Centralized Surgical Resource Allocation System Reducing Network Load
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems for matching patients with surgeons and surgical facilities are inefficient, consuming excessive computing resources and lacking in customization, security, and regulatory compliance, particularly due to the need for patients to individually contact multiple facilities and surgeons, leading to increased network usage and potential errors.
Innovation Solution
A centralized computer-implemented surgical resource allocation system that acquires and sanitizes data from multiple facilities and surgeons, generates matches based on patient parameters, and provides a reward model to incentivize surgeons, reducing network resource consumption and enhancing security and regulatory compliance by interacting with a single centralized resource.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If patients individually contact multiple facilities and surgeons to seek surgical procedures, then patients can obtain service information, but network resource consumption increases and processing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized surgical resource allocation system that acts as an intermediary between patients, surgeons, and facilities. This central system consolidates data from multiple sources and processes all matching requests through a single hub, eliminating the need for patients to individually contact multiple facilities and surgeons. The system receives patient requests, queries centralized databases for surgeon and facility information, and returns matched results, thereby significantly reducing network resource consumption while maintaining ease of patient access.
2Productivity
If a centralized system consolidates all surgical data processing, then computing resource efficiency improves, but data security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a segmented architecture where the centralized system consolidates processing logic and data aggregation functions, while sensitive data remains distributed across secure local repositories. The central system queries facilities and surgeons through standardized interfaces without centralizing the actual sensitive data storage. This segmentation allows computing resource efficiency to improve through centralized processing while data security is maintained through distributed secure storage and controlled data access protocols.
3Measurement precision
If the system processes and stores sensitive patient and surgeon data centrally, then matching accuracy improves, but regulatory compliance challenges increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent addresses regulatory compliance by transforming how data is handled through parameter changes in the system architecture. Instead of storing complete sensitive records centrally, the system processes only necessary matching parameters (such as surgical specialty, availability, location, and procedure type) at the central level. Full patient records, surgeon credentials, and facility details remain distributed in secure local systems. This parameter-based selective processing improves matching accuracy while reducing regulatory compliance complexity by minimizing centralized storage of protected health information.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments generally relate to a surgical resource allocation system. Patients seeking a procedure can use the system to identify surgeons and surgical facilities. The patient can then use the system to book the procedure with a selected surgeon at a selected facility. In an example, a patient can indicate a need for a certain procedure. The patient can then provide criteria for a surgeon or facility, such as a desired location, desired time, surgeon rankings, and facility rankings. The system can then identify surgeons and facilities that match the criteria and present them for selection by the patient. The patient can then select the surgeon and facility with which the patient would like the procedure performed. With the surgeon and facility selected, the patient can then choose to book the procedure.