KR20060088142A - Method and system for sharing medical infomation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for sharing medical information, and more particularly, when receiving a medical information request from a medical information user, extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the medical information request, and extracting the extracted index. A medical information sharing method and system for receiving medical information from a medical information provider included in the information and providing the medical information back to the medical information user. In the medical information sharing method according to the present invention, the index server maintains an index information database including index information for each patient identifier (The index information may be a medical information provider time-specific medical event information associated with a medical information provider identifier or medical provider identifier) Receiving a medical information request including a search query from a medical information user, wherein the search query includes a patient identifier), and wherein the relay server sends the search query to the index server. The index server extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database, the index server transmitting the extracted index information to the relay server, the relay A server based on index information received from the index server The determination from the medical information provider comprising the steps of: receiving the health information, and the relay server receives the health information comprises providing information to the medical user.

Medical information, index, index, relay, sharing, smart card

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING MEDICAL INFOMATION}

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a system for performing a method of sharing medical information according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of sharing medical information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an index information database of an index server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a medical information user database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a medical information sharing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a system for performing a method of sharing medical information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for sharing medical information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a medical information sharing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the method of sharing medical information in accordance with the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

500: medical information sharing system 510: relay server

511: medical information request receiving unit 512: search query transmission unit

513: medical information receiver 514: medical information provider

520: Index Server 521: Index Information Database

522: Index information extraction unit 523: Index information transmission unit

The present invention relates to a method and system for sharing medical information, and more particularly, when receiving a medical information request from a medical information user, extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the medical information request, and extracting the extracted index. A medical information sharing method and system for receiving medical information from a medical information provider included in the information and providing the medical information back to the medical information user.

Medical information about a certain patient is stored only at the medical institution visited by the patient, so when the patient visits another medical institution, the medical institution is provided with medical information about the patient stored at the previous medical institution. It wasn't easy. However, with the development of information and communication in recent years, the use of a medical information sharing system that allows a plurality of medical institutions to share medical information about an individual to manage medical information in an integrated manner has increased. Can be divided into 1) direct connection model and 2) central server sharing model.

In a medical information sharing system using a direct connection model, each medical institution stores medical information about a patient, and when medical information about a specific patient is needed, medical information related to the patient is transferred to a terminal of another medical institution. Direct access is provided. However, in the case of the direct connection model, since the system specifications of the terminal means used in each medical institution or the medical information management system installed in the terminal means are often different from each other, the format of the medical information generated and stored in each medical institution is different. There is a problem that it is not easy to share each medical information generated from a plurality of medical institutions for the reason that the types of medical information requested by each medical institution may be different from each other.

Meanwhile, in a medical information sharing system using a central server model, a predetermined central server stores medical information generated by a plurality of medical institutions connected through a network, and when the medical institution requires predetermined medical information, the medical server is connected to the central server. The medical information can be obtained. Therefore, even if the system environment of each medical institution is different, the medical information can be shared, and the necessary medical information can be obtained through the connection of the central server. However, in the above case, since all medical information is stored in the central server, it may be expensive to store and maintain medical information. In addition, when many medical information users access the central server at the same time, there is a problem in that the amount of data to be processed in the central server increases, so that medical information cannot be efficiently managed. In addition, when security-critical medical information is concentrated on a central server accessible by a large number of medical institutions, there is a problem that all medical information generated by each medical institution is leaked by only one hack.

Therefore, the emergence of a new medical information sharing system that can solve the above problems is required.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the medical information sharing method and system according to the present invention, when receiving a medical information request from a medical information user included in the medical information request To provide a medical information sharing method and system for extracting index information associated with a patient identifier, receiving medical information from a medical information provider included in the extracted index information and providing the medical information back to the medical information user. do.

In the method and system for sharing medical information according to the present invention, the server stores only the index information for the medical information, and the medical information corresponding to the index information is kept by the medical institution, thereby thoroughly securing the security of the medical information. can do. In addition, since the server only needs to store index information for the medical information, not the medical information itself, the amount of data stored on the server side is greatly reduced, and the purpose is to reduce server maintenance and management costs.                         

In addition, the method and system for sharing medical information according to the present invention allow each medical institution to easily obtain desired medical information from each medical institution without having a terminal means having the same specification or the same medical information management system. For that purpose.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the medical information sharing method according to the present invention, the index server maintains an index information database for storing index information for each patient identifier (the index Information includes a medical information provider identifier or timely medical event information associated with the healthcare provider identifier), the relay server receiving a medical information request including a search query from the medical information user, wherein the search query identifies a patient identifier; Transmitting, by the relay server, the search query to the index server; extracting, by the index server, index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query, the index. The server transmits the extracted index information to the relay server. In the step, the relay server receives medical information from a medical information provider determined based on the index information received from the index server, and the relay server provides the received medical information to the medical information user. Include.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of sharing medical information, the method comprising: receiving index information from a medical information user, wherein the index information includes a patient identifier for identifying a patient and a medical information provider identifier for identifying a medical information provider. Requesting medical information from at least one medical information provider associated with the patient based on the index information, receiving medical information determined based on the index information from the medical information provider, and receiving the received medical information. Providing medical information to the medical information user, wherein the index information is recorded in the portable storage device of the patient, and the terminal of the medical information user reads the index information from the portable storage device and relays the relay information. Characterized in that the transmission to the server.

Hereinafter, a method and system for sharing medical information according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a system for performing a method of sharing medical information according to the present invention.

The medical information sharing system 100 may include a relay server 101 that is responsible for relaying medical information and an index server 102 that maintains index information about the medical information. The medical information sharing system 100 may include medical information from the medical information user 110. When receiving a request, the medical information provider 120 may receive medical information related to the medical information request and provide the medical information to the medical information user 110 again.

In addition, in the medical information sharing system 100 according to the present invention, the relay server 101 and the index server 102 may be implemented as one server.

The medical information user 110 and the medical information provider 120 may be a medical institution such as a hospital, a pharmacy, a medical examination institution, and maintain a predetermined terminal means for accessing the medical information sharing system 100. One medical institution may serve as a medical information user 110 requesting medical information and a medical information provider 120 providing medical information. That is, when a predetermined medical institution requests medical information, the medical information user 110 becomes a user, and when the medical information is transmitted to the medical information sharing system 100, the medical information provider 120 becomes a medical information provider 120.

The terminal means collectively refers to a device having a memory capability and equipped with a microprocessor, such as a desktop PC, a notebook PC, a PDA, a mobile communication terminal, and the like, capable of connecting to a terminal having a computing capability in a wired or wireless communication network.

Hereinafter, a medical information sharing method will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The medical information sharing method according to the present embodiment may be performed in the medical information sharing system 100.

First, in step 201, the index server maintains an index information database including index information for each patient identifier. The index information includes medical information provider identifier or timely medical event information associated with the medical provider identifier. In addition, the index information may further include a sharing level associated with the medical event information. The sharing level is information on which medical information user can provide the corresponding medical event information. Hereinafter, the index information database will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the index information database in the index server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the index information database may include fields for patient identifier 301, medical information provider identifier 302, date 303, medical event information 303, and sharing level 304. have.

The patient identifier 301 is information for identifying a patient, and the medical information provider identifier 302 is a medical institution that generates and stores medical information about the patient through hospital visits, online consultations, and the like, thus providing the medical information later. To identify medical institutions that serve as providers of medical information. For example, the information identifies a hospital or a pharmacy that has generated medical information about the patient.

Medical event information 304 is information for identifying a medical event that has occurred in association with patient identifier 301. The medical event may be classified into prescription, hospitalization, examination, hospitalization and discharge.

The sharing level 304 is information indicative of authority to a medical information user who can share medical information associated with the medical event information 303.

As such, only the history or classification information of the medical information generated for the patient is stored in the index information database, and detailed medical information associated with the medical event is stored by the medical information provider who generated the medical information.

For example, a person who has been provided with index information indicated by reference numeral 306, a patient identified by patient identifier "7002242141709", a medical institution identified by medical information provider identifier "hid0008", "2004 8" "On the 12th of January", therefore, the medical institution only knows that the medical information for the patient will be stored, the index information from the patient's illness, symptoms, progress Specific medical information such as cannot be grasped.

In addition, the index information database uses an event trigger method for receiving and storing new index information each time a medical event such as hospitalization, examination, hospitalization, or an agent method for periodically collecting and storing new index information. Can be updated.

First, the process of updating the index information database by the event trigger method will be described.

The medical information provider additionally generates index information for the medical information when the medical information for the predetermined patient is generated. Alternatively, the medical information provider may configure the index information by extracting some information included in the medical information.

For example, if patient A visited hospital B on January 13, 2005 and performed a blood test, hospital B responded to "patient identifier: medical information provider identifier: date: medical event information: sharing level" respectively. Index information "Patient A: Hospital B: 2005/01/13: Visit: 2" can be generated.

The medical information provider transmits the generated index information to the relay server, and the relay server transmits the index information back to the index server. Accordingly, the index server may update the index information database by including the received index information in the index information database.

In addition, the process of updating the index information database in an agent manner will be described.

Each time a medical information provider generates medical information, the medical information provider further generates and stores index information about the medical information. When the relay server periodically requests index information from each medical information provider, for example, every 24 hours, the medical information provider transmits the stored index information to the relay server.

In addition, the medical information provider may prevent the color information, which has already been transmitted to the relay server, from being transmitted to the relay server again in the next cycle, such as deleting or storing the index information transmitted to the relay server separately. .

The relay server transmits the index information received from each medical information provider to the index server. Thus, the index server can update the index information database using the transmitted index information.

In this way, the index server may collect index information newly stored in each medical information provider (terminal means) according to an event trigger method or an agent method, and update the index information database in real time or periodically.

Next, in step 202, the relay server receives a medical information request including a search query from the medical information user. The search query includes a patient identifier, and may further include period information and medical information provider identifier according to an embodiment.

When the medical information user needs medical information on a certain patient, for example, when a patient who is being treated at another hospital wants to receive additional treatment for the first time, he or she wants to receive medical records at the other hospital. By accessing the medical information sharing system, the medical information may be requested by inputting a patient identifier for the patient, and in this case, the medical information provider may request only medical information corresponding to a specific period by further inputting a period information or medical information provider identifier or a specific medical information provider. For example, you may request only medical information generated and stored by a particular pharmacy or hospital.

Next, the relay server receiving the medical information request in step 203 transmits the search query included in the medical information request to the index server to request index information.

Next, in step 204, the index server extracts index information associated with the patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database. When only the patient identifier is included in the search query received from the relay server, all index information associated with the patient identifier may be extracted, and each extracted index information may include a patient identifier, a medical information provider identifier, a date, and a medical care. Information such as event information and sharing level may be included, respectively.

On the other hand, when the medical information user requests medical information by setting a period, that is, when the search query includes the period information, the index server refers to the index information database, and the patient identifier included in the transmitted search query. And index information associated with the period information. For example, referring back to FIG. 3, when the patient identifier included in the search query is “7002242141709” and the period information is “2004/01/01 to 2004/12/31,” the index server may determine the index information database. Of the index information, only the index information corresponding to the date "2004/01/01 to 2004/12/31" may be extracted. Therefore, the index server is "7002242141709: hid0072: 2004/07/08: prescription: 2" corresponding to the index information within the period, "7002242141709: hid0008: 2004/08/12: visit: 1", "7002242141709: hid0008 2004/12/21 Source: Only 1 "is extracted.

In addition, when the search query includes a medical information provider identifier, the index server may extract index information associated with each patient identifier and medical information provider identifier included in the transmitted search query by referring to the index information database. Can be. For example, referring back to FIG. 3, when the patient identifier of the search query received from the medical information user is “7002242141709” and the medical information provider identifier is “hid0008”, the index server may display the patient in the index information of the index information database. Only index information associated with the identifier "7002242141709" and the medical information provider identifier "hid0008" may be extracted. Therefore, the index server extracts only "7002242141709: hid0008: 2004/08/12: visit: 1" and "hid0008: 2004/12/21: visit: 1" as index information corresponding to the search query.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the index server may further maintain a medical information user database including a sharing level for each medical information user, and the relay server may be configured according to the sharing level of the medical information user who requested the medical information. The medical information provided to the medical information user may be restricted.

Referring to FIG. 4, the medical information user database includes a sharing level 402 for medical information for each medical information user 401. The medical information user 401 may be a doctor, a nurse, a receptionist, a pharmacist, or the like, and the sharing level 402 may indicate a limit in which the medical information user may share predetermined medical information. For example, the medical information user "doctor" with the sharing level "3" may be provided with all the medical information below the sharing level "3". In addition, the medical information user "nurse" with the sharing level "2" may receive all the medical information below the sharing level "2", and the medical information user "receiver" with the sharing level "1" is the sharing level " Medical information up to 1 "can be provided.

In this case, the relay server further receives a medical information user identifier from the medical information user who has undergone an authentication procedure, and transmits the medical information user identifier to the index server together with the search query. The index server refers to the medical information user database to determine a sharing level corresponding to the medical information user identifier. For example, if the medical information user is determined to be a nurse from the medical information user identifier, the sharing level is determined to be 2.

In addition, the index server may extract index information associated with the determined sharing level and the patient identifier included in the transmitted search query by referring to the index information database.

For example, referring back to FIG. 3, when the "nurse" among the medical information users requests medical information by transmitting a search query including the patient identifier "7002242141709", the index server first checks the medical information user database. Reference is made to determine the sharing level for the "nurse". As a result of the determination, since the sharing level for the "nurse" is "2", the index server from the index database has the medical information "7002242141709: hid0072: 2004 /" whose sharing level is "2" or less among index information associated with the patient identifier "7002242141709" 07/08: prescription: 2 "," 7002242141709: hid0008: 2004/08/12: visit: 1 "," 7002242141709: hid0008: 2004/12/21: visit: 1 "can be extracted.

In step 205, the index server transmits the extracted index information to the relay server.

In step 206, the relay server determines a medical information provider holding the medical information based on the index information received from the index server, and requests medical information from the terminal means of the determined medical information provider. .

Since the index information received from the index server includes a medical information provider identifier, the relay server may know which medical information provider has medical information corresponding to the index information. For example, if the received index information is "7002242141709: hid0072: 2004/07/08: Prescription: 2", the relay server is connected to the terminal means of the medical information provider identified by the medical information provider identifier "hid0072". Among the medical information of the patient identified by the patient identifier "7002242141709", the medical information related to the prescription generated and stored on July 8, 2004 may be requested.

As described above, the medical information provider has a terminal means for storing medical information associated with the medical event when a medical event such as hospitalization, examination, prescription, hospitalization, etc. occurs, and at the request of the relay server, The information is retrieved and sent to the relay server.

In step 207, the relay server transmits the received medical information to the terminal means of the medical information user. The medical information may be output on the display screen of the terminal means and provided to the medical information user or may be output on a predetermined printing sheet and provided to the medical information user.

In addition, the medical information user may provide a medical fee receipt issuing service using the medical information sharing system according to the present invention. In this case, the medical information request corresponds to a medical expenses receipt issuance request, and the medical information corresponds to a medical expenses receipt.

First, when the medical information user receives a request for issuing a medical expenses receipt for income deduction from a predetermined patient, the medical information user transmits a medical expenses receipt issuance request for the medical expenses paid by the patient to the medical information sharing system. The medical expenses receipt issuance request includes a patient identifier and may further include period information (eg, “2004/01/01 to 2004/12/31”).

The medical information sharing system performs an authentication process for the patient when the medical information receipt issuance request is received from the medical information user. For example, the authentication process may be performed by receiving and confirming an authorized certificate provided by the patient from the medical information user. Through the authentication process, when the patient is authenticated, the relay server of the medical information sharing system extracts index information associated with the patient from the index database maintained by the index server. When period information is included in the medical fee receipt issuance request, index information associated with the period information may be included.

Next, the relay server determines the medical information provider identifiers for the medical information providers who have paid for the medical expenses paid by the patient, based on the extracted index information, and the index information to the determined medical information providers. Send a request for issuance of medical expenses receipt associated with the patient.

The medical information provider, that is, the medical institution, which has received the medical expenses receipt issuance request, searches for the medical billing information associated with the index information by referring to the index information received from the relay server. That is, the medical information generated when the patient visits the medical institution may further include a medical billing history for the medical expenses paid by the patient.

When the medical information provider receives the medical expenses receipt issuance request among the medical information requests, the medical information provider may search the medical information associated with the patient with reference to the index information, and may extract only the medical billing details.

The terminal means of the medical information provider generates a receipt based on each of the medical billing details retrieved for each of the received one or more index information, and displays the generated medical bill receipt on the display unit of the terminal means.

When the receptionist of the medical institution or the like approves the issuance of the generated medical expenses receipt, the terminal means transmits the medical expenses receipt to the relay server. The relay server may transmit the medical expenses receipt received from the medical information provider to the medical information user, and the medical expenses receipt may be displayed on the terminal means of the medical information user.

The medical information user may check the medical expenses receipt displayed on the terminal means and output the medical expenses receipt to the patient.

The medical expenses receipt transmitted by the medical information provider may be data in an encrypted format. Therefore, in order to confirm the contents of the medical expenses receipt in the terminal means of the medical information user, the terminal means of the medical information user may perform an authentication procedure such as inputting predetermined information (for example, the digit after the patient's social security number). have.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a patient pays to each medical institution by using an Internet service that provides the medical information sharing system without having to visit or inquire each medical institution individually and receive a medical receipt from each medical institution. Receipt for a medical bill can be conveniently provided at a time.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the case where the index server stores the index information has been described. However, as described below, each patient stores the index information associated with the user in a portable storage device and provides the medical information user whenever necessary. May be transmitted to the relay server.

Hereinafter, a medical information sharing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, the medical information sharing system according to the present invention includes a relay server 510 and an index server 520, and the relay server 510 includes a medical information request receiver 511 and a search query transmitter. 512, a medical information receiver 513, and a medical information provider 514, the index server 520 includes an index information database 521, an index information extractor 522, and an index information transmitter 523. It includes.

The medical information request receiving unit 511 of the relay server 510 receives a medical information request including a search query from the medical information user. The search query includes a patient identifier and may further include period information or medical information provider identifier. That is, the medical information user may request medical information generated during a specific period of medical information or medical information associated with a specific medical information provider.

The search query transmitter 512 transmits the search query to the index server 520. The index server 520 may extract index information by referring to a search query received from the search query transmitter 512.

The medical information receiver 513 requests and receives medical information about the patient identified by the patient identifier, from the medical information provider determined based on the index information received from the index server 520.

The medical information provider 514 provides the medical information user with the medical information received from the medical information provider. The medical information may be provided to the medical information user through the terminal means of the medical information user.

The index information database 521 of the index server 520 stores index information for each patient identifier. The index information may include a medical information provider identifier, a date, medical event information for determining a type of medical event, and the like, and may further include a sharing level associated with the medical event.

The index information extractor 522 extracts index information associated with the patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database 521. When the search query includes the period information, the index information extractor 522 extracts index information associated with the patient identifier and the period information from the index information database 521, and includes the medical information provider identifier in the search query. In this case, index information associated with the patient identifier and the medical information provider identifier may be extracted.

In addition, the index information extracting unit 522 may determine the sharing level of the medical information user who requested the medical information and extract index information associated with the determined sharing level from the index information database 521.

The index information transmitter 523 transmits the extracted index information to the relay server 510. The extracted index information may be transmitted to the relay server 510 and used to request medical information from a medical information provider.

6 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a system for performing a method of sharing medical information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The medical information user 601 reads the index information stored in the portable storage device 615 provided by the patient and transmits the index information to the relay server 601 of the medical information sharing system 600.

The relay server 610 requests the medical information provider 620 for medical information associated with the medical event occurring for the patient, based on the index information received from the medical information user 610.

In addition, the relay server 601 transmits and provides the medical information received from the medical information provider 620 to the medical information user 610 according to the request.

The medical information user 610 and the medical information provider 620 may be a predetermined medical institution and maintain predetermined terminal means for connection with the medical information sharing system 600.

The portable storage device 615 held by the patient stores index information of medical information associated with the patient, and a memory or a smart card of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA may be used as the portable storage device 615. have.

Hereinafter, the medical information sharing method according to the present embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 7.

In operation 701, the medical information sharing system 600 receives index information from the medical information user 610. The index information is read from the portable storage device 615 held by each patient, and the portable storage device 615 is associated with the patient, and includes a patient identifier, hospitalization, examination, prescription, hospitalization, and discharge for identifying the patient. Medical event information for determining each medical event, date information on the date of occurrence of the medical event, and medical information provider identifier for identifying a medical information provider that generated the medical event and thus stores the medical information. And a sharing level of the medical information user who can receive the medical information.

In step 702, the medical information sharing system 600 requests each medical information from one or more medical information providers 620 associated with the patient based on the index information.

In operation 703, the medical information sharing system 600 receives medical information determined based on the index information from the medical information provider 620.

The medical information provider 620 may maintain medical information about a patient in which a medical event occurs online or offline in association with the medical information provider 620. For example, if the medical information provider 620 is a pharmacy, when the pharmacy dispenses medicine to a given patient, the patient identifier identifying the patient, the date on which the medicine was dispensed to the patient, the medicated medicine Stores medical information including the name of the.

When the medical information provider 620 receives medical information from the medical information sharing system 600, the medical information provider 620 searches medical information associated with the patient identifier included in the received index information among the stored medical information, and retrieves the searched medical information. To the information sharing system 600.

In operation 704, the medical information sharing system 600 provides the received medical information to the medical information user 610. The medical information sharing system 600 transmits the medical information received from the medical information provider 620 to the terminal means of the medical information user 610 so that the medical information user 610 may check the medical information.

Meanwhile, the medical information user 610 may use the medical information to perform a medical activity (medical event) such as medical treatment for the patient, and if the medical information generated by the user exists in the process, the medical information Index information is generated for and stored in the portable storage device 615 of the patient. Accordingly, the patient can store the updated index information on the newly generated medical information related to the patient in the portable storage device 615.

8 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a medical information sharing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The medical information sharing system 800 shown in FIG. 8 may be installed in a terminal means of a medical information user or a medical information provider terminal, and includes an index information reading unit 801, a medical information requesting unit 802, and a medical information receiving unit ( 803, the index information generation unit 804, and the index information recording unit 805 may be included.

The index information reading unit 801 reads index information recorded in the portable storage device of the patient. The index information recorded in the portable storage device may include period information, medical event information, sharing level information, and the like.

The medical information requesting unit 802 transmits the read index information to the relay server and requests medical information corresponding to the read index information. The relay server transmits the index information received from the medical information requesting unit 802 to a predetermined medical information provider, receives medical information associated with the index information from the medical information provider, and returns to the medical information sharing system 800. Can transmit In this case, the medical information transmitted to the medical information sharing system may be received by the medical information receiver 803.

The index information generation unit 804 generates index information corresponding to the medical information when the medical information is generated in association with the patient. When the patient visits a medical institution associated with the medical information sharing system 800 and predetermined medical information is generated, the index information generator 804 may generate index information corresponding to the medical information. The generated index information may be recorded in the portable storage device of the patient by the index information recording unit 805. That is, the index information recording unit 805 may update and record the medical information in the portable storage device of the patient when the medical information is generated.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention include computer-readable media containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The program recorded on the computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the method of sharing medical information in accordance with the present invention.

Computer device 900 includes one or more processors 910 coupled with a main memory device including random access memory (RAM) 920 and read only memory (ROM) 930. The processor 910 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 930 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 920 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 920 and ROM 930 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 940 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 910 to provide additional data storage capability and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 940 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is a secondary memory device such as a hard disk which is generally slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 960 may be used. The processor 910 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. 950. Finally, the processor 910 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 970. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts. On the other hand, the hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

As described above, although the present invention has been described with reference to limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

The method and system for sharing medical information according to the present invention, when receiving a medical information request from a medical information user, extracts the index information associated with the patient identifier included in the medical information request, the medical information included in the extracted index information Medical information is received from an information provider and provided to the medical information user again.

In the method and system for sharing medical information according to the present invention, the server stores only the index information for the medical information, and the medical information corresponding to the index information is kept by the medical institution, thereby thoroughly securing the security of the medical information. can do. In addition, since the server only needs to store index information for the medical information, not the medical information itself, the amount of data stored on the server side is greatly reduced, thereby reducing server maintenance and management costs.

In addition, the method and system for sharing medical information according to the present invention enable each medical institution to easily obtain desired medical information from each medical institution without having a terminal means having the same specification or the same medical information management system. .

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In the medical information sharing method using a relay server and an index server, Maintaining, by the index server, an index information database including index information for each patient identifier, wherein the index information includes a medical information provider identifier or timely medical event information associated with the medical provider identifier; The relay server receiving a medical information request including a search query from a medical information user, the search query including a patient identifier; Sending, by the relay server, the search query to the index server; The index server extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database; Transmitting, by the index server, the extracted index information to the relay server. Receiving, by the relay server, medical information corresponding to the index information from the medical information provider determined based on the index information received from the index server; And Providing, by the relay server, the received medical information to the medical information user. Medical information sharing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Receiving, by the relay server, index information about the generated medical event from the medical information provider when a predetermined medical event occurs from the medical information provider; Transmitting, by the relay server, the index information to the index server; And The index server recording and updating the transmitted index information in the index information database. Medical information sharing method further comprises. The method of claim 1, Periodically requesting, by the relay server, index information from the medical information provider; Receiving, by the relay server, index information from the medical information provider according to the request; Transmitting, by the relay server, the index information to the index server; And The index server recording and updating the transmitted index information in the index information database. Medical information sharing method further comprises. The method of claim 1, The step of the index server extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database, If the search query includes period information, extracting, by the index server, index information associated with patient identifier and period information included in the transmitted search query from the index information database. Medical information sharing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Wherein the index server extracts index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database, If the search query includes a medical information provider identifier, extracting, by the index server, index information associated with a patient identifier and a medical information provider identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database. Medical information sharing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The index information further includes a sharing level associated with the medical event, Maintaining, by the index server, a medical information user database including a sharing level for each medical information user, Wherein the index server extracts index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database, Determining, by the index server, a sharing level of the medical information user by referring to the medical information user database; The index server referring to the index information database to extract index information associated with the patient identifier included in the transmitted search query and the determined sharing level Medical information sharing method comprising a. In the medical information sharing method, Maintaining an index information database comprising index information for each patient identifier, wherein the index information includes a medical information provider identifier or period information; Receiving a medical information request comprising a search query from a medical information user, wherein the search query includes a patient identifier; Extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the received search query from the index information database; Requesting medical information from a medical information provider determined by a medical information provider identifier included in the extracted index information; And Providing medical information received from the medical information provider to the medical information user in response to the request. Medical information sharing method comprising a. In the medical information sharing method in the relay server, Receiving index information from a medical information user, wherein the index information includes a patient identifier for identifying a patient and a medical information provider identifier for identifying a medical information provider; Requesting medical information from one or more medical information providers associated with the patient based on the index information; Receiving medical information determined based on the index information from the medical information provider; And Providing the received medical information to the medical information user Including, And the index information is recorded in the portable storage device of the patient, and the terminal of the medical information user reads the index information from the portable storage device and transmits the index information to the relay server. The method of claim 8, When the medical information about the patient is generated by the medical information provider, the medical information provider's terminal transmits and stores index information on the generated medical information to the portable storage device. . A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1, 7 or 8. In the medical information sharing system using a relay server and an index server, The relay server, A medical information request receiver for receiving a medical information request including a search query from a medical information user, wherein the search query includes a patient identifier; A search query transmitter for transmitting the search query to the index server; A medical information receiver configured to receive medical information from a medical information provider determined based on index information received from the index server; And Medical information provider for providing medical information received from a medical information provider to the medical information user Including, The index server, An index information database comprising index information for each patient identifier, wherein the index information includes medical information provider identifier or timely medical event information associated with the medical provider identifier; An index information extraction unit for extracting index information associated with a patient identifier included in the transmitted search query from the index information database; Index information transmission unit for transmitting the extracted index information to the relay server Medical information sharing system comprising a. In the medical information sharing system, An index information reading unit which reads index information recorded in the portable storage device of the patient; A medical information request unit which transmits the read index information to a relay server and requests medical information corresponding to the read index information; A medical information receiver configured to receive the medical information from the relay server; An index information generator configured to generate index information corresponding to the medical information when the medical information associated with the patient is generated; Index information recording unit for recording the generated index information in the portable storage device Including, The index information includes medical information provider identifier or medical event information for each time associated with the medical provider identifier. The method of claim 12, The relay server, A medical information request unit which requests medical information about the patient from a predetermined medical information provider based on index information; A medical government receiver configured to receive medical information determined based on the index information from the medical information provider; And Medical information transmission unit for transmitting the medical information received from the medical information provider to the medical information user Medical information sharing system comprising a.

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