SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH DATA

• US 20120137374A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: WSC World System Consulting SRL
• Original Assignee: WSC World System Consulting SRL
• Inventors: Tarulli, Olivia, Malerba, Damiano, Altobelli, Giuseppe
• Application Number:
  US13/149,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20120137374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

A system and method for managing health data based on a reader of a storage unit containing at least one health datum, said reader comprising an RFID tag reader containing a user code. The reader is configured to request, from a remote server by a local PC, validation of said user code and means for requesting entering of a password by said PC, and means for verifying said password, when said remote server is not accessible. When said user code or said password has been validated, the reader has access to said storage unit for reading/writing.

Claims

1. A method of managing health data by means of a system comprising

a portable storage unit comprising at least one health datum protected by a password,

a reader of said storage unit comprising an RFID TAG reader and processing means,

a PC connected to said reader and comprising a first remote connection interface,

a remote server for authenticating a user code comprising a second remote connection interface,

an RFID TAG containing a user code related to a user,

the method comprising the following steps:

verifying the existence of a connection between said PC and said remote server,

if said connection exists reading an RFID TAG and verifying a user code contained in said RFID TAG by said remote server,

if said user code is valid, enabling the reader to read and reading a storage unit,

instead, if there is no connection between said PC and said remote server or if said user code is not verified, then requesting to enter a password to enable the reader by means of said PC, and reading a password entered by said PC and

verifying said password by means of said reader and if said password is valid enabling the reader to read said storage unit, otherwise resuming the procedure from the beginning.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein when said reader is enabled to read a storage unit and a storage unit is connected to said reader, said processing means carry out a step of making said health datum accessible in relation to authentication credentials of said user code.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said processing means carry out a step of generating a document containing an ordered list containing at least one label related to said datum and a hyperlink to said datum.

4. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of storing a health datum in said storage unit.

5. A method according to claim 2, wherein access to a health datum in said storage unit comprises an operation of decrypting said health datum, or an operation of storing a health datum comprises an operation of encrypting said health datum.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein when said connection between said PC and said remote server is available, said remote server carries out the following steps:

verifying a firmware version installed on said reader,

if said firmware version is not updated, updating the reader,

and/or the following steps;

verifying a correspondence between said health datum contained in said storage unit and between a backup contained in a remote database and if no correspondence exists,

starting a backup operation of said storage unit on said remote database.

7. A system of managing health data comprising

a portable storage unit comprising at least one health datum protected by a password,

a reader of said storage unit comprising an RFID TAG reader and processing means,

a PC connected to said reader and comprising a first remote connection interface,

a remote server for authenticating a user code comprising a second remote connection interface, comprising means for verifying a user code and determining credentials of a related user and means for sending a message containing said credentials,

an RFID TAG containing a user code related to a user,

wherein said processing means are configured to:

verify the presence of a connection between said PC and said remote server,

read an RFID TAG when said connection exists and an RFID TAG exists,

send a request to validate a user code contained in said RFID TAG to said remote server and wait for said request being successful,

wait for entering a password when said connection does not exist or when said validation request is not successful, and verify a validity of said password,

read and write said storage unit when said validation is positive or when said password is valid.

8. A system according to claim 7, wherein said processing means are further configured to read said message sent by said remote server and make said health datum accessible in relation to user'"'"'s credentials contained therein.

9. A reader of a removable storage unit containing at least one protected health datum, the reader comprising a processing unit containing and running a firmware, a first interface compatible with said storage unit and connected to said processing unit, a second interface connected to said processing unit and adapted to interface with a PC, a third interface to an RFID TAG reader connected to said processing unit and adapted to read a user code from an RFID TAG;

said processing means being configured to enable the reading of said protected health datum in relation to a validation of said user code.

10. A reader according to claim 9, wherein said processing unit is configured so that said reader is recognized as a HUB for removable storage units when connected to a PC and comprises at least a storage area thereof in which at least one application is stored, able to be automatically run from the PC when the reader is connected to a PC.