Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for facilitating location and retrieval of health information in a healthcare system

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor configured to cause the apparatus to:
• receive a query from a device associated with a health care system for health care information associated with a patient, the query comprising (a) one or more specified items of information associated with the patient, the specified items of information comprising demographic and clinical data associated with the patient, and (b) a predetermined threshold to be used to determine whether the requested information corresponds to the patient;
• analyze stored patient information received from a plurality of health care systems, the patient information comprising demographic and clinical data associated with a plurality of patients to identify items of the patient information that correspond to one or more of the specified items of information;
• and
• detect at least a subset of the items of patient information that is determined to correspond to the patient based in part on a determined value that equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold, wherein the determined value comprises a calculated score indicating a level of confidence that the subset of the items of patient information corresponds to the patient.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer executable program code instructions comprising:

• program code instructions configured to cause receipt of a query from a device associated with a health care system for health care information associated with a patient, the query comprising (a) one or more specified items of information associated with the patient, the specified items of information comprising demographic and clinical data associated with the patient, and (b) a predetermined threshold to be used to determine whether the requested information corresponds to the patient;
• program code instructions configured to analyze stored patient information received from a plurality of health care systems, the patient information comprising demographic and clinical data associated with a plurality of patients to identify items of the patient information that correspond to one or more of the specified items of information;
• and
• program code instructions configured to detect at least a subset of the items of patient information that is determined to correspond to the patient based in part on a determined value that equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold, wherein the determined value comprises a calculated score indicating a level of confidence that the subset of the items of patient information corresponds to the patient.