Extensible Deployment System for Hospital Data Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
In hospitals, the integration of various electronic data systems is hindered by incompatible signaling and communication protocols, making it difficult to facilitate direct communication between systems, and the deployment and upgrading of messaging conversion systems are complex and prone to service reductions.
Innovation Solution
An extensible deployment system that allows for the creation of service groupings with shared databases, independent deployment and upgrading of integration solutions, and centralized management, using a scalable communication system with processors and memory to manage user authentication and provide a unified interface for message translation across different devices and systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If messaging conversion systems are deployed to facilitate communication between different data systems, then interoperability between systems is improved, but deployment complexity and validation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the messaging conversion functionality into independent adapter modules, each handling communication with a specific data system. These adapters can be deployed and validated independently, reducing overall deployment complexity while maintaining interoperability across multiple systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a messaging conversion system as an intermediary layer between heterogeneous data systems. This mediator handles protocol translation and message routing, enabling interoperability without requiring direct customization between each pair of systems, thereby reducing deployment complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom messaging protocols are implemented for each data system, then communication compatibility is improved, but system maintenance and updating become extremely difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal messaging conversion system that can handle multiple communication protocols and data systems through a single platform. This multi-functional approach maintains communication compatibility across diverse systems while enabling centralized maintenance and updating, eliminating the need to maintain separate custom integrations for each system.
3Reliability
If messaging conversion systems are upgraded to improve service quality, then data exchange reliability is improved, but validation difficulty and service reduction risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation and configuration of messaging adapters before full deployment. This includes pre-testing communication protocols and message formats, allowing upgrades to be validated systematically before going live, thereby maintaining data exchange reliability while reducing validation difficulty and service reduction risk.
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AI summary
An extensible deployment system is disclosed that provides for flexible deployment and centralized management of a scalable communication system. The scalable communication system may be segmented into multiple groups of services, e.g. multiple solutions, that may be deployed across one or more servers. The groups of services may each access separate databases in a single database instance that may allow for the groups of services to be deployed and upgraded independently. A management interface may be provided that allows for centralized management, and deployment, of all of the groups of services, irrespective of the independent upgrade paths of the groups of services. The management interface may include a local authentication system and may also be interoperable with one or more external authentication systems, such that users may use login credentials of an external authentication system to access the management interface.