Medical information management system and management apparatus

• US 8,756,081 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Hirose, Koichi, Inaba, Hirofumi, Suzuki, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chng, Joy
• Application Number:
  US13/858,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing

Abstract

In a monitor device, an input unit inputs patient identification information, an information acquiring unit acquires state information on a state of a patient, and a transmission unit transmits the patient identification information and the state information to a management apparatus. In the management apparatus, biological information acquiring unit acquires the patient identification information, the state information, and identification information on the monitor device. A determination unit determines, when the acquired patient identification information and that stored in a storage device match each other, whether the acquired device identification information and the device identification information mapped to the location information stored in the storage device are the same as each other. When they are the same as each other, a storage management unit stores the acquired state information by associating it with the patient identification information stored in the storage device.

Claims

1. A medical information management system comprising:

a management apparatus operative to manage information on medical practice for a patient; and

a device able to communicate with the management apparatus via a network, wherein

the device includes;

an input unit operative to input patient identification information;

a first acquiring unit operative to acquire state information on a state of a patient; and

a transmission unit operative to transmit the patient identification information and the state information, and wherein

the management apparatus includes;

a second acquiring unit operative to acquire the patient identification information, the state information, and identification information on the device;

a holding unit operative to hold both location information for specifying a location where medical practice is executed and identification information on a device installed in the location, by mapping them to each other;

a storage unit operative to store execution information on medical practice for a patient by mapping it to the patient identification information and the location information for specifying a location where medical practice has been executed;

a determination unit operative to determine, when the patient identification information acquired by the second acquiring unit matches the patient identification information stored in the storage unit, whether the device identification information acquired by the second acquiring unit is the same as the device identification information mapped to the location information stored in the storage unit; and

a storage management unit operative to store, when it is determined that both the device identification information are the same as each other, the state information acquired by the second acquiring unit in the storage unit by associating it with the patient identification information.

2. The medical information management system according to claim 1, wherein

when the determination unit determines that both the device identification information are not the same as each other, the storage management unit stores the patient identification information and the state information, which are acquired by the second acquiring unit, in the storage unit as unassociated information.

3. The medical information management system according to claim 1, wherein

the determination unit determines whether the state information acquired by the second acquiring unit is to be associated with the patient identification information by using information indicating a start time of the medical practice.

4. The medical information management system according to claim 3, wherein

the determination unit determines that the state information, acquired before a predetermined period of time from the start time of the medical practice, is to be associated with the patient identification information.

5. A management apparatus operative to store execution information of medical practice for a patient by associating it with state information on a patient acquired by medical equipment, the management apparatus comprising:

an acquiring unit operative to acquire patient identification information and state information, which are acquired by the medical equipment, and identification information on the medical equipment;

a holding unit operative to hold both location information for specifying a location where medical practice is executed and identification information on medical equipment installed in the location, by mapping them to each other;

a storage unit operative to store execution information on medical practice for a patient by mapping it to patient identification information and location information for specifying a location where medical practice has been executed;

a determination unit operative to determine, when the patient identification information acquired by the acquiring unit matches the patient identification information stored in the storage unit, whether the device identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is the same as the device identification information mapped to the location information stored in the storage unit; and

a storage management unit operative to store, when it is determined that both the device identification information are the same as each other, the state information acquired by the acquiring unit in the storage unit by associating it with the patient identification information.