Medical practice information management system, medical practice operation assistance terminal, medical practice information management method, medical practice operation assistance method, storage media storing medical practice information management program and storage media st

• US 20060026038A1
• Filed: 07/28/2005
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Omori, Shinichi, Nagaeda, Tsuyoshi, Fukuhara, Yasuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,162 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A medical practice operation assistance terminal according to the present invention comprises a medical practice acquisition unit which is capable of transmitting an acquisition request of a medical practice to a data base storing information relating to medical practice(s), and acquiring the medical practice(s) related to the acquisition request; a judgment unit comparing identifier of the readout item of a medical practice and identifier of the item specified among the displayed items of the acquired medical practice(s); and an acquisition decision maker unit for deciding whether or not the medical practice acquisition unit is to be activated with the specified item as a search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting the medical practice, if a readout identifier information identifies with the identifier information of the specified item.

Claims

1. A medical practice information management system, for managing medical practice information through a medical practice information management apparatus exchanging data with one or more number of medical practice operation assistance terminals, wherein

the medical practice information management apparatus comprises

a medical practice storage unit for storing a medical practice carried out for a patient and a plurality of items constituting the aforementioned medical practice by correlating the former with the latter,

a search unit for searching the stored medical practice based on information contained by a received acquisition request if the acquisition request for the stored medical practice is received, and

a transmission unit for transmitting information about the search result performed by the search unit back to a sender of the acquisition request;

and

the medical practice operation assistance terminal comprises

a medical practice acquisition unit which is capable of transmitting an acquisition request of a medical practice to the medical practice information management apparatus, and acquiring the medical practice(s) related to the acquisition request;

a judgment unit comparing identifier of the readout item of a medical practice and identifier of the item specified among the displayed items of the acquired medical practice(s); and

an acquisition decision maker unit for deciding whether or not the medical practice acquisition unit is to be activated with the specified item as search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting the medical practice, if the readout identifier information identifies with the identifier information of the specified item.

2. The medical practice information management system according to claim 1, wherein said medical practice information management apparatus further comprises a receiving unit for receiving “

operation completed”

information indicating that a prescribed item constituting a medical practice has been carried out, and an operation status change unit for changing an operation status of an applicable item within the medical practice to “

operation completed”

based on the “

operation completed”

information, and

said medical practice operation assistance terminal further comprises a transmission unit for transmitting “

operation completed”

information indicating that said specified item has been carried out.

3. The medical practice information management system according to claim 1, wherein said acquisition decision maker unit activates said medical practice acquisition unit if a specified item constituting a medical practice being the one related to carrying out the medical practice.

4. The medical practice information management system according to claim 2, wherein said acquisition decision maker unit activates said medical practice acquisition unit if a specified item constituting a medical practice being the one related to carrying out a blood transfusion.

5. The medical practice information management system according to claim 1, wherein said “

operation completed”

information contains a practician, operation date &

time and content of operation item.

6. The medical practice information management system according to claim 1, wherein said medical practice storage unit stores a plurality of items constituting said medical practice by correlating also with an operation sequence of the plurality of items, and

the medical practice operation assistance terminal further comprises an item processing decision maker unit deciding whether the processing of the specified item constituting a medical practice is allowable if all items preceding the medical practice have been carried out in the case of specifying from a list of medical practices.

7. The medical practice information management system according to claim 6, wherein the item processing decision maker unit judges whether or not applicable medical practice has been carried out by checking whether or not pieces of data are entered in said practician, operation date &

time and content of operation item.

8. The medical practice information management system according to claim 6, wherein the item processing decision maker unit judges whether or not an applicable medical practice has been carried out by checking an “

operation completed”

flag which is attached to each completed item indicating whether or not the item has been carried out.

9. The medical practice information management system according to claim 1, wherein said medical practice operation assistance terminal is a stationary terminal installed in the vicinity of an item for which its own apparatus is responsible, among said medical practices.

10. The medical practice information management system according to claim 1, wherein said medical practice operation assistance terminal is a mobile information terminal taking responsibility for an item constituting a medical practice of which the item is carried out next to said patient.

11. A medical practice information management system, for managing medical practice information through a medical practice information management apparatus exchanging data with one or more number of medical practice operation assistance terminals, wherein

the medical practice information management apparatus comprises

a medical practice storage unit for storing each item constituting a medical practice created based on the medical practice inputted so as to carry out for a patient by correlating with the medical practice,

an operation sequence definition unit which is capable of defining a sequence of operating each item constituting the medical practice,

a sequence definition storage unit for storing a defined operation sequence,

a receiving unit for receiving “

operation completed”

information from either one of the one or more number of medical practice operation assistance terminals indicating that a prescribed item constituting a medical practice has been carried out,

an operation status change unit for changing an operation status of an applicable item within the medical practice to “

operation completed”

based on the “

operation completed”

information,

a receiving unit for receiving an acquisition request for the medical practice from either one of the one or more number of medical practice operation assistance terminals,

a search unit for searching the stored medical practice by a search condition contained by a received acquisition request or by a search condition obtained therefrom, and

a transmission unit for transmitting information about a search result performed by the search unit back to a transmitting source terminal of an acquisition request; and

the medical practice operation assistance terminal comprises

a medical practice acquisition unit which is capable of making the medical practice information management apparatus search, by transmitting thereto an acquisition request relating to the stored medical practice, each item constituting the stored medical practice by a prescribed search condition, and acquire a search result,

a display &

specification unit which makes a screen display a list of acquired items constituting a medical practice or information based on acquired items constituting the medical practice, and is capable of specifying a responsible item within the medical practice by designating a part of a screen displaying the list of items,

an input unit which is capable of reading out information for identifying each item constituting a medical practice,

a judgment unit for comparing an inputted identifier information with identifier information contained by a specified item,

an acquisition decision maker unit for deciding whether or not the medical practice acquisition unit is to be activated with the specified item as a search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting the medical practice, if inputted identifier information identifies with the identifier information contained by the specified item, and

a transmission unit which is capable of transmitting “

operation completed”

information for indicating that the specified item has been carried out.

12. A medical practice operation assistance terminal, capable of accessing a data base for managing information relating to a medical practice carried out for a patient, comprising:

a medical practice acquisition unit which is capable of transmitting an acquisition request of a medical practice to a data base storing information relating to medical practice(s), and acquiring the medical practice(s) related to the acquisition request;

a judgment unit comparing identifier of the readout item of a medical practice and identifier of the item specified among the displayed items of the acquired medical practice(s); and

an acquisition decision maker unit for deciding whether or not the medical practice acquisition unit is to be activated with the specified item as a search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting the medical practice, if a readout identifier information identifies with the identifier information of the specified item.

13. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 12, wherein said data base stores a medical practice carried out for a patient and a plurality of items constituting the aforementioned medical practice by correlating the former with the latter.

14. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 12, wherein said acquisition decision maker unit activates the medical practice acquisition unit if a specified item constituting a medical practice being the one relating to carrying out the medical practice.

15. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 12, wherein said acquisition decision maker unit activates the medical practice acquisition unit if a specified item constituting a medical practice being the one relating to carrying out a blood transfusion.

16. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 12, wherein said “

operation completed”

information contains a practician, operation date &

time and content of operation item.

17. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 13, wherein said data base stores a plurality of items constituting said medical practice by correlating also with an operation sequence of the plurality of items, and further comprises:

an item processing decision maker unit deciding whether the processing of the specified item constituting a medical practice is allowable if all items preceding the medical practice have been carried out in the case of specifying from a list of medical practices.

18. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 12, wherein said medical practice operation assistance terminal is a stationary terminal installed in the vicinity of an item for which its own apparatus is responsible, among said medical practices.

19. The medical practice operation assistance terminal according to claim 12, wherein said medical practice operation assistance terminal is a mobile information terminal taking responsibility for an item constituting a medical practice of which the item is carried out next to said patient.

20. A medical practice operation assistance terminal, capable of accessing a data base for managing information relating to a medical practice carried out for a patient, comprising:

a medical practice acquisition unit which is capable of making a management apparatus that manages the data base search, by transmitting thereto an acquisition request relating to the stored medical practice in the data base, a plurality of items constituting the stored medical practice by a prescribed search condition contained by the acquisition request, and acquire a search result;

a display &

specification unit which makes a screen display a list of acquired items constituting a medical practice or information based on acquired items constituting the medical practice, and is capable of specifying a responsible item within the medical practice by designating a part of a screen displaying the list of items;

an input unit which is capable of reading out information for identifying each item constituting a medical practice;

a judgment unit for comparing a readout identifier information with identifier information contained by a specified item;

an acquisition decision maker unit for deciding whether or not the medical practice acquisition unit is to be activated with the specified item as a search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting the medical practice, if a readout identifier information identifies with the identifier information contained by the specified item; and

a transmission unit which is capable of transmitting “

operation completed”

information for indicating that the specified item has been carried out.

21. A medical practice information management method, in a method for managing medical practice information by a medical practice information management apparatus exchanging data with one or more number of medical practice operation assistance terminals, comprising the steps of

the medical practice information management apparatus searching for a medical practice carried out for a patient within a data base accessible from the medical practice information management apparatus which stores the medical practice together with a plurality of items constituting the medical practice based on information contained by a received acquisition request, if the acquisition request for the stored medical practice is received from any one of the one or more number of the medical practice operation assistance terminals,

responding back to a transmitter of the acquisition request with information about the search result;

and

the medical practice operation assistance terminal acquiring a search result by making the medical practice information management apparatus search, by transmitting thereto an acquisition request relating to the stored medical practice, a plurality of items constituting the stored medical practice by a prescribed search condition contained by the acquisition request,

displaying a list of acquired items constituting a medical practice or information based on acquired items constituting the medical practice in a display of the medical practice operation assistance terminal,

comparing identifier information for identifying readout item constituting a medical practice with a responsible item within the medical practice specified as a part of the item list screen, and

deciding whether or not the medical practice acquisition unit is to be activated as a specified item as search condition in accordance with a category of the specified medical practice item if readout identifier information identifies with identifier information contained by the specified item.

22. A medical practice operation assistance method, in a method for a computer assisting when carrying out a medical practice for a patient, comprising the steps of

displaying in a screen a list of items constituting a medical practice acquired from a data base or information based on an acquired list constituting the medical practice in response to an acquisition request transmitted to an apparatus managing a data base which stores the medical practice and a plurality of items constituting the aforementioned medical practice by correlating the former with the latter;

comparing identifier information about an item constituting a medical practice specified as a part of the item list screen with identifier information about an item constituting a medical practice which has been read out by way of an input unit; and

deciding whether or not the acquisition request is to be transmitted to a management apparatus managing the data base so as to have each item constituting a medical practice stored in the data base searched by the specified item as search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting a medical practice, if readout identifier information identifies with identifier information about the specified item.

23. A storage medium storing a program for making a computer manage information about a medical practice, wherein

the program makes the computer carry out the steps of

changing an operation status of a corresponding item within a storage unit of the computer which stores a medical practice carried out for a patient and a plurality of items constituting the medical practice by correlating the former with the latter to an “

operation completed”

based on a received information about “

operation completed”

which indicates that a prescribed item constituting the medical practice has been carried out;

acquiring a search result by searching a medical practice stored by a storage unit of the computer by using a search condition contained by a received acquisition request for the medical practice or a search condition obtained from the acquisition request; and

transmitting an acquired search result to an apparatus which is a transmitter of an acquisition request.

24. A storage medium storing a program for making a computer assist in carrying out a medical practice for a patient, wherein

the program makes the computer carry out the steps of

displaying, in a screen, a list of items constituting a medical practice acquired from the data base, or information based on acquired items constituting the medical practice in response to an acquisition request transmitted to an apparatus managing a data base which stores the medical practice and a plurality of items constituting the aforementioned medical practice by correlating the former with the latter;

comparing identifier information about an item constituting a medical practice specified as a part of the item list screen with identifier information about an item constituting a medical practice which has been read out by way of an input unit; and

deciding whether or not the acquisition request is to be transmitted to a management apparatus managing the data base so as to have each item constituting a medical practice stored in the data base searched by the specified item as search condition in accordance with a category of the specified item constituting the medical practice, if readout identifier information identifies with identifier information about the specified item.

25. The storage medium for storing a medical practice operation assistance program according to claim 24, wherein the program decides to acquire a search result in said deciding step if a specified item constituting a medical practice is an item relating to carrying out the medical practice.