KR20110121441A - Medical relay system and its relay method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A health care relay system is provided to relay the control by a manager between device such as a clinical stage or a medical device and an electronic medical record system. CONSTITUTION: A data receiving unit(110) receives data which is outputted from the medical data source. A service call unit(120) analyzes the type of data which is received through the data receiving unit. According to an analysis result, the service call unit calls a corresponding service. If the type of the analyzed data is an image, an image transmitting unit(130) transmits the data to a video transfer system in an FTP(File Transfer Protocol) method.

Description

Medical relay system and method therefor {Medical gateway system and method therefor}

The present invention relates to a medical relay system and a method of relaying the same, and more specifically, by introducing an electronic medical record system, data output from various devices such as clinical devices and medical devices are automatically collected and collected. The present invention relates to a medical relay system and a relay method for converting and processing in conjunction with an electronic medical record system and relaying control by an administrator between a device such as a clinical device, a medical device, and the electronic medical record system.

Along with the information craze, the introduction of the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system is spreading rapidly in Korea. According to the conceptual definition of the Medical Record Institute (MRI) in the United States, an EMR system is a computerized upgrade of all medical records recorded by a paper medium without modifications in the structure, scope of information, and information content. Say the system. Therefore, the EMR system refers to a system for inputting, organizing, and storing work data, medical records, and surgical test records that are generated based on the patient's medical treatment.

The EMR system minimizes the manual labor of medical institutions by computerizing all the information of patients in the course of medical treatment.It goes beyond simple conversion, reducing patient waiting time, convenience of information storage, accessibility of medical personnel to patient records, and various information. Intangible and intangible values, such as utilization and cost reduction, are enormous.

The main contents of the EMR system are the OCS (Ordering Communication System), which is a prescription delivery system, since the basic information of the patient includes medical history, drug response, health status, examination and admission, discharge record, radiation and imaging results, and other auxiliary research results. The concept includes both an information delivery system) and an image transfer system, PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System).

However, prior to the introduction of the EMR system, there are still a lot of homeworks to be solved, such as standardization and security of medical records, and security issues. Situation.

In particular, it is necessary for a manager to efficiently manage data collected from various medical devices, and a systematic interface between various various medical devices and a manager system needs to be provided for more systematic integrated medical management.

The present invention was devised to meet the above requirements, and with the introduction of the electronic medical record system, data automatically output from various devices such as clinical devices and medical devices are automatically collected, and the collected data is electronically recorded. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medical relay system and a relay method for converting and interworking with a system and relaying control by an administrator between a device such as a clinical device, a medical device, and an electronic medical record system.

Medical relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the data receiving unit for receiving data output from the medical device; A service caller which analyzes the type of data received through the data receiver and calls a corresponding service according to the analyzed result; And an image transmission unit for transmitting the image data to the image transmission system by FTP (File Transfer Protocol) when the type of the analyzed data is an image.

The medical relay system may further include a storage configured to determine an on / off state of a service module constituting the system, and to store data received through the data receiver in a spool when the medical module is in an off state. have.

The medical relay system may further include a service providing unit that receives an image through an FTP server and provides a service of on / off or operation of the FTP server through a web.

Preferably, the service providing unit receives a scheduling condition through the web, backs up the image according to the received scheduling condition, and deletes the image based on a set period or capacity.

In addition, the medical relay system provides medical relay information to a manager terminal connected through a web, and when a correction or deletion signal for the medical relay information provided from the manager terminal is received, the medical relay system reflects the result in the medical relay information. It may further include a relay information management unit for providing to the manager terminal.

The medical relay system may further include at least one converter configured to convert data output from the medical apparatus into a set language.

On the other hand, the medical relay system, the step of receiving data output from the medical device; Analyzing the type of the received data and calling a corresponding service according to the analyzed result; When the type of the analyzed data is an image, it provides a medical relay method comprising the step of transmitting to the image transmission system by FTP.

The medical relay method may further include determining an on / off state of a service module constituting the system, and when the off state is in the off state, storing the data received from the medical device in a spool. .

The medical relay method may further include receiving an image through an FTP server and providing a service on / off or an operation state of the FTP server through the web.

The medical relay method may further include receiving a scheduling condition through the web; And backing up the image according to the received scheduling condition, and deleting the image based on a set period or capacity.

The medical relay method may further include providing medical relay information to a manager terminal connected through a web; And receiving a correction or deletion signal for the medical relay information provided from the administrator terminal, reflecting the medical relay information and providing the result to the administrator terminal.

The medical relay method may further include converting data output from the medical device into a set language.

As a result, the medical relay system and the relay method according to the embodiment of the present invention automatically collect data output from various devices such as a clinical device and a medical device according to the introduction of the electronic medical record system. It is converted and processed in conjunction with the electronic medical record system, and it is possible to relay the control by the administrator between the device such as clinical equipment, medical equipment and the electronic medical record system.

1 is a view schematically showing a medical relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a medical relay method using the medical relay system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a linkage service by the medical relay method of FIG. 2.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state diagram for an administrator terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known techniques well known to those skilled in the art may be omitted.

In addition, in describing the components of the present invention, different reference numerals may be given to components having the same name according to the drawings, and the same reference numerals may be given even though they are different drawings. However, even in such a case, it does not mean that the corresponding component has different functions according to the embodiment, or does not mean that the different components have the same function. It should be judged based on the description of each component in the example.

In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected or connected to that other component, but between components It will be understood that may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

1 is a view schematically showing a medical relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the medical relay system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a data receiving unit 110, service call unit 120, image transmission unit 130, storage unit 140, service provider 150 ), The relay information manager 160 and the converter 170 may be provided.

The data receiver 110 receives data output from the medical data source 10. Here, the medical data source 10 includes any medical equipment such as a radiation measuring device, a CT imaging device, an MRI imaging device, a blood tester, or the like.

The service caller 120 analyzes the type of data received through the data receiver 110 and calls a service according to the analyzed result. Here, the type of data may be image data taken by a radiation measuring device, a CT imaging device, an MRI imaging device, or the like, measurement data measured by a blood tester, bar code data, or the like. In addition, the service called by the service caller 120 is a data transmission type service set correspondingly according to the type of data. If the data type is a character, an SMS (Short Message Service) transmission method is used. (File Transfer Protocol) can be set as the transfer method.

When the type of data analyzed by the service caller 120 is an image, the image transmitter 130 transmits the data received through the data receiver 110 to the image transmission system by FTP. Here, the FTP transmission method refers to a method for supporting file transmission and reception with another terminal or system through the network 200. In addition, the image transmission system refers to a system capable of transmitting and receiving image data with the medical relay system 100 through a network 200 and displaying image data on a display. In addition, the network 200 includes a mobile communication network through a base station as well as a wired network and a wireless network.

The storage 140 determines an on / off state of the medical relay system 100, and stores the data received from the medical data source 10 in a spool when the medical relay system 100 is in an off state. do. The stored data is not only available at any time when the medical relay system 100 is turned on, but may be retransmitted to another device.

The service provider 150 receives an image from an external device (including another medical relay system, a computer, a medical device, etc., connected through the network 200) through the FTP server 220, and receives the image from the FTP server 220. On / off or operation status is provided to the administrator terminal 230 through the web. That is, the service provider 150 supports the transmission and reception of data with an external device through the network 200, and the manager terminal 230 via the web to the data transmission and reception situation with the external device through the FTP server 220 Can provide service to

The relay information management unit 160 provides medical relay information to the manager terminal 230 connected through the web, and when a correction or deletion signal is received from the manager terminal 230 with respect to the provided medical relay information, the relay signal is transmitted to the corresponding medical relay. The information is reflected in the information and the result is provided to the manager terminal 230.

The conversion unit 170 also converts the data output from each medical data source 10 into a set language, for example, a language according to the HL7 (Health Level 7) standard. Here, HL7 is one of several accredited Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) operating in the healthcare sector. Most SDOs create standards (sometimes specifications or protocols) for specific healthcare areas, such as drugs, medical devices, imaging or claims processing. Among them, the area of HL7 is primarily clinical and management data.

HL7 forms the VTC (Vocabulary Technical Committee) to share data that is transmitted when data is exchanged between systems, and to protect the usefulness of the data from poorly defined and ambiguous meanings. We want to construct and maintain a vocabulary term used in. To this end, HL7 recommends the use of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and supports application protocols for Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) in healthcare environments.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a medical relay method using the medical relay system of FIG. 1. With reference to the drawings will be described in more detail the function and operation of the medical relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The data receiver 110 receives data output from each medical data source 10 (S201). At this time, the conversion unit 170 may convert the data output from each medical data source 10 into a language, for example, a language according to the HL7 standard (S203). For example, it is possible to determine whether the result name before transferring HL7 data to the EMR is numeric. If the result is numeric, the result name can be converted to NULL. From the High / Low reference table before transmission to the EMR, the test name can be taken as a key value, and the result value can be compared and converted to the corresponding high or low value. However, the conversion method described herein is merely an example, and other conversion methods may be used.

The storage unit 140 determines whether the state of the medical relay system 100 is ON or OFF, and when it is off, the storage unit 140 may store data received through the data receiving unit 110 in a spool ( S207).

To this end, the medical relay system 100 may provide an interworking service as shown in FIG. 3. That is, the medical data received from the medical data source 10 or the data converted through the conversion unit 170 are stored in the spool according to the state of the system 100, and the data type of the received data is analyzed and analyzed. The transmission type may be determined according to the type of data. For example, the text data or barcode data may call an SMS transmission service in the form of a message, and the image data may call an FTP transmission service scheme.

When the state of the medical relay system 100 is ON, the service caller 120 analyzes the type of data received through the data receiver 110 and calls a corresponding service according to the analyzed result. (S209). For example, if the medical data source 10 and the manager corresponding thereto are set in the data received through the data receiver 110, the manager terminal 230 of the manager may be called.

In this case, when the type of data received through the data receiving unit 110 is text data, the service caller 120 calls the SMS transmission service accordingly and calls the manager's mobile communication terminal as the manager terminal 230. You can send a message. In addition, when the type of data received through the data receiver 110 is image data, the service caller 120 may call the FTP transfer service to transmit image data to a manager's Uniform Resource Locator (S211) (S211). ).

In this process, as shown in FIG. 4, in response to a login process for authenticating the administrator, a log data management process for recording the administrator's access status, a menu selection process using pre-recorded log data, and a menu selection by the administrator A process of executing a bundle, a process of correcting or deleting data output from the medical data source 10 received through the data receiver 110, and the like may be performed.

In addition, the manager terminal 230 may transmit information on the equipment name, equipment code, installation location, etc. corresponding to the medical data source 10, information on a server or service operating corresponding thereto, and a corresponding FTP server. Information about 220 may be additionally transmitted. In addition, bundle information, scheduling configuration information, information on related components, and the like corresponding to each medical data source 10 may be transmitted.

Meanwhile, the service provider 150 may receive medical data including image data from an external device through the FTP server 220, and monitor an on / off state or operation state of the FTP server 230. In this case, the service provider 150 may provide the on / off state or operation state of the monitored FTP server 230 to the manager terminal 230 through the web (S213).

The relay information manager 160 may provide medical data output from each medical data source 10 to the corresponding manager terminal 230 through the network 200 (S215). In this case, the manager terminal 230 may modify or delete medical data received from the medical data source 10, schedule to receive medical data from the medical data source 10, backup of the received medical data, or the like. Scheduling is possible.

The relay information manager 160 receives a medical condition received from the medical data source 10 when a scheduling condition signal such as a modification, deletion, or backup is received from the manager terminal 230 in response to the medical relay information provided to the manager terminal 230. The medical data is backed up or deleted by reflecting the scheduling condition received from the manager terminal 230 in the data, and the result is transmitted to the manager terminal 230 and reported (S219, S217).

The present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, as all the constituent elements constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated in one operation. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. In addition, such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable medium such as a USB memory, a CD disk, a flash memory, and the like, and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, all terms including technical or scientific terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined in the detailed description. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: medical data source 100: medical relay system
110: data receiving unit 120: service call unit
130: image transmission unit 140: storage unit
150: service provider 160: relay information management unit
170: converter 200: network
220: FTP server 230: administrator terminal

Claims (12)

A data receiver configured to receive data output from a medical data source;
A service caller which analyzes the type of data received through the data receiver and calls a corresponding service according to the analyzed result; And
When the type of the analyzed data is an image, the image transmission unit for transmitting to the image transmission system by FTP (File Transfer Protocol) method
Medical relay system comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
A storage unit to determine the on / off state of the service module constituting the system, and in the case of the off state to store the data received through the data receiving unit in a spool
Medical relay system, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 1,
Receiving an image through the FTP server, the service providing unit for providing services on / off or operation of the FTP server via the Web
Medical relay system, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 3, wherein the service provider,
Receiving a scheduling condition through the web, backing up the image according to the received scheduling condition, and deleting the image based on a set period or capacity.
The method of claim 1,
Provides medical relay information to a manager terminal connected through the web, and when a correction or deletion signal for the medical relay information provided from the manager terminal is received, the relay information is reflected in the medical relay information and the result is provided to the manager terminal. Management
Medical relay system, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 1,
At least one converter for converting the data output from the medical data source in a set language
Medical relay system, characterized in that it further comprises. Receiving data output from a medical data source;
Analyzing the type of the received data and calling a corresponding service according to the analyzed result;
If the type of the analyzed data is an image, transmitting to an image transmission system by FTP method
Medical relay method comprising a.
The method of claim 7, wherein
Determining an on / off state of a service module constituting a system, and storing data received from the medical device in a spool if the service module is in an off state
Medical relay method further comprising.
The method of claim 7, wherein
Receiving an image through an FTP server, providing an on / off or operation status of the FTP server through the web
Medical relay method further comprising.
The method of claim 9,
Receiving a scheduling condition via the web; And
Backing up the image according to the received scheduling condition and deleting the image based on a set period or capacity
Medical relay method further comprising.
The method of claim 7, wherein
Providing medical relay information to a manager terminal connected through a web; And
If a correction or deletion signal for the medical relay information provided from the manager terminal is received, reflecting the medical relay information and providing the result to the manager terminal;
Medical relay method further comprising.
The method of claim 7, wherein
Converting the data output from the medical data source into a set language
Medical relay method further comprising.

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