Medical practice management method, and portable terminal, management server, and medical practice management system using the same

• US 20060059018A1
• Filed: 09/16/2005
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation, Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Araki, Hiroyuki, Kobayashi, Norio, Uchida, Hiroshi, Kobayashi, Masafumi, Shiobara, Tatsuya, Fukushima, Yuji
• Application Number:
  US11/228,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20060059018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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 practice management system of the present invention acquires schedule information on a medical practice to be administered to a patient. Information on medical equipment corresponding to the acquired schedule information is selected from among pieces of information on medical equipment to be used in medical practices, stored in association with a plurality of pieces of schedule information, respectively. Then, the acquired schedule information and the selected information on medical equipment are managed in association with each other.

Claims

1. A medical practice management system comprising:

an acquisition unit which acquires schedule information on a medical practice to be administered to a patient;

a storing unit which stores a plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment to be used in a medical practice, in association with a plurality of pieces of schedule information, respectively;

a selection unit which selects information on medical equipment corresponding to the schedule information acquired by the acquisition unit, from among the plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment stored in the storing unit; and

a management unit which manages the acquired schedule information and the information on medical equipment selected by the selection unit in association with each other.

2. The medical practice management system according to claim 1, further comprising

a display unit which displays a plurality of pieces of schedule information when the acquisition unit acquires schedule information, and wherein

the acquisition unit acquires the schedule information by having a medical practitioner select any one of the plurality of pieces of schedule information displayed on the display unit.

3. The medical practice management system according to claim 1, further comprising

an editing unit from which the medical practitioner edits at least either the schedule information or the information on medical equipment to be managed by the management unit.

4. The medical practice management system according to claim 1, wherein:

the schedule information acquired by the acquisition unit includes at least a name of a doctor to conduct the medical practice and a type of the medical practice;

the plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment stored in the storing unit are associated with the names of doctors to conduct medical practices and the types of the medical practices;

the selection unit selects information on medical equipment corresponding to the name of the doctor to conduct the medical practice and the type of the medical practice which are acquired by the acquisition unit; and

the management unit manages the acquired name of the doctor to conduct the medical practice, the type of the medical practice, and the information on medical equipment selected by the selection unit in association with one another.

5. The medical practice management system according to claim 1, wherein:

the schedule information acquired by the acquisition unit includes the types of a plurality of medical practices;

the selection unit selects a piece of information on medical equipment corresponding to the respective types of the plurality of medical practices acquired by the acquisition unit; and

the management unit manages the information on medical equipment selected by the selection unit collectively, regardless of the types of the plurality of medical practices acquired by the acquisition unit.

6. A medical practice management system comprising:

a storing unit which stores a plurality of combinations of schedule information on medical practices to be administered to patients and information on medical equipment to be used in the medical practices;

a selection unit which selects schedule information corresponding to a medical practice going to be administered, from among the plurality of combinations stored in the storing unit, under an instruction from a medical practitioner;

a reading unit which reads, from exterior, an identification code assigned to medical equipment to be used actually in the medical practice going to be administered; and

an updating unit which associates the information on medical equipment corresponding to the schedule information selected by the selection unit, out of the plurality of combinations stored in the storing unit, with the identification code read by the reading unit, and updates the combinations stored in the storing unit.

7. The medical practice management system according to claim 6, further comprising

a display unit which displays a plurality of pieces of schedule information stored in the storing unit when the selection unit selects schedule information, and wherein

the selection unit makes the medical practitioner select any one of the plurality of pieces of schedule information displayed on the display unit, thereby selecting the schedule information corresponding to the medical practice going to be administered.

8. The medical practice management system according to claim 6, wherein:

the identification code read by the reading unit includes information on quantity and an identification number; and

when the reading unit reads the identification code, the updating unit ignores the information on quantity and counts up the number of reads of the identification number in units of the identification number.

9. The medical practice management system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a modification unit which modifies the information on medical equipment corresponding to the schedule information selected by the selection unit; and

a display unit which displays the information on medical equipment upon which the modification made by the modification unit is reflected.

10. The medical practice management system according to claim 9, wherein

the updating unit updates the combinations stored in the storing unit so that the modification made by the modification unit is reflected thereon.

11. The medical practice management system according to claim 6, wherein

the storing unit stores costs of the medical equipment,

the medical practice management system further comprising

a calculation unit which identifies medical equipment based on the identification number read by the reading unit and adding up the cost of the medical equipment based on the identified medical equipment, with reference to the storing unit.

12. The medical practice management system according to claim 11, wherein:

the storing unit also stores labor costs of medical practitioners;

the selection unit also selects a medical practitioner to administer the medical practice under an instruction from a medical practitioner; and

the calculation unit identifies a labor cost for the medical practitioner selected by the selection unit and includes the identified labor cost into the costs of the medical practice going to be administered, with reference to the storing unit.

13. A medical practice management method comprising:

acquiring schedule information on a medical practice to be administered to a patient;

selecting information on medical equipment corresponding to the acquired schedule information, from among a plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment to be used in a medical practice, the plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment being stored in a memory in association with a plurality of pieces of schedule information, respectively; and

managing the acquired schedule information and the selected information on medical equipment in association with each other.

14. The medical practice management method according to claim 13, comprising:

selecting schedule information corresponding to a medical practice going to be administered, under an instruction from a medical practitioner, from among a plurality of combinations of schedule information on medical practices to be administered to patients and associated information on medical equipment to be used in the medical practices, the plurality of combinations being stored in the memory;

reading, from exterior, an identification number assigned to medical equipment to be used actually in the medical practice going to be administered; and

associating the information on medical equipment corresponding to the selected schedule information, out of the plurality of combinations stored in the memory, with the read identification, and updating the combinations stored in the memory.

15. The medical practice management method according to claim 13, comprising:

acquiring schedule information concerning a medical practice to be administered to a patient;

selecting information on medical equipment corresponding to the acquired schedule information, from among a plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment to be used in a medical practice, the plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment being stored in the memory in association with a plurality of pieces of schedule information, respectively;

reading, from exterior, an identification number assigned to medical equipment to be used actually in a medical practice corresponding to the selected information on medical equipment, the medical practice being going to be administered by a medical practitioner; and

updating the plurality of pieces of information on medical equipment stored in the memory based on a difference between the selected information on medical equipment and the read identification number.

16. The medical practice management method according to claim 13, comprising:

acquiring administrative information on a medical practice to be administered, the administrative information including at least information on medical equipment to be used and information on a medical practitioner; and

calculating costs for a single medical practice with reference to the administrative information and unit prices of a plurality of cost items including a cost of the medical equipment and a labor cost of the medical practitioner, the unit prices being stored in the memory.