Universal Content Architecture for Clinical Data Aggregation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Clinical care providers face inefficiencies in gathering and accessing clinical information from multiple sources, leading to inconsistent medical treatment due to the difficulty in tracking new information and locating relevant data.

Innovation Solution

An online marketplace system that receives, validates, and distributes clinical information packages to subscribed clients, allowing for secure storage, publication, and automatic updates of datasets, enabling efficient access and consumption of clinical information by healthcare providers and research teams.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If clinicians independently gather clinical information from multiple sources, then they can access diverse clinical data, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess to diverse clinical dataVSAvoidtime to gather information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple clinical information sources into a single centralized platform that aggregates data from various providers and delivers it to clinicians through one interface, eliminating the need to visit multiple sources separately

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary platform that acts as a broker between information providers and clinicians, automatically matching and delivering relevant clinical information without requiring clinicians to manually search multiple sources

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If clinicians manually track new clinical information, then they can stay updated with latest data, but the process becomes complex and inconsistent

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation currencyVSAvoidtracking process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements automated feedback mechanisms where information providers notify the platform of new content, which then automatically notifies subscribed clinicians, creating a continuous update loop without manual intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The platform automatically performs information tracking, validation, and distribution without requiring clinicians to manually monitor or manage the process, allowing the system to serve itself in maintaining information currency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If clinicians independently acquire and review clinical information, then they can ensure information quality, but the delivery becomes inconsistent

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation qualityVSAvoidtreatment delivery efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation, curation, and quality assurance of clinical information before it reaches clinicians, so that information is pre-verified and ready for immediate use without requiring additional review steps

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The platform acts as an intermediary that ensures consistent quality control and standardization of information delivery to all clinicians, replacing the inconsistent individual review processes with a unified quality assurance system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10445749B2Universal content architecture system
Publication Date: 2019.10.15 CERNER INNOVATION INC
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AI summary

One or more systems, computer-storage media, and methods are described for receiving, storing, and distributing clinical information to clients subscribed to or granted access to the information. Initially, content packages containing clinical information are received and stored. Datasets are extracted from the content packages and stored. The datasets and content packages are made available to clients via an online marketplace which enables one or more clients to edit, update, or request to merge a plurality of datasets.