JP2003299623A - Computer system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer system, a program, and an information recording medium for receiving provided information concerning medical care that corresponds to a user's symptom. <P>SOLUTION: This computer system provides information related to medical care to a terminal via a network, storing patient registration information of a person or an animal, providing questions about the symptom of the disease of the person or the animal to the terminal via the network, and receiving, via the network, reply information to the questions inputted at the terminal. When patient registration information corresponding to the reply information has been stored, the patient registration information is read out, medical diagnosis is performed using the patient registration information and the received reply information, the result of the diagnosis being provided to the terminal at the reply information transmitting source via the network. Alternatively, the reported symptom and the result of the diagnosis may be stored as medical record information, and may be provided to the terminal at a predetermined timing. Similarly, history records of commercially available medicine and registered hospital-related expense information may be stored, and may be provided to the terminal at a predetermined timing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer system, a program and an information storage medium for providing medical information to terminals via a network.

[0002]

Background Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention Up to now, when a physical condition was unsuccessful, accurate diagnosis of a disease could not be performed without receiving medical treatment from a doctor. However, it takes a certain amount of time to receive medical treatment from a doctor at a hospital, and it is sometimes difficult for people who are normally engaged in work to go to a daytime hospital.

In rural areas, there are many doctors who want to go to a hospital, but there is often no suitable hospital nearby.

[0004] When purchasing a drug at a pharmacy, the reality is that the drug is purchased without receiving appropriate advice.

The present invention has been made paying attention to such a point, and an object thereof is to provide medical-related information corresponding to one's own symptoms without being restricted by a geographical geographical point. It is to provide a computer system, a program, and an information storage medium capable of performing the above.

[0006]

(1) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, and a means for storing patient registration information of a human or animal, and a human or animal. Means for providing a question about the symptom of illness of the patient to the terminal via the network and receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and the patient registration information of the patient corresponding to the answer information is stored. If it is, the patient registration information is read, a medical diagnosis is performed using the patient registration information and the received reply information, and means for providing the diagnosis result to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network, It is characterized by including.

A program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (functions the computer as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

The diagnosis result provided here is, for example, a disease name or the like. Moreover, various advice information corresponding to the diagnosis result may be provided together with the diagnosis result.

Further, the patient registration information includes at least one of sex, birth date, normal heat, normal heat, pulse rate, height, and weight of the patient, for example. When the patient is an animal, the type of the animal, the vaccination history, etc. may be included.

The patient registration information can be registered regardless of whether the patient is sick or not. For example, the user may use user information for registering his / her own information as patient registration information.

A means for registering patient registration information from a terminal via a network may be provided.

[0012] For example, a patient registration information database storing the patient registration information of a person or an animal in association with the patient identification information and a question about the disease state of a person or an animal are provided to the terminal via the network, and the question is asked. And a means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal via a network, the patient identification information of the patient corresponding to the answer information is detected, and the patient registration information is stored in the patient registration information database in association with the patient identification information. If
Means for reading out the patient registration information registered in association with the patient identification information, performing medical diagnosis based on the read patient registration information and the received reply information, and providing the diagnosis result to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network. And may be included.

When the patient registration information is not registered, the medical diagnosis may be performed based on only the reply information from the terminal.

Even if the patient registration information is registered, if the items necessary for the medical diagnosis are not registered, the medical diagnosis may be performed based on only the reply information from the terminal. .

According to the present invention, since it is possible to make a medical diagnosis using the registered patient registration information, it is possible to make a more detailed medical diagnosis. Further, since it is not necessary to input the items registered in the patient registration information from the terminal each time, it is possible to reduce the input load at the time of diagnosis and provide a user-friendly system.

(2) Further, the computer system, the program and the information storage medium according to the present invention change the content of the question about the symptom of human or animal disease provided to the terminal based on the patient registration information. And

For example, if the patient registration information includes gender, the question content may be changed based on gender, and if the patient registration information includes the date of birth, the question content based on the date of birth. May be changed. Further, for example, when the patient registration information includes normal heat, the current height of heat may be inquired, and when normal heat is not included, it may be asked whether it is higher or lower than normal heat.

According to the present invention, the registered patient registration information can be used to provide a question more suitable for the attribute and condition of the patient, so that more accurate medical diagnosis can be performed.

(3) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical information to terminals via a network, a means for storing information on over-the-counter drugs or prescriptions, and a question about symptoms of human or animal illness. Means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and performing medical diagnosis using the received answer information, and recommending based on the diagnosis result Information providing means for determining a drug or prescription and providing information on the determined over-the-counter drug or prescription to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network.

The program according to the present invention is a program executable by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (functions the computer as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

The recommended over-the-counter drug or prescription may be one or more.

The information on the over-the-counter drug or prescription includes, for example, at least one of the name, price, effect / efficacy, and characteristics of the over-the-counter drug or prescription.

For example, an over-the-counter drug or prescription information database that stores the over-the-counter drug or prescription information in association with the over-the-counter drug or prescription specific information, and a question about the symptoms of human or animal disease are provided to the terminal via the network, Means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and the diagnosis result and the recommended over-the-counter drug or prescription are associated in advance, and medical diagnosis is performed using the received answer information, Select the over-the-counter drug or prescription that is associated with the diagnosis result as the recommended over-the-counter drug or prescription, and provide the information related to the selected over-the-counter drug or prescription to the terminal that sent the response information via the network. Good.

The over-the-counter drug or prescription information may be updated to the latest information regularly or irregularly.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain information on over-the-counter drugs or prescriptions for dealing with the declared symptoms of the disease, so it is effective when there is no time to go to the hospital or when it is desired to deal with it without going to the hospital. is there.

(4) Further, the computer system, the program and the information storage medium according to the present invention are means for accepting an application for purchasing an over-the-counter drug or prescription from a terminal via a network, and settlement for the accepted application for purchasing an over-the-counter drug or prescription. And a means for transmitting the settlement information to the terminal of the purchase application source of the over-the-counter drug or prescription via the network.

The settlement completed information can be information that can be used, for example, when receiving an over-the-counter drug or prescription applied at a store (drug store, pharmacy). For example, payment information is provided as bar code information, and the bar code information is used as the POS of a store (drug store, pharmacy).
Alternatively, the cashier may read the information and determine whether or not to provide the product.

(5) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical information to a terminal via a network, a means for storing medical information provided by a hospital, and a question about symptoms of human or animal illness. Is provided to the terminal via the network, the means for receiving via the network the answer information input from the terminal for the question, and medical diagnosis is performed using the received answer information, and provided at the hospital based on the diagnosis result. Information providing means for deciding the medical information to be provided and providing the determined medical information to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network.

A program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (functions the computer as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

The medical information provided by the hospital includes, for example, at least one of medical content, prescription, and medical fee.

For example, a hospital medical care information database stored in association with medical care information provided by a hospital and a question about symptoms of human or animal disease are provided to a terminal via a network, and the question is input from the terminal. The means for receiving the answer information via the network is associated with the diagnosis result in advance and the medical care information provided by the hospital, the medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, and the medical care associated with the diagnosis result is provided. Information may be selected, and information regarding the medical service provided at the selected hospital may be provided to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network.

The information regarding the medical service provided by the hospital may be updated to the latest information regularly or irregularly.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain information about the medical service provided by the hospital for coping with the declared symptoms of the illness. Therefore, the information can be used as a material for deciding whether to go to the hospital or before going to the hospital. This is effective when you want to obtain preliminary knowledge in advance.

(6) Further, the computer system, the program and the information storage medium according to the present invention have at least one of a correspondence relationship between a diagnosis result and the over-the-counter drug information provided and a correspondence relationship between the diagnosis result and the medical care information provided. At least one of a marketed medicine information database storing the marketed medicine information and a medical care information database storing the medical care information, and at least one of the marketed medicine information database and the medical care information database. And a means for updating one from a predetermined terminal, the information providing means determines at least one of over-the-counter drug information and medical care information to be provided from the corresponding information based on a diagnosis result, and the over-the-counter drug information thus determined and At least one of the medical care information is stored in the marketed drug information database and the medical care information database. And providing reading from one to the answer information source terminal both.

Here, the predetermined terminal is, for example, a terminal used by one having a predetermined access right. Here, for example, a predetermined expert may be given a predetermined access authority to update at least one of the over-the-counter drug information database and the medical information database to the latest information regularly or irregularly.

The correlation between the diagnosis result and the information on the marketed medicine to be provided may include, for example, index information on the marketed medicine corresponding to the diagnosis result. Similarly, the correspondence relationship between the diagnosis result and the medical information to be provided may include index information of the medical information corresponding to the diagnosis result. By doing so, it is possible to retrieve at least one of the over-the-counter drug information database and the medical information database based on the index information obtained from the correspondence information and read the information provided to the terminal.

(7) Further, the computer system, the program and the information storage medium according to the present invention include means for storing at least one history of the answer information and the diagnosis result as medical chart information, and medical chart information from a terminal via a network. The present invention is characterized by including means for receiving a provision request and means for transmitting available chart information to a requesting terminal via a network based on the received chart information provision request.

The chart information that can be provided here is
For example, it is medical record information that can be browsed by a medical record information requesting source.

The medical chart information may be stored in the medical chart information database for each patient in association with the patient identification information, for example.

According to the present invention, the history of medical diagnosis (responding information about a medical condition or diagnosis result) can be stored as electronic data in the form of medical record information and provided via a network as needed.

(8) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, a medical record information database storing medical record information about a human or animal patient, and a human or animal disease. Provide questions about the symptoms of
Means for receiving via the network the answer information input from the terminal for the question, and means for performing a medical diagnosis based on the received answer information and storing at least one of the answer information and the diagnosis result in the medical chart information information database. , A means for receiving a request for providing medical chart information from a terminal via the network, and based on the received request for providing medical chart information, reads available medical chart information from the medical chart information database, and sends the read medical chart information to the requesting terminal on the network. And means for transmitting via.

The program according to the present invention is a program executable by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

The chart information that can be provided here is
For example, it is medical record information that can be browsed by a medical record information requesting source.

The chart information may be stored in the chart information database for each patient in association with the patient identification information, for example.

According to the present invention, the history of medical diagnosis (responding information about a medical condition or diagnostic result) can be stored as electronic data in the form of medical record information, and can be provided via the network as necessary.

The chart information that can be provided here is
For example, it is medical record information that can be browsed by a medical record information requesting source.

According to the present invention, the history of medical diagnosis (answer information about a medical condition or diagnosis result) can be stored as electronic data in the form of medical record information.

(9) Further, the computer system, the program and the information storage medium according to the present invention include means for accepting a purchase application for an over-the-counter drug from a terminal via a network, and means for performing settlement for the accepted purchase request for an over-the-counter drug. A means for storing purchase history information including the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug that has been settled in association with the patient, and transmitting the purchase history information for the over-the-counter drug to a terminal associated with the patient at a predetermined timing via a network Means to do
It is characterized by including.

Here, the predetermined timing may be determined according to, for example, the annual tax return season,
It may be the timing at which the request from the terminal is received.

In the purchase history information, in addition to the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug,
The purchase date and time may be included.

According to the present invention, the purchase history information of over-the-counter drugs purchased through this system is automatically accumulated in the system and can be received at a predetermined timing such as the tax return season.

By printing out the received purchase history information, the purchase history information can be submitted as the data for final tax return, so that the burden on the patient at the time of final tax return can be greatly reduced.

(10) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical information to a terminal via a network, and a medical expense deduction information database for storing information relating to a user's medical expense deduction in association with user identification information. , A means for accepting an over-the-counter drug purchase application from the terminal via the network, a means for performing settlement for the accepted over-the-counter drug purchase application, and purchase history information including the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug that has been settled as user identification information. A means for associating and storing the information in the medical expense deduction information database, and reading purchase history information from the medical expense deduction information database at a predetermined timing, and accessing the terminal corresponding to the user associated with the read medical expense deduction information via the network. And means for transmitting.

A program according to the present invention is a program executable by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (functions the computer as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

Here, the predetermined timing may be determined according to, for example, the annual tax return season,
It may be the timing at which the request from the terminal is received.

In the purchase history information, in addition to the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug,
The purchase date and time may be included.

According to the present invention, the purchase history information of over-the-counter drugs purchased through this system is automatically accumulated in the system and can be received at a predetermined timing such as the tax return season.

By printing out the received purchase history information, the purchase history information can be submitted as the data for final tax return, so that the burden on the patient at the time of final tax return can be significantly reduced.

(11) Further, the computer system, the program and the information storage medium according to the present invention are means for receiving at least one registration of medical expenses and medical-related expenses from a terminal via a network, and the received medical expenses and medical-related expenses. A means for storing at least one piece of information on medical costs and medical-related costs in association with a patient based on at least one registration of costs, and at least one piece of information on medical costs and medical-related costs being associated with a patient at a predetermined timing. And a means for transmitting to the terminal via the network.

Here, the predetermined timing may be determined according to, for example, the annual tax return season,
It may be the timing at which the request from the terminal is received.

At least one information of medical expenses and medical-related expenses includes medical expenses paid in hospitals, prescription drug fees, transportation costs to hospitals, over-the-counter drugs purchased, medical expenses paid in connection with medical treatment ( For example, information regarding at least one of the inspection costs not covered by insurance) may be included.

According to the present invention, at least one of the medical treatment fee at the hospital, the prescription drug fee, the transportation fee to the hospital, the medical fee such as the over-the-counter medicine purchased and the medical-related fee is registered. You can receive it at a predetermined timing.

By printing out at least one piece of information on the received medical expenses and medical-related expenses, it is possible to submit it as the data for final tax return, which greatly reduces the burden on the patient at the time of final tax return. You can

(12) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, and a medical-deduction information database that stores information related to a user's medical deduction in association with user identification information. , Means for receiving at least one registration of medical expenses and medical-related expenses from the terminal via the network, and at least one information of medical expenses and medical-related expenses based on the received registration of at least one of medical expenses and medical-related expenses Is stored in the medical expense deduction information database in association with the user identification information, and at least one piece of information on medical expenses and medical related expenses is read from the medical expense deduction information database at a predetermined timing and is associated with the read medical expense deduction information. Users over the network to the corresponding device. Characterized in that it comprises means for the.

The program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (make the computer function as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

Here, the predetermined timing may be determined according to, for example, the annual tax return season,
It may be the timing at which the request from the terminal is received.

At least one of the medical expenses and the medical-related expenses includes medical expenses paid at the hospital, prescription drug costs, transportation expenses to the hospital, purchased over-the-counter drugs, inspection expenses, and other medical expenses paid ( For example, information regarding at least one of the inspection costs not covered by insurance) may be included.

According to the present invention, at least one of medical expenses in hospitals, prescription drug fees, transportation expenses to hospitals, medical expenses such as purchased over-the-counter drugs, and medical-related expenses is registered. You can receive it at a predetermined timing.

Then, by printing out at least one piece of information on the received medical expenses and medical-related expenses, it is possible to submit it as the data at the time of final tax return, so that the burden on the patient at the time of final tax return is greatly reduced. You can

(13) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, the means for storing information about meals, and the network for asking questions about the state of illness of humans or animals. Means for providing to the terminal via the network, the answer information input from the terminal for the question,
An information providing means for performing a medical diagnosis based on the received answer information, selecting a recommended meal based on the diagnosis result, and providing information regarding the selected meal to the terminal of the answer information transmission source via the network. Is characterized by.

The program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (make the computer function as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

The information on meals is, for example, information on the nutritional value of dishes and how to prepare them.

For example, the diagnosis result and the recommended meal are associated in advance, a medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, and the meal associated with the diagnosis result is selected and recommended. The information regarding the meal may be provided to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network.

The information on meals may be updated to the latest information regularly or irregularly.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide the user with information regarding meals for dealing with the declared symptoms of the disease.

(14) The present invention is a computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, wherein a means for storing information about a hospital and a network for inquiring about a disease state of a human or an animal are provided. Means for providing to the terminal via the network, the answer information input from the terminal for the question,
Information providing means for performing a medical diagnosis based on the received response information, selecting a hospital to be introduced based on the diagnosis result, and providing information regarding the selected hospital to the terminal of the response information transmission source via the network. Is characterized by.

The program according to the present invention is a program executable by a computer (a program embodied in an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and causes the computer to implement the above means (functions the computer as the above means). It is characterized by An information storage medium according to the present invention is a computer-readable (usable) information storage medium, and includes a program for causing a computer to implement the above means (function the computer as the above means). I am trying.

The information about the hospital is, for example, the medical treatment time of the hospital, the location, the telephone number, the peripheral map information and the like.

For example, the diagnosis result and the recommended hospital are associated in advance, a medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, and the hospital associated with the diagnosis result is selected as the hospital to be introduced and selected. Information regarding the hospital may be provided to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network.

The information regarding the hospital may be updated to the latest information regularly or irregularly.

As the hospital to be introduced, for example, a hospital near the patient's home may be selected and recommended based on the registered address information of the patient, or the patient may be requested to input desired location information and based on the input information. You may recommend a hospital located in a desired place.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with information regarding a hospital for coping with the declared symptoms of a disease.

[0083]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 1. Computer System of this Embodiment FIG. 1 is an example of the configuration of a computer system of this embodiment.

The computer system of this embodiment is
The computer system includes a server device 100, a client terminal 20, and an expert terminal 30, which are connected to each other via a network such as the Internet via a network of a telecommunications trader called a provider.

In the figure, at least the server device 100 of the computer system may be included, and the other components may be arbitrary components.

The transmission path between the server device 100 and each client terminal 20 and the expert terminal 30 may include a wireless transmission path or may be connected by a wired transmission path.

The server device 100 is a communication device 110 which is connected to an internet line or the like to send and receive data.
Host computer 120 such as workstation, patient registration information, over-the-counter drug information, hospital medical information, medical record information,
Includes a database 150 that stores medical expense deduction information, various medical advice information, various content information, etc.
It also has a function as an EB server, etc., and has established a home page that can be viewed from a mobile phone on the Internet.

The communication device 110 is composed of a modem, a terminal adapter, a router, etc., and communicates with other server devices and client terminals 20 etc. via a communication line such as a telephone line, an ISDN line, or a leased line. To send and receive data.

Client terminal 20 and expert terminal 30
Is an information communication terminal such as a PC (personal computer), a mobile phone, or a PDA, and is a computer that is connected to the Internet and can browse a home page.

From the client terminal 20 to the server device 1
The URL of the homepage of the site opened by 00 (Un
By specifying the iform Resource Locator), it is possible to access the website of the Internet medical diagnosis advice system provided by this system.

FIG. 2 is an example of a functional block diagram of the server device 100 of the computer system of this embodiment. The functions of the server device 100 of the present system described below may be physically distributed to a plurality of computers and executed.

Server device 100 of computer system
Includes a host computer 120 and a database 150.

The host computer 120 is a processing unit 1.
30, storage unit 122, information storage medium 126, and transmission / reception unit 1
Includes 24.

The transmission / reception section 124 exchanges data with the terminal 20 and the database 150 and has both a transmission function and a reception function, but the transmission / reception function may be realized by being distributed to the transmission means and the reception means. .

The storage unit 122 includes the processing unit 130 and the transmission / reception unit 1.
It becomes a work area such as 24, and its function is realized by hardware such as RAM.

The processing unit 130 determines, based on the received processing request, by which terminal the transmission is made and what kind of distribution request is made, and performs various processing. Its function is hardware (CPU, It is realized by a combination of a processor such as DSP or ASIC such as gate array) and a program (game program, firmware, or the like). However, all the functions of the processing unit 100 may be realized by hardware, or all of them may be realized by a program.

Further, the processing section 130 also carries out a process of generating content or image information for displaying the requested information on each terminal based on the processing request information from each terminal. Note that the content, image information, and the like correspond to software for browsing data installed in each terminal and are created using a data description language.

The processing unit 130 may generate only the content and transmit it to the consumer's mobile terminal, and the consumer's mobile terminal may generate an image using, for example, a Java applet, or the processing unit 130 may generate the XML. The content described in <1> may be generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal of the consumer, and the mobile terminal of the consumer may generate the image.

Further, based on various processing requests, various processing such as updating of images on the home page is performed.

The processing unit 130 includes a medical diagnosis information providing processing unit 132, an over-the-counter drug information providing processing unit 134, a hospital medical care information providing processing unit 136, a medical chart information processing unit 138, a medical expense deduction information processing unit 140, and medical-related advice information. The provision processing unit 142 is included.

The medical diagnostic information provision processing unit 132 provides a question about symptoms of human or animal disease to the terminal via the network, and receives answer information input from the terminal about the question via the network. , The patient registration information of the patient corresponding to the answer information is in the database 15
If it is stored in 0, the patient registration information 162
Is performed, a medical diagnosis is performed using the patient registration information 162 and the received reply information, and the diagnosis result is provided to the reply information transmission source terminal via the network.

The over-the-counter drug information providing processing unit 134 provides the terminal with a question about symptoms of human or animal disease via the network, and receives the answer information input from the terminal regarding the question via the network. A medical diagnosis is performed using the received reply information, a recommended over-the-counter drug is determined based on the diagnosis result, and information regarding the determined over-the-counter drug is provided to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network.

A process of accepting an over-the-counter drug purchase application from the terminal via the network, performing settlement for the accepted over-the-counter drug purchase application, and transmitting settlement information to the over-the-counter drug purchase application source terminal via the network. May be performed.

The hospital medical information providing processing unit 136 provides the terminal with a question about the symptoms of human or animal disease via the network, and receives the answer information input from the terminal with respect to the question via the network. , Make a medical diagnosis using the received reply information, determine the medical care information to be provided at the hospital based on the diagnosis result, and perform the processing to provide the decided medical care information to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network. You may

The medical record information processing unit 138 stores at least one history of answer information and diagnostic results in a database as medical record information, receives a medical record information providing request from a terminal via a network, and receives the received medical record information providing request. Based on this, the process of transmitting the chart information that can be provided to the requesting terminal via the network is performed.

The medical expense deduction information processing unit 140 receives an application for purchasing an over-the-counter drug from the terminal via the network,
Purchase history information including the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug that has been settled is stored in a database as medical cost deduction information 170 in association with the patient, and the purchase history information of the over-the-counter drug is stored in a terminal associated with the patient at a predetermined timing. You may make it perform the process transmitted via a network.

[0107] Further, at least one of the medical expenses and the medical-related expenses is registered from the terminal through the network, and at least one of the medical expenses and the medical-related expenses is registered based on the received at least one registration application of the medical expenses and the medical-related expenses. Medical information deduction information by associating one piece of information with the patient 1
The information may be stored in the database as 70, and a process of transmitting at least one piece of information on the medical expenses and the medical-related expenses to the terminal associated with the patient via the network may be performed at a predetermined timing.

Medical-related advice information provision processing unit 142
Makes a medical diagnosis based on the received answer information, selects a recommended meal based on the diagnosis result, and provides information on the selected meal as various medical advice information 1 in the database.
The process of reading from 72 and providing it to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network may be performed.

Further, medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, a hospital to be introduced is selected based on the diagnosis result, information regarding the selected hospital is read from various medical advice information 172 in the database, and reply information is transmitted via the network. You may make it perform the process provided to the original terminal.

An information storage medium (a storage medium usable by a computer) 126 stores information such as programs and data, and its function is that of an optical disc (C
D, DVD), magneto-optical disk (MO), magnetic disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, or memory (RO
It can be realized by hardware such as M).

The processing section 130 uses the information storage medium 126.
Various processes of the present invention (the present embodiment) are performed based on the information stored in. That is, the information storage medium 126 stores information (program or data) for executing the means of the present invention (the present embodiment) (particularly the block included in the processing unit 110).

The other functions described above can also be realized by reading information from the information storage medium 126.

The programs, data, etc. stored in the information recording medium 126 may be partially or wholly received via a transmission medium such as a network line.

Further, the database 150 is a transmission / reception unit 152 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the host computer 120.
And the prospective customer management information 162 and the contract management information 164
And an information storage unit 160 that stores various content information 166 in a usable state.

The information storage section 160 is a storage medium readable by a CPU such as a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory, and is realized by, for example, a RAM, a hard disk (magnetic disk), a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD or the like. To be done.

The information storage section 160 stores the patient registration information 16
2, including over-the-counter drug information 164, hospital medical care information 166, medical record information 168, medical expense deduction information 170, various medical related advice information 172, and various content information 174.

The patient registration information 162 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), patient ID 812, patient name 814, sex 816, date of birth 818, normal temperature 820, pulse rate 82.
2, including height 824, weight 826, address 828, mail address 830, password 832, etc., and functions as a patient registration information database.

The marketed medicine information 164 is, for example, FIG. 20 (B).
Marketed drug number 562, product name 564, and price 5 as shown in
56 and detailed information 568, it functions as a commercial drug information database.

The hospital medical care information 166 is, for example, shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), the prescription number 552, the product name 554, the prescription information 550 such as the medical score 556, and the hospital treatment number 592 and the examination content 59 at the hospital as shown in FIG. 20 (E).
4, including hospital medical information 590 such as medical score 594,
Functions as a medical information database.

The medical record information 168 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
Patient ID 842, diagnosis history 848 (date and time 8
50, symptoms 852, diagnosis results 854, etc.) and functions as a medical record information database.

The medical expense deduction information 170 is shown in FIG.
It includes the purchase history information 850 and hospital-related expense information 870 shown in (B), and functions as a medical expense deduction information database. The purchase history information 850 includes patient ID 852 over-the-counter drug purchase history 854 (date and time 856, product name 858, capacity /
Quantity 860, charge 862, maker 864, etc.) and the like. The hospital-related cost information 870 is the patient ID 87.
2, hospital related expense history (medical consultation date 876, hospital name 878,
880 by department, medical fee 882, other burden amount 884, prescription 886, memo 888, etc.) and the like.

The various kinds of medical-related advice information 172 are, for example, the treatment advice information 570 of FIG.
Includes (D) meal information 580 and the like.

Various content information 174 is, for example, WE
Content information for page B and the like are included.

2. Internet Medical Diagnosis Advice System Next, the computer system of this embodiment will be described by taking the Internet medical diagnosis advice system as an example.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the system outline of the Internet medical diagnosis advice system of the present embodiment.

The Internet medical diagnosis advice system 200 of this embodiment includes a web application server 230 and various database servers 240 and 250.

The web application server 230 is the client 2 via the network such as the Internet.
It is configured to be connectable to 12 terminals (for example, a telephone) 210 and a terminal 222 for an expert 222 (for example, PC) 220.

The database server 240 stores patient information such as patient registration information, medical record information, medical expense deduction information, and the data server 250 stores basic flow information, over-the-counter drug information, hospital medical information, various medical-related advice information, and illness. The medical information provided such as information is stored.

The web application server 230
Based on the input information sent from the client terminal,
While referring to the patient information database 240 and the medical-related information database 250, various processes described below are performed, and the process results are transmitted to the client terminal. For example, various processes can be performed by executing a program configured to create an interactive Web page by using CGI (Common Gateway Interface).

The web application server 230
Also performs a process of updating the patient information database 240 based on the input information transmitted from the client terminal.

Further, the medical-related information can be updated from the terminal (for example, PC) 220 of the expert 222.
Thereby, various medical information stored in the medical-related information database can be kept in the latest state.

The client 212 is the system 200.
Is able to receive medical diagnosis and various medical-related advice by registering as a member from the website provided and inputting the symptoms and factors that seem to be unhealthy and sending them to the web application server 230. I can.

Next, the user interface of this system will be described with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 310 in FIG. 4 is an example of a menu screen provided by this system. The client can select the medical treatment department indicated by 312 from his own symptoms.

For example, if "cold" 314 is selected, the screen shown in FIG.
A check menu for symptoms of cold is provided as shown in 320. Here, the client selects and checks the symptoms recognized by itself.

For example, if the user has a fever 322 check and the patient registration information of this client is not found in the database, a new client body temperature check menu as shown at 340 is provided, and this system is provided with this client's body temperature check menu. 250 if patient registration information is available
A registered client body temperature check menu 350 is provided as shown in FIG.

In this system, the client can previously register, for example, sex, date of birth, normal heat, pulse, etc. as patient registration information. Whether or not there is heat is preferably determined based on the normal heat of the individual. Therefore, for a new client who has not yet registered patient registration information or a client who has not registered his or her normal temperature, as shown in 340, the relative body temperature is relative to his or her normal temperature. A check menu for various questions is provided.

[0138] For a client who has already registered his or her normal heat, as shown at 350, a menu for inputting the current heat is provided.

As described above, this system can provide a symptom check menu in accordance with the registered contents when the client has previously registered as the patient registration information for the information useful at the time of diagnosis.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are a "check menu for headache" and a "check menu for runny nose / clogging", respectively.

“Check menu for headache” is shown in FIG.
When "headache" 324 is selected in "Check menu for cold symptoms", the information is provided correspondingly. Also, the "check menu for runny nose / stuffy nose" is provided corresponding to the case where "runny nose / stuffy nose" 326 is selected in the "check menu for cold symptoms" in FIG.

In the present embodiment, the client makes a medical diagnosis from the symptoms declared from the check menu, and provides the diagnosis result and various kinds of advice reflecting the diagnosis result.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the diagnostic result providing screen.

On the diagnosis result providing screen, a disease name 372 of a suspicious disease as a diagnosis result and various advice providing menus 376 are provided. The illness name 372 of the suspicious illness and the characteristic information 374 of the illness may be provided.

For example, a sickness information database that stores information about each illness is provided, and when a suspicious illness can be identified as a diagnostic result, the information about the illness is read from the sickness information database and provided to the client. May be.

By updating the disease information database regularly or irregularly from the expert PC, the latest medical information can be reflected.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the chart screen. The chart screen 390 is provided to the terminal of the client when “view chart” 381 is selected in the various advice menus of FIG. 7.

On the chart screen 390, for example, personal information 392 such as name, date of birth, gender, etc., diagnosis result 394, main symptoms 396 reported to the system by the client, and prescription 398 made based on the diagnosis result are displayed. To be done.

The present system holds the chart information for each patient in the chart information database, and saves the history of the main symptoms and diagnosis results declared by the client as the chart information.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the coping method screen 400. The coping method screen 380 is provided to the terminal of the client when “coping method” 382 is selected from the various advice menus in FIG. 7.

The coping method screen 400 provides a coping method 402 for a disease having a suspicious diagnosis result.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the medicine information screen 410. The medicine information screen 410 is provided to the terminal of the client when “medicine” 383 is selected from the various advice menus in FIG. 7.

On the drug information screen 410, information on over-the-counter drugs recommended for coping with diseases suspected to be diagnostic results 4
Twelve are provided.

Here, for example, selecting any of the recommended over-the-counter drugs 414 provides information about the selected over-the-counter drugs (see 420).

For example, information information such as the effects / efficacy, characteristics, and prices of each over-the-counter drug may be stored in the over-the-counter drug information database, and this information may be read from the over-the-counter drug information database and provided to the client. .

By updating the over-the-counter drug information database from the expert PC regularly or irregularly, the latest over-the-counter drug information can be reflected.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the marketed medicine purchase screen 430. The over-the-counter drug purchase screen 430 is “buy drug” in FIG.
When 422 is selected, it is provided to the client terminal.

On the over-the-counter drug purchase screen 430, it is possible to purchase over-the-counter drugs recommended for coping with a disease whose diagnosis result is suspected.

Here, for example, when one of the recommended over-the-counter medicines 432 is selected and “purchase” 434 is clicked, a settlement screen 440 is provided. On the payment screen 440, the card information 442 used for payment and the method of receiving the purchased medicine can be specified. For example, when “Receive at nearby pharmacy” 446 is designated, settlement completed information (for example, bar code information) to be presented to the pharmacy upon receipt is sent. The client can receive the over-the-counter drug for which the purchase application has been made on the screen by presenting the settlement completed information (for example, barcode information) to a nearby pharmacy.

Here, when the POS cash register of the pharmacy reads the payment completed information (eg, bar code information), the POS cash register communicates with the server of this system to confirm the validity of the payment completed information (eg, bar code information). You may do it.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the hospital treatment information screen 450. The hospital treatment information screen 450 is provided to the client terminal when “here when going to hospital” 416 in FIG. 10 is selected.

On the hospital treatment information screen 450, the treatment details 452, the prescription 454, and the medical fee 456 at the hospital regarding the illness suspected of the diagnosis result are provided.

FIG. 13 is an example of the meal / nutrition information screen 460. The meal / nutrition information screen 460 is provided to the client terminal when “meal / nutrition” 384 is selected from the various advice menus in FIG. 7.

On the meal / nutrition information screen 460, information 462 on meals recommended for coping with an illness suspected of a diagnosis result is provided.

FIG. 14 is an example of the recipe information screen 470. The recipe information screen 470 is provided to the client terminal when the dish name is selected in the recommended meal menu of FIG. FIG. 14 shows “meat udon” 4 in FIG.
It is a recipe information screen 470 when 64 is selected.

FIG. 15 shows an example of the sleep / life information screen 480. The sleep / life information screen 460 is provided to the client terminal when “sleep (life)” 385 is selected from the various advice menus in FIG. 7.

On the sleep / life information screen 460, sleep / life guidance information 482 for coping with an illness suspected of a diagnosis result is provided.

FIG. 16 shows an example of the hospital search screen 490. The hospital search screen 490 is provided to the client terminal when “Search for a hospital” 386 is selected from the various advice menus in FIG. 7.

On the hospital search screen 490, the location information 492 is displayed.
By specifying "etc.", it is possible to search for a hospital for coping with an illness with a suspected diagnosis result. Then, as a search result, the telephone number, address, map information, etc. of the hospital are provided.

FIG. 17 is an example of another possibility screen 500. The other possibility screen 500 is provided to the client terminal when “other possibility” 387 is selected from the various advice menus in FIG.

Next, an example of the diagnostic processing of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart for diagnosing a suspicious disease from fever.

If the input from the client indicates that "heat is generated" (step S10), a question screen regarding the degree of heat is transmitted, and it is determined whether the heat is high or not based on the answer contents (step S12). ).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "there is high heat", a question screen about the length of heat duration is transmitted, and the length of heat duration is judged based on the answer contents. (Step S14).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "the duration of heat is short-term", a question screen regarding whether or not the body is sluggish is transmitted, and whether or not the body is sluggish is transmitted based on the answer contents. Is determined (step S1
6).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "the body is slack", a question screen regarding the presence or absence of laryngeal pain is transmitted, and the presence or absence of laryngeal pain is judged based on the response contents. (Step S18).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "there is a laryngeal pain", it is judged that it is "a cold caused by adenovirus or Koksakki virus" (step S20).

If it is judged from the input content of the client that "no laryngeal pain", a question screen regarding the presence or absence of runny nose is transmitted, and the presence or absence of runny nose is determined based on the answer contents (step S22). .

“There is a runny nose” from the input contents of the client
If it is judged that the cold is caused by "RS virus, adenovirus, Koksakki cold" (step S24).

From the input content of the client, "no runny nose"
If it is determined that the result is “hepatitis / tuberculosis” (step S26).

If it is judged from the input contents of the client that "the body is not lethargic", a question screen regarding the presence or absence of digestive organ symptoms is transmitted, and the presence or absence of digestive organ symptoms is checked based on the response contents. Make a decision (step S2)
8).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "digestive symptom exists", it is judged to be "hepatitis / tuberculosis" (step S30).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "no digestive symptom is present", it is judged to be "meningitis" (step S32).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "the heat duration is long", a question screen about the difference between the normal heat and the current heat is sent, and the current heat is calculated based on the answer contents. The normal heat and the difference are determined (step S34).

When the client's input content indicates that there is a difference of 1 C or more from the current level of heat, a question screen for respiratory symptoms is sent, and the presence or absence of respiratory symptoms is judged based on the answer contents. Perform (step S36).

When it is judged from the input contents of the client that "respiratory symptoms are present", it is judged to be "tuberculosis / pneumonia" (step S38).

If it is judged from the input contents of the client that "no respiratory symptom is present", it is judged to be "typhoid fever" (step S40).

If "the difference between the current heat level and the normal temperature level is less than 1C" from the input content of the client, it is determined to be "other infectious disease" (step S42).

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining correspondence information regarding the correspondence between the diagnosis result and various kinds of information to be provided.

The correspondence information is stored in the sickness information table 510 as shown in FIG. Illness information table 51
0 stores each “suspected illness” 512 and storage location information (table number or the like) of medical-related information provided to the client regarding the illness.

[0191] Here, the medical-related information provided to the client is, for example, "prescription" 512, "over-the-counter drug" 5
14, "Treatment / Advice" 518, "Meals" 520,
"If you go to the hospital" 522, etc.

[0192] For example, in the prescription column 524 corresponding to "cold due to adenovirus and coxsackie virus", "1
"27898" and "128767" are stored,
This number becomes the index number of the database in which the information on the prescription corresponding to the "cold due to adenovirus and Koksakki virus" is actually stored.

FIGS. 20A to 20E are diagrams for explaining various medical-related information stored in the database of this embodiment.

FIG. 20A shows an example of prescription information 550 in the medical information database. Prescription information 550
Is a prescription number 552, product name 554, and medical score 556
including.

The prescription information record may be generated, for example, for each illness, or may be generated for each medicine constituting the prescription.

The prescription number 552 corresponds to the index number stored in the prescription column of the illness information table. The product name 554 stores prescription information corresponding to the prescription number 552 (for example, prescription information as indicated by 398 in FIG. 8). The medical score 556 stores the medical score corresponding to the prescription information 554.

FIG. 20B is an example of over-the-counter drug information 560 in the medical-related information database. Over-the-counter drug information 560
Includes over-the-counter drug number 562, product name 564, price 556, and detailed information 568.

The marketed drug information record is generated, for example, for each marketed drug unit.

The over-the-counter drug number 562 corresponds to the index number stored in the over-the-counter drug column in the disease information table. The product name 564 stores the product name corresponding to the over-the-counter drug number 562 (for example, the over-the-counter drug name as indicated by 414 in FIG. 10). Over-the-counter drug number 5 for price 566
The price of the over-the-counter drug corresponding to 62 is stored. The detailed information 568 stores detailed information of the over-the-counter drug corresponding to the over-the-counter drug number 562 (for example, the effects / efficacy, characteristics, etc. of the over-the-counter drug as indicated by 420 in FIG. 10).

FIG. 20C is an example of the treatment / advice information 570 in the medical-related information database. treatment·
The advice information 570 is the treatment / advice number 572.
And treatment / advice information 574.

The treatment / advice information record may be generated for each illness, or may be generated for each treatment / advice content unit.

The treatment / advice number 552 corresponds to the index number stored in the treatment / advice column of the illness information table. Treatment / Advice Information 57
4 stores various kinds of treatment / advice information corresponding to the treatment / advice number 552 (for example, coping method as shown by 402 in FIG. 9 and sleep / life advice information as shown by 482 in FIG. 15). There is.

FIG. 20D shows an example of meal information 580 in the medical information database. The meal information 580 is
It includes a meal number 582 and meal information 564.

The meal information record is generated for each meal, for example.

The meal number 582 corresponds to the index number stored in the meal column of the illness information table. The meal information 584 stores meal information corresponding to the meal number 582 (for example, a recommended meal menu shown in 464 of FIG. 13 or a recipe of a meal menu shown in 470 of FIG. 14).

FIG. 20E shows an example of hospital treatment information 590 in the medical information database. Hospital treatment information 5
90 is hospital treatment number 592 and examination contents 594 at the hospital
Including medical score 594.

The hospital medical care information record may be generated, for example, for each illness, or may be generated for each examination constituting the treatment content.

The hospital medical treatment number 592 corresponds to the index number stored in the "when I visited the hospital" column of the illness information table. The inspection content 594 at the hospital is the inspection content 594 at the hospital corresponding to the hospital medical treatment number 592.
(For example, hospital treatment information as indicated by 452 in FIG. 12) is stored. The medical score 556 stores a medical score (for example, medical fee as shown by 456 in FIG. 12) corresponding to the examination content 594 in the hospital.

Next, a description will be given of data representation and a processing example when the diagnostic processing is performed using the relational database.

FIG. 21 is an example of a progress table used for the processing of the present embodiment, which is obtained by converting the flowchart of FIG. 18 into a progress table.

That is, as many paths as possible traced from the starting point of the flowchart are extracted, and a table in which the points (medical condition, selection, etc.) 610 traced by the extracted paths are arranged in a row is generated. Then, a table 620 in which the extracted one route is arranged in one row is generated. A list of such routes can be created using a relational database.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart for explaining an example of processing for deriving a diagnosis result based on the progress table, and FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a process in which routes are extracted from the progress table according to the flow.

[0213] Here, the symptom reported by the client A from the terminal is a considerably high fever. The fever does not last for a long time. The body takes a dull throat.

First, from the progress table (see FIG. 26) based on the symptom of the client A, “starting point” = “with fever”, “symptom 1” = “high fever”, and “selection 1” = “yes” Only the routes are narrowed down as necessary for future determination (see FIG. 23 (A)), and the next "duration" of "symptom 2" is set as the next question item (step S110).

Next, based on the symptom of the client A, the route of the progress table extracted in step S110 (see FIG. 23).
(Refer to the shaded portion 630 of (A)), “selection 2” =
Only the routes corresponding to the “short term” are narrowed down as necessary for future determination (see FIG. 23 (B)), and the next “symptom 3” “salty body” is set as the next question item (step S120). ).

Next, based on the symptom of the client A, the route of the progress table extracted in step S120 (see FIG. 23).
From (see (B)), only the routes corresponding to “selection 3” = “existence” are narrowed down as necessary for future determination (FIG. 2).
3 (B) (see the shaded portion 640), and the next "symptom 4""larynxpain" is the next question item (step S1).
30).

Next, based on the symptom of the client A, the route of the progress table extracted in step S130 (see FIG. 23).
From (see (C)), only routes corresponding to “selection 4” = “present” are narrowed down as necessary for future determination (FIG. 2).
3 (C), shaded portion 650). Since the next selected "symptom 5" and "selection 5" are blank, it is considered that the question is completed, and the result of this route is selected as the diagnosis result (step S140).

Next, an example of the medical expense deduction information providing service of this system will be described. 24 (A) (B)
(C) is a figure for demonstrating an example of the medical expense deduction information provision service of this system.

In this system, as shown in FIG. 24 (A), the purchase application for the over-the-counter drug is accepted from the terminal through the network, and the purchase history for the accepted over-the-counter drug purchase application is stored. For example, purchase information relating to the purchase application for which payment has been made may be associated with the user identification information and stored in the medical expense deduction information database.

Further, in this system, as shown in FIG. 24 (B), it is possible to register the amount and details of medical treatment from the terminal via the network. For example, based on a registration application for the cost of treatment at the hospital, the cost of treatment at the hospital may be stored in the medical expense deduction information database in association with the user identification information.

Then, the medical expense deduction information is read from the medical expense deduction information database at a predetermined timing, and the read medical expense deduction information is transmitted to the terminal corresponding to the user identification information associated with the information via the network. When it is detected that the real time is a predetermined time before the final tax return, the medical expense deduction information is read from the medical expense deduction database, and for each client, for example, FIG.
You may make it transmit the notification mail for final tax returns as shown in (C) to the terminal of the registered client.
The tax return notification email 660 shows the purchase history 662 of the over-the-counter drug for which the purchase application was made through this system and the cost 6 for the treatment at the hospital registered in this system.
64 etc. are notified.

FIG. 25 is a diagram for explaining an example of registration of amounts and details of medical treatment for final tax filing at a hospital.

[0223] For example, if "treatment registration" 672 is provided as a menu item on the menu screen 670 and the menu item is selected, a "treatment registration" screen is provided, for example, as shown at 680, and the hospital name 682, first visit / revisit classification 684, invoice points 686, drug partial burden amount 688, medical notes 69
You can register 0 etc.

The contents registered here are stored in the medical expense deduction information database.

FIG. 26 is an example of the deduction details of medical expenses for final tax return.

[0226] The medical expense deduction statement for tax return includes at least one of an over-the-counter drug purchase statement 710 and a hospital treatment cost statement 720.

The purchase details 710 of the over-the-counter drug are the purchase date and time 711 and the trade name 71 of the over-the-counter drug purchased through this system.
2, capacity 713, quantity 714, fee 715, manufacturer 7
Information such as 16 is output.

[0228] The details of the medical treatment fee 720 in the hospital include the medical examination date 721, the hospital name 722, and the medical treatment cost 72 as the details of the medical treatment fee 725 registered in the system.
3, prescription details 726, registered memo 727, etc. are output.

This screen is, for example, the UR sent to the terminal.
L (666 in FIG. 24 (C)) is accessed from the PC,
By inputting the login ID and password, the medical expense deduction details screen for final tax return as shown in the figure can be displayed on the homepage.

[0230] Then, a PDF file may be prepared to be downloaded with the print king so that only the data printed out by the PDF is recognized as the data of this site.

By doing so, it is possible to prevent falsification of data.

Although the preferred embodiments to which the present invention is applied have been described above, the application of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

For example, in the present embodiment, as an example in which the process is changed based on the registration information, the case where normal heat is registered has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, the processing may be changed based on the registered sex as shown in FIG. Further, the confirmation point at the time of determining the sexually transmitted disease may be changed depending on the sex. In the case of women, the number of items of symptoms of menstrual irregularity or menstrual pain may be increased.

It is also possible to judge a newborn baby, an infant, and a child according to the registered age, and to use an inquiry flow dedicated to the newborn baby, the infant, and the child. And the prescription amount of the medicine and the coping method for the diagnosis result are provided for newborns, infants and children.

Further, although the case where the patient is a person has been described as an example in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the medical condition of pets such as dogs, cats, and other animals may be diagnosed. The history of vaccinations for managing the chart information for pets may be stored in a database so that it can be retrieved as needed.

Further, although the case where the client terminal is a mobile phone has been described as an example in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, PC (Personal Computer) or P
Other computer such as DA may be used.

In the present embodiment, the case where the terminal and the server of the present system are connected to the Internet or the like via a public line has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be connected by a dedicated line.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of a configuration of a computer system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an example of a functional block diagram of a server device of the computer system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a system outline of the Internet medical diagnosis advice system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an example of a menu screen provided by the present system.

FIG. 5 is a “check menu for cold symptoms” according to the present embodiment.

6A and 6B are a "check menu for headache" and a "check menu for runny nose / clogging", respectively.

FIG. 7 is an example of a diagnostic result providing screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an example of a chart screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an example of a coping method screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an example of a medicine information screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an example of a marketed medicine purchase screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an example of a hospital treatment information screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an example of a diet / nutritional information screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an example of a recipe information screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an example of a sleep / life information screen of the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an example of a hospital search screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an example of another possibility screen according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart diagram for diagnosing a suspicious disease from fever according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining an example of a disease information table according to the present embodiment.

20 (A) to 20 (E) are diagrams for explaining information stored in the medical-related information database according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an example of a progress table used for the processing of the present embodiment, in which the flowchart of FIG. 18 is converted into a progress table.

FIG. 22 is a flow chart for explaining an example of processing for deriving a diagnosis result based on a progress table.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of deriving a diagnosis result based on a progress table.

24 (A), (B) and (C) are diagrams for explaining an example of a medical expense deduction information providing service of the present system.

[Fig. 25] Fig. 25 is a diagram for describing an example of registration of the amount and details of medical treatment for final tax filing at a hospital.

FIG. 26 is an example of a deduction item for medical expenses for tax return according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram for describing an example of changing the process based on the registered gender.

28A and 28B are diagrams for explaining patient registration information and medical chart information.

29 (A) and 29 (B) are diagrams for explaining purchase history information and hospital-related expense information in the medical expense deduction information database.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 computer system 10 Internet (public line) 20 terminals 100 Computer system server device 110 communication device 120 host computer 122 storage 124 Transmitter / receiver 126 information storage medium 130 processing unit 132 Medical diagnosis information provision processing unit 134 Over-the-counter drug information processing unit 136 Hospital medical care information provision processing unit 138 Chart Information Processing Department 150 databases 140 Medical Expense Deduction Information Processing Department 142 Medical-related advice information provision processing unit 160 information storage unit 162 Patient registration information 164 Over-the-counter drug information 166 Hospital medical information 168 chart information 170 Medical expenses deduction information 172 Various medical advice information 174 Various contents information

Claims (29)

[Claims] 1. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, a means for storing patient registration information of a human or animal, and a question about symptoms of illness of the human or animal via the network. Means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network and the patient registration information of the patient corresponding to the answer information is stored, the patient registration information Read out, make a medical diagnosis using the patient registration information and the received reply information,
And a means for providing a diagnosis result to a terminal of a reply information transmission source via a network. 2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the content of the question about the symptom of human or animal disease provided to the terminal is changed based on the patient registration information. 3. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, a means for storing information on an over-the-counter drug or a prescription, and a question about symptoms of human or animal disease via the network. Means to provide to the terminal and receive the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and perform medical diagnosis using the received answer information, and determine the recommended over-the-counter drug or prescription based on the diagnosis result And an information providing unit that provides information regarding the determined over-the-counter drug or prescription to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein means for accepting an application for purchasing an over-the-counter drug or prescription from a terminal via a network, means for performing settlement for the accepted application for over-the-counter drug or prescription purchase, and settlement information for the over-the-counter drug Or a means for transmitting via a network to a terminal of a prescription purchase application source, and a computer system. 5. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, a means for storing medical information provided by a hospital, and a question about symptoms of human or animal disease via the network. Means to provide to the terminal and receive the answer information entered from the terminal for the question via the network, and perform medical diagnosis using the received answer information, and determine medical information to be provided at the hospital based on the diagnosis result An information providing means for providing the determined medical care information to the terminal of the reply information transmission source via the network, and a computer system. 6. The correspondence information according to claim 4, wherein at least one of a correspondence relationship between a diagnosis result and the over-the-counter drug information to be provided and a correspondence relationship between a diagnosis result and the medical care information to be provided is stored. Means, at least one of an over-the-counter drug information database storing the over-the-counter drug information and a medical care information database storing the medical care information, and at least one of the over-the-counter drug information database and the medical care information database from a predetermined terminal Updating means, the information providing means determines at least one of over-the-counter drug information and medical care information to be provided from the correspondence information based on the diagnosis result, and at least one of the determined over-the-counter drug information and medical care information. From at least one of the over-the-counter drug information database and the medical care information database and send reply information Computer system and providing to a terminal. 7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing at least one history of the answer information and the diagnosis result as medical chart information, and means for receiving a medical chart information provision request from a terminal via a network. And a means for transmitting the chart information that can be provided to the requesting terminal via the network based on the received chart information providing request, and a computer system. 8. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, a medical record information database storing medical record information about a human or animal patient, and a question about symptoms of human or animal disease. Means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and performing medical diagnosis based on the received answer information, and at least one of the answer information and the diagnosis result. In the medical record information database, a means for receiving a medical record information request from a terminal via a network, and the available medical record information is read from the medical record information database based on the received medical record information request. Medical record information is sent to the requesting terminal via the network Computer system characterized in that it comprises a means for signal, a. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a means for accepting an application for purchase of an over-the-counter drug from a terminal via a network, a means for performing settlement for the received application for purchase of an over-the-counter drug, and a settlement for which the settlement has been completed A means for storing purchase history information including a purchase price of the drug in association with the patient, and a means for transmitting the purchase history information for the over-the-counter drug to a terminal associated with the patient at a predetermined timing via a network. A computer system characterized by the above. 10. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, wherein a medical cost deduction information database for storing information related to a user's medical cost deduction in association with user identification information, and a network from the terminal. A means for accepting an over-the-counter drug purchase application via the Internet, a method for making a settlement for the accepted over-the-counter drug purchase application, and purchase history information including the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug that has been settled is associated with the user identification information to deduct medical expenses A means for storing the information in the information database, a means for reading out the purchase history information from the medical expense deduction information database at a predetermined timing, and transmitting the information through a network to a terminal corresponding to the user associated with the read medical expense deduction information, A computer system including :. 11. A means for accepting at least one registration of medical expenses and medical-related expenses from a terminal via a network according to claim 1, and at least one registration of the received medical expenses and medical-related expenses. Based on the above, a means for storing at least one piece of information on the medical expenses and the medical-related costs in association with the patient, and a network for a terminal associated with the patient at least one piece of the medical expenses and the medical-related costs at a predetermined timing. And a means for transmitting via the computer system. 12. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, the medical-cost deduction information database storing information relating to a user's medical deduction, in association with user identification information, and a network from the terminal. Based on the means for receiving at least one registration of medical expenses and medical-related expenses via the registration and at least one information of medical expenses and medical-related expenses based on the received registration of at least one of medical expenses and medical-related expenses. A method of associating and storing in the medical expense deduction information database, and reading out at least one information of medical expenses and medical related expenses from the medical expense deduction information database at a predetermined timing, and allowing the user associated with the read medical expense deduction information. Means of sending to the corresponding terminal via the network Computer system comprising a. 13. A computer system for providing medical information to a terminal via a network, which provides the terminal with a means for storing information about meals and a question about a disease state of a human or animal to the terminal via the network. A means for receiving via the network the answer information input from the terminal for the question, a medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, a recommended meal is selected based on the diagnosis result, and the selected meal is selected. A computer system comprising: an information providing unit that provides information to a terminal of a reply information transmission source via a network. 14. A computer system for providing medical-related information to a terminal via a network, which provides a means for storing information about a hospital and a question about a disease state of a human or animal to the terminal via the network. Then, a means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and performing a medical diagnosis based on the received answer information, selecting a hospital to be introduced based on the diagnosis result, and selecting the selected hospital. A computer system comprising: an information providing unit that provides information to a terminal of a reply information transmission source via a network. 15. A program executable by a computer, which provides a means for storing patient registration information of a human or animal and a question about symptoms of human or animal illness to a terminal via a network, and the question is asked. Regarding the means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal via the network, and the patient registration information of the patient corresponding to the answer information is stored, the patient registration information is read out and the patient registration information and Make a medical diagnosis using the received answer information,
A program for causing a computer to realize means for providing a diagnosis result to a terminal of a reply information transmission source via a network. 16. The program according to claim 15, wherein the content of the question about the symptom of human or animal disease provided to the terminal is changed based on the patient registration information. 17. A computer-executable program, which is a means for storing information on over-the-counter drugs or prescriptions, and provides a question about symptoms of human or animal disease to a terminal via a network. And a means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal via a network, a medical diagnosis is performed using the received answer information, a recommended over-the-counter drug or prescription is determined based on the diagnosis result, and the determined over-the-counter drug or A program for causing a computer to realize an information providing means for providing information on a prescription to a terminal of a reply information transmission source via a network. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein means for accepting an application for purchasing an over-the-counter drug or prescription from a terminal via a network, means for performing settlement for the accepted request for over-the-counter drug or prescription purchase, and settlement information for the over-the-counter drug. Alternatively, a program for causing a computer to realize a means for transmitting via a network to a terminal of a prescription purchase application source. 19. A computer-executable program, which provides a means for storing medical information provided by a hospital and a question about a symptom of human or animal disease to a terminal via a network. And a means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal via the network, a medical diagnosis is performed using the received answer information, medical information to be provided at the hospital is determined based on the diagnosis result, and the determined medical information is provided. A program for causing a computer to realize an information providing means for providing a response information transmission source terminal via a network. 20. The correspondence information according to claim 18, wherein at least one of a correspondence relationship between a diagnosis result and the marketed drug information to be provided and a correspondence relationship between a diagnosis result and the medical care information to be provided is stored. Means, at least one of an over-the-counter drug information database storing the over-the-counter drug information and a medical care information database storing the medical care information, and at least one of the over-the-counter drug information database and the medical care information database from a predetermined terminal At least one of the over-the-counter drug information and the medical care information provided from the corresponding information is determined based on the diagnosis result, including at least one of the determined over-the-counter drug information and the medical care information. From at least one of the over-the-counter drug information database and the medical care information database Program, characterized in that it provides to look out and answer information source terminal. 21. The means for storing at least one history of the answer information and the diagnosis result as medical chart information according to claim 15, and means for receiving a medical chart information provision request from a terminal via a network. A program for causing a computer to realize means for transmitting medical record information that can be provided to a requesting terminal via a network based on the received medical record information supply request. 22. A computer-executable program for providing a medical record information database for storing medical record information about a human or animal patient and a question about symptoms of human or animal disease to a terminal via a network. Then, a means for receiving the answer information input from the terminal for the question via the network, and performing medical diagnosis based on the received answer information, and storing at least one of the answer information and the diagnosis result in the medical record information information database. And a means for receiving a request for providing medical chart information from a terminal via the network, and based on the received request for providing medical chart information, the available chart information is read from the chart information database and the read chart information is sent to the requesting terminal. A way to send over the network to a computer A program characterized by realization. 23. The means for accepting an application for purchase of an over-the-counter drug from a terminal through a network according to claim 15, means for making a settlement for the accepted application for purchase of an over-the-counter drug, and a commercially available product for which payment has been made. A means for storing purchase history information including a purchase price of the drug in association with the patient; a means for transmitting the purchase history information for the over-the-counter drug to a terminal associated with the patient at a predetermined timing via a network; A program characterized by being realized in. 24. A computer executable program, a medical expense deduction information database that stores information relating to a user's medical expense deductions in association with user identification information, and a purchase application for over-the-counter drugs from a terminal via a network. A means for accepting, a means for making payment for the accepted purchase request for the over-the-counter drug, a means for storing purchase history information including the purchase price of the over-the-counter drug for which payment has been made in the medical expense deduction information database in association with the user identification information, A method of reading a purchase history information from a medical expense deduction information database at a predetermined timing and transmitting the information through a network to a terminal corresponding to a user associated with the read medical expense deduction information via a network. And the program. 25. The means for accepting at least one registration of medical expenses and medical-related expenses from a terminal via a network according to claim 15, and at least one registration of the received medical expenses and medical-related expenses. Based on the above, a means for storing at least one piece of information on the medical expenses and the medical-related costs in association with the patient, and a network for a terminal associated with the patient at least one piece of the medical expenses and the medical-related costs at a predetermined timing. A program for causing a computer to realize the means for transmitting via. 26. A computer executable program, a medical expense deduction information database that stores information related to a user's medical expense deduction in association with user identification information, and medical expenses and medical-related expenses from a terminal via a network. Of at least one registration of the medical expenses and medical-related expenses based on the received at least one registration of the medical expenses and medical-related expenses, and associates at least one information of the medical expenses and the medical-related expenses with the user identification information to create a medical expenses deduction information database. At least one piece of information on medical expenses and medical-related expenses is read from the medical expenses deduction information database at a predetermined timing with a means for storing, and transmitted via a network to a terminal corresponding to the user associated with the read medical expenses deduction information. And how to make the computer realize Program to butterflies. 27. A program executable by a computer, which provides a means for storing information about diet and a question about a disease state of a human or animal to a terminal via a network, and the terminal about the question. A method for receiving the answer information input from the network via the network, a medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, a recommended meal is selected based on the diagnosis result, and the information regarding the selected meal is answered information via the network. A program for causing a computer to realize an information providing unit provided to a terminal of a transmission source. 28. A computer executable program, which provides a means for storing information about a hospital and a question about a disease state of a human or animal to a terminal via a network, and the terminal for the question. A method to receive the answer information input from the network via the network, a medical diagnosis is performed based on the received answer information, a hospital to be introduced based on the diagnosis result is selected, and information about the selected hospital is returned via the network. A program for causing a computer to realize an information providing unit provided to a terminal of a transmission source. 29. An information storage medium readable by a computer, wherein the information storage medium stores the program according to any one of claims 15 to 28.