Medical care schedule and record aiding system and method

• US 6,321,203 B1
• Filed: 09/23/1998
• Issued: 11/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kameda Medical Information Laboratory
• Original Assignee: Kameda Medical Information Laboratory
• Inventors: Kameda, Toshitada
• Primary Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US09/158,606
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1-4, 705/8-9, 283/2, 707/1, 707/10, 707/100-104, 345/440-443
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A medical care system includes a first unit with medical care data storage, a first receiving device receiving identification data, a selecting device selecting medical care data related to the patient, and a first transmitting device transmitting selected medical care data to a second unit via the communication line; the second unit with a patient identification data inputting device, a second transmitting device, and an output data generating device generating output data in a table, in which the medical care actions indicated by the received medical care data are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to the first rows for each date.

Claims

1. A medical care schedule and record aiding system comprising:

an inputting device for inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

an output data generating device for generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

an outputting device for graphically outputting the generated output data,

said inputting device being constructed to input the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action,

said outputting device comprising a displaying device having a picture plane for displaying the generated output data,

said inputting device being constructed to specify at least one of an arbitrary date included in a plurality of dates indicated by the output data displayed on the picture plane and an arbitrary type included in a plurality of types indicated by the output data displayed on the picture plane,

said output data generating device generating the output data for displaying the medical care data related to said at least one of the date and type specified by said inputting device, in a format different from that of the table, on the basis of the format information corresponding to the different format.

2. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a format information storing device for storing format information, which prescribes a plurality of formats for graphical output and which includes the predetermined format information prescribing the framework of the table,

said inputting device being constructed to specify one of the plurality of formats,

said output data generating device generating the output data for graphically outputting the medical care data by the format specified by said inputting device, on the basis of the format information corresponding to the specified format.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said inputting device is constructed to add to, change, modify and delete the output data displayed on the picture plane of said displaying device.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein said outputting device comprises a reading out device for reading out the patient identification data from a record medium to which the patient identification data are recorded.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said inputting device comprises a reading out device for reading out the medical care data from a record medium to which the medical care data are recorded.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein the table comprises a plurality of columns divided by each date and a plurality of lines divided by each type of the medical care action.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein the types of the medical care actions comprise at least one of a medical cure, a treatment, an injection, an examination, a test, an evaluation, a medication, a meal, an activity restriction, an observation, a rehabilitation, a coordination, a hospitalization, leaving a hospital, an education for a family of the patient, a record of a doctor and a record of a nurse.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein said system comprises a unit for medical examination and said output data generating device generates the output data for graphically outputting a medical examination report by use of the medical care data.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein said system comprises an accounting unit and said output data generating device further performs a calculation for medical care account by use of the medical care data and generating the output data for graphically outputting a medical care account record on the basis of a calculation result.

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein said system comprises a pharmaceutic unit and said output data generating device generates the output data for graphically outputting a medicine list by use of the medical care data.

12. A system according to claim 1, wherein said output data generating device generates the output data for graphically outputting the medical care data in a format of a table in which the medical care actions are arranged in the second rows for each predetermined consecutive dates, as for at least one portion of the medical care data.

13. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a medical care data storing device for storing the medical care data; and

a selecting device for selecting the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data.

14. A system according to claim 13, wherein said medical care data storing device updates its stored content by new medical care data inputted by said inputting device.

15. A system according to claim 13, wherein said inputting device is constructed to input operator identification data for identifying an operator in addition to the patient identification data,

said selecting device selecting only the medical care data indicating the medical care action of a type, which is predetermined as a type able to be referred to with respect to the operator indicated by the inputted operator identification data, as for the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data.

16. A system according to claim 13, wherein said inputting device is constructed to input operator identification data for identifying an operator in addition to the medical care data,

said medical care data storing device storing only the inputted medical care data indicating the medical care action of a type which is predetermined as a type able to be inputted with respect to the operator indicated by the inputted operator identification data.

17. A system according to claim 13, wherein said medical care data storing device stores at least one portion of the medical care data for each time of the day in addition to the date,

said output data generating device generating the output data for graphically outputting the medical care data such that the medical care actions are arranged per each time of the day in each frame of the table as for said at least one portion of the medical care data, on the basis of the medical care data for each time of the day.

18. A system according to claim 13, wherein said medical care data storing device stores at least one portion of the medical care data for each time of the day in addition to the date,

said output data generating device generating the output data for graphically outputting the medical care data such that the medical care actions are arranged in the table divided into each predetermined time interval, as for said at least one portion of the medical care data, on the basis of the medical care data for each time of the day.

4. A medical care schedule and record aiding system comprising:

an inputting device for inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

an output data generating device for generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

an outputting device for graphically outputting the generated output data,

said inputting device being constructed to input the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action and to specify the number of dates to be included in one table outputted from said outputting device,

said output data generating device constituting at least a portion of the output data to fill each frame of the table by a font, and harmonizing the size of the font to a size of each frame of the table, which is determined by the number of dates specified by said inputting device.

19. A medical care schedule and record aiding system comprising:

an inputting device for inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

an output data generating device for generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

an outputting device for graphically outputting the generated output data,

said inputting device being constructed to input the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action,

said system further comprising a counter for counting the date,

said output data generating device generating the output data such that one portion of graphical output related to the date corresponding to a present day is displayed in a display manner different from that of the other portion of graphical output, on the basis of the date counted by said counter.

20. A medical care schedule and record aiding system comprising:

an inputting device for inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

an output data generating device for generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

an outputting device for graphically outputting the generated output data,

said inputting device being constructed to input the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action,

wherein a result flag indicating whether or not the medical care action has been already performed is attached to the medical care data, and

said output data generating device generates the output data such that one portion of graphical output related to the medical care action which has been already performed is displayed in a display manner different from that of another portion of graphical output related to the medical care action which has not been performed yet, on the basis of the result flag.

21. A medical care schedule and record aiding system comprising:

an inputting device for inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

an output data generating device for generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

an outputting device graphically outputting the generated output data,

said inputting device being constructed to input the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action, and to specify desirable one of the medical care data among the medical care data outputted as the table by said outputting device,

said output data generating device generating the output data for graphically outputting detail medical data related to said desirable one of the medical care data specified by said inputting device from among the detail medical data related to the medical care action indicated by each medical care data, in connection with each medical care date, in a predetermined format different from that of the table, on the basis of the detail medical data,

the detail medical data including numerical data, which are related to a predetermined type of the medical care action and are recorded with respect to a plurality of dates,

said output data generating device generating the output data for graphically outputting the table at one portion of an output image and further generating the output data for graphically outputting the numerical data as a graph having a time axis corresponding to an arrangement of the dates of the table at another portion of the output image on the basis of the numerical data.

22. A program storage device readable by a medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus to perform method steps for aiding a preparation of medical care schedule and record, said method steps comprising:

inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

graphically outputting the generated output data,

wherein, in said inputting step, the medical care data is inputted with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action,

in said generating step, the output data is generated to be displayed by a displaying device having a picture plane,

said method steps further comprising specifying at least one of an arbitrary date included in a plurality of dates indicated by the output data displayed on the picture plane and an arbitrary type included in a plurality of types indicated by the output data displayed on the picture plane, and

in said generating step, the output data for displaying the medical care data related to said at least one of the date and type specified by said inputting step, in a format different from that of the table, is generated on the basis of the format information corresponding to the different format.

23. A program storage device readable by a medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus to perform method steps for aiding a preparation of medical care schedule and record, said method steps comprising:

inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

graphically outputting the generated output data,

wherein, in said inputting step, the medical care data is inputted with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action,

said method steps further comprising specifying the number of dates to be included in one table outputted by said graphically outputting step, and

in said output data generating step, at least a portion of the output data to fill each frame of the table is constituted by a font, and the size of the font is harmonized to a size of each frame of the table, which is determined by the number of dates specifically by said specifying step.

24. A program storage device readable by a medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus to perform method steps for aiding a preparation of medical care schedule and record, said method steps comprising:

inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

graphically outputting the generated output data,

wherein, in said inputting step, the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action is inputted,

said method steps further comprise counting the date,

in said output data generating step, the output data is generated such that one portion of graphical output related to the date corresponding to a present day is displayed in a display manner different from that of the other portion of graphical output, on the basis of the date counted by said counting step.

25. A program storage device readable by a medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus to perform method steps for aiding a preparation of medical care schedule and record, said method steps comprising:

inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

graphically outputting the generated output data,

wherein, in said inputting step, the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action is inputted,

said method steps further comprise attaching a result flag indicating whether or not the medical care action has been already performed to the medical care data, and

in said output data generating step, the output data is generated such that one portion of graphical output related to the medical care action which has been already performed is displayed in a display manner different from that of the another portion of graphical output related to the medical care action which has not been performed yet on the basis of the result flag.

26. A program storage device readable by a medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the medical care schedule and record aiding apparatus to perform method steps for aiding a preparation of medical care schedule and record, said method steps comprising:

inputting patient identification data which indicate one of a plurality of patients;

generating output data to be graphically outputted in a format of a table, in which medical care actions indicated by medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data among the medical care data which indicate a plurality of types of the medical care actions with respect to each of the plurality of patients and each date respectively are arranged in first rows for each type of the medical care actions and in second rows orthogonal to said first rows for each date, on the basis of a predetermined format information, which prescribes a framework of the table, and the medical care data related to the patient indicated by the inputted patient identification data; and

graphically outputting the generated output data,

wherein, in said inputting step, the medical care data with respect to each patient, each date and each type of the medical care action is inputted, and desirable one of the medical care data among the medical care data outputted as the table by said graphically outputting step is specified,

in said output data generating step, the output data for graphically outputting detail medical data related to said desirable one of the medical care data specified by said inputting step from among the detail medical data related to the medical care action indicated by each medical care data, in connection with each medical care date, in a predetermined format different from that of the table, is generated on the basis of the detail medical data, and

the detail medical data include numerical data, which are related to a predetermined type of the medical care action and are recorded with respect to a plurality of dates,

in said output data generating step, the output data for graphically outputting the table at one portion of an output image is generated and the output data for graphically outputting the numerical data as a graph having a time axis corresponding to an arrangement of the dates of the table at another portion of the output image is further generated on the basis of the numerical data.