Informatics Platform Integrating Clinical Data for Tumor Boards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current healthcare information systems lack integration, forcing medical personnel to manually aggregate and correlate data from disparate systems, leading to inefficiencies in accessing comprehensive patient information, particularly during multi-disciplinary tumor board meetings, and hindering the ability to document and analyze treatment plans effectively.
Innovation Solution
An informatics platform that integrates patient data from various systems, providing a visualization and workflow tool for tumor board meetings, a search engine for similar patient searches, a graphing tool for clinical variables, and structured reporting functionality, along with collaboration and image viewing tools to facilitate real-time information access and decision-making.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patient information is stored in multiple individual information systems, then each system can perform specialized analyses and reports on specific data, but medical personnel cannot view complete and comprehensive clinical data at a single time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual information systems (EMR, PACS, DP, LIS, RIS) into a single integrated informatics platform that consolidates all patient data into one unified interface, allowing medical personnel to view complete clinical information without accessing multiple separate systems
Solution Approach 2:
The informatics platform is designed as a universal system that can access and display various types of clinical data (medical records, radiology images, pathology images, laboratory results, radiology reports) from multiple specialized systems through a single multi-functional interface
2Loss of information
If medical personnel manually aggregate and correlate data from disparate systems, then comprehensive patient information can be obtained, but significant time and effort are required for tumor board preparations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary aggregation of patient information from all connected systems automatically before tumor board meetings, pre-organizing and correlating data so that comprehensive patient profiles are ready in advance without requiring manual effort during meeting preparation
Solution Approach 2:
The informatics platform merges the manual processes of data aggregation and correlation into an automated system that continuously integrates data from multiple sources, eliminating the time-consuming manual work of collecting and organizing information from disparate systems
3Loss of information
If medical personnel use handwritten notes and paper-based documentation during tumor board meetings, then treatment plan discussions can be documented, but the information cannot be accessed or analyzed in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical documentation methods (handwritten notes, paper-based systems) with an electronic informatics platform that enables real-time digital documentation and immediate access to treatment plan information through computer interfaces and networks
4Ease of manufacture
If individual information systems are used for each clinical department, then department-specific data can be managed effectively, but integration and correlation of data across systems is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The informatics platform maintains segmentation of department-specific data management capabilities while adding an integration layer that connects all systems, allowing each department to manage its data effectively while enabling cross-system correlation through the unified platform
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary informatics platform that acts as a mediator between individual departmental systems, enabling integration and correlation of data across systems while preserving the autonomy and specialized management capabilities of each departmental system
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AI summary
An informatics platform provides an architecture to integrate information from relevant patient information systems. The informatics platform may include: a workflow tool that can be used to prepare and review information at multi-disciplinary board meetings; a visual timeline of patient events; a search engine to search for patients with specific attributes; a graphing tool that can display disparate clinical variables in a single chart; a virtual PinBoard for users to identify relevant patient information for board meetings; an image viewing application that can provide for comparison of images from different information systems; structured reporting functionality that incorporates system aggregated patient information and board recommendations; an application interface that integrates clinically relevant tools to provide patient specific references; a collaboration interface that facilitates communication of patient specific information and documents the discussion threads as independent reference points; and a default display of relevant patient information customized for each clinical specialty.