Patent ID: 9158917
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting a query to access information stored in a database comprising patient-related information; saving the query in an event file; capturing query-related information associated with the query and saving the query-related information in the event file; determining, via a processor, whether data of the query itself comprises protected health information; executing the query; determining whether data returned from executing the query comprises protected health information; determining whether a software application that generated the query has access to protected health information; wherein the query is determined to comprise protected health information in an instance in which it is determined that either the query itself or the data returned by the query comprises protected health information; wherein the query is determined not to comprise protected health information in an instance in which it is determined that the software application does not have access to protected health information; and transmitting, in response to determining that the query comprises protected health information, the query-related information to be used in a reporting table.