JP2006059103A - Medical service system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical service system for enabling a hospital side or a medical service provider to suppress any labor or cost to be generated in performing settlement processing, and for enabling the hospital side to grasp a whole amount billed. <P>SOLUTION: This medical service system 1 is provided with an in-hospital information management terminal 7 for receiving and recording and managing in-hospital information A to C to be transmitted from in-hospital terminals 2 to 4 through a public network 5 and a network 6, a meter-rate system service providing terminal 8 for calculating an amount billed A for a meter-rate service to be provided to hospitals A to C, a management consultant service providing terminal 9 for calculating an amount billed B for a management consultant service to be provided to the hospitals A to C, a remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 for calculating an amount billed C for the remote maintenance service of medical equipment to be provided to the hospitals A to C and an automatic claim settlement server 11 for successively adding the amounts billed A to C to be transmitted from the meter-rate service providing terminal 8, the management consultant service providing terminal 9 and the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10, and for Web-disclosing the total amount billed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical service system in which an in-hospital terminal provided on a hospital side and each service providing terminal provided on each of a plurality of medical service providers are connected via a network, and in particular, in each service providing terminal The present invention relates to a settlement method for each billed amount calculated.

  For example, based on the number of times a medical device has been self-reported by a hospital, the medical service provider that rents the medical device to the hospital calculates the amount charged for renting the medical device, and the hospital pays the amount charged There is a medical service system (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Generally, in such a medical service system, a method in which a medical service provider side manually calculates a billing amount to create a bill and mails the bill to the hospital side is employed.

In addition, the hospital side uses a method of paying the amount of the invoice sent by cash or bank transfer.
Moreover, the hospital side has also taken the method of paying the bill amount by online payment (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

In this online payment, for example, a hospital terminal transmits a number registered in a financial institution to a service providing terminal, and a terminal provided in the financial institution receives the number from the service providing terminal and authenticates the number. Pays the bill to the service provider, and the hospital pays the financial institution the same amount.
Republished WO02 / 017171 (pages 14-25, FIGS. 1-9) JP 2001-256282 (Pages 3-5, FIGS. 1-4)

However, the above-described medical service system has the following problems.
(1) Since bills are created separately on each medical service provider side, the timings at which these bills are created may differ. If the bills are generated at different timings, the hospital side also receives the bills at different timings. Therefore, the hospital side needs to perform a settlement process each time a bill is received. For this reason, as the number of invoices to be generated increases, the number of settlement processes increases accordingly, and there is a problem that the settlement process requires much labor and cost.

  (2) Generally, there are multiple types of medical services provided to a hospital by a certain medical service provider, and the medical service provider needs to create a bill for each medical service and send those bills to the hospital. There is. As described above, since the bill is manually created and mailed to the hospital, there is a problem that it takes time and money to create and mail the bill.

  (3) The hospital side has a problem that it is difficult to be aware of the entire billing amount because the billing amount for the medical service is created for each medical service provider and each medical service. Therefore, there is a problem that the hospital side may be charged more than expected from the medical service provider side, and there is a possibility that payment may become difficult.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a medical service system in which the hospital side can grasp the entire billing amount while suppressing the labor and cost generated at the time of payment processing on the hospital side and the medical service provider side. And

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention adopts the following configuration.
That is, the medical service system of the present invention receives in-hospital information indicating the usage status of the medical device used in the hospital and the management status of the hospital from the in-hospital terminal provided in the hospital, and records the in-hospital information. In-hospital information management terminal and a plurality of medical service providers that provide medical services to the hospital, respectively, receive the in-hospital information from the in-hospital information management terminal via the network, and to the in-hospital information A plurality of service providing terminals that calculate a billing amount for the medical service based on each of them, and each billing amount calculated by the plurality of service providing terminals is received via the network, and each time the billing amount is sequentially received The respective billing amounts are sequentially added, the total billing amount of each billing amount is recorded and managed, and the settlement request from the hospital terminal Characterized in that it comprises an automatic billing settlement server to perform settlement of the total billing amount based.

  Further, when the automatic billing settlement server of the medical service system receives a request for transmitting the total billed amount from the in-hospital terminal via the network, the total billed amount at the time of receiving the request is calculated. You may comprise so that it may transmit to the said hospital terminal.

  The automatic billing settlement server of the medical service system transmits a notification that the total billed amount has reached the predetermined amount to the in-hospital terminal via the network when the total billed amount reaches the predetermined amount. You may comprise as follows.

  In addition, the automatic billing settlement server of the present invention provides each billing amount for the medical service calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals respectively provided on a plurality of medical service providers providing medical services to a hospital via a network. Record and manage communication means for receiving, adding means for sequentially adding each billed amount each time the billed amount is sequentially received by the communication means, and total billed amount of each billed amount added by the adding means And a settlement means for performing settlement of the total bill amount recorded and managed by the record management means based on a settlement request from an in-hospital terminal provided in the hospital.

  In addition, when the communication means of the automatic billing settlement server receives a request to transmit the total billed amount from the hospital terminal via the network, the total billed amount at the time when the request is received is You may comprise so that it may transmit to a hospital terminal.

  The communication unit of the automatic billing settlement server transmits a notification that the total billed amount has reached the predetermined amount to the in-hospital terminal via the network when the total billed amount reaches the predetermined amount. You may comprise.

  Also, the automatic billing settlement method of the present invention provides each billing amount for the medical service calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals respectively provided on a plurality of medical service providers providing medical services to a hospital via a network. Each time the billing amount is received sequentially, the billing amount is sequentially added, the total billing amount of each billing amount is recorded and managed, and based on the settlement request from the hospital terminal provided in the hospital The total amount charged is settled.

  The automatic billing settlement program according to the present invention is configured to provide a network for each billing amount for the medical service calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals respectively provided on a plurality of medical service providers providing medical services to a hospital. Communication means for receiving via the communication means, an adding means for sequentially adding each of the charged amounts each time the charged amounts are sequentially received by the communication means, and a total charged amount of each charged amount added by the adding means It is made to function as a record management means for record management, and a settlement means for settlement of the total bill amount recorded and managed in the record management means based on a settlement request from a hospital terminal provided in the hospital. .

  According to the present invention, since the hospital side can settle the total billed amount when a settlement request is made, the billed amounts for a plurality of medical services can be settled together. As a result, it is not necessary to grasp a plurality of invoices individually and make a settlement for each invoice, thereby reducing the labor of the settlement process and reducing the cost of the settlement process.

In addition, it is not necessary for the medical service provider side to create a bill for each medical service and send it to the hospital side, thereby reducing the time and cost of the bill creation process.
In addition, the hospital side can grasp the current total bill amount from the total bill amount transmitted from the automatic bill settlement server, and it was difficult to grasp the bill amount of the medical service as before, so the bill amount more than expected Can be prevented.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a medical service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
A medical service system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes in-hospital information A to C transmitted from in-hospital terminals 2 to 4 provided in hospitals A to C, respectively, and a public network 5 such as the Internet and a LAN ( The hospital information management terminal 7 that receives and records and manages the information via the network 6 such as a local area network) and the hospital information A to C that is recorded and managed by the hospital information management terminal 7 via the network 6 Based on C, the metered service providing terminal 8 for creating the bill A for the metered service provided to the hospitals A to C, and the hospital information A to C recorded and managed in the hospital information management terminal 7 via the network 6 Management consulting service that creates billing amount B for management consultant services received and provided to hospitals A to C based on in-hospital information A to C For the remote maintenance service of the medical device that receives the hospital information A to C recorded and managed in the hospital terminal 9 and the hospital information management terminal 7 via the network 6 and provides the hospitals A to C based on the hospital information A to C Receiving billed amounts A to C from the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 for creating the billed amount C, the metered service providing terminal 8, the management consulting service providing terminal 9, and the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 via the network 6, respectively. The in-hospital terminals 2 to 4 are charged with the billing amounts A to C, and the automatic billing and settlement server 11 that performs settlement processing is configured.

  Each of the in-hospital terminals 2 to 4 includes in-hospital information indicating the usage status such as the number of times of use of medical equipment (for example, an endoscopic examination apparatus) and the management status such as the number of staff, the number of patients, medical practice, and sales. The recording management means for recording management and the communication means for transmitting the in-hospital information recorded in the recording management means to the in-hospital information management terminal 7 are provided.

Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart for explaining a state of the hospital when the endoscope inspection apparatus as the medical device is used in the hospital.
First, in step S1, a patient visits a hospital.

Next, in step S2, the patient completes the reception. In this step S2, the hospital terminal records and manages patient information indicating the number of patients as hospital information.
Next, in step S3, the patient receives a pretreatment. In this step S3, the in-hospital terminal records and manages pre-treatment implementation records (records of what and who performed what treatment) as in-hospital information.

  Next, in step S4, preparation for endoscopy is performed. In this step S4, the in-hospital terminal records and manages information such as the type of endoscopic examination apparatus to be used from now on as in-hospital information.

  Next, in step S5, an endoscopic examination is started. In this step S5, the in-hospital terminal records and manages information such as the type of endoscopy device actually used and information such as who used which function for how long as in-hospital information.

Next, in step S6, the endoscopy is completed.
Next, in step S7, the patient rests in the recovery room.
Next, in step S8, a test report indicating test results and the like is created by the doctor.

Next, in step S9, the test result is explained to the patient.
Next, in step S10, the endoscope inspection apparatus is cleaned. In this step S10, the in-hospital terminal records and manages the cleaning cycle log and the cleaning history data obtained from the cleaning device for cleaning the endoscopy apparatus as in-hospital information.

In step S11, the endoscope inspection apparatus is stored.
As described above, various types of information are generated from each step and medical device before and after the examination, and the hospital terminal records and manages the information as in-hospital information.

  The in-hospital information management terminal 7 receives the in-hospital information A to C respectively transmitted from the in-hospital terminals 2 to 4, and also includes a metered service providing terminal 8, a management consulting service providing terminal 9, and a remote maintenance service providing terminal. 10 includes communication means for transmitting in-hospital information A to C and record management means for recording and managing in-hospital information A to C. Note that the record management means may be configured to record and manage the in-hospital information A to C for each hospital.

  The metered service providing terminal 8 receives necessary in-hospital information from the in-hospital information management terminal 7 (for example, in-hospital information indicating the use status of medical devices in the in-hospital information A) and based on the necessary in-hospital information. The communication means for transmitting the billing amount A to the automatic billing settlement server 11 and the creating means for creating the billing amount A based on the necessary in-hospital information are provided.

  For example, when a request for medical service is received from the hospital A, the service provider including the metered service providing terminal 8 lends a medical device desired by the hospital A. Then, hospital A pays a billing amount corresponding to the type and number of times of use of the medical device to the service provider provided with the metered service providing terminal 8.

  The management consulting service providing terminal 9 receives necessary in-hospital information (for example, in-hospital information indicating the management status in the in-hospital information A) from the in-hospital information management terminal 7 and charges B based on the necessary in-hospital information. Is transmitted to the automatic billing settlement server 11 and a creating unit for creating the billing amount B based on the necessary in-hospital information.

  For example, if a service provider with the management consulting service providing terminal 9 receives a request for medical service from the hospital A, what staff is working in the hospitals A to C, and what devices are there. To determine the cost of each hospital, and calculate the profit of each hospital by analyzing the number of patients and insurance points obtained from medical practices and calculating the sales of each hospital, Based on the in-hospital information, the hospital A is provided with management advice. Hospital A then pays the bill for the advice to the service provider provided with the management consulting service providing terminal 9.

  The remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 receives necessary in-hospital information (for example, in-hospital information indicating the use status of medical devices in the in-hospital information A) from the in-hospital information management terminal 7, and based on the necessary in-hospital information. The communication means for transmitting the billing amount C to the automatic billing settlement server 11 and the creating means for creating the billing amount C based on the necessary in-hospital information are provided.

  For example, when a medical service request is received from the hospital A, the service provider including the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 analyzes which function of which medical device has been used, how many times, and the like. Maintenance services such as forecasting and sending correction programs for error locations. Then, hospital A pays the bill for the maintenance service to the service provider provided with the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10.

  The automatic billing settlement server 11 receives communication amounts A to C from the metered service providing terminal 8, the management consulting service providing terminal 9, and the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10, and sequentially receives the charging amounts A to C. Addition means for sequentially adding the billing amounts A to C each time, record management means for recording and managing the total billing amount as a result of sequentially adding the billing amounts A to C, and settlement transmitted from the hospital terminals 2 to 4 And a settlement means for performing settlement of the total bill amount recorded and managed based on the request. The communication means, the addition means, the record management means, and the settlement means include, for example, a program (CPU) that is recorded in a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory) provided in the automatic billing settlement server 11. It may be realized by being executed by a processing unit or the like. Hereinafter, the metered service providing terminal 8, the management consulting service providing terminal 9, and the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 are simply referred to as service providing terminals.

Next, an operation from when the billing amounts A to C are created until the automatic billing settlement server 11 records and manages the billing amounts A to C will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation from when the billing amounts A to C are created until the automatic billing settlement server 11 records and manages the billing amounts A to C.

First, in step ST1, the service providing terminal receives in-hospital information necessary for providing medical services to the hospitals A to C from the in-hospital information management terminal 7.
Next, in step ST2, the service providing terminal provides medical services to the hospitals A to C based on the received in-hospital information.

  Next, in step ST3, after providing the medical service, the service providing terminal provides “content” indicating the content of the medical service (for example, server maintenance) and “usage” indicating the usage amount of the medical service in the hospital information. The “unit price” corresponding to the “content” received from the management apparatus 7 and received from the price list in which “content” and “unit price” are associated is read out, and the read “unit price” and the received “usage amount” The “subtotal amount” for each “content” is calculated, and all the “subtotal amounts” are summed to calculate the “total amount”.

  Next, in step ST4, the service providing terminal uses a medical service identification ID (Identification) for identifying the type of medical service (for example, maintenance service) and a hospital name (for example, hospital) corresponding to the medical service identification ID. “Hospital identification ID” for identifying A, etc., and “billing amount data (for example,“ content ”,“ unit price ”,“ usage amount ”,“ subtotal amount ”) and“ total ”corresponding to the medical service identification ID A billing amount A to C indicating “amount” is transmitted to the automatic billing settlement server 11.

  Here, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are diagrams showing examples of billing amounts A to C transmitted from the service providing terminal to the automatic billing settlement server 11. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the billing amount A transmitted from the metered service providing terminal 8 to the automatic billing settlement server 11. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the billing amount C transmitted from the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10 to the automatic billing settlement server 11.

  First, the billing amount A shown in FIG. 4 is composed of a plurality of billing amount records 40 (40-1 to 40-5). Each billing amount record 40 includes, for example, a hospital identification ID area 41 in which a hospital identification ID is recorded, a medical service identification ID area 42 in which a medical service identification ID is recorded, and a medical device name and an instrument name as the “content”. Is recorded, a type name area 44 in which the model name of the medical device or instrument is recorded, a serial number area 45 in which the serial number of the medical device or instrument is recorded, and a function name of the medical device or instrument , Function name area 46 in which “unit price” is recorded, usage amount area 48 in which the number of used medical devices and instruments is recorded as “usage amount”, and “subtotal amount” ”As a subtotal area 49 in which the result of multiplying the“ unit price ”and the number used is recorded, and a service-specific total price area 50 in which the“ total price ”is recorded. The “total amount” is recorded only in the total amount area 50 for each service of the billing amount record 40 added last.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, “11212” is stored in the hospital identification ID area 41, “1001” is displayed in the medical service identification ID area 42, “light source device” is displayed in the content area 43, and “ CLV-160 ”, serial number area 45“ 46367 ”, function name area 46“ white light source ”, unit price area 47“ ¥ 400 ”, usage amount area 48“ 1 ”, subtotal area 49“ ¥ 400 ” “¥ 5000” is recorded in the total amount area 50 for each service.

  Further, the billing amount C shown in FIG. 5 is composed of a plurality of billing amount records 51 (51-1 and 51-2). In each bill amount record 51, for example, a hospital identification ID area 52 in which a hospital identification ID is recorded, a medical service identification ID area 53 in which a medical service identification ID is recorded, and a maintenance name are recorded as the “content”. A content area 54, a model name area 55 in which a maintenance course name is recorded, a serial number area 56 in which a serial number is recorded, a function name area 57 in which a function name is recorded, and the “unit price” are recorded. A unit price area 58, a usage amount area 59 in which the number of uses is recorded as the “usage amount”, and a subtotal area 60 in which a result of multiplying the “unit price” by the number of uses is recorded as the “subtotal amount”. The service-specific total amount area 61 in which the “total amount” is recorded. The “total amount” is recorded only in the total amount area 61 for each service of the bill amount record 51 added last.

  In the example of FIG. 5, “11212” in the hospital identification ID area 52 of the billing amount record 51-2, “3000” in the medical service identification ID area 53, “server maintenance” in the content area 54, and “normal” in the model name area 55 “Course”, “63648” in the serial number area 56, “−” in the function name area 57, “¥ 100” in the unit price area 58, “twice” in the usage amount area 59, “¥ 200” in the subtotal area 60, service “¥ 400” is recorded in another total amount area 61.

  As described above, when the service providing terminal receives at least “content” and “usage” from the in-hospital information management terminal 7 after performing the medical service, it reads “unit price” corresponding to the “content” from the price list. Then, “unit price” × “usage amount” is calculated to calculate “subtotal amount”. Each time the service providing terminal receives the in-hospital information from the in-hospital information management terminal 7, it calculates the “subtotal amount” and adds the calculated “subtotal amount” to the previously calculated “subtotal amount”. To calculate the “total amount”.

  Next, in step ST5, the automatic billing settlement server 11 receives the billing amounts A to C indicating the medical service identification ID, the hospital identification ID, and the billing amount data transmitted from the service providing terminal.

  Next, in step ST6, the automatic billing settlement server 11 searches the received hospital identification ID in the hospital name table in which the hospital identification ID and the hospital name are recorded in association with each other, and determines the hospital name.

  Next, in step ST7, the automatic billing settlement server 11 searches for the received medical service identification ID in the medical service name table in which the medical service identification ID and the medical service name are recorded in association with each other. Find out.

  Next, in step ST8, the automatic billing settlement server 11 records the determined medical service name and the “total amount” corresponding to the medical service name in the database for each determined hospital name.

  Here, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database provided in the automatic billing settlement server 11. Note that the database shown in FIG. 6 records data based on the charge amount A shown in FIG. 4 and the charge amount C shown in FIG. Further, the database shown in FIG. 6 may be constructed using, for example, SQL (Structured Query Language).

  The database 62 shown in FIG. 6 includes a plurality of billing amount records 63 (63-1 to 63-7). Each bill amount record 63 includes, for example, a hospital name area 64 where a hospital name is recorded, a medical service name area 65 where a medical service name is recorded, a content area 66 where “content” is recorded, and a model name. A type name area 67 to be recorded, a serial number area 68 in which a serial number is recorded, a function name area 69 in which a function name is recorded, a unit price area 70 in which “unit price” is recorded, and a “usage amount”. The usage amount area 71 to be recorded, the subtotal area 72 in which the “subtotal amount” is recorded, the total area 73 by service in which the “total amount” is recorded, and the total of the “total amount”, that is, for each hospital name And a hospital-specific total amount area 74 in which “total amount charged” is recorded. It should be noted that the “total charge amount” for each hospital name is recorded only in the total amount area 74 for each hospital of the charge amount record 63 added at the end.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, “Hospital A” is stored in the hospital name area 64 of the charge amount record 63-7, “Service 2” is displayed in the medical service name area 65, “Server Maintenance” is stored in the content area 66, and “ “Normal Course”, “63648” in the serial number area 68, “−” in the function name area 69, “¥ 100” in the unit price area 70, “twice” in the usage area 71, “¥ 200” in the subtotal area 72, “¥ 400” is recorded in the total amount area 73 for each service, and “¥ 5400” is recorded in the total amount area 74 for each hospital.

  In this way, the automatic billing settlement server 11 sums up all the “subtotal amounts” or “total amounts” for each hospital name, determines the “total amount charged” for each hospital, and records the “total amount charged”. I manage.

Next, the settlement process of the automatic billing settlement server 11 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the settlement process of the automatic billing settlement server 11. As a precondition for the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, a web page (hereinafter referred to as a public web page) indicating “total billing amount” for each hospital is transmitted from the in-hospital terminal 2 of hospital A to the automatic billing settlement server 11. It is assumed that a request for desire is transmitted and the login screen of the public Web page is displayed on the display of the hospital terminal 2 or the like. Further, it is assumed that the login screen is provided with an input field for inputting a login name and a password.

First, in step STP1, hospital A is prompted to input a login name and password.
Next, in step STP2, when the login name and password are input on the login screen, the automatic billing settlement server 11 determines whether or not the login name and password are correct.

If it is determined that the login name and password are not correct (No in step STP2), the process returns to step STP1 to prompt the user to input the login name and password again.
On the other hand, if it is determined that the login name and the password are correct (Yes in step STP2), in step STP3, the automatic billing settlement server 11 determines the medical service names of all medical services received by the hospital A and the respective medical services. Each “subtotal amount” of the service name and “total charge amount” for each hospital name are read from the database, and the read medical service name, “subtotal amount”, and “total charge amount” are published on the web. A public Web page is automatically created or updated by adding to the request form, and the public Web page is transmitted to the hospital terminal 2. The in-hospital terminal 2 displays the public Web page on a display or the like.

Next, in step STP4, the automatic billing settlement server 11 determines whether or not there is an instruction to display a breakdown of the “subtotal amount” in the used medical service.
If it is determined that there is no instruction to display the breakdown (No in step STP4), whether or not the hospital A has confirmed the “total amount charged” and the breakdown in each medical service in step STP5 Confirm.

If confirmation of “total amount charged” and breakdown by hospital A is not completed (No in step STP5), the process returns to step STP4.
On the other hand, when the confirmation of the “total amount charged” and the breakdown by the hospital A is completed (step STP5 is Yes), in step STP6, the automatic billing settlement server 11 presses the “payment” button provided on the public Web page. It is judged whether it was done.

When it is determined that the “payment” button has not been pressed (No in step STP6), the automatic billing settlement server 11 determines whether or not the “payment” button has been pressed again.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the “payment” button has been pressed (step STP6 is Yes), in step STP7, the automatic billing settlement server 11 inputs the credit card number of the credit card company registered by the hospital A. Is sent to the in-hospital terminal 2 to input a credit card number in the input field.

  In step STP8, when the automatic billing settlement server 11 receives the credit card number input in the input column of the number input Web page from the in-hospital terminal 2, the payment of the “total billed amount” has been made to the credit card company. To be notified. Then, the automatic billing settlement server 11 transmits the credit card number and the “total billed amount” to the credit company terminal, and receives the amount corresponding to the “total billed amount” from the credit card company.

In addition, the online payment method in step STP7 and step STP8 is not limited to this embodiment.
If it is determined in step STP4 that there is an instruction to display the breakdown of the “subtotal amount” (Yes in step STP4), in step STP9, the automatic billing settlement server 11 instructs the “subtotal” The breakdown of “Amount” is read from the database, the breakdown is added to the request form for Web publishing, the Web page for publishing is automatically updated, and the Web page for publishing is transmitted to the in-hospital terminal 2. Then, the hospital terminal 2 displays the web page for disclosure on a display or the like, and proceeds to step STP5.

Here, FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a public Web page on which a breakdown is displayed.
A public Web page 80 shown in FIG. 8 includes a hospital name display area 81 in which a hospital name is displayed, a billing amount display area 82 in which a medical service name and a “subtotal amount” corresponding to the medical service name are displayed. , A total charge amount display area 83 in which “total charge amount” is displayed, and a “payment” button 84 for executing online settlement of the “total charge amount” displayed in the total charge amount display area 83. ing.

  Further, in the example shown in FIG. 8, for example, when the medical service name “service 2” is selected in the billing amount display area 82, “periodic remote maintenance once ¥ 200” and “ The server maintenance twice \ 200 "is displayed in the breakdown display area 85.

  In this way, the automatic billing settlement server 11 sequentially adds the “total amount” sequentially received from each service providing terminal, manages the “total amount charged” as the total result for each hospital, Since “total billing amount” is published on the web page for disclosure, and “total billing amount” is settled online by the settlement request from the hospital terminal, the hospital side only makes a settlement request to the automatic billing settlement server 11. It is possible to settle the total billed amount calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals.

  This makes it possible to settle the bills for multiple medical services at once, eliminating the need to grasp multiple invoices individually and making payments for each invoice, reducing the burden of payment processing, Can reduce the cost.

In addition, it is not necessary for the medical service provider side to create a bill and send it to the hospital side, which can reduce the labor and cost of the bill creation process.
Further, the hospital side can grasp the current “total billing amount” from the public web page indicating the “total billing amount” transmitted from the automatic billing settlement server 11, and the billing amount of the medical service as in the past. This makes it possible to prevent the user from receiving a billing amount that is higher than expected because it was difficult to grasp the above.

The service providing terminals are not limited to the metered service providing terminal 8, the management consulting service providing terminal 9, and the remote maintenance service providing terminal 10.
Further, in the above embodiment, the automatic billing settlement server 11 displays the public web page indicating the “total billing amount” at the time of receiving the request to transmit the “total billing amount” transmitted from the hospital terminal. It is configured to transmit to the in-hospital terminal, but when the “total invoiced amount” reaches a predetermined invoiced amount, it is configured to notify the in-hospital terminal by e-mail or FAX (Facsimile). Also good. When the “total charge amount” reaches a predetermined charge amount set in advance, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the public Web page indicating the “total charge amount” at that time is sent to the in-hospital terminal by e-mail or FAX. You may comprise so that it may notify. Further, when a predetermined period (for example, one month) elapses, the URL of the public Web page indicating the “total billing amount” at that time may be notified to the in-hospital terminal by e-mail or FAX.

  In the above-described embodiment, the automatic billing settlement server 11 is configured to calculate the “total billing amount” for each hospital and publish the “total billing amount” on the Web. It is also possible to calculate the “total billing amount” for each group and publish the “total billing amount” on the Web. Further, a “total billing amount” may be calculated for each department of a hospital, and the “total billing amount” may be disclosed on the web.

It is a figure which shows the medical service system of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart for demonstrating the mode of the hospital at the time of an endoscope inspection apparatus being used in a hospital. It is a figure which shows until the automatic billing settlement server records and manages the billing amounts A to C after the billing amounts A to C are created. It is a figure which shows an example of the billing amount A transmitted to the automatic billing settlement server from the metered service providing terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the billing amount C transmitted to an automatic billing settlement server from a remote maintenance service provision terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the database recorded on an automatic billing settlement server. It is a figure which shows the flowchart for demonstrating the payment process of an automatic billing payment server. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page for a publishing by which the breakdown was displayed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medical service system 2-4 In-hospital terminal 5 Public network 6 Network 7 In-hospital information management terminal 8 Usage meter service providing terminal 9 Management consulting service providing terminal 10 Remote maintenance service providing terminal 11 Automatic billing settlement server

Claims (8)

In-hospital information management terminal for receiving the in-hospital information indicating the usage status of the medical device used in the hospital and the management status of the hospital from the in-hospital terminal provided in the hospital, and recording and managing the in-hospital information;
A plurality of medical service providers that provide medical services to the hospital, respectively, receive the in-hospital information from the in-hospital information management terminal via the network, and charge the medical service based on the in-hospital information A plurality of service providing terminals for calculating
Each billing amount calculated by the plurality of service providing terminals is received via the network, and each billing amount is sequentially added each time the billing amount is sequentially received, and a total billing amount of each billing amount is calculated. An automatic billing settlement server that records and manages the settlement of the total billed amount based on a settlement request from the hospital terminal;
A medical service system comprising: The medical service system according to claim 1,
When the automatic billing settlement server receives a request to transmit the total billed amount from the hospital terminal via the network, the automatic bill settlement server transmits the total billed amount at the time of receiving the request to the hospital terminal. Medical service system characterized by that. The medical service system according to claim 1,
The automatic bill settlement server transmits a notification that the total bill amount has reached the predetermined amount to the in-hospital terminal via the network when the total bill amount reaches the predetermined amount. Service system. A communication means for receiving each billing amount for the medical service calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals provided respectively on a plurality of medical service providers providing medical services to a hospital via a network;
An adding means for sequentially adding the billing amounts each time the communication means sequentially receives the billing amounts;
Record management means for recording and managing the total billing amount of each billing amount added by the adding means;
Settlement means for performing settlement of the total bill amount recorded and managed in the record management means based on a settlement request from a hospital terminal provided in the hospital;
An automatic billing settlement server comprising: The automatic billing settlement server according to claim 4,
When the communication means receives a request for transmitting the total billed amount from the in-hospital terminal via the network, the communication means transmits the total billed amount at the time of receiving the request to the in-hospital terminal. Automatic billing settlement server as a feature. The automatic billing settlement server according to claim 4,
When the total billed amount reaches a predetermined amount, the communication means transmits a notification that the total billed amount has reached the predetermined amount to the in-hospital terminal via the network. server. Receiving each bill amount for the medical service calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals respectively provided on a plurality of medical service providers providing medical services to a hospital via a network;
Each time the billing amount is received sequentially, the billing amount is sequentially added,
Record and manage the total bill amount of each bill amount,
Settlement of the total bill amount based on a settlement request from a hospital terminal provided in the hospital,
An automatic billing settlement method characterized by the above. Computer
A communication means for receiving, via a network, each billing amount for the medical service calculated by a plurality of service providing terminals respectively provided on a plurality of medical service providers providing medical services to a hospital;
Adding means for sequentially adding the billing amounts each time the billing amounts are sequentially received by the communication means;
Record management means for recording and managing the total billing amount of each billing amount added by the adding means;
A settlement means for performing settlement of the total bill amount recorded and managed in the record management means based on a settlement request from a hospital terminal provided in the hospital;
Automatic bill settlement program to function as.