Apparatus, system and method for managing diagnostic information
First Claim
1. A medical care information managing apparatus comprising:
- hospital-specific information storing means for storing hospital-specific information;
hospital search requirement receiving means for receiving a search requirement signal for the hospital-specific information which is stored in the hospital-specific information storing means via a communication line;
hospital-specific information searching means for searching the hospital-specific information, which is stored in the hospital-specific information storing means, on the basis of the search requirement signal received by the hospital search requirement receiving means;
hospital-specific information transmitting means for transmitting the result of the search by the hospital-specific information searching means to the origin of the search requirement signal received by the hospital search requirement receiving means via the communication line;
appointment requirement receiving means for receiving an appointment requirement signal for a hospital specified on the basis of the result of the search by the hospital-specific information searching means via the communication line;
appointment processing means for performing appointment processing for a patient for the specified hospital on the basis of the appointment requirement signal received by the appointment requirement receiving means; and
medical care information storing means for storing medical care information created on the basis of medical care provided to the patient for whom the appointment processing is performed by the appointment processing means.
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Abstract
After getting access to a hospital terminal from a patient terminal via a host computer of a medical care information managing apparatus, and browsing an appointment-status database of the hospital terminal to find an available appointment, a patient may make an appointment. A doctor accesses the host computer during or after a medical examination, and records the medical examination result and the prescription in a directory area for the patient, which is formed in a patient information database. The prescription information is transmitted to a terminal in a pharmacy in the patient'"'"'s neighborhood or to a specified pharmacy. Accordingly, after completion of the medical examination, the patient can go home without having to wait to receive the prescription, and can receive medicine from the pharmacy. This reduces the patient'"'"'s waiting time before and after the medical examination at the hospital.
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20 Claims
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1. A medical care information managing apparatus comprising:
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hospital-specific information storing means for storing hospital-specific information;
hospital search requirement receiving means for receiving a search requirement signal for the hospital-specific information which is stored in the hospital-specific information storing means via a communication line;
hospital-specific information searching means for searching the hospital-specific information, which is stored in the hospital-specific information storing means, on the basis of the search requirement signal received by the hospital search requirement receiving means;
hospital-specific information transmitting means for transmitting the result of the search by the hospital-specific information searching means to the origin of the search requirement signal received by the hospital search requirement receiving means via the communication line;
appointment requirement receiving means for receiving an appointment requirement signal for a hospital specified on the basis of the result of the search by the hospital-specific information searching means via the communication line;
appointment processing means for performing appointment processing for a patient for the specified hospital on the basis of the appointment requirement signal received by the appointment requirement receiving means; and
medical care information storing means for storing medical care information created on the basis of medical care provided to the patient for whom the appointment processing is performed by the appointment processing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A medical care information managing system comprising:
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hospital-specific information storing means for storing information specific to a hospital;
search requirement input means for inputting a search requirement signal for the hospital-specific information stored in the hospital-specific information storing means;
hospital search requirement receiving means for receiving the search requirement signal input from the search requirement input means via a communication line;
hospital-specific information '"'"'searching means for searching the hospital-specific information stored in the hospital-specific information storing means on the basis of the search requirement signal received by the hospital search requirement receiving means;
hospital-specific information transmitting means for transmitting the result of the search by the hospital-specific information searching means to the origin of the search requirement signal received by the hospital search requirement receiving means via the communication line;
appointment requirement input means for inputting an appointment requirement signal to a hospital which is specified on the basis of the search result transmitted by the hospital-specific information transmitting means;
appointment requirement receiving means for receiving the appointment requirement signal input by the appointment requirement input means via the communication line;
appointment processing means for performing appointment processing for a patient for the specified hospital on the basis of the appointment requirement signal received by the appointment requirement receiving means; and
medical care information storing means for storing medical care information created on the basis of medical care provided to the patient for whom the appointment processing is performed by the appointment processing means. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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14. A medical care information managing method comprising:
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a search requirement inputting step for inputting a search requirement signal for hospital-specific information stored in hospital-specific information storing means;
a hospital search requirement receiving step for receiving the search requirement signal input in the search requirement inputting step via a communication line;
a hospital-specific information searching step for searching the hospital-specific information stored in the hospital-specific information storing means on the basis of the search requirement signal received in the hospital search requirement receiving step;
a hospital-specific information transmitting step for transmitting the result of the search in the hospital-specific information searching step to the origin of the search requirement signal via the communication line;
an appointment requirement inputting step for inputting an appointment requirement signal to a hospital specified on the basis of the search result transmitted in the hospital-specific information transmitting step;
an appointment requirement receiving step for receiving the appointment requirement signal input in the appointment requirement inputting step via the communication line;
an appointment processing step for performing appointment processing for a patient for the specified hospital on the basis of the appointment requirement signal received in the appointment requirement receiving step; and
a medical care information storing step for storing medical care information created on the basis of a medical care for the patient for whom the appointment processing is performed in the appointment processing step.
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