JP2012089047A - Examination reservation server and examination reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To utilize examination results in the past.SOLUTION: Upon receiving examination reservation information containing a patient and an examination condition from a terminal device 3A of an intra-clinic system 2A, an examination reservation server 1 retrieves an examination result corresponding to the identical patient and examination condition to the patient and examination condition contained in the examination reservation information from among examination results in the past in the examination reservation server 1. In the case where the examination result corresponding to the identical patient and examination condition is stored, the examination reservation servers 1 transmits to the terminal device 3A information indicating the presence of the corresponding examination result. Upon receiving the information indicating the presence of the examination result corresponding to the identical patient and examination condition from the examination reservation server 1, the terminal device 3A displays the presence of the corresponding examination result. Furthermore, the terminal device 3A acquires the examination result corresponding to the identical patient and examination condition from the examination reservation server 1 and displays the corresponding examination result.

Description

  The present invention relates to an inspection reservation server and an inspection reservation system.

  In recent years, in the medical field, medical images taken by modalities such as CT (Computed Tomography) have been stored as digital data. When comparing newly acquired images with past images, it is desirable that the images be captured under the same shooting conditions, so the shooting conditions are the same as the currently set shooting conditions. There has been proposed a medical image inspection apparatus capable of searching and displaying past images that have been taken and setting the shooting conditions of an image to be taken this time to the same shooting conditions as those of past images (patent) Reference 1).

JP 9-81646 A

However, since information such as medical care and examinations is managed for each hospital, the results of examinations conducted in hospitals can be referred to, but it is not possible to grasp the contents of examinations conducted in other hospitals in the past. could not. For this reason, when performing an examination, whether or not an equivalent examination has been carried out in another hospital in the past had to rely on information held by the patient. In addition, even if it is found that the examination has been performed in another hospital, the examination result cannot be used in many cases, and in that case, it is necessary to conduct the examination again.
In this way, it is time and labor for both the hospital and the patient to perform the examinations performed at other hospitals, and the physical burden and cost burden on the patient due to bombardment, blood collection, etc. increase. There was a problem to do.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems in the prior art, and an object thereof is to make it possible to use past inspection results.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is connected to an in-facility system provided in each of a plurality of medical facilities through a communication network so that data communication is possible. An examination reservation server that accepts examination reservations in other in-facility systems from each and manages the examination results, and in the other facility based on the examination patient and examination conditions related to the accepted appointment and the examination conditions Storage means for associating and storing test results of tests performed in the system, and test reservation information including a patient and test conditions from one of the plurality of in-facility systems via the communication network When received, the patient included in the examination reservation information and the same patient as the examination conditions out of the examination results stored in the storage means When the test result corresponding to the test condition is retrieved and the test result corresponding to the same patient and test condition is stored in the storage means, the same patient and test condition are stored via the communication network. Control means for transmitting information indicating that a corresponding test result exists to the one in-facility system.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the examination reservation server according to claim 1, wherein the control means stores the examination results corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions in the storage means. When receiving a test result acquisition request corresponding to the same patient and test condition from the one in-house system via the communication network, the test result corresponding to the same patient and test condition is received from the storage means. The test result corresponding to the read same patient and test conditions is transmitted to the one in-facility system via the communication network.

  The invention according to claim 3 manages the examination results by accepting the reservation of the examination in the in-facility system from each of the plurality of in-facility systems and the in-facility system provided in each of the plurality of medical facilities. The examination reservation server is connected to the examination reservation server so that data communication is possible via a communication network, and the examination reservation server is based on the patient and the examination condition of the examination related to the accepted appointment and the examination condition. Storage means for associating and storing test results of tests performed in the other in-facility system, and a patient and test conditions from one in-facility system among the plurality of in-facility systems via the communication network A patient included in the examination reservation information from the examination results stored in the storage means when receiving examination reservation information including When the examination result corresponding to the same patient and the examination condition as the examination condition is retrieved and the examination result corresponding to the same patient and the examination condition is stored in the storage means, the same result is obtained via the communication network. Control means for transmitting to the one in-facility system information indicating that a test result corresponding to the patient and the test conditions exists, wherein the one in-facility system includes display means, and the examination reservation server. The information indicating that the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition exists via the communication network, the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition exists. Control means for displaying on the display means.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the examination reservation system according to the third aspect, the one in-house system is an operation means for instructing an acquisition request for the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions. And the control means of the one in-facility system transmits the acquisition request to the inspection reservation server via the communication network when the acquisition request is instructed from the operation means, and the inspection reservation server When the acquisition request is received from the one in-facility system via the communication network, the control unit reads the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition from the storage unit, and reads the same The test result corresponding to the patient and the test condition is transmitted to the one in-house system via the communication network, and the control system of the one in-house system is transmitted. When the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition is received from the examination reservation server via the communication network, the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition is displayed on the display means. .

  According to the present invention, in the examination reservation server, when examination results corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions as the patient and examination conditions included in the examination appointment information are stored, it corresponds to the same patient and examination conditions. Since the information indicating that the inspection result exists is transmitted from the inspection reservation server to the one in-facility system, the past inspection result can be used in the one in-facility system.

It is a system configuration figure of an inspection reservation system. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a test | inspection reservation server. It is an example of inspection DB. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a terminal device in a clinic C. FIG. It is a ladder chart which shows a process when the test result which corresponds to the patient of this test | inspection and test | inspection conditions does not exist. It is a ladder chart which shows a process when the test result in agreement with the patient and test | inspection conditions of this test | inspection exists. It is a ladder chart which shows a process when the test result in agreement with the patient and test | inspection conditions of this test | inspection exists.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an examination reservation system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the scope of the invention is not limited to the illustrated examples.

[Configuration of inspection reservation system]
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of an examination reservation system 100 in the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, an examination reservation system 100 includes an examination reservation server 1 installed in a regional data center, an in-clinic system 2A provided in a clinic A, and an in-hospital system 2B provided in a hospital B. And a hospital system 2C provided in the hospital C. The examination reservation server 1, the clinic system 2A, the hospital system 2B, and the hospital system 2C are connected to each other via a communication network N such as the Internet so that data communication is possible.

  The examination reservation server 1 provides medical cooperation services between medical facilities, receives examination reservations in the hospital systems 2B, 2C, etc. from the clinic system 2A, etc., and manages the results of the examinations. The examination reservation server 1 displays the examination DB (DataBase) 18 (see FIG. 3), the examination results of examinations performed in the hospital systems 2B, 2C, etc. based on the examination conditions, the examination conditions related to the appointment. ).

  The in-clinic system 2A is configured by connecting a terminal device 3A or the like to an in-facility network 4A such as a LAN (Local Area Network). The terminal device 3A is connected to the communication network N via the router 5A, and is connected to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N so that data communication is possible.

  The in-hospital system 2B is configured such that a terminal device 3B, a modality 6B, and a PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) 7B are connected to each other via an in-facility network 4B such as a LAN so that data communication is possible. Each device constituting the hospital system 2B is connected to the communication network N via the router 5B. Of the devices constituting the hospital system 2B, at least the terminal device 3B is connected to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N by the router 5B so that data communication is possible.

  The in-hospital system 2C is configured by connecting a terminal device 3C, a modality 6C, and a PACS 7C to each other via an in-facility network 4C such as a LAN so that data communication is possible. Each device constituting the in-hospital system 2C is connected to the communication network N via the router 5C. Among the devices constituting the in-hospital system 2C, at least the terminal device 3C is connected to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N by the router 5C so that data communication is possible.

  Note that the number of devices in each in-facility system such as the in-clinic system 2A, the in-hospital system 2B, and the in-hospital system 2C constituting the examination reservation system 100 is not particularly limited.

[Configuration of inspection reservation server]
FIG. 2 shows a functional configuration of the examination reservation server 1.
As shown in FIG. 2, the examination reservation server 1 includes a control unit 11, an operation unit 12, a display unit 13, a communication unit 14, a RAM 15, a storage unit 16, and the like. ing.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and comprehensively controls the processing operations of the respective units of the examination reservation server 1. Specifically, the CPU reads out various processing programs stored in the storage unit 16 in accordance with an operation signal input from the operation unit 12 or an instruction signal received by the communication unit 14, and expands it in the RAM 15. Various processes are performed in cooperation with the program.

  The operation unit 12 includes a keyboard having cursor keys, numeric input keys, various function keys, and the like, and a pointing device such as a mouse, and controls operation signals input by keyboard operations or mouse operations. 11 is output.

  The display unit 13 includes a monitor such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and displays various screens according to instructions of a display signal input from the control unit 11.

  The communication unit 14 includes a network interface and the like, and transmits and receives data to and from an external device connected via the communication network N.

  The RAM 15 forms a work area that temporarily stores various programs, input or output data, parameters, and the like read from the storage unit 16 in various processes controlled by the control unit 11.

  The storage unit 16 includes an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a semiconductor non-volatile memory, and the like, and stores various processing programs, parameters, files, and the like necessary for executing the programs.

  For example, the storage unit 16 stores reservation availability status information of each medical facility that is a cooperation destination in the examination reservation system 100. The reservation availability status information is information indicating the date and time when the inspection device installed in the medical facility can be reserved. The reservation availability status information in the hospital B can be set from the terminal device 3B of the in-hospital system 2B. The reservation availability status information in the hospital C can be set from the terminal device 3C of the in-hospital system 2C. Further, when an examination reservation is registered from the terminal device 3A of the in-clinic system 2A or the like, the registered date and time are excluded from the reservation available date and time of the reservation availability status information.

  The storage unit 16 stores an inspection DB 18. FIG. 3 shows an example of the inspection DB 18. The examination DB 18 stores the medical facility (hospital name) of the examination request destination, the examination patient related to the appointment, the examination date, the examination condition, and the examination result in association with each other. In other words, the examination DB 18 associates the examination patient and examination conditions related to the reservation with the examination results of examinations performed in other in-facility systems (medical request destination medical facilities) based on the examination conditions. Yes. The inspection conditions include modality, part, imaging direction, and the like. The test result may be not only medical image data generated by the modality but also sample test data obtained by analyzing a sample collected from a patient.

  When the control unit 11 receives the examination reservation information including the patient and the examination condition from one in-facility system (for example, the clinic system 2A) among the plurality of in-facility systems via the communication network N, the control unit 11 stores the examination reservation information in the examination DB 18. A test result corresponding to the same patient and test conditions as those included in the test reservation information is searched from the stored test results. Then, when the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions as the patient and examination conditions included in the examination reservation information is stored in the examination DB 18, the control unit 11 uses the same network and the same patient and Information indicating that an inspection result corresponding to the inspection condition exists is transmitted to one in-facility system.

  When the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions as the patient and examination conditions included in the examination reservation information is stored in the examination DB 18, the control unit 11 transmits the communication from the in-facility system via the communication network N. When receiving a test result acquisition request corresponding to the same patient and test condition, the test result corresponding to the same patient and test condition is read from the test DB 18 and the test corresponding to the read same patient and test condition is read. The result is transmitted to the one in-house system via the communication network N.

[Configuration of clinic system]
The terminal device 3 </ b> A is used when making a test reservation in another medical facility with respect to the test reservation server 1 or when referring to a test result stored in the test DB 18 of the test reservation server 1.

FIG. 4 shows a functional configuration of the terminal device 3A.
As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal device 3 </ b> A includes a control unit 31, an operation unit 32, a display unit 33, a communication unit 34, a RAM 35, a storage unit 36, and the like. Yes.

  The control unit 31 includes a CPU and the like, and comprehensively controls processing operations of the respective units of the terminal device 3A. Specifically, the CPU reads various processing programs stored in the storage unit 36 in accordance with an operation signal input from the operation unit 32 or an instruction signal received by the communication unit 34, and expands it in the RAM 15. Various processes are performed in cooperation with the program.

  The operation unit 32 includes a keyboard having cursor keys, numeric input keys, various function keys, and the like, and a pointing device such as a mouse. The operation unit 32 controls operation signals input by key operations or mouse operations on the keyboard. To 31.

  The display unit 33 includes a monitor such as an LCD, and displays various screens according to instructions of a display signal input from the control unit 31.

  The communication unit 34 includes a network interface or the like, and transmits / receives data to / from an external device connected via the in-facility network 4A or the communication network N.

  The RAM 35 forms a work area that temporarily stores various programs, input or output data, parameters, and the like read from the storage unit 36 in various processes controlled by the control unit 31.

  The storage unit 36 includes an HDD, a semiconductor non-volatile memory, and the like, and stores various processing programs, parameters, files, and the like necessary for executing the programs.

The control unit 31 uses the communication unit 34 to make an examination reservation including the medical facility (hospital name) of the examination request destination, the examination patient related to the appointment, the examination date, and the examination condition to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N. Send information.
The control unit 31 uses the communication unit 34 to indicate that there is an examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition as those included in the examination reservation information from the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N. , The display unit 33 displays that there is an examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions.

When the control unit 31 is instructed by the operation unit 32 to acquire a test result corresponding to the same patient and test conditions as those included in the test reservation information, the communication unit 34 sets the communication network N. The test request acquisition request corresponding to the same patient and test conditions is transmitted to the test reservation server 1 via the test reservation server 1.
The control unit 31 is the same when the communication unit 34 receives from the examination reservation server 1 the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions as the patient and examination conditions included in the examination reservation information via the communication network N. Test results corresponding to the patient and test conditions are displayed on the display unit 33.

[Configuration of hospital system]
The terminal device 3B is used when referring to the inspection result stored in the PACS 7B or when transmitting the inspection result to the inspection reservation server 1. Since the terminal device 3B has the same configuration as the terminal device 3A shown in FIG. 4, illustration and description thereof are omitted.

  The modality 6B is an image generation device that performs imaging using a patient's diagnosis target region as a subject, and digitally converts the captured image to generate a medical image. Examples of the modality 6B include CR (Computed Radiography) and CT (Computed Tomography).

  The PACS 7B is a computer device that includes a control unit, an operation unit, a display unit, a communication unit, a RAM, a storage unit, and the like. It is an in-facility server that stores medical information data such as such in association with patient information in a storage unit.

  The terminal device 3C, modality 6C, and PACS 7C constituting the in-hospital system 2C are the same as the terminal device 3B, modality 6B, and PACS 7B, and thus description thereof is omitted.

[Operations in the inspection reservation system]
Next, the operation in the examination reservation system 100 will be described.

First, with reference to FIG. 5, the case where the test DB 18 of the test reservation server 1 has no test results that match the patient and test conditions of the current test will be described.
A patient visits the clinic A (step D1) and receives a medical examination by a doctor at the clinic A. Then, according to the judgment of the doctor, in the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, the examination reservation in the hospital system 2B is reserved for the examination reservation server 1 (step D2). Specifically, in the terminal device 3A, the communication unit 34 is controlled by the control unit 31, and an examination including the medical facility (hospital B) requested by the operation unit 32, the patient, the examination date, and the examination conditions. The reservation information is transmitted to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N. As the examination conditions, for example, the modality, the region, and the imaging direction are input as “CR, chest, front and side”.

  In the inspection reservation server 1, when inspection reservation information is received by the communication unit 14 from the terminal device 3 </ b> A via the communication network N, the control unit 11 selects from the past inspection results stored in the inspection DB 18. Test results corresponding to the same patient and test conditions as those included in the test reservation information are searched (step D3). When the test result corresponding to the test DB 18, that is, the test result corresponding to the patient and the test condition identical to the patient and the test condition included in the test reservation information is not stored (step D 4), the control unit 11 The inspection reservation based on the inspection reservation information is registered in the inspection DB 18, and a notification that the reservation is completed is transmitted to the terminal device 3A via the communication network N (step D5). The examination reservation information related to the registered examination reservation is transmitted by the control unit 11 to the in-hospital system 2B of the hospital B (medical facility of examination request destination) via the communication network N.

  In the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, when the communication unit 34 receives a notification that the reservation is completed from the test reservation server 1 via the communication network N, the control unit 31 sets the test reservation on the display unit 33. Information is displayed (step D6). The doctor at the clinic A confirms the examination reservation information displayed on the display unit 33. Thereafter, the patient returns home (step D7).

  The patient comes to the hospital B on the examination day (step E1), and the examination of the patient is performed by the modality 6B based on the examination conditions (modality, part, imaging direction, etc.) included in the examination reservation information (step E2). ). The inspection result generated by the modality 6B is transmitted to the inspection reservation server 1 via the communication network N by the control unit of the terminal device 3B based on the operation from the operation unit of the terminal device 3B (step E3). In the examination reservation server 1, the examination result is received from the terminal device 3 </ b> B via the communication network N by the communication unit 14, and the examination result is received by the control unit 11 from the medical facility, patient, and examination date of the corresponding examination request destination. And stored in the inspection DB 18 in association with the inspection conditions. Thereafter, the patient returns home (step E4).

  At a later date, the patient visits clinic A (step F1). In the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, the communication unit 34 is controlled by the control unit 31 based on the operation from the operation unit 32 of the doctor in the clinic A, and is performed in the hospital B (hospital system 2B). An acquisition request for the inspection result of the inspection is transmitted to the inspection reservation server 1 via the communication network N (step F2).

  In the examination reservation server 1, when the communication unit 14 receives an acquisition request for the examination result of the examination performed in the hospital B from the terminal device 3 </ b> A via the communication network N, the control unit 11 applies it from the examination DB 18. The inspection result is read, and the read inspection result is transmitted to the terminal device 3A via the communication network N (step F3).

  In the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, when the test result of the test performed in the hospital B is received from the test reservation server 1 via the communication network N by the communication unit 34, the control unit 31 displays the display unit 33. The inspection result is displayed in (Step F4). The doctor in the clinic A makes a diagnosis by looking at the test result displayed on the display unit 33 (step F5). Thereafter, the patient returns home (step F6).

Next, with reference to FIG.6 and FIG.7, the case where the test | inspection result which corresponds to the patient and test | inspection conditions of this test | inspection exists in test | inspection DB18 of the examination reservation server 1 is demonstrated.
This patient is being examined in hospital C based on examination reservations from other clinics other than clinic A. Specifically, the patient visits hospital C on the examination day (step G1), and the examination of the patient is performed by the modality 6C based on the examination conditions (modality, part, imaging direction, etc.) included in the examination reservation information. Is performed (step G2). The inspection result generated by the modality 6C is transmitted to the inspection reservation server 1 via the communication network N by the control unit of the terminal device 3C based on the operation from the operation unit of the terminal device 3C (step G3). In the examination reservation server 1, the examination result is received by the communication unit 14 from the terminal device 3C via the communication network N. And stored in the inspection DB 18 in association with the inspection conditions. Thereafter, the patient returns home (step G4).

  Thereafter, the patient visits the clinic A (step H1) and receives a diagnosis by a doctor at the clinic A. Then, according to the judgment of the doctor, the examination reservation in the in-hospital system 2B is made to the examination reservation server 1 in the terminal device 3A in the clinic A (step H2). Specifically, in the terminal device 3A, the communication unit 34 is controlled by the control unit 31, and an examination including the medical facility (hospital B) requested by the operation unit 32, the patient, the examination date, and the examination conditions. The reservation information is transmitted to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N.

  In the inspection reservation server 1, when inspection reservation information is received by the communication unit 14 from the terminal device 3 </ b> A via the communication network N, the control unit 11 selects from the past inspection results stored in the inspection DB 18. Test results corresponding to the same patient and test conditions as those included in the test reservation information are retrieved (step H3). When test results corresponding to the test DB 18 are stored, that is, test results corresponding to the same patient and test conditions included in the test reservation information are stored (step H4), the control unit 11 Information indicating that the corresponding inspection result exists and information related to the past inspection (hereinafter referred to as past inspection information) are transmitted to the terminal device 3A via the communication network N (step H5). The past examination information includes examination dates, examination conditions, medical facilities, and the like on which past examinations were performed.

  In the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, when the communication unit 34 receives information indicating that a corresponding test result exists from the test reservation server 1 via the communication network N and past test information, the control unit 31 By this, it is displayed on the display unit 33 that there are test results corresponding to the same patient and test conditions (step H6). For example, the display unit 33 displays “chest (front) is photographed on a month × day”, “chest (side) is photographed on a month × day”, and the like.

  Moving to FIG. 7, whether or not to refer to the past examination is selected by an operation from the operation unit 32 of the doctor (step H7). When referring to a past examination (step H7; YES), that is, when a request to obtain an examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition included in the examination reservation information is instructed from the operation unit 32 The communication unit 34 is controlled by the control unit 31, and an acquisition request for a test result (test result of a test performed in the hospital C (in-hospital system 2C)) corresponding to the same patient and test conditions is transmitted to the communication network N. To the examination reservation server 1 (step H8). For example, any of the past examinations such as “○ month × day chest (front)”, “○ month × day chest (side)” displayed on the display unit 33 is operated by the operation from the operation unit 32. When the inspection is selected as a reference object, the control unit 31 transmits an inspection result acquisition request to the inspection reservation server 1.

  In the examination reservation server 1, when the communication unit 14 receives an acquisition request for examination results corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions from the terminal device 3 </ b> A via the communication network N, the control unit 11 receives the same from the examination DB 18. The test results corresponding to the patient and the test conditions are read, and the read test results are transmitted to the terminal device 3A via the communication network N (step H9).

  In the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, when the test result corresponding to the same patient and test condition is received from the test reservation server 1 via the communication network N by the communication unit 34, the control unit 31 displays the display unit. The test result corresponding to the same patient and test conditions is displayed in 33 (step H10). Next, whether or not to refer to another past examination is selected by an operation from the operation unit 32 of the doctor (step H11). When referring to another past examination (step H11; YES), the process returns to step H8 and the same processing is repeated.

  In step H11, when other past examinations are not referred to (step H11; NO) (including cases where other past examinations do not exist), or in step H7, when past examinations are not referred to (step H7; NO), whether or not to continue the examination reservation is selected by an operation from the operation unit 32 of the doctor (step H12). For example, a “reservation continuation” button and a “reservation suspend” button are displayed on the screen displayed on the display unit 33, and either button is pressed. If diagnosis can be performed based on the past examination results displayed on the display unit 33, an instruction to interrupt the examination reservation is input from the operation unit 32 (eg, “Reservation interruption” button is pressed) (step H12; NO) ) The doctor makes a diagnosis (step H13). Thereafter, the patient returns home (step H17).

  On the other hand, if a predetermined period has passed since the examination date of the past examination result displayed on the display unit 33, or if the past examination result is not suitable for the current diagnosis, the examination is performed again. I need to fix it. When the examination reservation is continued in step H12 (step H12; YES), that is, when an instruction to continue the examination reservation is input from the operation unit 32 in the terminal device 3A in the clinic A (“ The control unit 31 controls the communication unit 34 and transmits an examination reservation continuation request to the examination reservation server 1 via the communication network N (step H14).

  In the inspection reservation server 1, when the communication unit 14 receives the inspection reservation continuation request from the terminal device 3A via the communication network N, the control unit 11 adds the inspection reservation information transmitted from the terminal device 3A in step H2. Based on this, the examination reservation is registered in the examination DB 18, and a notification that the reservation is completed is transmitted to the terminal device 3A via the communication network N (step H15). The examination reservation information related to the registered examination reservation is transmitted by the control unit 11 to the in-hospital system 2B of the hospital B (medical facility of examination request destination) via the communication network N.

In the terminal device 3A in the clinic A, when the communication unit 34 receives a notification that the reservation is completed from the test reservation server 1 via the communication network N, the control unit 31 sets the test reservation on the display unit 33. Information is displayed (step H16). The doctor of the clinic A confirms the examination reservation information displayed on the display unit 33, and then the patient returns home (step H17).
When the inspection reservation is continued, processing similar to the processing in steps E1 to E4 and steps F1 to F6 in FIG. 5 is performed.

As described above, when an examination is scheduled at another medical facility, the examination reservation server 1 stores the examination results corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions as those included in the examination reservation information. If the examination result corresponding to the same patient and the examination condition is stored, information indicating that the examination result corresponding to the same patient and the examination condition exists is obtained from the examination reservation server 1. Since the data is transmitted to the in-facility system of the inspection request source, the past inspection results can be used in the in-facility system of the inspection request source.
When examination results corresponding to the same patient and examination conditions are stored in the examination reservation server 1, the doctor determines whether or not it is necessary to conduct a reexamination after referring to the past examination results. Can do. When re-examination is unnecessary, by referring to the previous inspection result, materials necessary for diagnosis are prepared, so that unnecessary inspection can be omitted, and diagnostic efficiency is improved. Moreover, it is possible to minimize the time, labor, and exposure required for patient examination.

  The description in the above embodiment is an example of the examination reservation server and the examination reservation system according to the present invention, and is not limited to this. The detailed configuration and detailed operation of each device constituting the system can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, it is possible to select whether or not to disclose information to clinics A from hospitals B and C, and only the results of tests performed at hospitals that are allowed to be released to clinics A It is good also as a search object of a result.

  In the above description, an example in which an HDD or a non-volatile memory is used as a computer-readable medium storing a program for executing each process is disclosed, but the present invention is not limited to this example. As another computer-readable medium, a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM can be applied. A carrier wave may be applied as a medium for providing program data via a communication line.

1 Examination reservation server 2A Clinic system 2B, 2C Hospital system 3A, 3B, 3C Terminal equipment 4A, 4B, 4C Facility network 5A, 5B, 5C Router 6B, 6C Modality 7B, 7C PACS
11 Control unit 12 Operation unit 13 Display unit 14 Communication unit 15 RAM
16 Storage unit 17 Bus 18 Inspection DB
31 Control Unit 32 Operation Unit 33 Display Unit 34 Communication Unit 35 RAM
36 storage unit 37 bus 100 inspection reservation system N communication network

Claims (4)

It is connected to the in-facility system provided in each of the plurality of medical facilities via a communication network so that data communication is possible. An inspection reservation server to be managed,
A storage unit that stores the patient and the examination condition of the examination related to the accepted reservation in association with the examination result of the examination performed in the other in-facility system based on the examination condition;
When the examination reservation information including the patient and the examination condition is received from the one in-facility system among the plurality of in-facility systems via the communication network, the examination is selected from the examination results stored in the storage unit. When the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition as the patient and the test condition included in the reservation information is searched and the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition is stored in the storage means, Control means for transmitting information indicating that a test result corresponding to the same patient and test conditions exists to the one in-facility system via a communication network;
An inspection reservation server comprising: In the case where the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition is stored in the storage unit, the control unit sets the same patient and the test condition from the one in-facility system via the communication network. When a request for acquiring a corresponding test result is received, the test result corresponding to the same patient and test condition is read from the storage unit, and the test result corresponding to the read same patient and test condition is read Transmitting to the in-facility system via the communication network;
The examination reservation server according to claim 1. A communication network includes an in-facility system provided in each of a plurality of medical facilities and an inspection reservation server that receives inspection reservations in other in-facility systems from each of the plurality of in-facility systems and manages inspection results An examination reservation system connected to enable data communication via
The examination reservation server
A storage unit that stores the patient and the examination condition of the examination related to the accepted reservation in association with the examination result of the examination performed in the other in-facility system based on the examination condition;
When the examination reservation information including the patient and the examination condition is received from the one in-facility system among the plurality of in-facility systems via the communication network, the examination is selected from the examination results stored in the storage unit. When the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition as the patient and the test condition included in the reservation information is searched and the test result corresponding to the same patient and the test condition is stored in the storage means, Control means for transmitting information indicating that a test result corresponding to the same patient and test conditions exists to the one in-facility system via a communication network;
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The one in-house system is:
Display means;
When information indicating that there is an examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition is received from the examination reservation server via the communication network, an examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition exists. Control means for displaying on the display means;
Inspection reservation system with The one in-house system includes an operation means for instructing an acquisition request for a test result corresponding to the same patient and test conditions,
The control means of the one in-facility system transmits the acquisition request to the examination reservation server via the communication network when the acquisition request is instructed from the operation means.
The control unit of the examination reservation server reads out the examination result corresponding to the same patient and examination condition from the storage means when the acquisition request is received from the one in-facility system via the communication network, The test result corresponding to the read same patient and test condition is transmitted to the one in-house system via the communication network,
The control means of the one in-facility system corresponds to the same patient and the examination condition when the examination result corresponding to the same patient and the examination condition is received from the examination reservation server via the communication network. Display the inspection result on the display means;
The examination reservation system according to claim 3.

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