JPH02191060A - Automatic scheduling processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically execute a processing base on the desired condition and applied contents, etc., of a group by providing a group file composed of a record at every group and an application file composed of the record at every application and processing the application according to the priority order of the group. CONSTITUTION:In a group file 1, the designation of more than one period to be identified with a group code, preferential degree and block number is held to the record at every group. In an application file, the relevant group code, classification code, number of persons, number of times and block number are held to the record at every application. A scheduling part 3 determines the group code from the group file 1 by starting the determination from the group of the high priority order and successively picks up the record holding the determined group code from the application file 2. Then, the processing is executed concerning the respective records. Thus, the date of service such as a medical examination, to which a lot of the groups make the application, can be scheduled based on the desired condition and the applied contents of the group.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Automatic scheduling that automatically creates a schedule based on the desired conditions and application details of the organizations, regarding the scheduling process of service schedules such as health checkups applied by many organizations using a computer. For the purpose of processing method, a group file that holds one or more period designations identified by the group code, priority, and classification number in the record for each required group, and the group code, type code in the record for each application. , an application file that holds the number of people, number of times, and classification number, determines the group code from the group file in order of priority, and extracts a record having the determined group code from the application file,
Determine the total number of days required to apply the predetermined service determined by the type code for each number of people who have divided the number of people retained in the record into the number of times, and calculate the number of days already allocated from the period specified by the period specified by the classification number. By allocating the required total number of days to the days excluding the days in question, the application allocation according to the record of the application file is sequentially executed.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a processing method in a computer for scheduling dates for medical examination services such as health examinations applied by a large number of organizations.

[Problems to be solved by conventional technology and inventions] Centers that provide medical examination services such as health checkups accept applications from many organizations and provide services that meet the conditions stated in the application. Therefore, so-called scheduling is necessary to allocate the annual processing capacity of the center to each of these applications.

In this case, each organization's application conditions include the type of examination content, the number of people to be examined, the number of times it is divided into sessions, the period, etc. The period is indicated by, for example, the start and end dates. During this period, there are generally days (specific days and days of the week) when it is not possible to see a doctor, so the remaining days after excluding these days are considered the effective days.

The center personnel determines the number of days required to process the service for each application condition, and sequentially allocates it to the center's operating days, taking into account the center's daily processing capacity, etc.
For example, scheduling is performed by making entries in a ledger. Furthermore, if an application that cannot be allocated is received, it will be necessary to review and make corrections.

In this way, the scheduling work of allocating medical examination applications and creating schedules for medical examination services is a very time-consuming process, and usually takes about 3 to 4 weeks, so it is desired to save labor in scheduling work. .

The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic scheduling processing method that automatically schedules service schedules such as health checkups applied by a large number of organizations based on the desired conditions and application details of the organizations.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

The figure shows the configuration of the automatic scheduling processing system, in which 1 is a group file consisting of records for each group, 2 is an application file consisting of records for each application, and 3 is a group file in order of priority of groups in group file 1. This is a scheduling unit that processes group applications and generates the scheduling results in a reservation file 4.

[For production]

Group file 1 holds one or more period designations identified by group code, priority, and classification number in records for each required group.

Further, the application file 2 holds the organization code, type code, number of people, number of times, and classification number in a record for each application.

The scheduling unit 3 determines group codes from the group file 1 in order of priority, sequentially extracts records having the determined group codes from the application file 2, and processes each record as follows.

In other words, for each number of people specified in the data held in the record divided by the number of times, the total number of days required to apply the specified service determined by the type code is determined, and from the period specified by the period specified by the classification number. By allocating the required total number of days to days excluding already allocated days, application allocation according to the records of the application file 2 is sequentially executed and output to the reservation file 4.

This processing method automatically schedules schedule assignments, facilitates retrying, and allows assignments to be controlled by changing group priorities.

〔Example〕

For example, at a center that provides health checkup services,
Group file 1 and application file 2 in Figure 1 for scheduling shall be created by center personnel by inputting them in advance in accordance with the application details presented by each organization by filling out a prescribed application form. In the group file 1, a group record consisting of a group code priority of 1 or a plurality of period specifications is created for each group.

In this way, you can specify up to 20 sets of period specifications by adding classification numbers, and each period specification includes the start date, end date, and
It consists of a flag that indicates whether the specified period is a consultation period or an exclusion period. As described below, this period specification is a classification number kept in the record of each application, and is used to indicate which period is applied to that application, and if an exclusion period is specified, that period is It is assumed that the excluded day has been specified.

The above-mentioned priority is a value specified by the center for the purpose of specifying the processing order of each group in scheduling according to the value, and for example, the priority is set from the lowest value to the highest priority as shown in the table below. The settings are set according to the setting criteria that takes into account the state of the specified period. Also, scheduling can be controlled by adjusting this value.

table Application file 2 contains Group code Type code Number of people and number of times Classification number An application record is created for each application.

Here, the group code is the group code of the applying organization, and the type code is the type of medical examination to be applied for, such as regular health examination, special worker health examination, complete health checkup, etc. The number of people and the number of times are the number of times for specifying the number of people to be examined and the number of groups to which they are divided and the days of examination to be allocated. The classification number is a period-specific number used to allocate the application (see the explanation of the organization file above), and is 1
It is possible to specify period specifications for groups or more, and if "0" is specified for the classification number, it means that any period specification for that group can be used.

Figure 2 (a) is an example of the contents of a group record in group file 1. Assuming that there are applications for two records as examples for this group, as shown in (b), the first application record will result in: During the period from April 1st to April 30th specified by the classification number "IJ", 50 people will be divided into two sessions and an attempt will be made to allocate examinations with type code "1", and if there is space available, the assignment will be made. Also, according to the second application record, May 1 specified by the division number "2"
Processing is performed so that five people are assigned a medical examination with type code "3" on the day of the test.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the processing flow of the scheduling unit 3. First, in processing step 10, the records of group file 1 are sorted by priority and arranged in order of priority seats, and in processing step 11, records with the lowest priority value are sorted. He took out a single record from his side.

In processing step 12, the application file is searched using the group code of the organization and a record of one application is retrieved, and in processing step 13, the required number of days and number of times are determined from the application type code, number of people, and number of times.

In processing step 14, the period designation of the classification number specified in the application is read from the group record, and an attempt is made to allocate the determined number of days to the vacant days within that period. , if the allocation is possible, the allocation is added to the reservation file 4.

In processing step 15, the process branches depending on whether or not the allocation is possible, and if the allocation is successful, it is identified in processing step 16, and if an unprocessed application from the same group remains, the process returns to processing step 12 and the next application is processed as described above. Do it like this. If there is no unprocessed application, it is identified in processing step 17, and if there is an unprocessed application, the process returns to processing step 11 to process the next priority group.

If the allocation is not successful, processing branches from processing step 15 to processing step 18, and after adding, for example, the contents of the application to an unallocated list provided as an appropriate file, processing proceeds to processing step 16.

In this way, when all groups have been processed, the process proceeds from processing step 17 to processing step 19, and outputs the contents of the schedule created in the reservation file 4 and the unassignable list to an appropriate printer device, etc. to end the process.

The user completes the assignment by looking at the results, modifying the schedule, or adjusting the priority of the group and trying the scheduling process again.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a computer can automatically schedule service schedules for medical examinations applied by many organizations based on the desired conditions and application details of the organizations. It has a remarkable industrial effect in that it can be treated.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of groups and application records, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the processing of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a group file, 2 is an application file, 3 is a scheduling section, 4 is a reservation file, and 10 to 19 do not indicate processing steps.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An organization file (1) that holds one or more period designations identified by an organization code, priority, and classification number in a record for each required organization, and a record for each application that holds the organization code. , an application file that holds the type code, number of people, number of times, and classification number (
2), determine the group code from the group file in order of priority, extract the record with the determined group code from the application file, and set the number of people retained in the record to the number of times. Determine the total number of days required to apply the specified service specified by the type code for each divided number of people, and apply the required number of days on the day excluding the days already allocated from the period specified by the period specified by the division number. By allocating the total number of days, the application allocation according to the record of the application file is executed sequentially (3, 4)
An automatic scheduling processing method characterized by being configured as follows.