JP2002132943A - Method and system for information management - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save and manage a medicine type and medication instructions by computerizing the medicine types and the medication instructions to be provided, while written in a notebook owned by a customer. SOLUTION: The pocketbook 7 is placed on a pad 11b of a digitizer 11 and handwritten contents 8 are written with a dedicated pen 11a. The contents 8 are read by the digitizer 11 of an information management system 10 as image data 31 and stored in the memory of a PC 12 as save data 33, obtained by omitting the margin of the image data 31. The drug history of the customer can be easily displayed, so as to be seen easily by arranging and displaying the stored saved data 33 of each customer on a display 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information management method and a management system suitable for managing a medical history and a medical history in a business related to medicine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, medical histories are stored and managed as medical records for each hospital, and medication histories are stored and managed as drug histories for each pharmacy.

[0003]

In recent years, as a part of information disclosure, information relating to medical histories and drug histories is being disclosed to patients who are customers of hospitals and pharmacies. It is also useful for patients to manage their medical history or medical history on their own to facilitate treatment. Further, when receiving treatment at another hospital or when purchasing from another pharmacy, it is useful for preventing inconvenience of swallowing and the like beforehand.

[0004] For this reason, for example, the Japan Pharmacists' Association has distributed a notebook in which a drug history (medication history), which is a medicine notebook, can be described. A doctor or pharmacist can fill in medication instructions such as how to drink and other precautions each time a drug is purchased. Therefore, doctors, dentists and pharmacists can determine what medicines and how long they have been using the medicine notebook that the customer has, when creating prescriptions and when selling drugs For example, it is possible to confirm whether the same medicine is not overlapped or inconveniently mixed.

[0005] As described above, it is useful for the customer to manage the drug history in his / her own notebook, but on the other hand, the pharmacy or hospital also needs to manage the history of the drug provided to the customer by himself / herself. . However, when creating information managed by a pharmacy, for example, in addition to the information to be passed to the customer, it is necessary to create the same information twice, which is troublesome. In addition, inconsistencies may occur between the information. further,
There is also a desire to manage drug history electronically.

[0006] For example, every time a drug is sold to a customer, it is possible to create electronic information, print it out, and provide it to the customer. However, as compared with the information in the form described in the notebook, the management of the customer is troublesome, and the possibility of losing the printout is high. In addition, in many cases, doctors and pharmacists should explain information about the medicine in front of the customer, and also include information that calls attention to customer questions on the spot. There are many. Therefore, at present, it is considered most desirable to provide the information on the medicine to be sold in the customer's pocketbook while writing the information by hand. Alternatively, even if a predetermined item is printed based on digitized data, there is always a possibility that handwritten information will accompany it, and it is necessary to manage the information including the handwritten information. The same applies to medical histories, and it is most desirable to explain the affected part to the customer based on a simple sketch, and it is also necessary to store and manage handwritten information.

[0007] The chart describing the medical condition of the patient also differs depending on whether it is handed to the patient, but it is desirable that the medical record can be created by hand to describe the medical condition while examining the patient. There is a common problem in that there is a desire to store the stored medical records and to electronically store and manage the contents described therein, and have the same problems as described above.

Therefore, in the present invention, information on medicines or medical conditions sold to customers, which is provided to customers as handwritten information and is described in medical records, customer notebooks, and the like, can also be used in pharmacies and hospitals. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information management method and a management system which can digitize information without duplicating information, save time, and accurately store and manage the information.

[0009]

To this end, the present invention provides a content including information on a drug sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer, for example,
Each time a memo or sketch is read as image data, and the recording instruction is given, the image data is recorded as at least one unit of storage data, and the storage data is arranged and displayed on a display or printed out. I have. That is, the information management method according to the present invention includes a step of reading, as image data, handwritten content including information on a drug sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer, and reading the image data each time recording is instructed. At least one
Storing in memory as storage data of two units;
Outputting at least one copy of the plurality of storage data stored in the memory for each customer. The information management method of the present invention can be executed by using the information management program of the present invention having an instruction capable of executing the processing in these steps. The information management program can be provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, and can also be provided by a medium transmitted by communication between computers such as the Internet. It is possible.

Further, by installing the information management program of the present invention in an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer having appropriate computer resources, the information processing apparatus realizes the function of the information management apparatus according to the present invention. Is possible. The information management device is used as a means for processing image data and storing it in a memory, and means for reading appropriate image data such as a digitizer, and means for displaying or printing out stored data such as a display or a printer. By combining them, an information management system according to the present invention can be constructed. That is, the information management system of the present invention includes: means for reading, as image data, a content including information on medicines sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer; There are means for storing in the memory at least one unit of storage data relating to the customer in the memory, and means for arranging and outputting at least one copy of the plurality of storage data stored in the memory for each customer.

[0011] In the information management method and system of the present invention, contents including information on medicines sold to customers and / or information on medical conditions of customers are read as image data. Therefore, even if the content such as a memo or a sketch includes handwritten information, the content including the handwritten information can be recorded as storage data. Then, in order to read the content as image data, the content itself described in a notebook in which information relating to the medical history owned by the customer is recorded or a medical record in which information relating to the medical history of the customer is recorded is digitized as storage data and recorded and recorded. Can be managed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent double trouble for creating the storage data, and further, between the information provided to the customer and the information managed by the pharmacy or the like, or the information described in the medical chart and the electronic storage data. It is possible to prevent inconsistency between the two.

[0012] Further, the read image data, which is information relating to medicines sold to the customer and / or information relating to the medical condition of the customer, is stored as at least one unit of storage data relating to the customer each time recording and instruction is performed. For example, if the data is stored in an appropriate recording medium such as a magnetic recording medium or an optical recording medium, the stored data can be managed in chronological order for each customer, and the stored data can be used to digitize the drug history and / or medical history of the customer. It will remain in the state that was done. Therefore, in the information management method and system of the present invention, it is possible to provide a step of arranging and outputting at least one copy of a plurality of stored data stored in the memory as a drug history or a medical history for each customer. For this reason, the information management method and system of the present invention can output a medication history for each customer at any time, prevent prescription troubles, and provide medication guidance tailored to the customer to help improve service. . Also, by arranging and outputting the stored data relating to the electronic medical condition, the medical history can be easily output at any time.

As described above, by employing the information management method and system of the present invention, pharmacies and hospitals that are required to independently manage information related to drug history or medical history can be used.
By reading the content itself including the handwritten information provided to the customer as image data, the information can be digitized and managed as a drug history or medical history. Therefore, even if the information provided to the customer is handwritten in the notebook owned by the customer, there is no problem in management of the pharmacy or the like, and the drug history and / or the drug owned by the customer, such as the medicine notebook described above. Alternatively, the information can be provided to the customer by writing it in a notebook in which information on the medical history is recorded, and the information can be provided in a state where the customer can easily manage the information. In addition, the contents described in the medical chart can be digitized and stored and managed without changing the current medical examination method of handwriting a medical condition on the medical chart.

[0014] Information on medicines sold to customers and / or
Or, when the content containing information on the medical condition is read to the customer as image data and recorded as drug history or medical history storage data, unnecessary data or information is automatically cut as much as possible, and the storage data is reduced, When displaying these as a medical history or medical history, it is desirable to be able to output them side by side on a display or paper so that they can be easily viewed. For example, when writing information in a notebook or chart owned by a customer, if the page on which the information is written is directly read by a scanner or the like and image data is acquired, the content previously written on the page is also read at the same time, so old content is read. Must be deleted. Since it is difficult to automatically determine and edit the date and time of the described content, editing work on the recording side increases labor and may cause an editing error. Therefore, if content is created using a pen-type input device (stylus) that inputs information by moving the pen while touching the digitizer, and the content is read as image data, the content created at that time can be read in the past. Content. However, printing the information in a notebook or the like of the customer requires a printing unit such as a printer, which is troublesome, and there arises a problem of where to print new content on the corresponding page.

Therefore, in the present invention, in the reading step and means, it is desirable to read the image data by a digitizer capable of indirectly inputting the trajectory of the writing implement for creating the content. Such digitizers can detect the movement of the pen using magnetic fields, electric fields, ultrasonic waves, acceleration sensors, etc., and indirectly detect the trajectory of the pen. The described content can be read as image data. Therefore, only the information provided when the information is provided to the customer can be read as image data without any extra work such as printing or scanning, as it is described in the notebook or chart. Then, even if the content which is temporally preceding or succeeding is described on the same page, only the content created at that time can be automatically extracted and read as image data.

Further, in the storing step and means, the read image data is divided into a plurality of matrix-like or stripe-like input unit areas, and significant image data is determined as being manually input in these input unit areas. It is desirable to extract only a specific input unit area in which important data exists and generate storage data. The storage capacity of content containing handwritten images or character information can be reduced using data compression techniques, at which point portions without data, for example, blank areas, are mostly erased. However, when the data is output, the data is expanded, so that blanks are also displayed, and it is difficult to sequentially display the stored data as a drug history or a medical history. Therefore, it is desirable to remove the blank portion, but if the editing is performed manually, it takes time and there is a possibility that information will be deleted if there is an editing error.

On the other hand, according to the information management method and system of the present invention, the read image data is divided into a plurality of matrix-like or stripe-like input unit areas, and manually input into these input unit areas. Since the storage data is generated by extracting only the specific input unit area in which the significant data exists as the storage data, the storage data is obtained by automatically deleting or cutting the blank portion. Therefore, the storage capacity of the memory can be saved, and the output area occupied by one unit of storage data when the storage data is displayed on a display or printed by a printer can be reduced. For this reason, it is possible to output a large number of stored data side by side on one screen or paper,
It is easy to grasp the customer history.

When the storage data is generated in this manner, a plurality of units of storage data are created from the input image data by automatically recognizing, for example, the title of the area where the handwritten content is described through OCR or the like. It is also possible. In addition, when outputting stored data, an area editing function that determines the output layout according to the shape or size of the output screen or paper surface, if necessary, controls the enlargement, reduction, or resolution of the specific unit of storage data when outputting It is also possible to add an output image size / resolution control function.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows that when a pharmacy 5 sells a medicine 3 to a customer (patient) 2 based on a doctor's prescription, the pharmacist 1 uses the information management system 10 of the present invention.
3 shows a state in which a service of handing out the medicine 3 to the customer 2 while explaining the medicine 3 is performed. The information management system 10 of the present embodiment includes a digitizer 11 capable of inputting image data.
And a personal computer (PC) 12 having a memory such as a hard disk capable of recording the image data.
To operate the functions being executed on the PC 12,
A keyboard 13 capable of inputting data, a bar code reader 14 capable of reading data provided by a bar code and inputting the data to the PC 12, a display 15 capable of displaying and outputting data from the PC 12, and printing out data from the PC 12. And a possible printer 16.

The digitizer 11 of this embodiment is a digitizer of an electromagnetic induction type, reads a change in a magnetic field generated by a dedicated pen 11a by a sensor grid embedded in a pad 11b, calculates a locus of the pen 11a, and converts the locus into image data. I can do it. Therefore, pad 11b
When the notebook 7 is placed on the notebook 7 and memos and figures are written on the notebook 7 with the dedicated pen 11a, the written contents are supplied to the PC 12 as image data. Such a pen 1
1a is detected indirectly through a medium such as a magnetic field,
A device that provides the image data using the above-described magnetic field is, for example, a device manufactured by Mutou Kogyo.
It is commercially available under the trade name o).

The PC 12 includes a CD-ROM 25 and the like.
An information management program 29 of the present invention recorded on an appropriate recording medium readable by a computer is installed, and a portion of the image data input from the digitizer 11 excluding a blank is selected as storage data, and the storage data is selected. Can be recorded in a built-in memory such as a hard disk. Then, the stored storage data is read out under appropriate conditions, displayed on the display 15, or printed out from the printer 16.

When selling medicine while explaining to the customer 2 using the information management system 10 of the present embodiment, first, information for identifying the customer 2 is input to the PC 12. The name of the customer 2, the date of birth, the number of the insurance card, or an appropriate ID number assigned to the customer 2 can be input from the keyboard 13. Alternatively, the bar code attached to the customer card or the medicine notebook 7 of the customer 2 may be read by the bar code reader 14 and information for identifying the customer 2 may be provided to the PC 12. A pen input device for inputting data while touching the digitizer with a pen may be further connected to the PC 12 to input customer information or other known identification information.

Next, the pharmacist 1 places the medicine notebook 7 owned by the customer 2 on the pad 11b of the digitizer 11, and
The page 7a where the latest information can be described is opened.
Then, on the page 7a, information on the medicine 3 to be handed to the customer 2 and a comment on medication instruction, for example,
The name of the medicine, the amount to be taken, the number of times, the way of drinking, and other points to be noted are described to the customer 2 with the pen 11a.
At this time, the customer 2 is inquired about the medicine or his / her medical history, and the content of the answer is also written as needed on the page 7a of the notebook with the pen 11a. The handwritten content 8 including the information described above, the content of the question and the answer, and the like described by the pen 11a is provided to the PC 12 by the digitizer 11 as image data. And display 1
5, the image data 31 is displayed as a monitor screen 32.

When the pharmacist 1 operates the keyboard 13 to take in the image data 31 after giving the medicine 3 to the customer 2 after the explanation to the customer 2 is completed, only the part of the content 8 from the image data 31 is automatically processed. The data is stored in the memory of the PC 12 as one record unit, for example, as one image file or record as the storage data of the customer 2 who delivered the medicine 3 at that date and time. In this way, when the information management system 10 of this example is used, the pharmacy 5
In, every time the medicine 3 is provided to the customer 2, the information of the medicine 3 can be described in the notebook 7 of the customer 2 and provided to the customer 2. At the same time, the information provided to the customer 2 is read as it is as the image data, and the P
C12, that is, stored and managed as digitized storage data in the information management device of the information management system 10 of the present example. Therefore, the storage data 33 managed by the information management system 10 for a certain customer 2 is displayed on the display 1.
5 and displayed in chronological order, the medication history of the customer 2 can be displayed. The medicine history of each customer 2 can also be output by arranging the storage data 33 from the printer 16 in chronological order and printing it out.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic functional configuration of the information management system 10 of the present embodiment. This information management system 10
Is built around a PC 12 functioning as an information management device. The PC 12 can acquire the image data 31 from the digitizer 11,
An input interface 21 capable of acquiring various input data from other input devices such as a barcode reader 14 and the digitizer 1 via the input interface 21
When the image data 31 is obtained from the storage device 1, the storage data 33 is extracted by a method described below based on a storage instruction from the keyboard 13 or the like, and is stored in the storage database 22 constructed on a magnetic disk (hard disk) or the like as a memory. The stored data can be read from the stored data storage unit 23 to be stored and the stored data stored in the storage database 22 based on appropriate search data such as customer identification information, edited in an appropriate order and arrangement, and output. The storage data output unit 24 and the output data edited by the storage data output unit 24 are
5 is provided. Further, the PC 12 includes a customer database 27 for managing customer identification information. The PC 12 generates the storage data 33 in the storage data storage unit 23 and reads out the storage data 33 from the database 22 in the storage data output unit 24. You can refer to it.

FIG. 3 shows an information management program 29 to be installed in the PC 12 in order to make the PC 12 function as an information management device which is the core of the information management system 10 of the present embodiment.
Is shown by a flowchart. This information management program 29 is stored in a P-ROM
It can be provided by being recorded on an appropriate recording medium readable by C12. Alternatively, it is also possible to distribute via communication between computers such as the Internet.

First, the information management program 29 of the present example
In step 51, the process is started by inputting the identification information of the customer 2. As described above, the identification information (ID) may be a name, a date of birth, an insurance card number, a member number, and the like.
4 or other input device.
Next, when input of storage data is instructed in step 52, the image data 31 supplied from the digitizer 11 is read in step 53, and in step 54, an area effective as a content is extracted from the image data 31 to store the storage data. 33, and the storage data 33 is stored in the database 22 in step 55. That is, the processing as the storage data storage unit 23 is performed.

The storage data 33 stored in the database 22 is stored in the database 22. When the output of the storage data is selected in step 56 of the information management program 29, in step 57, the identification information of the customer 2 previously inputted is output. Is read from the database 22. Then, the storage data 3 read in step 58
3 are arranged in an appropriate arrangement, edited and output in chronological order for easy viewing. That is, the storage data output unit 2
The process as No. 4 is executed.

The process of recording and outputting the storage data 33 is repeated until the service described for a specific customer is finished and the end is selected in step 59. Then, when a series of services for the customer is completed, in step 51, by inputting the identification information of another customer, a service for explaining information of medicine or the like to a new customer is started.

The information management system 10 according to the present embodiment is developed for a pharmacy. When providing a medicine based on a prescription provided by a doctor to the customer 2, the information management system 10 shown in FIG.
The information of the medicine is described in the notebook 7 owned by the company. In the pocketbook 7, information on the medicines provided to the customer 2 in the past is described in chronological order.
The latest drug information is described in For this reason, as shown in FIG.
Open a and place it on the pad 11b of the digitizer 11,
Using the dedicated pen 11a, the contents 8 including the information on the medicine and the questions with the customer 2 are written by hand. As described above, the medicine information can be created in advance using a function such as a word processor and can be stamped out on a corresponding page 7a of the notebook with a printer or the like. It is considered that management systems that ignore handwritten information, such as the inability to reflect the results of interviews with, are currently too difficult. On the other hand, the content 8 described by handwriting or the like on the page 7a of the notebook can be captured as image data by a scanner. However, in this case, if the information of the medicine provided before is also described on the same page 7a, the information is read, so that when saving as the storage data, the extra information is manually deleted. Work occurs.

On the other hand, in the management system 10 of the present embodiment, the content 8 described on the page 7a of the notebook is taken in as the image data 31 by using the digitizer 11 which can read the trajectory of the pen 11a as the image data 31. Like that. Therefore, page 7 of the organizer
Even if the previous information or the print indicating the page format has been applied to “a”, it is not read as image data, and only the contents 8 containing the information of the medicine at the corresponding date and time entered by the pen 11a are shown in FIG. Is taken in as image data 31 as shown in FIG. For this reason, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of eliminating extra data and to read the content 8 described on the page 7a of the customer's notebook as it is as the image data 31 without any change. There is no inconsistency between the information managed by the system 10.

In this digitizer 11, a pen 11a
Can write the contents directly on the page 7a of the notebook, so that it is possible to touch the pen directly on the sensor surface of the digitizer and input the characters and the like by handwriting, and then print, like other pen input devices. It is not necessary to apply. Therefore, the information management system 10 according to the present embodiment includes such a pen 1
By adopting the digitizer 11 that can indirectly detect the trajectory 1a by a magnetic field or the like, the pharmacist 1
At present, the information described in the notebook 7 can be digitized and managed by the management system 10 simply by performing the same operation as writing a comment on a medicine or the like in the medicine notebook 7 of the customer 2.

However, the image data 31 read by the digitizer 11 has many blank areas 38 in addition to the contents 8. Therefore, in the information management program 29 of this example, when the storage data 33 is generated in step 54, the storage area 33 is generated by automatically cutting the margin area 38. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, the image data 31 is divided vertically and horizontally into 64 matrices 39, and each matrix 39 is used as an input unit area, and there is significant data determined to be handwritten in the area. Is detected. For example, it is determined whether or not there is significant data by a method such as determining that there is a pixel considered to be input or determining that those pixels are continuous to a significant length. can do. Then, a matrix 39 having significant data is extracted from the image data 31 and used as storage data 33.

For example, in the image data 31 shown in FIG. 7, the coordinates from X0 to X7 are given in the horizontal direction, and the coordinates from Y0 to Y7 are given in the vertical direction, so that each matrix 39 can be identified. ing. And the coordinate X1
To X3 and the matrices 39 of the coordinates Y4 to Y6 are determined to have significant data. Therefore, the data of the nine matrices 39 is extracted, and the storage data 33 is generated. Therefore, even if the storage data 33 stored in the database 22 is the image data itself, it is reduced to 9/64 of the original image data 31, and the amount of data to be stored is further reduced by compressing with an appropriate algorithm. Can be. Then, in the information management system 10 of the present example, in step 55 of the information management program 29 shown in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 33 is added to management data 35 such as the date and time of acquisition, and recorded in the database 22.

Although it is important to cut out the margin 38 to generate and store the storage data 33 in order to secure the capacity of the database 22, the storage data 33 stored in the database 22 is output. There is a great merit that a plurality of stored data 33 can be arranged and output in chronological order so that they can be easily viewed, since the margin can be cut off when the data is stored. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, as shown in a display example of the display 15 of the information management system 10 of the present example, an area 36 excluding the monitor screen 32 of the image data 31 supplied from the lower right digitizer 11 includes:
It is possible to display the past storage data 33 of the customer in chronological order. Therefore, in the area 36 of the display 15, only the information (contents) 8 of the medicines provided to the customer in the past is displayed in order and in a space-efficient manner. History can be accurately grasped. Therefore, appropriate advice can be provided to the customer with reference to the customer's medical history.

Also, when a medicine is prepared according to a prescription, the use of the information management system 10 of the present embodiment makes it possible to output a computerized medicine history of a customer very easily. By displaying on the screen or printing out from the printer 16 in the same manner as described above, it becomes possible to easily refer to the medicine history of the customer. For this reason, it becomes easy to provide a medicine suitable for the conditions including the customer's constitution and habits.

In the above description, the present invention has been described with an example of a system in which information on a drug provided to a customer in a pharmacy is digitized, stored and managed, and can be referred to as a drug history. Apart from this, a medical record for recording the medical condition of a customer (patient) at a hospital can be digitized and stored in the same manner as described above by the information management system and information management method of the present invention. In other words, in order to create a medical chart while examining a patient's medical condition or listening to the medical condition from the patient, it is necessary to store the written medical chart in which contents including such information are written by hand. Therefore, when it is attempted to digitize the data, the data is duplicated, and the same problem as in managing the drug history occurs. Therefore, by employing the information management method of the present invention, it is possible to store and manage the information described in the medical chart as it is as image data. Furthermore, the adoption of a digitizer that indirectly detects the trajectory of the pen and captures it as image data makes it possible to eliminate the trouble of separating it from the information previously described on the medical chart, and also as the content from the image data. By extracting a significant part as storage data, it is possible to output a medical history in a very easy-to-see state only by arranging and outputting the storage data.

As described above, the present invention is a processing technique suitable for filing, displaying, and printing out handwritten information such as a medical chart describing a medical history in medical work. And in many cases, handwritten images or textual information
Generally, it is captured by an image scanner or written on a surface with an XY digitizer, but by detecting the movement of the pen tip using an electromagnetic induction method or the like, it can be added to a chart or notebook in the same way as before. The information can be digitized simply by writing.

When the image data including the handwritten information is recorded by a data compression technique, a portion having no data is deleted and compressed, but is stored as data of the entire input range of a scanner, a digitizer or the like. . Therefore, when outputting to a display such as a display or printing out, expanding the compressed data will also restore the blank space, so if it is not removed, the blank space will be lost as a medical history or medical history. It is too hard to see because it is too much and the display is almost useless. On the other hand, in the information management system 10 of the present example, only the portion having significant information is extracted from the image data so that the margin can be automatically cut, so that it is not necessary to edit manually. Simply outputting the stored data in order allows the doctor or pharmacist to refer to it as a medical history or drug history. In the above description, the margins can be cut by dividing the image data 31 into the matrix 39. However, the margins may be cut by judging the presence or absence of significant information in a stripe (strip or band) section. .

Therefore, in the information management system and method of the present invention, the work efficiency of doctors, pharmacists and their assistants is reduced without manually editing contents including handwritten images or characters. Without any information, the information described in the medical record and the medicine notebook can be digitized and stored and managed as it is. Therefore, in the medical field, it has been a common practice to store and refer to medical records, prescriptions, patient medication history, medication guidance, etc. as paper information. By applying the information management method and system according to the present invention in the case where the information is to be converted, the stored information is frequently output, and the visual information search becomes very simple. The benefits that could not be provided can be provided. In addition, the above-described handwritten content is not limited to only handwritten data. Even if content such as computer-processed characters includes handwritten information, the content is similarly captured and processed as image data. be able to.

In the above description, the content 8 read by the digitizer 11 is recorded as one unit. However, for example, a special symbol or character string included in the content 8 is determined, and the content 8 is recorded in a plurality of units. 8
It is also possible to decompose and record. In addition, when outputting storage data, not only the storage data is arranged in chronological order but also an area editing function that determines the output layout according to the shape or size of the output screen or paper surface, storage of specific units if necessary It is also possible to add an output image size / resolution control function for controlling enlargement / reduction or resolution densification when outputting data.

[0042]

As described above, according to the information management method and information management system of the present invention, information on medicine and information on medication instruction or medical condition, which are described in a medical chart or a customer's notebook, are handwritten. It is possible to accumulate as image data without extra labor, and it is possible to easily and accurately construct a database regarding a medical history and a medical history in a pharmacy or a hospital.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing how a pharmacy uses an information management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information management system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a schematic processing content of an information management program.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a medicine notebook.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state where a notebook is opened and set on a digitizer.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing read image data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which storage data is extracted from image data.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a database.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example in which a drug history is displayed on a display.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 pharmacist, 2 customer (patient), 3 medicine 10 information management system 11 digitizer, 11a input pen, 11b
Sensor pad 12 Computer (PC) 13 Keyboard, 14 Barcode reader, 15
Display 16 Printer 21 Input interface, 22 Drug history database 23 Storage data storage unit, 24 Storage data output unit 26 Output interface, 27 Customer database 31 Image data, 33 Storage data

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A step of reading, as image data, a content containing information on medicines sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer, each time a recording instruction is given,
Information including a step of storing in the memory as at least one unit of storage data related to the customer, and a step of outputting at least one copy of the plurality of storage data stored in the memory for each customer Management method. 2. The content according to claim 1, wherein:
An information management method which is described in a notebook in which information on the medical history of the customer is recorded or a medical record in which information on the medical history of the customer is recorded. 3. The information management method according to claim 1, wherein, in the reading step, the image data is read by a digitizer capable of indirectly detecting and inputting a trajectory of a writing implement for creating the content. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the storing step, the read image data is divided into a plurality of matrix-shaped or stripe-shaped input unit areas, and manually input into the input unit areas. An information management method for generating only the storage unit by extracting only the specific input unit area in which there is significant data determined as “1”. 5. A means for reading, as image data, a content containing information on medicines sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer;
Information having means for storing in the memory as at least one unit of storage data related to the customer, and means for arranging and outputting at least one copy of the plurality of storage data stored in the memory for each customer Management system. 6. The information according to claim 5, wherein the reading means is capable of reading contents described in a notebook in which information on the medical history of the customer is recorded or a medical record in which information on the medical history of the customer is recorded. Management system. 7. The information management system according to claim 5, wherein the reading means is a digitizer capable of indirectly detecting and inputting a trajectory of a writing instrument for creating the content. 8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the storing unit divides the read image data into a plurality of matrix-shaped or stripe-shaped input unit areas and manually inputs the input unit areas. An information management system capable of generating only the storage data by extracting only a specific input unit area in which there is significant data determined as “1”. 9. A process of reading, as image data, a content including information on medicines sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer, and reading the image data read each time recording is instructed.
A process of storing in the memory as storage data of at least one unit related to the customer, and a process of arranging and outputting at least one copy of the plurality of storage data stored in the memory for each customer can be executed. Information management program with various instructions. 10. The information according to claim 9, wherein the reading process includes an instruction capable of executing a process of indirectly detecting a trajectory of a writing implement for creating the content and acquiring the image data from a digitizer that can be input. Management program. 11. The storing process according to claim 9, wherein in the storing process, the read image data is divided into a plurality of matrix-shaped or stripe-shaped input unit areas, and manually input into the input unit areas. An information management program having an instruction capable of executing a process of extracting only a specific input unit area in which significant data exists and generating the storage data. 12. An input means capable of acquiring, as image data, a content including information on medicines sold to a customer and / or information on a medical condition of the customer, each time recording is instructed, the acquired image data is Information having means for storing in the memory as at least one unit of storage data related to the customer, and means for arranging and outputting at least one copy of the plurality of storage data stored in the memory for each customer Management device. 13. The storage unit according to claim 12, wherein the storing unit divides the acquired image data into a plurality of matrix-shaped or stripe-shaped input unit areas, and manually inputs the input data into the input unit areas. An information management apparatus capable of extracting only a specific input unit area in which significant data determined to be present exists and generating the storage data.