| US 7,519,622 B2 | ||
| System and method for collecting data from data sources using data collection tools | ||
| Ronald E. Fernandez, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Unival, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/989,989. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0106787 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—200 [707/102; 705/2; 705/4] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A system to facilitate a human operator's extraction of specific health data of interest to a medical service provider
plan from a data source of a healthcare service provider comprising:
a computer storing a database containing at least one collection of data collection tools to instruct said human operator
to extract said specific health data for at least one patient from said data source of said healthcare service provider to
create a data record in a format that is analyzed by said medical plan provider, said collection of tools being a suite of
diverse data tools each suitable to be included in building a data collection assignment used by said human operator to extract
said specific health data from said data source of said healthcare service provider;
a tool selector in communication with said database, said tool selector selecting said at least one tool from said tool collection
contained in said database, said at least one tool being a tool included in said data collection assignment for said human
operator to extract said specific health data of interest to a medical service provider plan from said data source of a healthcare
service provider;
a tool processor executing said at least one tool contained in said data collection assignment to instruct said human operator
to extract said specific health data from said data source of said healthcare service provider to create said record in a
format that is analyzed by said medical plan provider; and
a communication channel communicating between said database and said tool processor;
wherein said at least one tool is selected from said suite of diverse data tools contained in said collection of tools from
database by said tool selector to build a data collection assignment and transmitted to said tool processor, said data collection
assignment used by said human operator collecting a subset of said specific health data from said data source of a healthcare
service provider and in creating said data record organized into a format analyzable by a medical service provider plan that
is transmitted to said database via said communication channel.
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