Electronic Medical File Transfer via Central Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for transferring medical images and records rely on physical courier services or CD-ROMs, which are inefficient and lack secure, standardized processes for data management and authentication across medical facilities.
Innovation Solution
A permission-based, on-demand methodology for electronically transferring medical files using a central authentication system, web-based workflow management, and smart local client-server systems, ensuring secure network connections and data integrity through encryption and audit trails.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If physical courier services or CD-ROMs are used to transfer medical images and records, then the transfer method is simple to implement, but the transfer efficiency is low and data security is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical courier services and CD-ROM transfers with electronic network transmission. Medical images and records are transmitted digitally over networks between facilities, eliminating the need for physical transportation of media while significantly improving transfer speed and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a central authentication server as an intermediary between source and destination medical facilities. This server manages authentication, authorization, and coordination of the electronic transfer process, enabling secure data exchange without requiring direct complex point-to-point connections between facilities.
2Reliability
If physical transfer methods are used, then implementation is straightforward, but data security and integrity during transfer are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs authentication and authorization actions before the actual data transfer begins. The central authentication server verifies credentials, confirms authority to access specific records, and establishes security parameters in advance, ensuring that only authorized users can transfer or access medical data.
Solution Approach 2:
The central authentication server acts as a trusted intermediary that manages security between facilities. It handles authentication tokens, authorizes transfer requests, and coordinates the secure exchange process, reducing the security burden on individual facilities while maintaining high data protection standards.
3Ease of operation
If electronic transfer systems are implemented, then transfer speed and accessibility improve, but standardization and interoperability across different medical facilities become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal authentication and transfer framework that works across multiple medical facilities with different systems. The central authentication server provides standardized authentication mechanisms and interface protocols that enable interoperability between diverse electronic health record systems while maintaining ease of use.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for managing, transferring, modifying, converting and/or tracking medical files and/or medical system messages. In certain embodiments, the foregoing may generally be based on requesting medical files at a first medical facility, identifying the requested medical files at a second medical facility, initiating a secure network connection between the first and second medical facility, modifying a header portion of the medical files based on patient identification information created by the first medical facility, and other processing steps.