Publisher gateway systems for collaborative data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting

Abstract

A Publisher source of healthcare data is configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising a Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources, automatically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic patient data records having electronically searchable data fields, and electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] There are three co-pending co-assigned related applications filed concurrently with the instant application, the three co-pending and co-assigned applications are identified by Attorney Docket Nos. 5577-328, 5577-329, and 5577-330, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if recited in full herein.RESERVATION OF COPYRIGHT [0002] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim of copyright protection is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile or reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other rights whatsoever. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to data sharing using a computer network and may be particularly suitable for healthcare clinical data sharing over an intranet and / or the public Internet. [0004] Health...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a system for collecting and sharing healthcare data using an Internet-based system. The system includes a publisher gateway that receives data from various sources and automatically correlates the data into electronic patient records with searchable fields. These records are then stored in a database and can be selectively shared with subscribers. The technical effects of this system include improved data sharing and collaboration among healthcare professionals, increased efficiency in data management, and better data quality.

Problems solved by technology

Healthcare communication systems are typically limited and generally non-standard between institutions and it is difficult to access, track, monitor and / or alert healthcare data across multiple healthcare providers.

There are technical, legal and / or societal obstacles for data sharing utilizing centralized data repositories to facilitate the data exchange, and it would be nearly impossible to maintain current awareness and / or access to central data repositories, even if such repositories existed.

Further, many privacy organizations oppose a national (or multi-national or global) repository that collects patient information from patients being treated in a healthcare system.

Unfortunately, ETL can make such systems hard to use and may limit the scalability thereof.

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