JP2000235611A - Electronic clinical chart device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily display a desired medical examination unit without scrolling by installing a medical examination unit specification means specifying the medical examination unit as a selected medical examination unit and a display control means displaying the reference part of the selected medical examination unit by matching it with the target part of a medical treatment information display area. SOLUTION: A display setting file 31 where display setting information for time sequentially and continuously displaying medical treatment information is stored and a medical treatment information file 32 where medical treatment information for respective medical examination days are stored are installed in a storage device 30. A medical examination unit specification means can be executed by adjusting a pointer to the display area of a medial examination unit by the pointing device of a mouse 12 and the like and clicking it. A display control part 22 matches the reference part of a selected medical examination unit with the target part of the medical treatment information display area and displays them. Thus, the desired medical examination unit can speedily be displayed without the trouble of scrolling with a simple operation for selecting the desired medical examination unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic medical record device for displaying medical information obtained and stored electronically based on medical treatment in a medical information display area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been provided a so-called electronic medical record apparatus in which medical treatment information is digitized and recorded, and is displayed on a screen as necessary. The purpose of using the medical information displayed on the screen of the electronic medical record device is the same as the medical information of the paper medical record. That is, the doctor looks at the past prescriptions and the like for the patient under medical treatment to refer to the current prescriptions, etc., sees the test results and the like, grasps the medical condition, and verifies the therapeutic effect.

[0003]

As described above, in medical treatment, past medical records are displayed and used. Therefore, a display method suitable for the use is desired. With conventional control,
Displays past medical records for each consultation unit (eg, consultation date)
When the user wants to view the medical record of another consultation unit, the screen of the current consultation unit is deleted and the screen of the desired consultation unit is switched. However, with such display control, it is not possible to see a plurality of consultation units at substantially the same time, and it is difficult to intuitively grasp changes and the like among the consultation units. Not suitable when you want to. For this reason, it is conceivable that each consultation unit is displayed so as to be continuous in chronological order, and a desired consultation unit is displayed by scrolling. In this case, it is relatively long before the desired consultation unit is displayed. There is a problem that it takes time. An object of the present invention is to enable a desired consultation unit to be promptly displayed without scrolling.

[0004]

The invention of claim 1 is an electronic medical chart device for displaying medical information obtained and stored electronically based on medical treatment in a medical information display area, wherein each medical consultation unit has Display data setting means for setting medical information display data continuous in a series based on the medical information, position input means for selecting a desired position in the medical information display area, and including the selected position in the display area An electronic medical record apparatus comprising: a consultation unit specifying unit that specifies a consultation unit as a selected consultation unit; and a display control unit that displays a reference portion of the selected consultation unit in accordance with a target portion of the medical care information display area. It is. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the reference part of the selected consultation unit is any one of the upper edge, the lower edge, and the center of the selected consultation unit, and the target part of the medical care information display area is selected. An electronic medical record apparatus characterized in that it is defined as any one of an upper edge, a lower edge, and a center corresponding to a reference part of a consultation unit. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, there is provided a reference portion input means for selecting a reference portion of the selected consultation unit from the upper edge, the lower edge, and the center portion of the selected consultation unit. An electronic medical record apparatus characterized in that: The invention of claim 4 according to claim 1, further comprising a display state storage means for storing a relative positional relationship of the consultation unit with respect to the medical care information display area for each consultation unit, wherein the display control means comprises: When the upper edge of the unit is out of the medical information display area, the upper edge is displayed so as to match the upper edge of the medical information display area, and the lower edge is out of the medical information display area. In this case, the electronic medical record device displays the medical information display area so that its lower edge matches the lower edge of the medical care information display area.

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an electronic medical record apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown, the electronic medical record device has a control device 20, a keyboard 11, a mouse (or other known pointing device) 12, a display 13, and a storage device 30. The control device 20 includes a program ROM, a working RAM, an MPU, a video RAM, and the like. Functionally, a system control unit 21 having a display data setting function and a control function of the entire apparatus, a display control unit 22 having a display control function of the display 13, and the system control unit 21 provide time-series medical information on each consultation day. A display memory 24 in which display data set to be arranged in a row is expanded, a display state storage unit 25 for storing a current display state and a movement mode of re-display, and a file recording function for reading / writing each file in the storage device. It has a reproducing unit 23. The storage device 30 includes a recording medium such as a hard disk, for example. The storage device 30 is provided with a display setting file 31 storing display setting information for continuously displaying medical information in a time series, and a medical information file 32 storing medical information for each consultation day. Have been. Illustration of other files other than these is omitted.

FIG. 2A shows a medical information file 3 for one patient.
2 is shown. As shown in the figure, the medical information file of one patient stores the medical information of the one patient for each consultation day.

FIG. 2B shows the configuration of the display state storage unit 25. As shown in the figure, the display state storage unit 25 stores a display state code indicating the display state of the currently displayed patient and a redisplay processing code indicating the redisplay movement mode for each consultation day. The display state of the currently displayed patient includes an all medical information display (no missing) state, a leading medical information missing state, and a last medical information missing state. The movement modes for redisplay include (1) a movement mode (hereinafter referred to as “mode α”) in which the head (upper edge) of the medical treatment information display area is redisplayed with the head (upper edge) of the selected consultation unit aligned. (2) According to the display state of the selected consultation unit, in the case of the lack of the leading part medical information, the head (upper edge) of the selected consultation unit is displayed again with the beginning (upper edge) of the medical information display area. The movement mode (hereinafter referred to as “mode β1”) and the movement mode (in the case where the end medical information is missing, the re-display with the end (lower edge) of the selected consultation unit matched to the end (lower edge) of the medical information display area Hereinafter, there is “mode β2”). Note that, in addition to these movement modes, for example, a mode (3) in which the center of the selected consultation unit is moved to the center of the medical information display area (hereinafter, “mode γ”) may be added.

As described above, in the present apparatus, the mode α for moving the selected consultation unit from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. 4 and the mode β for moving the selected consultation unit from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG.
1, and a mode β2 for moving from the position in FIG. 3 to the position in FIG. 6 can be selected, and the selection of which mode to use is left to the user (doctor). That is, when the user inputs a desired mode, movement in the mode is performed. However, the mode β1
The modes of and are automatically switched according to the display state of the selected consultation unit. Therefore, as a user, the mode α or the mode β (β1 and β2)
It is sufficient to select either one of the above. In addition, the selection of the mode, for example, by displaying the selection button of the mode on the screen,
This may be performed by pressing the selection button, or by selecting a consultation unit with a mouse while pressing the control key. Alternatively, it is also possible to use the left mouse button and the right mouse button properly. That is, the mode selection method is not limited, and a known mode selection method can be used.

Mode α: The mode α for moving from the position in FIG. 3 to the position in FIG.
In this method, the head (upper edge) of December 15, 1998) is moved to the head (upper edge) of the medical information display area (the area shown by a broken line frame in FIGS. 3 to 7). As shown in FIG. 7, this movement amount is obtained as the sum of the heights of the respective consultation units between the origin of the medical care information display area and the selected consultation unit. However, the consultation unit located at the beginning before the transfer (1 in the figure)
(November 30, 998), it is necessary to subtract the height outside the medical care information display area. In addition,
The amount of movement is determined by the information recorded in the medical information file 32 and the information recorded in the display setting file 31 (for example, information on where in the medical information the line is to be displayed).
Can be calculated based on This process itself is a process of obtaining the display height of each consultation unit based on the medical treatment information and the display setting information, and taking the sum thereof, and an illustration thereof is omitted. In the method of selecting a consultation unit (a method adopted by the consultation unit specifying means), for example, a pointer is moved to a display area of the consultation unit by a pointing device such as a mouse 12 (position input means in the claim). Together,
It can be executed by clicking. That is, a known selection method can be adopted.

Mode β1: Mode β1 for moving from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. 5 is a mode in which the head (upper edge) of the selected consultation unit (in the figure, November 30, 1998) is displayed in the medical information display area. This is a method of moving to the top (upper edge) of (the area shown by the broken line frame in FIGS. 3 to 7). As shown in FIG. 7, this movement amount is obtained as a height at which the selected consultation unit is out of the medical care information display area. The data required for calculating the amount of movement and the method of selecting consultation units are as follows:
Same as mode α.

Mode β2: The mode for moving from the position of FIG. 3 to the position of FIG.
In this method, the end (lower edge) of December 15, 1998) is moved to the end (lower edge) of the medical information display area (the area shown by a broken frame in FIGS. 3 to 7). As shown in FIG. 7, this movement amount is obtained as a height at which the selected consultation unit is out of the medical care information display area. The data required for calculating the movement amount and the method of selecting the consultation unit are the same as those in the mode α. FIGS. 8 and 9 show the procedure for moving the mode β (β1 and β2). In FIG. 7 described above, display data (each solid line frame portion intersecting with the medical information display area indicated by a broken line frame) is displayed in chronological order so that each consultation unit is successively displayed in chronological order. It is shown that it is unfolded continuously.

[0012]

According to the electronic medical record apparatus of the present invention, means for setting medical information display data in which each consultation unit is continuous in chronological order based on medical information, and for selecting a desired position in the medical information display area. Means for specifying a consultation unit including the selected position in the display area (eg, a medical record of the consultation day) as a selective consultation unit, and a reference part of the selected consultation unit as a target part of the treatment information display area. With the means for matching and displaying, by a simple operation of selecting the desired consultation unit, without the trouble of scrolling,
The desired consultation unit can be promptly displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2A is a configuration diagram of a medical care information file, and FIG. 2B is a configuration diagram of a display state storage unit.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a plurality of consultation units are successively displayed in chronological order in a medical information display area (broken line frame).

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a selected consultation unit has been moved from FIG. 3 in a mode α.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a selected consultation unit has been moved from FIG. 3 in a mode β1.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a selected consultation unit has been moved from FIG. 3 in a mode β2.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing movement amounts of modes α, β1, and β2.
A broken line frame indicates a medical information display area, and each solid line frame crossing the broken line frame indicates a consultation unit.

FIG. 8 is a part of a flowchart showing a moving process procedure of a selection information unit in a mode β (β1 and β2).

FIG. 9 is the remaining part of the flowchart showing the movement processing procedure of the selection information unit in the mode β (β1 and β2).

[Explanation of symbols]

 24 display memory 32 medical information file

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Sakurai 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka F-term in Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. 5E501 AA25 AC33 BA01 CA02 CB02 CB09 EA05 EB05 EB06

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An electronic medical record device for displaying medical information acquired based on medical treatment and stored electronically in a medical information display area, wherein each medical consultation unit displays medical information display data that is continuous in time series. Display data setting means for setting a desired position in the medical care information display area, and a consultation unit for specifying a consultation unit including the selected position in the display area as a selected consultation unit An electronic medical record apparatus comprising: a specifying unit; and a display control unit that displays a reference part of a selected consultation unit in accordance with a target part of a medical information display area. 2. The reference portion of the selected consultation unit according to claim 1, wherein the reference portion is any one of an upper edge, a lower edge, and a center portion of the selected consultation unit, and the target portion of the medical care information display area is the selected consultation unit. An electronic medical record apparatus, which is defined as any one of an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, and a central portion corresponding to the reference portion of (1). 3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: a reference portion input means for selecting a reference portion of the selected consultation unit from an upper edge portion, a lower edge portion, and a center portion of the selected consultation unit. Electronic medical record device characterized by the following. 4. The display control means according to claim 1, further comprising display state storage means for storing a relative positional relationship of the consultation unit with respect to the medical information display area for each consultation unit.
When the upper edge of the selected consultation unit is out of the medical information display area, the upper edge is displayed so as to match the upper edge of the medical information display area, and the lower edge is out of the medical information display area. The electronic medical record device displays the medical information display area such that the lower edge portion of the electronic medical record area matches the lower edge portion of the medical care information display area.