JP2002024379A - System for selecting hospital - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable home care patient to select a hospital that is optimum to the condition of the home care patient's disease through the Internet. SOLUTION: The disclosed hospital selection system mutually connects a home care patient terminal 4, a decision center 2 and a plurality of hospital terminals 3 through the Internet 1. When the measured results of basic physical conditions of the patient are notified from the terminal 4 to the center 2, the center 2 notifies the plurality of the hospital terminals 3 of preliminarily stored medial certificate contents prepared at the time when the patient went to hospital last time and the received measured results of the basic physical condition data, and the respective hospital terminals 3 notify the center 2 of answers showing how their own hospitals correspond to the patient. Then, the center 2 notifies the terminal 4 of the name of the optimum hospital selected on the basis of the answers from the plurality of the hospital terminals 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hospital selection system for enabling a home patient to select an optimal hospital using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for a home patient to select a hospital to receive treatment, for example, past experience of the patient himself, knowledge based on experiences and hearings of family members and acquaintances, and introduction of hospitals are known. In many cases, the patient himself or his family makes various studies and decides with reference to the target articles such as books and newspapers or advertisements of hospitals published in newspapers and magazines. On the other hand, in recent years, with the spread of the Internet, it has become possible for home patients to use the Internet even when selecting a hospital. And, by far, the most commonly used
The method of selecting a hospital using the Internet is that each hospital patient finds the most appropriate hospital by searching for advertisements of each hospital published on the Internet and comparing and examining them. Met.

[0003]

However, the conventional method of selecting a hospital using the Internet has a problem that an appropriate hospital cannot always be selected. For example, the selected hospital may not have the necessary medical facilities, the hospital may be overcrowded and waiting for a long time, or there may be no doctor with sufficient knowledge of the patient's illness. In addition, there were situations in which the fact that the selection of a hospital was inappropriate was found only after visiting the hospital. for that reason,
After visiting the selected hospital, it was not unusual to be referred to another hospital again, or even to receive unexpectedly high costs as a result of treatment.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a hospital selection system that allows a home patient to reliably select an optimal hospital using the Internet. It is intended to be.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 relates to a hospital selection system,
When the home patient terminal, the determination center, and the plurality of hospital terminals are interconnected via the Internet, and the home patient terminal notifies the determination center of the measurement result of the patient's basic physical condition data, the determination center saves in advance. Notifying the plurality of hospital terminals of data comprising the contents of the medical certificate of the patient at the previous visit and the measurement result received from the home patient terminal, and the hospital terminal receiving the data, By notifying the determination center of a response indicating the response of the hospital to the patient created based on the above, the determination center determines the optimal hospital name selected based on the responses from a plurality of hospital terminals, and It is characterized in that notification is made to the patient terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the hospital selection system according to the first aspect, wherein the home patient terminal is connected to the Internet by Internet connection means for connecting to the Internet, and the patient's basic physical condition is controlled by a home medical device. It is characterized by comprising input means for inputting the data measurement result and display means for displaying the hospital name notified from the judgment center. The invention according to claim 3 is the same as the claim 1.
Or, in the hospital selection system according to 2, the determination center has an Internet connection means for connecting to the Internet, a database for storing the contents of medical certificates of a plurality of patients at the last visit to the hospital, And display means for inputting the selected hospital name. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the hospital selection system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the hospital terminal includes an internet connection means for connecting to the internet, and It is characterized by comprising a display means for displaying the contents of the medical certificate and the measurement results received from the home patient terminal, and an input means for inputting the answer to the determination center.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the hospital selection system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the basic physical condition data of the patient transmitted from the home patient terminal includes the patient's blood pressure and pulse. It is characterized by including. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the hospital selection system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the response from the hospital terminal is based on data based on data from the determination center, the date and time when diagnosis is possible, and It is characterized by including a doctor's name, a hospital location, details of medical technology at the hospital, and an approximate estimate of treatment cost.

[0008]

In the configuration of the present invention, when the home patient terminal, the judgment center, and the plurality of hospital terminals are interconnected via the Internet, and the home patient terminal notifies the judgment center of the measurement result of the patient's basic physical condition data. The determination center notifies a plurality of hospital terminals of data including the contents of the previously-examined medical certificate of the patient at the previous visit and the measurement result received from the home patient terminal, and the determination center receives the data. The terminal notifies the determination center of a response indicating the response of the hospital to the patient created based on the data, and the determination center determines the optimal hospital name selected based on the responses from the plurality of hospital terminals. Because the home patient terminal is notified, the home patient can be diagnosed at the optimal date and time at the optimal hospital,
Therefore, it is possible to minimize the trouble of going to the hospital and to receive the optimal treatment at the minimum cost.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The description will be specifically made using an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a hospital selection system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Is a block diagram showing a configuration of the determination center in the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a hospital terminal in the present embodiment, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a home patient terminal in the present embodiment, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the hospital selection system of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hospital selection system of this example is configured such that a judgment center 2
, A plurality of hospital terminals 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ ,..., 3 _n and a home patient terminal 4. The determination center 2 notifies the plurality of hospital terminals 3 of the previously stored diagnosis data of the patient at the previous visit and the measurement results of the basic physical condition data of the patient at home, and based on these materials, a plurality of From the contents of the response from the hospital terminal, the optimum hospital is selected and notified to the home patient terminal 4. The hospital terminal 3 sends a response, which is created from the diagnosis data of the patient at the previous visit to the hospital and the measurement result of the patient's basic physical condition data, which is received from the determination center 2 and includes the treatment system of the hospital and the cost estimation, etc. Notify 2. The home patient terminal 4 notifies the determination center 2 of the measurement result of the basic physical condition data of the patient, and receives the hospital name of the selection result from the determination center 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the determination center 2 in this example includes an Internet connection unit 21, a control unit 22, a database 23, a display unit 24, and an input unit 25. The Internet connection unit 21 connects the determination center 2 and the Internet 1. Control unit 22
Is provided with a computer such as a workstation, and controls the entire operation of the determination center 2. Database 23
Accumulates the contents of the medical certificate of a plurality of patients at the previous hospital visit and temporarily stores the answers of each hospital until they are available. The display unit 24 is composed of a cathode ray tube display device, a liquid crystal display device, or the like, and displays the answer contents of each hospital. The input unit 25 includes a keyboard or the like, and inputs an optimal hospital name selected based on the response results of a plurality of hospitals and various related data about the hospital.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hospital terminal 3 of this example includes an Internet connection unit 31, a control unit 32, a display unit 33, and an input unit 34. The Internet connection unit 31 connects the hospital terminal 3 and the Internet 1. The control unit 32 includes a personal computer and controls the overall operation of the hospital terminal 3. The display unit 33 includes a cathode ray tube display device, a liquid crystal display device, and the like.
The diagnostic data and the measurement result of the basic physical condition data of the patient at the last visit to the hospital are displayed. The input unit 34 includes a keyboard or the like, and is determined based on the displayed diagnosis data of the patient at the previous hospital visit and the measurement result of the basic physical condition data.
A response consisting of the hospital's treatment system, cost estimation, etc. is entered.

As shown in FIG. 4, the home patient terminal 4 of this example includes an Internet connection unit 41, a control unit 42, a display unit 43, and an input unit 44. The Internet connection unit 41 connects the home patient terminal 4 and the Internet 1. The control unit 42 includes a personal computer or the like, and controls the overall operation of the home patient terminal 4. Display unit 4
Reference numeral 3 denotes a cathode ray tube display, a liquid crystal display, and the like, and displays an optimal hospital name and various related data about the hospital sent from the determination center 2. Input unit 44
Inputs a measured value of basic physical condition data including a blood pressure, a pulse and the like of a home patient measured by a home medical device (not shown).

Next, the configuration of the entire system shown in FIG.
The operation of the hospital selection system of this example will be described based on the configuration of each unit shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 and the operation flowchart of the system shown in FIG. A home patient who wants to select a hospital first measures general basic physical condition data such as blood pressure and pulse using an arbitrary home medical device (not shown). Then, in the home patient terminal 4, the measurement results of these data are input from the input unit 44 (step S1 in FIG. 5) and transmitted to the determination center 2 via the Internet 1 via the Internet connection unit 41 (FIG. 5).
Step S2). At this time, if necessary, an e-mail address for displaying the patient, and data necessary for specifying the patient, such as the patient's name, address, and telephone number, are also sent.

At the judgment center 2, an Internet connection
At-home patient end from Internet 1 via unit 21
When the transmission data at the end 4 has been received,
Displayed at Then, based on the displayed patient name, etc.
Then, by giving an instruction from the input unit 25, the data
The patient stored in the database 23
Read the data of the medical certificate when visiting a hospital
(Step S3 in FIG. 5). Then, the judgment center 2
And read the medical certificate data from the previous visit
And the measurement results of the patient's basic physical condition data,
Via the Internet 1 from the Internet connection unit 21
And a plurality of hospital terminals 3₁, 3₂, ..., 3 _nSend to
(Step S4 in FIG. 5).

Each of the hospital terminals 3 displays, on the display unit 33, the medical certificate data and the measurement result of the basic physical condition data of the home patient at the last visit to the hospital, which are received via the Internet connection unit 31.
Displayed at On the basis of these data, the hospital responds with a comment on the patient's condition and treatment policy, the date and time of diagnosis, the name of the doctor in charge, the location of the hospital, the medical technology of the hospital, and an estimate of the cost of treatment. It is created (step S5 in FIG. 5). Medical techniques in this case include, for example, the presence or absence of advanced diagnostic equipment such as an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus, a CT (Computer Tomography) scanner, and a doctor related to a medical condition. Treatment techniques and achievements are included. Then, in each hospital terminal, by inputting the created answer content from the input unit 34, it is transmitted to the determination center 1 via the Internet 1 via the Internet connection unit 31 (step S6 in FIG. 5).

The judgment center 2 receives the response from each hospital terminal via the Internet connection unit 21 (step S7 in FIG. 5), and temporarily waits until all the hospital terminals have all the responses.
It is stored in the database 23. In the judgment center 2, a certain number of answers from each hospital are available (step S in FIG. 5).
8) At this time, answers from each hospital are sequentially taken out from the database 23, displayed on the display unit 24, and the contents are compared and examined. Then, based on the result, the most suitable hospital for the patient is selected (step S9 in FIG. 5),
By inputting the name of the hospital from the input unit 23, the Internet connection unit 21 via the Internet 1
It notifies the home patient terminal 4 (step S10 in FIG. 5). At this time, if necessary, in addition to the hospital name, the contents of the response from the hospital are also notified.

The home patient terminal 4 receives the notification from the determination center 2 via the Internet connection unit 41 and displays it on the display unit 43 (step S1 in FIG. 5).
1). Thereby, the home patient can know the optimal hospital name and the answer content.

As described above, in the hospital selection system of this example, the judgment center notifies the home patient terminal of the optimal hospital name based on the previous diagnosis data and the current measurement result of the basic physical condition data. At-home patients can be diagnosed at the optimal date and time at the optimal hospital,
Therefore, it is possible to minimize the trouble of going to the hospital and to receive the optimal treatment at the minimum cost.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and there are design changes and the like within the scope of the present invention. Even this is included in the present invention. For example, the basic physical condition data to be notified from the home patient terminal to the determination center is not limited to blood pressure and pulse, but can be easily measured by ordinary people using relatively simple measuring means such as body temperature and blood glucose level. And various medical data.

[0021]

As described above, according to the hospital selection system of the present invention, the home patient terminal, the judgment center, and the plurality of hospital terminals are connected to each other via the Internet, and the home patient terminal is connected to the patient terminal. When notifying the measurement result of the basic physical condition data, the determination center notifies the contents of the medical certificate of the patient previously stored at the previous hospital visit and the measurement result of the received basic physical condition data to a plurality of hospital terminals, Each hospital terminal notifies the judgment center of the response to the patient's response to the patient created based on these data to the judgment center, and the judgment center selects the optimal one selected based on the answers from the plurality of hospital terminals. Since the name of the hospital is notified to the home patient terminal, the home patient can be diagnosed at the optimal date and time at the optimal hospital, thus minimizing the trouble of going to the hospital. Preparative it is, it becomes able to receive a minimum of expense the optimal therapy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a hospital selection system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a determination center in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a hospital terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patient terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation processing procedure of the hospital selection system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 2 Judgment center 23 Database 24 Display unit 25 Input unit 3 Hospital terminal 33 Display unit 34 Input unit 4 Home patient terminal 43 Display unit 44 Input unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] The home patient terminal, the determination center, and a plurality of hospital terminals are mutually connected via the Internet, and when the home patient terminal notifies the determination center of the measurement result of the basic physical condition data of the patient, the determination is performed. The center notifies the plurality of hospital terminals of data including the content of the medical certificate of the patient previously stored at the previous visit and the measurement result received from the home patient terminal, and the hospital that has received the data. The terminal notifies the determination center of a response indicating the response of the hospital to the patient created based on the data, so that the determination center can select an optimal one selected based on the responses from a plurality of hospital terminals. A hospital selection system, wherein a hospital name is notified to the home patient terminal. 2. The home patient terminal, an Internet connection means for connecting to the Internet, an input means for inputting a measurement result of the basic physical condition data of the patient by a home medical device, and a hospital notified from the determination center 2. The hospital selection system according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a name. 3. The determination center displays Internet connection means for connecting to the Internet, a database storing the contents of medical certificates of a plurality of patients at the time of previous visit, and contents of answers of the plurality of hospitals. 3. The hospital selection system according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit, and an input unit for inputting the selected hospital name. 4. An Internet connection means for connecting the hospital terminal to the Internet, a display means for displaying the contents of a medical certificate of the patient at the previous visit, and a measurement result received from the home patient terminal. 4. A hospital selection system according to claim 1, further comprising: input means for inputting an answer to the determination center. 5. The hospital selection system according to claim 1, wherein the basic physical condition data of the patient transmitted from the home patient terminal includes a blood pressure and a pulse of the patient. 6. A response from the hospital terminal includes a finding based on data from the determination center, a diagnosis possible date and time,
The hospital selection system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising a name of a doctor in charge, a location of the hospital, contents of medical technology of the hospital, and an approximate estimate of treatment cost.