Publisher gateway systems for collaborative data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting

Abstract

A Publisher source of healthcare data is configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising a Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources, automatically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic patient data records having electronically searchable data fields, and electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database.

1 . A Publisher source of healthcare data configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising a Publisher Gateway configured to receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources electronically, automatically electronically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic patient data records having electronically searchable data fields, and electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database.  
     
     
         2 . A Publisher according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data input sources comprise data sources of different data types, and wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database for less than about six months.  
     
     
         3 . A Publisher according to  claim 1 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically cache certain patient-specific data for a desired interval to correlate later arriving patient-specific related data with current or previously received patient-specific data to thereby compile all related patient event data into respective electronic patient data records.  
     
     
         4 . A Publisher according to  claim 1 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically format patient data records into respective electronic patient messages of event related patient data having electronically searchable data fields.  
     
     
         5 . A Publisher according to  claim 4 , wherein the electronic patient messages comprise open standard formats of patient data.  
     
     
         6 . A Publisher according to  claim 4 , wherein the electronic patient messages comprise industry accepted laboratory and pharmacy codes.  
     
     
         7 . A Publisher according to  claim 1 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically review patient data and normalize local patient data into a standardized data message format.  
     
     
         8 . A Publisher according to  claim 1 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to communicate with an Administrative Server and a Message Flow Server via the Internet, the Message Flow Server being in communication with the Administrative Server and a plurality of Subscribers.  
     
     
         9 . A Publisher according to  claim 8 , wherein the Publisher is configured to electronically receive and approve or deny a publication request from a Subscriber at a web portal via the Administrative Server for a selected healthcare topic.  
     
     
         10 . A Publisher according to  claim 8 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically monitor for and identify an adverse drug event in an electronic patient data record and automatically send the identified adverse drug event as an electronic message to the Message Flow Server.  
     
     
         11 . A Publisher according to  claim 8 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to electronically identify a public health risk disease event and/or a bio-terrorism or environmental exposure event in an electronic patient data record and electronically automatically alert at least one Subscriber via the Message Flow Server.  
     
     
         12 . A Publisher according to  claim 9 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to use electronically generated search rule criteria for each approved Subscriber request for data and to use the defined rule criteria to electronically filter and search the electronic data records to identify relevant patient data records.  
     
     
         13 . A Publisher according to  claim 12 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically search existing and new electronic data records using the defined rule criteria for each approved Subscriber request.  
     
     
         14 . A Publisher according to  claim 13 , wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to automatically electronically transmit matching patient data records to the Message Flow Server for electronic publication to approved Subscribers.  
     
     
         15 . A Publisher according to  claim 14 , wherein personal identifier data is removed from matching patient data records and respective patient data records are formatted into an XML package format before the Publisher Gateway transmits the patient data record to the Message Flow Server as an outgoing publication to Subscribers.  
     
     
         16 . A Publisher according to  claim 8 , wherein the Administrative Server is in communication with a global Anonymous Global Patient Identifier Server and/or Module (“AGPI”), and wherein the Publisher Gateway communicates with the AGPI to assign a unique patient identifier to each outgoing data record publication so that the outgoing publication is devoid of personal identifying data.  
     
     
         17 . A method of receiving and publishing source data from Publishers of source data to one or more participating Subscribers using a computer network, comprising: 
 receiving electronic data from a plurality of different data sources of disparate electronic data formats at a respective Publisher Gateway;    automatically electronically correlating related data from the data sources to generate at least one of person and/or event related electronic data records; and    automatically selectively electronically publishing data from the electronic data records from respective Publisher Gateways to Subscribers over the computer network.    
     
     
         18 . A method according to  claim 17 , further comprising automatically normalizing at least one of person and event related electronic data records into records having a defined standardized format or formats of electronically searchable fields prior to automatically selectively electronically publishing data from the electronic data records from respective Publisher Gateways to Subscribers over the computer network.  
     
     
         19 - 28 . (canceled)  
     
     
         29 . A computer program product for providing Publisher data to a collaborative healthcare data sharing system over a computer network, the computer program product comprising: 
 a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising:    computer program code that receives and correlates data from a plurality of different data sources and places data related to a particular patient into a respective electronic patient data record having a plurality of electronically searchable data fields.    
     
     
         30 - 50 . (canceled)  
     
     
         51 . A system for receiving and forming electronically searchable electronic patient data records, comprising: 
 a Publisher Gateway in electronic communication with a plurality of participating Subscribers via a Message Flow Server and an Administrative Server using an Internet, the Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive data from a plurality of Publisher specific sources and automatically electronically correlate the data into an electronically searchable record of patient related data.    
     
     
         52 - 53 . (canceled)