Self-service medical service method and its system

• US 8,229,759 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2009
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital
• Inventors: Zhu, Zhaofeng, Gu, Qiang, Zhang, Mingao, Sun, Wanju, Du, Zhonghua, Zhao, Like
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan, Luke
• Assistant Examiner(s): BURGESS, JOSEPH D
• Application Number:
  US12/569,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20110077969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/40 for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• 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 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

The present invention provides a medical self-service terminal service method and system thereof. It is based on the integrated IHE information management system, radiology management system, digital image technology, computer technology, and tele-communication technology. It converts information and images of the patient and diagnosis information of doctors into digital computer information and stores them in a server. The patient information and medical image data can be called in, displayed, printed, and output via a network. Human-oriented animated interfaces and accurate and simple operation options help patients choose all kinds of self-services needed, such as registration, log-in, photograph pickup, report pickup, and querying, through human-computer interaction in different periods of time.

Claims

1. A medical self-service method, comprising following steps:

providing a charging and registration processing module dedicated to a medical self-service terminal service equipment under the main menu of a dedicated registration software of a hospital information system (HIS), wherein the equipment connects the patient information with the HIS database via a medical insurance card or a return-visit card;

the patient selecting a department and a doctor that matches the patient'"'"'s requirements according to the doctor information in the database, wherein the doctor information includes;

doctors'"'"' resumes, specialties, successful cases, and availability status; and

the patient paying charges according to the charge message and receiving a registration charge note bearing a visit number of the department;

wherein the doctor selection information is stored in the server and queued for the visit;

the patient visiting the doctor after the doctor selection information is processed, wherein the patient'"'"'s information is displayed synchronously with self-service registration, wherein the patient'"'"'s information includes visiting number, patient'"'"'s name, doctor'"'"'s name, and doctor'"'"'s room number;

the doctor selecting diagnostic items in the system and registering them by sending an auxiliary diagnosis request via an electronic request note for a photographing or a lab test;

the patient paying for the photographing or lab test analysis via a self-service payment terminal or a charge-collecting window;

the system processing the photographing or lab test analysis information and the payment information and sending the information to the photographing or lab test department;

the photographing or lab test department processing the information and, after queuing the patient and, sending an invitation to the patient for photographing or lab test analysis,

wherein the invitation is displayed on an integrated display device of the hospital, indicating that the patient may carry out photographing or lab test analysis at a designated location;

the server of the system entering the photographing or lab test analysis information into the system and sending the same to the terminal of a diagnostician;

then the diagnostician making a diagnosis after receiving the relevant information of the patient and then sending the diagnosis to an upper-level doctor for reviewing;

the reviewed diagnosis being sent to the server directly and the photographing or lab test information of the patient is broadcasted on the display or broadcasting devices of the hospital;

the doctor viewing the photographing or lab test analysis information and providing a diagnosis report via the self-service terminal;

the patient printing the diagnosis report.

2. The medical self-service method according to claim 1, wherein

in the registration step, the patient either performs registration via a medical insurance card reader or a return-visit card reader or directly inputs relevant information into the medical self-service terminal;

in the doctor selection step, the patient inputs the department to visit, searches for doctors in the department, views relevant information of doctors; and

selects a suitable doctor to visit;

the system displays the service fee of the doctor to be visited and the registration fee; and

the patient pays the registration fee and doctor'"'"'s service fee.

3. The medical self-service method according to claim 1, wherein the doctor registers the patients lab test through the following steps:

the doctor registering the test at a doctor'"'"'s diagnosis terminal and inputting the test information into the central processing unit which processes the information and sends it to test department;

the patient paying the test fee;

the test department conducting the test according to the test instructions;

the test department completing the test and generates a test report;

the patient printing the test report by using the printing system; and

the doctor calling in the test report from a picture archiving &

communication system (PACS) server via the central processing unit and continuing to diagnose the patient.

4. The medical self-service method according to claim 1, wherein the patient prints the test report through the following steps:

the patient inputting his identification information, the system displaying the current diagnosis information of the patient,

the patient confirming the information that needs to be printed and acquiring the number of films or photographs and the number of diagnosis reports needed,

the patient acquiring the films or diagnosis reports from the report printing system.

5. A medical self-service system, comprising:

a module configured for a patient processing self-service registration, wherein the module is dedicated to a medical self-service terminal equipment under the main menu of a dedicated registration software of a hospital information system (HIS), wherein the equipment connects the patient information with the HIS database via a medical insurance card or a return-visit card,

a module configured for the patient selecting a department and a doctor that matches the patient'"'"'s requirements according to the doctor information in the database, wherein the doctor information includes;

doctors'"'"' resumes, specialties, successful cases, and availability status, wherein the doctor selection information is stored in the server and queued for the visit,

a module configured for the patient paying charges according to the charge message and receiving a registration charge note bearing a visit number of the department,

a module configured for displaying the patient'"'"'s information synchronously with the self-service registration, wherein the patient'"'"'s information includes visiting number, patient'"'"'s name, doctor'"'"'s name, and doctor'"'"'s room number,

a module configured for a doctor selecting diagnostic items in the system and registering them by sending an auxiliary diagnosis request via an electronic request note for a photographing or a lab test,

a module configured for processing the photographing or lab test information and sending the information to a photographing or lab test department;

a module configured for the photographing or lab test department sending an invitation to the patient for photographing or lab test,

a module configured for displaying the invitation to patient for photographing or lab test at a designated location,

a module configured for entering the photographing or lab test analysis information into the system and sending the same to the terminal of a diagnostician for a diagnosis,

a module configured for sending the diagnosis to an upper-level doctor for reviewing,

a module configured for sending the reviewed diagnosis to the server of the system,

a module configured for displaying the photographing or lab test analysis information of the patient,

a module configured for the doctor viewing the photographing or lab test analysis information and providing a diagnosis report via the self-service terminal,

and

a module configured for printing the diagnosis report.

6. The medical self-service system according to claim 5, wherein the module displays several available doctors that match the patient'"'"'s requirements.

7. The medical self-service system according to claim 5, wherein the photographing is selected from the group consisting of X-ray, CT, and MR.