Cloud Gateway for Automated Clinical Case Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Healthcare environments face challenges in sharing and correlating patient data across different information systems, leading to siloed information and inefficient communication, especially when referring patients between entities, due to technological limitations.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based clinical information system that enables secure, reliable storage, sharing, and analysis of patient data, including medical images and records, through a web-based platform with defined rules and gateways for data processing and routing, allowing seamless communication between healthcare entities regardless of their system affiliations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual retrieval and storage of patient information on portable devices is used, then data can be transported between healthcare entities, but the process is time-consuming and unreliable for rapid diagnosis and consultation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual CD creation and physical transport with an electronic data transmission system. The gateway automatically retrieves patient information from the first healthcare entity's information system and transmits it electronically to the second entity, eliminating the need for physical storage devices and manual handling, thereby achieving both faster transmission and higher reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component between healthcare entities' information systems. This gateway automatically retrieves, processes, and transmits patient data between systems, serving as a mediator that eliminates manual intervention and ensures reliable, timely data exchange without requiring personnel to physically transport information
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate local information systems are used at different healthcare entities, then each entity can manage its own patient data, but information becomes siloed and correlations between healthcare data remain elusive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal gateway that can interface with multiple different local information systems at various healthcare entities. This gateway serves multiple functions: retrieving data from different systems, standardizing data formats, and transmitting information between entities. By providing a multi-functional intermediary, the system maintains the independence of local systems while enabling them to work together and share data effectively
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway acts as a mediator that bridges separate local information systems without requiring them to be merged or changed. It retrieves data from each entity's independent system, processes the information, and transmits it to other entities, thereby maintaining system independence while enabling data correlation and sharing across the healthcare network
3Reliability
If traditional data transmission methods like CD, fax, or VPN are used, then data can be transferred between systems, but the transmission is insufficient and unreliable for consultation and rapid diagnosis
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical and manual transmission methods (CD creation, fax machines, VPN connections) with an automated electronic data retrieval and transmission system. The gateway automatically connects to information systems, retrieves patient data electronically, and transmits it directly to receiving entities, eliminating the inefficiencies of manual CD creation, physical transport, and fax transmission while ensuring data reliability and enabling rapid access for diagnosis and consultation
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatus providing automated clinical case creation and routing are disclosed and described. An example cloud-based medical image and document exchange infrastructure apparatus includes an instruction processor to execute an instruction to process data according to one or more defined rules, wherein the instruction is associated with a state, the state including at least active and inactive. The example apparatus also includes a gateway to at least: receive incoming data related to an imaging study; monitor the incoming data to compare the incoming data to one or more active instructions; and, when an active instruction applies to the incoming data, execute the active instruction with respect to the corresponding imaging study.