Health management system and health management program

• US 20050177391A1
• Filed: 10/22/2002
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (Citizen Electronics Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (Citizen Electronics Company Limited)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Hideki, Tsukamoto, Yasushi
• Application Number:
  US10/492,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20050177391A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients

Abstract

A healthcare apparatus (1) comprises input means (b1-bn, e1-en, 10, 13) for inputting a plurality of types of data to be used for the healthcare or diagnosis of a subject, storage means (19) for storing the data, and analyzing means (21) for analyzing the presence of correlation between the data. The analyzing means (21) analyzes the presence of correlation between the data by determining the correspondence between the transition of the data with time and a plurality of predetermined transition patterns.

Claims

1. A healthcare apparatus comprising:

an input unit for inputting a plurality of types of data to be used for the healthcare or diagnosis of a subject;

a storage unit for storing the data; and

an analyzing unit for analyzing the presence of correlation between the data.

2. The health care apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing unit analyzes the presence of correlation between the data by determining the correspondence between the transition of the data with time and a plurality of predetermined transition patterns.

3. The health care apparatus according to claim 2, wherein data having a given transition pattern are extracted from said plurality of types of data.

4. The health care apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the given transition pattern can be selected from a plurality of predetermined patterns and assigned.

5. The health care apparatus according to claim 2, wherein if data of one type is assigned, data of another type having the same transition pattern with the data of the assigned type is extracted.

6. The health care apparatus according to claim 2, wherein if data of one type is assigned, data of another type having the same transition pattern as that of the data of the assigned type and data of a type having a transition pattern associated with said transition pattern are extracted.

7. The health care apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the associated transition pattern is a transition pattern having a tendency to contradict the transition pattern of the data of the assigned type.

8. The health care apparatus according to claim 2, wherein if one transition pattern is assigned from among said plurality of patterns, data having the same transition pattern as the assigned transition pattern and data having a transition pattern associated with said transition pattern are extracted.

9. The health care apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the associated transition pattern is a transition pattern having a tendency to contradict the assigned transition pattern.

10. The health care apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the data of at least one type, among the data of said plurality of types, is living body data obtained by measuring the state of the body of the subject.

11. The health care apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the data of at least one type, among the data of said plurality of types, is environment data obtained by measuring the conditions of the living environment of the subject.

12. The health care apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the data of at least one type, among the data of said plurality of types, is life data obtained by quantifying the physical condition and lifestyle of the subject.

13. A healthcare program for realizing a storage function to load a computer with data of a plurality of types used for a healthcare or diagnose of a subject and store the data of said plurality of types in a storage unit of the computer and an analyzing function to analyze the presence of correlation between the data stored in the storage unit.

14. The health care program according to claim 13, wherein the analyzing function analyzes the presence of correlation between the data by determining the correspondence between the transition of the data and a plurality of predetermined transition patterns.

15. The health care program according to claim 14, wherein the healthcare program realizes an extracting function to extract data having a given transition pattern from the data of said plurality of predetermined types.

16. The health care program according to claim 14, wherein the healthcare program further realizes a function to select the given transition pattern from a plurality of predetermined patterns by means of an input unit of the computer and assign the pattern.

17. The health care program according to claim 14, wherein the healthcare program further realizes a function to extract data of another type having the same transition pattern as that of the data of one type if the data of the one type is assigned by means of an input unit of the computer.

18. The health care program according to claim 14, wherein the healthcare program further extracts data of another type having the same transition pattern as that of the data of one type and data of a type having a transition pattern associated with said transition pattern if the data of the one type is assigned by means of an input unit of the computer.

19. The health care program according to claim 18, wherein the associated transition pattern is a transition pattern having a tendency to contradict the transition pattern of the data of the assigned type.

20. The health care apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the healthcare program realizes an extracting function to extract data having the same transition pattern as one transition pattern and data having a transition pattern associated with said transition pattern if the one transition pattern is assigned among said plurality of transition patterns.

21. The health care program according to claim 20, wherein the associated transition pattern is a transition pattern having a tendency to contradict the assigned transition pattern.

22. The health care program according to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the data of at least one type, among the data of said plurality of types, is living body data obtained by measuring the state of the body of the subject.

23. The health care program according to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the data of at least one type, among the data of said plurality of types, is environment data obtained by measuring the conditions of the living environment of the subject.

24. The health care program according to any one of claims 13 to 19, wherein the data of at least one type, among the data of said plurality of types, is life data obtained by quantifying the physical condition and lifestyle of the subject.