Information processing system and information processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive referral information of a patient from a first terminal of a first medical institution;
• allocate, upon receiving the referral information, a predetermined physical volume to be used for storing medical examination information of the patient, from among a plurality of physical volumes included in a storage device;
• generate volume identification information that indicates the predetermined physical volume;
• cause an information processing device to store a copy of the medical examination information of the patient in the predetermined physical volume, the medical examination information of the patient being stored in a first database of the first medical institution;
• receive the volume identification information from a second terminal of a second medical institution;
• identify the predetermined physical volume based on the volume identification information received from the second terminal;
• allocate the identified physical volume to the information processing device;
• and
• cause the information processing device to obtain the copy of the medical examination information of the patient from the predetermined physical volume and store the obtained copy of the medical examination information in a second database of the second medical institution.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

• receiving referral information of a patient from a first terminal of a first medical institution;
• allocating, upon receiving the referral information, a predetermined physical volume to be used for storing medical examination information of the patient, from among a plurality of physical volumes included in a storage device;
• generating volume identification information that indicates the predetermined physical volume;
• causing an information processing device to store a copy of the medical examination information of the patient in the predetermined physical volume, the medical examination information of the patient being stored in a first database of the first medical institution;
• receiving the volume identification information from a second terminal of a second medical institution;
• identifying the predetermined physical volume based on the volume identification information received from the second terminal;
• allocating the identified physical volume to the information processing device;
• and
• causing the information processing device to obtain the copy of the medical examination information of the patient from the predetermined physical volume and store the obtained copy of the medical examination information in a second database of the second medical institution.