ELECTRONIC PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION SECURITY FOR DIGITAL MEDICAL TREATMENT ROOM

摘要

A medical imaging system includes a data store having stored medical imaging data and a computer. The system may be in a medical treatment room and is adapted to receive and display imaging data from a medical procedure. The computer has a graphical user interface that receives authentication credentials. An authenticator alternately prevents or allows a user access by logging the user into the system using the authentication credentials. A file accessor receives received medical imaging data and stores it in the data store, and retrieves the stored medical imaging data and provides it to the graphical user interface for display. Documentation data is received through the graphical user interface and is stored in the data store without requiring the user to provide the authentication credentials or be logged into the system. The user cannot access the stored medical imaging data before providing the authentication credentials and being logged into the system.

主权项

1. A medical imaging system, comprising:
a data store having stored medical imaging data; a computer in communication with the data store and having:
a graphical user interface receiving user data from a user, the user data including authentication credentials used to allow the user access to predetermined system resources;an authenticator alternately preventing or allowing the user access to the predetermined system resources by logging the user into the system using the authentication credentials;a file accessor receiving received medical imaging data and storing the received medical imaging data in the data store, and retrieving the stored medical imaging data from the data store and providing it to the graphical user interface for display to the user; an endoscope providing the received medical imaging data; and a touch screen displaying the graphical user interface; wherein the medical imaging system is in a medical treatment room and, using the touch screen in the medical treatment room, is adapted to receive and display the received imaging data in real-time during a medical procedure and retrieve and display the stored imaging data; wherein documentation data is received from the user through the graphical user interface and is stored in the data store without requiring the user to provide the authentication credentials or be logged into the system, the documentation data at least in part is concerning information about the medical procedure; wherein the user cannot access the stored medical imaging data before providing the authentication credentials and being logged into the system; and wherein the user is logged out of the system after a predetermined amount of time of system inactivity, the predetermined amount of time configurable by the user using the graphical user interface.