Method for generating medical intelligence from patient-specific data

Abstract

A method for compiling, storing and organizing data, and gathering and reporting medical intelligence derived from patient-specific data. A patient's Minimum Data Set ('MDS') data generated by health care facilities are merged with that patient's pharmacy data to create a comprehensive clinical/pharmacological data set for each patient. The data may first be encrypted to ensure patient privacy before being transmitted by the facility to a data repository via an electronic communication network. Upon receipt at the data repository, the data first must pass through a security screen. If the data is determined to be valid and virus-free, it is decrypted as necessary before being added to a data warehouse for use in a wide variety of therapeutic, statistical, and economic analyses. The data may be partially or completely 'de-identified' to remove patient-identifying information so as to protect patient privacy.