Application service provider based redundant archive services for medical archives and/or imaging systems

• US 7,593,972 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2001
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies Incorporated (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies Incorporated (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Silva-Craig, Milton, Angst, Greg, Karras, Thanos
• Primary Examiner(s): To; Baoquoc N
• Application Number:
  US09/681,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,084 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/204, 707/9, 707/202, 709/224, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method and system for application service provider based redundant archive services for medical archives and/or imaging systems. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a data source providing medical data, a status monitor for controlling the transfer of the medical data from the data source to a remote data store, and a remote data store receiving the medical data and storing the medical data. Additionally, the remote data store may restore the medical data to the data source. Also, the remote data store preferably may transfer the medical data to a second data source. Preferably, the remote data store is an application service provider.

Claims

1. A system for remotely accessing a centralized data store, said system comprising:

A centralized remote data store medical data indexed according to data source, wherein said medical data comprises at least one of a medical image, a medical report, and a medical application, wherein said centralized remote data store comprises an application service provider; and

A status monitor for controlling a transfer of said medical data from said centralized remote data store to a data source, wherein said status monitor automatically detects an error in said data source by detecting at least one of data loss, data corruption, and failure of said system via a front-end connection between said data source and said status monitor, said status monitor instructing said centralized remote to transmit data to said data source in order to restore said medical data,

Wherein said source received said medical data and stored said medical data.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second data source storing medical data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said status monitor controls the transfer of said copy of said medical data between said remote data store and said second data source.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said status monitor verifies the transfer of said copy of said medical data between said remote data store and said second data source.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an access authenticator for authenticating access to said remote data store.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said status monitor verifies said transfer of said medical data between said data source and said remote data store.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote data store restores said medical data at said data source.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote data store comprises at least one directory corresponding to said data source.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a privately network connection for transferring said medical data between said data source and said centralized remote data store.