Common extensible data exchange format

• US 20090150439A1
• Filed: 12/07/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care Inc. (Roche Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations Incorporated (Roche Holding AG)
• Inventors: Mott, David Patrick, Gejdos, Igor, Markisohn, David Bradley, Young, Morris J., Bernard, Keith E., Yarian, Lawrence G. II
• Application Number:
  US11/999,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A medical data system wherein data is exchanged internally and externally by a common data exchange format.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium, including instructions thereon such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

extracting medical data from a health management device;

transforming the data to an extensible common data format;

merging the transformed data into existing stored data to form merged data; and

storing the merged data.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the extensible common data format is XML based.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the extracting step includes extracting medical data from a device having a glucose measurement engine.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions include a set of business rules and a set of connectivity instructions, the connectivity instructions causing the processor to perform the extracting and transforming steps before the business rules cause the processor to perform the merging step.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 1, further including instructions such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

extracting merged data from storage;

creating a document in the extensible common data format including at least some of the merged data; and

exporting the created document into a file.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 1, further including instructions such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the step of validating the data in the common data format against a schema before the merging step.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the extracting step is performed via wireless transmission.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the extracting step is performed via IR transmission.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the extracting step is performed via RF transmission.

10. A computer readable medium, including instructions thereon such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

extracting medical data from a file created by a health data management system;

transforming the data to an extensible common data format;

merging the transformed data into existing stored data to form merged data; and

storing the merged data.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the extensible common data format is XML based.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the extracting step includes extracting medical data from a file having data therein generated by a glucose measurement engine.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions include a set of business rules and a set of connectivity instructions, the connectivity instructions causing the processor to perform the extracting and transforming steps before the business rules cause the processor to perform the merging step.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further including instructions such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

extracting merged data from storage;

creating a document in the extensible common data format including at least some of the merged data; and

exporting the created document into a file.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 10, further including instructions such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the step of validating the data in the common data format against a schema before the merging step.

16. A computer readable medium, including instructions thereon such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

establishing a business logic component and a connectivity component;

obtaining medical data;

formatting the medical data into a file having an extensible common data format; and

transmitting the file between the business logic and connectivity components.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the extensible common data format is XML based.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the obtaining step includes extracting medical data from a file.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the obtaining step includes extracting medical data from a device having a glucose measurement engine.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the connectivity component includes instructions causing the processor to perform the obtaining and formatting steps.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further including instructions such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

extracting merged data from storage;

creating a document in the extensible common data format including at least some of the merged data; and

exporting the created document into a file.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further including instructions such that when interpreted by a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

validating the data in the common data format against a schema; and

merging the validated medical data with existing previously validated medical data.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the business rules component includes instructions causing the processor to perform the obtaining and formatting steps.