Systems and methods for clinical data validation

• US 8,751,252 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2007
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Chamberlain, Forrest Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Phongsvirajati, Sind
• Application Number:
  US11/741,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,601 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for validating clinical data including receiving a consistency requirement, receiving a data claim associated with clinical data, and evaluating the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clinical data validation system including a consistency requirement input component adapted to receive a consistency requirement, a data claim input component adapted to receive a data claim, and a validation component adapted to evaluate the data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement. The data claim is associated with clinical data.

Claims

1. A method for validating clinical data to be displayed to a user, the method including:

receiving a consistency requirement specifying whether clinical data retrieved for presentation to a user is intended to be displayed;

receiving a first data claim associated with first clinical data and a second data claim associated with second clinical data, the first clinical data retrieved from a first data source for presentation to a user, the second clinical data retrieved from a second data source for presentation to the user, the first data claim comprising metadata regarding the retrieved first clinical data to be displayed, the second data claim comprising metadata regarding the retrieved second clinical data to be displayed, wherein the first data claim is received from a first application in a first namespace and the second data claim is received from a second application in a second namespace;

translating, via a processor, the second clinical data to the first namespace;

evaluating, via the processor, the first data claim and the second data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement;

in response to evaluating the first data claim and the second data claim, determining if the retrieved first clinical data to be displayed or the retrieved second clinical data to be displayed violates the consistency requirement;

in response to displaying the retrieved first clinical data, providing an alert to the user if the displayed first clinical data violates the consistency requirement, and not providing the alert to the user if the displayed first clinical data does not violate the consistency requirement;

in response to displaying the retrieved second clinical data, providing the alert to the user if the displayed second clinical data violates the consistency requirement, and not providing the alert to the user if the displayed second clinical data does not violate the consistency requirement; and

when the alert is provided to the user, re-evaluating the corresponding data claim in response to a change in the displayed clinical data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the consistency requirement specifies that the first clinical data be for a specific patient.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the consistency requirement specifies that the first clinical data be for a specific exam.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first clinical data includes a medical image associated with a patient, the medical image acquired from an imaging modality.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first clinical data includes an electronic medical record associated with a patient.

6. The method of claim 1, further including verifying the first data claim based at least in part on a digital signature, said verification including at least one of:

verifying the first data claim has not been tampered with or verifying the first data claim came from a specified validating authority.

7. The method of claim 1, further including verifying the first data claim with a validation authority that generated the first data claim to verify that the first data claim is correct.

8. The method of claim 1, further including translating the first data claim with a translation authority.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the consistency requirement specifies that the first clinical data be collected during the past year.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the consistency requirement specifies that the first clinical data be collected at a specific hospital.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least the first application is different than the second application or the first namespace is different than the second namespace.

12. A clinical data validation system for validating clinical data to be displayed to a user, the system including:

a consistency requirement input component operatively connected to a processor, the consistency requirement input component to receive a consistency requirement specifying whether clinical data retrieved for presentation to a user is intended to be displayed;

a data claim input component operatively connected to the processor, the data claim input component to;

receive a first data claim associated with first clinical data, the first clinical data retrieved from a first data source for presentation to a user, the first data claim comprising metadata regarding the retrieved first clinical data to be displayed, wherein the first data claim is received from a first application in a first namespace; and

receive a second data claim associated with second clinical data, the second clinical data retrieved from a second data source for presentation to the user, the second data claim comprising metadata regarding the retrieved second clinical data to be displayed, wherein the second data claim is received from a second application in a second namespace;

a validation component operatively connected to the processor, the validation component to use the processor to;

translate the second data claim to the first namespace; and

evaluate the first data claim and the second data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement to determine if the retrieved first clinical data to be displayed or the retrieved second clinical data to be displayed violates the consistency requirement; and

an alert component operatively connected to the processor, the alert component to, after the retrieved first clinical data and the retrieved second clinical data are displayed;

provide an alert to the user if the displayed first clinical data violates the consistency requirement, and not provide an alert to the user if the displayed first clinical data does not violate the consistency requirement; and

provide the alert to the user if the displayed second clinical data violates the consistency requirement, and not provide the alert to the user if the displayed second clinical data does not violate the consistency requirement, and

wherein when the alert is provided to the user, the validation component is to re-evaluate the corresponding data claim in response to a change in the displayed clinical data.

13. The system of claim 12, further including a translation authority to translate a data claim from one namespace to another namespace.

14. The system of claim 12, further including a validation authority that generated the first data claim, the validation authority to verify that the first data claim is correct.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the first data claim is included in a data claims envelope.

16. The system of claim 12, further including a standardized application programming interface (API) for accessing at least the first data claim or the second data claim.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein at least the first application is different than the second application or the first namespace is different than the second namespace.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions, when executed, to cause the computer to at least:

receive a consistency requirement that specifies whether clinical data retrieved for presentation to a user is intended to be displayed;

receive a first data claim associated with first clinical data, the first clinical data retrieved from a first data source for presentation to a user, the first data claim comprising metadata regarding the retrieved first clinical data to be displayed, wherein the first data claim is received from a first application in a first namespace;

receive a second data claim associated with second clinical data, the second clinical data retrieved from a second data source for presentation to the user, the second data claim comprising metadata regarding the retrieved second clinical data to be displayed, wherein the second data claim is received from a second application in a second namespace;

translate the second data claim to the first namespace;

evaluate the first data claim and the second data claim based at least in part on the consistency requirement;

in response to evaluation of the first data claim and the second data claim, determine if the retrieved first clinical data to be displayed or the second clinical data to be displayed violates the consistency requirement;

display the retrieved first clinical data and the retrieved second clinical data;

after the retrieved first clinical data is displayed, provide an alert to the user if the displayed first clinical data violates the consistency requirement, and not provide the alert to the user if the displayed first clinical data does not violate the consistency requirement;

after the retrieved second clinical data is displayed, provide the alert to the user if the displayed second clinical data violates the consistency requirement, and not provide the alert to the user if the displayed second clinical data does not violate the consistency requirement; and

when the alert is provided to the user, re-evaluate the corresponding data claim in response to a change in the displayed clinical data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein at least the first application is different than the second application or the first namespace is different than the second namespace.