JP7378849B2 - Medical institution introduction system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a medical institution introduction system, and for example, to a medical institution introduction system that introduces a medical institution suitable for a user who is looking for a medical institution.

Traditionally, it has been common for users looking for a medical institution to access a web page on the Internet using a user terminal such as a smartphone or computer, and collect information about the medical institution from the web page. There is. For example, a user accesses a homepage of a medical institution, checks information on the medical department of the medical institution such as a clinic or hospital, and considers a medical institution to visit.

In addition, some servers that provide information on medical institutions on the Internet have a database that registers information on multiple medical institutions (addresses, telephone numbers, medical departments), and users' terminals can display information about medical institutions registered in the database. Some provide information about institutions.
The above-mentioned server receives input of location information (location information such as Minato Ward, Tokyo) and search conditions such as a desired medical department from a user terminal. Further, the server extracts information on medical institutions that satisfy the received search conditions from the database, generates a web page on which information regarding the extracted medical institutions is presented, and provides the generated web page to the user terminal.
Furthermore, among the Web pages presenting information regarding such medical institutions, some present evaluation values (scores) for the extracted medical institutions based on user word-of-mouth information.

Note that a system for providing information on medical institutions as described above is disclosed in Patent Document 1. The system (hospital introduction system) described in Patent Document 1 includes a database and a server. The database stores a first data section that stores subjective symptoms and medical departments in association with each other, and a second data section that stores information on medical departments of each hospital. The above-mentioned server includes a search means that receives input of the user's subjective symptoms from the user terminal via the Internet, searches for a medical department (medical department) from the first data section using the received subjective symptoms, and searches using the search means. and extracting means for extracting a hospital where a user having subjective symptoms can be examined based on the clinical department identified and the second data section. Further, the server is configured to transmit information specifying the hospital and its clinical department extracted by the extraction means to the user terminal.
According to this hospital introduction system, by inputting a subjective symptom, a user can obtain information on a hospital that has a medical department corresponding to the subjective symptom.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-256580

By the way, normally, those who pass the national medical examination undergo two to three years of initial clinical training, then choose their own specialized medical department and study at a university hospital or other institution. During their studies, those who pass the national medical examination generally do not receive training in non-specialized areas. When a doctor opens a clinic, etc., although the Medical Care Act guarantees the selection of a specialty (declared medical department), medical institutions that also claim to have a specialty in non-specialized areas for which they have little or no training. It is not well known that there are many.

In the database searched by the server of the prior art described above, information on medical institutions that claim to be medical departments in non-specialized areas is also registered. As a result, when the server of the prior art described above searches for medical institutions, it may extract medical institutions that claim to be medical departments in non-specialized areas and introduce the extracted medical institutions to the user terminal. . In such a case, there is a risk that the user may visit a medical institution that also claims to have a medical department in a non-specialized field, and thus not be able to receive treatment from the most appropriate doctor.
Note that some of the above-mentioned conventional technologies present scores based on users' word-of-mouth information, but evaluations based on word-of-mouth information are based on users' personal opinions and may not be evaluated correctly. Sometimes there isn't. Therefore, even if you choose a medical institution based solely on word-of-mouth scores, it is assumed that you may not be able to receive the optimal treatment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a medical institution introduction system that introduces an appropriate medical institution to a user who is looking for a medical institution. .

A first aspect of the present invention made to solve the above problems is a medical institution introduction system having a server device that provides a website to a user terminal via a network, the server device having a symptom ID, A symptom information database that stores the symptom name identified by the symptom ID in association with the clinical department ID of the corresponding medical department for each symptom ID, age group, and gender. A ranking/proclamation that ranks the symptom/medical department matching database, the medical institution ID, the medical institution name specified by the medical institution ID, and the clinical department ID that identifies the medical department advocated by the medical institution. An information provision unit that provides a medical institution information database that registers medical institution information in association with the department information and a web page that constitutes a website to a user terminal, and receives input of the user's age information, gender, and symptoms from the user terminal. Then, using the user's age information, gender, and symptoms received by the information providing unit, the symptom information database, and the symptom/medical department matching database, a medical department ID corresponding to the age information, gender, and symptoms is determined. a medical institution extraction unit that accesses the medical institution information database and extracts medical institution information that has registered the extracted clinical department ID in ranking/professed department information; , a medical institution information introduction web page presenting the extracted medical institution information is generated, and the generated medical institution information introduction web page is provided to the user terminal.
Further, in the medical institution information introduction web page, it is preferable that the extracted medical institution information is presented in the order of the ranking of the ranking/professed department information.
Furthermore, the ranking/prominent department information refers to the medical departments listed in the clinical department registration column of the medical institution basic information of each medical institution registered with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau by the administrator of the server device. It is preferable that the medical department ID is ranked in order from the medical department listed at the top of the registration field and registered in the medical institution information database.

The above configuration was adopted for the following reasons.
A doctor who opens a medical institution registers various information such as basic information about the medical institution (basic medical institution information) to be opened with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. Further, the above-mentioned medical institution basic information includes a registration field in which to write the proposed medical department. Physicians generally list the medical departments in their own specialty area in order of their own specialty in the medical department registration field of basic medical institution information as their proposed medical departments. That is, in the medical department registration column of the medical institution basic information, the medical department in which the doctor of each medical institution specializes is generally listed first.
Therefore, the inventor of the present application focused on the contents described in the registration column of clinical departments in the basic information of medical institutions, and for each medical institution, the medical departments listed at the beginning of the registration column of clinical departments in the basic information of medical institutions were ordered. The system uses a configuration in which ranking and designated department information is created that ranks the medical institutions, and the created ranking and designated department information is stored in the medical institution information database. As a result, for each medical institution, a medical institution information database is created in which ranking information is registered regarding the medical departments in which the doctors of that medical institution specialize.
Furthermore, the medical department that can respond to the user's symptoms varies depending on the user's gender and age. Furthermore, when there are multiple medical departments that can handle the user, there are medical departments that are most suitable for the user and other departments that are not the most suitable but can be used depending on the user's symptoms, gender, and age. For example, if the subject to be treated is a child, and a certain symptom of that child is most preferably treated by a pediatrician, there are cases where an internal medicine specialist may also be able to treat it.
Therefore, the inventors of the present application adopted a configuration in which a symptom/medical department matching database is provided in which "gender, age, symptoms" and corresponding "medical departments" are stored in association with each other. According to this configuration, if the server device acquires the "symptoms, gender, and age information" from the user, it can select the medical department corresponding to the "symptoms, gender, and age information. "

Then, in the medical institution introduction system of the first aspect of the present invention, the "medical department ID" corresponding to "gender, age, symptoms" is extracted, and the extracted "medical department ID" is registered in the ranking/promoted department information. The medical institution information introduction web page that presents the extracted medical institution information is generated, and the generated medical institution information introduction web page is provided to the user terminal.
According to the above configuration, the medical department with the medical department ID that can correspond to the "gender, age information, symptoms" input by the user is registered in the "medical department/registration column of the medical institution basic information of the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau." It is possible to extract medical institutions that are currently in operation and introduce them to the user. As a result, according to the present invention, it is possible to preferentially introduce a user to a medical institution where a doctor who specializes in a department corresponding to the user's "gender, age, and symptoms" can examine the user. and encourage consultation at a medically appropriate medical institution.

Further, a second aspect of the present invention is a medical institution introduction system having a server device that provides a website to a user terminal via a network, wherein the server device is identified by a medical department ID and the medical department ID. A medical department information database that stores medical department information that associates the medical department name identified by the medical department ID with the symptoms corresponding to the medical department specified by the medical institution ID, and the medical institution ID and the medical institution ID. A medical institution information database in which identified medical institution names are registered in association with ranking/professed department information that ranks clinical department IDs that identify the medical departments advocated by the medical institution, and user terminals. an information providing unit that receives input of user symptoms from the user terminal; and an information providing unit that provides a web page constituting a website to a medical institution extraction unit that extracts a medical department ID corresponding to the symptoms, accesses the medical institution information database, and extracts medical institution information that has registered the extracted medical department ID in ranking/declared department information; , the information providing unit generates a medical institution information introduction web page presenting the extracted medical institution information, and provides the generated medical institution information introduction web page to the user terminal. It is characterized by
Furthermore, the ranking/prominent department information refers to the medical departments listed in the clinical department registration column of the medical institution basic information of each medical institution registered with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau by the administrator of the server device. It is preferable that the medical department ID is ranked in order from the medical department listed at the top of the registration field and registered in the medical institution information database.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, medical institutions that are "registered in the clinical department/registration field of medical institution basic information of the Medical Care Information Bureau" are extracted from the medical department of the medical department ID extracted from the user's symptoms. and can be introduced to users. In other words, it is possible to preferentially introduce a medical institution where a doctor who specializes in the department corresponding to the user's symptoms can examine the user, thereby encouraging the user to visit a medical institution that is medically suitable.

Further, a third aspect of the present invention is a medical institution introduction system having a server device that provides a website to a user terminal via a network, wherein the server device is identified by a medical department ID and the medical department ID. A medical department information database that stores medical department information that is associated with a medical department name, a medical institution ID, a medical institution name specified by the medical institution ID, and the name of the medical institution that the medical institution claims to be. Provides a medical institution information database in which clinical department IDs that identify medical departments are registered in association with ranks and promoted department information, and a web page that constitutes a website on a user terminal, and an information providing unit that accepts input of a desired medical department name, and extracting a medical department ID corresponding to the received medical department name using the medical department name received by the information providing unit and the clinical department information database, a medical institution extraction unit that accesses the medical institution information database and extracts medical institution information in which the extracted clinical department ID is registered in rank/professed department information; The present invention is characterized in that a medical institution information introduction web page presenting the medical institution information obtained is generated, and the generated medical institution information introduction web page is provided to the user terminal.
Furthermore, the ranking/prominent department information refers to the medical departments listed in the clinical department registration column of the medical institution basic information of each medical institution registered with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau by the administrator of the server device. It is preferable that the medical department ID is ranked in order from the medical department listed at the top of the registration field and registered in the medical institution information database.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the medical department with the medical department ID that specifies the medical department name (medical department) input by the user is "registered in the medical department/registration field of medical institution basic information of the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau." It is possible to extract medical institutions that provide medical services and introduce them to users. In other words, it is possible to preferentially introduce a medical institution where a doctor whose specialty is the medical department input by the user will examine the patient, thereby encouraging the user to visit a medical institution that is medically suitable.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a medical institution introduction system that introduces an appropriate medical institution to a user who is looking for a medical institution.

1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a medical institution introduction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of a symptom information database provided in the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of a symptom/department matching database provided in the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of a clinical department information database provided in the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data structure of a medical institution information database provided in a medical institution introduction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of basic medical institution information registered in the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau, which is used to create a medical institution information database according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart showing the procedure of medical institution introduction processing performed by the server of the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a web page that receives user attribute information and area information provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a web page that receives user symptoms provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a web page that receives user symptoms provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a medical institution introduction web page provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

A medical institution introduction system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Schematic structure of medical institution introduction system>
First, the schematic configuration of the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. Moreover, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the symptom information database provided in the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the symptom/department matching database provided in the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the clinical department information database provided in the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the medical institution information database provided in the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of medical institution basic information registered in the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau used to create the medical institution information database of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the medical institution introduction system W of this embodiment connects the user terminal UTn (n is a natural number of 1 or more) and the medical institution terminal HTn (n is a natural number of 1 or more) to a network NW such as the Internet. It includes a server device (hereinafter simply referred to as "server") 1 that is connected via the server.

The server 1 stores multiple databases (symptom information database 21, symptom/medical department matching database 22, medical department information database 23, medical institution information database 24, medical institution detailed information database 25), and registers in each database. Using the information provided, a website (a website composed of web pages) for introducing medical institutions is provided to the user terminal UTn.

Note that the medical institutions introduced by the server 1 refer to medical institutions such as hospitals, clinics (clinics, clinics), dental clinics, and the like.
In addition, among the above databases, the medical institution information database 24 contains, for each medical institution, ranking and sponsored department information (first sponsored department, second sponsored department, The medical institution's location information is stored in association with the location information of the medical institution.
This ranking/professed department information can be obtained from the "Medical institution basic information (see Figure 6)" of the "Medical institution notification information (Local Health and Welfare Bureau) detailed information by facility" published by the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau by the administrator of Server 1. This document was created with reference to the contents of ``. The administrator of Server 1 registers multiple clinical departments in the registration field for clinical departments (departments) in the "Basic Medical Institution Information" obtained from the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau (in the example in Figure 6, the area surrounded by a broken line). For medical institutions that are listed in The designated department is registered in the medical institution information database 24 as the "third designated department." For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, for "XYZ Clinic," the administrator of server 1 sets "internal medicine" as the "first featured department,""orthopedicsurgery" as the "second featured department," and "dermatology." ” is registered in the medical institution information database 24 as the “third designated department.”
In addition, for a medical institution where only one medical department is listed, that medical department is registered in the medical institution information database 24 as the "first designated department." In addition, for medical institutions that have registered four or more clinical departments in the registration column of medical departments (medical departments), the first, second, and third listed medical departments will be listed in order. They are registered in the medical institution information database 24 as "first designated department,""second designated department," and "third designated department."
The reason we do this is that doctors who open a medical institution generally create basic information for the medical institution that lists their specialty as the first department, and submit it to the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. This is because the basic information of medical institutions that have been registered is registered. Specifically, a doctor should list the clinical departments he or she wishes to advocate in the registration column of medical departments in the medical institution's basic information, starting with the department of his or her specialty, and register the medical institution's basic information with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. are doing. Therefore, the inventor of the present application focused on the contents described in the registration column of clinical departments in the basic information of medical institutions, and for each medical institution, the medical departments listed at the beginning of the registration column of clinical departments in the basic information of medical institutions were ordered. Then, create terms defined by ranking the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd designated departments (terms that rank the clinical departments), and enter the created 1st, 2nd, and 3rd designated departments in the medical institution information database 25. We adopted a configuration that stores the information shown. As a result, for each medical institution, a medical institution information database 24 is created in which ranking information is registered regarding the medical departments in which the doctors of that medical institution specialize.
In addition, in this embodiment, in order to simplify the explanation, three designated families are shown as "first designated family, second designated family, and third designated family" as ranking and designated family information, but in particular, It is not limited to this. In the actual system, for medical institutions that have registered four or more clinical departments in the registration column of clinical departments (medical departments) in the "Basic Medical Institution Information", the fourth clinical department listed is Register the medical department listed in number 5 as "5th designated department" and the designated department listed in number n as "nth designated department" in the medical institution information database 24. .

In addition, in response to an access request from the user terminal UTn, the server 1 provides the user terminal UTn with a web page that accepts input of user attribute information (gender, age) and area information, and Accepts input of "user attribute information (gender, age information (age information such as date of birth)) and area information". Note that "area information" is information that specifies the area of a medical institution where the user desires to receive treatment (for example, information such as the name of a prefecture or the name of a city, ward, town, village, etc.).
The server 1 also generates a web page that reflects the user's attribute information and is used to receive the user's symptoms. Thereafter, the server 1 provides the user terminal UTn with a web page that accepts symptoms, and receives input of "symptoms" from the user terminal UTn.

Further, the server 1 uses each of the above databases to select a medical department corresponding to the "symptoms and attribute information (gender, age)" received from the user terminal UTn. In addition, the server 1 uses the medical institution information database 24, the selected clinical department, and the received area information to determine which medical institution corresponds to the received "symptoms, attribute information (gender, age), and area information." Extract.
Further, the server 1 calculates a medical institution score for each extracted medical institution based on a predetermined calculation standard, and arranges the extracted medical institutions in descending order of the value of the medical institution score. Thereafter, the server 1 generates a web page that introduces the medical institutions arranged in the order of the calculated score values, and provides the generated web page to the user terminal UTn.

Further, the user terminal UTn is an information processing terminal held by a user who is searching for a medical institution, and is constituted by a smartphone, a personal computer, or the like equipped with a display unit (not shown) that displays image information. The user terminal UTn operated by the user accesses the server 1 via the network NW, receives the web page provided by the server 1, and displays the received web page on the display unit.
Specifically, the user terminal UTn receives a web page provided by the server 1, inputs various information such as user attribute information, area information, and symptoms on the web page, and responds to the input various information. The server 1 receives a web page introducing the medical institution transmitted from the server 1, and displays the web page introducing the medical institution on the display unit.

The medical institution terminal HTn is an information processing terminal installed in each medical institution such as a clinic or hospital, and is constituted by a personal computer or the like equipped with a display section (not shown) for displaying images.
Persons involved in a medical institution can access the server 1 by operating the medical institution terminal HTn and view their own information (medical institution) among the information registered in the medical institution information database 25 of the server 1. If incorrect information is registered, it is possible to request the administrator of the server 1 to correct the registered information. Furthermore, a person related to the medical institution can access the server 1 by operating the medical institution terminal HTn and request the medical institution information database 25 of the server 1 to register additional information that they wish to inform the user of.

The medical institution introduction system W of this embodiment is characterized by the configuration of the server 1, so the configuration of the server 1 will be explained in detail, and the configurations other than the server 1 (user terminal UTn, medical institution terminal HT) will be explained. is simplified.

<Configuration of server 1>
The server 1 includes a control section 10, an information provision section 11, a medical institution extraction section 12, a score calculation section 13, a word-of-mouth score setting section 14, and a storage section 20. The storage unit 20 also stores a symptom information database 21 , a symptom/medical department matching database 22 , a medical department information database 23 , a medical institution information database 24 , and a medical institution detailed information database 25 .

Note that the hardware configuration of the server 1 is not particularly limited. For example, the server 1 is constituted by an information processing device (one or more information processing devices) such as a computer that includes a CPU, a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device, an IO interface, and a communication interface. .
In addition, the auxiliary storage device contains a computer program (hereinafter simply " programs) are memorized. The functions of each section (control section 10, information provision section 11, medical institution extraction section 12, score calculation section 13, word of mouth score setting section 14) are executed by the CPU loading the above program into the main storage device. This is realized by
Furthermore, a storage section 20 is formed in a predetermined area of the auxiliary storage device.

The control unit 10 controls the overall operation of the server 1 and sets each database in the storage unit 20.

The information providing unit 11 generates a web page that accepts input of user attribute information (gender, age information) and area information in response to an access request from the user terminal UTn, and provides the generated web page to the user terminal UTn. Serve the page. Further, the information providing unit 11 receives "user attribute information (gender, age information), area information" input by the user terminal UTn on a web page that accepts user attribute information and area information.
Further, the information providing unit 11 generates a web page for accepting "symptoms" that reflects the received attribute information. The server 1 provides the user terminal UTn with a web page that accepts the generated symptoms, and accepts input of "symptoms" from the user terminal UTn.
Further, the information providing unit 11 generates a web page that introduces a medical institution (medical institution introduction web page), and provides the generated medical equipment introduction web page to the user terminal UTn.
The medical institutions presented on the web page introducing medical institutions are the medical institutions extracted from the medical institution information database 25 by the medical institution extraction unit 12, and the score calculation unit 13 calculates the scores for each extracted medical institution. The medical institution scores are arranged in ascending order.

The medical institution extraction unit 12 extracts the “user attribute information (gender, age information), area information, and symptoms” received by the information provision unit 11 and each database (symptom information database 21, symptom - Select a medical department and extract medical institution information corresponding to the selected medical department using the medical department matching database 22, medical department information database 23, and medical institution information database 24).

The score calculation unit 13 calculates a medical institution score indicating the evaluation of the medical institution numerically, based on a predetermined calculation standard, for the medical institution of the medical institution information extracted by the medical institution extraction unit 12. Furthermore, the score calculation unit 13 arranges the extracted medical institution information in descending order of the calculated medical institution score.

The word-of-mouth score setting unit 14 updates the "word-of-mouth score" registered in the medical institution information database 24 at a predetermined timing (for example, once every two weeks). For example, the word-of-mouth score setting unit 14 receives the word-of-mouth score (medical institution ID and word-of-mouth score) of each medical institution input by the administrator of the server 1, and stores the received word-of-mouth score in the corresponding record of the medical institution information database 24. Register (or overwrite).
This word-of-mouth score is calculated by the administrator of server 1 who conducts a questionnaire survey in which users who have visited a medical institution are asked to select evaluation details prepared by the administrator for each predetermined item regarding the medical institution they visited. This is a value calculated using the evaluation contents obtained through a questionnaire survey.
In this way, according to the method in which the user selects the evaluation content prepared by the administrator for each predetermined item prepared by the administrator of server 1, there are cases where the user freely assigns points (for example, by the number of stars). It is understood that a more reliable word-of-mouth score can be obtained compared to the evaluation case). Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the questionnaire survey is limited to users who have visited a medical institution, it is possible to reduce the possibility that evaluations by mischievous or malicious users will be included.

Next, each database stored in the storage unit 20 will be explained in order.

<Symptom information database 21>
The symptom information database 21 is a database in which information used when generating a web page for accepting symptoms is registered.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the symptom information database 21 includes a field 21a for registering a "symptom ID" for identifying a symptom, and a "symptom name" specified by the "symptom ID" in the field 21a. field 21b for registering "Symptom name" in field 21b, field 21c for registering "Symptom ID of major symptom (Major symptom ID)" corresponding to "Symptom name" in field 21b, A record that includes a field 21d for registering ``Gender not to be displayed'' for ``First name'' and a field 21e for registering ``Age group not to be displayed'' for ``Symptom name'' in field 21b. (consists of multiple records).
In this way, the symptom information database 21 stores "symptom name, corresponding major symptom ID, gender not displayed, and age not displayed" in association with each "symptom ID."

The "symptom ID" registered in the field 21a is unique data composed of alphanumeric symbols and the like.
The "symptom name" registered in field 21b is a symptom (major symptom) of a major classification, which is the highest classification, such as "eye symptoms,""nosesymptoms,""throat/mouth/tonguesymptoms," etc. (major symptom name) and the names of minor symptoms (minor symptoms) related to the major symptom, such as "itching,""pain,""difficultyseeing,""runnynose," and "bleeding." ).
The "corresponding major symptom ID" registered in the field 21c is the "symptom ID" assigned to the major symptom.
“Gender not displayed” registered in the field 21d is information indicating the gender of “male” and “female”.
The "age not displayed" registered in the field 21e is information indicating an age group such as "teens" or "twenties."

In the top record of the illustrated symptom information database 21, "SJOOO1" is registered in the field 21a, and "throat/mouth/tongue symptoms (major symptom name 1)" is registered in the field 21b. Moreover, since the symptom registered in this record is "major symptom" and there is no corresponding major symptom, "blank (NULL)" is registered in the field 21c. Further, since "major symptom name 1" in the field 21b is a symptom that affects both men and women and is not related to age, "blank (NULL)" is registered in the fields 21d and 21e.
Furthermore, in the second record from the top of the illustrated symptom information database 21, a symptom related to "major symptom name 1" registered in the top record is registered. Specifically, "SJOOO1-1" is registered in the field 21a, and "minor symptom name 1-1" is registered in the field 21b. Further, in the field 21c, "SJOOO1", which is the symptom ID of the major symptom corresponding to "minor symptom name 1-1", is registered. Furthermore, since "minor symptom name 1-1" in the field 21b is a symptom that is applicable to both men and women and is not related to age, "blank (NULL)" is registered in the fields 21d and 21e.
Note that if the symptom in the field 21b is a symptom that does not occur in men (or women), "male (or woman)" is registered in the field 21d. Further, for example, if the symptom in the field 21b is a symptom that does not occur in "teens", "teens" is registered in the field 21e.

<Symptom/medical department matching database 22>
The symptom/medical department matching database 22 is a database in which "medical department ID and clinical department score" are registered in association with each combination of "symptoms, age group, gender." is used to extract the "medical department and its score (medical department score)" corresponding to .

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the symptom/medical department matching database 22 includes a field 22a for registering "symptom ID", a field 22b for registering "age group", and "gender". fields 22c, 22d, 22e, and 22c for registering "Clinical Department ID and Clinical Department Score" corresponding to "Symptoms, Age Group, and Gender" registered in fields 22a, 22b, and 22c. 22f (consisting of a plurality of records).

The "symptom ID" registered in the field 22a is the same as that registered in the symptom information database 21, and is unique data that identifies the symptom and is composed of alphanumeric symbols and the like. The "symptoms" identified by the symptom ID include "major symptoms (major symptoms such as nasal symptoms)" and "minor symptoms (minor symptoms such as pain)", but when minor symptoms are registered , a "symptom ID" that is a combination of the minor symptom and the corresponding major symptom is registered (the "symptom ID" of the major symptom and the "symptom ID" of the minor symptom are registered). In the illustrated example, "SJ0001-1, SJ 0002" is registered in the field 22a. This is an example in which a major symptom "SJ0001-1" and a minor symptom "SJ 0002" belonging to the major symptom are registered.

The "age group" registered in the field 22b is information indicating an age group such as "0 to less than 1 year old,""1 to less than 16 years old,""16 years old or older," and so on.
Further, "gender" registered in the field 22c is information indicating the gender of "male" and "female".
Among the "Clinical Department ID and Clinical Department Score" registered in the fields 22d, 22e, and 22f, the "Clinical Department ID" is unique data that identifies the medical department, consisting of alphanumeric symbols, etc. Information identifying the ``medical department'' corresponding to ``symptoms, age group, and gender'' is registered.
In addition, "Clinical department score" is a score that evaluates the suitability of the combination of "symptoms, age group, gender" and "Clinical department" with a numerical value (a value from 0 to 100). , age group, and gender (a department that matches the patient's symptoms).

For example, in the top record of the symptom/medical department matching database 22 shown in Figure 3, "Symptom ID (sj0001-1, sj0002)," "Age group (0 to less than 1 year old)," "Gender (male and female)," Three "Clinical Department IDs and Clinical Department Scores" are registered for the combination of "Both)". In this record, the "Clinical department score" of "Clinical department ID shinryo0001" registered in field 22d is "100", and the "Clinical department score" of "Clinical department ID shinryo0002" registered in field 22e is "100". The "Clinical department score" is "70", and the "Clinical department score" of "Clinical department ID shinryo0003" registered in the field 22f is "20". In other words, for "Symptom ID (sj0001-1, sj0002)," "Age group (0 to less than 1 year old)," and "Gender (both male and female)," three clinical departments (shinryo0001, shinryo0002) are selected. , shinryo0003), but among the three, the clinical department registered in field 22d (shinryo0001) has the highest degree of suitability for the combination of "symptoms, age group, gender" and "medical department." ing. Furthermore, among the three, the clinical department (shinryo0003) registered in the field 22f indicates that the degree of suitability of the combination of "symptoms, age group, gender" and "medical department" is low.

The reason for configuring the symptom/medical department matching database 22 as described above is as follows.
Specifically, the medical department that can respond to a user's symptoms may vary depending on the user's gender and age. Furthermore, when there are multiple medical departments that can handle the user, there are medical departments that are most suitable for the user and other departments that are not the most suitable but can be used depending on the user's symptoms, gender, and age. For example, if the subject to be treated is a child, and a certain symptom of that child is most preferably treated by a pediatrician, there are cases where an internal medicine specialist may also be able to treat it.
Therefore, the inventor of the present application created an index that is an evaluation value called a "medical department score" that indicates the suitability of the combination for each combination of "gender, age, symptoms" and a corresponding "medical department", Symptom/medical department matching that stores the medical department ID of the corresponding medical department and the medical department score of the medical department specified by the medical department ID in association with each symptom ID, age group, and gender in the server 1. A configuration in which a database 22 is provided is adopted.

<Clinical department information database 23>
The medical department information database 23 is a database in which information regarding medical departments is registered.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the medical department information database 23 has a field 23a for registering a “medical department ID” and a “name” of the medical department specified by the “medical department ID” in the field 23a. (Clinical department name)" (consisting of a plurality of records). That is, the clinical department information database 23 stores a "name (medical department name)" in association with each "medical department ID."

The "medical department ID" registered in the field 23a is unique data that identifies the medical department and is composed of alphanumeric symbols and the like. This "medical department ID" is the same as that used in the symptom/medical department matching database 22.
The "name (medical department name)" registered in the field 23b is the name of the "medical department ID" in the field 23a, and is the name of internal medicine, orthopedics, ophthalmology, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, etc.
“Gender not extracted” registered in the field 23c is information indicating the gender of “male” and “female”.

<Medical institution information database 24>
In the medical institution information database 24, "ranked specialty department information (1st specialty department, 2nd specialty specialty, 3rd specialty department)" etc., which ranks the medical departments (declared specialty departments) promoted by medical institutions, is registered. This is a database and is used to extract medical institutions and calculate medical institution scores.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, there is a field 24a for registering a "medical institution ID" and a field 24a for registering the "name (medical institution name)" of the medical institution specified by the "medical institution ID." field 24b for registering the "location information (latitude, longitude)" of the medical institution specified by the "medical institution ID", and the field 24c for registering the "location information (latitude, longitude)" of the medical institution specified by the "medical institution ID"; A field 24d for registering the medical department ID (ranking/professed department information) of the designated department, a field 24e for registering "information on the presence or absence of a specialist in the first designated department," and a field 24e for registering the "medical institution ID". A field 24f for registering the "medical department ID (ranking/professed department information) of the second designated department" of the medical institution to be designated, and a field 24g for registering "information on the presence or absence of a specialist in the second designated department". , a field 24h for registering the "Clinical department ID (ranking/declared department information) of the third designated department" of the medical institution identified by the "medical institution ID" and "information on the presence or absence of a specialist in the third designated department". The record includes a field 24i for registering the medical institution ID, and a field 24j for registering the word-of-mouth score of the medical institution specified by the medical institution ID (consists of a plurality of records). .
In other words, the medical institution information database 24 stores, for each "medical institution ID," the "name (medical institution name), location information, first designated department, and specialist of the first designated department" of the medical institution specified by the medical institution ID. presence/absence information, information on the presence/absence of a second specialty, information on the presence or absence of a specialist in the second specialty, information on the presence or absence of a third specialty, information on the presence or absence of a specialist in the third specialty, and the word-of-mouth score" are stored in association with each other.

The "medical institution ID" registered in the field 24a is information for identifying a medical institution, and is unique data composed of alphanumeric symbols and the like.
The "name (medical institution name)" registered in the field 24b is the name of the medical institution specified by the "medical institution ID", and includes information such as ABC clinic, XY hospital, 〇〇 clinic, etc.
"Position information (latitude, longitude)" registered in the field 24c is information indicating the location of the medical institution specified by the "medical institution ID." In the illustrated example, latitude and longitude are shown as the location information, but an address may also be used.

The "Clinical department ID of the first designated department" registered in the field 24d is the "Clinical department ID" of the "Medical institution basic information" registered by the medical institution specified by the "Medical institution ID" to the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. Among the clinical departments listed in the "(Clinical Department) Registration Column (See Figure 6)," the clinical department that specifies the first (first) clinical department (defined by the inventor as the first designated department). It is an ID.
"Presence or absence of a specialist in the first designated department (specialist presence information)" registered in the field 24e indicates that a specialist in the first designated department is enrolled in the medical institution with the "medical institution ID" registered in the field 24a. This information indicates whether or not the In this field 24e, information indicating either "availability and number of specialists" or "absence" is registered. Specifically, if there is a specialist in the first designated department, "Yes" and "Number of specialists" are registered, and if there is no such specialist, "None" is registered. For example, in the top record shown in the diagram, "Yes/1 person" is registered in the field 24e, and in the second record from the top shown in the diagram, "Yes/3 people" is registered in the field 24e. ing. The administrator of the server 1 refers to the medical function information registered in the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau, confirms the presence or absence of specialists at each medical institution, and the number of specialists, and enters the first title in the field 24e of the medical institution information database 24. For departments, information indicating either "Yes and number of specialists" or "No" is registered.

The "Clinical department ID of the second designated department" registered in the field 24f is the "Clinical department ID" of the "Medical institution basic information" registered by the medical institution specified by the "Medical institution ID" with the Medical Care Information Bureau. This is a clinical department ID that identifies the second clinical department (defined by the inventor of the present application as the second designated department) among the medical departments listed in the "(Clinical Department) Registration Column."
"Presence or absence of a specialist in the second designated department (specialist presence information)" registered in the field 24g indicates that a specialist in the second designated department is enrolled in the medical institution with the "medical institution ID" registered in the field 24a. This information indicates whether or not the In this field 24g, information indicating either "availability and number of specialists" or "absence" is registered. The administrator of the server 1 refers to the medical function information registered in the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau, confirms the presence or absence of specialists at each medical institution, and the number of specialists, and enters the second title in the field 24g of the medical institution information database 24. For departments, information indicating either "Yes and number of specialists" or "No" is registered.

The "Clinical department ID of the third designated department" registered in field 24h is the "Clinical department ID" of the "Medical institution basic information" registered by the medical institution specified by the "Medical institution ID" to the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. This is a clinical department ID that identifies the third clinical department (defined by the inventor of the present application as the third designated department) among the medical departments listed in the "(Clinical Department) Registration Column".
"Presence or absence of a specialist in the third designated department (specialist presence information)" registered in the field 24i indicates that a specialist in the third designated department is enrolled in the medical institution with the "medical institution ID" registered in the field 25a. This information indicates whether or not the In this field 24i, information indicating either "availability and number of specialists" or "absence" is registered. The administrator of the server 1 refers to the medical function information registered in the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau, confirms the presence or absence of specialists at each medical institution, and the number of specialists, and enters the second title in the field 24i of the medical institution information database 24. For departments, information indicating either "Yes and number of specialists" or "No" is registered.

The "word of mouth score" registered in the field 24j is a value calculated using the evaluation content obtained from a questionnaire survey of users (patients) who visited the medical institution, and the higher the number, the higher the evaluation. It has become. In the figure, as an example, evaluation is performed in the range of "0≦word-of-mouth evaluation value≦100."
Note that the “medical department ID” of the medical institution information database 24 is the same as that used in the symptom/medical department matching database 22 and the medical department information database 23.
In addition, the above-mentioned first, second, and third designated departments (ranking designated department information) are independently defined by the administrator of server 1 by referring to the designated departments of medical institutions registered with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. It is a thing.

<Medical institution detailed information database 25>
The medical institution information database 25 contains medical institution details such as the name of the medical institution, the address of the medical institution, contact information (telephone number, e-mail address), clinical department (professed medical department), clinical hours, access information, greetings from the representative, etc. This is a database (not shown) in which information is registered.
Specifically, the medical institution information database 25 includes "medical institution ID,""medical institution name, medical institution address, contact information (telephone number, e-mail address), and the affiliated department of the medical institution (the affiliated medical department)." , detailed medical institution information such as consultation hours, access information, and greetings from the representative.

<Medical institution introduction process>
Next, medical institution introduction processing by the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 to 11.
Here, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of medical institution introduction processing performed by the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. Further, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a web page that receives user attribute information and area information provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a web page provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment for accepting user symptoms. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a web page that receives user symptoms provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a medical institution introduction web page provided by the server of the medical institution introduction system of this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 7, first, the information providing unit 11 of the server 1 receives an access request from the user terminal UTn, and sends user attribute information (gender, age information (date of birth)) to the user terminal UT. and provides a web page that accepts area information, acquires user attribute information (gender, age information (date of birth)) and area information from the user terminal UTn (S1), and proceeds to the process of S2.

Specifically, in S1, the information providing unit 11 of the server 1 provides the web page 200 illustrated in FIG. 8, for example, to the user terminal UTn that has requested access. This web page 200 includes an area 201 that accepts input of gender (male, female) and age information (date of birth (〇〇〇〇〇〇)), and an area that accepts specification of area information of medical institutions. 202 is formed, and a determination button 203 for accepting "gender, age, area information" is also provided.
In the area 202, area designation units 202a and 202b accept area designations by prefecture and city, ward, town, village, and area designation from the location information of the user terminal UTn (location information obtained from a positioning satellite system such as GPS). An area designation section 202c for receiving the information is provided. On this Web page 200, it is possible to specify an area by specifying prefectures and cities, wards, towns and villages, and to specify an area using location information of the user terminal UTn.

Then, the user operates the user terminal UTn and inputs "gender (male or female)" and age information (date of birth) on the area 201 of the web page 200 sent from the information providing unit 11 of the server 1. Then, input the "medical institution area" on the area 202 of the web page 200, and click the enter button 203. As a result, "user attribute information (gender, age information (date of birth)), area information" is transmitted from the user terminal UTn to the information providing unit 11 of the server 1, and the information providing unit 11 transmits "user attribute information (Gender, age information (date of birth)) and area information”.

Next, the information providing unit 11 of the server 1 acquires the “user attribute information (gender, date of birth) and area information” and then displays the acquired “date of birth” and the current date and time (〇〇, 2000). Calculate the user's age from (day). Then, a web page for accepting symptoms is provided to the user terminal UT, the symptoms input by the user terminal UTn are acquired (S2), and the process moves to S3.

Specifically, in S2, the information providing unit 11 refers to the "user attribute information (gender)" acquired in S1 and the calculated "age" and the symptom information database 21 to create a web page that accepts symptoms. 210, 220 (see FIGS. 9 and 10), and provides the generated Web pages 210, 220 to the user terminal UTn. The information providing unit 11 receives input of symptoms from the user terminal UTn on the web pages 210 and 220.

The web page 210 shown in FIG. 9 includes an area 211 for selecting a major symptom (broadly classified symptoms such as systemic symptoms, eye symptoms, nasal symptoms, etc.), and a decision button 212 for accepting registration of the selected major symptom. , and a detailed selection button 213 for proceeding to selection of detailed symptoms related to the major symptom.
If the user wants to search for a medical institution based only on the major symptoms, the user operates the user terminal UTn to select one of the major symptoms presented in the area 211, and clicks on the OK button 212. do. As a result, the "symptom (major symptom)" is transmitted from the user terminal UTn to the information providing unit 11 of the server 1, and the information providing unit 11 receives the "user's symptom (major symptom)" and proceeds to the process of S3. do.
On the other hand, when selecting detailed symptoms in addition to the major symptoms, the user operates the user terminal UTn to select one of the major symptoms presented in area 211, and presses the detailed selection button 213. click. As a result, the "symptoms (major symptoms)" and "details selection request" are transmitted from the user terminal UTn to the information providing unit 11 of the server 1, and the information providing unit 11 sends the "symptoms (major symptoms)" and "details selection request" to the information providing unit 11 of the server 1. ”. In this case, the information providing unit 11 generates a web page 220 (see FIG. 10) in which "symptoms (minor symptoms)" related to the received "symptoms (major symptoms)" are presented in a selectable manner, and The generated web page 220 is sent to.

The web page 220 shown in FIG. 10 includes an area 221 for receiving the selection of symptoms (minor symptoms) related to (subordinate) to the major symptom received on the web page 210 shown in FIG. A button 222 is provided. An area 221 in the figure shows minor symptoms (minor symptoms related to eye symptoms) when the major symptom is an "eye symptom."
Then, the user operates the user terminal UTn, selects one or more symptoms from among the minor symptoms presented in the area 221, and clicks the enter button 222. As a result, the "symptoms (minor symptoms)" are transmitted from the user terminal UTn to the server 1, and the server 1 receives the "symptoms (minor symptoms)" and proceeds to the process of S3.

In addition, in the process of S2, the server 1 refers to the "user attribute information (gender)" obtained in S1, the age calculated from the obtained date of birth, and the symptom information database 21, and then determines the user's Web pages 210 and 220 are generated after removing unrelated symptoms that do not occur depending on gender and age.

Next, the processing after S3 will be explained.
In S3, the medical institution extraction unit 12 of the server 1 uses the symptom information database 21, the symptom/medical department matching database 22, the "age" calculated from the "gender" obtained in S1, and the "date of birth" obtained in S1. ” and the “symptoms” acquired in S2, the “medical department ID and clinical department score” corresponding to the “symptoms, gender, and age” are extracted, and the process proceeds to S4.

Specifically, in S3, the medical institution extraction unit 12 accesses the symptom information database 21 and specifies the "symptom ID" corresponding to the "symptom" acquired in S2. Next, the medical institution extraction unit 12 accesses the symptom/medical department matching database 22, and from the symptom/medical department matching database 22, the specified "symptom ID", the "gender" obtained in S1, and the "gender" obtained in S1. ``Clinical department ID and medical department score'' corresponding to the ``age'' calculated from the ``date of birth'' are extracted.
For example, the "gender" obtained in S1 is "male", the calculated "age" is "15 years old", and the "symptom ID" corresponding to the "symptom" obtained in S2 is "sj0001-1,j0002". Suppose it was. In this case, in the example shown in FIG. ” is extracted. Specifically, the medical institution extraction unit 12 extracts “Clinical department ID: shinryo0001” and “Clinical department score: 100”, “Clinical department ID: shinryo0002” and “Clinical department score: 70”, ``Clinical department ID: shinryo0003'' and ``Clinical department score: 20'' are extracted.

In S4, the medical institution extraction unit 12 accesses the medical institution information database 25, and extracts from the medical institution information database 25 medical institution information corresponding to the "medical department ID" extracted in S3 and the "area information" acquired in S1. Extract.
Specifically, the medical institution extraction unit 12 accesses the medical institution information database 25, and from the medical institution information database 25, the "medical department ID" extracted in S3 is registered, and the "area information" acquired in S1 is registered. Select and extract records (medical institution information) in which location information corresponding to the location information is registered. That is, the medical institution extraction unit 12 sets the "medical department ID" extracted in S3 as one of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd designated departments, and the medical institution in the position corresponding to the "area information" acquired in S1. Extract the institution's medical institution information.

In S5, the score calculation unit 13 calculates a score (medical institution score) for each medical institution registered in the record (medical institution information) extracted in S4, and arranges the medical institution information in descending order of the calculated score. .

Specifically, in S5, the score calculation unit 13 first assigns a score to each medical institution registered in the record extracted in S4 according to the ranking of the designated department in the "medical department ID" extracted in S3. Select the standard coefficient (multiplication coefficient). This featured department coefficient is a coefficient that is multiplied by the "Clinical Department Score" of the clinical department of the "Clinical Department ID" extracted in S3, and is・It is determined according to the ranking, with the higher ranking departments having higher values.
For example, among the medical institutions in the medical institution information extracted in S4, there are some medical institutions that have the "Clinic Department ID" extracted in S3 as the "first designated department" and some that have the "Clinical Department ID" as the "second designated department". Assume that there is a medical institution that has set the "Clinic Department ID" as "Third Department" and another medical institution that has set the "Clinical Department ID" as "Third Department".
In this case, the "preferred department coefficient" to be multiplied by the clinical department score of the clinical department that has the "clinical department ID" extracted in S3 as the "first designated department" is set to "SK1", and the "practical department ID" extracted in S3 The "preferred department coefficient" to be multiplied by the clinical department score of the clinical department that has "2nd designated department" is set to "SK2 (SK2<SK1)", and the "medical department ID" extracted in S3 is set to "3rd designated department". The "declared department coefficient" to be multiplied by the clinical department score of the clinical department set as "department" is "SK3 (SK3<SK2)".
In this embodiment, it is assumed that the values "SK1=1, SK2=0.7, SK3=0.4" are set as an example. Furthermore, it is assumed that the clinical department coefficient SK0 is set to "0" for clinical departments other than the "medical department ID" extracted in S3.

Next, in S5, the score calculation unit 13 calculates the "medical department score" corresponding to the "medical department ID" extracted in S3, the "declared department coefficient" determined according to the designated department/rank, and the "declared department coefficient" extracted in S4. The medical institution score is calculated using the "word of mouth score" of the medical institution registered in the recorded record.
For example, the score extraction unit 13 calculates a value obtained by multiplying the "medical department score" by the "professed department coefficient" for each medical institution registered in the record extracted in S4, as shown in (Formula 1) below. The medical institution score is calculated by adding the word-of-mouth score.
<Number 1>
Medical institution score = (Clinical department score x advertised department coefficient) + word of mouth score... (Formula 1)

Note that multiple "medical department IDs" may be extracted in S3 (medical department IDs of multiple medical departments such as pediatrics, otorhinolaryngology, internal medicine, etc.), and some of the medical institutions extracted in S4 may not be extracted in S3. There are cases where multiple "medical department IDs" are set as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd designated departments (cases where the 1st designated department is pediatrics, the 2nd designated department is otorhinolaryngology, and the 3rd designated department is internal medicine). ).
For such a medical institution, in S5, the score calculation unit 13 calculates (clinical department score x designated department) for each of the first, second, and third designated departments of the medical institution registered in the extracted record. After calculating the value of the coefficient), select the highest value, and add the word-of-mouth score to the selected value to obtain the medical institution score. The medical institution score will be explained below using an example.

For example, if "gender is male" obtained in S1, "age is 3 years old" calculated from "date of birth" obtained in S1, and symptoms obtained in S2 are "throat/mouth/tongue symptoms (major symptoms)". ), pain (minor symptom).
In addition, in S3, "Clinical department ID and clinical department score" corresponding to "Gender (male), Age (3 years old), Symptoms (Throat/mouth/tongue symptoms (major symptoms), Pain (minor symptoms)") , "Pediatrics department ID, department score (100 points)", "Otorhinolaryngology department ID, department score (70 points)", "Internal medicine department ID, department score (20 points)" In this case, "pediatrics,""otolaryngology," and "internal medicine" can respond to "gender, age, symptoms," but "gender, age, symptoms" and "department" The order of suitability for the combinations is ``pediatrics > otorhinolaryngology > internal medicine.''

In addition, in S4, "Clinic A" and "Clinic B" were extracted as medical institutions that registered either "pediatrics,""internalmedicine," or "otolaryngology" as the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd designated specialty. shall be.
In addition, it is assumed that "Clinic A" has "the first specialty is pediatrics, the second specialty is otorhinolaryngology, and the third specialty is internal medicine, and the word-of-mouth score is 10 points."
Further, it is assumed that "Clinic B" has "the first specialty is internal medicine, the second specialty is pediatrics, and the third specialty is ophthalmology, and the review score is 40 points."

In this case, "Clinic A" is "1st designated department: Pediatrics (100x1.0), 2nd designated department: Otorhinolaryngology (70x0.7), 3rd designated department: Internal medicine (20x0.7). 4)", we selected the highest value of "1st designated specialty: Pediatrics (100 x 1.0)" and added the word-of-mouth score of "10 points" to this value (100 points). "110 points" is calculated as the medical institution score.
In this case, "Clinic B" is "1st designated department: Internal medicine (20 x 1.0), 2nd designated department: Pediatrics (100x0.7), 3rd designated department: Ophthalmology (0x0 .4)", so we selected the highest value of "Second specialty: Pediatrics (100 x 0.7)" and added the word-of-mouth score of "40 points" to this value (70 points). The added "110 points" is calculated as the medical institution score.

Thereafter, in S5, the score calculation unit 13 arranges the medical institution information registered in the record extracted in S4 in the order of the calculated medical institution score, and proceeds to the process of S6.
Note that when the score calculation unit 13 receives an area designation using location information when the values of the medical institution scores are the same (such as the case of "Clinic A and Clinic B" illustrated above), For this purpose, medical institutions that are close to each other based on location information should be ranked at the top.

In S6, the information providing unit 11 extracts the detailed medical institution information from the medical institution detailed information database 26 for each medical institution information extracted in S4, and uses the extracted medical institution detailed information to perform the processing in S7. A web page 230 (see FIG. 11) in which medical institutions are presented in the order in which they are arranged is generated, and the generated web page 230 is transmitted to the user terminal UTn.

On the web page 230 shown in FIG. 11, medical institutions corresponding to the medical department selected from the "gender, age information (date of birth), symptoms" input by the user are presented in order of highest medical institution score. Note that in the web page 230 shown as an example of this embodiment, information on medical institutions is presented in descending order of the medical institution scores, without presenting the values of the medical institution scores. For example, the medical institution score of "ABC Clinic" in the figure is higher than the medical institution score of "〇〇 Hospital" in the figure, so it is presented in the upper column.
As a result, users who use the website provided by the medical institution introduction system W can view the web page 230 where medical institutions are presented, and check the "gender, age information (date of birth), and symptoms" that they have entered. You can refer to the medical institutions of the corresponding department. Furthermore, since the web page 230 is configured to be presented in descending order of medical institution scores, it is possible to preferentially introduce medical institutions with high medical institution scores to the user.

In addition, the medical institution score calculated in this embodiment is based on the ``department score'' which is the degree of suitability of the combination of ``departments'' to ``gender, age, symptoms''. It is calculated using a value multiplied by a "promotional coefficient (multiplication coefficient)" determined according to the ranking and a "word-of-mouth score."
By doing this, the user is provided with a medical institution whose department is more suitable for the user's "gender, age, and symptoms," and where a doctor who specializes in that department will examine the user. It is possible to preferentially introduce patients to medical institutions that are medically suitable for them. For example, according to the configuration of this embodiment, a "medical department" with a high "medical department score", which is the degree of suitability of a combination of "medical department" to "gender, age, symptoms", is set as a top promoted department. There is a higher possibility that you will be referred to a medical institution preferentially.

In addition, the medical institution score calculated in this embodiment is a value that reflects the "word-of-mouth score" evaluated by users who have visited the medical institution, in addition to the clinical department score multiplied by the advertised department coefficient. . That is, the medical institution score of this embodiment is a value that also takes user reputation into consideration. Therefore, even if a medical institution has a high department score multiplied by the advertised department coefficient, a medical institution with a bad reputation among users will have a low word-of-mouth score, so the medical institution score will be prevented from becoming a high value. Ru. According to this embodiment, a medical institution with a bad reputation among users is less likely to be introduced as a high-ranking medical institution on a web page.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a medical institution introduction system that introduces an appropriate medical institution to a user who is looking for a medical institution.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various changes can be made within the scope of the gist thereof.

For example, in the example of S5 in FIG. 7 described above, the medical institution score is calculated using the "professed department coefficient", the "medical department score", and the "word-of-mouth score", but this is not particularly limited. isn't it. The medical institution score may be calculated by taking into consideration the "presence or absence of a specialist" registered in the fields 24e, 24g, and 24i of the medical institution information database 24.
For example, even if a medical institution has set the "Clinic Department ID" extracted in S3 as "1st, 2nd, or 3rd designated department," if there is no specialist, the "preferred department" Subtract "0.3" from "Coefficient". In other words, even if a medical institution sets the "medical department ID" extracted in S3 as the "first designated department," if there is no "specialist," the designated department coefficient will be set to "0.7=1-0.3." shall be. Furthermore, even if a medical institution has set the "Clinic Department ID" extracted in S3 as the "second designated department," if there is no "specialist," the designated department coefficient will be set to "0.4=0.7-0. 3". Furthermore, even if a medical institution has set the "Clinic Department ID" extracted in S3 as the "third designated department," if there is no "specialist," the designated department coefficient will be set to "0.1=0.4-0.".3".

Further, in S5 of FIG. 7 described above, the medical institution score may be calculated by also taking into consideration the number of specialists registered in the fields 24e, 24g, and 24i of the medical institution information database 24. For example, regarding medical institutions that have the "Clinical Department ID" determined in S5 as the "First Professed Department," there are medical institutions that have a specialist and have one specialist, and those that have a specialist and have three. Suppose there is a medical institution. In this case, the score calculation unit 13 calculates that the value of the "professed department coefficient" of a medical institution with a specialist and the number of specialists is 3, rather than the value of the "declared department coefficient" of a medical institution with a specialist and the number of specialists of 1. Calculate the value of to a larger value. That is, for medical institutions in which the "medical department ID" determined in S5 is set as the designated departments of the same rank and there are specialists, the score calculation unit 13 sets the value of the designated department coefficient to a larger value as the number of specialists increases. Calculated as

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the medical institution score is calculated using the "advertised department coefficient," the "medical department score," and the "word-of-mouth score," but the invention is not particularly limited to this. The score calculation unit 13 may calculate the medical institution score using only the "declared department coefficient" and the "medical department score."

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, medical institution scores are calculated for the extracted medical institutions, and the extracted medical institutions are explained in descending order of their medical institution scores, but the invention is not particularly limited to this. .
For example, without calculating the medical institution score, the server 1 generates a web page that preferentially introduces the medical institution information that has the medical department determined in S3 as the first featured department for the medical institution information extracted in S4. Then, the generated web page may be provided to the user terminal UTn.
Alternatively, for the medical institution information extracted in S4 without calculating the medical institution score, the server 1 may calculate the ranking/professed department information corresponding to the clinical department determined in S3 (1st promoted department, 2nd promoted department, 3rd promoted department). It is also possible to generate a web page that is presented in the order of the top rankings of the subjects (professed family), and to provide the generated web page to the user terminal UTn.
Even in this configuration, priority is given to medical institutions that have the medical department extracted from the user's symptoms as their top specialty, in other words, medical institutions that are examined by doctors whose specialty is the medical department that corresponds to the user's symptoms. This allows patients to be referred to a medical institution that is medically suitable for them.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the server 1 receives input of "symptoms" from the user terminal UTn and selects the "medical department" corresponding to the received "symptoms", but this is not particularly limited. do not have. For example, the server 1 may directly accept input of "medical department" from the user terminal UTn.
In this case, the server 1 generates a web page that accepts the input of "Clinical Department (Clinical Department Name)" for the user terminal UTn that has made the access request, and sends the generated web page to the user terminal UTn. and accept input of the "Clinic Department Name" from the user terminal. Then, the server 1 uses the received medical department and medical department information database 23 to extract the medical department ID corresponding to the received medical department name, accesses the medical institution information database 24, and extracts the extracted medical department ID. The server 1 extracts the medical institution information in which the department is designated as one of the first, second, and third designated departments. A web page is generated in which the department information (1st designated department, 2nd designated department, 3rd designated department) is arranged and presented in descending order of rank, and the generated web page is provided to the user terminal UTn. It's okay.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the server 1 does not present the value of the medical institution score on the web page 230 (see FIG. 12) introducing medical institutions, but the present invention is not limited to this. The server 1 may display the value of the medical institution score on a web page (not shown) that introduces the medical institution.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the server 1 uses "gender and age information" as user attribute information to select a medical department. do not have. In addition to "gender and age information", information indicating other user attributes may be added to the user attribute information used to select a medical department. In this case, the server 1 may obtain information indicating other attributes of the user in addition to the "gender and age information" in S1 of FIG. 7 described above, for example.
Further, the user attribute information used to select a medical department may be other than "gender and age information".

UTn...User terminal HTn...Medical institution terminal NW...Network

W...Server device (server)
10...Control unit 11...Information provision unit 12...Medical institution extraction unit 13...Score calculation unit 14...Word of mouth score setting unit 20...Storage unit 21...Symptom information database 22...Symptom/medical department matching database 23...Clinical department information database 24 ...Medical institution information database 25...Medical institution detailed information database

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A medical institution introduction system having a server device that provides a website to a user terminal via a network,
The server device includes:
a symptom information database that stores symptom IDs and symptom names identified by the symptom IDs in association with each other;
a symptom/medical department matching database that stores clinical department IDs of corresponding medical departments in association with each symptom ID, age group, and gender;
Register the medical institution ID, the name of the medical institution specified by the medical institution ID, and the rank/professed department information that ranks the medical department ID that identifies the medical department advocated by the medical institution. medical institution information database,
an information providing unit that provides a web page constituting a website to a user terminal and receives input of the user's age information, gender, and symptoms from the user terminal;
Using the user's age information, gender, and symptoms received by the information providing unit, the symptom information database, and the symptom/medical department matching database, extract the medical department ID corresponding to the age information, gender, and symptoms. , a medical institution extraction unit that accesses the medical institution information database and extracts medical institution information in which the extracted medical department ID is registered in ranking/professed department information;
The information providing unit generates a medical institution information introduction web page presenting the extracted medical institution information, and provides the generated medical institution information introduction web page to the user terminal. Institutional introduction system. 2. The medical institution introduction system according to claim 1, wherein on the medical institution information introduction Web page, the extracted medical institution information is presented in the order of the ranking of the rank/professed department information. A medical institution introduction system having a server device that provides a website to a user terminal via a network,
The server device includes:
A medical department information database that stores medical department information in which a medical department ID, a medical department name specified by the medical department ID, and a symptom corresponding to the medical department specified by the medical department ID are associated. ,
Register the medical institution ID, the name of the medical institution specified by the medical institution ID, and the rank/professed department information that ranks the medical department ID that identifies the medical department advocated by the medical institution. medical institution information database,
an information providing unit that provides a web page constituting a website to a user terminal and receives input of user symptoms from the user terminal;
Using the user's symptoms received by the information providing unit and the medical department information database, extract the medical department ID corresponding to the received symptoms, access the medical institution information database, and extract the extracted medical department ID. , a medical institution extraction unit that extracts medical institution information registered in the ranking/professed department information,
The information providing unit is characterized in that it generates a medical institution information introduction web page presenting the extracted medical institution information, and provides the generated medical institution information introduction web page to the user terminal. Medical institution referral system. A medical institution introduction system having a server device that provides a website to a user terminal via a network,
The server device includes:
a medical department information database storing medical department information in which a medical department ID is associated with a medical department name specified by the medical department ID;
Register the medical institution ID, the name of the medical institution specified by the medical institution ID, and the rank/professed department information that ranks the medical department ID that identifies the medical department advocated by the medical institution. medical institution information database,
an information providing unit that provides a web page constituting a website to a user terminal and receives input of a desired medical department name from the user terminal;
Using the medical department name received by the information providing unit and the medical department information database, the medical department ID corresponding to the received medical department name is extracted, the medical institution information database is accessed, and the extracted medical department is accessed. comprising a medical institution extraction unit that extracts medical institution information whose ID is registered in ranking/professed department information ;
The information providing unit generates a medical institution information introduction web page presenting the extracted medical institution information, and provides the generated medical institution information introduction web page to the user terminal. Institutional introduction system. The above-mentioned rank/prominent department information is the information that the administrator of the server device uses for the relevant medical departments listed in the medical department registration column of the medical institution basic information of each medical institution registered with the Medical and Nursing Care Information Bureau. The medical institution introduction according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the medical institution ID is ranked in order from the medical department listed at the top of the registration column and is registered in the medical institution information database. system.

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