ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,484, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Change Healthcare Holdings LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods for validating and updating medical record data" was invented by Eldon A. Wong (Vancouver, Canada) and Geoff Murray (Richmond, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for validating and updating records, such as medical records, is provided. The system includes a flexible operation and transaction based framework that allows for the handling of a variety of record validation and updating scenarios. The system provides many advanced features related to confidentiality, performance, and auditing. The system may perform...