A New Method of Registering the XML-based Clinical Document Architecture Supporting Pseudonymization in Clinical Document Registry Framework

익명화 방법을 적용한 임상진료문서 등록 기법 연구

  • Published : 2007.10.15

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to propose a new way to register CDA documents in CDR (Clinical Document Repository) that is proposed by the author earlier. One of the methods is to use a manifest archiving for seamless references and visualization of CDA related files. Another method is to enhance the CDA security level for supporting pseudonymization of CDA. The former is a useful method to support the bundled registration of CDA related files as a set. And it also can provide a seamless presentation view to end-users, once downloaded, without each HTTP connection. The latter is a new method of CDA registration which can supports a do-identification of a patient. Usually, CDA header can be used for containing patient identification information, and CDA body can be used for diagnosis or treatment data. So, if we detach each other, we can get good advantages for privacy protection. Because even if someone succeeded to get separated CDA body, he/she never knows whose clinical data that is. The other way, even if someone succeeded to get separated CDA header; he/she doesn't know what kind of treatment has been done. This is the way to achieve protecting privacy by disconnecting association of relative information and reducing possibility of leaking private information. In order to achieve this goal, the method we propose is to separate CDA into two parts and to store them in different repositories.

진료기관 사이뿐 아니라 국가 경계를 넘어선 환자진료 정보 교류에 대한 요구사항이 세계적으로 증가되고 있으며 이에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 임상진료문서 등록 저장소에서의 임상진료문서 등록, 조회 방법에 관한 두 가지 기법을 제안한다. 그 첫 번째는, 임상진료문서 관련부속파일에 대한 참조와 처리를 위해 적하목록(Manifest)을 구성하고 사용을 제안하는 것이다. 두 번째는 한층 강화된 임상진료문서 보안전략을 통해 환자 익명성을 제공할 수 있는 방법이다. 전자는 네트워크 장애와 같은 외부요인에도 임상진료문서 관련 부속자료에 대한 로컬 참조를 가능케 하여 끊김 없는 뷰(view)를 구성할 수 있게 한다. 후자는 환자의 신상정보를 담은 임상진료문서 헤더와 진단과 처치 정보를 담은 임상진료문서 바디가 지리적으로 분산된 하나 이상의 저장소에 분리 저장되기 때문에 어느 하나의 저장소가 공격 당하더라도 공격자는 환자의 단편적인 정보만 획득하게 된다. 이는, 결국 환자의 신상정보와 병력정보를 단절시킴으로써 사생활침해의 소지를 줄이고 개인정보보호 효과를 가져올 수 있게 한다.

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