Patents by Inventor Robert Kells

Robert Kells has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for auditing protected health information
    Patent number: 9158917
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for auditing protected health information of one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a query to access information stored in a database including patient-related information. The processor is further configured to save the query in an event file. The processor is further configured to capture query-related information associated with the query and save the query-related information in the event file. The processor is further configured to determine that the query involves protected health information. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the query involves protected health information, the query-related information to be used in a reporting table. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: McKesson Financial Holdings
    Inventors: Roger Newton, Barbara Brank, Robert Kells, Jason K. Martin
  • METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUDITING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130262503
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for auditing protected health information of one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a query to access information stored in a database including patient-related information. The processor is further configured to save the query in an event file. The processor is further configured to capture query-related information associated with the query and save the query-related information in the event file. The processor is further configured to determine that the query involves protected health information. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the query involves protected health information, the query-related information to be used in a reporting table. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MCKESSON FINANCIAL HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Roger Newton, Barbara Brank, Robert Kells, Jason K. Martin