Clinical Data Registry System for Interoperable Medical Information Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical database systems are proprietary and unable to communicate with each other, limiting the sharing and analysis of clinical and radiologic data across medical institutions, which hinders the evaluation of treatment protocols and patient care quality.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows multiple medical sites to pool their data into a centralized registry, enabling real-time access and analysis while maintaining data ownership and security, with customizable fields and ad-hoc reporting capabilities, facilitating comparisons and benchmarking between institutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If medical institutions use proprietary database systems, then each institution maintains data security and control, but the systems cannot communicate with each other and data sharing is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized data exchange interface and common data schema as an intermediary layer between proprietary database systems. This mediator enables different institutional databases to communicate through standardized protocols while maintaining their internal security architectures, thus resolving the contradiction between data security and interoperability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal data registry system that can accept data from multiple proprietary sources through standardized interfaces. This multi-functional platform serves as a centralized repository that maintains security boundaries while enabling broad data sharing across institutions, simultaneously achieving both security preservation and enhanced adaptability
2Productivity
If medical institutions pool their data into a centralized registry, then real-time data access and analysis are enabled, but data ownership and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized registry into distributed data zones where each institution retains control over its own data segments. The system architecture divides the registry into institution-specific partitions that can be accessed centrally through standardized interfaces, enabling real-time access while preserving ownership boundaries and security protocols
3Loss of information
If multiple medical sites share clinical and radiologic data, then evaluation of treatment protocols and quality improvement are enhanced, but system complexity and integration challenges increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent standardizes data parameters across different institutions by implementing a common data schema and classification system. This parameter standardization transforms heterogeneous data from multiple sources into a unified format, enabling comprehensive information sharing while reducing the complexity of system integration through consistent data structures and exchange protocols
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AI summary
The invention relates to an online web-based medical database and collaboration tool that can be used by surgeons, hospitals, medical institutions, manufacturers and others to collect, store, analyze and harvest clinical and radiologic data. The clinical registry system includes a registry database and a registry processor in electrical communication with the registry database and performing operations on the registry database. The registry database stores patient data from a plurality of sites, a plurality of registry groups and an indicator for each of the plurality of sites identifying which of the plurality of registry groups each site is a member. The members of a registry group have access to aggregated data and comparative reports of all the registry group members in real-time. Each site may be a member of one registry group, multiple registry groups, or no registry groups.