System and Method for Multi-Tiered, Rule-Based Data Sharing and Ontology Mapping

摘要

A system for managing data sharing and permissioning for a plurality of sensitive information across disparate entities and contexts. The system enables multiple tiers of permission rules that may vary by requesting user, specific data fields, and sharing context. The system provides patients or other users who provide data with an interface to select permission rules so that other users may access that data in a controlled manner. The system is capable of capturing and structuring the logic of written laws, consent agreements, and individual user preferences that enable or restrict data sharing among users. The system provides a requesting user with an interface to query the data about a patient or other entity, where data access is enabled by applicable rules. These rules may be set and controlled by the user, other users with permission to set access controls on the user's behalf, or any laws or consent agreements governing data sharing among users. The system provides consistent access to information by linking related data fields through ontological mappings. The system may facilitate the creation of new knowledge using ontology-mapped data from disparate sources. A method for managing access to a plurality of sensitive information across multiple entities is also described.

主权项

1. A computer-based method for creating enforced, context-specific sharing of ontologically mapped, aggregated medical data, comprising:
storing at least one data field in a database as an entity type ontology; receiving context-specific rule configurations corresponding to said entity type ontology, said receiving context-specific rule configurations comprising receiving at least one context, at least one data source, and at least one entity type ontology data field; identifying any conflict between the received context-specific rule and any applicable rule; if a conflict is identified, receiving resolution of the conflict; and storing said context-specific rule configurations in the database.