JP7489594B2 - Vaccination Management System - Google Patents

Description

Article 30, paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applies (1) Submission via the website Submission date: December 27, 2019 Submission location: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Strategic Policy Information Promotion Headquarters Diversity TOKYO App Award Official Website Work Submission Form

The present invention relates to a vaccination management system.

Infants and young children need to receive many vaccines, and because the timing and frequency of each vaccination varies, parents have a heavy burden in managing them, and they may miss the appropriate vaccination period. For this reason, systems that manage schedules to ensure that children receive the necessary vaccinations at the appropriate times are being used. (For example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2)

As the types of vaccines and timing of vaccinations vary from country to country, parents of infants and young children who have received vaccinations abroad must explain to their local government, such as their city, ward, town, or village, which vaccinations were administered abroad, and receive a vaccination pre-examination form that takes into account this vaccination record, so that the infants and young children can receive the vaccinations.

JP 2007-018337 A JP 2012-059155 A

The conventional systems described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 are unable to create schedules that take into account vaccination records in foreign countries. As a result, when parents of infants who have been vaccinated abroad proceed with vaccinations in accordance with Japanese vaccination rules, they themselves need to accurately understand the vaccination records in the foreign country.

In addition, staff at local governments and medical institutions had to understand the differences in vaccinations and the types of vaccines administered in each country, determine which vaccines were required in Japan, and distribute pre-examination forms.

The present invention was made in consideration of these problems, and aims to provide a vaccination management system that enables vaccination management that takes into account vaccination records and vaccination rules in foreign countries.

In order to achieve the above object, as one aspect of the present invention, a vaccination management system is provided, which is configured using an information processing device and includes an information receiving unit that receives from a user device subject information including at least identification information that identifies the foreign country where the subject has been vaccinated, and a memory unit that stores foreign vaccination information including at least the name or type of the foreign vaccination vaccine, and performs a transmission process that generates foreign vaccine list information indicating a list of the names or types of foreign vaccination vaccines corresponding to the identification information and transmits it to the user device, and a reception process that receives from the user device vaccinated foreign vaccine information selected based on the foreign vaccine list information.

As another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vaccination management system that is configured using an information processing device and includes an information receiving unit that receives, from a user device, subject information including at least identification information identifying the foreign country where the vaccination recipient has been vaccinated and age information indicating the birth date or age of the vaccination recipient, and a memory unit that stores foreign vaccination information including at least the name or type of foreign vaccination vaccine and a standard vaccination schedule, and executes a process of predicting the foreign vaccine information of the vaccination recipient based on the standard vaccination schedule of the foreign country corresponding to the identification information and the age information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a "part" does not simply mean a physical means, but also includes cases where the functions of the "part" are realized by software. Furthermore, the functions of one "part" or device may be realized by two or more physical means or devices, and the functions of two or more "parts" or devices may be realized by one physical means or device.

The present invention provides a vaccination management system that enables parents of infants and young children who have been vaccinated abroad to manage vaccinations while taking into account the vaccination records and vaccination rules of the foreign country.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a vaccination management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a vaccination schedule creation process according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a vaccination setting screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. A figure showing an example of a process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, which associates vaccines administered abroad with Japanese vaccination vaccines and generates unadministered vaccine information by Japanese vaccination name/type. A figure showing an example of a process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, which associates vaccines administered in Japan with vaccination vaccines in foreign countries and generates unadministered vaccine information by vaccination name/type in the foreign country. A sequence diagram showing an example of a vaccination schedule creation process related to a modified example of the present invention.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings. The following embodiment is an example for explaining the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention to the embodiment. Furthermore, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the invention. Furthermore, the same components in each drawing are given the same reference numerals as much as possible, and duplicated explanations are omitted.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a vaccination management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the vaccination management system 100 illustratively includes a server 1 and n mobile terminals 3 (n is an arbitrary integer value equal to or greater than 1). The server 1 and the mobile terminals 3 are connected via a communication network N. In the figure, mobile terminal 3a and mobile terminal 3n are shown as the n mobile terminals 3. However, in the following description, when the n mobile terminals are not distinguished from each other, some of the reference numerals are omitted and the mobile terminals are simply called "mobile terminals 3". The communication network N may be, for example, the Internet, a LAN, a dedicated line, a telephone line, an in-house network, a mobile communication network, Bluetooth (registered trademark), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), other communication lines, or a combination thereof, and may be wired or wireless.

The vaccination management system 100 is a so-called client-server system. The vaccination management system 100 is realized by n mobile terminals 3 (clients) and a server 1 communicating with each other via a network N.

As shown in FIG. 1, the server 1 is realized, for example, by a server device, and illustratively includes a control device 11 and a storage device 17. The control device 11 includes, as hardware, a CPU, memories such as ROM and RAM, an input interface, an output interface, a communication interface, and a bus connecting these. The control device 11 realizes various functions by the CPU executing a program stored in the ROM or the like. Functional modules realized by the control device 11 illustratively include an information receiving unit 13, a schedule creating unit 15, an information transmitting unit 19, and an information generating unit 21. The server 1 does not have to be composed of a single computer, and may be composed of multiple computers and external storage devices distributed over the communication network N.

The information receiving unit 13 has a function of receiving various information, such as user information and schedule creation requests sent from the mobile terminal 3, and a function of storing various information in the storage device 17.

The schedule creation unit 15 has the function of creating a vaccination schedule based on various conditions.

The information transmission unit 19 has the function of transmitting various information generated by the server 1, such as the vaccination schedule created, to the mobile terminal 3.

The information generation unit 21 has the function of generating unvaccinated vaccine information based on vaccinated vaccine information stored in the storage device 17 and various conditions.

The storage device 17 is, for example, a hard disk drive, and has the function of storing various information. For example, the storage device 17 stores Japanese vaccination information JI, vaccination constraint condition information II, foreign vaccination information FI, and user information UI. The storage device 17 may be a part of the server 1, or may be, for example, an external storage device that is not included in the server 1.

Japan Vaccination Information JI is information about vaccinations in Japan. Japan Vaccination Information JI includes information such as the name/type of vaccine, the disease targeted by the vaccine, the method of calculating the vaccination date (e.g., "calculate that vaccination is possible from two months after the birthday"), the interval at which vaccinations can be administered (e.g., "three times at intervals of 20 days or more"), the standard vaccination interval (e.g., "three times at intervals of 20 to 50 days") specified in the guidelines for implementing routine vaccinations in Japan (notification from the Director-General of the Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) and in the vaccine package insert, the standard vaccination schedule in Japan including the period during which vaccinations can be administered as routine vaccinations (e.g., "3 months to 7 years and 6 months after birth"), and combinations of vaccines that can be administered simultaneously. Japan Vaccination Information JI may also include information about vaccines that target the same disease but are available in multiple types and require the same type to be administered multiple times (e.g., rotavirus vaccine).

Vaccination constraint information II is information that indicates the constraint conditions when a vaccination target receives a vaccination. Vaccination constraint information II includes constraint information for vaccination that is determined by each doctor, medical institution, or local government, and includes, for example, information on the timing of vaccination, the interval at which vaccination can be performed, whether or not mass vaccination is performed, combinations of vaccines that can be administered simultaneously, whether or not subsidies are available, and the like, that are determined independently by each doctor, medical institution, or local government. In addition, vaccination constraint information II may further include information on whether vaccination can be performed, the timing of vaccination, or the interval at which vaccination can be performed, based on at least one of the subject's growth status, current or past health information, and allergy information, etc.

Foreign vaccination information FI is information about vaccinations in foreign countries, and is determined by each country. Foreign vaccination information FI includes information such as the standard vaccination schedule in foreign countries, including, for example, the name/type of vaccine, the disease targeted by the vaccine, the method of calculating the vaccination date (e.g., "calculate that vaccination is possible from two months after the birthday"), the interval at which vaccinations can be administered (e.g., "three times at intervals of 20 days or more"), the standard vaccination interval for vaccinations (e.g., "three times at intervals of 20 to 50 days"), and the period during which vaccinations can be administered as routine vaccinations (e.g., "from 3 months to 7 years and 6 months of age"). Foreign vaccination information FI may also include information about vaccines that target the same disease but have multiple types of vaccines and require multiple administrations of the same type (e.g., rotavirus vaccine).

As a concrete example of foreign vaccination information FI, vaccination information for Vietnam will be explained. The vaccination vaccine in Vietnam, "OPV," is a vaccination vaccine for the target disease "polio." In addition, the vaccination vaccine "DTwP" is a vaccination vaccine for multiple target diseases, "diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough." This means that "DTwP" is a combination vaccine that combines multiple vaccines that prevent different infectious diseases.

The user information UI is information about the person to be vaccinated. The user information UI includes, for example, the name, date of birth, sex, medical institution, address or municipality of residence of the person to be vaccinated, and information identifying a foreign country where the person to be vaccinated has received a vaccination in the past (for example, a country name or country code, hereinafter referred to as "foreign information").

The mobile terminal 3 is a terminal capable of communicating with the server 1 via the communication network N, and is, for example, a device such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a notebook PC (personal computer), a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a wearable device used by a user (such as a guardian of an infant who is the target of vaccination). The mobile terminal 3 is equipped with, for example, a processor, an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, various operation buttons, or a touch panel, a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a communication interface for connecting to the communication network N, and storage resources such as a disk drive or semiconductor memory (ROM, RAM, etc.). The storage resources store a computer program (for example, a vaccination management application) executed by the processor. In this specification, the vaccination management application is a computer program stored in the mobile terminal 3, communicates with the server 1, and enables management of one or more vaccination schedules and vaccination results.

The vaccination management application may also be part of the functionality of an application known as an electronic maternal and child health handbook. This allows data on users of electronic maternal and child health handbooks to be used in the vaccination management application, reducing the effort required to input information on those seeking vaccination. Furthermore, health information on those who will be vaccinated can be managed.

(Schedule creation process)
FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a vaccination schedule creation process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following describes a case where, as a preliminary step to creating a schedule, a user (e.g., a guardian of an infant who is the target of vaccination) registers as a user and stores user information UI including foreign country information in storage device 17.

First, when a user (for example, a parent of an infant who is the target of vaccination) starts up the vaccination management application, a vaccination schedule creation guidance screen is displayed on the display device of the mobile terminal 3. On the schedule creation guidance screen, the user inputs information required for schedule creation, such as whether or not any vaccines have been administered abroad. If the user inputs that any vaccines have been administered abroad, the mobile terminal 3 transmits a request to the server 1 to send a list of overseas vaccinations (S101). If the user inputs that no vaccines have been administered abroad, the mobile terminal 3 transmits this information to the server 1.

When the information receiving unit 15 receives a request to send foreign vaccination list information, the information generating unit 21 generates foreign vaccination list information (e.g., a list of vaccination vaccine names/types for Vietnam) for the country corresponding to the foreign information included in the user information UI (S103). The information transmitting unit 19 transmits the generated foreign vaccination list information to the mobile terminal 3 (S105).

Note that while a list of vaccination vaccine names/types is shown as an example of foreign vaccination list information, this is not limited to this, and list information combined with other information included in the foreign vaccination information FI (for example, a list of vaccination vaccine names and target diseases) may be generated.

The mobile terminal 3 uses the foreign vaccination list information received from the server 1 to display on the display device a screen that allows the user to set the vaccinations that have been administered (hereinafter referred to as the "vaccination setting screen") (S107).

Figure 3 shows an example of a vaccinated vaccine setting screen. Figure 3(a) shows a vaccinated vaccine setting screen corresponding to vaccination list information for Vietnam. As shown in Figure 3(a), vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300 has vaccine display areas 301a-c, icons 302 showing the standard number of vaccinations for various vaccines, vaccinated vaccine setting area 303, a cancel button 304, and a register button 305.

Vaccine display areas 301a-c display the name/type of vaccine written in Vietnamese and icons 302, with the number of icons 302 indicating the standard number of vaccinations for the vaccine, and the position of the icons 302 indicating the number of vaccinations. The position of the icon indicates, for example, the first, second, third, etc. vaccination from the leftmost icon 302 displayed. For example, vaccine display area 301a is a display area showing the BCG vaccine, and displays the Vietnamese name of the BCG vaccine and one icon 302 indicating that the number of vaccinations for the BCG vaccine is one. Vaccine display area 301b is a display area showing the hepatitis B vaccine, and displays the Vietnamese name of the hepatitis B vaccine and four icons 302 indicating that the number of vaccinations for the hepatitis B vaccine is four. Vaccine display area 301c is a display area showing the DTwP vaccine, and displays the Vietnamese name of the DTwP vaccine and four icons 302 indicating that the number of vaccinations for the DTwP vaccine is four.

The administered vaccine setting area 303 is an area set for each vaccine display area, and when the user operates the area (e.g., taps the screen of the mobile terminal 3), the vaccine administration date setting screen shown in FIG. 3(b) (hereinafter referred to as the "vaccination administration date setting screen 310") is displayed. When the vaccine administration date is registered on the vaccine administration date setting screen 310, the administered vaccine setting screen 300 is displayed again, and the icon 302 corresponding to the registered vaccine administration is displayed in a different display mode than before the vaccine administration date was registered (e.g., the icon displayed as a white circle before registration is displayed as a black circle image).

The cancel button 304 is used when not setting the administered vaccines, and performing this operation closes the administered vaccine setting screen 300.

The registration button 305 is used to register previously administered vaccines, and by operating it, the previously administered vaccine information set by the user is sent to the server 1.

Figure 3(b) is an example of a vaccination date setting screen 310, and shows the vaccination date setting screen for the Hepatitis B vaccine that is displayed when the user operates the vaccination date setting area 303 for the Hepatitis B vaccine on the vaccination date setting screen 300. As shown in Figure 3(b), the vaccination date setting screen 310 has vaccination date input areas 311a-d, a register button 312, and a cancel button 313.

In the vaccination date input areas 311a-d in FIG. 3(b), a number corresponding to the standard number of vaccinations for the vaccine selected by the user is displayed. For example, the standard number of vaccinations for the Hepatitis B vaccine in Vietnam is four vaccinations, so the vaccination date input areas displayed are vaccination date input area 311a indicating the first vaccination, vaccination date input area 311b indicating the second vaccination, vaccination date input area 311c indicating the third vaccination, and vaccination date input area 311d indicating the fourth vaccination. The user operates the vaccination date input area corresponding to the vaccination given to the person to be vaccinated to input the vaccination date.

The registration button 312 is a button for registering the vaccination date entered in the vaccination date input areas 311a-d.

The cancel button 313 is used when the vaccination date is not to be set, and by operating it, the vaccination date setting screen 310 is closed and the screen returns to the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300. Note that if the cancel button 304 is operated after the vaccination date has been entered in any of the vaccination date input areas a to d, the entered vaccination date information is discarded and the screen returns to the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300.

In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the vaccination date setting screen 310 is displayed when any of the vaccine display areas 301a to 301c is operated on the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300, but the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300 may be configured to allow the vaccination date to be set.

In addition, the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300 may be configured to allow the user to set the vaccinated vaccine by operating the vaccination area or icon 302 of the vaccine to be set as vaccinated (e.g., by tapping the screen of the mobile terminal 3) for the number of vaccinations.

Returning to FIG. 2, after the user registers the administered vaccines on the administered vaccine setting screen 300, the mobile terminal 3 transmits the administered vaccine information and a schedule creation request to the server 1 (S109).

The information receiving unit 13 receives the administered vaccine information and the schedule creation request, and stores the received administered vaccine information in the storage device 17. Next, the information generating unit 21 associates the administered vaccines in the foreign country with the vaccination vaccines in Japan based on the administered vaccine information and the Japanese vaccination information JI, and generates unadministered vaccine information (or administered vaccine information) by the name/type of the Japanese vaccination vaccine (S111). Details of this process will be described later using FIG. 4.

Next, the schedule creation unit 15 acquires the local government vaccination implementation rules contained in the vaccination constraint condition information II and the Japanese standard vaccination schedule contained in the Japanese vaccination information JI (S113). The local government vaccination implementation rules acquired in this step are the local government vaccination implementation rules corresponding to the address or information of the local government of residence registered in the user information UI.

Next, the schedule generation unit 15 generates unvaccinated vaccine information taking into account the vaccination rules of the local government using the unvaccinated vaccine information acquired in S111 and the information acquired in S113. Furthermore, a vaccination schedule is created using the user information UI and the unvaccinated vaccine information (S115).

Here, we will give specific examples of vaccination implementation rules for each municipality and explain the difference between unvaccinated vaccine information and unvaccinated vaccine information that takes into account the vaccination rules of the municipality. For example, in the case of an 11-month-old infant in Vietnam who was vaccinated against measles at 9 months of age, municipality A's rules stipulate that the user be given a pre-examination form for the MR (measles-rubella combined) vaccine, even though the infant has already been vaccinated against measles. On the other hand, municipality B's rules stipulate that each user be given one pre-examination form for the rubella vaccine, which is intended for children between 1 and 2 years of age. In this way, different municipalities may have different vaccination implementation rules.

In other words, in this example, the name of the unvaccinated vaccine according to the Japanese vaccination name is measles, and the unvaccinated vaccine information is MR (measles-rubella combination) in municipality A and rubella in municipality B.

The information transmission unit transmits a message to the mobile terminal 3 indicating that the schedule creation has been completed, along with the schedule (e.g., calendar information indicating the planned vaccination date, etc.) (S117). Note that, although an example of transmitting a vaccination schedule has been described in this embodiment, a list of the names of unadministered vaccines and information on unadministered vaccines may also be transmitted together with the vaccination schedule.

The mobile terminal 3 displays the received schedule on the display device (S119). This schedule may be saved in a vaccination management application and managed as a schedule for the scheduled vaccination date (or the scheduled vaccination date and time). The vaccination management application may issue an alert when the scheduled vaccination date approaches (for example, three days before the scheduled date) to inform the user of the contents of the schedule. The language displayed on the display device may be configured to be switchable between a language selected by the user and Japanese. For example, the user can check the created schedule in their own language, and have staff from the local government or medical institution check it in Japanese. In addition, the device may be configured to obtain information on the set language from the mobile terminal used by the user, and to allow input and display in the obtained language.

This configuration makes it easier for parents with infants who have been vaccinated abroad in the past and are eligible for vaccinations in Japan to know what vaccinations are available in Japan. Also, by showing the schedule to local government officials, the local government officials can easily know the names of vaccines that have not been administered or information about vaccines that have not been administered, and can efficiently decide which pre-examination forms to give to parents. The schedule can be shown to local government officials by any method, such as handing it over to them on a terminal, handing it over as a printout, or handing it over as digital data.

In addition, the schedule may be configured to display the names/types of vaccinations that are not included in vaccinations administered in Japan but are administered in countries that support foreign information, as well as diseases that are subject to vaccinations. This allows users to know in advance which vaccinations they should receive when returning to a foreign country in the future.

In the present embodiment, the vaccination management system 100 is configured not to perform steps S101 to S117 after a schedule has been created once, i.e., not to create a schedule again taking into account vaccination records in foreign countries. However, if the schedule is not created normally, for example, when the vaccination management application is started again, the system may be configured to perform the process again from S101. Also, even if the schedule is not created normally, if the processes of S101 to S105 are completed normally and foreign vaccination list information is sent to the user, the system may be configured to display the setting screen for vaccinated vaccines (S107) when the vaccination management application is started again.

In addition, even if a schedule has been created successfully, the vaccination management system 100 in this embodiment may be configured to perform the process from S101 again or to display the setting screen for vaccinated vaccines (S107), for example, to set new vaccinated vaccines that have not been registered or to update vaccinated vaccines that have already been set.

Figure 4 shows an example of a process for matching vaccines administered abroad with Japanese vaccinations and generating information on unadministered vaccines by Japanese vaccination name/type.

The foreign vaccination vaccine information 401 has a vaccination type identifier 401a indicating whether the vaccine is a routine vaccination or an optional vaccination, vaccine information 401b indicating the name/type of vaccine and the number of vaccinations, a vaccination completion identifier 401c indicating whether the vaccine has been administered or not, target disease information 401d indicating the target disease and the number of vaccinations for each vaccine, and a vaccination completion identifier 401e indicating that the vaccine corresponding to the target disease information 401d has been administered.

The Japan Vaccination Vaccine Information 501 has a vaccination type identifier 501a indicating whether the vaccine is a routine vaccination or an optional vaccination, vaccine information 501b indicating the name/type of vaccine and the number of vaccinations, a vaccination completion identifier 501c indicating whether the vaccine has been administered or not, target disease information 501d indicating the target disease and the number of vaccinations for each vaccine, and a vaccination completion identifier 501e indicating that the vaccine corresponding to the target disease information 501d has been administered.

In this embodiment, the target disease information 401d for vaccinations in a foreign country and the target disease information 501d for vaccinations in Japan are stored in association with each other, so that the foreign vaccination vaccine information 401 and the Japanese vaccination vaccine information 501 can be associated with each other.

The following describes how to associate Vietnamese vaccination vaccine information 401 with Japanese vaccination vaccine information 501 when the foreign information is Vietnam and a patient has received the Vietnamese five-in-one vaccine and the polio vaccine.

When the user sets the first dose of "Quinvaxem" and "Polio" as the vaccines that the recipient has received in Vietnam, the information conversion unit updates the vaccination identifier 401c corresponding to each vaccine from blank to "O".

Next, the vaccination identifier 401c for the target disease information 401d corresponding to each vaccine is also updated from blank to "O". For example, for "Quinvaxem", the vaccination identifiers 401e for "Hepatitis B", "Influenza type b (Hib)", "Diphtheria", "Pertussis", and "Tetanus" are updated from blank to "O".

The information generating unit 21 associates the target diseases of the vaccine administered in Vietnam with the target diseases of the vaccine administered in Japan. For example, the vaccination identifier 501e of the target diseases of the vaccine administered in Japan, "Hepatitis B," "Influenza type b," "Diphtheria," "Pertussis," and "Tetanus," which correspond to the target diseases of the vaccine administered in Vietnam, "Quinvaxem," is updated from blank to "O."

When the vaccination completion identifier 501e corresponding to the target disease of the Japanese vaccine is updated, the information generating unit 21 updates the vaccination completion identifier 501c corresponding to the name of the Japanese vaccination vaccine based on this.

As described above, when the vaccines administered in Vietnam are set by the user, the target diseases of the vaccination vaccines in Vietnam and Japan are associated, and the vaccines administered in Japan can be identified by the name/type of the vaccination vaccine. In the above example, it can be identified that the vaccines administered in Vietnam, "Quinvaxem" and "Polio", correspond to the Japanese vaccination vaccines, "Hepatitis B", "Hib", and "4-in-1". In addition, among the Japanese vaccination vaccines included in the Japanese vaccination vaccine information 501, those with the vaccination identifier 501c blank (in the above example, "pediatric pneumococcal disease") can be identified as unadministered vaccines.

In this embodiment, an example of matching the target diseases of vaccination vaccines in Vietnam and Japan has been described, but the method of matching is not limited to this. For example, the vaccination vaccine "Quinvaxem" in Vietnam may be configured to be linked in advance and stored as the Japanese vaccination vaccines corresponding to "Hepatitis B," "Hib," and "4-in-1."

In addition, in this embodiment, an example has been described in which a vaccination administered in Vietnam is set and the corresponding vaccination vaccine in Japan is identified, but it is of course also possible to set a vaccination administered in Japan and identify the corresponding vaccination vaccine in Vietnam, which is useful, for example, when identifying a vaccination vaccine that a Japanese person should receive when traveling abroad for study or the like. Although detailed explanations are omitted, an example of identifying a vaccination vaccine in Vietnam that corresponds to a vaccination vaccine administered in Japan is shown in Figure 5.

(Modification)
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of a vaccination schedule creation process according to a modified example of the present invention.

The vaccination schedule creation process in this modified example is characterized in that the date of birth included in the user information is obtained along with the foreign country information, and the foreign country vaccination list information is presented to the user, without the user having to set the vaccines administered in the foreign country, and the vaccines administered in the foreign country are predicted from the user's age, and a schedule is created based on the prediction results.

The following describes a case where, as a preliminary step to creating a schedule, a user (e.g., a guardian of an infant who is the target of vaccination) registers as a user and stores user information UI including foreign country information in the storage device 17.

First, when the vaccination management application is launched by the user, a vaccination schedule creation guidance screen is displayed on the display device of the mobile terminal 3. On the schedule creation guidance screen, the user inputs information necessary for schedule creation, such as whether or not any vaccines have been administered abroad. The mobile terminal 3 transmits a schedule creation request, including the whether or not any vaccines have been administered abroad, input by the user, to the server 1 (S201).

When the information receiving unit 13 receives a schedule creation request and the request includes information on vaccinations that have been administered abroad, the information receiving unit 13 obtains the birth date and foreign country information of the person to be vaccinated, which are included in the user information, from the storage device 17. Furthermore, the information receiving unit 13 obtains foreign vaccination information corresponding to the foreign country information from the storage device 17 (S203).

Based on the acquired foreign vaccination information (e.g., a foreign country's standard vaccination schedule) and the birth date of the person to be vaccinated, the information generation unit 21 predicts the vaccines that will be administered if the person to be vaccinated is vaccinated according to the standard schedule in the country corresponding to the foreign information (S205).

The schedule creation unit 15 creates a schedule that satisfies various conditions using the vaccines predicted in S205 and constraint condition information (S207 to S213), and transmits the schedule to the mobile terminal 3. At this time, information on the predicted vaccines that have been administered is also transmitted. The mobile terminal 3 displays the created schedule on the display device (S215).

The schedule displayed in S213 may not be accurate because it is created based on the administered vaccines predicted by the information generation unit 21. Therefore, in the modified example, a step is configured in which the user can check the administered vaccines and the predicted vaccines and correct the information to be accurate.

After S215, the user operates the mobile terminal 3, and the predicted vaccinated vaccines are displayed on the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300 described in FIG. 3. On the vaccinated vaccine setting screen 300, the user can change the vaccines that the vaccination target person has not actually received to "not vaccinated," or set the vaccines that have been administered as new vaccinated vaccines. When the user sets the actual vaccinated vaccines and operates the registration button, the mobile terminal 3 sends the updated vaccinated vaccines and a request to re-create the schedule to the server 1 (S217). S219 to S227 are the same as S111 to S119 in FIG. 2, so a description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied in various other forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the above-described embodiment is merely illustrative in all respects and should not be interpreted in a restrictive manner. For example, the above-described processing steps can be arbitrarily changed in order or executed in parallel as long as no inconsistencies occur in the processing content.

At least a part of the processing executed by the server 1 in the above-described embodiment may be executed by a vaccination management application implemented in the mobile terminal 3 instead. For example, the schedule creation processing executed by the server 1 in the above-described embodiment (processing executed by the schedule creation unit 15) may be configured to be executed by the mobile terminal 3.

In the above embodiment, the request for schedule creation is transmitted from the mobile terminal 3 to the server 1 using the communication network N, but this is not limited to this. In other words, the user can convey the desire for schedule creation by a method that does not go through the communication network N (for example, by telephone or orally). It may also be conveyed by a method that is an electronic communication means such as email but does not directly link with the server 1. In such a case, information regarding the desire for schedule creation may be input to the server 1 as a request for schedule creation, for example, from a medical institution.

The vaccination management system of the present invention is not limited to operating via a vaccination management application installed on a mobile terminal owned by a user. For example, it may be provided as a web-based service that operates via a browser.

100... vaccination management system 1... server 3... mobile terminal 11... control device 13... information reception unit 15... schedule creation unit 17... storage device 19... information transmission unit 21... information generation unit

Claims (5)

1. A vaccination management system, comprising:
The information processing device is configured to:
an information receiving unit that receives, from a user device, subject information including at least identification information that identifies a foreign country where the subject has a vaccination record;
A storage unit for storing foreign vaccination information including at least the name or type of a foreign vaccination vaccine,
A transmission process of generating foreign vaccine list information indicating a list of names or types of vaccination vaccines in foreign countries corresponding to the identification information and transmitting the information to the user device ;
a receiving process for receiving , from a user device, foreign vaccine information selected based on the foreign vaccine list information;
The memory unit further stores the name or type of vaccination vaccine in Japan and the standard vaccination schedule in Japan,
Execute a process of associating the foreign vaccination information with the name or type of Japanese vaccination vaccine, and generating vaccination information or non-vaccine information according to the name or type of Japanese vaccination vaccine;
A vaccination management system that executes a process of generating a vaccination schedule based on the administered vaccine information or unadministered vaccine information by the name or type of the Japanese vaccination vaccine and the standard vaccination schedule for Japan. The storage unit stores the foreign vaccination vaccine name or type and the target disease corresponding to the foreign vaccination vaccine name or type , and the Japanese vaccination vaccine name or type and the target disease corresponding to the Japanese vaccination vaccine name or type , in association with each other,
The vaccination management system of claim 1 further performs a process of matching target diseases linked to the administered foreign vaccine information with target diseases linked to names or types of Japanese vaccination vaccines, and generating administered vaccine information or unadministered vaccine information based on names or types of Japanese vaccination vaccines. The vaccination management system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the memory unit stores vaccination constraints including vaccination rules for each municipality, and further executes a process of generating a vaccination schedule based on vaccinated vaccine information or unvaccinated vaccine information by name or type of the Japanese vaccination vaccine, the standard vaccination schedule for vaccinations in Japan, and the vaccination rules for each municipality. The vaccination management system according to claims 1 to 3 , further comprising a process of transmitting to a user device any one or more of the vaccination information on administered vaccines or unadministered vaccines based on the name or type of the Japanese vaccination vaccine, or the vaccination schedule. 1. A vaccination management system, comprising:
The information processing device is configured to:
an information receiving unit that receives, from a user device, identification information for identifying a foreign country where the vaccination recipient has a vaccination record, and subject information including at least age information indicating the date of birth or age of the vaccination recipient;
A memory unit is provided for storing foreign vaccination information including at least the name or type of vaccination vaccine in a foreign country and a standard vaccination schedule for a foreign country ,
Execute a process of predicting the vaccination information of the vaccination target based on the standard vaccination schedule of the foreign country corresponding to the identification information and the age information;
The memory unit further stores the name or type of vaccination vaccine in Japan and the standard vaccination schedule in Japan,
Execute a process of associating the foreign vaccination information with the name or type of Japanese vaccination vaccine, and generating vaccination information or non-vaccine information according to the name or type of Japanese vaccination vaccine;
A vaccination management system that executes a process of generating a vaccination schedule based on the administered vaccine information or unadministered vaccine information by the name or type of the Japanese vaccination vaccine and the standard vaccination schedule for Japan.

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