Patent ID: 6112183
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A system including a computer system and a user program for processing health care transactions in response to a user request in a heterogeneous, distributed computing network, comprising:a plurality of subsystems each corresponding to an aspect of health care transactions and each facilitating at least one transaction;a communication interface for exchanging health care transaction information among said plurality of subsystems, said communication interface including communication logic modules comprised of:(a) a user interface logic module for collecting user inputs and presenting transaction outputs;(b) a data access logic module for data storage and retrieval, said data access tier including one or more databases of health care transaction information;(c) a transaction logic logic module for applying a predetermined set of transaction procedures to said user inputs and said database of health care transaction information resulting in transaction output;an electronic network connecting said user interface logic module to said data access logic module and to said transaction logic module, said data access logic module to said user interface logic module and to said transaction logic module and said transaction logic module to said user interface logic module and to said data access module; andsaid communication interface including an interface definition language generating transaction-specific communication codes whereby data is exchanged between said subsystems through a common interface structure regardless of the origin of the data.