Local PHR Client Downloading Encrypted Patient Documents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current medical record systems are decentralized, leading to inefficiencies and security risks, as patients must repeat information across multiple clinics, and remote storage of sensitive data exposes it to hacking and privacy concerns.
Innovation Solution
A local electronic medical record system that downloads and decrypts encrypted patient documents from a remote server, creating a secure, patient-controlled database for offline access and reducing the need for local storage, using client-side encryption to maintain privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If medical records are stored decentralized at individual clinics, then patient data is locally accessible, but data security risks increase and duplicate storage occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a centralized PHR server that stores encrypted copies of patient medical records. Multiple clinics can access and download these records, eliminating the need for each clinic to maintain separate duplicate copies. The encryption ensures that while copies exist across the system, patient data security is maintained through cryptographic protection rather than physical data isolation.
2Ease of operation
If patient medical records are stored remotely on a server, then centralized access is improved, but data security risks from hacking and rogue administrators increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by encrypting patient medical records before they are stored on the remote PHR server. This pre-encryption measure counteracts potential security breaches by ensuring that even if the server is compromised, the stolen data remains inaccessible without the decryption key. The encryption is implemented in advance, before any potential hacking or rogue administrator access could occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates an inert environment for data storage by maintaining records in encrypted form on the server. The encryption acts as a protective atmosphere that renders the stored data inert or unusable to unauthorized parties, including potential hackers and rogue administrators. Only authorized systems with the proper decryption keys can access the actual plaintext data.
3Loss of information
If patients repeatedly fill out medical history forms at different clinics, then each clinic has complete information, but patient time and effort are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal PHR server that serves multiple clinics simultaneously. The centralized system allows any authorized clinic to access and download a patient's complete medical history, eliminating the need for patients to repeatedly provide the same information at different clinics. The system performs multiple functions: storing records, managing encryption, and providing universal access to all participating clinics.
4Speed
If local EMR systems are implemented at each clinic, then data access is fast and offline, but hardware and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex and expensive EMR system functionality from individual clinics and consolidates it into a single centralized PHR server. Instead of each clinic maintaining its own server infrastructure, the system extracts the essential function of storing and accessing medical records to a shared platform. Clinics can download records for offline access when needed, eliminating the need for continuous local server operations and reducing hardware and maintenance costs.
Data Source
AI summary
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing medical information. Certain embodiments provide a local electronic medical record system including a local personal health record (PHR) client, the PHR client downloading encrypted patient documents from a remote PHR server and parsing the downloaded encrypted patient documents to form a local PHR database. The example system also includes an interface receiving user input including an encryption key to decrypt the downloaded encrypted patient documents and displaying patient medical information to the user based on the downloaded decrypted patient documents.