Patent ID: 7778844

Claim:
A system for handling one or more healthcare data inquiry requiring content data, the system comprising: a processing module operating on a processor that is configured to: receives a healthcare data inquiry from a requestor in a first standard healthcare data format, said healthcare data inquiry including at least one request for content data automatically determines at least one data element of the requested content data; determine if the at least one data element is available at a data store, and if the at least one data element is available, acquire the at least one data element from the data store; a worklist module operating on the processor and in communication with said processing module, said worklist module configured to: store one or more work items created by the processing module, when the at least one data element is available, wherein the one or more work items comprise an identification of the unavailable data element and a location of the unavailable data element; present the one or more work items on a graphical display; and receive from a user at least one data element identified by the one or more presented work items; and a response module operating on the processor and in communication with said processing module and said worklist module, the response module configured to: receive at least one acquired data element from the processing module; and receive at least one retrieved data element from the worklist module; format the acquired data element and the retrieved data element into a second standard healthcare data format; and send the formatted data elements to the requester.