Eye Image Data Consent Management for Privacy-Compliant Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ophthalmologic information processing systems fail to consider patient agreement in handling and transmission of eye image data, leading to potential breaches of privacy and lack of control over data usage.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes agreement information generation and transmission protocols to manage patient consent for data sharing, anonymization, and secure data handling, ensuring compliance with patient permissions for data use and reuse.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patient eye image data is transmitted and reused for learning purposes, then image diagnosis accuracy and learning data availability are improved, but patient privacy protection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an agreement information management system as an intermediary between patient data and learning systems. This intermediary collects, manages, and verifies patient consent status before allowing data transmission or reuse, thereby protecting patient privacy while enabling legitimate diagnostic and learning activities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary collection and storage of agreement information (patient consent) before any data transmission or reuse occurs. By obtaining and verifying patient permission in advance, the system ensures privacy protection is established before potential privacy risks arise from data sharing.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If agreement information management processes are implemented, then patient privacy protection is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates agreement information management into existing ophthalmologic information processing infrastructure, making the consent management system universal across multiple functions including data transmission, learning data selection, and diagnostic processes. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity by consolidating privacy management into a shared framework.
3Reliability
If patient agreement information is collected and managed, then data usage compliance is improved, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the system to automatically manage agreement information without requiring manual intervention for each data usage decision. The agreement information management unit automatically retrieves, verifies, and applies patient consent status to control data flow, making the compliance process self-service and reducing processing complexity.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus that is communicably connected with another information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprises: a processor configured to execute a program; and a storage device configured to store the program, the processor being configured to execute: acquisition processing of acquiring agreement information relating to the usage of subject eye image data of a patient by the other information processing apparatus; and transmission processing of transmitting the subject eye image data to the other information processing apparatus on the basis of the agreement information acquired by the acquisition processing.