Consent Repository Providing Automated Patient Authorization Decisions Affecting the Release of Health Information

摘要

A method and system for controlling the release of health information about an individual. A patient consent repository provides authorization to release all or part of requested health information based, in part, on attributes and sensitivity labels passed in the request for consent.

主权项

1. A method for providing consent information for the release of health information of an individual, comprising:
receiving, by a consent repository, a PCD request comprising at least one attribute value and at least one sensitivity label; generating, by the repository, a patient consent directive from a consenter's sharing choices encoded in a composite patient consent directive, wherein the generating is based, at least in part, on the at least one attribute value and the at least one sensitivity label in the PCD request; computing, by the repository, an authorization decision based, at least in part, on
1) the patient consent directive, and2) the at least one attribute value and the at least one sensitivity label in the PCD request; determining a set of sensitivity labels affecting the release of patient information, wherein the determination is based on the at least one sensitivity label in the PCD request; sending, by the repository, a PCD response comprising the authorization decision and the determined set of sensitivity labels.