A REPUTATION SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A MEASURE OF RELIABILITY ON HEALTH DATA

• US 20100179832A1
• Filed: 06/04/2008
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Deursen, Ton Frederik Petrus, Petkovic, Milan, Koster, Robert Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/602,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20100179832A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• 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 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

This invention relates to a system and a method for providing a measure of reliability on a first set of health data (102) on a patient (103) provided by a data provider. An assigner (105) is used for assigning at least one first rating element to the first set of health data or the data provider. A reputation-indicator (106) uses the at least one first rating element as input data in determining a first reputation measure indicating the reliability of the data provider. A comparer (107) then compares the determined first reputation measure with a pre-defined reputation threshold measure, the reputation threshold measure being a measure of a pre-set reliability level of the data provider.

Claims

1. A reputation system for providing a measure of reliability on a first set of health data (102) on a patient (103) provided by a data provider, the system comprising:

a) an assigner (105) for assigning at least one first rating element to the first set of health data or the data provider,

b) a reputation-indicator (106) for using the at least one first rating element as input data in determining a first reputation measure indicating the reliability of the data provider, and

c) a comparer (107) for comparing the determined first reputation measure with a pre-defined reputation threshold measure, the reputation threshold measure being a measure of a pre-set reliability level of the data provider.

2. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the assigner comprises a rule engine (202) adapted to determine ratings for the data provider associated with certificates of the data provider.

3. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the assigner comprises an aggregation engine (207) adapted to determine ratings for the health data, based on comparing two or more health data sets on the same patient provided by different data providers.

4. A reputation system according to claim 3, wherein the aggregation engine (207) determines the ratings for the health data by calculating the consistency between the two or more health data sets.

5. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the assigner (105) comprises a healthcare provider or a wellness provider which assigns the at least one rating element to the health data by means of a manual operation.

6. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the rating means comprises a metadata source for incorporating metadata (104) into the health data, the metadata being implemented as additional data source in assigning at least one rating element to the health data.

7. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the data provider is the patient or a wellness provider.

8. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the data provider is a healthcare provider (209).

9. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the first set of health data (102) as well as the accompanying metadata (104) are obtained from an external database (109) or system over a communication channel (111).

10. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the first reputation measure related to health data (102) is sent over a communication channel (111) to a remote system.

11. A reputation system according to claim 1, wherein the rating relating to a first set of health data (102) is sent over a communication channel (111) to a remote system.

12. A method of providing a measure of reliability on a first set of health data on a patient provided by a data provider, comprising:

a) assigning (401) at least one rating element to the first set of health data or the data provider,

b) using the assigned rating element (402) as input data (403) in determining a first reputation measure indicating the reliability of the data provider, and

c) comparing the determined first reputation measure with a pre-defined reputation threshold measure (404), the reputation threshold measure being a measure of a pre-set reliability level of the data provider.

13. A computer program product for instructing a processing unit to execute the method step of claim 12 when the product is run on a computer.