Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090150329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING PROVIDER EFFICIENCY AND COMMUNICATION - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for mapping information to message templates and transmitting messages to and from providers reporting results, guiding providers through workflows, communicating tasks that require action to third-parties, and managing and performing tasks in high-volume. | 06-11-2009 |
20090157426 | METHODS, APPARATUSES & COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION OF DATA WITHIN A SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided for facilitating connection of source devices that are capable of generating data to one or more destination devices which may receive the generated data. The data generated by the source devices may be in different data formats and the source devices may be maintained and operated by different institutions and facilities. Similarly, the destination devices may be maintained and operated by different institutions and facilities. In this regard, an apparatus may be configured to receive the data generated by the source devices and convert the data to one or more codes which represent the results of the data generated by the source devices. The codes may be used by the apparatus to convert or translate the data into a format or template that is specific to an institution or facility that maintains or operates one of the destination devices. | 06-18-2009 |
20100241453 | Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Displaying And Permitting Revision Of A Potential Interaction - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for displaying and permitting revision of a potential interaction with a medication under consideration for prescription to a patient. Initially, one or more potential interactions may be identified between a medication and one or more of a different medication, an allergy or a patient condition. The potential interactions may then be displayed with an indication of the type of potential interaction and the severity of the potential interaction. An input mechanism may be provided that is associated with the display of each potential interaction and that is configured to receive user input indicative of a change in one or more of the different medication, the allergy or the patient condition. Based upon this change, the potential interactions may be revised. | 09-23-2010 |
20110066446 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED REGISTRATION MANAGER - A method for providing distributed registration management may include receiving, from a first health system entity, an indication of a healthcare registration event intended to register a patient for an event at a second health system entity in which the patient has a first patient identifier associated with the first health system entity, providing a second patient identifier associated with the second health system entity that correlates to the first patient identifier, and coordinating, via processing circuitry, registration of the second patient identifier for the registration event with the second health system entity. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 03-17-2011 |
20110218819 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED CARE PLANNING TOOL - A method for providing distributed care plan management may include receiving, at a service platform, information associated with a care plan item for a patient in which the information is received from a health system entity among a plurality of health system entities with which the service platform is capable of communicating. The method may further include storing the information in association with a care plan of the patient, and providing delivery of at least a portion of the information to a different entity with selected view parameters for rendering the portion of the information being determined based on an identity of the different entity. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 09-08-2011 |
20110246487 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING SEARCHING - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for providing facilitating searching. A method may include determining a search term. The method may further include searching a database having at least one codified terminology set. The searching may be performed based at least in part upon the search term and historical search data. The method may additionally include determining one or more search results from the search. Each search result may include a codified term from the at least one codified terminology set. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 10-06-2011 |
20140046691 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VERSIONING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for electronic health record versioning. Data elements may be tagged with versioning information such as origin and timestamp. Versioning information and history may be available to users, and views showing values that have been changed since a last access time may be displayed. Users may override certain data elements with specific values. | 02-13-2014 |
20140047129 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERFACING WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - A method for analyzing data received from an identified third party health information technology system to identify the third party health information technology system is provided. The method may include, by a third party identification apparatus, receiving data from a health information technology system, analyzing the data, identifying the format of the data based on an analysis of the data, and extracting one or more data elements from the data in accordance with the format that was identified. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 02-13-2014 |
20140200918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING HEALTH INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DATA SHARING RULES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the sharing of health information between entities in accordance with data sharing rules effective for the entities. In the context of a method, a request is received to share health information of a patient between at least two entities. The method determines a data sharing group of which the at least two entities are members and determines data sharing rules for health information to be shared between members of the data sharing group of which the at least two entities are members. The method also shares the health information of the patient between the at least two entities in accordance with the data sharing rules. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERMITTING PATIENT DEFINITION OF CONSENT AND SHARING RULES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit a patient to provide their preferences with respect to the consent required for and the rules that would govern any sharing of health information. In the context of a method, a patient is permitted to view a central patient identifier, one or more data locations at which health information of the patient is stored and respective local patient identifiers associated with the one or more data locations. The method also receives input from the patient regarding the patient's preferences with respect to consent for sharing of the health information or with respect to one or more rules that govern the sharing of the health information. Further, the method translates the patient's preferences based upon technology utilized by the one or more data locations to implement the patient's preferences at each of the one or more data locations. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING PATIENT IDENTIFIERS UTILIZING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to associate patent identifiers, such as by matching patient identifiers, utilizing principal component analysis. In the context of a method and for each of a plurality of patient identifiers, a set of vectors is determined that is representative of a plurality of components of a respective patient identifier. The method also performs a principal component analysis of each set of vectors, compares results of the principal component analysis of each set of vectors and determines whether two or more of the patient identifiers are associated with a same patient based upon a comparison of the results of the principal component analysis of each set of vectors. | 07-17-2014 |