System and method for the visualization of medical data
Inventors
Barbouche, Michael • May, Joel • Studebaker, John • Thomas, Sean • Walker, Joel
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Publication Number
US-10169537-B2
Publication Date
2019-01-01
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Abstract
The systems and methods of the present application includes embodiments that allow users to more easily and efficiently compare medical data in an automated, computerized system using a variety of visualization tools, by operation on datasets sourced from a variety of entities.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a patient-medical-data visualization system and method for the automated visualization of patient medical information and medical data over an Internet network. Medical data of patients are stored for at least one medical provider and at least one payor organization in a plurality of datasets, where each dataset is stored separately in computer memory accessible over the Internet network. Each dataset includes at least an electronic medical record and a secondary healthcare record, stored separately yet having at least one common key.
The invention normalizes the medical data by executing database-specific calls to each dataset over the Internet network and retrieving medical data by a normalizer. The normalizer generates a set of metadata based on at least one quality measure and generates normalized medical data for the set of metadata using a denominator to define a patient population having the at least one quality measure. The normalized medical data is populated into a database to create a medical data superset for each patient, including medical data common to each patient stored among the plurality of datasets.
The invention configures an application layer over the Internet network to enable communication between the database of the medical data superset and a dashboard over the Internet network. The dashboard displays normalized medical data and enables a user to select a Venn diagram-type output, a scatter plot-type output, or an orbit plot-type output, and to further interactively select details of a particular data section displayed in the selected display option.
Claims Coverage
The document contains two independent claims (a computer-implemented method and a computer-implemented system). Across these independent claims, the inventive features comprise separate Internet-accessible provider/payor datasets with EMR and secondary healthcare records sharing a common key, normalization using quality-measure-based metadata and a denominator to define a quality-measure patient population, creation of a medical data superset per patient with common medical data across datasets, and an Internet dashboard with selectable Venn diagram-type, scatter plot-type, and orbit plot-type visualizations with interactive detail selection.
Separate Internet-accessible provider/payor datasets with shared key
Storing medical data of patients for at least one medical provider and at least one payor organization in a plurality of datasets stored separately in computer memory accessible over the Internet network, each dataset including at least an electronic medical record and a secondary healthcare record stored separately and having at least one common key
Normalization using quality-measure-based metadata and denominator-defined population
Normalizing the medical data by executing database-specific calls to each dataset over the Internet network and retrieving medical data, generating metadata based on at least one quality measure, and generating normalized medical data using a denominator to define a patient population having the at least one quality measure
Medical data superset per patient from common data across datasets
Populating a database with the normalized medical data to create a medical data superset for each patient including medical data common to each patient stored among the plurality of datasets
Internet application layer and dashboard for selectable visualization outputs with interactive detail selection
Configuring an application layer over the Internet network to enable communication between the database of the medical data superset and a dashboard over the Internet network, and displaying normalized medical data on the dashboard with selectable Venn diagram-type, scatter plot-type, or orbit plot-type outputs and interactive selection of details of a particular data section
Across the independent method and system claims, the core claimed coverage is the end-to-end workflow of separately storing provider/payor datasets, normalizing using quality-measure metadata and a denominator to define a patient population, creating a per-patient medical data superset with common data across datasets, and presenting interactive Internet dashboard visualizations selectable as Venn diagram-type, scatter plot-type, or orbit plot-type outputs.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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