JP2022080050A - Medical application activation system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a system which allows a user to easily set availability, usage periods, and the like of medical applications.SOLUTION: A medical system provided herein consists of a medical institution terminal, a patient terminal, and a server. The patient terminal downloads a medical application program from the server, and the medical institution terminal issues an activation code for the patient terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to activation of medical software.

In recent years, a technology for treating diseases by using a software program (hereinafter referred to as a medical application) of an application installed on a digital device such as a smartphone instead of administering a drug prescribed by face-to-face diagnosis with a doctor. Has been developed. In this technique, the diagnosis of a doctor or the diagnosis of a disease of an alternative system identifies the patient's disease or condition, prescribes a medical app for them, and the patient replaces the administration of the drug with this medical use. By practicing the app, you will be treated. The medical application has no serious side effects caused by the drug and can be easily implemented on the patient's smartphone, tablet terminal, PC, etc., so its development is highly expected.

However, unlike drugs, the current medical application does not have a setting of dosing period and dosage (in the case of drugs, one tablet in the morning, day and night, two weeks, or how many times can be specified), and prescription. If it is done, it will be usable forever, and there is a risk of problems such as dependence on the application and non-prescription use due to reuse. Therefore, there has been a demand for a technique that can easily set the availability of an application and the period of use.

In Patent Document 1, when a request for system registration to the server is received from the treatment-related application installed on the user terminal, the server registers the treatment-related application that made the request as a regular application and also with a doctor. Communication A technology for removing restrictions on functions related to communication is described.

Patent No. 6611112

The problem to be solved is to provide a system that can easily set the availability and usage period of the medical application. In addition, there is a demand for a system that can easily handle costs associated with the use of an application.

(1) A medical system consisting of a terminal on the medical institution side, a terminal on the patient side, and a server.
The patient terminal downloads the medical application program from the server and
A system characterized by issuing an activation code from a terminal on the medical institution side to a terminal on the patient side.
(2) The system of (1), characterized in that the activation code includes information on the usable period.
(3) The system according to (1) or (2), wherein the activation code includes information regarding usage time.
(4) The system according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the activation code includes information on the maximum number of available devices.
(5) The system according to any one of (1) to (4), characterized in that the activation code is included in prescription information issued by a medical institution (6) The activation code is a bar code or a two-dimensional code. The system according to any one of (1) to (5), which is provided as information.
(7) The system of (1)-(6), characterized in that a fee is charged to the patient-side terminal at the time of the download and the fee is paid to the application maker.
(8) The server notifies the health insurance association, etc. at the time of activation of the medical application or when the prescription of the medical application is completed, and the health insurance association, etc. charges the application maker based on the notification result. The system of (1)-(7), characterized in that payment is made.

According to the medical system of the present invention, it is possible to easily set the availability and usage period of the medical application. In addition, it is possible to easily handle the costs associated with using the application.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a medical system. (Example 1) Figure 2 is used for medical systems FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a hand scanner. (Example 2) FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a medical system. (Example 3) FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a medical system. (Example 4)

The present invention makes it possible to use a medical application stored in a server and used on a patient terminal by using an activation code issued by a medical institution, thereby easily using the medical application and its usage period. Achieved the purpose of enabling the setting of. In particular, medical applications whose availability and usage period have not been set can be saved on a server different from that of medical institutions, facilitating maintenance of medical applications.

(Example 1)
FIG. 1 is a system configuration example of an embodiment of the medical system 100 of the present invention, which includes a medical facility 101, a patient 102, a server 103 (typically, an app store), and an app maker 104.

The medical facility 101 is typically a hospital to which a doctor belongs, but may be a facility such as an online clinic. The information processing terminal of the medical facility 101 generates medication information such as a prescription by diagnosis by a doctor or AI. Further, this generation is typically issued via an existing system such as an electronic medical record (not shown) provided in the medical facility 101 based on the diagnosis result, but the issuing means is not limited to this. The server 103 is typically a server that stores an application program so that it can be downloaded by a smartphone, a PC, or the like. If the server 103 is typically operated by a third-party institution different from the medical facility 101 or the patient 102, it is convenient because it can be maintained independently of the medical institution, but it should be installed in the medical facility 101. You can also. The application maker 104 is a manufacturer that creates a medical application program (medical application), creates a medical application, uploads the program to the server 103, and maintains the medical application such as a version upgrade. The medical application used in this embodiment is programmed to be used for a specific disease treatment purpose, a specific disease auxiliary purpose, etc., and is configured to be available by inputting an activation code. .. Control of availability in an app can be performed using programming techniques well known to those of skill in the art. The activation code for a medical app that does not contain availability information includes at least prescription period information (eg, 2 weeks, 1 month from the activation date), and also includes availability information for medical use. The activation code for an app (eg, a one-month app, etc.) contains at least information about the start date (eg, November 3, 2020). These activation codes define the period of use and are configured so that at least some of the treatment functions of the app will be unavailable after the period of use. Whether it is within the usable period or out of the range is determined by comparing the date and time information set as the usage period with the date and time information of the clock in the terminal and the date and time information acquired via the network. Here, if it is configured so that the usage period can be redefined (extended) by re-authentication of an additional activation code, it is convenient because it does not need to be downloaded again when it is re-prescribed by a doctor. ..

Next, an operation example of the medical system 100 is shown with reference to FIG. First, the medical application is uploaded to the server 103 from the application maker 104 (application supply). Next, in the medical facility 101, the information of the application used for the treatment and the method of generating the activation code for the corresponding application are acquired in the system such as the electronic medical record used in the facility. Next, the patient 102 visits the medical facility 101 and sees a doctor at the medical facility 101. As a result of the medical examination, the name of the disease is diagnosed, and when the decision to use the medical application is made, the doctor gives informed consent to the patient about the medical application and explains how to use the medical application. conduct. Subsequently, the doctor or a person who has been instructed by the doctor issues a prescription via a system such as an electronic medical record. FIG. 2 shows an example of a prescription. The prescription is in a format linked to an electronic medical record or the like, and it is convenient for the doctor to output the disease name, the medical application name, and the prescription period from the list on the electronic medical record. As a result, in the electronic medical record, it is possible to prescribe by the same method as the conventional method of selecting the drug name and the number of medicines. It is convenient that the prescription period includes the starting date so that the available period cannot be renewed with the same code many times. Also, depending on the medical application, multiple treatment modules may be included, so if there are multiple available modules, it is possible to specify whether to use one of them or to flag it. In addition, include information on recommended times to use the app (for example, information corresponding to the time taken after breakfast, lunch, dinner, before going to bed, etc. in the case of pharmaceutical products), and send a message recommending the use of the medical app. It is also possible to encourage patients to use it by displaying it in a pop-up on a smartphone or the like at the recommended time. In addition, the app is provided with a memory to store the number of uses, configured to update the number of uses in the memory each time the patient uses the app, and the activation code includes information on the maximum number of times the app can be used. The number of times of use may be compared with the maximum number of times specified by the activation code, and the use of the application may be restricted when the maximum number of times of use is reached. Information such as the prescription period can be provided as a barcode or two-dimensional code information that can be read by a smartphone or the like. In addition, the prescription information should include the URL of the app store where the medical application can be downloaded and the information of the downloadable URL of the manual of the medical application in the form of an address, a barcode, a two-dimensional bar code, or the like. You can also. The medical application may be searched by the medical application name from the app store.

Next, the patient 102 who received the prescription accesses the URL of the download destination of the medical application described in the prescription from a terminal such as a smartphone used by the patient, and requests the download of the desired medical application. Then, the server 103 confirms whether or not the corresponding medical application can be downloaded, and transfers the program to the terminal of the patient 102 if possible. If the download server is unavailable due to maintenance, etc., it may be notified that the download is not available, and if there is an alternative application, that may be introduced. Subsequently, after the desired medical application is downloaded, the patient 102 installs the application on the terminal to be used. After installation, the medical application is started, and typically, the activation code issued by the medical facility 101 is read by the code reader function of the terminal, so that the medical application can be used. Patient 102 can be treated using the treatment program of this medical application for a predetermined period of time. In addition, the electronic medical record information (particularly, the presence or absence of a prescription) is sent from the medical facility to the server 103, and the prescription is completed when the prescription information in the electronic medical record and the download request from the patient 102 are paired. Let's judge. Alternatively, it is determined by notifying the server or the medical facility 101 that the medical application has been activated, or by notifying the medical facility 101 of the fact of the download from the server 103 and determining the completion of the prescription. May be good.

(Billing method)
When a prescription for a normal drug is given, the drug is prescribed at a medical facility 101 or a pharmacy (not shown) that prescribes the drug and is provided to the patient 102. Patient 102 usually has health insurance such as national health insurance or health insurance association, and the cost burden of medicines is determined in advance by an agreement with the health insurance association or the like. For example, if the person's burden is 30%, the person pays 30% of the medical expenses, and the remaining 70% is borne by the health insurance association. In this case, on the day the patient visits the medical institution, the patient pays only 30% of the patient's payment to the medical institution, and at a later date, the health insurance association pays the rest to the facility that prescribed the drug. In the system of the present invention, when the patient 102 downloads, the server 103 charges the patient 102 for the portion borne by the patient, and the server 103 pays the application maker 104 a fee obtained by subtracting the usage fee of the server 103 as necessary. The server 103 notifies the health insurance association (not shown) of the remaining costs, and the health insurance association pays the application maker 104. However, the usage fee of the server 103 can be paid in a lump sum from the app store without deducting the usage fee for each application.
On the other hand, in the case of an app, it is unclear whether the app is actually being used simply by downloading it. Therefore, when the completion of the above-mentioned prescription is determined, the billing procedure of the person may be carried out and / or the health insurance association may be notified. The health insurance association may receive this notification electronically on the server included therein and pay the app maker 104 the amount aggregated at any time or for each predetermined period.

(Example 2)
In the medical system 200 of the second embodiment, the medical application is configured to refer to a data module having period information, which is different from the program of the medical application itself, and the data module contains the period information. Is included and is configured to be available for medical applications for the period specified in that information. Other than that, it operates in the same manner as in the first embodiment. That is, after the patient 102 installs and activates the medical application by the operation of the first embodiment, the license information corresponding to the period information included in the activation code (for example, October 1, 2021 to 2021 10). The data module including (30th of March) is downloaded from the server 103 and saved in the specified location, the medical application accesses the information of the data module each time it is started, and the medical treatment by the patient 102 is valid for the period when the license information is valid. You can use the app for. Further, the license information of the data module may have only the information on the usable period, perform the license activation work, and set the usable period by combining the start date and the usable period of the medical application. In this case, it is convenient to charge for the data module, especially when downloading from the app store.

(Example 3)
In the medical system 300 of the third embodiment, first, the application maker 104 supplies the medical application to the server 103, and the server 103 stores the medical application. Next, patient 102 visits a medical facility and obtains a prescription containing an activation code. Here, the activation code includes an identification number for identifying the application customized by the person. Next, the prescription information including the available period information is notified from the medical facility 101 to the server 103 typically via the electronic medical record software. The server 103 customizes the available medical application for personal use so as to correspond to the prescription period, and newly stores the stored medical application in association with the above-mentioned identification number. Subsequently, the patient 102 accesses the server 103, transmits the activation code including the identification number to the server 103, and causes the patient 102 to download the modified medical application stored corresponding to the identification number. Patient 102 installs the downloaded medical application on the terminal to be used and uses it for treatment.

(Example 4)
In the medical system 400 of the fourth embodiment, a management server 105 is added in addition to the medical facility 101, the patient 102, the server 103, and the application maker 104. The difference is that the activation code provided from the medical facility 101 to the patient 102 does not have to include the period information in the medical system 400 of the fourth embodiment. Instead, the prescription of this embodiment includes an activation code including the identification information of the person, and the identification information is registered in the application. Then, the information regarding the prescription period is transmitted from the medical facility 101 to the management server 105 together with the identification information. The medical application accesses the management server each time the program is activated by the patient, and the management server 105 displays the user (patient 102) of the medical application and the user information stored in the management server 105. After comparing based on the identification information and determining that it is within the available period after identity verification, it replies that it is available and the medical application executes the treatment program. Also, if it is determined that it is not available, the treatment program will be stopped.

In the case of the fourth embodiment, as for the billing method, the billing for the person himself / herself is charged to the management server at the time of downloading from the server 3 of the medical application or at the time of the first access to the management server, and the portion borne by the health insurance association. This can be notified to the health insurance association when the management server is accessed for the first time, and payment can be made to the application maker 104 from there.

By making the medical application stored on the server and used on the patient terminal available using the activation code issued by the medical institution, it is possible to easily set the availability and usage period of the medical application. Achieved the purpose of. In particular, medical applications whose availability and usage period have not been set can be saved on a server different from that of medical institutions, facilitating maintenance of medical applications.

101 Medical facility 102 Patient 103 Server 104 App maker 105 Management server

Claims (8)

A medical system consisting of a terminal on the medical institution side, a terminal on the patient side, and a server.
The patient terminal downloads the medical application program from the server and
A medical facility terminal is a system characterized by issuing an activation code of a medical application program based on the diagnosis result of a patient by a doctor or a substitute. The system according to claim 1, wherein the activation code includes information regarding the usable period. The system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the activation code includes information regarding usage time. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the activation code includes information on the maximum number of available numbers. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the activation code is included in prescription information issued by a medical institution. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the activation code is provided as a bar code or two-dimensional code information. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a fee is charged to the patient-side terminal at the time of downloading and the fee is paid to the application maker. The server notifies the health insurance association, etc. at the time of activation of the medical application or when the prescription of the medical application is completed, and the health insurance association, etc. pays the cost to the application maker based on the notification result. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it is used.

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