TWI729314B - Passive medical data exchanging cloud system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A passive medical data exchanging cloud system and method are provided. The system includes a cloud server, a requester server and a data provider server. The cloud server includes a central processing unit and a register unit connected to the central processing unit; the requester server is connected with the cloud server through the internet and generates a request signal which is transmitted to the cloud server through the internet; the data provided server is connected to the cloud server through the internet and obtains the request signal from the cloud server for generating a data signal corresponding to the request signal which is transmitted to the cloud server and stored in the register unit by the central processing unit. Based on the system and the method provided by the instant disclosure, secure data exchange can be achieved.

Description

Passive cloud medical data exchange system and method

This case is about a cloud medical data exchange system and method, especially a passive cloud medical data exchange system and method.

In response to the trend of international medical device management, the Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on October 30, 104 the specifications for the single identification system for medical devices (UDI, Unique Device Identification, UDI specifications). This enables rapid identification of medical equipment at the user end (such as in a medical institution) to be implemented. As a result, the identification rate of medical material bar codes (UDI codes) can be significantly improved, which in turn helps hospitals successfully introduce automatic identification (bar code) applications.

In addition to the above advantages, the single identification system specification for medical equipment can be used in practice to establish information exchange bridges between medical institutions, medical equipment suppliers and government units. Specifically, through UDI regulations, medical institutions, medical equipment suppliers, and government units can track and trace medical equipment through the establishment of a data exchange system, and confirm the circulation of medical equipment, thereby further ensuring the use of medical equipment的安全。 The security.

However, in the prior art, cloud data sharing or exchange servers are often used to exchange data between two parties or multiple parties. In existing systems that use cloud data sharing or exchange servers, cloud servers with active data exchange functions are used as cloud resources. Data sharing or exchange servers, and these systems mostly include storage units built in the cloud to store data for exchange between different users.

In detail, for the existing system, when information sharing or information exchange is performed, the party requesting the information usually makes a request to the party providing the information through the cloud server, thereby obtaining the information corresponding to the above request. In other words, the cloud server actively shares and exchanges data. However, when the request for active data sharing and exchange is passed to the party that provides the information (such as a medical institution), it is often necessary to check the network security mechanism of the party that provides the information, which increases the security concerns of data sharing and exchange. .

In addition, when the data to be shared and exchanged is stored in a storage unit built in the cloud, the information security risk will also be greatly increased. In particular, when the party providing the information is a user with high information confidentiality requirements such as a medical institution, it is urgent to avoid long-term storage of the data outside the internal network of the medical institution, especially if it may be used by other users. In the cloud server accessed by the person.

Therefore, there is still a need to provide a cloud medical data exchange system and method to solve the above-mentioned problems.

In view of the above technical problems, the present invention provides a passive cloud medical data exchange system, which includes a cloud server, a request-side server, and a data-providing-side server. The cloud server includes a central processing unit and a temporary storage unit connected to the central processing unit. The request-end server is connected to the cloud server via a network, the request-end server generates a request message, and the request message is sent to the cloud server via the network. The data provider server is connected to the cloud server through the network, and the data provider server The server obtains the request message from the cloud server through the network, and generates a data message corresponding to the request message. The data message is sent to the cloud server through the network, and is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit by the central processing unit. The data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit is obtained by the request-side server through the network, so that there is a connection between the cloud server, the request-side server, and the data-providing-side server One information link.

The present invention further provides a passive cloud medical data exchange method, which includes the following steps: generating a request message through a request-side server, and transmitting the request message to a cloud server through a network, wherein the The cloud server includes a central processing unit and a temporary storage unit connected to the central processing unit; through a data provider server, the request message is obtained from the cloud server through the network, and generates a corresponding A data message of the request message, wherein the data provider server sends the data message to the cloud server via the network, and the data message is temporarily stored in the central processing unit A temporary storage unit; and download the data information temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit from the cloud server through the network via the request-side server, so that the cloud server, the request-side server and all A data link is formed between the data providing end servers.

The main technical means of the present invention is that the passive cloud medical data exchange system and method provided by the present invention can make the cloud server in the process of data exchange through the configuration of the cloud server, the request-side server and the data-providing server It runs in a passive way, and can avoid the risk of storing high-level confidential data in the cloud for a long time. In this way, the request-side server and the data-provider server can form blocks and form a mutually trusted data chain, thereby establishing the data of the request-side server and the data-providing server under the condition of ensuring information security. Sharing, interactive coordination mechanism.

S: System

1: Cloud server

11: Central Processing Unit

12: Temporary storage unit

2: Request-side server

21: Supplier barcode information maintenance module

22: Supplier shipping notification management module

23: Supplier warehouse inventory management module

3: Data provider server

31: Barcode information maintenance module for medical institutions

32: Modules used in medical institutions

33: Inventory management module for shipping warehouses in medical institutions

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of a system provided by an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 is another functional block diagram of a system provided by an embodiment of the present invention; and Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present invention Figure.

The following is a specific embodiment to illustrate the implementation of the "passive cloud medical data system and method" disclosed in the present invention. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and various details in this specification can also be based on different viewpoints and applications, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In addition, the drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn according to actual size, and are described first. The following embodiments will further describe the related technical content of the present invention in detail, but the disclosed content is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

First, please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a passive cloud medical data exchange system S provided by an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is another functional block diagram of a system S provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In detail, compared with FIG. 1, the functional block diagram of FIG. 2 further illustrates the functional modules that the system S may further include.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system S of the present invention includes a cloud server 1, a request-side server 2 and a data-providing server 3. The request-side server 2 and the data-providing server 3 are both connected to the cloud server 1 through the network. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment provided by the present invention, the cloud server 1 may be a passive data exchange server, and includes a central processing unit 11 and a temporary storage unit 12 connected to the central processing unit. In detail, Cloud Server 1 is passive A cloud server that exchanges data in a way, that is, in the embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 1 does not actively generate or send data exchange requests, nor does it actively download data from other servers. The technical content of the data exchange performed by the cloud server 1 will be described later.

In addition, the cloud server 1 does not include a cloud database commonly used in the prior art. Different from the prior art, the system S provided by the present invention uses the concept of "data is not stored in the cloud" in the blockchain, and at the same time uses a distributed database, that is, the database is distributed to provide one or more data. Terminal instead of being set up at the cloud server 1 as the data exchange center.

Please also refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2. As mentioned earlier, the request-side server 2 is connected to the cloud server 1 through the network. The requesting server 2 can be used to generate a request message, and the request message is sent to the cloud server 1 through the network. On the other hand, the data provider server 3 is also connected to the cloud server 1 through the network. The data provider server 3 can be used to obtain the request message from the cloud server 1 via the network, and generate a data message corresponding to the request message. Furthermore, the data message is transmitted from the data provider server 3 to the cloud server 1 via the network, and is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 by the central processing unit 11 of the cloud server 1. The data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 can be obtained by the requesting server 2 through the network.

As mentioned above, in the passive cloud medical data exchange system S provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the request-side server 2 may be installed in a medical institution (such as a hospital or a clinic) and a supplier (such as a medical equipment supplier). ) In one of the bases, and the data provider server 3 may be set in the other of the medical institution and the supplier base. In other words, when the request-side server 2 is installed in a medical institution, the data-providing server 3 can be installed in the supplier's site; and when the request-side server 2 is installed in the supplier's site, the data provider 3 end servers It can be installed in a medical institution. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in other embodiments, the request-side server 2 may be set in a government unit.

Specifically, both the requesting-side server 2 and the data-providing-side server 3 can have the functions of sending and receiving messages. The requester server 2 is used to generate and send request messages. The request message is sent to the cloud server 1 through the network. For example, the request message generated by the requesting-end server 2 is used to request the data-providing-end server 3 to provide corresponding data. For example, the request message can be used to request the data provider server 3 to provide information about the consumption status, inventory status, or other related usage status of medical equipment.

Next, the data provider server 3 automatically downloads the request message stored in the temporary storage unit 12 of the cloud server 1 according to a predetermined time interval. In other words, in the system S provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 1 does not actively send the request message to the data provider server 3, but the data provider server 3 actively confirms the cloud server 3. Whether there is a request message, if so, the data provider server 3 downloads the request message and processes it.

As mentioned above, the data provider server 3 is used to generate the corresponding data message according to the downloaded request message, and send the data message to the cloud server 1, which is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit by the central processing unit 11 12. It is worth mentioning that the central processing unit 11 of the cloud server 1 can also temporarily store the data information from the data provider server 3 in the temporary storage unit 12, and periodically clear the temporary storage in the temporary storage unit 12 according to a predetermined period. 'S data message. In detail, the cloud server 1 can provide a function of temporarily storing data messages. The length of the predetermined period can be set by the user. For example, the central processing unit 11 of the cloud server 1 can clear (delete) the data messages temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 at midnight (0 o'clock) every day. In this way, the system S provided by the embodiment of the present invention can greatly reduce the time that data messages remain in the cloud (the temporary storage unit of the cloud server 1), thereby reducing Low security risk.

In addition, the aforementioned data information provided by the data provider server 3 may include at least one of medical equipment consumption information, medical equipment inventory information, and medical equipment encoding information. In other words, the data message can cover various related messages related to medical equipment, and the data message can correspond to the request message provided by the requesting server 2. For example, when the request message provided by the requesting server 2 is used to request information about the inventory of a specific medical device, the data message provided by the data provider server 3 may include medical device inventory information. In this way, the request-side server 2 can perform other related operations based on the medical equipment inventory information, such as arranging the replenishment schedule of the medical equipment.

Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 again. Through the aforementioned design of the cloud server 1, the request side server 2 and the data provider server 3, there is a data link between the cloud server 1, the request side server 2 and the data provider 3 server. In fact, through the passive data exchange server, that is, the setting of the cloud server 1, the request-side server 2 and the data-providing server 3 can achieve the effect of data transmission or data exchange.

Next, one of the request side server 2 and the data provider server 3 includes a supplier barcode information maintenance module, a supplier warehouse notification management module, and a supplier warehouse inventory management module, and the request server The other of the server 2 and the data provider server 3 includes a medical institution barcode information maintenance module, a medical institution consumption module, and a medical institution warehouse inventory management module.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the request-side server 2 may further include a supplier barcode information maintenance module 21, a supplier warehouse notification management module 22, and a supplier warehouse inventory management module 23, and the data provides The end server 3 includes a medical institution barcode information maintenance module 31, The medical institution consumption module 32 and the medical institution warehouse inventory management module 33. The modules with different functions in the data providing server 3 can be used to manage different data in the medical institution. However, it is worth noting that the content shown in FIG. 2 is only one embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Next, the passive cloud medical data exchange method provided by the present invention will be described.

Please refer to Figure 3. Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the passive cloud medical data exchange method provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps: generating a request message through the requesting server 2 and sending the request message to the cloud server 1 through the network, wherein The cloud server 1 includes a central processing unit 11 and a temporary storage unit 12 connected to the central processing unit 11 (step S100); the data provider server 3 obtains the request message from the cloud server 1 through the network and generates a corresponding In the data message of the request message, the data provider server 3 sends the data message to the cloud server 1 via the network, and the data message is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 by the central processing unit 11 (step S102); and The data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 is downloaded from the cloud server 1 through the requesting server 2 through the network, so that a data link is formed between the cloud server 1, the requesting server 2 and the data provider server 3 (Step S104).

Specifically, the passive cloud medical data exchange method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be executed by the aforementioned passive cloud medical data exchange system S. Therefore, for each component or element used in the method, please refer to the foregoing description and related drawings together.

The following will cooperate with each step to illustrate the passive cloud medical data exchange method provided by the embodiment of the present invention with specific embodiments. In a specific embodiment, the request-side server 2 is installed in the supplier base, and the data-providing server 3 is installed in the medical institution. When supply Businesses hope to exchange data with medical institutions. For example, when they want to obtain the inventory status of specific medical equipment in the medical institutions, they can achieve the goal through the passive cloud medical data exchange system S and method provided by the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

First, in step S100, the requesting server 2 generates a request message, and transmits the request message to the cloud server 1 via the network. In a specific embodiment, the supplier generates the request message through the requesting server 2. Then, the request message is sent from the requesting server 2 to the cloud server 1 via the network. At this time, the cloud server 1 receives the request message, and the central processing unit 11 can store the request message in the temporary storage unit 12.

As mentioned above, since the cloud server 1 is used as a passive data exchange server in the present invention, it does not actively send request messages to the data provider server 3. In contrast, in step S102, the medical institution obtains the request message from the cloud server 1 (for example, the temporary storage unit 12 of the cloud server 1) through the data provider server 3 through the network. In this way, the data provider server 3 actively confirms whether there is a request message on the cloud server 1 through the network.

In addition, the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps: the data provider server 3 automatically downloads the request message stored in the temporary storage unit 12 of the cloud server 1 according to a predetermined time interval. For example, the data-providing server in the medical institution can confirm whether there is a request message on the cloud server 1 according to a predetermined time interval, such as every 6 hours, every 8 hours, every 12 hours, or every 24 hours. If so, The request message will be downloaded after confirmation. In other words, in the present invention, instead of actively sending a request message to the data provider server 3 through the requesting server 2, the request message is first stored in the cloud (cloud server 1) and then provided by the data. The end server 3 actively confirms and downloads the request message. In this way, the method and system S provided by the embodiments of the present invention can effectively improve the security of information exchange and simplify the data procedure. Complexity. For example, the present invention can eliminate the use of complicated identity authentication procedures and other technologies commonly used in the prior art, thereby achieving the purpose of fast, safe and effective data exchange.

Next, also in step S102, the data provider server 3 generates a corresponding data message according to the downloaded request message. In fact, after the data provider server 3 downloads the request message from the cloud server 1, based on the content of the request message, other information modules or databases in the medical institution can generate corresponding data, and then the data provider The server 3 generates a data message and sends it to the cloud server 1 through the network. The central processing unit 12 of the cloud server 1 temporarily stores the received data message in the temporary storage unit 12. As mentioned above, the data information includes at least one of medical equipment consumption information, medical equipment inventory information, and medical equipment encoding information. The data provider server 3 may include a medical institution barcode information maintenance module 31, a medical institution consumption module 32, and a medical institution warehouse inventory management module 33, which are respectively used to provide data of the same or different content. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

In other words, in step S102, the data message provided by the data-providing server 3 is temporarily stored in the cloud server 1, and is not directly transmitted from the data-providing server 3 to the requesting server 2. The cloud server 1 can establish a relay station for data exchange between the request-side server 2 and the data-providing server 3.

It is worth noting that the passive cloud medical data exchange method provided by the embodiment of the present invention further includes the following steps: the central processing unit 11 periodically clears the data messages temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 12 according to a predetermined period. In detail, one of the technical means of the embodiment of the present invention includes temporarily storing data messages in the cloud server 1. Compared with the prior art building a cloud database in the cloud, the technical means of the embodiments of the present invention can ensure information security more.

For example, the central processing unit 11 of the cloud server 1 can be used at midnight every day (0 o'clock) Clear (delete) the data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12. Therefore, the predetermined period may be every 4 hours, every 6 hours, every 8 hours, every 12 hours, or every 24 hours. In this way, the system S provided by the embodiment of the present invention can greatly reduce the time that data messages are stored in the cloud (the temporary storage unit of the cloud server 1), thereby reducing information security risks.

Next, please refer to Figure 3 again. In step S104, the supplier can download the data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12 from the cloud server 1 through the requesting server 2 through the network. In other words, the requesting server 2 actively confirms whether the temporary storage unit 12 of the cloud server 1 stores data messages. In this way, a data link is formed between the cloud server 1, the request-side server 2 and the data-provider server 3.

The above is only one specific embodiment of the present invention. In other specific embodiments, the request-side server 2 may also be set in a government unit. In this way, the government unit can monitor a specific medical treatment in a medical institution through the system S and method provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The effect of the use of equipment (or medicine). However, the present invention is not limited to this.

[Feasible effects of the embodiment]

In summary, the beneficial effect of the present invention is that the passive cloud medical data exchange system S and method provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be passed through "cloud server 1", "request server 2" and "data provision The design of "end server 3" and the technical means of mutual cooperation, and data exchange in a more secure environment.

In detail, the system S and method provided by the embodiment of the present invention use a passive data exchange server as the cloud server 1, and the request message provided by the requesting server 2 is stored in the cloud server 1 for data Provide side server 3 actively confirm and download, and the data The data message provided by the provider server 3 is temporarily stored in the cloud server 1 for the request server 2 to download and obtain. Furthermore, the data messages temporarily stored in the cloud server 1 can be periodically cleared according to a predetermined period, which further enhances the security of the information.

It is worth emphasizing that the present invention uses a distributed database, which means that the data in the database is stored in different users (such as in a unit with a data provider server) before being shared. When these data need to be transmitted, exchanged, or shared, they are obtained passively by the cloud server, and further obtained by the data requesting server.

The foregoing descriptions are only preferred and feasible embodiments of the present invention, which do not limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical changes made by using the specification and drawings of the present invention are included in the protection scope of the present invention.

S: System

1: Cloud server

2: Request-side server

3: Data provider server

Claims (10)

A passive cloud medical data exchange system, comprising: a cloud server, the cloud server including a central processing unit and a temporary storage unit connected to the central processing unit, wherein the cloud server is a passive A data exchange server; a request-side server that is connected to the cloud server through a network, and the request-side server generates a request message, wherein the request message is sent to the A cloud server; and a data provider server, which is connected to the cloud server through the network, the data provider server actively confirms whether the cloud server has the request message, and automatically through the network The cloud server obtains the request message, and generates a data message corresponding to the request message, wherein the data message is sent to the cloud server via the network, and is temporarily performed by the central processing unit Stored in the temporary storage unit; wherein, the data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit is obtained by the request-side server through the network, so that the cloud server, the request-side server and There is a data link between the data provider servers; wherein the data provider server automatically downloads the request message stored in the temporary storage unit of the cloud server according to a predetermined time interval. The passive cloud medical data exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the request-side server is set in one of a medical institution and a supplier base, and the data-providing-side server is set In the other of the medical institution and the supplier base. The passive cloud medical data exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the central processing unit The data message temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit is periodically cleared according to a predetermined period. The passive cloud medical data exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the data message includes at least one of a medical device consumption message, a medical device inventory message, and a medical device code message. The passive cloud medical data exchange system according to claim 1, wherein one of the requesting-side server and the data-providing-side server includes a supplier barcode information maintenance module, and a supplier shipping notification Management module and a supplier inventory management module, and the other of the request-side server and the data-providing-side server includes a medical institution barcode information maintenance module, and a medical institution consumption Module and a warehouse inventory management module of a medical institution. A passive cloud medical data exchange method, which includes the following steps: generating a request message through a request-side server, and transmitting the request message to a cloud server through a network, wherein the cloud server includes a A central processing unit and a temporary storage unit connected to the central processing unit, wherein the cloud server is a passive data exchange server; through a data provider server to obtain from the cloud server through the network The request message and generate a data message corresponding to the request message, wherein the data provider server sends the data message to the cloud server through the network, and the data message is transferred from The central processing unit is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit; the request-side server is used to actively confirm whether the cloud server has the request message, and the request message is downloaded from the cloud server through the network and temporarily stored in the The data information of the temporary storage unit makes the cloud server, the request-side server, and the data-providing-side server A data link is formed therebetween; and the request message stored in the temporary storage unit of the cloud server is automatically downloaded by the data provider server according to a predetermined time interval. The passive cloud medical data exchange method according to claim 6, wherein the request-side server is set in one of a medical institution and a supplier base, and the data-providing-side server is set In the other of the medical institution and the supplier base. The passive cloud medical data exchange method according to claim 6, further comprising the following step: the central processing unit periodically clears the data messages temporarily stored in the temporary storage area according to a predetermined period. The passive cloud medical data exchange method according to claim 6, wherein the data message includes at least one of a medical device consumption message, a medical device inventory message, and a medical device code message. The passive cloud medical data exchange method according to claim 6, wherein one of the requesting-side server and the data-providing-side server includes a supplier barcode information maintenance module, and a supplier shipping notification Management module and a supplier inventory management module, and the other of the request-side server and the data-providing-side server includes a medical institution barcode information maintenance module, and a medical institution consumption Module and a warehouse inventory management module of a medical institution.

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