JP2022016639A - Method for providing electronic medical chart for animal patient - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user interface which is further simple and which is easy to refer to.

SOLUTION: A method is for providing an electronic medical chart for an animal patient, manages medical chart information for each date of the animal patient, provides the medical chart information on the corresponding date in accordance with the selection of the date, and reads, as items contained in the present medical chart information, items contained in the medical chart information on the past date.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2022,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a method for providing an electronic medical record for an animal patient, which manages medical information for the animal patient.

Conventionally, a method for retrieving information related to an electronic medical record that manages medical information of a human patient has been disclosed.

For example, if the corresponding patient name is searched using the disease name and progress information included in the electronic medical record as a key, the patient name, the disease name and progress information, and the consultation date are displayed in a list in the search result, and the reception date is selected, the reception date is selected. A method of displaying the corresponding electronic medical record is disclosed (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-140604

However, Patent Document 1 lacks information listability, and it is desired to provide a simpler and easier-to-reference user interface.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a user interface that is simpler and easier to refer to.

A method of providing an electronic medical record regarding an animal patient according to one aspect of the present invention, in which medical record information is managed for each date of the animal patient, and medical record information of the corresponding date is provided according to the selection of the date. Read the items included in the date chart information as the items included in the current chart information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user interface that is simpler and easier to refer to.

It is a block block diagram which shows the electronic medical record providing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block block diagram of the server terminal 100 of FIG. It is a functional block block diagram of the animal hospital terminal 300 of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the electronic medical record information stored in a server 100. It is an example of the flowchart explaining the method of providing the electronic medical record which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. This is an example of a user interface displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of the medical examination information displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of history information displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of medical information displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of medical information (drug information) displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This is an example of medical information (outline) displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below do not unreasonably limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all of the components shown in the embodiments are essential components of the present invention.

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FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an electronic medical record providing system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic medical record providing system 1 provides a user interface for viewing and / or editing an electronic medical record, which is displayed via a display or the like of one or a plurality of veterinary hospital terminals.

The electronic medical record providing system 1 has a server terminal (data processing device) 100, a user terminal 200, and a network NW. The server terminal 100 and the user terminal 200 are connected via a network NW. The network NW is composed of the Internet, an intranet, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), and the like.

The server terminal 100 is a device that stores and processes electronic medical record information for each animal patient user, and may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or logically by cloud computing. It may be realized.

The user terminal 200 is an information processing device owned and used by the owner of an animal patient, for example, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, etc., but may be configured by a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PDA, or the like.

The animal hospital terminal 300 is an information processing device managed by the animal hospital and used by doctors, nurses, staff, etc. of the animal hospital, for example, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or the like, but by a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PDA, or the like. It may be configured.

In the present embodiment, the electronic chart providing system 1 includes a server terminal 100, a user terminal 200, and a veterinary hospital terminal 300, and operates the server terminal 100 using the user terminal 200 and / or the veterinary hospital terminal 300. As described above, the server terminal 100 may be configured as a stand-alone device, and the server terminal 100 itself may be provided with a function for a user to operate, or the user terminal 200 may be used with all or part of a program executed by the server terminal 100. And / or by installing in the animal hospital terminal 300, all or part of the functions executed by the server terminal 100 may be executed by the user terminal 200 and / or the animal hospital terminal 300.

FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram of the server terminal 100 of FIG. The server terminal 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface for communicating with the user terminal 200 and the veterinary hospital terminal 300 via the network NW, and communication is performed according to a communication protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol). ..

The storage unit 120 stores a program executed by the control unit 130, input data received from the user terminal 200 and / or the animal hospital terminal 300, and is a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory). ), HDD (Hard Disk Drive), etc. Further, the storage unit 120 has an electronic medical record information storage unit 121 that stores electronic medical record information for each user. Further, the storage unit 120 includes data for performing graphic representation such as icons constituting an electronic medical record user interface (not shown), text data necessary for displaying various information constituting the electronic medical record interface, and an electronic medical record interface. Various data or programs such as layout determination data for determining the layout of the above and a diagnostic information recommendation program for recommending diagnostic information based on the input contents can be stored. A database (not shown) storing each data may be constructed outside the storage unit 120.

The control unit 130 controls the entire operation of the server terminal 100 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 120, and is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and the like. Will be done. As a function of the control unit 130, it has an instruction receiving unit 131 from the user terminal 120 of the user, a data processing unit 132, and a screen generation unit 133. The instruction receiving unit 131, the data processing unit 132, and the screen generation unit 133 are started by the program stored in the storage unit 120 and executed by the server terminal 100 which is a computer (electronic computer).

The instruction receiving unit 131 is predetermined by the user and / or the person in charge of the veterinary hospital inputting through a user interface such as a web screen displayed on the display or the like of the user terminal 200 and / or the veterinary hospital terminal 300. When the request is made, the instruction is received from the user terminal 200 and / or the veterinary hospital terminal 300 via the communication unit 110.

The data processing unit 132 executes predetermined data processing based on the request received from the user and / or the veterinary hospital staff.

The screen generation unit 133 generates screen information for configuring the user interface, which is displayed on the user terminal 200 and / or the veterinary hospital terminal 300. For example, a user interface is generated by arranging various images and texts in a predetermined area of the user interface based on a predetermined layout rule using the images and text data stored in the storage unit 120 as materials. The processing related to the screen generation unit 133 can also be executed by the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).

FIG. 3 is a functional block configuration diagram of the veterinary hospital terminal 300 of FIG. The veterinary hospital terminal 300 includes a communication unit 310, a display operation unit 320, a storage unit 330, and a control unit 340.

The communication unit 310 is a communication interface for communicating with the server terminal 100 via the network NW, and communication is performed according to a communication convention such as TCP / IP.

The display operation unit 320 is a user interface used for the user to input an instruction and display text, an image, etc. according to the input data from the control unit 340, and the animal hospital terminal 300 is composed of a personal computer. If so, it is composed of a display, a keyboard and a mouse, and if the animal hospital terminal 300 is composed of a tablet terminal, it is composed of a touch panel and the like. The display operation unit 320 is activated by a control program stored in the storage unit 330 and executed by a veterinary hospital terminal 300 which is a computer (electronic computer).

The storage unit 330 stores various control processes, programs for executing each function in the control unit 340, input data, and the like, and is composed of a RAM, a ROM, and the like. Further, the storage unit 330 temporarily stores the communication content with the server terminal 100.

The control unit 340 controls the entire operation of the veterinary hospital terminal 300 by executing the program stored in the storage unit 330, and is composed of a CPU, a GPU, and the like.

Here, in the present embodiment, since the transmission and reception of information between the server terminal 100 and the veterinary hospital terminal 300 will be mainly described, the description of the functional configuration of the user terminal 200 will be omitted, but the functional configuration of the user terminal 200 is an animal. It can be substantially equivalent to the functional configuration of the hospital terminal 300.

The server terminal 100 may be configured to have the function of the display operation unit, and in this case, the server terminal 200 and / or the veterinary hospital terminal 300 may not be provided.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of electronic medical record information stored in the storage unit 120 of the server 100.

The electronic medical record information 1000 is managed, for example, in association with the user ID for each user, and the medical record information for each user is managed for each consultation date. Here, the user includes an animal patient. For example, as the electronic medical record information input on the consultation date August 20, 2019 of the user identified by the user ID 10001, the basic information (name, address, e-mail, etc.) of the owner of the animal patient, the animal patient (pet). Information (pet name, gender, type, weight, etc.), interview information (situation, attendance, period, appetite, physical condition, presence or absence of vomiting, presence or absence of diarrhea, etc.), physical findings, medical history, examination, diagnosis, treatment / medication, prescription , Memo, and information such as videos / images of animal patients (pets). Here, the input contents of the owner information, the pet information, the interview information, and the video / image of the pet are composed of the data received from the user terminal 200, and the physical findings and other information related to the diagnosis of the animal patient are received from the veterinary hospital terminal 300. It can be composed of the data received by a person in charge such as a doctor at the veterinary hospital by inputting the data to the veterinary hospital terminal 300 based on the information acquired from the owner of the animal patient. Can be done.

FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an electronic medical record according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

First, the instruction receiving unit 131 of the control unit 130 of the server terminal 100 receives an electronic medical record display request from the veterinary hospital terminal 300 via the communication unit 110 (S101). In response to the display request, the data processing unit 132 of the control unit 130 acquires the electronic medical record information contained in the electronic medical record from the electronic medical record information storage unit 121 of the storage unit 120, and the screen generation unit 133 acquires the acquired electronic medical record information. Based on the predetermined image and text data, data necessary for displaying the user interface screen for the electronic medical record on the animal hospital terminal 300 is generated and transmitted to the animal hospital terminal 300. The veterinary hospital terminal 300 executes a process of displaying the electronic medical record user interface 400 as shown in FIG. 6 via a browser or an application built in the veterinary hospital terminal 300.

FIG. 6 is an example of a user interface displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The user interface 400 for electronic medical records has at least a medical information display area 401 for displaying medical information generated for each medical examination date and a date display area 402 for displaying information indicating the medical examination date for each target animal patient. It is composed. In addition, the user interface 400 can display information such as an image of the animal patient and the medical treatment status of the animal patient (during medical treatment, during examination, completion of medical treatment, completion of examination).

In the medical information display area 401, medical examination information (situation, attendance, period, appetite, physical condition, presence / absence of vomiting, presence / absence of diarrhea, etc.), physical findings, medical history, examination, diagnosis, treatment / medication, prescription, memo, etc. Information is displayed. Further, for each item included in the medical information, an area where information can be input is provided, and the medical information is updated by the input by the person in charge of the veterinary hospital terminal 300. Here, the items included in the medical information to be displayed can be changed depending on the species of the animal.

In the date display area 402, one or more dates corresponding to the consultation dates of the animal patients are displayed. In FIG. 6, dates are displayed in tabs, and medical information and the like related to the corresponding dates are displayed in the medical information display area according to the selection of the date. In this example, the medical information and the like are displayed according to the tab of the date, but the medical information and the like may be displayed by opening the window according to the date. In addition, when treating an animal patient, a person in charge such as a doctor at a veterinary hospital can generate a new consultation date and input each item included in the medical information in the medical information display area to enable a user interface. With 400, it is possible to confirm in the list while associating the date with the medical information.

Returning to FIG. 5, the instruction receiving unit 131 receives a date selection display request for the consultation date from the veterinary hospital terminal 300 via the communication unit 110 (S102). That is, in the user interface 400 displayed on the veterinary hospital terminal 300, a person in charge such as a doctor at the veterinary hospital tries to confirm the medical information of the animal patient on the desired consultation date, and the date displayed in the date display area 402. Select the desired date from the list.

In response to receiving the date selection, the data processing unit 132 acquires medical information corresponding to the selected date from the electronic medical record information storage unit 121, and the screen generation unit 133 based on the acquired medical information. , Generates data necessary for displaying medical information corresponding to the selected date, and transmits it to the animal hospital terminal 300 (S103). The veterinary hospital terminal 300 performs a process of displaying medical information or the like corresponding to, for example, "December 12, 2019" in the electronic medical record user interface 400 via a browser or an application built in the veterinary hospital terminal 300. Execute.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the medical examination information corresponding to December 12, 2019 is displayed. As the interview information, for example, the reason for the visit of the animal patient, the situation, the appetite, the energy, vomiting, diarrhea, and other notes of the doctor are displayed, and the image, the moving image, and the like of the animal can be displayed or reproduced.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, items related to examinations such as weight, correspondence, heart rate, and respiration on the visit date corresponding to the selected date are displayed as history information by comparing with one or more other dates. You can also. Here, highlight or color the items that are notable compared to other dates (for example, the highest or lowest number of other dates that should be noted in relation to the disease). It can be displayed. Further, for example, it is possible to cut out an item of body weight and visualize and display the transition by date by a graph or the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9A, information on the medical history can be displayed as an item included in the medical information corresponding to the selected date. Here, it is possible to understand how each symptom changed with respect to the symptom entered at the previous consultation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, information on the drug can be displayed as an item included in the medical information corresponding to the selected date. As shown in this figure, the amount of the drug to be administered to an animal weighing 10 kg (100 mL / hour) is displayed, and the amount of each component contained in the drug is displayed.

Next, the instruction receiving unit 131 outputs data about a desired item included in the medical information corresponding to the selected date from the veterinary hospital terminal 300 via the communication unit 110, and the medical information corresponding to another date. Receives a request to read the corresponding item contained in (S104). Upon receiving the request, the data processing unit 132 includes the item included in the medical information corresponding to a certain date selected by the veterinary hospital terminal 300 in the medical information corresponding to another date (for example, the current date). Is read into the corresponding item.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, on January 11, 2020, when inputting an item related to a medical history included in medical information, a veterinarian at a veterinary hospital may use the veterinary hospital terminal 300 to display the same animal. Upon making a request to read data from the items related to the past medical history, the data processing unit 132 performs the process of reading the items related to the medical history corresponding to December 12, 2019 shown in FIG. 9A. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9B, the item related to the medical history corresponding to December 12, 2019 is read as the data of the item related to the medical history on January 11, 2020. In this way, the veterinarian can utilize the data of a desired item in the past information in order to create new medical information while simply referring to the past medical information.

Next, the instruction receiving unit 131 receives a request for updating data for the read item from the veterinary hospital terminal 300 via the communication unit 110 (S105). Upon receiving the request, the data processing unit 132 performs a process of updating data for the read item selected by the veterinary hospital terminal 300. For example, regarding the items related to the medical history shown in FIG. 9B, the data processing unit 132 can update some of the items in response to the update request.

Also, as shown in FIG. 11, the veterinarian may request that the items relating to the loaded drug be recalculated based on the updated body weight. For example, the drug component of the injection administered at the time of diagnosis on December 12, 2019 is the dose adjusted based on the weight of the animal at that time, and as of January 11, 2020, which is the latest date. It will be necessary to readjust the dose based on the weight of the animal. The data processing unit 132 responds to the update request based on the drug item of December 12, 2019 and the difference between the weight value of January 11, 2020 and the weight value of December 12, 2019. .. By recalculating the latest dosage, the data of the item related to the drug can be updated. In this way, the veterinarian can create new medical information with simple information by reading and updating the data of the desired item while referring to the past information.

Here, in the present embodiment, the chart information associated with a specific veterinary hospital is illustrated as a form in which past information can be referred to, but for example, a specific veterinary hospital other than the specific veterinary hospital and capital. Alternatively, it may be possible to refer to the chart information managed by a hospital with which it has a tie-up. In this case, the veterinary hospital that manages the medical record information to be referred to can select information that should not be referred to to other hospitals (for example, items that the user does not want to disclose, a doctor's memo field, etc.). It is also possible to refer to only a part of the medical record information. In addition, the veterinary hospital that refers to the medical record information can also select the item of the medical record information to be referred to so that only the necessary information can be referred to.

Although the embodiments related to the disclosure have been described above, these can be implemented in various other embodiments, and can be implemented by making various omissions, substitutions, and changes. These embodiments and variations as well as those with omissions, substitutions and modifications are included in the technical scope of the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 Electronic medical record providing system 100 Server terminal, 110 Communication unit, 120 Storage unit, 130 Control unit, 200 User terminal, 300 Animal hospital terminal NW network

Claims (5)

It is a method of providing electronic medical records for animal patients.
Manage medical record information for each animal patient date,
Depending on the date selection, provide the corresponding date chart information,
A method of reading an item included in the medical record information of a past date as an item included in the current medical record information. The method for providing an electronic medical record for an animal patient according to claim 1.
A method of updating the read item based on an item other than the read item included in the current medical record information. The method for providing an electronic medical record for an animal patient according to claim 1.
A method of comparing items contained in medical record information between dates. The method for providing an electronic medical record for an animal patient according to claim 1.
The method, wherein the read item is an item related to a drug, and an item other than the read item is an item related to body weight. The method for providing an electronic medical record for an animal patient according to claim 4.
The item to be compared between the dates is the item relating to the inspection, the method.

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