Syndicating surgical data in a healthcare environment
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for syndication and management of structured and unstructured data to assist institutional healthcare delivery, healthcare providers' practices, healthcare providers' group practices, collaborative academic research and decision making in healthcare, including through the utilization of medical devices and healthcare pools.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving surgical data in a syndicated format with at least one computer, the data captured from a medical device while the medical device is being used in a surgery;
storing the surgical data in at least two pools, a first pool for personal information and a second pool for non-personal surgical information, wherein the personal information is information that may be used to identify a specific person;
securing the surgical data in at least the first pool with the at least one computer with a conditional access mechanism to provide a secure item, wherein the conditional access mechanism is selected from the group consisting of: userid and password; encryption; a secure server; a digital signature; and an identity certificate; and
publishing the secure item in a syndicated data feed, wherein the syndicated feed comprises health data collected, stored or analyzed by at least one health data collector selected from the group consisting of organizations where health data is collected, community health clinics, emergency personnel, hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, public health screening sites, mobile screening facilities, community health drives, blood drives, school clinics, emergency rooms and physician offices.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising subscribing to the syndicated data feed and storing the syndicated data feed in a data pool.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising accessing the data pool to obtain data for authorizing a medical procedure.
4. The method of claim 2 further comprising accessing the data pool to obtain data for authorizing payment for a medical procedure.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising limiting access to the secure item based upon a privacy rule.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising limiting access to the secure item based upon an identity of a requester of the secure item.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising determining the identity according to a patient identifier.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding metadata to the secure item.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies the medical device.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies a time of creation of the surgical data.
11. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies a physician who requested the surgical data.
12. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies a patient.
13. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies an intended recipient of the surgical data.
14. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies a health care professional who operated the medical device to acquire the surgical data.
15. The method of claim 8 wherein the metadata identifies a laboratory where the medical device is located.
16. The method of claim 8 further comprising manually entering the metadata.
17. The method of claim 8 wherein the medical device adds the metadata.
18. The method of claim 8 wherein a physician adds the metadata.
19. A method, comprising:
receiving surgical data in a syndicated format with at least one computer, the data captured from a medical device while the medical device is being used in a surgery;
storing the surgical data in at least two pools, a first pool for personal information and a second pool for non-personal surgical information, wherein the personal information is information that may be used to identify a specific person;
securing the surgical data in at least the first pool with the at least one computer with a conditional access mechanism to provide a secure item, wherein the conditional access mechanism is selected from the group consisting of: userid and password; encryption; a secure server; a digital signature; and an identity certificate; and
publishing the secure item in a syndicated data feed, wherein the syndicated data feed comprises community-based health data cases selected from the group consisting of disease, disorder, illness, medical condition, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, trauma, influenza and immunizations.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein publishing the syndicated data feed includes publishing the syndicated data feed to a publicly-accessible network.