Patient-Controlled Health Data Sharing System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information sharing systems for patients with chronic diseases do not allow patients to select the content of recording item sets themselves, and they cannot record their situation from a healthy state and share it with doctors upon request.

Innovation Solution

An information sharing system that includes a first hardware processor to transmit data sharing requests from medical facility terminals to user terminals, and a second hardware processor to accept these requests, display an approver for data sharing approval, and share data with the medical facility terminal upon approval acceptance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the doctor presets the recording item set for the patient, then the doctor can view necessary information, but the patient cannot select the content of the recording item set by himself/herself

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepatient's ability to select recording contentVSAvoiddata sharing control mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patient is empowered to independently select and determine the content of the recording item set without requiring doctor's preset configuration. The patient can自主选择 what health information to record and share, transforming the system from doctor-controlled to patient-autonomous operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system requires patient registration of vital information with the server, then the doctor can view the information, but the patient cannot record situation from a healthy state and show it to doctor upon request

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility of data sharing timing and initiationVSAvoidtime for data sharing initiation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of the doctor initiating data sharing requests or the system operating on fixed schedules, the patient is empowered to initiate data sharing whenever desired. The control flow is inverted from provider-initiated to patient-initiated, allowing flexible timing including recording from healthy states and sharing upon patient request.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Reliability

If the patient records vital information and situations, then adherence and behavior change are prompted, but the patient cannot control data sharing with the medical facility

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata sharing control and patient autonomyVSAvoiddata sharing approval process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patient performs preliminary actions by selecting recording items and preparing data before any medical facility requests access. The patient can pre-determine what information is available for sharing, and the system is ready to share this pre-selected data when a facility makes a request, eliminating the need for complex real-time approval processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250140426A1Information sharing system and recording medium

Publication Date: 2025.05.01 KONICA MINOLTA INC

AI summary

An information sharing system includes a first hardware processor that transmits a data sharing request from a medical facility terminal used by a medical professional to a user terminal used by a patient, and a second hardware processor that accepts the sharing request transmitted from the first hardware processor, wherein the second hardware processor, upon acceptance of the sharing request, causes a display included in the user terminal to display an approver for accepting approval for sharing the data with the medical facility terminal, and upon acceptance of the approval for sharing the data with the medical facility terminal by the approver, causes the data to be shared with the medical facility terminal.