Healthcare protocols for use with a distributed ledger
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsTimothy D. Paffel, Michael D. Ryan, Jake Schutz, Tracy E. Kootsikas, Kurt R. Smith
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Abstract
Systems and methods may use healthcare protocols for use with distributed ledger technology. The healthcare protocols may be used to, among other things, classify event data items as distributed ledger data items such that record of such classified event data items may be stored in a distributed ledger. Further, the healthcare protocols may be modified over time, and record of such modifications may also be stored in a distributed ledger.
Claims36
A system for use with a plurality of participants and a distributed ledger system including a set of ledger clients, each ledger client having a copy of a distributed ledger and configured to maintain the distributed ledger, the system separate from the distributed ledger system and comprising:
- a decider apparatus comprising one or more processors, the decider apparatus configured to:
- receive a healthcare event associated with a patient from one or more participants, the healthcare event comprising one or more event data items;
- identify, for the received healthcare event, one or more healthcare protocols associated with the patient corresponding to the received healthcare event;
- classify, based on the identified one or more healthcare protocols, one or more event data items of the received healthcare event as distributed ledger data items for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system;
- generate, for the one or more event data items of the received healthcare event classified as distributed ledger data items for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system, one or more distributed ledger transaction requests;
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- submit the one or more distributed ledger transaction requests to the distributed ledger system for recordation on the distributed ledger that were generated for the one or more event data items of the received healthcare event classified as distributed ledger data items for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system.
A method for use with a plurality of participants and a distributed ledger system including a set of ledger clients, each ledger client having a copy of a distributed ledger and configured to maintain the distributed ledger, the method executed by a system separate from the distributed ledger system and comprising:
- receiving a healthcare event associated with a patient from one or more participants, the healthcare event comprising one or more event data items;
- identifying, for the received healthcare event, one or more healthcare protocols associated with the patient corresponding to the received healthcare event;
- classifying, based on the identified one or more healthcare protocols, one or more event data items of the received healthcare event as distributed ledger data items for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system;
- generating, for the one or more event data items of the received healthcare event classified as distributed ledger data items for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system, one or more distributed ledger transaction requests;
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- submitting the one or more distributed ledger transaction requests to the distributed ledger system for recordation on the distributed ledger that were generated for the one or more event data items of the received healthcare event classified as distributed ledger data items for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system.
A system for use with a plurality of participants and a distributed ledger system including a set of ledger clients, each ledger client having a copy of a distributed ledger and configured to maintain the distributed ledger, the system separate from the distributed ledger system and comprising:
- a decider apparatus comprising one or more processors, the decider apparatus configured to:
- provide one or more healthcare protocols used to classify event data items of healthcare events as distributed ledger data items to be recorded on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system;
- modify the one or more healthcare protocols;
- generate, for the modified one or more healthcare protocols, one or more distributed ledger transaction requests for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system;
- and
- submit the one or more distributed ledger transaction requests to the distributed ledger system for recordation on the distributed ledger.
A method for use with a plurality of participants and a distributed ledger system including a set of ledger clients, each ledger client having a copy of a distributed ledger and configured to maintain the distributed ledger, the method executed by a system separate from the distributed ledger system and comprising:
- providing one or more healthcare protocols used to classify event data items of healthcare events as distributed ledger data items to be recorded on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system;
- modifying the one or more healthcare protocols;
- generating, for the modified one or more healthcare protocols, one or more distributed ledger transaction requests for recordation on the distributed ledger of the distributed ledger system;
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- submitting the one or more distributed ledger transaction requests to the distributed ledger system for recordation on the distributed ledger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.