JPH07134739A - Patient's medical chart preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten waiting time for preparing a patient's medical chart, to prevent the generation of a data error and to improve service by encoding personal information such as a name, a sex and an address necesssary for the preparation of a medical chart into a two-dimensional bar code at the time of issuing a health card and printing out the encoded two-dimensional bar code on the health card. CONSTITUTION:At the time of issuing a health card, personal information such as a name, a sex, a birthday, an address, and a health card number necessary for preparing a patient's chart is inputted from a keyboard and converted into a two-dimensional bar code. The two-dimensional bar code has merits capable of increasing capacity and making it unnecessay to execute collation with a center. When a name selection key on a keyboard part 29 in a bar code reader 26 to be a medical chart preparing device is depressed, the data of only the name out of the personal information read out from the bar code are displayed. When a patient to be treated is selected by depressing the name selection key, his chart is displayed. When a print key is depressed, the displayed chart is printed out. As a matter of course, the displayed contents can be corrected by the use of a correction key.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical record creating apparatus for creating a medical record in a hospital or the like. In recent years, the simplification of clerical work in hospitals and the like has been progressing, and services such as waiting time for patients have been improved. However, the increase in waiting time with the increase in the number of patients is still a serious problem, and reduction in waiting time is desired.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in hospitals, the name, date of birth, sex,
I wrote down my symptoms on a special questionnaire. In addition, at the reception desk, based on the data entered by the patient, the data was handwritten on the chart or entered into a personal computer or the like.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional example, the name,
When the hospital became large and the number of patients increased, the reception desk became crowded and the waiting time increased because the birth date, gender, symptoms, etc. had to be filled in on a dedicated questionnaire.

Further, since it is necessary to handwrite a medical record based on the data entered by the patient or input the data into a personal computer or the like, an error occurs in the data. As a result, there is a problem that the service is deteriorated. The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve service by shortening waiting time and preventing occurrence of data error.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. The present invention is a reading means for reading a two-dimensional bar code of a medium in which personal information such as name, sex, date of birth, and address necessary for creating a medical record is bar coded, and the read two-dimensional bar code as personal information. Decoding means 43 for decoding
, A chart creating means 45 for processing the decrypted personal information into a chart, and a display means 34 for displaying the created chart.
And a printing unit 51 for printing the displayed chart.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a health certificate is used as a medium for printing the two-dimensional bar code. Further, the present invention is characterized in that a name editing means for editing only the name of the personal information decrypted by the decrypting means 43 is provided. Further, according to the present invention, the keyboard portion of the medical record creating apparatus 26 is provided with a name selection key for selecting a specific name from a data display screen of only the name and displaying a medical record of the specific name. To do.

Further, according to the present invention, the medical chart creating apparatus 26 is provided.
The keyboard section of the above is provided with a print key for printing the chart from the chart display screen and a correction key for correcting the data.

[0008]

According to the medical record creating apparatus of the present invention having such a configuration, personal information necessary for creating a medical record such as name, sex, and address at the time of issuing a health certificate is coded into a two-dimensional bar code, Since the converted two-dimensional barcode is printed on the health certificate, the two-dimensional barcode printed on the health certificate is read at the hospital reception, and the medical record is created based on the personal information obtained as a result of reading. It is possible to shorten the waiting time at the reception desk and prevent mistakes in filling out medical records. As a result, the service of the hospital can be improved.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 to 13 are views showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an encoding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a keyboard unit, and the keyboard unit 1 is connected to a CPU 3 via a keyboard control unit 2. Reference numeral 4 is a display unit, and the display unit 4 is connected to the CPU 3 via the display control unit 5. A printing unit 6 is a printing unit, and the printing unit 6 is connected to the CPU 3 via a printing control unit 7. 8 is a first ROM
It is a memory unit, and the first memory unit 8 stores a control program and the like. Reference numeral 9 denotes a second memory unit including a RAM, and the second memory unit 9 stores a sequence table 10 which is a comparison table of codeword values and sequences. Reference numeral 11 denotes a third memory unit including a RAM,
The memory unit 11 stores a submode table 12 which is a comparison table of numerical values and characters. Reference numeral 13 denotes a bar code conversion unit as a bar code conversion unit.
Converts personal information into a two-dimensional barcode. In addition, 14
Indicates an encoding device.

When issuing a health certificate, personal information such as name, sex, date of birth, address, and health certificate number is input from the keyboard 1 and displayed on the display 4 for confirmation. To do. The barcode encoding unit 13 is the second
Sequence table 10 stored in the memory unit 9
Also, the personal information is converted into a two-dimensional barcode by referring to the sub mode table 12 stored in the third memory unit 11. The converted two-dimensional bar code is printed by the printing unit 6.

The two-dimensional bar code is a conventional JAN.
There is an advantage that the product is not identified from the database in correspondence with codes of English letters and numbers such as codes, it has a large capacity, and center verification is unnecessary.
The two-dimensional bar code can record English characters, Kana characters, Kanji characters, numbers, etc.

The medium on which the two-dimensional bar code is printed may be an ordinary label, but it is better to provide a blank part on the health certificate and print the two-dimensional bar code there. Next, an example of the two-dimensional barcode will be described. A codeword 15 as shown in FIG. 3 is used as a basic unit of the two-dimensional barcode. The codeword 15 is composed of 17 modules 18, which are the minimum units of the bar 16 and the space 17, and there are always four bars 16 and four spaces 17, which always start with the bar 16 and the space 17
Ends with.

A set of these codewords 15 is
A symbol as shown in FIG. 4 is formed. In FIG.
19 is a start pattern, 20 is a stop pattern, 2
Reference numeral 1 is a left row indicator, 22 is a right row indicator, 23 is an error detection / correction area, and 24 is a data code word area. The maximum number of codewords 15 that can be used as data is 925.

Barcoding of information involves first converting the information into codeword values and then presenting the codeword values in a particular bar and space pattern. The conversion to the codeword value is performed, for example, by using the submode table 12 as shown in FIG.
It is converted into a codeword value as shown in FIG.

The comparison table of codeword values and sequences is
It is given by the sequence table 12 as shown in FIG. The sequence is represented by a column of the number of modules. For example, in FIG. 3, five modules 16 and three spaces 16 and 16 are arranged from the left, and three bars 16 and six modules 17 are arranged. This is represented by the numeral 3111113.

Therefore, when decoding a two-dimensional bar code, on the contrary, the pattern of the specific bar 16 and space 17 is converted into a sequence, the sequence is converted into a codeword value, and the codeword value is converted into information. Next, FIG.
Shows a configuration example of a bar code reading device as a medical record creating device. In FIG. 7, 25 is a bar code reader 26.
The scanner unit 25 is connected to the CPU 28 via the scanner control unit 27. A keyboard unit 29 is connected to the CPU 28 via a keyboard control unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 8, the keyboard section 29 includes a name selection key 31, a print key 32 and a correction key 3.
3 are provided respectively. When the name selection key 31 is pressed, a specific name in the data of only the name of the personal information read from the two-dimensional bar code is selected and the chart is displayed. This is to select the name of the patient who came to the hospital from the names displayed on the screen. Press the print key 32 to print out the displayed chart,
Also, by pressing the correction key 33, the keyboard unit 2
You can modify the chart with 9.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 34 is a display section as a display means, and the display section 34 is a CP via a display control section 35.
It is connected to U28. On the display unit 34, as shown in FIG. 9, data of only the name is displayed. This screen 36
In, when the name selection key 31 is pressed and the number of the person to be treated is input from the keyboard unit 29, the chart of the selected name is displayed on the screen 37 as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 38 denotes a first ROM which is a ROM.
This is a memory unit, and a control program and the like are stored in the first memory unit 38. Reference numeral 39 denotes a second memory unit including a RAM, and the second memory unit 39 stores a sequence table 40 which is a comparison table of codeword values and sequences. 41 is a third memory unit, and the third memory unit 4
Submode table 4 which is a comparison table of numerical values and letters in 1
2 is stored. 43 is a decoding unit, and the decoding unit 43
Is the sequence table 40 and the submode table 4
Referring to 2, convert the two-dimensional barcode into personal information. Reference numeral 44 denotes a fourth memory unit, and the decrypted personal information is temporarily stored in the fourth memory unit 44.

Reference numeral 45 denotes a medical chart creating section, which processes the personal information decrypted by the decrypting section 43 to produce a medical chart. The chart created by the chart creating unit 45 is stored in the fifth memory unit 46. Reference numeral 47 is a name editing unit, and the name editing unit 47 edits the personal information decrypted by the decryption unit 43 into data of only the name.
The data of only the name edited by the name editing unit 47 is stored in the sixth memory unit 48. Reference numeral 51 is a printing unit as a printing unit that prints a medical record, and the printing unit 51 is connected to the CPU 28 via a printing control unit 52.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 11 shows a flowchart for converting personal information into a two-dimensional barcode and printing it on a health certificate. In FIG. 11, first, step S1
At the time of issuing the health certificate, the name, sex,
Enter the personal information required to create a medical record such as date of birth, address, and health certificate number. Personal information is not limited to one individual,
Personal information for the number of family members is input.

The entered personal information is displayed and confirmed on the display unit 4 in step S2. Next, in step S3, the personal information input by the barcode conversion unit 13 is converted into a two-dimensional barcode by referring to the submode table 12 and the sequence table 10. Personal information is Kanji,
It consists of character information such as kana characters and numbers, and this character information is converted into a two-dimensional bar code.

That is, the bar code converter 13 converts the personal information into a code word value, and converts the code word value into a two-dimensional bar code composed of a specific bar 16 and space 17 pattern. Next, in step S4, the two-dimensional bar code is printed by the printing unit 6. As a medium on which the two-dimensional barcode is printed, as shown in FIG.
Nine blank areas or the like can be used.

Thus, when the health certificate 49 is issued, the personal information is converted into a two-dimensional bar code by the encoding device 14 and printed on the health certificate 49. Next, FIG. 13 shows a flowchart for decoding the two-dimensional bar code 50 and creating a medical chart. In FIG. 13, first, when the health certificate 49 attached with the two-dimensional barcode 50 is presented at the reception of the hospital in step S11, the two-dimensional barcode 50 is read by the barcode reading device 26. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the scanner unit 25 of the barcode reading device 26 reads the two-dimensional barcode 50 of the health certificate 49.

Next, the decoding unit 43 decodes the two-dimensional bar code 50 read in step S12. That is, the decoding unit 43 refers to the sequence table 40 and the submode table 42, converts the read two-dimensional barcode 50 into a sequence, converts the sequence into a codeword value, and converts the codeword value into personal information. .

Next, the personal information converted in step S13 is temporarily stored in the fourth memory section 44. The stored personal information is then used to create a medical record. Next, in step S14, the personal information is edited by the name editing unit 47 into data of only the name, the data of only the name is stored in the sixth memory unit 48 in step S15, and the data is displayed on the display unit 34 in step S16.

The name only data is then used to select the person to be treated. Screen 3 displayed on the display unit 34
6 is shown in FIG. Only the number and the name of the person who receives the treatment are displayed on the screen 36. Next, in step S17, when the name selection key 31 of the keyboard unit 29 is pressed and the number of the person to be treated is input from the keyboard unit 29, the chart creating unit 45 processes the chart and creates the chart. After being stored in the fifth memory unit 46 in S18, it is displayed on the display unit 34 in Step S19.

Correspondence between the data containing only the name and the personal information is carried out by the number attached to the data containing only the name,
The personal information is read by entering the number. As for the medical record processing procedure, first, a frame prepared in advance is taken out. In the frame, a name, a sex, a birth date on the second line, a symbol and a number on the third line are written in advance in the frame.

Next, the name, sex, and dependent are read and displayed on the first line from the personal information stored in the fourth memory section 44, and then the date of birth is displayed on the second line. It is read and displayed, and then the symbols and numbers are read and displayed on the third line. A screen 37 displayed on the display unit 34 is shown in FIG. On the screen 37, a medical record including a name, sex, date of birth, address, health certificate number, etc. is displayed.

Next, after confirming the screen 37 in step S20, the print key 32 or the correction key 33 is pressed. When printing is performed in step S21, the printing unit 5 is pressed in step S22.
If you print the chart by 1 and make corrections instead of printing,
In step S23, the correction data is input by the keyboard unit 29 to correct the data, and the process returns to step S20. In the present embodiment, when the health certificate 49 is issued, the personal information necessary for creating a medical record is converted into a two-dimensional bar code 50 by the encoding device 14 and attached to the health certificate 49. When you come to the hospital and submit the health certificate 49 with the two-dimensional barcode 50 attached to the reception, the barcode reader 26 reads the two-dimensional barcode 50 and decodes it to create a medical record. It is possible to shorten the waiting time at the counter, prevent the mistake of filling in the medical record, and as a result, improve the hospital service.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, personal information necessary for creating a medical record is converted into a two-dimensional bar code at the time of issuing a health certificate, and the two-dimensional bar code is converted at the hospital reception. Since the medical chart is created after reading and decoding, the waiting time at the reception can be shortened, and mistakes in filling in the medical chart can be prevented.
Moreover, since a two-dimensional barcode is used, a large amount of data can be recorded. As a result, the service of the hospital can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an encoding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a codeword.

[Fig. 4] Schematic diagram of symbols

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a submode table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a sequence table.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a bar code reading device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of barcode reading.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen for name data.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a chart screen.

FIG. 11: Flowchart of bar code conversion

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a health certificate.

[Fig. 13] Flow chart for creating a chart

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Keyboard part 2: Keyboard control part 3: CPU 4: Display part 5: Display control part 6: Printing part (printing means) 7: Printing control part 8: First memory part 9: Second memory part 10: Sequence table 11: 3rd memory part 12: Sub mode table 13: Bar code conversion part (bar code conversion means) 14: Encoding device 15: Code word 16: Bar 17: Space 18: Module 19: Start pattern 20: Stop pattern 21 : Left row indicator 22: Right row indicator 23: Error detection / correction area 24: Data code word area 25: Scanner section (reading means) 26: Bar code reader 27: Scanner control section 28: CPU 29: Keyboard section 30: Keyboard control unit 31: Name selection key 32: Print key 33: Revision Key 34: Display unit (display unit) 35: Display control unit 36, 37: Screen 38: First memory unit 39: Second memory unit 40: Sequence table 41: Third memory unit 42: Sub mode table 43: Decoding unit (Decoding means) 44: Fourth memory section 45: Chart creating section (chart creating section) 46: Fifth memory section 47: Name editing section (name editing section) 48: Sixth memory section 49: Health certificate 50: Two-dimensional Bar code 51: Printing unit (printing means) 52: Printing control unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading a two-dimensional bar code of a medium in which personal information such as name, sex, date of birth, and address necessary for creating a medical record is bar coded, and the read two-dimensional bar code is personal information. Deciphering means (43) for deciphering into a chart, chart creating means (45) for processing the decrypted personal information for a chart, display means (34) for displaying the created chart, and printing for printing the chart. A chart creating apparatus comprising means (51). 2. The medical chart creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a health certificate is used as a medium for printing the two-dimensional bar code. 3. The chart creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising name editing means for editing only personal name data in the personal information decrypted by said decrypting means (43). 4. A name selection key for selecting a specific name from a data display screen of only the name and displaying a medical record of the specific name on the keyboard section of the medical record creating apparatus (26). The chart creating apparatus according to claim 1. 5. A chart key of the chart preparation device (26) is provided with a print key for printing a chart from a chart display screen and a correction key for correcting data. Item 1 medical chart creation device.