METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CORRELATE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION

摘要

Methods and apparatus to correlate healthcare information are disclosed. An example method includes receiving (400) a healthcare message from a first entity (104) of a healthcare enterprise (102), wherein the healthcare message is configured according to a first identification schema of the first entity (104); identifying (402) one or more subjects of the healthcare message for correlation into an electronic clinical information system (124); selecting (406) one of a plurality of correlators (224) for each identified subject to correlate each identified subject, wherein each of the correlators (224) are customizable to handle a specific type of healthcare message subject; and correlating (408) the identified subjects of the message to associate each of the identified subjects with an identifier internal to the electronic clinical information system (124).