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Distributed computing system to enable the secure exchange of information between remotely located healthcare applicationsRelated Patent Categories: Data Processing: Database And File Management Or Data Structures, Database Or File Accessing, Distributed Or Remote AccessDistributed computing system to enable the secure exchange of information between remotely located healthcare applications description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070124310, Distributed computing system to enable the secure exchange of information between remotely located healthcare applications. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/595,668, entitled "The Secure Exchange of Information Between Remotely Located Healthcare Applications," filed Jul. 26, 2005, and U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/702,686, entitled "The Secure Exchange of Information Between Remotely Located Healthcare Applications," filed Jul. 26, 2005, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. REFERENCE TO COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING SUBMITTED ON CD [0002] This application incorporates by reference the computer program listing appendix submitted on (1) CD-R entitled "Novo Innovations Source Code" in accordance with 37 C.F.R. .sctn. 1.52(e). Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. .sctn. 1.77(b)(5), the material on said CD-R is incorporated by reference herein, said material being identified as follows: TABLE-US-00001 DATE OF CREATION SIZE IN BYTES FILE NAME Jul. 25, 2006 1,439,318 Novo Innovations Source Code.txt Jul. 25, 2006 19,557 Read Me.txt The file "Novo Innovations Source Code.txt" includes a complete listing of all source code files on the CD-R assembled into one file. The file "Read Me.txt" includes a summary of all source code files on the CD-R. [0003] Since this application is being filed electronically, the CD-R will be submitted separately in accordance with 37 C.F.R. .sctn. 1.52(e) and 37 C.F.R. .sctn. 1.96. Additionally, to insure that the source code contents receive the benefit of this filing date, the computer program code is included in Appendix A, entitled "Novo Innovations Source Code," assembled Jul. 25, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD [0004] The present invention relates generally to distributed computing systems, and more particularly, to securely exchanging information between remote computing systems, enabling interoperability and allowing for the synchronization of common information. BACKGROUND [0005] There is an increasing use of information technology (IT) by physicians as evidenced by the rapid adoption of a type of computer software, called Electronic Medical Records (EMR), to replace the paper charts in the medical office. The use of EMRs by physicians is expected to become common over the next five to ten years. [0006] Because of the state of the art in communications between providers in the healthcare community, most physicians using an EMR must accept or receive data such as lab results, pathology results, radiology results and transcriptions via faxes or paper couriered from the hospital. The physician must then use their personnel to collect the paper fax, scan it into the EMR, and index the scanned image to a particular patient's record. Cumulatively, the process can take several minutes per fax received. [0007] As these computer systems are adopted, there is an emerging need to receive data from hospitals in an electronic format that can be directly interfaced into the physician EMR. Data standards like ANSI's Health Level 7 (HL7) have evolved to address this need and are used by both hospital and physician-based computer systems. [0008] However, the detailed use of the HL7 standard varies between vendors. This is a well-known problem that led to the emergence of a type of middleware called an "interface engine."Its purpose was to translate the HL7 messages exchanged between computer systems into the native format of each. This enabled the computer systems to off-load the responsibility of managing each individual interface. Instead, each computer system would only need to manage its connection to the interface engine. [0009] While the interface engines and EAI middleware offer advantages in enterprise settings where all computer systems are accessible via a local area network, the situation presented by EMRs is more complex. EMRs are installed in remote physician practices, are unreachable by computer systems located in hospitals, and support the type of data that tends to be highly confidential and must be secured in the most rigorous manner. [0010] As a result, approaches that leverage middleware technologies like HL7 interface engines must devise their own methods of delivering and securing the data. Several of the approaches currently available are: (1) establish a private network between the hospital and the EMR location, (2) use secure email to deliver the electronic data as an attachment, (3) send the electronic data via a secure website where it can be downloaded and (4) use peer-to-peer technology to enable file sharing. [0011] Each of these approaches has the benefit of leveraging existing technology (e.g. email, web, P2P) and does accomplish the overall goal of getting electronic data from the hospital into the remote EMR. However, there are drawbacks with each approach, such as: (1) building private networks is expensive and difficult to manage as volume rises, and (2) secure email, web and P2P solutions rely on people to run the communication application, e.g., open the email, access the website or pull down the data over the P2P network. [0012] Consequently, a need exists for allowing the electronic data to flow from system to system without involving personnel, or a special network or interface for each remote system encountered. [0013] The preferred embodiment defined herein describes such a system that exhibits characteristics of low cost, simple operation, ease of use, reliability and stability in real-world implementations of the embodiment. SUMMARY [0014] In response to these and other shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides systems and methods for securely exchanging information between remote computing systems such as electronic medical records (EMR) in the local healthcare community, enabling interoperability and allowing for the synchronization of common information. One embodiment provides for a type of software "middleware" that autonomously extracts, analyzes and transforms information from computer systems in one location and distributes it to remote location(s) where it can be further transformed and inserted into one or more remote computer systems. [0015] Another embodiment defines a method for remotely deploying and managing the software programs from a centralized management facility. [0016] Another embodiment provides a middleware solution comprised of distributed, object-oriented computing system that enable a plurality of independent, remotely located computers to interface with each other, extract or insert, format and exchange information with other computers using a secure Internet-based messaging infrastructure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0017] Many aspects of the invention can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. 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