US 12,142,353 B2
Methods and systems for providing improved mechanism for updating healthcare information systems
Timothy A. VanderMolen, Lewisville, TX (US); and Melanie Polston, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to VIZIENT SUPPLY, LLC, Irving, TX (US)
Filed by ViZIENT SUPPLY, LLC, Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/985,609.
Application 16/985,609 is a continuation of application No. 14/747,389, filed on Jun. 23, 2015, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2020/0372984 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. G16H 10/60 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 10/60 (2018.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A healthcare information analysis system comprising:
a server configured to communicate with an electronic healthcare information system;
a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor configure the healthcare information analysis system to:
monitor, via the server, electronic purchases of one or more current products by a healthcare organization (HCO);
receive, via the server, HCO-specific data regarding one or more different products available for purchase by the HCO from the electronic healthcare information system;
map, via the processor, each of the one or more different products in the HCO-specific data to a HCO-agnostic product identifier;
modify the HCO-specific data by translating the HCO-specific data from an initial format of the HCO-specific data to a HCO-agnostic format, the initial format of the HCO-specific data being a different format than the HCO-agnostic format, wherein the HCO-agnostic product identifier is stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium in the HCO-agnostic format;
analyze, via the processor, the HCO-specific data and one or more HCO-agnostic product identifiers stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium in the HCO-agnostic format;
generate, via the processor, a confidence index between the HCO-specific data and one or more product identifiers stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium in the HCO-agnostic format;
assign, via the processor, the HCO-specific data to the HCO-agnostic product identifier stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium in the HCO-agnostic format when the confidence index is greater than a threshold value;
generate, via the processor, an electronic file in an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) format, the electronic file comprising information corresponding to the assignment of the HCO_specific data to the HCO-agnostic product identifier; and
communicate, via the processor, the electronic file to the electronic healthcare information system, the communication causing automatic propagation of changes to information within the electronic healthcare information system, the propagated changes comprising modifications to information based on the assignment of the HCO specific data to the HCO-agnostic product identifier.