Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store
• a plurality of pathological image data items associated with patient information, and
• correspondence relationship information that indicates a correspondence relationship between
• a first different information processing apparatus configured to be accessible to the patient information, and
• a second different information processing apparatus configured to be accessible to the plurality of pathological image data items and inaccessible to the patient information;
• a communication unit;
• and
• a control unit configured to be capable of
• controlling the communication unit to receive, from the first different information processing apparatus, a first display request of a first pathological image data item searched for based on predetermined patient information, and
• generating, based on the correspondence relationship information, a first virtual folder including the first pathological image data item, the first virtual folder being accessible by the second different information processing apparatus that corresponds to the first different information processing apparatus that sends the first display request.