# US 10,120,978 B2 · Method and process for transporting health information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,978 B2 - Document ID: US10120978B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/081,186 - Filed: 2016-03-25 - Published: 2016-07-21 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-13 - Assignees: Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services - Applicants: Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services - Inventors: Tim Pletcher; Jeff Livesay; Rod Mach - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120978B2 ## CPC - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and parsing, by the processor, the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the received health information is provided via a Health Information Service Provider (HISP) to HISP communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the third-party standard is provided via the Center for Disease Control . ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the third-party standard is based on a Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes standard. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the third-party standard is based on the Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine standard. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising routing the de- identified health information to the determined entity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the determined entity is a Health Plan Data Warehouse. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the determined entity is a personal health care provider. ### Claim 9 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: and instructions to parse the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the attachment includes a single record. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of records. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the plurality of records comprises immunization or Admit-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) records. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the information parsed to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information is located in the attachment. ### Claim 14 An apparatus comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and 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; and parse the de-identified received health information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of attachments. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the information to determine an entity to receive the de-identified health information is parsed from a subject field of the received health information.