Unified Patient Record System for Multi-Modality Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical case management systems require repetitive entry of patient information across different diagnostic modalities, leading to clerical errors and inefficient data retrieval, and lack unified archival mechanisms, resulting in inconsistent patient diagnoses and burdensome data management.
Innovation Solution
A multi-modality medical processing system that stores all patient data in a single record with a unique identifier, allowing for streamlined data entry and retrieval, and integrates data from various medical instruments and modalities, including IVUS and OCT, within a unified patient record.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If patient information is entered separately for each medical modality, then each modality system maintains independent data management, but this leads to repetitive data entry, clerical errors, and inconsistent patient records
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate modality-specific patient record systems into a single unified patient record system. All medical data from different modalities (IVUS, OCT, angiography, etc.) are consolidated into one centralized record associated with a unique patient identifier, eliminating the need for separate data entry for each modality and ensuring data consistency across all systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified patient record system serves as a universal data management platform that handles multiple medical modalities simultaneously. A single patient record can store and manage diverse types of medical data from different diagnostic and treatment modalities, making the system multi-functional and eliminating the need for modality-specific separate records.
2Productivity
If each medical modality uses separate hardware and software systems, then each system can be optimized for its specific function, but this results in inefficient data retrieval and transitions between systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized data repository and unified patient record system as an intermediary layer between different modality-specific acquisition systems. This intermediary consolidates data from various modalities into a single accessible location, allowing practitioners to retrieve all patient data without transitioning between multiple separate systems, thereby improving diagnostic efficiency.
3Reliability
If patient identifying information is manually removed for archival purposes, then patient privacy is protected, but this manual process is error-prone and incomplete
Solution Approach 1:
The unified patient record system automatically handles the anonymization process during archival. When data is archived, the system automatically removes or masks patient identifying information without requiring manual intervention. This self-service automated approach ensures complete and consistent anonymization, eliminating the errors associated with manual deletion while maintaining patient privacy.
Data Source
AI summary
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to managing and storing patient data in a multi-modality medical processing system. The method and systems described herein store all medical data acquired from a patient in a single patient record that is assigned a unique identifier. For example, (i) information identifying a patient, (ii) data acquired during a first diagnostic procedure, and (iii) data acquired during a second, different diagnostic procedure may all be stored in association with the same unique identifier, so as to simplify patient case review and retrieval. As an aspect of this, identifying patient information such as patient name and date of birth need only be inputted into the disclosed system a single time, thereby reducing the chance of clerical error.