METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the cost and space needed to store medical data by storing medical data of clinical record sheets, etc., outside and to use the medical data for a proper treatment according to the state of a patient by easily perusing the medical data while protecting the privacy of the patient by keeping the medical data secret. SOLUTION: Document data and electronic data of registered medical facilities have are received secretly. The received medical data are ciphered and held as a data file on a web server. The held medical data are sent to an information processing terminal 18 of the medical facilities through the Internet 16. The ciphered data file is automatically deciphered by medical-facility side data converting equipment set on the information processing terminal of the medical facilities between a communication line 14 and the information processing terminal 18 of the medical facilities. Keys for deciphering are set by departments or for a plurality of departments if a patient visits the plurality of departments.