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Examination appointment method and system, and server to be used for the same

  • US 20050228697A1
  • Filed: 04/05/2005
  • Published: 10/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An examination appointment method to be used in an examination appointment system including a server installed in a data center, first terminals respectively installed in a plurality of examination request source medical institutions and connected to said server via a network, and second terminals respectively installed in a plurality of examination request destination medical institutions, which perform examinations intended for diagnosis in accordance with requests from said plurality of examination request source medical institutions and connected to said server via a network, said method comprising the steps of:

  • storing list data, in which selected examination request destination medical institutions and examination devices installed therein are associated with each others with respect to each of said plurality of examination request source medical institutions, in a first database by said server;

    retrieving the list data associated with one of said plurality of examination request source medical institutions in the first database by said server when a list of examination devices installed in the examination request destination medical institutions selected by said examination request source medical institution is requested from a first terminal of said examination request source medical institution;

    transmitting the retrieved list data from said server to said first terminal;

    displaying in said first terminal the list of examination devices installed in the examination request destination medical institutions selected by said examination request source medical institution based on the received list data;

    transmitting from said first terminal to said server information representing an examination request destination medical institution and an examination device designated in the displayed list of examination devices;

    generating appointment status data in said server and transmitting the appointment status data to said first terminal, said appointment status data representing a calendar page including a plurality of appointment frames relating to appointment status of examinations employing the designated examination device in the designated examination request destination medical institution;

    displaying the calendar page including the plurality of appointment frames based on the received appointment status data in said first terminal;

    transmitting examination appointment information representing an appointment frame designated in the displayed calendar page from said first terminal to said server; and

    making an examination appointment by storing the received examination appointment information in a second database by said server.

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