Data synchronization of electronic patient controlled health records

Inventors

Dempers, Ramon J. • Frieder, Ophir

Assignees

Invaryant Health LLC

Abstract

A system and method that facilitates the automated replication of electronic medical record information between a patient and a health-care provider (HCP), such as a doctor, pharmacy, drug manufacturer, biologic manufacturer, or medical device manufacturer. The system uses: a cloud-based infrastructure that includes databases, mathematical models, and configuration information; a patient's electronic health record system providing personal data around a patient's individual personal electronic medical record (PEMR); and a server used to coordinate and authenticate the replication of data between the cloud-based infrastructure, the PEMR, and the EMR/EHR system of the HCP. The system provides support and security, such as by geographically distributed data fragmentation, for mobile platforms and web-based platforms and sophisticated mechanisms for the transmission of data between these systems.

Core Innovation

The invention relates to consolidating and synchronizing a patient’s medical history using a patient-controlled personal electronic medical record (PEMR). The PEMR is automatically fragmented into a plurality of data fragments, with the fragments stored distributed across one or more databases, and the fragments are reassembled for display of the personal electronic medical record via a computer system of the health-care provider during a patient engagement.

During the same patient engagement, the personal electronic medical record is updated with data from the health-care provider to form an updated personal electronic medical record, and the updated personal electronic medical record replaces the personal electronic medical record for storing across the one or more databases. After completion of the patient engagement, the updated personal electronic medical record automatically closes on the health-care provider computer system while new fragmentation is performed, and the fragments stored across the one or more databases are replaced with a second plurality.

The documented approach includes security by using a patient-assigned authenticator and a secured channel between the personal electronic medical record server and a health-care provider access module after receipt of the authenticator, with replication and/or updating performed for the patient engagement. The described system further supports coordination of medical history across cloud-based infrastructure and healthcare systems, while also enabling view-only emergency access during an emergency scenario.

Claims Coverage

The provided independent claims cover two aspects: a method for consolidating and synchronizing a patient’s personal electronic medical record using fragmentation, distributed storage, and engagement-limited reassembly, and a system for enabling provider access using a patient authenticator and a secured channel for replication and/or updating during a patient engagement. Across the independent claims, the main inventive features include automatic fragmentation, distributed storage, engagement-only reassembly for display, update-and-replace via re-fragmentation, and patient-controlled authentication and secure channel transfer for provider replication/update.

Across the independent claims, the coverage centers on a fragmentation-based synchronization approach where the PEMR is stored as distributed fragments and reassembled only during a provider patient engagement, followed by re-fragmentation and replacement of stored fragments while ensuring no provider integrated copy remains after closing. The system claim complements this by introducing patient-assigned authenticator-based access, with a remote server issuing the authenticator and establishing a secured channel directly between the patient PEMR server and a health-care provider access module for replication and/or updating during the patient engagement.

Stated Advantages

Documented Applications