Intermediation Server, A Method, And Network For Consulting And Referencing Medical Information
First Claim
1. An intermediation server for consulting and referencing medical information relating to patients and stored in a computer network comprising a plurality of data servers, the intermediation server comprising:
- means for creating a shared medical dossier for a patient referenced in the network, the medical dossier being referenced once only in the intermediation server; and
indexer means for indexing medical information relating to the patient in the patient'"'"'s medical dossier, with the indexing of medical information comprising at least one pointer to the location in the network where the data is physically stored.
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Abstract
An intermediation server that can be used to consult and reference medical information relating to patients and stored in a computer network (10) with a plurality of data servers (12, 14, 16), includes an element for creating a shared medical record for a patient that is referenced in the network and an element for indexing medical information relating to the patient in the medical record thereof. Medical information is indexed with the aid of at least one pointer towards the location of the network in which the information is physically stored.
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17 Claims
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1. An intermediation server for consulting and referencing medical information relating to patients and stored in a computer network comprising a plurality of data servers, the intermediation server comprising:
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means for creating a shared medical dossier for a patient referenced in the network, the medical dossier being referenced once only in the intermediation server; and indexer means for indexing medical information relating to the patient in the patient'"'"'s medical dossier, with the indexing of medical information comprising at least one pointer to the location in the network where the data is physically stored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A computer network for producing, storing, and consulting medical information relating to patients, the network comprising:
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a plurality of data servers each connected to at least one medical information producer device and adapted to store in a database the medical information produced and delivered by the at least one medical information producer device that is connected thereto; and an intermediation server connected to the plurality of data servers and adapted to receive medical information therefrom, the intermediation server including indexer means for indexing said medical information in respective medical dossiers of patients associated with the information, a patient medical dossier being referenced once only in the intermediation server and the indexing of medical information comprising at least a pointer to the location in the network where the information is physically stored. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An intermediation method for consulting and referencing medical information relating to patients and stored in a computer network comprising a plurality of data servers, the method comprising the steps consisting in:
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creating a medical dossier shared over the network for a patient referenced in the network and referencing said dossier once only in the intermediation server; determining, for each item of medical information in the network associated with the patient, a pointer towards the location in the network where the information is stored; and indexing the medical information in the patient'"'"'s medical dossier by adding thereto the pointer determined for that medical information.
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