Patent ID: 11972024
Assignee: PME IP PTY LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method of sending an anonymized medical diagnostic report to a remote device comprising:
providing a host computer comprising a first memory on which is stored a plurality of medical diagnostic reports, the host computer:
a) receiving a patient ID from the remote device, where the patient ID identifies a patient at one or more institutions;
b) receiving a de-identification instruction to remove Patient Identifiable Information (PII);
c) locating in the first memory a medical diagnostic report containing PIT, the medical diagnostic report comprising:
two or more images selected with one or more Study Selection Rules; and
one or more phi of metadata associated with each of the two or more images;

d) computing one or more secure values for the one or more phi of metadata associated with each of the two or more images;
e) generating the anonymized medical diagnostic report comprising:
the two or more images; and
the one or more secure values substituted for PII; and

f) sending the anonymized medical diagnostic report to the remote device.