System and method for supporting information interoperability between medical instruments
AssigneeBit Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin-Ok Jeon, Jae-Young Soh, Si-Hoon Ahn, Hyung-Jong Jang, Eung-Hwan Kim, Dong-Uk Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, and, more particularly, to a system and method for supporting information interoperability between medical instruments which is capable of automatically combining medical test information measured by a plurality of medical instruments for performing data communication in compliance with various data interface protocols with the medical information of an EMR system.
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A system for supporting information interoperability between medical instruments, comprising:
- a plurality of medical instruments configured to have data interface units for sending and receiving data in compliance with preset interface protocols, and configured to, when receiving medical measurement commands via the data interface unit, perform medical measurement and then send medical measurement result information;
- an integrated gateway device configured to have a multiple interface unit comprising data interface units corresponding to the data interface units of the medical instruments, respectively, and configured to, when patient test information requesting medical measurement has been received, create and send waiting lists for respective medical instruments, send the medical measurement commands to relevant medical instruments in conformity with the received medical test command, and send medical test completion information, including the medical measurement result information received in response to the medical measurement commands, via a wired/wireless communication network;
- one or more user terminals configured to, when the waiting lists for respective medical instruments have been received, send medical test commands based on the waiting lists for respective medical instruments to the integrated gateway device;
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- a hospital server configured to have a database for storing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) information including medical measurement information, and configured to, when a test event has occurred, send the patient test information to the integrated gateway device, receive medical test completion information in response to the patient test information, and store the medical test completion information in association with relevant patient information of the EMR information.
A method of supporting information interoperability between medical instruments, comprising:
- a first step of a hospital server sending patient test information to an integrated gateway device when a test event has occurred;
- a second step of the integrated gateway device creating waiting lists for respective medical instruments and sending the waiting lists for respective medical instruments to a user terminal;
- a third step of the user terminal sending a medical test command to the integrated gateway device in order of the waiting lists for respective medical instruments;
- a fourth step of the integrated gateway device sending a medical measurement command to one or more medical instruments corresponding to the medical test command;
- a fifth step of the medical instruments, when receiving the medical measurement command, performing medical measurement and sending medical measurement result information to the integrated gateway device;
- a sixth step of the integrated gateway device sending medical test completion information, including measurement result information included in the medical measurement result information, to a hospital server;
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- a seventh step of the hospital server receiving the medical test completion information, and storing the medical test completion information in association with relevant patient information of the EMR information.
The method according to 13, wherein the sixth step further comprises the integrated gateway device, when receiving the medical measurement result information, performing a failure diagnosis by analyzing whether medical measurement result information in response to the medical measurement command has been received and the received medical measurement result information, and sending the test completion information with obtained failure diagnosis information included therein;
- further comprising an eighth step of, after the seventh step, the hospital server analyzing the failure diagnosis information included in the test completion information, and storing the measurement result information in association with relevant patient information of the EMR information depending on whether a failure has occurred or a type of failure.
The method according to 14, further comprising a ninth step of, when a failure has occurred at the eighth step, notifying a person in charge of the occurrence of the failure by sending failure information to a user terminal of the person in charge.
A system for supporting information interoperability between medical instruments, comprising:
- a plurality of medical instruments configured to have data interface units for sending and receiving data in compliance with preset interface protocols, and configured to, when receiving medical measurement commands via the data interface units, perform medical measurement and then send medical measurement result information;
- an integrated gateway device configured to have a multiple interface unit comprising data interface units corresponding to the data interface units of the medical instruments, respectively, and configured to, when patient test information requesting medical measurement has been received, create, update and send waiting lists for respective medical instruments, send the medical measurement commands to relevant medical instruments in order of the waiting lists for respective medical instruments, and send medical test completion information, including the medical measurement result information received in response to the medical measurement commands, via a wired/wireless communication network;
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- a hospital server configured to have a database for storing EMR information including medical measurement information, and configured to, when a test event has occurred, send the patient test information to the integrated gateway device, receive medical test completion information in response to the patient test information, and store the medical test completion information in association with relevant patient information of the EMR information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.