Abstract: An application program interface (API) is provided for requesting, storing, and otherwise accessing data within a health integration network. The API facilitates secure and seamless access to the centrally-stored data by offering authentication/authorization, as well as the ability to receive requests in an extensible language format, such as XML, and returns resulting data in XML format. The data can also have transformation, style and/or schema information associated with it which can be returned in the resulting XML and/or applied to the data beforehand by the API. The API can be utilized in many environment architectures including XML over HTTP and a software development kit (SDK).

Abstract: A platform for associating branding information with data is provided to allow a manufacturer of a data device, or other company, to be recognized for its data contribution to a centralized platform, for example. In this regard, companies have incentive to provide data services to users of the platform as the data can comprise branding information related to the company such as an advertisement, link to a main website or product specific websites, logo, additional data related to a request that is specific to the device, and/or additional data regarding users of similar devices. The branding information is rendered along with the data requested.

Abstract: A protocol is provided for communicating data between two applications. The protocol can support communication of an extensible markup language (XML) document over hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) by associating the XML document with a data envelope and sending the data envelope to a disparate application. The data envelope can comprise a header, which can specify supported compression methods, encryption keys, and/or data specific to the disparate application and/or the sending application. The protocol adds a layer of security to the communication and can prevent malicious requests and other attacks. This protocol can also be used in conjunction with a health integration network.

Abstract: A system that uses a health-related dictionary component to establish responses to requests from devices and applications is provided. The innovation discloses uses of a health-related dictionary to enable retrieval of standardized lists and taxonomies in the healthcare space as well as localization of health-related data. Examples of these taxonomies include codes from medical coding vocabularies such as CPT (Current Procedural Terminology), layouts, templates, as well as references to units of measurements such as feet, inches, meters, liters, etc.

Abstract: A schema for storing health related data within a health integration network is provided to facilitate housing the data in a common and easy transformable and accessible manner. Utilizing this schema, disparate otherwise proprietary applications can store data formatted according to their own schema within the health integration network providing common accessibility to other applications. The other applications can request the commonly stored data from the health integration network to facilitate data transmission between the disparate applications.

Abstract: Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that facilitate tracking ‘actions’ associated with records and data maintained within a centralized health-related data repository are provided. Effectively, an audit trail helps the user keep track of all the changes and accesses that happened on the user's record and can help them understand the control offered to them over their personal information by the health-related data system. Thus, trust and confidence can be enhanced due to the personal control a user has with regard to access and tracking of the health record. Additionally, the innovation can apply a schema that corresponds to a particular action prior to generating the audit trail or log.