Methods for hierarchical organization of data associated with medical events in databases
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1. A method of organizing medical data in a data processing system, comprising:
- hierarchically relating a single type of medical or research event to medical data in a computer database environment embodied in a computer readable storage medium of the data processing system, wherein the medical data is generated from the single type of medical or research event;
receiving, at the data processing system, a request specifying the single type of medical or research event; and
providing the medical data associated with the specified single type of medical or research event from the computer database environment of the data processing system to a requestor associated with the request, wherein the medical data is associated with multiple entities.
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Abstract
Methods of organizing medical data include hierarchically relating a single type of medical or research event to medical data generated from the single type of medical or research event in a computer database environment. Organizing the data in this way enables a researcher to access medical data collected as part of a medical procedure performed on a large number of patients, but at different times. For example, the medical data may be viewed in a more hierarchical fashion, thereby enabling the researcher to further investigate potential relationships between other factors.
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1. A method of organizing medical data in a data processing system, comprising:
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hierarchically relating a single type of medical or research event to medical data in a computer database environment embodied in a computer readable storage medium of the data processing system, wherein the medical data is generated from the single type of medical or research event; receiving, at the data processing system, a request specifying the single type of medical or research event; and providing the medical data associated with the specified single type of medical or research event from the computer database environment of the data processing system to a requestor associated with the request, wherein the medical data is associated with multiple entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for organizing medical data comprising:
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a database environment configured to store a single type of medical or research event object at a first level of hierarchy in a computer database environment and a plurality of medical data objects at a second level of the hierarchy in the computer database environment that is lower than the of the first level of the hierarchy, wherein the plurality of medical data objects are generated from the single type of medical or research event object; and a processor circuit configured to hierarchically relate the single type of medical or research event object to the medical data object. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of organizing medical data in a data processing system, comprising:
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receiving, at the data processing system, a plurality of instances of medical data associated with a plurality of patients, the instances of medical data including cross-species medical data; relating a single type of medical or research event to the instances of medical data in a hierarchical database environment embodied in a computer readable storage medium of the data processing system; and providing related medical data associated with a specified type of medical or research event from the hierarchical database environment of the data processing system to a requestor associated with a request for the specified type of medical or research event, wherein the medical data is associated with multiple subjects. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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