Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for facilitating location and retrieval of health information in a healthcare system

摘要

An apparatus is provided for retrieving information associated with one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to receive queries from devices of health care systems. The queries include data requesting information associated with patients that corresponds to specified items of information indicated in the queries. The queries also indicate a predetermined threshold to determine whether the requested information corresponds to respective patients. The processor is further configured to analyze stored patient information to determine items of the patient information that correspond to the specified items of the information. The processor is further configured to detect a subset of the items of the patient information related to health data that is determined to correspond to a respective patient(s) based on a determined value that equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a query from a device associated with a health care system for health care information associated with a patient, the query comprising (a) one or more specified items of information associated with the patient, the specified items of information comprising demographic and clinical data associated with the patient, and (b) a predetermined threshold to be used to determine whether the requested information corresponds to the patient; analyzing stored patient information received from a plurality of health care systems, the patient information comprising demographic and clinical data associated with a plurality of patients to identify items of the patient information that correspond to one or more of the specified items of information; and detecting, via a processor, at least a subset of the items of patient information that is determined to correspond to the patient based in part on a determined value that equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold, wherein the determined value comprises a calculated score indicating a level of confidence that the subset of the items of patient information corresponds to the patient.