# US 2014/0207482 A1 · Case Management System and Method for Mediating Anomaly Notifications in Health Data to Health Alerts

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- Number: US 2014/0207482 A1
- Document ID: US20140207482A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/220,285
- Filed: 2014-03-20
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2005-10-18
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
- Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
- Inventors: Colin Goodall; Guy Jacobson; Simon Tse; John Mark F. Mocenigo; Richard Drechsler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207482A1

## CPC

- G16H 50/70: for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
- G06Q 10/103: {Workflow collaboration or project management}
- G16H 50/80: for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
- G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A system and method for mediating anomaly notifications in health data to health alerts using data structures and logic to organize, contain, and disposition identified health anomalies. Multiple generators of anomaly notifications operating asynchronously and independently can be processed. The case manager organizes anomaly notifications and supports collaborative decision making among users with diverse areas of expertise.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, anomaly data describing an anomaly;
comparing, by the server, the anomaly data to data fields defining cases;
determining, by the server, a match between the anomaly data and one of the data fields defining one of the cases;
containing, by the server, the anomaly data in the one of the cases; and
storing, by the server, an association in a database between the one of the cases in which the anomaly data is contained.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the anomaly data comprises receiving a location associated with the anomaly.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein determining the match comprises matching the location to the one of the data fields.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising merging the anomaly data to other anomaly data also contained in the one of the cases.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising assigning a relevance of the anomaly data to the one of the cases based on the location.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising computing a distance between the location and a different location associated with the one of the cases.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, further comprising assigning a relevance of the anomaly data to the one of the cases based on the distance.

### Claim 8

A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing an application that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving anomaly data describing an anomaly;
comparing the anomaly data to data fields defining cases;
determining a match between the anomaly data and one of the data fields defining one of the cases;
containing the anomaly data in the one of the cases; and
storing an association in a database between the one of the cases in which the anomaly data is contained.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a location associated with the anomaly.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise matching the location to the one of the data fields.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise merging the anomaly data to other anomaly data also contained in the one of the cases.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a relevance of the anomaly data to the one of the cases based on the location.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise computing a distance between the location and a different location associated with the one of the cases.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a relevance of the anomaly data to the one of the cases based on the distance.

### Claim 15

A memory storing an application that when executed causes a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving anomaly data describing an anomaly;
comparing the anomaly data to data fields defining cases;
determining a match between the anomaly data and one of the data fields defining one of the cases;
containing the anomaly data in the one of the cases; and
storing an association in a database between the one of the cases in which the anomaly data is contained.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a location associated with the anomaly.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise matching the location to the one of the data fields.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise merging the anomaly data with other anomaly data also contained in the one of the cases.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a relevance of the anomaly data to the one of the cases based on the location.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise computing a distance between the location and a different location associated with the one of the cases.