Centralized Medical Data Processing System for Inter-Institutional Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical care systems are limited to stand-alone medical examination equipment and small networks within a medical institution or its chain, failing to facilitate data processing and communication between different medical institutions and organizations through networks.
Innovation Solution
A medical support system utilizing a Medical Application Service Provider (MASP) that connects multiple medical institutions via a communication network, enabling the processing and sharing of medical data, ordering of medical supplies, and hospital management information, using online terminals equipped with sensors, A/D converters, and viewer applications, while ensuring secure data transmission and privacy protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If medical institutions use stand-alone medical examination equipment and small networks within the institution, then data processing is limited to within the institution, but medical managing costs are high and data sharing between institutions is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple medical institutions' data processing functions into a centralized server system. The server consolidates examination data, patient information, and medical records from multiple institutions, enabling shared access and processing capabilities while reducing individual institution costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The server system provides universal functionality across multiple medical institutions, handling diverse tasks including examination data processing, patient management, billing, and medical record storage. This multi-functional platform serves all institutions through a single system.
2Loss of information
If medical institutions establish independent data processing systems, then data security within the institution is maintained, but data communication and sharing between different institutions cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary between multiple medical institutions, facilitating secure data exchange. It receives data from various institutions, processes it centrally, and distributes results back to requesting institutions, enabling communication without direct peer-to-peer connections.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of medical records and examination data that can be transmitted and shared across institutions. The server stores replicated versions of patient data that can be accessed by authorized institutions without moving physical records.
3Ease of operation
If each medical institution maintains its own complete medical data processing system, then operational independence is preserved, but distribution costs for medical supplies and resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments functions between local client terminals and the central server. Each institution retains operational independence through local terminals that can function autonomously, while non-critical functions like supply ordering and resource management are segmented out to the central server for efficient coordination.
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AI summary
The present invention intends to provide various medical-related service by connecting the Medical Application Service Provider (MASP), which is a new institution providing medical care support service, and multiple medical institutions through private lines or general communication network including Internet Connection. The present invention provides the system that receives and transmits medical information among the Medical Application Service Provider (MASP) 2 and online terminals 4-1 to 4-4 placed at the medical institution 4 through the communication line 3. The MASP carries out process of medical data, responding to orders from online terminals, and transmits results to the online terminals placed at the medical institution. Further, the order of medical supply can be transmitted from the online terminal of the medical institution to MASP 2 and processed to efficiently deliver the medical supply.