MEDICAL/CARE SUPPORT METHOD, MEDICAL/CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL/CARE SUPPORT PROGRAM

• US 20160117464A1
• Filed: 06/03/2014
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Embrace Co., Ltd. (Suzuken Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Embrace Co., Ltd. (Suzuken Company Limited)
• Inventors: Ito, Manabu, Sagasaki, Yasuko, Ogura, Yoshihiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,984,915 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A medical/care support method is provided, which enables medical or care workers having different special fields such as physicians and nurses to share the medical or care information of each patient or care-needing person while protecting the privacy of the patient or care-needing person, and to support the provision of better-quality medical or care service to the patient or care-needing person based on the medical or care information shared. A patient ID, a disease ID, and a medical facility ID are associated and stored, thereby generating a group G11. A patient P1 designated by patient group registration participates in the group G11 after the patient'"'"'s approval of an invitation request. Medical workers M1 and M2 and patient-related persons R1, R2, and R4 participate in the group G11 as supporters in response to respective invitation requests.

Claims

1. A medical/care support method for supporting provision of medical/care service by making medical/care information about specific patients or care-needing persons viewable on user terminals by way of a network in response to requests from the user terminals;

which comprises;

assigning user identification information to respective users utilizing the medical/care service by way of the user terminals to store the user identification information;

assigning service recipient identification information to the patients or care-needing persons as the users to store the service recipient identification information so as to be associated with the user identification information;

assigning service worker identification information to medical workers or care workers as the users to store the service worker identification information so as to be associated with the user identification information;

assigning service-related facility identification information to service-related facilities to which the medical workers or care workers belong to store the service-related facility identification information so as to be associated with the service worker identification information;

generating a group having a unique group identification information in association with the service recipient identification information; and

adding, in response to sending of an invitation request which includes designation of an inviting person and an invited person and which is performed using the user terminal, the invited person as the user to the group as a group member, under a condition that the invitation request is approved by the invited person using the user terminal and that permission is obtained by a predetermined administrator using the user terminal;

wherein the medical/care information of the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information pertaining to the group can be shared among the medical workers or care worker as the invited person who have been added to the group as the group members by way of the user terminals.

2. The medical/care support method according to claim 1, wherein when a personalization registration request which has been sent by way of the user terminal is received, the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request and the service-related facility identification information designated by the personalization registration request are stored so as to be associated with each other;

and

personalized facility information for the group corresponding to the group identification information is generated by associating the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request and the service-related facility identification information designated by the personalization registration request with each other.

3. The medical/care support method according to claim 1, wherein a number of the groups having the same service recipient identification information is n (n is an integer equal to 2 or greater), and each of the groups is associated with a corresponding one of the service-related facility identification information;

and

the medical/care information of the n groups is viewable integratively by way of the user terminals.

4. The medical/care support method according to claim 2,

wherein whether or not the personalization registration request is approved is inquired to the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request while encouraging selection of a sharing rule for the medical/care information of his/her own;

and

when the personalization registration request is approved by the patient or care-needing person, the sharing rule selected is stored.

5. The medical/care support method according to claim 1, wherein the service recipient identification information of the group is associated with disease identification information of the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information in question.

6. The medical/care support method according to claim 2, wherein identity verification for approving the personalization registration request by the service recipient pertaining to the personalization registration request is performed using a passcode which is generated based on a service recipient number or an insured person number in the service-related facility pertaining to the personalization registration request.

7. The medical/care support method according to claim 1, wherein identity verification of the user pertaining to the invitation request is performed using a telephone number or a passphrase of the user pertaining to the invitation request.

8. The medical/care support method according to claim 2, wherein when the patient or care-needing person pertaining to the personalization registration request approves the personalization registration request, a short-distance wireless communication terminal in which a terminal number and URL information assigned to the service-related facility pertaining to the personalization registration request have been stored is used;

and

the URL information is transmitted to the user terminal by contacting the short-distance wireless communication terminal with the user terminal, thereby displaying a personalization registration approval screen on the user terminal.

9. The medical/care support method according to claim 1, wherein the medical/care information shared among the group members who belong to the group is displayed on the user terminal as a timeline.

10. The medical/care support method according to claim 1, wherein the medical/care information shared among the group members who belong to the group is displayed in such a way as to be divided into a region that allows all the group members to view the medical/care information and a region that allows only the medical workers or care workers who belong to the group to view the medical/care information.

11. A medical/care support system for supporting provision of medical/care service by making medical/care information about specific patients or care-needing persons viewable on user terminals by way of a network in response to requests from the user terminals;

which comprises;

user identification information storing means for assigning user identification information to respective users utilizing the medical/care service by way of the user terminals to store the user identification information;

service recipient identification information storing means for assigning service recipient identification information to the patients or care-needing persons as the users to store the service recipient identification information so as to be associated with the user identification information;

service worker identification information storing means for assigning service worker identification information to medical workers or care workers as the users to store the service worker identification information so as to be associated with the user identification information;

service-related facility identification information storing means for assigning service-related facility identification information to service-related facilities to which the medical workers or care workers belong to store the service-related facility identification information so as to be associated with the service worker identification information;

group management means for generating a group having a unique group identification information in association with the service recipient identification information; and

invitation request management means for adding, in response to sending of an invitation request which includes designation of an inviting person and an invited person and which is performed using the user terminal, the invited person as the user to the group as a group member, under a condition that the invitation request is approved by the invited person using the user terminal and that permission is obtained by a predetermined administrator using the user terminal;

wherein the medical/care information of the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information pertaining to the group can be shared among the medical workers or care worker as the invited person which have been added to the group as the group members by way of the user terminals.

12. The medical/care support system according to claim 11, wherein when a personalization registration request which has been sent by way of the user terminal is received, the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request and the service-related facility identification information designated by the personalization registration request are stored so as to be associated with each other;

and

personalized facility information about the group corresponding to the group identification information is generated by associating the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request and the service-related facility identification information designated by the personalization registration request with each other.

13. The medical/care support system according to claim 11, wherein a number of the groups having the same service recipient identification information is n (n is an integer equal to 2 or greater), and each of the groups is associated with a corresponding one of the service-related facility identification information;

and

the medical/care information of the n groups is viewable integratively by way of the user terminals.

14. The medical/care support system according to claim 12, wherein whether or not the personalization registration request is approved is inquired to the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request while encouraging selection of a sharing rule for the medical/care information of his/her own;

and

when the personalization registration request is approved by the patient or care-needing person, the sharing rule selected is stored.

15. The medical/care support system according to claim 11, wherein the service recipient identification information of the group is associated with disease identification information of the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information in question.

16. The medical/care support method according to claim 12, wherein identity verification for approving the personalization registration request by the service recipient pertaining to the personalization registration request is performed using a passcode which is generated based on a service recipient number or an insured person number in the service-related facility pertaining to the personalization registration request.

17. The medical/care support method according to claim 11, wherein identity verification of the user pertaining to the invitation request is performed using a telephone number or a passphrase of the user pertaining to the invitation request.

18. The medical/care support method according to claim 12, wherein when the patient or care-needing person pertaining to the personalization registration request approves the personalization registration request, a short-distance wireless communication terminal in which a terminal number and URL information assigned to the service-related facility pertaining to the personalization registration request have been stored is used;

and

the URL information is transmitted to the user terminal by contacting the short-distance wireless communication terminal with the user terminal, thereby displaying a personalization registration approval screen on the user terminal.

19. The medical/care support method according to claim 11, wherein the medical/care information shared among the group members who belong to the group is displayed on the user terminal as a timeline.

20. The medical/care support method according claim 11, wherein the medical/care information shared among the group members who belong to the group is displayed in such a way as to be divided into an area that allows all the group members to view the medical/care information and an area that allows only the medical workers or care workers who belong to the group to view the medical/care information.

21. A medical/care support program for supporting provision of medical/care service by making medical/care information about specific patients or care-needing persons viewable on user terminals by way of a network in response to requests from the user terminals;

which comprises processes to be executed by a computer, the processes comprises;

assigning user identification information to respective users utilizing the medical/care service by way of the user terminals to store the user identification information;

assigning service recipient identification information to the patients or care-needing persons as the users to store the service recipient identification information so as to be associated with the user identification information;

assigning service worker identification information to medical or care workers as the users to store the service worker identification information so as to be associated with the user identification information;

assigning service-related facility identification information to service-related facilities to which the medical workers or care workers belong to store the service-related facility identification information so as to be associated with the service worker identification information;

generating a group having a unique group identification information in association with the service recipient identification information; and

adding, in response to sending of an invitation request which includes designation of an inviting person and an invited person and which is performed using the user terminal, the invited person as the user to the group as a group member, under a condition that the invitation request is approved by the invited person using the user terminal and that permission is obtained by a predetermined administrator using the user terminal;

wherein the medical/care information of the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information pertaining to the group can be shared among the medical workers or care workers as the invited persons which have been added to the group as the group members by way of the user terminals.

22. The medical/care support program according to claim 21, wherein when a personalization registration request which has been sent by way of the user terminal is received, the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request and the service-related facility identification information designated by the personalization registration request are stored so as to be associated with each other;

and

personalized facility information about the group corresponding to the group identification information is generated by associating the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request and the service-related facility identification information designated by the personalization registration request with each other.

23. The medical/care support program according to claim 21, wherein a number of the groups having the same service recipient identification information is n (n is an integer equal to 2 or greater), and each of the groups is associated with a corresponding one of the service-related facility identification information, wherein the medical/care information of the n groups is viewable integratively by way of the user terminals.

24. The medical/care support program according to claim 22, wherein whether or not the personalization registration request is approved is inquired to the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information designated by the personalization registration request while encouraging selection of a sharing rule for the medical/care information of his/her own;

and

when the personalization registration request is approved by the patient or care-needing person, the sharing rule selected is stored.

25. The medical/care support program according to claim 21, wherein the service recipient identification information of the group is associated with disease identification information of the patient or care-needing person corresponding to the service recipient identification information.

26. The medical/care support program according to claim 22, wherein identity verification for approving the personalization registration request by the service recipient pertaining to the personalization registration request is performed using a passcode which is generated based on a service recipient number or an insured person number in the service-related facility pertaining to the personalization registration request.

27. The medical/care support program according to claim 21, wherein identity verification of the user pertaining to the invitation request is performed using a telephone number or a passphrase of the user pertaining to the invitation request.

28. The medical/care support program according to claim 22, wherein when the patient or care-needing person pertaining to the personalization registration request approves the personalization registration request, a short-distance wireless communication terminal in which a terminal number and URL information assigned to the service-related facility pertaining to the personalization registration request have been stored is used;

and the URL information is transmitted to the user terminal by contacting the short-distance wireless communication terminal with the user terminal, thereby displaying a personalization registration approval screen on the user terminal.

29. The medical/care support program according to claim 21, wherein the medical/care information shared among the group members who belong to the group is displayed on the user terminal as a timeline.

30. The medical/care support program according to claim 21, wherein the medical/care information shared among the group members who belong to the group is displayed in such a way as to be divided into an area that allows all the group members to view the medical/care information and an area that allows only the medical or care workers who belong to the group to view the medical/care information.