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US 2015/0317439 A1Published application
Linkage of Social Network and Healthcare Data
AssigneeHealthVerity, Inc.
InventorAndrew Kress
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Abstract
A system and method for providing an individual with information on the actual healthcare utilization of other members of that individual's social network, the method including de-identifying or encrypting individually identifiable social network data associated with a first user, de-identifying or encrypting individually identifiable healthcare transaction data associated with the first user, and linking the de-identified social network data and the de-identified healthcare transaction data.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving individually identifiable social network data associated with a first user;
- receiving individually identifiable healthcare transaction data associated with the first user;
- de-identifying or encrypting the individually identifiable social network data associated with the first user to form de-identified social network data associated with the first user;
- de-identifying or encrypting the individually identifiable healthcare transaction data associated with the first user to form de-identified healthcare transaction data associated with the first user;
- and
- linking the de-identified social network data associated with the first user and the de-identified healthcare transaction data associated with the first user.
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A system, comprising:
- a social network database for storing individually identifiable social network data associated with a first user;
- a healthcare transaction database for storing individually identifiable healthcare transaction data associated with the first user;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- de-identify or encrypt the individually identifiable social network data to form de-identified social network data;
- de-identify or encrypt the individually identifiable healthcare transaction data to form de-identified healthcare transaction data;
- and
- link the de-identified social network data associated with the first user and the de-identified healthcare transaction data associated with the first user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.