Secure Healthcare Communication Platform for Patient Data Aggregation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current healthcare systems lack coordination and communication between physicians, pharmacies, and caregivers, leading to inadequate follow-up on patient medication adherence and treatment outcomes, with limited resources to ensure patients receive proper care and secure exchange of sensitive information.

Innovation Solution

A secure healthcare communication exchange platform that aggregates data from various sources, provides a holistic view of patient care, identifies gaps in treatment, and triggers outreach events to address adherence issues while ensuring secure communication and data access through role-based authorization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a centralized secure communication platform is implemented to aggregate patient data from multiple sources, then coordination and communication between physicians, pharmacies, and caregivers is improved, but system complexity and data security requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoordination and communicationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments data access and processing into distinct functional modules: data aggregation layer, secure communication layer, and role-based access control layer. Each module handles specific tasks independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining centralized coordination capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The platform introduces a centralized intermediary system that mediates between physicians, pharmacies, and caregivers. This intermediary aggregates data from multiple sources and distributes it securely to authorized users, simplifying communication coordination without requiring direct point-to-point connections between all participants.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If role-based authorization and secure protocols are implemented to protect patient information, then data security is improved, but ease of operation and access speed may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata securityVSAvoidease of access
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements local quality by providing role-based access control where each user receives customized access rights tailored to their specific role (physician, pharmacist, caregiver). This allows secure data protection while maintaining ease of operation for authorized users, as each user only accesses the specific data relevant to their function without navigating through entire databases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

User authentication and authorization are performed preliminarily before data access is granted. The system pre-establishes security protocols and access rights, allowing users to access data quickly once authenticated without repeatedly verifying security measures during the data retrieval process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If comprehensive patient data aggregation from multiple sources is implemented, then holistic view of patient care is improved, but data management complexity and information overload increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveholistic view of patient careVSAvoiddata management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments patient data into distinct categories (demographic information, medical history, medication records, lab results) and organizes them in a structured manner. This segmentation allows comprehensive data aggregation while reducing management complexity through standardized data formats and categorization schemes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The platform incorporates feedback mechanisms that automatically update and refine data aggregation based on new information from patients, providers, and external sources. This continuous feedback loop maintains holistic patient views while simplifying data management through automated data integration rather than manual processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11978563B1Secure healthcare communication exchange platform
Publication Date: 2024.05.07 EXPRESS SCRIPTS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INC
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AI summary

Methods and systems for providing a secure healthcare communication exchange platform. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: accessing a collection of data records from a plurality of sources, the collection of data records corresponding to a given entity; generating, based on the collection of data records, an aggregated representation of one or more conditions associated with the given entity; determining, based on the aggregated representation, that a given condition of the one or more conditions satisfies an outreach parameter; in response to determining that the given condition satisfies the outreach parameter, triggering an outreach event to communicate with the given entity; generating status information in the aggregated representation, the status information corresponding to the outreach event; and tracking the status information to establish a relationship between the given condition and the outreach parameter.