Patent ID: 8615404

Claim:
A computer-implemented system comprising: a processor configured to execute computer-executable components; and memory storing computer-executable components for establishing a self-describing data network configured with a plurality of self-describing health-related data elements, the computer-executable components including: an interface layer component configured to provide a gateway between sources of health-related data elements and the self-describing data network; a data atomizing component configured to generate self-describing health-related data elements based on health-related data elements received from the sources by: determining granularity to use with regard to tagging the health-related data elements received from the sources, wherein the health-related data elements include a health-related data element representing a measurement of a patient; de-constructing the health-related data element representing the measurement of the patient until a core data item portion representing a smallest meaningful element is determined, wherein: the core data item portion includes only a value of the measurement, the health-related data element is de-constructed into the core data item portion and a metadata portion that includes descriptive attributes about the core data item portion, and the metadata portion identifies an origin of the measurement, a measurement type, the patient, and a healthcare professional that administered the measurement; and wrapping the core data item portion with a plurality of tags representing the descriptive attributes to a generate a self-describing health-related data element, wherein the tags are configured to establish relationships between the self-describing health-related data element and other self-describing health-related data elements of the self-describing data network; an accuracy validation component configured to validate accuracy of the value of the measurement included in the core data item portion based on the measurement type, the patient, and the healthcare professional identified in the tags wrapping the core data item portion prior to adding the self-describing health-related data element to the self-describing data network; an origin validation component configured to authenticate the source of the health-related data element based on the origin identified in the tags wrapping the core data item portion prior to adding the self-describing health-related data element to the self-describing data network; and a storage component configured to employ the tags wrapping the core data item portion to interrelate the self-describing health-related data element to other self-describing health-related data elements included in the self-describing data network.