System for aiding to make medical care schedule, and program storage device readable by the system

• US 6,957,187 B1
• Filed: 06/11/1999
• Issued: 10/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kameda Medical Information Laboratory
• Original Assignee: Kameda Medical Information Laboratory
• Inventors: Kameda, Toshitada
• Primary Examiner(s): Rimell, Sam
• Application Number:
  US09/330,094
• Time in Patent Office: 2,321 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/2, 705 3- 4, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• 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 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/60 relating to pathologies

Abstract

A system for aiding to make a medical care schedule (1) is provided with a plurality of object files (21) respectively including (i) medical care data indicating either one of a plurality of types of medical care actions which are set in advance and (ii) setting order information to set at least relative execution timings as for the plurality of medical care actions, which compose one series of medical care schedule. The system is also provided with a process device (4) for setting, when the plurality of medical care actions composing one series of medical care schedule are designated, the at least relative execution timings of the designated plurality of medical care actions on a predetermined time axis, in accordance with the setting order information respectively included in the plurality of object files, which include the plurality of medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care actions. The system is further provided with a display device (5) for displaying a plurality of medical care data respectively indicating the plurality of medical care actions, the at least execution timings of which are set by the process device, in such a predetermined format that the medical care actions are respectively arranged in an order of the execution timings.

Claims

1. A system for aiding to make a medical care schedule by determining at least an execution order of a plurality of medical care actions which compose a treatment procedure sequence for a treatment of a particular patient, the system comprising:

a plurality of object files set in advance, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with diseases, wherein a different disease code is assigned to each of the data sets respectively, each object file including;

(i) medical care data indicating one of a plurality of medical care actions set in advance, and

(ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of one of the plurality of medical care actions in relation to the plurality of other medical care actions;

an input device for designating the plurality of medical care actions which compose the treatment procedure sequence for the treatment of the particular patient, wherein the input device is further adapted to designate a disease code and to identify a data set corresponding to the designated disease code;

a process device for selecting a plurality of particular object files that respectively include the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care actions from among the plurality of object files set in advance, and determining an execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

a display device for displaying the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions determined by the process device.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of object files are further divided into a plurality of patient attribute data sets according to categories associated with patient attributes including at least a cardinal symptom, wherein each patient attribute data set is assigned a different patient attribute code,

the input device is further adapted to designate a patient attribute code and to identify a data set corresponding to the designated patient attribute code, and

the process device determines the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set corresponding to the designated patient attribute code.

3. A system for making a medical care schedule by generating at least two execution orders of a plurality of medical care action candidates, which compose treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating a patient, the system comprising:

a plurality of object files set in advance, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with diseases, wherein a different disease code is assigned to each of the data sets respectively, each object file including;

(i) medical care data indicating one of a plurality of medical care action candidates set in advance, and

(ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of said one of the plurality of medical care action candidates in relation to the plurality of other medical care action candidates;

an input device for designating the plurality of medical care action candidates which compose the treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating the patient, wherein the input device is adapted to designate a disease code and to identify the data set corresponding to the designated disease code;

a process device for selecting a plurality of object files, each object file including the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care action candidates from among the plurality of object files set in advance, and determining the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

a display device for displaying the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates determined by the process device.

4. A computer readable medium having a program of computer readable instructions to be read by a system to perform method processes, said system comprising a plurality of object files, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with diseases, wherein a different disease code is assigned to each of the data sets respectively, each object file including (i) medical care data indicating one of various medical care actions set in advance, and (ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of said one of the various medical care actions among the various medical care actions, said system is used for making a medical care schedule by determining at least an execution order of a plurality of medical care actions which compose a treatment procedure sequence for treating a patient,

said method processes comprising:

designating the plurality of medical care actions that compose the treatment procedure sequence for treating the patient;

designating a disease code and identifying a data set corresponding to the designated disease code;

selecting a plurality of particular object files that include the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care actions from among the plurality of object files set in advance;

determining the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

displaying the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions.

5. A computer readable medium having a program of computer-readable instructions, to be read by a system to perform method processes, said system comprising:

a plurality of object files, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with diseases, wherein a different disease code is assigned to each of the data sets respectively, each object file including (i) medical care data indicating one of a plurality of medical care action candidates set in advance, and (ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of said one of the plurality of medical care action candidates among the plurality of other medical care action candidates and said system is used for making a medical care schedule by determining at least two execution orders of a plurality of medical care action candidates which compose treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating a patient;

said method processes comprising;

designating the plurality of medical care action candidates that compose the treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating the patient;

designating a disease code and identifying a data set corresponding to the designated disease code;

selecting a plurality of particular object files that include the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care action candidates from among the plurality of object files set in advance;

determining the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

displaying the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates.

6. A system for aiding to make a medical care schedule by determining at least an execution order of a plurality of medical care actions which compose a treatment procedure sequence for a treatment of a particular patient, the system comprising:

a plurality of object files set in advance, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with patient attributes including at least a cardinal symptom, wherein each data set is assigned a different patient attribute code, each object file including;

(i) medical care data indicating one of a plurality of medical care actions set in advance, and

(ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of one of the plurality of medical care actions in relation to the plurality of other medical care actions;

an input device for designating the plurality of medical care actions which compose the treatment procedure sequence for the treatment of the particular patient, wherein the input device is adapted to designate a patient attribute code and to identify a data set corresponding to the designated patient attribute code;

a process device for selecting a plurality of particular object files that respectively include the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care actions from among the plurality of object files set in advance, and determining an execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

a display device for displaying the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions determined by the process device.

7. A system according to claim 6, wherein the process device determines, in addition to the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions, an execution timing of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files.

8. A system according to claim 7, wherein the input device is adapted to designate at least an execution date of at least one medical care action among the designated plurality of medical care actions, and

the process device determines the execution date of each of the plurality of medical care actions based on the designated execution date.

9. A system according to claim 6, further comprising a memory device for storing a data set, which includes a plurality of object files corresponding to the designated plurality of medical care actions, in correlation with a patient code assigned to the particular patient, wherein

the input device is adapted to designate the patient code and to identify the data set corresponding to the designated patient code, and

the process device determines the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set.

10. A system according to claim 6, wherein the designated medical care actions are previously dedicated medical care actions, and

the input device is adapted to change at least one of a designation of at least one of the plurality of previously designated medical care actions and a determination of at least one of the previously determined execution timings,

the process device redetermines the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions when the execution timings are changed by the input device;

and

the display device displays the redetermined execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the process device transmits change-information data to the object file corresponding to at least one of the designated plurality of medical care actions when the execution timing of one of the designated plurality of medical care actions is changed.

12. A system according to claim 6, wherein

the process device generates execution timing data indicating the execution timing of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions, and stores the execution timing data into the corresponding object files;

the process device determines the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions by using the stored execution timing data.

13. A system according to claim 6, wherein

the display device displays the medical care data corresponding to the designated plurality of medical care actions.

14. A system according to claim 6, further comprising an alarm device for generating an alarm when the designated plurality of medical care actions contain at least two medical care actions whose positions of execution are in conflict.

15. A system according to claim 6, wherein

the system comprises two units communicating with each other through a communication line,

the plurality of object files are provided in one of the two units, and

the display device is provided in the other of the two units.

16. A system according to claim 6, wherein the input device is adapted to change the setting order information.

17. A system according to claim 6, wherein the setting order information includes relational prescribing data, wherein the relational prescribing data prescribes a before and after relation between the position of execution of one of the plurality of medical care actions and the position of execution of at least another of the plurality of medical care actions.

18. A system according to claim 6, wherein the setting order information includes time range prescribing data which prescribes a range of a time period required for an execution of one of the plurality of medical care actions.

19. A system according to claim 6, wherein the setting order information includes execution frequency prescribing data which prescribes an execution frequency of one of the plurality of medical care actions.

20. A system according to claim 6, wherein

the display device displays the medical care data corresponding to the designated plurality of medical care actions in a manner so that the medical care data corresponding to the designated plurality of medical care actions are arranged in the determined execution order.

21. A system according to claim 6, wherein

the display device displays the medical care data corresponding to the designated plurality of medical care actions in a manner so that the medical care data corresponding to the designated plurality of medical care actions are arranged in a table so that time units indicating at least dates are set in one of two rows and at least types of medical care actions are set in the other of the two rows.

22. A system according to claim 21, wherein:

each of the plurality of object files includes multiple correlation information that indicates one or more relationships between each of the plurality of object files and at least one type of medical care action, and indicates a priority order of the relationship, and

the process device correlates the plurality of object files with the types of medical care actions set in the other of the two rows in the table, based on the multiple correlation information.

23. A system according to claim 21, wherein

the process device deletes the at least one type of medical care action set in the other of the two rows when the at least one type of medical care action has no corresponding object file.

24. A system according to claim 21, wherein

the process device deletes at least one date set in said one of the two rows of the table when the at least one date has no corresponding object file.

25. A system for making a medical care schedule by generating at least two execution orders of a plurality of medical care action candidates, which compose treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating a patient, the system comprising:

a plurality of object files set in advance, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with patient attributes including at least a cardinal symptom, wherein each data set is assigned a different patient attribute code, each object file including;

(i) medical care data indicating one of a plurality of medical care action candidates set in advance, and

(ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of said one of the plurality of medical care action candidates in relation to the plurality of other medical care action candidates;

an input device for designating the plurality of medical care action candidates which compose the treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating the patients wherein the input device is adapted to designate the patient attribute code and to identify a data set corresponding to the designated patient attribute code;

a process device for selecting a plurality of object files, each object file including the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care action candidates from among the plurality of object files set in advance, and determining the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

a display device for displaying the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates determined by the process device.

26. A system according to claim 25, wherein

the display device displays the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates in a manner such that the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates are arranged in a decision tree format.

27. A computer readable medium having a program of computer-readable instructions to be read by a system to perform method processes, said system comprising a plurality of object files, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with patient attributes including at least a cardinal symptom, wherein each data set is assigned a different patient attribute code, each object file including (i) medical care data indicating one of various medical care actions set in advance, and (ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of said one of the various medical care actions among the various medical care actions, said system is used for making a medical care schedule by determining at least an execution order of a plurality of medical care actions which compose a treatment procedure sequence for treating a patient,

said method processes comprising:

designating the plurality of medical care actions that compose the treatment procedure sequence for treating the patient;

designating a patient attribute code and identifying a data set corresponding to the designated patient attribute code;

selecting a plurality of particular object files that include the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care actions from among the plurality of object files set in advance;

determining the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care actions indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

displaying the execution order of the designated plurality of medical care actions.

28. A computer readable medium having a program of computer-readable instructions, to be read by a system to perform method processes, said system comprising:

a plurality of object files, wherein the plurality of object files are divided into a plurality of data sets according to categories associated with patient attributes including at least a cardinal symptom, wherein each data set is assigned a different patient attribute code, each object file including (i) medical care data indicating one of a plurality of medical care action candidates set in advance, and (ii) setting order information indicating at least a position of execution of said one of the plurality of medical care action candidates among the plurality of other medical care action candidates and said system is used for making a medical care schedule by determining at least two execution orders of a plurality of medical care action candidates which compose treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating a patient;

said method processes comprising;

designating the plurality of medical care action candidates that compose the treatment procedure sequence candidates for treating the patient;

designating a patient attribute code and identifying a data set corresponding to the designated patient attribute code;

selecting a plurality of particular object files that include the medical care data indicating the designated plurality of medical care action candidates from among the plurality of object files set in advance;

determining the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates in accordance with the position of execution of each of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates indicated by the setting order information of each of the selected plurality of particular object files and based on the plurality of object files included in the identified data set; and

displaying the at least two execution orders of the designated plurality of medical care action candidates.