Management of health care data

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for syndication and management of structured and unstructured data to assist institutional healthcare delivery, healthcare providers' practices, healthcare providers' group practices, collaborative academic research and decision making in healthcare, including through the utilization of medical devices and healthcare pools.

1 - 24 . (canceled)  
     
     
         25 . A method of handling health care information, comprising: 
 disposing health care information into a plurality of pools of information; and    syndicating information from at least one of the plurality of pools.    
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the process of syndicating the information involves a dynamic generation of syndicated content.  
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein the dynamic generation involves processing a request to convert information into syndicated information.  
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein the step of processing the request involves a security check.  
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the syndicated information is secured by a security facility.  
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein the security facility protects information according to a pool-specific security protocol.  
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the syndicated information is structured into a hierarchy.  
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the hierarchy is defined using OPML.  
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein a hierarchy is defined according to what pools are accessed by what portion of the hierarchy.  
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the hierarchy defines conditions for aggregating information from the pools.  
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the pools are stored with protocols for using the information in the pools.  
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the pools are stored with conditions for access of the pools.  
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the pools include patient record data that is de-identified.  
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein a portion of the syndicated information is published by a health care device.  
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the pools contain information selected from the group consisting of medical instruments, x-ray equipment, MRI equipment, other forms of medical imaging equipment, blood work data, genetic information, medical exam information, medical device information, information from emergency rooms, information from medical labs, diet information, exercise information, metabolic information, medical history information, age information, gender information, behavior information, race information, or information from other systems related to the healthcare and or medical field.  
     
     
         40 - 78 . (canceled)  
     
     
         79 . A system of handling healthcare information, comprising a configuration facility adapted to configure a healthcare device to subscribe to a data feed of healthcare information.  
     
     
         80 . The system of  claim 79 , wherein the device is selected from the group consisting of anesthesiology devices, cardiovascular devices, clinical chemistry devices, clinical toxicology devices, dental devices, ear nose and throat devices, gastroenterology devices, urology devices, general surgery devices, plastic surgery devices, general hospital devices, personal use devices, hematology devices, pathology devices, immunology devices, mammography devices, neurological devices, obstetrical devices, gynecological devices, ophthalmic devices, physical medicine devices, radiology devices, clinical chemistry testing devices, clinical toxicology testing devices, immunology testing devices, and microbiology testing devices.  
     
     
         81 . The system of  claim 79 , wherein the feed collects the data from a pool of syndicated information.  
     
     
         82 . The system of  claim 81 , wherein the pool is a secured pool.  
     
     
         83 . The system of  claim 81 , wherein the syndicated information is stored in a secure format.  
     
     
         84 . The system of  claim 81 , wherein the feed collects the data from a plurality of pools of syndicated data.  
     
     
         85 . The system of  claim 84 , wherein at least one of the pools is a secure pool.  
     
     
         86 . The system of  claim 79 , wherein the data feed is adapted to collect the health care information which is in an RSS format.  
     
     
         87 . The system of  claim 79 , wherein the data feed is adapted to collect the health care information which is in an OPML format.  
     
     
         88 - 102 . (canceled)  
     
     
         103 . A method of handling health care information, comprising configuring a healthcare device to syndicate information that is periodically handled by the device.  
     
     
         104 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is selected from the group consisting of anesthesiology devices, cardiovascular devices, clinical chemistry devices, clinical toxicology devices, dental devices, ear nose and throat devices, gastroenterology devices, urology devices, general surgery devices, plastic surgery devices, general hospital devices, personal use devices, hematology devices, pathology devices, immunology devices, mammography devices, neurological devices, obstetrical devices, gynecological devices, ophthalmic devices, physical medicine devices, radiology devices, clinical chemistry testing devices, clinical toxicology testing devices, immunology testing devices, and microbiology testing devices.  
     
     
         105 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the step of syndicating the information comprises receiving information and formatting the information in a syndication format.  
     
     
         106 . The method of  claim 105 , wherein the syndication format is RSS.  
     
     
         107 . The method of  claim 105 , wherein the syndication format is OPML.  
     
     
         108 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is a medical device.  
     
     
         109 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is a medical instrument.  
     
     
         110 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is a handheld medical device.  
     
     
         111 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is associated with an operating room.  
     
     
         112 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is configured to display an electronic medical record.  
     
     
         113 . The method of  claim 103 , wherein the device is configured to run a health care software application.  
     
     
         114 - 150 . (canceled)