Method and process for transporting 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 a secured message including the health information from an organization that is involved in health care, the secured message including meta-data;
• instructions to categorize, based on an identifier included with the received health information and representing a type of service and a domain of one or more entities to whom the received health information should be routed, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information included in the secured message;
• instructions to convert the received health information based on at least one predetermined rule, wherein the conversion comprises:
• de-identifying the received health information,
• extracting data including the meta-data from the health information to determine one or more entities to whom the health information should be routed,
• confirming that the health information conforms to a third-party standard, wherein the confirming further comprises error-correcting the received health information, and
• converting the data to a proper, normalized, and conformant format based on the third-party standard or other third-party standards;
• instructions to route the de-identified health information to the determined one or more entities;
• and
• 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.

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 a secured message including the health information from an organization that is involved in health care, the secured message including meta-data;
• categorize, based on an identifier included with the received health information and representing a type of service and a domain of one or more entities to whom the received health information should be routed, the received health information into a health information category associated with a type of health information included in the secured message;
• convert the received health information based on at least one predetermined rule, wherein to convert the processor is further configured to:
• de-identify the received health information,
• extract data including the meta-data from the health information to determine one or more entities to whom the health information should be routed,
• confirm that the health information conforms to a third-party standard, wherein confirming further comprises error-correcting the received health information, and
• convert the data to a proper, normalized, and conformant format based on the third-party standard or other third-party standards;
• route the de-identified health information to the determined one or more entities;
• and
• stream the received health information to a secondary storage device in a manner that complies with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.