US 2006/0155578 A1 · Privacy entitlement protocols for secure data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting

Abstract

Methods, systems and related computer products for providing entitlement controlled levels of collaborative exchange of data using a computer network of Subscribers and Publishers, are configured to: (a) define a set of different privacy levels, each privacy level having associated data sharing parameters that control a participating Publisher's ability to send and a participating Subscriber's ability to receive content specific data; and (b) provide an electronic privacy level register that defines the different data sharing parameters for each of the different privacy levels and identifies an associated at least one privacy level for each participating Subscriber and Publisher.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing controlled levels of collaborative exchange of data using a computer network of registered participating Subscribers and Publishers, comprising:

defining a set of different privacy levels, each privacy level having associated data sharing parameters that electronically control a participating Subscriber's ability to receive content specific data from each participating Publisher;
and
providing an electronic privacy level register that identifies for each participating Subscriber what the approved privacy levels are as selected from the set of different privacy levels with respect to each participating Publisher to thereby provide an entitlement based controlled electronic data sharing protocol between Subscribers and Publishers.

A web-based secure data sharing system for providing and controlling collaborative healthcare data sharing between Publisher and Subscribe participants over the Internet, comprising:

a Message Flow Server configured to communicate with participant healthcare Publisher Gateways and Subscribers over the Internet;
and
an Administrative Server in communication with the Message Flow Server, the Administrative Server configured to control electronic communications between participating Subscribers and Publishers, wherein each participating Subscriber and Publisher has at least one defined privacy level selected from a defined set of privacy levels, wherein the Administrative Server is in communication with an electronic privacy level register that defines a privacy level for certain types of patient healthcare data, and wherein the system is configured to electronically control the communication between Subscribers and Publishers based on respective defined privacy level(s).

A healthcare collaborative data sharing computer network system, comprising:

a Message Flow Server;
a plurality of Publisher participants having access to electronic patient healthcare records, each Publisher comprising at least one Publisher Gateway in communication with the Message Flow Server, wherein a respective Publisher Gateway is configured with at least one defined privacy level that electronically controls the Publisher Gateway's data sharing protocols with respective Subscribers;
and
a plurality of Subscriber participants in communication with the Message Flow Server, each Subscriber having a defined privacy level that electronically controls their access to healthcare data from participating Publishers;
wherein healthcare data related to a healthcare topic is automatically selectively electronically forwarded to a Subscriber from a respective Publisher Gateway by the Message Flow Server only if the Subscriber has a privacy level that entitles the Subscriber to healthcare data for that topic.

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Privacy entitlement protocols for secure data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting

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Privacy entitlement protocols for secure data exchange, collection, monitoring and/or alerting

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