computing device, and

wherein the second server is further configured to:

encrypt the data related to the computing device with key-based encryption algorithm, and

store the encrypted a data related to the computing device.