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-9679105-B2
Publication Date
2017-06-13
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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 relates to an Internet/cloud visualization system that automatically visualizes patient medical information and medical data over an Internet network. It stores medical data of patients 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 and includes at least an electronic medical record and a secondary healthcare record stored separately while sharing at least one common key.
The system includes a normalizer that executes database-specific calls to each dataset over the Internet network and retrieves medical data from the plurality of datasets. Based on at least one quality measure, the normalizer generates metadata and generates normalized medical data using a denominator to define a patient population having the quality measure, and the normalized medical data is stored separately from the plurality of datasets to create a medical data superset for each patient.
An application layer enables communication between the database of the medical data superset for each patient and a dashboard over the Internet network. The dashboard displays an output of normalized medical data on a user device coupled to the Internet and is configured to display medical data for the patient population captured by at least one quality measure of a given practice group within a medical provider or all practice groups for a medical provider or payor organization.
Claims Coverage
Two independent claims are provided. They describe a computer-implemented method and a computer-implemented system that normalize separate provider and payor medical datasets using quality measures and denominator-defined patient populations, store normalized per-patient medical data as a medical data superset, and visualize normalized results via an Internet dashboard.
Internet-based normalization and metadata generation from provider/payor datasets
Storing medical data of patients for at least one medical provider and at least one payor organization in a plurality of datasets, wherein each dataset is stored separately in computer memory accessible over the Internet network and includes at least an electronic medical record and a secondary healthcare record stored separately with at least one common key; executing database-specific calls to each dataset to retrieve medical data by a normalizer; 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.
Per-patient medical data superset created from normalized medical data
Populating a database with the normalized medical data, wherein the normalized medical data is stored separately from the plurality of datasets to create a medical data superset for each patient including medical data common to each patient stored among the plurality of datasets.
Internet dashboard visualization for denominator-defined quality measure patient populations
Configuring an application layer to enable communication between the database of the medical data superset for each patient and a dashboard over the Internet network; displaying an output of normalized medical data on the dashboard displayed on a user device over the Internet, where the dashboard displays medical data for the patient population captured by the at least one quality measure of a given practice group within a medical provider or all practice groups for a medical provider or payor organization.
Across the independent claims, the inventive scope centers on retrieving and normalizing medical data from separately stored provider/payor datasets using database-specific calls, generating metadata and normalized medical data using quality measures and a denominator-defined patient population, storing normalized per-patient medical data as a medical data superset, and visualizing the normalized results through an Internet-connected dashboard via an application layer.
Stated Advantages
Not explicitly described in patent.
Documented Applications
Automated visualization of patient medical information and medical data over an Internet network, including visualization on a dashboard for patient populations captured by quality measures for a given practice group within a medical provider or all practice groups for a medical provider or payor organization.
Interactive dashboard visualization outputs including Venn-diagram-type representations, scatter plot-type representations, and orbit plot-type patient-centered event timeline representations with selectable time frames and event relationships.
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