System and method for communicating electronic health information

A system, comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• a database configured to store affiliation information between a plurality of caregivers and a plurality of covered entities, message data that includes ad hoc and unstructured electronic patient health information and that is associated with one or more ad hoc conversations, ownership data indicating for each conversation a covered entity of the plurality of covered entities that is assigned ownership of the message data, and affiliation information for each of the plurality of covered entities;
• an executable software module that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, is configured to:
• receive an indication to initiate a conversation from a messaging client associated with a first caregiver of the plurality of caregivers actively affiliated with a first covered entity of the plurality of covered entities and a second covered entity of the plurality of covered entities;
• identify a second caregiver of the plurality of caregivers actively affiliated with the first covered entity and a third caregiver of the plurality of caregivers actively affiliated with the second covered entity as authorized participants in the conversation based on the affiliation information;
• receive an indication from the messaging client associated with the first caregiver to include at least one of the second caregiver and the third caregiver in the conversation;
• determine a number of common covered entities having active affiliations with every participant in the conversation;
• in response to a determination that the number of common covered entities is greater than one:
• select at least one common covered entity from the first and second covered entities;
• and
• attribute ownership of the conversation to the selected covered entity.