JPH0581299A - Patient's card managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce operator's load in patient's card retrieval work and to prevent the generation of a card retrieval miss. CONSTITUTION:Plural card holders 9 provided with LED display devices are stored in a card rack 8 and a card rack control device 10 for controlling the lighting of respectively display devices is connected to the rack 8. Receiving information corresponding to the prescribed number of pacients is read out from a receiving file 7 in response to a card retrieval command inputted from a keyboard 3A and displayed on a CRT screen 3B. Then holder numbers storing the read pacient cards are retrieved and the retrieved holder numbers are continuously transferred to the device 10. Thereby all the card holders 9 corresponding to the plural pacients concerned are turned on in the rack 8, so that an operator can collectively retrieve plural cards.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical record management apparatus for taking out a medical record of a receiving patient in a medical institution such as a hospital.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in medical institutions to which a large number of patients come such as general hospitals, in order to reduce the waiting time for reception, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-26593, a magnetic card inserted by a patient is used. Adopted a revisit automatic reception device that automatically performs the reception process by reading the patient code from the medical examination card such as etc. to identify the receiving patient and printing the issuance number of the patient's consultation department on the consultation sheet and issuing it. It had been.

On the other hand, as a device for retrieving a patient's chart, a plurality of holders for storing a patient's chart are stored in a plurality of chart shelves, and each holder is provided with a selection means such as an indicator and controls this selection means. A device has been proposed in which a corresponding chart holder is selected under the control of the chart shelf controller by connecting the chart shelf controller and inputting the number of the holder to be taken out from the keyboard. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-92872 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-298032 are examples of using a display device as the selection means.
No. 8105 is disclosed.

However, since both of the above-mentioned devices are completely independent systems, in recent years, there has been a growing demand for further efficiency, and therefore a new device combining an automatic re-acceptance device and a medical chart retrieval device is proposed. It has started to be done.

That is, the correspondence between the patient code and the holder number is stored in a file in advance, and every time the patient code is read by the automatic return receiver, the corresponding holder number is read from this file and input from the keyboard. Instead of the above, the data is input to the medical chart search device, whereby the procedure from the reception to the medical chart search is automatically performed.

[0006]

As described above, when the medical chart retrieval apparatus and the recurrence automatic reception device are simply combined and used, the medical chart holder selecting means operates in synchronization with the reception of the patient. , The medical record retrieval work by the workers must be performed in synchronization with the reception of the patient.
The burden on the operator was heavy and there was a high possibility that a mistake in taking out the chart would occur.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a medical record shelf capable of storing a plurality of medical record holders for storing a medical record for one patient and a medical record holder for controlling selection of the corresponding medical record holder according to an input of a holder number. A shelf control device, a holder number file that stores the correspondence between the holder number and the patient code, a reception file that sequentially stores the patient code of the reception patient, operation means for inputting a chart extraction command, and the operation In response to a chart extraction command from the means, a reading means for reading out patient codes for a predetermined number of patients who have not yet extracted a chart from the reception file, and a holder number corresponding to the read patient codes for the prescribed number of people are read from the holder number file. By configuring a medical chart management device by a transfer means for searching and continuously transferring to the medical record shelf control device. Te is intended to solve the above problems.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the chart holders of a plurality of patients can all be selected in response to the operation of the operator without synchronizing with the reception of the automatic return receiver. According to the circumstances, it will be possible to perform the medical record extraction work for multiple people at one time.

[0009]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a host computer, 2 is reception data such as a patient code of a receiving patient and an inputted consultation code to the host computer 1. Return automatic reception device to send, 3
Has a keyboard 3A and a CRT 3B, a terminal device for inputting patient data such as names and addresses and patient data such as medical treatment contents, or a new patient reception work, and 4 has a keyboard 4A and a CRT 4B Medical record management terminal, 5 is a printer, 6 is a patient data file that stores patient data from the counter terminal 3, 7 is a reception file that stores reception data from the return visitor 2 and the counter terminal 3 Is.

Further, 8 is a medical record shelf capable of storing a plurality of medical record holders 9 each having a display, and 10 is a corresponding digital indicator to the medical record shelf in response to the input of the holder number, and displays the corresponding holder display. A chart shelf control device for controlling to turn on the light, 11 is a holder number file in which the correspondence between the patient code and the holder number is stored in advance, and 12 is a work memory.

A plurality of transmitters 13 composed of infrared diodes are attached to each stage of the medical record shelf 8 at equal intervals, and a digital signal corresponding to the holder number is transmitted from here. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the medical chart holder 9 has a size for storing a medical chart for one patient and has an L-shaped back surface.
The ED display 14 is provided, and a receiver 15 including a phototransistor, a microcomputer 16, and a battery 17 are provided. Then, its own holder number is stored in the memory of the microcomputer, and when the holder number received by the receiver 15 matches its own number, the LED 14 is turned on for a predetermined time, for example, 2 to 3 minutes. A detailed description of this lighting control is given in the above-mentioned JP-A-1-92872 and JP-A-2-8105.

The operation of this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to a flow chart and display examples.

First, when the patient inserts the medical care card 18 into the automatic return visitor 2 and depresses the key indicating the department to be treated, the automatic return visitor 2 reads the patient code from the medical care card 2 and The patient code and the inputted department code are sent to the host computer 1. Then,
The host computer 1 confirms whether or not the patient data corresponding to the read patient code is present in the patient data file 6, and when it is present, returns the reception number of each consultation department to the automatic return visitor 2. Then, the return visitor 2 prints the reception number on the reception slip 19 and issues it to the reception patient.

On the other hand, the host computer 1, as shown in the record format of FIG.
Reception information such as patient code, consultation department code, reception number,
The information is stored for each patient in the order of reception, and not only the recurrence automatic reception device 2 but also reception information for a new patient from the window terminal 3 is also stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the reception file 7 is provided with a chart extraction flag indicating whether or not the chart extraction is completed for each patient.

Next, a medical chart management operation using this medical chart extraction flag will be described.

First, when the medical chart management operation is started by the terminal 4 for medical chart management, a medical chart management menu is displayed on the CRT 4B as shown in FIG. 5, where "2. chart extraction (continuous)" is selected by the keyboard 4A. Then, the host computer 1 performs the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

That is, the reception information for one patient whose chart extraction flag is off is stored in the work memory 1 from the reception file 7.
2, the name of this patient is read from the patient data file 6. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the patient code, name, reception number, and department to be examined are displayed in a list on the CRT 4B of the medical chart management terminal 4. After the display, the corresponding chart extraction flag in the reception file 7 is turned on. These series of processes are repeatedly executed for a predetermined number of people, for example, 15 people. Of course, when the information stored in the reception file 7 is less than the predetermined number of people, only the information of the number of people stored is processed.

In the next step, the patient code is sequentially read from the work memory 12 for each person, and the holder number corresponding to this code is retrieved from the holder number file 11. The search result is written in the work memory 12 and displayed on the screen of the CRT 4B.

When the search for the holder number is completed, this time, the holder number is read from the work memory 12,
This number is transferred to the medical record shelf control device 10. Then, on the screen of the CRT 4B, the Honda number is highlighted as shown in FIG. The above processing is the work memory 1
When executed for all holder numbers in 2, the host computer 1 operates the printer 5 and prints a list of patient reception information. This print content is the same as the display content in FIG. 7.

As described above, the medical chart shelf control device 10 has a structure in which when the holder number is input, the corresponding digital signal is immediately sent to the medical chart shelf 8. It lights continuously. That is, in the medical record shelf 8, even if the display time of one display unit of the medical record holder is limited to a short time of 2 to 3 minutes, all the display devices of the medical record holders for a plurality of persons are in a lighting state,
Therefore, the operator can take out all the lit charts at one time. Further, the extracted charts may be rearranged in the order of reception based on the list printing.

If the input key is pressed after printing the list,
The above process is repeated from the beginning, the holder numbers are displayed for a new predetermined number of patients, and if the end key is pressed, the medical record extraction operation is completed.

In the above embodiment, the holder number is displayed in reverse according to the transfer of the holder number, but it is only necessary to change the display mode, and other methods such as high brightness display may be used. Also, select the chart holder by LED
Although the type in which the display is turned on is used, a type in which the chart holder itself is mechanically pushed out may be used.

[0023]

According to the present invention, it is possible to put all the medical record holders for a plurality of patients in a selected state in accordance with the operation of the operator without synchronizing with the reception of the return automatic reception device. You will be able to take out medical records for multiple people at once. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the worker and prevent the chart from being taken out incorrectly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an example.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a chart holder.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data format of a reception file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a menu screen for medical chart management work.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example of reception information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of reverse display of holder numbers.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Host computer 2 Automatic return receiver 4 Medical chart management terminal 5 Printer 6 Patient data file 7 Reception file 8 Medical chart shelf 9 Medical chart holder 10 Medical chart shelf control device 11 Holder number file 12 Work memory 13 Transmitter 14 LED display 15 Reception vessel

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hisao Suyama 6-15-13 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Sanyo Electric Information Equipment Co., Ltd. No. 1 in Shikoku Medicom Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A medical record shelf capable of storing a plurality of medical record holders for storing a medical record for one patient, a medical record shelf control device for controlling selection of the corresponding medical record holder according to an input of a holder number, and the holder number. Number file that stores the correspondence between the patient code and the patient code, a reception file that sequentially stores the patient code of the receiving patient, operating means for inputting a medical chart extraction command, and response to the medical chart extraction command from the operating means And reading means for reading patient codes for a predetermined number of patients who have not yet extracted a medical record from the reception file, and a holder number corresponding to the read patient codes for the predetermined number of people is searched from the holder number file, and the medical chart shelf control device A medical record management apparatus comprising: 2. The medical chart management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein display means for displaying patient codes and corresponding holder numbers for a predetermined number of persons read by the reading means, and corresponding patients according to the transfer by the transfer means. And a means for changing the display mode of the display means, further comprising: