Methods, systems, and devices for transferring medical files
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for preventing data loss of medical files at a medical facility, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving by a computing system an electronic notification that or determining by the computing system that a medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of the medical facility;
modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and a storage facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and
transferring or causing transfer automatically by the computing system the medical file from the medical facility to the storage facility,wherein the computing system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device.
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Abstract
The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for managing, transferring, modifying, converting and/or tracking medical files and/or medical system messages. In certain embodiments, the foregoing may generally be based on requesting medical files at a first medical facility, identifying the requested medical files at a second medical facility, initiating a secure network connection between the first and second medical facility, modifying a header portion of the medical files based on patient identification information created by the first medical facility, and other processing steps.
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1. A computer-implemented method for preventing data loss of medical files at a medical facility, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving by a computing system an electronic notification that or determining by the computing system that a medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of the medical facility; modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and a storage facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and transferring or causing transfer automatically by the computing system the medical file from the medical facility to the storage facility, wherein the computing system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for transferring and managing medical files at a medical facility to enable teleradiology, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving by a computing system an electronic notification that or determining by the computing system that a medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of the medical facility; analyzing by the computing system the medical file to determine based on criteria whether to transfer the medical file to a destination facility that provides at least one of outsourced radiology film interpretation, analysis, and other medical services; modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein a source facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and the destination facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and transferring or causing transfer of by the computing system the medical file from the source facility to the destination facility based on the analyzing, wherein the computing system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer system comprising:
a computer processor configured to execute modules comprising at least; a determination module programmed to receive a notification that or determine that a medical file has been at least created or modified in an electronic medical records system of a source facility; an analysis module programmed to analyze the medical file to determine based on criteria whether to transfer the medical file to a destination facility; a modification module programmed to modify or cause modification of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the source facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and the destination facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and a transfer module programmed to transfer or cause transfer of the medical file from the source facility to the destination facility based on the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer system comprising:
a computer processor configured to execute modules comprising at least; a determination module programmed to receive an electronic notification that or determine that a medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of a medical facility; a modification module programmed to modify or cause modification of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and a storage facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and a transfer module programmed to transfer or cause transfer automatically the medical file from the medical facility to the storage facility. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computing system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computing system, the method comprising:
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receiving by the computing system an electronic notification that or determining by the computing system that a medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of a medical facility; modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and a storage facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and transferring or causing transfer automatically by the computing system the medical file from the medical facility to the storage facility. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computing system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computing system, the method comprising:
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receiving by the computing system an electronic notification that or determining by the computing system that a medical file has been at least created or modified in an electronic medical records system of a source facility; analyzing by the computing system the medical file to determine based on criteria whether to transfer the medical file to a destination facility; modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by removing a first patient identifier associated with a patient and replacing the first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the source facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and the destination facility uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and transferring or causing transfer by the computing system the medical file from the source facility to the destination facility based on the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A computer-implemented method for preventing data loss of medical files at a medical facility, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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accessing or receiving by a storage computing system a medical file associated with a patient, wherein the medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of the medical facility, wherein the accessed or received medical file is to be stored in the storage computing system to prevent data loss of the medical file; modifying or causing modification by the storage computing system of the medical file by replacing or associating a first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and the storage computing system uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and storing the modified medical file in the storage computing system to prevent data loss of the medical file, wherein the storage computing system comprises at least a computer processor and an electronic storage device. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computing system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computing system, the method comprising:
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accessing or receiving by the computing system a medical file associated with a patient, wherein the medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of a medical facility, wherein the accessed or received medical file is to be stored in the computing system to prevent data loss of the medical file; modifying or causing modification by the computing system of the medical file by replacing or associating a first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and the computing system uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and storing the modified medical file in the computing system to prevent data loss of the medical file. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A storage computer system comprising:
a computer processor configured to execute modules comprising at least; a receiving module programmed to access or receive a medical file associated with a patient, wherein the medical file has been at least created or modified in at least one of a radiology information system, a hospital information system, a picture archiving and communication system, an image server, and other medical system of a medical facility, wherein the accessed or received medical file is to be stored in the storage computer system to prevent data loss of the medical file; a modification module programmed to modify or cause modification of the medical file, by replacing or associating a first patient identifier with a second patient identifier, wherein the medical facility uses the first patient identifier for identifying the patient and the storage computer system uses the second patient identifier for identifying the patient; and a storing module programmed to store the modified medical file in the storage computer system to prevent data loss of the medical file. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78)
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