Medical information management method and server and program using the same

• US 20050222970A1
• Filed: 03/29/2005
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Makino, Yoshinobu
• Application Number:
  US11/091,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20050222970A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A medical information management method capable of preventing medical information from being browsed somewhere when a client terminal is stolen or the like. A server connected to a movable client terminal via a network includes a medical information recording unit, an access control information recording unit, a client terminal location acquiring unit, a record extracting unit, and a medical information access control unit.

Claims

1. A method of managing medical information by using a server connected to a movable client terminal via a network, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) acquiring a location of said client terminal;

(b) extracting a record corresponding to the location of said client terminal acquired at step (a) from a table having a plurality of records which store, in association with a plurality of locations, information for identifying medical information accessible when said client terminal exists in the respective locations; and

(c) controlling access to the medical information by said client terminal based on the record extracted at step (b).

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (a) includes acquiring the location of said client terminal by using one of a network address assigned to said client terminal and an RFID (Radio Frequency ID) tag and/or a barcode placed in said client terminal and/or a medical institution.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store, in association with a plurality of moving routes, information for identifying medical information accessible when said client terminal moves along the respective moving routes; and

step (b) includes extracting a record corresponding to a moving route along which said client terminal has moved.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein step (c) includes predicting a next moving destination of said client terminal based on the record extracted at step (b), and preparing for access to medical information accessible when said client terminal moves to the next moving destination.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store information for identifying medical information accessible by said client terminal in association with identifiers for identifying said client terminal, identifiers for identifying users using said client terminal and/or identifiers for identifying groups to which users using said client terminal belongs in addition to a plurality of locations and/or a plurality of moving routes;

step (a) includes acquiring an identifier for identifying said client terminal, an identifier for identifying a user using said client terminal and/or an identifier for identifying a group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to a location and/or a moving route of said client terminal; and

step (b) includes extracting from said table a record corresponding to the identifier for identifying said client terminal, the identifier for identifying the user using said client terminal and/or the identifier for identifying the group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to the location and/or the moving route of said client terminal acquired at step (a).

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store information for identifying medical information accessible by said client terminal in association with identifiers for identifying said client terminal, identifiers for identifying users using said client terminal and/or identifiers for identifying groups to which users using said client terminal belong in addition to a plurality of locations and/or a plurality of moving routes and times and/or time periods;

step (a) includes acquiring an identifier for identifying said client terminal, an identifier for identifying a user using said client terminal and/or an identifier for identifying a group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to a location and/or a moving route of said client terminal and a time and/or a time period; and

step (b) includes extracting from said table a record corresponding to the identifier for identifying said client terminal, the identifier for identifying the user using said client terminal and/or the identifier for identifying the group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to the location and/or the moving route of said client terminal and the time and/or the time period acquired at step (a).

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein step (c) includes controlling said client terminal to set an operation environment and/or execute a predetermined program.

8. A server to be connected to a movable client terminal via a network, for managing medical information, said server comprising:

first recording means for recording medical information;

second recording means for recording a table having a plurality of records which store, in association with a plurality of locations, information for identifying medical information accessible when said client terminal exists in the respective locations;

first processing means for acquiring a location of said client terminal;

second processing means for extracting from said table a record corresponding to the location of said client terminal acquired by said first processing means; and

third processing means for controlling access to the medical information by said client terminal based on the record extracted by said second processing means.

9. The server according to claim 8, wherein said first processing means acquires the location of said client terminal by using one of a network address assigned to said client terminal and an RFID (Radio Frequency ID) tag and/or a barcode placed in said client terminal and/or a medical institution.

10. The server according to claim 8, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store, in association with a plurality of moving routes, information for identifying medical information accessible when said client terminal moves along the respective moving routes; and

said second processing means extracts a record corresponding to a moving route along which said client terminal has moved.

11. The server according to claim 10, wherein said third processing means predicts a next moving destination of said client terminal based on the record extracted by said second processing means, and preparing for access to the medical information accessible when said client terminal moves to the next moving destination.

12. The server according to claim 8, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store information for identifying medical information accessible by said client terminal in association with identifiers for identifying said client terminal, identifiers for identifying users using said client terminal and/or identifiers for identifying groups to which users using said client terminal belong in addition to a plurality of locations and/or a plurality of moving routes;

said first processing means acquires an identifier for identifying said client terminal, an identifier for identifying a user using said client terminal and/or an identifier for identifying a group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to a location and/or a moving route of said client terminal; and

said second processing means extracts from said table a record corresponding to the identifier for identifying said client terminal, the identifier for identifying the user using said client terminal and/or the identifier for identifying the group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to the location and/or the moving route of said client terminal acquired by said first processing means.

13. The server according to claim 12, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store information for identifying medical information accessible by said client terminal in association with identifiers for identifying said client terminal, identifiers for identifying users using said client terminal and/or identifiers for identifying groups to which users using said client terminal belong in addition to a plurality of locations and/or a plurality of moving routes and times and/or time periods;

said first processing means acquires an identifier for identifying said client terminal, an identifier for identifying a user using said client terminal and/or an identifier for identifying a group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to a location and/or a moving route of said client terminal and a time and/or a time period; and

said second processing means extracts from said table a record corresponding to the identifier for identifying said client terminal, the identifier for identifying the user using said client terminal and/or the identifier for identifying the group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to the location and/or the moving route of said client terminal and the time and/or the time period acquired by said first processing means.

14. The method according to claim 8, wherein said third processing means controls access to said medical information by said client terminal and controls said client terminal to set an operation environment and/or execute a predetermined program.

15. A program for managing medical information by using a server connected to a movable client terminal via a network, said program activating said server to execute the procedures of:

(a) acquiring a location of said client terminal;

(b) extracting a record corresponding to the location of said client terminal acquired at procedure (a) from a table having a plurality of records which store, in association with a plurality of locations, information for identifying medical information accessible when said client terminal exists in the respective locations; and

(c) controlling access to the medical information by said client terminal based on the record extracted at procedure (b).

16. The program according to claim 15, wherein procedure (a) includes acquiring the location of said client terminal by using one of a network address assigned to said client terminal and an RFID (Radio Frequency ID) tag and/or a barcode placed in said client terminal and/or a medical institution.

17. The program according to claim 15, wherein said table has a plurality of records which store, in association with a plurality of moving routes, information for identifying medical information accessible when said client terminal moves along the respective moving routes;

and

procedure (b) includes extracting a record corresponding to a moving route along which said client terminal has moved.

18. The program according to claim 17, wherein procedure (c) includes predicting a next moving destination of said client terminal based on the record extracted at procedure (b), and preparing for access to the medical information accessible when said client terminal moves to the next moving destination.

19. The program according to claim 15, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store information for identifying medical information accessible by said client terminal in association with identifiers for identifying said client terminal, identifiers for identifying users using said client terminal and/or identifiers for identifying groups to which users using said client terminal belong in addition to a plurality of locations and/or a plurality of moving routes;

procedure (a) includes acquiring an identifier for identifying said client terminal, an identifier for identifying a user using said client terminal and/or an identifier for identifying a group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to a location and/or a moving route of said client terminal; and

procedure (b) includes extracting from said table a record corresponding to the identifier for identifying said client terminal, the identifier for identifying the user using said client terminal and/or the identifier for identifying the group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to the location and/or the moving route of said client terminal acquired at procedure (a).

20. The program according to claim 19, wherein:

said table has a plurality of records which store information for identifying medical information accessible by said client terminal in association with identifiers for identifying said client terminal, identifiers for identifying users using said client terminal and/or identifiers for identifying groups to which users using said client terminal belong in addition to a plurality of locations and/or a plurality of moving routes and times and/or time periods;

procedure (a) includes acquiring an identifier for identifying said client terminal, an identifier for identifying a user using said client terminal and/or an identifier for identifying a group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to a location and/or a moving route of said client terminal and a time and/or a time period; and

procedure (b) includes extracting from said table a record corresponding to the identifier for identifying said client terminal, the identifier for identifying the user using said client terminal and/or the identifier for identifying the group to which the user using said client terminal belongs in addition to the location and/or the moving route of said client terminal and the time and/or the time period acquired at procedure (a).

21. The program according to claim 15, wherein procedure (c) includes controlling said client terminal to set an operation environment and/or execute a predetermined program.