MCKESSON FINANCIAL HOLDINGS Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150281110 | Method And Apparatus For Managing Allocation Of Communication Resources - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide management of allocation of communication resources. An example method may include receiving a first request for a communication resource for use to establish a communication channel between a client device and an application server, determining a request type of the first request, determining, using a processor, that a request type ban is not in effect for the request type of the first request, in response to determining that the request type ban is not in effect for the request type, granting the first request by allocating the communication resource to the client device, determining that the client device has maintained allocation of the communication resource for greater than a threshold amount of time, and in response to determining that the client device has maintained allocation of the communication resource for greater than the threshold amount of time, initiating the request type ban for the request type of the first request. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279323 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A PIXEL VISIBILITY LOSS CONDITION - A method, a computing device and a computer program product are provided to identify an instance in which a pixel visibility loss condition exists following window leveling. In the context of a method, window and level values and corresponding minimum and maximum values for a window are identified. The method then determines whether the pixel visibility loss condition exists based upon one or more of the window and level values, the minimum value or the maximum value. In this regard, the method determines whether a pixel visibility loss condition exists by determining whether there is a gray scale loss, a gray scale compression or a lack of perceptible distinctiveness between pixels within the window. In an instance in which the pixel visibility loss condition exists, the method causes an indication to be provided to a user. | 10-01-2015 |
20150279236 | Method And Apparatus For Providing A Presentation Model - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide a presentation model. An example method may include receiving a selection of an exercise backdrop, displaying a representation of the exercise backdrop, receiving user input performed against an interface displaying the representation of the exercise backdrop, mapping the user input to an action, and generating an exercise comprising the exercise backdrop and a plurality of actions comprising the action. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED GENERATION OF HEALTHCARE MESSAGES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to generate messages. An example method may include receiving a set of message script. The set of message script may include tokens defined within a message generation grammar. The message generation grammar may define a grammar for generating a standards-compliant message. The method may also include processing the set of message script, using a processor, wherein processing the set of message script comprises parsing and lexing the set of message script to select a set of message content. The method may also include generating a markup representation of the set of message script. The method may also include generating the standards-compliant message using the markup representation, wherein the content of one or more fields of the standards-compliant message is based at least in part on a corresponding tag of the markup representation. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278753 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR BARCODE IDENTIFICATION WORKFLOW - A method, system, and corresponding apparatus are provided for translating components of a data set from a barcode to complete an information set. In particular, a method may include receiving a first data string corresponding to a first scanned barcode; decoding the first data string according to the first barcode format to generate a first data payload; and identifying, by a processor, from the first data payload a first set of rules for extracting information from the first data payload. Methods may include extracting information from the first data payload according to the first set of rules to obtain one or more components; translating the one or more components of the first data payload into at least one translated component; and providing for display of the at least one translated component. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278482 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE LIFE CYCLE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT OF HEALTHCARE RELATED INFORMATION - Certain embodiments herein relate to, among other things, secure life cycle tracking and management of information, such as healthcare related information or other sensitive information. An electronic file that includes such information may be tracked from the time it is received until the time it is deleted, in certain embodiments herein. The tracking may include storing identifications of users who accessed the file, locations at which the file was replicated or copied, a time at which the file was accessed, etc. By storing such information, users of healthcare related information may be notified or reminded about the status of the healthcare related information so that they may manage the information effectively. For example, the information may be deleted according to a deletion policy when it is no longer needed. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278472 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING FINANCIAL BENEFIT INFORMATION TO PATIENTS AND PRESCRIBERS FOR A MEDICATION PRESCRIBED DURING A PRESCRIPTION PROCESS - Systems, methods are provided for communicating financial benefit information associated with an electronic prescription transaction submitted by a healthcare provider as part of the healthcare provider's medication selection process for a patient. The transaction may be received at a service provider computer from a healthcare provider computer and may include patient identification information and one or more identifiers for a product being prescribed to the patient. The service provider computer may identify a financial benefit provided for the product and may transmit the transaction, including the identified financial benefit for the product, to a pharmacy computer. The identified financial benefit for the product may alternatively and/or additionally be transmitted to a healthcare provider computer or a patient communication device. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING PATIENT ELIGIBILITY FOR AN INTERVENTION SERVICE - Systems and methods are provided for determining an intervention service to provide to a patient and communicating the determined intervention service opportunities to a healthcare provider as part of the processing of a healthcare transaction. A service provider computer may evaluate historical healthcare transaction data for a patient to determine if the patient should receive an intervention service and can store an indication to notify a healthcare provider about the intervention service. A healthcare transaction, such as a prescription billing transaction, may be received by the service provider computer from a healthcare provider computer. The service provider computer may determine if an intervention service has been identified for the patient. The service provider computer may generate a notification of the intervention service, append the notification to an adjudicated response to the healthcare transaction, and transmit the notification and adjudicated response to the healthcare provider computer. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278448 | Method And Apparatus For Synchronizing A Clinical Context Across Applications - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide for synchronization of a clinical context across applications. An example method may include receiving an application context. The application context may include a clinical context of a first application. The method may also include determining, using a processor, a set of application execution parameters for a second application based on the application context. The application execution parameters may synchronize the clinical context of the first application with the second application. The method may also include executing the second application using the set of application execution parameters. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278442 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR TRANSFORMING DIGITAL IMAGES - An apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium are provided for processing images, such as medical images, in accordance with an imaging calibration function during execution of an image viewing application, and also for processing other types of images with a different calibration function during execution of a different application. In regards to an apparatus, the apparatus is caused to identify, in conjunction with an image viewing application, an imaging calibration function. The apparatus is also caused to transform a digital image during execution of the image viewing application in accordance with the imaging calibration function and to output the digital image, following transformation, in accordance with the image viewing application. In conjunction with a different application, the apparatus is caused to identify a second calibration function, different than the imaging calibration function, and to cause output of a digital image following transformation in accordance with the second calibration function. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278369 | Method And Apparatus For Aggregating Healthcare Information - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide a context-aware clinical portal. An example method may include receiving an environment context. The environment context may include information relating to at least one of a user task, a user action, or an open application. The method may also include determining, based on the environment context, at least one portlet for providing clinical information related to the environment context. The at least one portlet may provide an interface control for at least one of viewing or accessing the clinical information. The method may also include generating a context-aware clinical portal comprising the at least one portlet, and providing the context-aware clinical portal. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278075 | APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONDUCTING AUTOMATED TESTS - Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided that conduct an automated test by creating automated testing scripts that are readable by automated testing software without requiring the automated testing scripts to be created by a programmer with knowledge of the particular scripting language used by the automated testing software. Rather, a test case template is generated by receiving input from the user in the form of keywords and selections that are not specified in a particular scripting language. Instructions for converting the test case template into a readable format are accessed by the automated testing software, such that the automated testing software can read the test case template as though it were created in the corresponding scripting language of the automated testing software, thereby allowing the automated testing software to execute the automated test. | 10-01-2015 |
20150269695 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICATIONS AS PART OF THE PROCESSING OF A HEALTHCARE TRANSACTION - Systems and methods are provided for identifying non-insurance related financial assistance opportunities for patients as part of the processing of a healthcare transaction. Upon receiving a healthcare transaction from a healthcare provider, the service provider can identify non-insurance related financial assistance opportunities for the patient. The service provider can reject the transaction and transmit the rejection along with a message identifying the non-insurance related financial assistance opportunity to the healthcare provider and await a resubmitted healthcare transaction. In other examples, the service provider can process the healthcare transaction and include a message or code identifying the financial assistance opportunity in the healthcare transaction or an adjudicated response to the healthcare transaction. In another example, the service provider can identify contact information for the patient identified in the healthcare transaction and can transmit a message identifying the non-insurance related financial assistance opportunity directly to the patient via the contact information. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269508 | Method And Apparatus For Configuring A Task List - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to configure a task list. An example method may include providing a task list based at least in part on a configuration setting defined in a profile. The task list may include an indication of at least one task to be performed by a user in a clinical setting. The method may also include monitoring at least one user interaction with the task list, analyzing, using a processor, the at least one user interaction to detect at least one configuration change criterion, and causing a configuration change event in response to detecting the at least one configuration change criterion. The configuration change event may include a modification to the configuration defined in the profile. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269319 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGARDING AN ENCOUNTER - A method, a computing device and a computer program product are provided in order to selectively restrict access to information regarding an encounter. In the context of a method, a request is received from a patient to restrict access to records and documentation associated with at least a portion of an encounter. The method may also include causing an indication of restricted access to be presented in conjunction with a screen display, such as a schedule view, a chart view, an encounter view or a claim, associated with the encounter. The method may further include preventing records and documentation associated with the at least a portion of the encounter from being provided to a party associated with payment of claims for the patient, such as an insurance carrier or other payer. | 09-24-2015 |
20150261935 | Systems and Methods for Verifying Correlation of Diagnosis and Medication as Part of Qualifying Program Eligibility Verification - Systems and methods are provided for verifying correlation of diagnosis and medication as part of qualifying program eligibility verification for a medication requested in a healthcare transaction. A service provider computer may receive an ADT transaction from a covered entity healthcare provider that includes patient identifiers identifying a patient and a diagnosis code identifying a malady affecting a the patient. The service provider computer may receive a healthcare claim transaction from a pharmacy requesting a medication for the patient. The service provider computer can verify that the requested medication is one typically used for the malady identified by the diagnosis code. The service provider computer may also determine whether the requested medication is eligible under a predefined qualifying program based at least in part on the healthcare claim transaction and patient and/or prescriber registration information. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261852 | Method, Apparatus, And Computer Program Product For Providing Superviews Of Geospatial Arrangements - A method is provided for providing superviews of geospatial arrangements. Users may configure a superview by providing a unit(s) and filtering criteria. Subunits belonging to the unit(s) and satisfying the filtering criteria may be displayed in a graphical superview, including additional pertinent information relative to the subunits. The graphical superview may be updated automatically to reflect the most up to date information. A server may be preconfigured to receive a superview configuration and automatically cause the corresponding graphical superview to be displayed on a client device. | 09-17-2015 |
20150254407 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR ASSIGNING A DIAGNOSIS CODE - A method, a computing device and a computer program product are provided for associating a diagnosis code, such as an ICD-10 code, with an encounter. In the context of a method, an indication is received that a diagnosis code from a prior encounter is also to be utilized in conjunction with a subsequent encounter. The method further includes determining whether the diagnosis code from the prior encounter is associated with an initial encounter for a respective condition. In an instance in which the diagnosis code from the prior encounter is associated with an initial encounter for the respective condition, the method also determines whether the diagnosis code should be modified to be associated with the subsequent encounter. As such, the method, computing device and computer program product can facilitate the creation of a medical record with accurate diagnosis codes. | 09-10-2015 |
20150243040 | Method and apparatus for comparing portions of a waveform - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide for display of waveforms. An example method may include displaying a first waveform, receiving an input selecting a portion of the first waveform, and generating, using a processor, an interface control displaying the selected portion of the first waveform. The interface control may include a semi-transparent display area and the selected portion of the first waveform may be displayed on the semi-transparent display area. The method may also include displaying the interface control concurrently with a second waveform such that at least a portion of the second waveform is visible through the semi-transparent display area of the interface control. | 08-27-2015 |
20150235395 | Method And Apparatus For Displaying One Or More Waveforms - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide for display of waveforms. An example method may include concurrently displaying a first waveform display area and a second waveform display area, wherein the first waveform display area displays a first waveform. The first waveform display area may include a first plurality of display areas corresponding to sensor readings associated with the first waveform. The second waveform display area may display a second waveform. The second waveform display area may include a second plurality of display areas corresponding to sensor readings associated with the second waveform. The method may also include receiving a first input via a waveform selection control displayed in a waveform selection area, the first input defining at least a portion of the first waveform, and adjusting the display of the first waveform within the first waveform display area as defined by the first input. | 08-20-2015 |
20150235394 | Method And Apparatus For Displaying One Or More Waveforms - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide for display of waveforms. An example method may include concurrently displaying a first waveform display area and a second waveform display area, wherein the first waveform display area displays a first waveform. The first waveform display area may include a first plurality of display areas corresponding to sensor readings associated with the first waveform. The second waveform display area may display a second waveform. The second waveform display area may include a second plurality of display areas corresponding to sensor readings associated with the second waveform. The method may also include receiving a first input via a waveform selection control displayed in a waveform selection area, the first input defining at least a portion of the first waveform, and adjusting the display of the first waveform within the first waveform display area as defined by the first input. | 08-20-2015 |
20150234991 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING PATIENT INCENTIVE INFORMATION TO A PRESCRIBER - Systems and methods are provided for determining and communicating patient incentive information to a prescriber. The patient incentive information may adjust the patient copay amount for a prescribed medication. The patient incentive information may be determined by evaluating pharmacy identification information and medication identifiers in a received prescription benefit check transaction and/or adjudicated response to a healthcare transaction to determine if an incentive is available to be applied to the current transaction. The incentive amount may be retrieved and the patient copay amount in the adjudicated response may be amended prior to transmitting the adjudicated response to the prescriber of the medication. | 08-20-2015 |
20150220690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING A BENEFIT RESPONSE MESSAGE - Systems and methods are provided for determining and communicating a benefit response message corresponding to a benefit contract status. The benefit contract status may be based upon a benefit group identifier included in a healthcare transaction. The healthcare transaction may be received by the service provider computer from a healthcare provider computer. The healthcare transaction may include prescription transaction information. The service provider may utilize the prescription transaction information to determine a benefit group identifier. The service provider may determine a contract status of the benefit group associated with the benefit response message. The service provider may transmit a provider or a limited provider message to the healthcare provider computer based upon the determination of the contract status of the benefit group. | 08-06-2015 |
20150212904 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR RECORDING LOG ENTRIES - A method, computing device and computer program product are provided to maintain a comprehensive record of log entries, even in an instance in which the recordation of log entries to the primary log temporarily fails. In the context of a method, one or more log entries are written to a primary log. The method also includes determining that writing a log entry to the primary log has failed and writing the log entry to a fallback log in an instance in which writing the log entry to the primary log has failed. The method further includes performing a restoration process. The restoration process includes determining whether the log entry written to the fallback log is able to be written to the primary log. If so, the restoration process writes one or more log entries written to the fallback log to the primary log. If not, the restoration process is repeated. | 07-30-2015 |
20150206262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND COMMUNICATING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES TO A POINT OF SALE DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for determining and communicating notification messages which may be available for a patient, as part of the processing of a healthcare transaction. A healthcare claim transaction, such as a prescription claim request, may be received by the service provider computer from a pharmacy management system. The service provider computer may determine if an a notification message is available for the patient and if a patient response to an available notification message has been transmitted to the service provider prior to the service provider computer receiving the healthcare claim transaction. The service provider computer may receive an approved adjudicated response and generate a notification corresponding to the available notification message for the patient. The service provider computer may receive a patient response to the message and may capture the patient response for use as a part of the processing of other healthcare transactions. | 07-23-2015 |
20150195724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A TASK PLAN INCLUDING TRANSMISSION OF ONE OR MORE TEST MESSAGES - A method, computing device and computer program product are provided in order to implement a test plan in an efficient manner. In the context of a method, a plurality of test messages from each of a plurality of different source systems are stored. The plurality of test messages may include test messages to be captured in an electronic health record. The method constructs a test plan. The test plan identifies an end point. The test plan also includes one or more test messages that have been previously stored and respective anticipated outcomes at the end point following transmission of the test messages. The method also includes transmitting the test messages of the test plan and receiving feedback regarding the outcome following transmission of the test messages of the test plan to the end point. The method also includes determining whether the test plan was successfully executed based upon the feedback. | 07-09-2015 |
20150193592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING PRESCRIPTIONS - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided in order to group prescriptions for the same patient into a single order so as to provide for more efficient fulfillment and shipping. In the context of a method, a plurality of prescriptions are received in an electronic or facsimile format. In this regard, the method includes receiving a first prescription and thereafter receiving a second prescription. The method also includes determining if the first and second prescriptions are associated with the same patient and also determining if the first and second prescriptions are received within a predefined window of time. In an instance in which the first and second prescriptions are associated with the same patient and are received within the predefined window of time, the method includes grouping, with processing circuitry, the first and second prescription into a single order. | 07-09-2015 |
20150086091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ANATOMICAL ELEMENTS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are hereby provided to detect anatomical elements in a medical image. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may receive a test image and generate a classified image by applying an image classifier to the test image. The image classifier may include at least one decision tree for evaluating at least one pixel value of the test image and the classified image may include a plurality of pixel values. Each pixel value may be associated with a probability that an anatomical element is located at the pixel location. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may also evaluate the classified image using an anatomical model to detect at least one anatomical element within the classified image. | 03-26-2015 |
20150077348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOUCH INPUT VIA A TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACE UTILIZING A SUPPORT OBJECT - Methods and a support object are provided to facilitate the receipt of a wide variety of touch inputs from a user, such as in a manner that is comfortable and does not fatigue the user. In the context of a method, touch input is received from a user who engages and moves a support object relative to a touch sensitive surface. The method also includes receiving the touch input from the user via the touch sensitive surface. The method further includes determining a relative position of the touch input with respect to the support object and then determining a type of touch input based upon the relative position of the touch input with respect to the support object. The method also includes causing an action to be taken in response to the type of touch input. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided. | 03-19-2015 |
20150066540 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MEDICATION INFORMATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD - A method, computing device and computer program product are disclosed to provide medication information in conjunction with an electronic health record of a patient. In the context of a method a user is permitted to access the electronic health record of the patient and a medication catalog is displayed within the electronic health record of the patient. The medication catalog includes a current medication listing of one or more current medications for the patient, a historical medication listing of one or more historical medications for the patient and a favorites listing of one or more favorite medications of the user. The method also includes receiving user input via a selection of a respective medication included in the current medication list, the historical medication listing or the favorites listing in order to alter a prescription of the patient. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HEALTH QUALITY METRICS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided for generating health quality measurements. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may implement a health quality measurement by receiving one or more health quality measurement definitions. Each health quality measurement may include markup language definitions defining one or more calculation parameters for a health quality metric. The method may also include parsing, using a processor, the one or more health quality measurement definitions to derive a semantic representation of the one or more calculation parameters, parsing the semantic representation of the one or more calculation parameters in conjunction with a health quality measurement ontology derived from at least the one or more health quality measurement definitions to generate a health quality measurement calculator application, and executing the health quality measurement calculator application against a set of healthcare data to determine the health quality metric for the healthcare data. | 03-05-2015 |
20150051915 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING PAYMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE HEALTHCARE ACCOUNTS - Systems and methods are provided for facilitating account payment posting transactions. A computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a computer associated with a healthcare provider, a healthcare payment transaction for a patient, wherein the healthcare payment transaction comprises an identifier for a guarantor of the patient and a total payment amount. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the guarantor identifier, one or more open medical accounts for the guarantor, the one or more open medical accounts having respective outstanding balances. Furthermore, the method may include comparing the total payment amount with the respective outstanding balances and generating, based at least in part on the comparison, an account payment posting transaction. The account payment posting transaction may indicate respective amounts, of the total payment amount, to be allocated to the one or more open medical accounts. Additionally, the method may include transmitting the account payment posting transaction to the computer associated with the healthcare provider | 02-19-2015 |
20150032471 | METHOD AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN AN IMAGING SYSTEM AND A REPORTING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed to provide an interface between an imaging system for presenting medical images acquired by various modalities and a reporting system for generating and presenting reports, such as reports relating to the medical images. In the context of a method, the method may include participating in a transfer of information relating to a context of one or more images presented by the imaging system so as to cause a reporting template to be restructured based upon the context of one or more images presented by the imaging system. The method also includes causing an action to be taken in one of the imaging system or the reporting system based upon data provided by another of the imaging system or the reporting system. | 01-29-2015 |
20140317579 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR APPLICATION INTERACTION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for enabling an application view, such as a current application view that contains personal or otherwise sensitive information to be protected with a screensaver in an instance in which a current application view is relegated to the background, minimized or the like, relegated to the background and/or the like. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving a deactivation notification for an application being displayed in a foreground of a device visible view. The method of this embodiment may also include determining that at least a portion of the current view of the application comprises sensitive information. The method of this embodiment may also include adding a screensaver view to an application view stack top, wherein the screensaver view is operable to at least partially obscure the sensitive information in at least a portion of the current view. | 10-23-2014 |
20140297321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING MESSAGE DATA - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided to determine a mapping between healthcare messaging protocols. This mapping may be generated by receiving a message containing a known set of data in an unknown format. The message may be analyzed to identify one or more data fields corresponding to the known data, and the data fields may be mapped to a known structure based on identification of the known data within the message. The process may be repeated until a mapping is generated for each field of the message. In some embodiments, the process may dynamically determine sets of known data to assist with identification of mapping between particular fields of the unknown format with fields of a known message format. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297319 | Method And Apparatus For Clinically Dynamic Call Center Management - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for providing a clinically dynamic call center management tool. As such, representatives of various clinics may provide and/or modify practice information, physician information and call scripts specific to their respective clinics. Users with publishing permissions, who may be affiliated with the call center, may publish the clinical content. Call center agents may therefore access clinically dynamic content that may be referenced during a call with a patient regarding a specific clinic. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297316 | Method And Apparatus For Adaptive Prefetching Of Medical Data - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for providing clinically adaptive prefetch of datasets relating to prior medical studies. Upon indication of a new study, a fit function may depend on an exemplar set of new study to prior study relationships. The fit function may calculate an affinity value for a prior study, indicating the probability of relevancy to the new study. The fit function may consider structured data, and unstructured data, such as by natural language processing. Based on the affinity value, a dataset relating to the prior study may be flagged for prefetch, indicating a dataset should be prefetched from a lower tier memory to a higher tier memory, allowing for faster access to the dataset, from a clinical system. The fit function may be trained based on usage of the prior study datasets, including accounting for false positives and false negatives. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297299 | MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT - Devices, systems, techniques, and computer-program products are provided for mobile healthcare management. In one aspect, a mobile device can acquire physiological information and/or situational information associated with a subject associated with the mobile device. The information that is acquired can be transmitted to a network platform and, based at least on the information that is acquired, a health profile associated with the subject can be generated and evaluated with respect to a reference health profile. Based at least on an outcome of the evaluation, in one aspect, a response to the health profile can be supplied to a healthcare provider. In scenarios in which the health profile is indicative of a medical emergency, the response can include an emergency communication with one or more first responder or a predetermined emergency contact for the subject. The reference health profile can be specific to the subject. | 10-02-2014 |
20140282581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMPONENT BLOCK ARCHITECTURE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide a component block architecture for allocation of resources in a data center environment. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may identify a set of block attributes for a particular block of one or more applications, and compare the attributes to the available resources of a container. The component block may be allocated to the container based on whether the resources of the container are sufficient to meet the requirements of the component block. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING CACHED DATABASE SEARCH RESULTS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to efficiently respond to database queries. In the context of a method, a database query is received and a hashed representation of the database query is created. The method also determines whether the hashed representation of the database query serves as a key to a database cache. In an instance in which the hashed representation of the database query is determined to serve as the key to the database cache, the method retrieves database search results from the database cache. Alternatively, in an instance in which the hashed representation of the database query is determined not to serve as the key to the database cache, a search of the database is performed based upon the database query. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY DELETING CACHED RECORDS - A method, apparatus and computer program product selectively delete records from a cache in a manner that not only takes into account usage of the record, but also the cost associated with the generation of the record. In regards to a method, a cost associated with generation of a record maintained in a cache is determined. The cost may be defined in terms of the time consumed to generate the record. The method also determines usage of the record. At least one of the cost or the usage may be determined on a relative basis with respect to the cost or the usage, respectively, of other records maintained in the cache. Further, the method determines whether the record should be deleted from the cache based upon the cost and the usage of the record. Based on this determination, the record may be selectively deleted from or retained within the cache. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED SEARCHING OF MEDICAL RECORDS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide improved searching of medical records. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may provide a network infrastructure that gathers search analytics for medical records searches performed across a plurality of record keepers. Embodiments may identify correlations between querying record keepers and record keepers that provide records that are properly responsive to queries from the querying record keeper. For example, embodiments may derive search analytics related to which record keepers typically provide correct record results in response to a query from a particular record keeper, and these identified record keepers may be specifically queried in response to future requests received from the querying record keeper. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278459 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACTION PLANS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PERFORMANCE - Apparatuses and methods are provided that can acquire benchmarking data regarding a particular performance metric, compare a pharmacy's performance with the performance of other pharmacies using the benchmarking data, and recommend action plans aimed at improving the pharmacy's performance. The action plans may be customized for the particular pharmacy, so as to provide the pharmacy with a detailed, pharmacy-specific recommendation for improving performance in one or more targeted areas. | 09-18-2014 |
20140257831 | Method And Apparatus For Generating Proxy Eligibility Data - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are described herein for generating proxy eligibility data. Input data may be received, such as claim data from a health plan and/or provider organization, or attributed patient lists including patient identifiers of patients currently eligible for coverage in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Patient eligibility data may be determined based on the input data, and may be used in generating cost, quality, and/or utilization, metrics, and assessing risk for provider organizations. | 09-11-2014 |
20140244276 | Systems and Methods for Classifying Healthcare Management Operation - Embodiments include systems and methods for ranking the operations or job functions performed by a healthcare provider. The system may determine the job functions that may be analyzed for the ranking process. The system may analyze how the healthcare provider implements the job functions and determine a ranking of the healthcare provider based, at least in part, on the job function analysis. | 08-28-2014 |
20140236662 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A RULES ENGINE SYSTEM - Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for that have a cross-module scope for facilitating the use and management of rules on an application level. The rules engine system is configured to accept inputs from multiple modules of an application, retrieve data from multiple modules, and cause actions to be carried out by multiple modules. A rules engine provider component of the system is isolated from a rules manager component of the system by a rules wrapper component, such that the rules manager component is unaffected by changes that are made to the rules engine provider component. | 08-21-2014 |
20140218397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL DEVICE PLANNING - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided to enable virtual planning and selection of devices. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may receive an image, where the image includes a set of image scale values. The image scale values may map the image size to real world units of measure. The image scale values may be used to scale the size of a model of a device, such that the model of the device may be superimposed on the image. The model of the device may be manipulated to view the relationship of the device model to the image to assist with selection of the proper device for a procedure. In this manner, a practitioner may visualize the device in the same scale as the image, so that the practitioner may be assured that the size and scale of the device is accurate. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY CRITERIA GENERATION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to generate criteria that defines instances in which a policy is to be applied or otherwise activated. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving an indication of a selected field of one or more fields that are applicable to a criteria for a policy. The method of this embodiment may also include receiving an indication of an operation selection and a specified value related to the selected field. The method of this embodiment may also include generating a criterion that modifies the criteria for the policy. | 07-31-2014 |
20140200920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING PATIENT IDENTIFIERS UTILIZING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to associate patent identifiers, such as by matching patient identifiers, utilizing principal component analysis. In the context of a method and for each of a plurality of patient identifiers, a set of vectors is determined that is representative of a plurality of components of a respective patient identifier. The method also performs a principal component analysis of each set of vectors, compares results of the principal component analysis of each set of vectors and determines whether two or more of the patient identifiers are associated with a same patient based upon a comparison of the results of the principal component analysis of each set of vectors. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERMITTING PATIENT DEFINITION OF CONSENT AND SHARING RULES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit a patient to provide their preferences with respect to the consent required for and the rules that would govern any sharing of health information. In the context of a method, a patient is permitted to view a central patient identifier, one or more data locations at which health information of the patient is stored and respective local patient identifiers associated with the one or more data locations. The method also receives input from the patient regarding the patient's preferences with respect to consent for sharing of the health information or with respect to one or more rules that govern the sharing of the health information. Further, the method translates the patient's preferences based upon technology utilized by the one or more data locations to implement the patient's preferences at each of the one or more data locations. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING HEALTH INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DATA SHARING RULES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the sharing of health information between entities in accordance with data sharing rules effective for the entities. In the context of a method, a request is received to share health information of a patient between at least two entities. The method determines a data sharing group of which the at least two entities are members and determines data sharing rules for health information to be shared between members of the data sharing group of which the at least two entities are members. The method also shares the health information of the patient between the at least two entities in accordance with the data sharing rules. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200903 | Systems and Methods for Providing Emergency Alerts on a Geospatial Display - Embodiments include systems and methods for providing emergency alerts on a geospatial display. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method can include receiving event data from one or more data management systems. The method can include determining at least one emergency event exists based at least in part on the received event data. Furthermore, the method can include outputting, via a display device, a scaled geospatial arrangement corresponding with a physical location, a grid, or a list. Moreover, the method can include outputting, via a display device, at least one color corresponding to the at least one emergency event, wherein the at least one color is one of a set of pre-assigned colors. | 07-17-2014 |
20140172373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPRETING SENSOR INPUT - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided to interpret sensor input. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program may receive input from a plurality of sensors (e.g., different user input devices), and configure a sensor interpreter based on sensor criteria received from the plurality of sensors. The input received from the sensors may include a distance between a user location and one or more sensors, and a sensor interpreter may be configured based on the distance of the location from of the sensors. The sensor interpreter may be configured so that input operations are transparent to the user, without requiring the user to consciously change the way they interact with the sensors as the sensor interpreter is configured. | 06-19-2014 |
20140157288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT AWARE LOGGING - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided to enable context aware logging. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may record events that occur in one or more applications, where the events are due to user input. These events may be associated with time values and data describing application contexts, such that the events may be used to generate an input log that also records application semantics and statuses. A variety of operations may be performed using this input log, including recreation of an application state by playing back the log, the ability to suspend or resume a user session, the ability to perform undo or pause operations, the ability to analyze user inputs to train or audit users, testing of users, troubleshooting of errors, and enabling multi-user collaboration. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE WORKSTATION SYNCHRONIZATION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to provide remote access to a workstation operating in a medical domain via a zero configuration protocol. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises activating a viewing application that is configured to connect to a remote workstation, via a zero configuration protocol, and enable a view of medical application data. The method of this embodiment may also include receiving an indication of a current patient context. In some example embodiments, the current patient context identifies the medical application data that is currently being viewed at the remote workstation relating a particular patient that is available for viewing in the viewing application. The method of this embodiment may also include accessing the medical application data in the viewing application based on the current patient context. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING MEDICAL IMAGES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to enhance medical images by utilizing an enhancement function in order to permit a user to more efficiently and effectively read the medical images and provide diagnostic or other information based upon the enhanced images. In the context of a method, a medical image is received that has a plurality of pixels with respective pixel values. The method also enhances the medical image utilizing an enhancement function. The enhancement function varies depending upon the pixel value of a respective pixel. For example, the enhancement function of one embodiment may be a piecewise function. As such, the method enhances the medical image by modifying a representation of the medical image in accordance with the enhancement function. | 06-05-2014 |
20140145967 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A TABLET CASE FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICES - An apparatus is provided that includes a case for securing an overlay template and a touch-sensitive surface in an aligned relationship. The case is configured to receive an overlay template and a touch-sensitive surface. The case includes at least one opening enabling access to a sensing area of the touch-sensitive surface in which an object comes into contact. The touch-sensitive surface is divided into a plurality of regions associated with respective functions of a software application. The overlay template depicts the regions and a layout of the regions into which the touch-sensitive surface is divided. The case is configured to securely hold the received touch-sensitive surface and the overlay template in place in an instance in which the overlay template is placed on the touch-sensitive surface while inserted in the case. | 05-29-2014 |
20140143719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY OF CLINICAL DATA - A method, apparatus and computer program product therefore provide an integrated display of clinical data. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program product may provide access to patient clinical data during a medical study. The relevant clinical data may be obtained from patient medical records, and displayed along with information from the medical study. An interface may be provided, allowing for selection of one or more portions of the relevant clinical data by a user. The portion of relevant clinical data associated with the particular interface element may be displayed. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may also incorporate adaptive learning techniques, monitoring user input during various study operations to identify particular relevant clinical data and/or interface elements that are selected by the user during the study. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS INTEGRATING CLINICAL DATA WITH THE REVIEW OF MEDICAL IMAGES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to integrate clinical data with the medical images reviewed by radiologists or other healthcare providers. In the context of a method, one or more findings related to a respective risk profile of a patient are identified. The method also includes concurrently presenting both one or more medical images of the patient and a visual representation of at least a portion of the patient's body with respect to visual indications of the one or more findings. The method also includes providing information regarding a respective finding upon selection of the visual indication associated with the respective finding. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 05-22-2014 |
20140122734 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLY CONVERTING AND ROUTING DATA BETWEEN DISPARATE SYSTEMS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the transfer of data from a source system to a recipient system in instances in which the source and recipient systems process data having different data stream types, such as differently formatted data. In regards to a method, data is received from any one of a plurality of source systems, each of which has a respective first data stream type. The method determines a recipient system from among a plurality of candidate recipient systems and determines a second data stream type accepted by the recipient system. The method directs the data to a first processing module of a plurality of processing modules based upon the source system, the recipient system and the first and second data stream types. The method processes the data with the first processing module based upon a recipient system and its second data stream type. | 05-01-2014 |
20140108024 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT PLAN VERIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION COMPLIANCE - Embodiments include systems and methods for verifying treatment plans comply with treatment guidelines established by a healthcare organization. The treatment guidelines may be based, at least in part, on care guidelines generated by independent medical standards bodies. The implementation of the treatment plans may also be verified by the healthcare organization and may implement corrective actions when the treatment plan implementation is not in compliance with the approved treatment plan. | 04-17-2014 |
20140100872 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SHARING PATIENT CHARTING TEMPLATES - A method for sharing patient charting templates across third party health information technology systems and practices is provided. The method may include, by a template sharing apparatus, receiving indication to share a template with another third party system, bundling template code, and transmitting notification the template is available. The third party recipient may access the template and customize the template according to the practice's needs. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 04-10-2014 |
20140075303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CROSS-DEVICE MACRO FRAMEWORK - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide an efficient interface across multiple devices. The method, apparatus and computer program product may utilize multiple devices communicating with a macro identification module to identify macros from among input received from two or more of the devices to control operation of a target device. Input from each device may be received via a bridge module according to a framework for identifying input macros received from the multiple devices. One or more of the devices may execute the macro identification module to receive input via a bridge interface, or the macro identification module may be separate from the multiple devices. When macros are identified by the macro identification module, the macro identification module may communicate with an application executing on the target device to control the application. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075073 | Connector Apparatus And Associated Method For Bridging Data Between Data Sources And Data Targets - A connector apparatus and the associated method are provided for bridging data between entities, such as between data source(s) and data target(s). In a method, first and second data bridge connections are established between a connector apparatus and a data source and between a connector apparatus and a data target, respectively. Each data bridge connection includes a data pipe having one or more data flows with each data flow dedicated to a particular data type. The method includes sending a polling request from the connector apparatus to the data source via the first data bridge connection and receiving data from the data source over the first data pipe in response to the polling request. The method includes sending the received data to the data target over the second data pipe when the data target has subscribed to the data received from the data source over the first data pipe. | 03-13-2014 |
20140047129 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERFACING WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - A method for analyzing data received from an identified third party health information technology system to identify the third party health information technology system is provided. The method may include, by a third party identification apparatus, receiving data from a health information technology system, analyzing the data, identifying the format of the data based on an analysis of the data, and extracting one or more data elements from the data in accordance with the format that was identified. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046691 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VERSIONING ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for electronic health record versioning. Data elements may be tagged with versioning information such as origin and timestamp. Versioning information and history may be available to users, and views showing values that have been changed since a last access time may be displayed. Users may override certain data elements with specific values. | 02-13-2014 |
20140019159 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PATIENT CHARTING - A method for guided patient charting is provided. The method may include, by a patient charting apparatus, receiving a context based on patient history, visit reason, age, gender, and/or policy, and identifying recommended workflows based on the context, an access control list, and/or a rule set. The recommended workflows may then be visually distinguished from that of the non-recommended workflows. Recommendations at the field-level may also be provided. Administration of workflow settings is provided. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 01-16-2014 |
20140006475 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING DATA REQUESTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140006020 | TRANSCRIPTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 01-02-2014 |
20130335563 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REPLENISHMENT OF ARTICLES IN A DISPENSING SYSTEM - Example embodiments of the present invention may provide an efficient method of replenishing canisters of an automated dispensing device off-line. In particular, methods may include automatically causing an image to be captured at each of two or more stages of a replenishment process, where respective images are of a loading receptacle of a replenishment station, the loading receptacle configured to hold medication. The method may also include providing for display of respective images on a device located remote from the replenishment station, and receiving an approval or rejection of at least one stage of the replenishment process in response to providing for the display of respective images. | 12-19-2013 |
20130311516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ENTERPRISE VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - Embodiments include systems and methods for providing enterprise visual communications. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method can include receiving event data from one or more data management systems; based at least in part on the received event data, generating one or more indications for output to a user; based at least in part on the received event data, generating one more expected activities for the user; and generating one or more additional indications corresponding with at least one of the expected activities for output to the user. | 11-21-2013 |
20130282652 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A method for managing content is provided. The method may include, by a content management apparatus, receiving a content request, searching for content information associated with the request, and causing writing of missing content information to an alert file. The method may provide default content information when content information is not otherwise located. A content request may comprise an application and context name. A response from a content management apparatus may comprise a location and map identifier used by a calling apparatus to locate and cause display of content. The method may provide synchronization capabilities in which content referenced by an application is searched for in order to track missing content in an alerts file, and to track the synchronization history or status of an application in a synchronization log. Corresponding systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided. | 10-24-2013 |
20130262976 | CONCEPTS FOR VIEWING AND ACCESSING CLAIM VERSIONS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for accessing, navigating, and displaying multiple versions of claims in an efficient and customer-friendly manner. In various embodiments, claims can be processed and stored such that they can be displayed via an interface in a graphical format (e.g., textual, circular, hierarchical, etc.). | 10-03-2013 |
20130262503 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUDITING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION - An apparatus is provided for auditing protected health information of one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a query to access information stored in a database including patient-related information. The processor is further configured to save the query in an event file. The processor is further configured to capture query-related information associated with the query and save the query-related information in the event file. The processor is further configured to determine that the query involves protected health information. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the query involves protected health information, the query-related information to be used in a reporting table. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262474 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING LOCATION AND RETRIEVAL OF HEALTH INFORMTION IN A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided for retrieving information associated with one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to receive queries from devices of health care systems. The queries include data requesting information associated with patients that corresponds to specified items of information indicated in the queries. The queries also indicate a predetermined threshold to determine whether the requested information corresponds to respective patients. The processor is further configured to analyze stored patient information to determine items of the patient information that correspond to the specified items of the information. The processor is further configured to detect a subset of the items of the patient information related to health data that is determined to correspond to a respective patient(s) based on a determined value that equals or exceeds the predetermined threshold. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262441 | CONCEPTS FOR VIEWING AND ACCESSING CLAIM VERSIONS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for accessing, navigating, and displaying multiple versions of claims in an efficient and customer-friendly manner. In various embodiments, claims can be processed and stored such that they can be displayed via an interface in a graphical format (e.g., textual, circular, hierarchical, etc.). | 10-03-2013 |
20130262150 | DATA-DRIVEN CONCEPTS FOR PROCESSING CLAIMS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262149 | DATA-DRIVEN CONCEPTS FOR PROCESSING CLAIMS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed in accordance with a data-driven approach that limits changes to existing claims processing rules. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262132 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING REAL-TIME METRICS IMPACTING BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE - An apparatus is provided for tracking real time metrics in a health care entity. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to assign one or more predetermined thresholds to one or more medical events. The processor is further configured to track one or more actions of health care professionals associated with at least one of the medical events of a health care entity in real time. The processor is further configured to compare at least one of the predetermined thresholds to a determined value associated with the actions of the medical event to determine whether the medical event is performed efficiently. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257729 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING THE MANIPULATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the manipulation of medical images. In the context of a method, the position of a user's hand upon a touch sensitive input device may be determined. Determining the position may include detecting instances in which the user's hand is in either a first or second positions upon the touch sensitive input device. In the first position, the method may also include enabling a first image manipulation mode in which a first image manipulation operation is enabled and interpreting a first type of input to be directing the first image manipulation operation. However, in the second position, the method may include enabling a second image manipulation mode in which a second image manipulation operation is enabled and interpreting the first type of input to be directing the second image manipulation operation instead of the first image manipulation operation. | 10-03-2013 |
20130246615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING OF A COMPUTERIZED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the monitoring of the health of a plurality of computerized healthcare systems deployed at a plurality of different sites, such as at various healthcare facilities. In the context of a method, one or more sensor(s) may be identified that are to be downloaded and executed by a plurality of remote servers in order to provide for health monitoring of a computerized healthcare system. The method also receives the results of the health monitoring from the plurality of remote servers and determines a health score for the computerized healthcare system of a respective remote server based upon the results. The method may further cause a technician to be advised of the results and the healthcare score. | 09-19-2013 |
20130204644 | GENERATING AND EDITING CLAIMS PROCESSING RULES - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for processing claims. In various embodiments, claims can be processed and analyzed and used to generate new claims processing rules and/or edit existing claims processing rules. | 08-08-2013 |
20130191487 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL DATA FILES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to efficiently receive digital imaging data files, regardless of their size. For a respective data packet of a digital imaging data file, the method may determine whether that portion of the digital imaging data file that has been received satisfies the first threshold. If the first threshold is not satisfied, the method may receive the respective data packet using memory, such as by appending the data packet to a linked list. However, if the first threshold is satisfied, the method may receive the respective data packet and subsequent data packet(s) of the digital imaging data file using file storage. The receipt of the respective data packet using file storage is slower than the receipt of the respective data packet using memory. | 07-25-2013 |
20130170719 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINING A MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for determining a modulation transfer function of an imaging system. A method may include accessing an image of a phantom having a substantially circular shaped feature captured by the imaging system. The method may further include detecting the circular shaped feature within the image. The method may additionally include defining at least one line extending from a point within the detected circular shaped feature to a point outside of the circular shaped feature. The method may also include determining an edge spread function based at least in part on the defined at least one line. The method may further include determining the modulation transfer function of the imaging system based at least in part on the determined edge spread function. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130124645 | PROVIDING USER-DEFINED MESSAGES - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products provide user-defined messages. In one embodiment, user-defined messaging configurations can be defined. Then, a record queue can be monitored for the entry of new records. New records can be evaluated to determine whether they are associated with user-defined messaging configurations. For the records so associated, reports defined in the user-defined messaging configurations can be requested and used to create user-defined messages. | 05-16-2013 |
20130117755 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED WORKLOAD SERIALIZATION - Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for processing workload requests in a distributed computing system. In general, a cooperative workload serialization system is provided that includes a Message Queue that is configured to receive and hold workload requests from a number of requestors and a Request Manager that is in communication with the Message Queue and is configured to direct the processing of the workload requests. The system may include a Culler in communication with the Request Manager, where the Culler is configured to monitor the validity of the workload requests. The Request Manager, in turn, may be configured to remove an indicated workload request from the Message Queue based on information from the Culler that the indicated workload request is not valid. | 05-09-2013 |
20130086280 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SUPPORTING REMOTE HOSTING WITHOUT USING NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for supporting remote hosting without using network address translation. A method may include supporting, at a hub, a plurality of redundant tunnel end points for each of a plurality of spokes using a technology based at least in part on multipoint generic routing encapsulation protocol. The method may further include using policy based routing to determine a destination spoke for outgoing data traffic. The method may additionally include using service level agreement tracking to select a tunnel end point from the plurality of redundant tunnel end points for the determined destination spoke. The method may also include causing the outgoing data traffic to be routed to the determined destination spoke via the selected tunnel end point. Corresponding systems, apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 04-04-2013 |
20130074193 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR EXCEPTION HANDLING - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for exception handling. A method may include detecting attempted performance of a prohibited action involving protected data. The method may further include determining based at least in part on a role associated with a user associated with the prohibited action whether the user has elevated rights permitting performance of the prohibited action. The method may additionally include permitting an exception allowing performance of the prohibited action only in an instance in which it is determined that the user does have elevated rights permitting performance of the prohibited action. The method may also include prohibiting performance of the prohibited action in an instance in which it is determined that the user does not have elevated rights permitting performance of the prohibited action. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070983 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING LUMINANCE OF NON-TISSUE OBJECTS WITHIN AN IMAGE - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for controlling luminance of non-tissue objects within an image. A method may include determining one or more seed pixel values for an image. The method may further include determining, based at least in part on the one or more seed pixel values, one or more regions of the image that include non-tissue objects. The method may additionally include defining a mask comprising the determined one or more regions of the image. The method may also include calculating a mask pixel value based at least in part on a defined luminance value. The method may further include setting pixel values within the mask to the calculated mask pixel value. The method may additionally include causing masking of the image with the mask. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 03-21-2013 |
20130061200 | CONVERTING EXISTING ARTIFACTS TO NEW ARTIFACTS - Systems, Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for converting an existing artifact to one or more new artifacts. For example, in one embodiment, a computing device can receive input identifying an existing artifact for conversion to one or more new artifacts. One or more items from the existing artifact and their respective types can be identified for conversion. Then, the one or more items of the existing artifact can be converted to one or more new artifacts. | 03-07-2013 |
20130046819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IN-BAND CLIENT TELEMETRY DATA - A method for providing in-band client telemetry data may include receiving a message, from a first application, intended to be communicated to a second application via a network, the message being otherwise unrelated to client telemetry data. The method may further include inserting client telemetry data collected at a client device executing the first application into a portion of the message and providing for communication of the message to a server device executing the second application. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130021323 | Displaying Three-Dimensional Image Data - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for displaying three-dimensional image data. For example, the position of one or more markers can be tracked. Then, image may be displayed based at least in part on the position of the one or more markers. | 01-24-2013 |
20130006650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIGRATING BETWEEN DEVICES WHILE INTERACTING WITH A HEALTHCARE APPLICATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating migration from a first device to a second device while interacting with a healthcare application. In this regard, a method may cooperate with the first device to establish a connection therewith based upon a proximity-based identification technique. Such cooperation may occur while the user is interacting with the healthcare application on the first device. The method may also authenticate the user of the first device based upon information, such as authentication credentials, provided by the first device regarding prior synchronization of the user by the first device. The method may also environmentally synchronize with the first device. In this regard, the method may environmentally synchronize with the first device by providing for interaction with the healthcare application via a processor and by providing a common context with that of the first device including display of a common image. | 01-03-2013 |
20120221717 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATED REMOTE DATA COLLECTION - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products and other means are provided for systems that are configured to use remote connections to, for example, provide proactive support monitoring by running scripts (such as, e.g., diagnostic tests) and/or collecting data (such as diagnostic test result data) from one or more customer machines. The collected data can be received at a centralized location. The collected data can be analyzed by one or more other machines, used by a support team, sold to clients, and/or used in any other manner. For example, technical problems discovered from diagnostic test results data may be fixed by a support team before the symptoms of the problems are experienced by at least some of the customer's machines. Some embodiments may also be configured to perform fact based decision making. | 08-30-2012 |