Method and process for transporting health information
AssigneeMichigan Health Information Network Shared Services
InventorsTim Pletcher, Jeff Livesay, Rod Mach
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Abstract
A method for transforming and transporting health information is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving the health information; transforming the received health information of based on a predetermined rule; validating whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard; and parsing the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.
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A method according to a set of instructions stored on the memory of a computing device for transforming and transporting health information, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of the computing device, the health information;
- streaming, by the processor, the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations;
- transforming, by the processor, the received health information based on at least one predetermined rule, wherein the transforming comprises:
- de-identifying the received health information,
- extracting data from an attachment received as part of the health information, and
- transforming the data from the attachment to a proper form based on a third-party standard;
- determining, by the processor, whether the received health information is in the proper form based on the third-party standard;
- error-correcting the received health information;
- categorizing, based on an identifier included with the received health information, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information;
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- parsing, by the processor, the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, wherein the instructions comprise:
- instructions to receive the health information;
- instructions to stream the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations;
- instructions to transform the received health information based on a predetermined rule, wherein the instructions to transform the received health information further comprise:
- instructions to de-identify the received health information,
- instructions to extract data from an attachment received as part of the health information, and
- instructions to transform the data from the attachment to a proper form based on a third-party standard;
- instructions to determine whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard and to error-correct the received health information;
- instructions to categorize, based on an identifier included with the received health information, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information:
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- instructions to parse the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to the memory;
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- a first set of instructions stored on the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive the health information;
- stream the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations;
- transform the received health information based on a predetermined rule, wherein to transform the received health information the processor is further configured to:
- de-identify the received health information,
- extract data from an attachment received as part of the health information, and
- transform the data from the attachment to a proper form based on a third-party standard;
- determine whether the received health information is in a proper form based on a third-party standard;
- error-correct the received health information;
- categorize, based on an identifier included with the received health information, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information;
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- parse the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.