Cloud-Based Electronic Prescription Transmission via Standardized API
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic prescription systems are inconvenient and lack information security, as they require paper prescriptions and closed systems, making it unclear who is responsible for medication errors and inefficient for patients, and existing solutions do not effectively utilize cloud technologies to standardize prescription transmission across different hospital servers and development languages.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based system that uses a standardized API to create and transmit electronic prescriptions, allowing users to select a drugstore and receive prescriptions through a user terminal, with the API builder unit converting prescription information into a standardized format, encrypting it, and managing it through a cloud server, enabling secure and convenient online prescription management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional electronic prescription services are used, then electronic prescriptions can be transmitted from hospital to user terminal, but the system remains inconvenient and insecure requiring paper prescriptions and closed systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary between the hospital server and user terminal. The cloud server receives prescription data from the hospital, processes it through standardized APIs, and makes it accessible to users through mobile terminals. This intermediary approach enables secure cloud-based storage and transmission while providing convenient user access, resolving the contradiction between security and convenience.
2Reliability
If cloud technologies are adopted to solve closed systems and information security, then information security is improved, but the cases of applying cloud technologies are insufficient and lack standardization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal standardized API interface layer between hospital servers and the cloud server. This API standardization enables the cloud-based electronic prescription system to work with different hospital server systems and database management systems without requiring system-specific implementations. The standardized interface makes the system universally applicable across various healthcare institutions while maintaining secure cloud-based operations.
3Ease of operation
If users visit drugstores with paper prescriptions, then prescription submission is possible, but responsibility for medication errors is unclear and the process is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an electronic feedback loop where the prescription data is transmitted from the hospital server through the cloud server to the user's mobile terminal, and then to the drugstore server. Each system in the chain receives and processes the electronic prescription data, creating a traceable feedback mechanism that clearly identifies responsibility at each stage. The electronic prescription with unique identification numbers and timestamps provides automatic feedback on prescription status and fulfillment, eliminating the ambiguity of paper prescription processes.
4Ease of operation
If cloud server stores electronic prescriptions, then user convenience is improved, but data security and access control must be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality control through differentiated access permissions for different user roles. The cloud server provides different levels of access: full access for authorized medical personnel, limited viewing access for patients, and transactional access for drugstore systems. This localized access control ensures that each entity receives appropriate data access based on its functional requirements, improving user convenience while maintaining data security through role-based permissions.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a system and a method for transmitting an electronic prescription on the basis of cloud computing. The cloud-based electronic prescription transmission method includes the steps of: requesting an electronic prescription from a hospital server, when a cloud server receives a request for the electronic prescription, by the cloud server; extracting patient information and prescription information stored in an EMR DB, by the hospital server; converting the prescription information according to a unique API, by an API builder unit; and authenticating the converted prescription information through an electronic signature of the clinic, encrypting the converted prescription information, and transmitting the electronic prescription to the cloud server, by the hospital server.