Medicine Data Gateway for Cloud Dose Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Medical institutions face challenges in efficiently inserting and comparing radiation dose data due to differences in equipment, software, and national specifications, making it difficult to provide dose data in a format compatible with international standards and to transmit data to national or global registries.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a medicine data gateway to receive study data, upload dose data to a cloud-based dose management system, check for trigger conditions, and download or provide dose data to a reporting system within a local Intranet, enabling seamless data exchange and comparison using unique study-identifying characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If cloud-based dose management systems are used to reduce local infrastructure, then maintenance costs are reduced and data backups are simplified, but it becomes difficult to insert dose values into locally produced patient study reports and hampers data comparability with national standards
Solution Approach 1:
A local gateway server acts as an intermediary between the cloud-based dose management system and local reporting systems. The gateway receives study data from PACS, extracts dose values, and makes them available to reporting systems through standardized interfaces, enabling seamless integration without requiring physicians to switch applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway server provides multiple functions: receiving study data from PACS, extracting dose information, storing dose data locally, and providing access to reporting systems. This multi-functional approach enables the system to serve both cloud-based management and local reporting needs through a single platform.
2Measurement precision
If physicians use separate software applications to access dose data during report dictation, then dose values can be examined, but the process becomes laborious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges dose data access with the existing reporting workflow by making dose values available directly within the reporting system's interface. Physicians can view and insert dose values without leaving their dictation environment, combining the functionality of dose management and report creation into a unified process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different apparatuses and software solutions are used across medical institutions, then local requirements can be met, but dose data comparability with national and international standards is hampered
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway server transforms dose data from various local systems into a standardized format that complies with national and international standards. By changing the data representation parameters to standardized formats, the system enables comparability across different institutions while maintaining compatibility with diverse local apparatuses and software solutions.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system are for providing dose data from a cloud-based dose management system in a local Intranet. The method includes receiving study data according to at least one selection criterion from an image archiving and communication system, within the local Intranet; uploading first dose data, including or indicating at least one respective unique study-identifying characteristic value, based upon the study data received, into a cloud-based dose management system; checking whether a trigger condition is present; downloading via the dose data provisioning module, upon the checking indicating a presence of the trigger condition, second dose data, including or indicating a respective unique study-identifying characteristic value, based upon the first dose data from the cloud-based dose management system; and providing the second dose data to a reporting system or another local apparatus within the local Intranet, either automatically or upon a provisioning condition being fulfilled.