MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE AND SYSTEM

• US 20140067419A1
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohta, Yasunori
• Application Number:
  US13/954,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20140067419A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A medical support device distributes medical information of a patient to external terminals of supporters and a hospital terminal of a doctor in charge of the patient, and shares the medical information and comments to support diagnosis and treatment of the doctor. An information sending section distributes the medial information to the external and hospital terminals. An information receiving section receives response information made by the supporter in response to the distribution information. A relation display controller displays the distribution and response information in a related manner. An importance determining section determines the degree of importance of the distribution and response information. A display style changer changes a display style of the distribution and response information in the external and hospital terminals in accordance with the degree of importance to emphasize the important information.

Claims

1. A medical support device connected to a hospital terminal operated by a doctor in charge of treatment, an electronic medical chart server for providing medical chart information, and a test image server for providing a test image, and connected through a network to an external terminal that a supporter has, said medical support device comprising:

a distribution server for distributing a participation request in a medical support operation to said supporter in response to a medical support request command sent by said doctor from said hospital terminal, and for distributing medical information including said medical chart information and said test image to said doctor and said supporter, wherein said distribution server includes;

a display control section for displaying distribution information including said participation request and said medical information and response information issued in response to said distribution information on monitors of said hospital terminal and said external terminal;

a relation display controller for displaying said distribution information and said response information in a related manner;

an importance determining section for determining a degree of importance of said distribution information and said response information; and

a display style changer for changing a display style of said distribution information and said response information on said monitors in accordance with said degree of importance.

2. The medical support device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a management server for registering and deregistering said supporter, and approving participation of said supporter in said medical support operation; and

a terminal control server for controlling operation of said hospital terminal and said external terminal through a medical support application installed in said hospital terminal and said external terminal.

3. The medical support device according to claim 1, wherein said degree of importance is attached in accordance with an attribute of said doctor or said supporter who has issued said distribution information or said response information.

4. The medical support device according to claim 1, wherein said degree of importance is attached by said supporter who is participating in said medical support operation.

5. The medical support device according to claim 1, wherein said degree of importance is changed in accordance with an elapsed time since distribution time of said distribution information or issue time of said response information.

6. The medical support device according to claim 1, wherein said degree of importance is changed in accordance with whether or not said supporter has viewed said distribution information or said response information.

7. The medical support device according to claim 1, wherein said display style changer chooses at least one of a blinking display function for blinking display, a text color changing function for changing text color of said display, a typeface changing function for changing a typeface of said display, and a font size changing function for changing a font size of said display.

8. The medical support device according to claim 1, wherein condition description or medical education is carried out between said doctor and said supporter using said medical information having said degree of importance that equals or exceeds a threshold value.

9. A medical support system comprising:

(A) a hospital terminal operated by a doctor in charge of treatment;

(B) an electronic medical chart server for providing medical chart information;

(C) a test image server for providing a test image;

(D) an external terminal that a supporter has; and

(E) a medical support device connected to said hospital terminal, said electronic medical chart server, and said test image server, and connected through a network to said external terminal, wherein said medical support device includes;

(E1) a distribution server for distributing a participation request in a medical support operation to said supporter in response to a medical support request command sent by said doctor from said hospital terminal, and for distributing medical information including said medical chart information and said test image to said doctor and said supporter, wherein said distribution server includes;

(E2) a display control section for displaying distribution information including said participation request and said medical information and response information issued in response to said distribution information on monitors of said hospital terminal and said external terminal;

(E3) a relation display controller for displaying said distribution information and said response information in a related manner;

(E4) an importance determining section for determining a degree of importance of said distribution information and said response information; and

(E5) a display style changer for changing a display style of said distribution information and said response information on said monitors in accordance with said degree of importance.