Methods, Apparatuses and Systems for Analyzing Healthcare Data

• US 20120232919A1
• Filed: 12/15/2011
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Optuminsight, Inc. (UnitedHealth Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Optuminsight, Inc. (UnitedHealth Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Wilson, John, Hétu, Martin Evan, Jess, Hasani, Olson, Peter
• Application Number:
  US13/327,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20120232919A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatuses for analyzing healthcare data are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for analyzing healthcare data may include a data access module configured to access healthcare data. In some embodiments, the system may further include a server in data communication with the data access device. The server may be configured to execute a rule, the rule comprising one or more rule elements, on the healthcare data to create analyzed healthcare data. In some embodiments, executing the rule may include, correlating each rule element with an object model element. In some embodiments, executing the rule further may include, defining the object model elements correlated to the rule elements using one or more localization indexes linked to the accessed healthcare data. In some embodiments, the server is further configured to return the analyzed healthcare data to an output data location.

Claims

1. A system for analyzing healthcare data, the system comprising:

a data access module configured to access healthcare data;

a server in data communication with the data access device configured to;

execute a rule, the rule comprising one or more rule elements, on the healthcare data to create analyzed healthcare data, wherein executing a rule comprises;

correlating each rule element with an object model element; and

defining the object model elements correlated to the rule elements using one or more localization indexes linked to the accessed healthcare data; and

return the analyzed healthcare data to an output data location.

2. The system of claim 1,

wherein the accessed healthcare data comprises a first set of accessed healthcare data and a second set of accessed healthcare data;

wherein the one or more localization indexes comprise a first localization index linked to the first set of accessed data and a second localization index linked to the second set of accessed data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first set of accessed data comprises data in a first language and the second set of accessed data comprises data in a second language.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the first set of accessed data comprises data organized using a first coding scheme and the second set of accessed data comprises data organized using a second coding scheme.

5. The server of claim 1, further configured to receive a rule verbalization expressing a rule.

6. The server of claim 5, the server further configured to parse the rule verbalization to determine the one or more rule elements of the rule.

6.5. 5. The server of claim 5, wherein the rule verbalization is received from a rule configuration module configured to facilitate the creation of a rule verbalization.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data access module is configured to receive data from at least a file, a database, and a programming object.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the output data location comprises at least a file, a database, and a programming object.

9. A method for analyzing healthcare data comprising:

accessing healthcare data;

executing a rule, the rule comprising one or more rule elements, on the healthcare data to create analyzed healthcare data, wherein executing the rule comprises;

correlating each rule element with an object model element; and

defining the object model elements correlated to the rule elements using one or more localization indexes linked to the accessed healthcare data; and

returning the analyzed healthcare data to an output data location.

10. The method of claim 9,

wherein the accessed healthcare data comprises a first set of accessed healthcare data and a second set of accessed healthcare data;

wherein the one or more localization indexes comprise a first localization index linked to the first set of accessed data and a second localization index linked to the second set of accessed data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first set of accessed data comprises data in a first language and the second set of accessed data comprises data in a second language.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first set of accessed data comprises data organized using a first coding scheme and the second set of accessed data comprises data organized using a second coding scheme.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a rule verbalization expressing a rule.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising parsing the rule verbalization to determine the one or more rule elements of the rule.

14.5. 5. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the rule verbalization comprises facilitating the creation of a rule verbalization.

15. The method of claim 9, health data is received data from at least a file, a database, and a programming object.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the output data location comprises at least a file, a database, and a programming object.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations for analyzing healthcare data, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

accessing healthcare data;

executing a rule, the rule comprising one or more rule elements, on the healthcare data to create analyzed healthcare data, wherein executing the rule comprises;

correlating each rule element with an object model element; and

defining the object model elements correlated to the rule elements using one or more localization indexes linked to the accessed healthcare data; and

returning the analyzed healthcare data to an output data location.

18. The computer program product of claim 17,

wherein the accessed healthcare data comprises a first set of accessed healthcare data and a second set of accessed healthcare data;

wherein the one or more localization indexes comprise a first localization index linked to the first set of accessed data and a second localization index linked to the second set of accessed data.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the first set of accessed data comprises data in a first language and the second set of accessed data comprises data in a second language.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first set of accessed data comprises data organized using a first coding scheme and the second set of accessed data comprises data organized using a second coding scheme.