IP Library Granted Patent US 10,832,804
Granted Patent B2
US 10,832,804 · App. 16/182,559 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Method and process for transporting health information

Inventors: Tim Pletcher (Mount Pleasant, MI); Jeff Livesay (Winston-Salem, NC); Rod Mach (Northville, MI)
Assignee: Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services
G16H10/60G06F19/00
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Patent No.
US 10,832,804
App. No.
16/182,559
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transforming and transporting health information is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving the health information; transforming the received health information of based on a predetermined rule; validating whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard; and parsing the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.

Claims (38)

1. A method for de-identifying and transporting health information, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, the health information;

de-identifying, by the processor, the received health information based on at least one predetermined rule;

determining, by the processor, whether the de-identified health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard;

when the de-identified health information is not in the proper form:

determining, by the processor, whether the de-identified health information has correctable errors to place the de-identified health information in the proper form; and

when the de-identified health information has correctable errors, error-correcting, by the processor, the de-identified health information to place the de-identified health information in the proper form;

when the de-identified health information is in the proper form, parsing, by the processor, the de-identified health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information; and

streaming, by the processor, the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the received health information is provided via a HISP to HISP communication.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third-party standard is provided via the Center for Disease Control.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third-party standard is based on a Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes standard.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third-party standard is based on the Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine standard.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the received health information includes an identifier, and the identifier is employed to determine a category in which the received health information is associated with.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after parsing the de-identified health information, routing, by the processor, the de-identified health information to the determined entity.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the determined entity is a Health Plan Data Warehouse.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the determined entity is a personal health care provider.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, when the de-identified health information is not in the proper form and has uncorrectable errors, transmitting, by the processor, a message to a source of the health information.

11. A system comprising:

data processing hardware; and

memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations for de-identifying and transporting health information, the operations comprising:

receiving the health information;

de-identifying the received health information based on at least one predetermined rule;

determining whether the de-identified health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard;

when the de-identified health information is not in the proper form:

determining whether the de-identified health information has correctable errors to place the de-identified health information in the proper form; and

when the health information has correctable errors, error-correcting the received health information to place the de-identified health information in the proper form;

when the de-identified health information is in the proper form, parsing the de-identified health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information; and

streaming the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the received health information is provided via a HISP to HISP communication.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the third-party standard is provided via the Center for Disease Control.

14. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the third-party standard is based on a Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes standard.

15. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the third-party standard is based on the Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine standard.

16. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the received health information includes an identifier, and the identifier is employed to determine a category in which the received health information is associated with.

17. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise, after parsing the de-identified health information, routing the de-identified health information to the determined entity.

18. The system according to claim 17 , wherein the determined entity is a Health Plan Data Warehouse.

19. The system according to claim 17 , wherein the determined entity is a personal health care provider.

20. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise, when the de-identified health information is not in the proper form and has uncorrectable errors, transmitting a message to a source of the health information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: MICHIGAN HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK SHARED SERVICES
To: MICHIGAN HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK SHARED SERVICES
Reel/Frame 057238/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2018
From: PLETCHER, TIM; LIVESAY, JEFF; MACH, ROD
To: MICHIGAN HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK SHARED SERVICES
Reel/Frame 047692/0504 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15081186 · Mar 25, 2016
Continuation 14486068 · Sep 15, 2014
Provisional Application 61877708 · Sep 13, 2013
Related Publication 20190080042A1 · Mar 14, 2019