G16H HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
Introduced: January 2018
Description
G16H covers information and communication technology systems, software, and platforms specifically designed for the handling, processing, storage, and exchange of medical or healthcare data. This subclass encompasses electronic health records (EHR), health information systems, telemedicine platforms, clinical decision support systems, and patient management software. It includes technologies for data interoperability, security, privacy compliance (such as HIPAA), and analytics applied to healthcare contexts, as well as systems for coordinating care delivery and managing medical information workflows. The classification excludes medical devices themselves or diagnostic methods, which fall under other classes, focusing instead on the informatic infrastructure and computational solutions underlying healthcare operations.
Additional Content IPC
Glossary
handling of medical or healthcare data covers the acquisition, storage, retrieval, analysis, management, transmission or usage of such data
Limiting references
Signal processing or signal transmission associated to diagnostic measurements, e.g. signal waveform analysis
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 8 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2018.
Child Classifications
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- G16H 10/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data (for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00) since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 30/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical images (computed tomography A61B6/03) since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 40/00 ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 50/00 ICT specially adapted for medical diagnosis, medical simulation or medical data mining; ICT specially adapted for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 4,707
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,767
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,458
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,144
- ILLUMINA US 1,097
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,074
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,026
- FUJIFILM JP 990
- PING AN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 892
- ROCHE CH 864
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 7,379
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,740
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 2,388
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,849
- SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,697
- FUJIFILM JP 1,618
- ILLUMINA US 1,335
- ROCHE CH 1,264
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 1,181
- DEXCOM US 1,150