# US 2018/0322945 A1 · Perfoming analytics on protected health information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0322945 A1 - Document ID: US20180322945A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/038,382 - Filed: 2018-07-18 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-28 - Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company - Applicants: 3M Innovative Properties Company - Inventors: Richard H. Wolniewicz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322945A1 ## CPC - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 50/30: for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment - G16H 50/50: for simulation or modelling of medical disorders - G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract This disclosure includes techniques for analyzing patient data. In one example, a method includes accessing, by a computer system, one or more databases comprising health information, with protected health information, for a plurality of patients, accessing, by the computer system, an analytical model, and receiving, by the computer system via a user interface, instructions to apply the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients. The protected health information is isolated from the user interface to restrict access to the protected health information. The method further includes applying, by the computer system, the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients, and storing a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for analyzing patient data, the method comprising: accessing, by a computer system, one or more databases comprising health information data, including protected health information, for a plurality of patients; accessing, by the computer system, an analytical model; receiving, by the computer system via a user interface, instructions to apply the analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients, de-identifying, by the computer system, the protected health information in the health information data; applying, by the computer system, the analytical model using a machine-learning algorithm to the health information data; and storing a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting, by the computer system via the user interface, a summary of the result of the analytical model, wherein the summary of the result of the analytical model excludes any of the protected health information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the summary of the result of the analytical model includes a statistical summary of the health information data resulting from the analytical model to facilitate user evaluation of the analytical model. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the health information data, including the protected health information, for the plurality of patients is isolated from the user interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising updating, by the computer system, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein updating, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model includes updating patient care information for at least some of the plurality of patients. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein updating, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model includes updating a patient health event risk assessment for at least some of the plurality of patients. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, via the user interface, a request to access protected health information within one or more databases; presenting, by the computer system via the user interface, the requested protected health information via the user interface; and storing a record of the request to access the protected health information within the one or more databases. ### Claim 9 A computer system for storing and analyzing health information for a plurality of patients comprising: one or more databases comprising health information data, with protected health information, for a plurality of patients; a user interface; and one or more processors configured to de-identify the protected health information in the health information data, apply an analytical model using a machine learning algorithm to patient data for each of the plurality of patients based on instructions received via the user interface, and store a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to present, via the user interface, a visual representation of the result of the analytical model, wherein the visual representation of the result of the analytical model excludes any of the protected health information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer system of claim 10, wherein the visual representation of the result of the analytical model includes a statistical summary to facilitate user evaluation of the analytical model. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9, wherein the protected health information for the plurality of patients is isolated from the user interface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to update, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model, ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer system of claim 13, wherein updating, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model includes updating patient care information for at least some of the plurality of patients. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The computer system of claim 13, wherein updating, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model includes updating patient health event risk assessments for at least some of the plurality of patients. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The computer system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive, via the user interface, a request to access protected health information within one or more databases; present, via the user interface, the requested protected health information via the user interface; and store a record of the request to access the protected health information within the one or more databases. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to: access one or more databases comprising health information data, with protected health information, for a plurality of patients; receive, via a user interface, instructions to apply an analytical model to health information for each of the plurality of patients; de-identify the protected health information in the health information data; apply the analytical model using a machine learning algorithm to the health information data for each of the plurality of patients; and store a result of the analytical model to the one or more databases. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processor to present, via the user interface, a summary of the result of the analytical model, wherein the summary excludes any of the protected health information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the summary of the result of the analytical model includes a statistical summary to facilitate user evaluation of the analytical model. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processor to isolate the protected health information, for the plurality of patients from the user interface. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processor to update, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein updating, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model includes updating patient care information for at least some of the plurality of patients. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein updating, within the one or more databases, the health information data associated with at least some of the plurality of patients according to the results of the analytical model includes updating patient health event risk assessments for at least some of the plurality of patients. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive, via the user interface, a request to access protected health information within one or more databases; present, via the user interface, the requested protected health information via the user interface; and store a record of the request to access the protected health information within the one or more databases.