JPH0668173A - Method for inputting information having master and slave relation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the inputting method by which information having master slave relation is easily inputted and detailed information is easily revised. CONSTITUTION:While one-set of master information is designed among plural kinds of master information EIT displayed on a screen 41, when one input is implemented from an input key, the designated information, slave information EMA as to the master information and a default of COM are selected and when two inputs are applied from the input key, the designated master information is selected and pictures 42, 43 to select the content of the slave information as to the master information are displayed and the slave information is designated on the picture for the selection.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of inputting information having a parent-child relationship. For example, in a medical treatment support system used in a medical institution such as a hospital, for instructing a patient about examination items and various other instructions. Used.

In the medical support system, a doctor operates a keyboard while performing a medical examination, and therefore it is necessary to pay particular attention to good operability and easy viewing of a screen. Therefore, it is desirable that the number of operations and the number of display screens are as small as possible.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, medical care support systems have been used for various medical care instructions (medical care orders) for patients such as prescriptions and tests.
In order to perform the above, it is possible to set medical care information (order information) indicating those contents. Based on the set medical information, it is possible to give an instruction to a patient or a person in charge through a screen or a printed matter.

In the conventional medical care support system, for example, when giving a test instruction to a patient, a doctor or a nurse inputs the test instruction information by the following operation.

That is, when a patient is designated and input, an inspection item selection screen 90a as shown in FIG. 7A is displayed. On this screen, move the cursor CU to the inspection item to be instructed and select the selection key. Press (or the input key). Here, it is assumed that “hematocrit” is selected.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, the inspection material selection screen 90b for selecting the material used for the hematocrit inspection is displayed in a window, and the material is similarly selected on this screen. select.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7C, a comment input screen 90c for inputting a comment is then displayed.
Is displayed in a window, so on this screen, enter the items you want to comment to the inspection department. Then, when the necessary input is completed, the end key is pressed.

[0008]

However, in the above example, "hematcrit" is mostly inspected by using "blood" as a material thereof, and the inspection method and the like are predetermined and special comments are made. In most cases there is no.

Therefore, when the "hematocrit" inspection instruction is given, it is sufficient to simply specify the "hematocrit" item, but in the conventional input method, the inspection material selection screen 90b and the comment input screen are displayed. 90c
Were always displayed in sequence, and it was necessary to make input for each while viewing those screens. Therefore, there is a problem that the input work for the inspection instruction is troublesome and the time required for the input work is long.

In order to solve this problem, for example, the contents of "inspection material" and "comment" which are detailed information (child information) about "hematocrit" are set in advance as default values, and the inspection item selection screen is displayed. When "hematocrit" is selected in 90a, it is conceivable that a default value is selected as detailed information about it.

However, in such a case, when it is desired to change the content of the detailed information of "hematocrit" from the default value, the screen for the change must be displayed by a separate operation. Is troublesome.

In addition, on the inspection item selection screen 90a,
It is conceivable that the default values of detailed information are displayed for all inspection items such as “hematocrit”, and the default values can be input and changed on the screen.

However, since the amount of display on one screen is increased by doing so, the number of screens of one type of inspection item selection screen 90a is increased or one type of inspection item selection screen 9 is displayed.
It is necessary to either reduce the number of inspection items displayed in 0a, and the type or number of screens increases, and operability and screen visibility are impaired.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention easily inputs information having a parent-child relationship such as "inspection material" and "comment" which are detailed information about "inspection item" and "inspection item". Another object of the present invention is to provide an input method capable of easily changing detailed information.

[0015]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the method according to the invention of claim 1 uses parent information EIT and detailed information about the parent information EIT as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. A method of inputting certain child information EMA, COM, in the case where one input is performed from the input key in a state where one of the plurality of types of parent information EIT displayed on the screen 41 is designated. Selects the default value DIF of the specified parent information EIT and the child information EMA or COM for the parent information when there is the specified parent information, and specifies when the input key is input twice. Parent information EI
When T is selected, the child information E about the parent information is selected.
When MA and COM are present, screens 42 and 43 for selecting the contents of the child information are displayed, and the child information EMA and COM are designated and selected on the screen.

In the method according to the second aspect of the present invention, for each of the parent information EIT, the selection method of the child information EMA, COM is the first classification, that is, selection is not always required, and the second classification is that it is always required to be selected. Parent information EIT
Is selected, the child information E according to the classification CLN is selected.
When MA and COM are selected and when the classification CLN of the selected parent information EIT is the third classification, the selected parent information is selected by performing one input for selecting the parent information EIT. When there is child information about the selected parent information EIT by selecting the default value DIF of the child information when there is child information about the EIT and performing input for selecting the parent information EIT twice. Screens 42 and 43 for selecting the contents of the child information
Is displayed, and child information EMA and COM are selected on the screen.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the parent information EI is used.
By performing input once for selecting T, when the classification CLN of the selected parent information EIT is the first classification or the third classification, the child information EMA, COM about the selected parent information EIT In some cases, the default value DIF of the child information is selected, and the classification CL of the selected parent information EIT
When N is the second classification, when there are child information EMA and COM about the selected parent information EIT, screens 42 and 43 for selecting the content of the child information are displayed, and the child information is displayed on that screen. By selecting EMA and COM and inputting twice for selecting the parent information EIT,
When the classification CLN of the selected parent information EIT is the third classification, the child information EM about the selected parent information EIT
When there are A and COM, screens 42 and 43 for selecting the contents of the child information are displayed, and the child information EMA and COM are selected on the screen.

In the method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the selected parent information EIT is classified into the second classification or the third classification and the child information EMA and COM of a plurality of layers with respect to the parent information.
If there is, the screens 42 and 43 for selecting the contents of the child information are sequentially displayed, and the child information EMA and COM are selected on the respective screens.

[0019]

[Function] Each parent information EIT corresponds to each child information EMA,
According to the COM selection method, for example, there are three types of first to third categories.

When the input for selecting the parent information EIT is performed once, the classification CLN of the selected parent information EIT is the first.
Selected parent information EI when it is a classification or a third classification
The default value DIF of the child information about T is selected,
In the case of the second classification, screens 42 and 43 for selecting the content of the child information on the selected parent information EIT are sequentially displayed, and the child information EMA and COM are selected on the screen.

When the input for selecting the parent information EIT is performed twice, the classification CLN of the selected parent information EIT is the third.
In the case of classification, screens 42 and 43 are sequentially displayed, and child information EMA and COM are selected on the screen.

That is, in the case of the third classification, the default value DIF of the child information is selected by one input,
Screen 42 for selecting child information by the same input of 42 times
Is displayed, and child information EMA is input on the screen.

[0023]

EXAMPLE FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a medical care support system 1 according to the present invention.

The medical treatment support system 1 includes a host computer 3 installed in the center, a large number of terminal devices 4, 4 operated by a doctor or a nurse, an accounting department, an inspection department, a pharmacy,
Terminal devices 5 and 5 dedicated to medical departments, etc.
It consists of ...

A medical database is constructed in the host computer 3 by the data input from the respective terminal devices 4 and 5, and the data is transferred to the terminal devices 4 and 5 as necessary and displayed on the screen. Printed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the terminal device 4. The terminal device 4 includes a processing unit 11 and a display surface 12.
a display section 12 having a, a keyboard 13, a mouse 14,
It is composed of an external memory 15 such as a hard disk device and a magnetic card reader (not shown).

The processing section 11 is provided with a memory 21 used as a work area or the like. The processing unit 11 is
Based on the input from the keyboard 13 or the mouse 14,
In addition, based on the data stored in the external memory 15 or the data transferred from the host computer 3, the display unit 12
Processing for performing necessary display, and inspection information input processing as described later are executed.

Various screens, which will be described later, are displayed on the display surface 12a of the display unit 12 based on the operation of the keyboard 13 or the like. Further, the keyboard 1 is provided on the display surface 12a.
The functions assigned to the three specific keys are displayed.

The keyboard 13 includes keys to which various functions such as "cursor movement", "input", "end" and "register" are assigned. It is also possible to input with the mouse 14 instead of these keys.

Various files such as an inspection order master EFL for issuing inspection instructions are created in the external memory 15. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of the contents of the inspection order master EFL.

The inspection item E is included in the inspection order master EFL.
IT, classification CLN, and detailed information (default value of detailed information) DIF are registered. The classification CLN is a method in which the selection method of the child information, which is the detailed information of each inspection item EIT, is classified into three types, and the first classification (“1”) does not always require selection, and the second classification (“2 )), It is always necessary to select, and in the third classification (“3”), it is possible to select whether or not to select.

In the detailed information DIF, default values that are automatically input in association with the inspection item EIT when child information is not selected are registered. In this example, standard information of inspection materials and comments for each inspection item EIT is registered. Detailed information D
The IF needs to be changed almost once once registered, but
It can be changed if necessary.

Therefore, in the first classification, the inspection item EI
By inputting T, the detailed information DIF of the inspection item EIT is automatically input. In the second classification, when the inspection item EIT is selected, a screen for selecting child information is displayed, and the child information is selected and input on the screen.

In the third classification, the detailed information DIF is obtained by inputting once for selecting the inspection item EIT.
Is registered, the detailed information DIF is input. In addition, a screen for selecting the content of the child information (inspection material selection screen 42, comment) by further inputting once for selecting the inspection item EIT, that is, by performing the same input twice in succession. Input screens 43) are displayed, and child information is selected and input on those screens. The selected child information is replaced with the detailed information DIF and input.

FIGS. 1 to 3 are views showing various screens 41 to 43 displayed when inputting inspection information. Of these, FIG. 1 shows the inspection item EIT of the third classification, FIG. 2 shows the inspection item EIT of the first classification, and FIG. 3 shows the inspection item EIT of the second classification.
An input method of examination information in the medical care support system 1 will be described based on these drawings.

After selecting a job on a job selection screen (not shown), when a patient is designated and a biochemical test is selected on a screen for selecting a test field, the test item selections shown in (a) of FIGS. The screen 41 is displayed.

[GOT] is displayed on the inspection item selection screen 41.
Various inspection items E such as "GPT" and "Hematocrit"
IT is displayed. These inspection items EIT are parent information for the inspection material EMA or the comment COM described later, and only the parent information is displayed on the inspection item selection screen 41. On this screen, the inspection item EI you want to instruct
The inspection item EIT is selected and input by moving the cursor CU to T and pressing the "input" key.

That is, the selected inspection item EIT is the first
In the case of classification, for example, as shown in FIG.
When "T" is selected, the input is completed by pressing the "input" key, and when the detailed information DIF is registered, it is also input at the same time. At that time, display surface 1
There is no change in the screen of 2a. That is, the same inspection item selection screen 41 is displayed on the display surface 12a.

Therefore, when inputting a plurality of inspection items EIT, the cursor CU may be moved to another inspection item EIT to be input next and the "input" key may be pressed. Even if the "input" key is pressed again with the cursor CU aligned with "GOT", which is the same inspection item EIT, there is no change in the input inspection information and the displayed screen. Inspection item E
If you want to end the IT input, press the "End" key.

When the selected inspection item EIT is the second classification, for example, when "GPT" is selected as shown in FIG. 3A, by pressing the "input" key,
As shown in FIG. 3B, the inspection material selection screen 42 is displayed in a window. On the inspection material selection screen 42, GP
Move the cursor CU to the material to be used for the inspection of T and press the "Enter" key.

Then, the material selected by the cursor CU is input, and the comment input screen 43 is displayed in a window as shown in FIG. 3 (c). On the comment input screen 43, select or write an item to be commented, and press the "input" key. Then, the selected or written comment COM is input, whereby the input of the inspection information about “GPT”, that is, the parent information and the child information is completed, and the inspection shown in FIG. The item selection screen 41 is displayed.

When it is desired to input another inspection item EIT, the cursor CU is moved to the inspection item EIT,
Just press the "Enter" key. Inspection material EMA or comment CO for "GPT" which is the same inspection item EIT
When it is desired to change M, it is sufficient to select "GPT" again and then input the change on each selection screen.

When the selected inspection item EIT is the third classification, for example, when "hematocrit" is selected as shown in FIG. 1A, the detailed information DIF is selected by pressing the "input" key. If is registered, it is also input at the same time. Detailed information D registered in the inspection order master EFL as child information of "Hematocrit"
When using the IF, this completes the input.
At that time, there is no change in the screen of the display surface 12a. That is, the same inspection item selection screen 41 is displayed on the display surface 12a as shown in FIG. 1 (b). Therefore, if it is desired to input another inspection item EIT, that inspection item EI
Place the cursor CU on T and press the "Enter" key. In addition, when it is desired to finish the input of the inspection item EIT, the "end" key is pressed.

Now, when it is desired to make the child information about "hematocrit" different from the detailed information DIF, press the "input" key again in the state shown in FIG. 1 (b).
Press twice. Then, as shown in FIG. 1C, the inspection material selection screen 42 is displayed in a window. On the inspection material selection screen 42, move the cursor CU to the material used for the inspection of hematocrit and press the "input" key. Then, the material selected with the cursor CU is input. For example, in the detailed information DIF, "blood" is used as the inspection material EMA.
Even if is registered, “ascites” is input as shown in FIG.

At the same time, the comment input screen 43 shown in FIG. 1D is displayed in a window. On the comment input screen 43, select or write an item to be commented, and press the "input" key. Then, the selected or written comment COM is input. This completes the change input of the inspection information regarding “hematocrit”. That is, the detailed information DIF input by pressing the "input" key for the first time is as shown in FIG.
Replaced with the child information selected in.

Thus, the inspection item EIT which is the parent information
On the other hand, the inspection material EMA or the comment COM as the child information is easily input with a small number of operations and a small number of screens.

In particular, when the detailed information DIF registered as the default value is used, the detailed information DIF is input only by selecting the inspection item EIT by pressing the "input" key once. It's very easy.
In addition, in the inspection item EIT of the third classification, by pressing the “input” key twice in succession, child information can be freely input on the inspection material selection screen 42 and the comment input screen 43,
The detailed information DIF can be easily changed. Therefore, as in the case of inputting the inspection information described above, the standard detailed information DIF is mostly used as the child information, and it is particularly effective when the detailed information DIF is rarely desired to be changed.

Regarding the inspection item EIT of the second classification, pressing the “Enter” key once moves to the inspection material selection screen 42, so that it is immediately known that it is the second classification. However, regarding the inspection item EIT of the third classification, the screen does not change even if the "enter" key is pressed once, so whether or not it is the third classification, that is, the detailed information D
It is not immediately clear if the IF can be changed.

However, the inspection item EIT of the first classification is the same whether the "input" key is pressed once or twice, so whether the inspection item EIT is the third classification by pressing the "input" key twice. I understand. That is, when it is desired to input the child information for the inspection item EIT on the inspection material selection screen 42 or the comment input screen 43, the operation is simplified because the "input" key can be pressed twice any time if it is not the second classification. It is easy to input.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the box-shaped cursor CU is used to specify each item or information.
An arrow generally used for a mouse or the like may be used. Instead of the "Enter" key, a "Run" key, a "Select" key, or other keys with various names may be used. As the input keys, the keyboard 13, the mouse 14, and other input devices can be used.

In the above embodiment, the detailed information DIF of the inspection order master EFL may be linked with the information designated by the cursor as the default value on the inspection material selection screen 42 or the comment input screen 43. The contents of the classification CLN, the way of holding the detailed information DIF, and the like can be changed variously. Although the inspection order master EFL has been described as being created in the external memory 15, the host computer 3
The one created in step 1 may be transferred to the external memory 15 or the memory 21.

In the above embodiment, the inspection order master EFL, inspection item EIT, inspection material EMA, comment C
The contents such as OM, the structure of the screen displayed on the display surface 12a, the display contents, the display items, the display colors, the processing contents in the processing unit 11, the processing order, the configurations of the host computer 3, the terminal devices 4 and 5 and the like are described. In addition to the above, various modifications can be made along with the gist of the present invention.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the inspection item EIT in the biochemical examination is used as the parent information has been described. The same applies to the case. In addition, it can be applied to input of various examination information, medical care information, and various information other than these, which has a parent-child relationship.

[0054]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an input method capable of easily inputting information having a parent-child relationship and easily changing detailed information.

According to the second to fourth aspects of the present invention, the optimum input method can be set according to the type of parent information, and various information can be easily input. According to the invention of claim 4, when the parent information has child information of a plurality of layers, the child information of each layer can be easily input.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing various screens displayed when inputting inspection information of a third classification.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen displayed when inputting inspection information of a first classification.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing various screens displayed when inputting inspection information of a second classification.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of the contents of an inspection order master.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a medical care support system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing various screens displayed upon input of conventional inspection information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Medical support system 41 Inspection item selection screen (screen) 42 Inspection material selection screen (screen) 43 Comment input screen (screen) EIT Inspection item (parent information) EMA Inspection material (child information) COM Comment (child information) DIF detailed information (Default value) CLN classification

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Parent information (EIT) and parent information (EI)
Child information (EMA, CO) which is detailed information about T).
M) input method, which is a plurality of types of parent information (EIT) displayed on the screen (41)
When one input is made from the input key with one of the parent information specified, the specified parent information (EIT) and the child information (EIT) about the parent information
MA, COM) selects the default value (DIF) of the child information, and when the input key is input twice, selects the specified parent information (EIT) and the parent information. If there is child information (EMA, COM) about, display the screen (42, 43) for selecting the content of the child information,
A method for inputting information having a parent-child relationship, characterized in that child information (EMA, COM) is designated and selected on the screen. 2. Parent information (EIT) and the parent information (EI)
Child information (EMA, CO) which is detailed information about T).
M) input method, for each of the parent information (EIT), the selection method of each child information (EMA, COM), the first classification is not always selected, the second classification is always selected, When the parent information (EIT) is selected, the classification (CL) is selected when the parent information (EIT) is selected.
N), the child information (EMA, COM) is selected, and when the selected parent information (EIT) classification (CLN) is the third classification, the selection of the parent information (EIT) is performed. If there is child information for the selected parent information (EIT), the default value (DIF) of the child information is input once
Screen for selecting the content of the child information when there is child information for the selected parent information (EIT) by selecting and selecting the parent information (EIT) twice. A method of inputting information having a parent-child relationship, characterized by displaying (42, 43) and selecting child information (EMA, COM) on the screen. 3. Parent information (EIT) and the parent information (EI)
Child information (EMA, CO) which is detailed information about T).
M) input method, for each of the parent information (EIT), the selection method of each child information (EMA, COM), the first classification is not always selected, the second classification is always selected, When the parent information (EIT) is selected, the classification (CL) is selected when the parent information (EIT) is selected.
N), the child information (EMA, COM) is selected, and the selected parent information (EIT) is classified (CLN) by inputting once for selecting the parent information (EIT). Is the first classification or the third classification, the selected parent information (EI
When there is child information (EMA, COM) for T), the default value (DIF) of the child information is selected, and when the selected parent information (EIT) classification (CLN) is the second classification, When there is child information (EMA, COM) for the selected parent information (EIT), a screen (42, 43) for selecting the content of the child information is displayed, and the child information (EMA, COM) is displayed on the screen. ) Is selected and the input for selecting the parent information (EIT) is performed twice, and when the classification (CLN) of the selected parent information (EIT) is the third classification, the selected parent information is selected. When there is child information (EMA, COM) about information (EIT), the screen (42, 43) for selecting the content of the child information is displayed, and the child information (EMA, COM) is selected on the screen. Characterized by Input method of information with a parent-child relationship that. 4. The input method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the selected parent information (EIT) is classified into the second classification or the third classification.
When there is a plurality of levels of child information (EMA, COM) for the parent information, the screens (42, 43) for selecting the content of the child information are sequentially displayed, and the respective screens are displayed. A method for inputting information having a parent-child relationship, characterized in that child information (EMA, COM) is selected in.