Patent ID: 8595206

Claim:
A system for correlating electronic pharmacy data and electronic medical records, comprising: a correlation module; a first link that communicatively connects the correlation module and a pharmacy computer network; a second link that communicatively connects the correlation module and a second computer network; and a database configured to store data corresponding to the second computer network, wherein the correlation module is configured to be executed by a processor to: receive, using a first protocol and via the first link, a pharmacy query originated by the pharmacy computer network, the pharmacy query being based on electronic pharmacy data corresponding to a pharmacy record corresponding to a patient, and the pharmacy record being stored in the pharmacy computer network; determine, based on contents of the pharmacy query, that the pharmacy query is for data included in an electronic medical record (EMR) corresponding to the patient, the EMR being stored in the second computer network; convert, based on the data corresponding to the second computer network stored in the database, the pharmacy query into a second protocol used by the second computer network; cause the converted pharmacy query to be transmitted to the second computer network via the second link; receive, via the second link and using the second protocol, an EMR-based query originated by the second computer network, wherein contents of the EMR-based query are based on the EMR corresponding to the patient or are based on another EMR corresponding to another patient; determine, based on the contents of the EMR-based query, that the EMR-based query is destined for the pharmacy computer network; convert, based on data corresponding to the pharmacy computer network stored in the database, the EMR-based query into the first protocol used by the pharmacy computer network; and cause the converted EMR-based query to be transmitted to the pharmacy computer network via the first link.