Providing notifications to authorized users

• US 9,203,814 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: C-HCA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: HCA Holdings Incorporated (HCA Healthcare, Inc.)
• Inventors: Perez, Gabriel O., Houston, Michael A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Lisa
• Assistant Examiner(s): LWIN, MAUNG T
• Application Number:
  US14/630,393
• Publication Number:
  US 20150244687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 280 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0407 wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for anonymous credentials or for identity based cryptographic systems H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/166 at the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

A method and system for initiating message listening and routing message content to authorized user devices is disclosed. For a second user device to receive notifications regarding records of a first user, the second user device provides information identifying the first user to a notification service. The notification service verifies the identifying information. The notification service initiates one or more listeners to listen for messages flowing over a messaging bus that are relating to the first user. Once a message is identified, at least a portion of the message is used to generate a notification that may be sent to the second user device.

Claims

1. A system for initiating message listening and routing message content to authorized user devices, the system comprising:

one or more components in network communication with a messaging bus, the one or more components comprising specialized medical hardware components configured to generate messages comprising clinical data capable of transmission via the messaging bus; and

the messaging bus configured to collect at least a portion of the messages comprising the clinical data in real-time from the one or more components and make the portion of the messages available to other components and user devices;

a notification service in network communication with the messaging bus and the one or more components, the notification service comprising a memory and a processor configured to manage operation of;

an initiation engine that;

receives a notification request from a first user device of a first user, the notification request being indicative of a request that one or more second user devices be provided with notifications specifying one or more decisions made or actions performed in relation to responding to current conditions, the current conditions pertaining to the first user; and

in response to receiving the notification request, generates an authorization code based at least in part on identifying information of the first user device or the first user;

an authentication engine that;

receives an authorization request from a second user device of the one or more second user devices, the authorization request including the authorization code; and

in response to receiving the authorization request, determines that the second user device is authorized to receive the notifications specifying the one or more decisions made or actions performed in relation to responding to the current conditions, the determining based at least in part on verifying at least the authorization code included in the authorization request;

a listening engine that initiates one or more listeners configured to listen for the messages on the messaging bus that identify the first user device or the first user, the messages generated in response to one or more events; and

a routing engine that;

receives a message in response to one of the one or more listeners listening for messages on the messaging bus that identify the first user device or the first user;

generates a notification in accordance with one or more notification rules, the notification describing at least one aspect of the message;

provides the notification and an address of the second user device to a message vendor, the message vendor configured to provide messages using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), or an instant message service; and

instructs the message vendor to transmit the notification to the second user device using at least one of the message services.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more events comprise an adjustment event corresponding to a record of the first user, the adjustment event generated, at least in part, by performance of an action by a professional user accessing at least one of the one or more components, the action describing at least one of the current conditions pertaining to the first user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more decisions made or actions performed comprise at least one of an adjustment to a record of the first user, an adjustment to a location of the first user in a facility, an order for the first user, or a change in a condition of the first user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first user device comprises the second user device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the authorization code is generated based at least in part on one or more of a date of birth of the first user, a unique identifier of the first user, or a nine-character government identifier of the first user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein generating the notification in accordance with the one or more notification rules comprises modifying the message to remove information capable of identifying the first user.

7. A computer-implemented method for initiating message listening and routing message content to authorized user devices, the method comprising:

receiving a notification request from a first user device of a first user, the notification request being indicative of a request that one or more second user devices be provided with notifications specifying one or more decisions made or actions performed in relation to responding to current conditions, the current conditions pertaining to the first user;

in response to receiving the notification request, generating an authorization code based at least in part on identifying information of the first user device or the first user;

receiving an authorization request from a second user device of the one or more second user devices, the authorization request including the authorization code;

in response to receiving the authorization request, determining that the second user device is authorized to receive the notifications specifying the one or more decisions made or actions performed in relation to responding to the current conditions, the determining based at least in part on verifying at least the authorization code included in the authorization request;

initiating one or more listeners configured to listen for messages comprising clinical data on a messaging bus that identify the first user device or the first user, the messages generated in response to one or more events, wherein at least a portion of the messages are generated by one or more components in network communication with the messaging bus, wherein the one or more components comprise specialized medical hardware components, and wherein the messaging bus is configured to collect at least a portion of the messages comprising the clinical data in real-time from the one or more components and make the portion of the messages available to other components and user devices;

receiving a message in response to one of the one or more listeners listening for messages on the messaging bus that identify the first user device or the first user;

generating a notification in accordance with one or more notification rules, the notification describing at least one aspect of the message;

providing the notification and an address of the second user device to a message vendor, the message vendor configured to provide messages using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), or an instant message service; and

instructing the message vendor to transmit the notification to the second user device using at least one of the message services.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the one or more events comprise an adjustment event corresponding to a record of the first user, the adjustment event generated, at least in part, by performance of an action by a professional user accessing at least one of the one or more components, the action describing at least one of the current conditions pertaining to the first user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the one or more decisions made or actions performed comprise at least one of an adjustment to a record of the first user, an adjustment to a location of the first user in a facility, an order for the first user, or a change in a condition of the first user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first user device comprises the second user device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the authorization code is generated based at least in part on one or more of a date of birth of the first user, a unique identifier of the first user, or a nine-character government identifier of the first user.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein generating the notification in accordance with the one or more notification rules comprises modifying the message to remove information capable of identifying the first user.

13. One or more computer-readable storage devices for storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems, configure the one or more computer systems to perform operations for initiating message listening and routing message content to authorized user devices, the operations comprising:

receiving a notification request from a first user device of a first user, the notification request being indicative of a request that one or more second user devices be provided with notifications specifying one or more decisions made or actions performed in relation to responding to current conditions, the current conditions pertaining to the first user;

in response to receiving the notification request, generating an authorization code based at least in part on identifying information of the first user device or the first user;

receiving an authorization request from a second user device of the one or more second user devices, the authorization request including the authorization code;

in response to receiving the authorization request, determining that the second user device is authorized to receive the notifications specifying the one or more decisions made or actions performed in relation to responding to the current conditions, the determining based at least in part on verifying at least the authorization code;

initiating one or more listeners configured to listen for messages comprising clinical data on a messaging bus that identify the first user device or the first user, the messages generated in response to one or more events, wherein at least a portion of the messages are generated by one or more components in network communication with the messaging bus, wherein the one or more components comprise specialized medical hardware components, and wherein the messaging bus is configured to collect at least a portion of the messages comprising the clinical data in real-time from the one or more components and make the portion of the messages available to other components and user devices;

receiving a message in response to one of the one or more listeners listening for messages on the messaging bus that identify the first user device or the first user;

generating a notification in accordance with one or more notification rules, the notification describing at least one aspect of the message;

providing the notification and an address of the second user device to a message vendor, the message vendor configured to provide messages using a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), or an instant message service; and

instructing the message vendor to transmit the notification to the second user device using at least one of the message services.

14. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 13, wherein the one or more events comprise an adjustment event corresponding to a record of the first user, the adjustment event generated, at least in part, by performance of an action by a professional user accessing at least one of the one or more components, the action describing at least one of the current conditions pertaining to the first user.

15. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 13, wherein the one or more decisions made or actions performed comprise at least one of an adjustment to a record of the first user, an adjustment to a location of the first user in a facility, an order for the first user, or a change in a condition of the first user.

16. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 13, wherein the authorization code is generated based at least in part on one or more of a date of birth of the first user, a unique identifier of the first user, or a nine-character government identifier of the first user.

17. The one or more computer-readable storage devices of claim 13, wherein generating the notification in accordance with the one or more notification rules comprises modifying the message to remove information capable of identifying the first user.