JPH0969127A - Method and device for displaying calendar in reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a displaying method and device with high operability by easily displaying a calendar for a month which is not displayed on a current screen by small screen development. SOLUTION: In the displaying method for a calendar in a reservation system for reserving a date, a calendar CL for one or plural continuous months is displayed and the month names MN of months which are not displayed as the calendar CL are displayed on a prescribed position near the calendar CL, and when one of the displayed month names MN is specified and inputted, a calendar including the specified month is displayed as a calendar CL.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a calendar display method and apparatus in a reservation system used for medical appointments in hospitals.

[0002] In medical institutions such as hospitals, information relating to medical examinations and examinations of patients is written in a medical chart, but in recent years, a computer-based medical information system is often used, and such information is also stored as a database. . Medical examination information for patients is also reserved using the medical information system, and it is desired to further improve the visibility and operability of the screen display.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when making a reservation from a terminal device of a computer system, a calendar is displayed on the screen of the terminal device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a calendar for medical examination reservation displayed on the screen HG11 of the terminal device of the medical information system. In FIG. 9, a calendar for "July" is displayed on the medical examination reservation screen HG11, and a symbol SY indicating the reservation status is additionally displayed near each date. The symbol SY indicates that a circle indicates that there is a reserved space and a cross indicates that there is no reserved space. The operator selects a convenient date from the dates marked with circles and clicks the date on the screen with a mouse or the like. Then, for example, the detailed reservation status for each time zone is displayed for that date, and the reservation is completed by selecting an empty time zone from the selected time zones and inputting predetermined items.

When it is desired to know the reservation status other than "July", by clicking a button BT such as "previous month", "next month" or "designated month" displayed below the medical examination reservation screen HG11, the request is made. You can display the calendar of the month you want to work. For example, when the "August" calendar is to be displayed, the "next month" button BT is clicked.
To display the "September" calendar, click the "Next month" button BT twice or click the "Specify month" button BT, and then click "9" from the keyboard on the displayed month input screen. Enter and execute. "12
To display the "month" calendar, after clicking the "month specification" button BT, "12" is input from the keyboard on the displayed month input screen and executed.

As another example, a calendar for two months, for example, calendars for "July" and "August" may be displayed on the screen. In that case, the calendars of the respective months are enclosed in a frame and displayed side by side or vertically.

[0007]

As described above, in the past, when making a medical examination appointment, when displaying a calendar for a month several months away from the month displayed on the screen, "previous month" and "next month" are displayed. It was necessary to repeatedly click the button BT such as “specify month” or input the specified month from the keyboard. in this way,
There were many screen developments when making appointments for medical examinations, and there was a problem with operability.

Further, in the conventional medical examination reservation screen HG11, it is possible to know whether or not each day can be reserved by the symbol SY, but usually, in the medical examination reservation, the morning and the afternoon are separated as medical examinations. Regardless, I could not know the reservation status in the morning and afternoon.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a display method and a device having excellent operability by easily displaying the calendar of the moon not displayed on the screen with a small screen expansion. The purpose is to do.

[0010]

A method according to the invention of claim 1 is a method of displaying a calendar in a reservation system for making a reservation on a due date, and displays a calendar for one or a plurality of consecutive months. Then, at a predetermined position in the vicinity of the displayed calendar, the month name of the month not displayed as the calendar is displayed, and the displayed month name is designated and input, as the calendar,
Display the calendar containing the specified month.

An apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is a calendar display device in a reservation system for making a reservation on a due date, and displays one or a plurality of calendars of a month in a calendar display area of a screen. For calendar display means, the month name display area provided in the vicinity of the calendar display area, at least a month name display means for displaying the month name of the month not displayed as a calendar in the calendar display area, A month name input means for designating and inputting the month name displayed in the month name display area, and a calendar designating means for giving a command to the calendar display means to display a calendar including the designated month name, Is configured.

In the month name display area, for example, month names for one year are displayed. The month name, such as "1" or "2",
Lunar calendars such as "Mutsuki" and "Kisaragi", or "JANUARY" and "FE"
English letters such as "B." and other indications are used.

[0013]

1 is a block diagram of a medical information system 1 as a reservation system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a reservation database 45.

In FIG. 1, the medical information system 1 comprises a host computer 11, a doctor terminal device 12 (doctor terminal devices 12a, 12b, 12c ...) And an examination terminal device 13. For these, for example, a personal computer or a workstation can be used. In addition, these are LAN (Local)
Area Network) or the like.

The doctor terminal device 12 is mainly used by individual doctors. Although the doctor can use any of the doctor terminal devices 12, the doctor terminal device 12 can be used by entering his / her user ID and password on the initial screen when using the doctor terminal device 12. It can be used as a device. Although the doctor terminal devices 12b, c ... Have the same configuration as the doctor terminal device 12a, only the doctor terminal device 12a is shown in detail in FIG. 1, and the doctor terminal devices 12b, c. Illustration of the internal configuration is omitted.

The doctor terminal device 12 has a calendar display section 121 as calendar display means, a month name display section 122 as month name display means, a month name input section 123 as month name input means, and a calendar designation. A calendar specifying unit 124 as a means, a symbol display unit 125, and the like are provided. Although not shown, a mouse and a keyboard are provided. Each unit of the doctor terminal device 12 constitutes the calendar display device of the present invention.

The calendar display unit 121 displays a calendar for one or a plurality of consecutive months in the calendar display area EC of the screen HG1. The month name display unit 122 displays at least the month name MN of the month that is not displayed as a calendar in the calendar display area EC in the month name display area EM provided near the calendar display area EC. The month name input section 123
Based on a signal from a mouse or the like, the month name MN displayed in the month name display area EM is designated and input on the screen. The calendar specifying unit 124 gives an instruction to the calendar display unit 121 to display the calendar including the month of the specified month name MN. The symbol display unit 125 displays a symbol SY indicating the reservation status on each date near each date on the calendar.

The inspection terminal device 13 is mainly used by an inspection engineer. The inspection terminal device 13 is
One inspection system is configured with many inspection devices connected to the inspection terminal device 13, and the inspection conditions are set, inspection execution instructions are given, and inspection result data as inspection results are collected, analyzed, transmitted, and the like. It is possible to perform various data processing related to the inspection, such as displaying the data on the screen HG. It is also possible to print the inspection result data on paper.

The host computer 11 includes a processing unit 21.
And a storage device 22. The processing device 21 creates or updates the database based on the data transmitted from the doctor terminal device 12 and the examination terminal device 13. In addition, the doctor terminal device 12 or the examination terminal device 13
At the request of, the database data is read and transmitted. In addition, various processing is performed such as performing appropriate processing on the data in the database to create or transmit new data.

The inspection database 4 is stored in the storage device 22.
1, inspection history database 42, user database 4
Many databases that store medical information and other information about a large number of patients have been constructed, such as 3, the mailing database 44, and the reservation database 45.

In FIG. 2, the reservation database 45 has a reservation item BK, a date DE, a time zone TB, and a reservation number M.
B, the status flag SF, and the like are recorded. The reservation items BK include “re-examination reservation”, which is a re-examination reservation for a patient, “hospitalization reservation”, which is an admission reservation, and “examination reservation”, which is an examination reservation. With respect to “inspection reservation”, the inspection name, for example, “MRI” or “CT” is used as the reservation item BK. A file is created in the reservation database 45 so that it can be managed for each reservation item BK.
The “revisit appointment” is created so that it can be managed for each doctor in charge. In the time period TB, the medical examination time for one day is divided, for example, every hour. The doctor TB in charge can freely set the time zone TB for the re-examination appointment.
In the reserved number MB, the denominator indicates the capacity, and the numerator indicates the reserved number. The status flag SF is a flag that indicates the reservation status of each day. For example, on a day when there is no medical examination, “0”,
It is "1" when there is space in both the morning and afternoon, "2" when there is space only in the morning, "3" when there is space only in the afternoon, and "9" when there is no space.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, the reservation item BK is a return-visit reservation made by the doctor XXX, and the status flag SF is "3" on August 7, and there is a vacancy only in the afternoon. August 8
On both days and August 9, the status flag SF is "1", and there are vacant spaces in the morning and afternoon.

The reservation database 45 is created on the basis of the reservation data input from the doctor terminal device 12 or the examination terminal device 13 and transmitted, and read by a request from the doctor terminal device 12 or the like. And sent.

Next, regarding the display method of the calendar in the medical information system 1, the screen HG1 shown in FIGS.
3 to 3 and the flowcharts shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.

3 to 6 are views showing various screens HG1 to HG3 displayed on the display screen HG of the doctor terminal device 12,
FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the reservation procedure. When the doctor starts using the doctor terminal device 12 installed in the examination room, the user inputs the user ID and password on the initial screen. After that, each patient is examined while displaying the examination information of each patient on the screen HG.
After the medical examination for a certain patient is over, “Re-visit appointment” is designated and input from the screen HG in order to make an appointment for the next examination, that is, a re-examination appointment (# 11). by this,
The reservation calendar screen HG1 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (# 1
2).

The reservation calendar screen HG1 is displayed in a window such as a screen displaying the medical examination information of the patient. The reservation item BK, the calendar display CL, the month name display MT,
The buttons BT1 to BT8 are displayed. Calendar display C
The area in which L is performed is the calendar display area EC, and the area in which the month name display MT is performed is the month name display area EM.

Immediately after the calendar display CL is displayed, a calendar starting from the day when the doctor terminal device 12 is used is displayed. As a result, the calendar display CL including as many useful dates as possible is performed. In the example of FIG. 3, since the current day is “August 3”,
Calendars for about two months after August 3rd are displayed. In the calendar display CL, the date for one week is 1
It is displayed in a line, and the date is displayed with a line break each time the week changes, and also with each month the line changes. It just starts a new line each time the month changes, and since it is not surrounded by a frame line as in the past, many dates can be displayed in a small space.

A symbol SY indicating the reservation status is displayed near each date. The symbol SY is displayed in correspondence with the status flag SF of the reservation database 45, and is a horizontal line when there is no medical examination, a circle when there is space in the morning and afternoon, and a circle when there is space only in the morning. It is displayed as a triangle, an inverted triangle when there is space only in the afternoon, and a cross when there is no space. Therefore,
The symbol SY makes it possible to easily know the reservation status in the morning and afternoon.

In the month name display MT, the month name MN of the month not displayed in the calendar display CL is displayed in a regular display, and the month name MN displayed in the calendar display CL is displayed in reverse video. . By displaying the month name displayed in the month name MT with the cursor on the mouse and clicking, the month name MN can be designated and input. By specifying the month name MN (Yes in # 13), the calendar including the month is displayed in the calendar display area E.
It is displayed on C (# 14). For the displayed month,
The month name MN in the month name display area EM is highlighted.

Therefore, when a calendar not displayed in the calendar display area EC is desired to be displayed, the month name MN in the month name display MT can be clicked to display it very easily and quickly. .

The date for which a re-examination is desired is determined according to the circumstances of the patient and the doctor and the reservation status, and the date is clicked on the screen (# 15). Then, the time zone screen HG2 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed in a window (# 16). The time zone screen HG2 is the time zone TB of the reservation database 45.
Also, the number of reserved persons MB is displayed in correspondence with the reserved number of persons MB, whereby the reserved number of persons MB in each time period TB can be easily known and the reserved time period can be determined. By clicking on the decided time zone TB (# 17), the re-examination appointment for the doctor and the patient is completed, and a message to that effect is displayed on the screen HG as a message (# 18).

Next, the main buttons BT displayed below the reservation calendar screen HG1 will be described. The format change button BT1 is used to change the display format in the calendar display area EC. That is, by clicking the format change button BT1, the calendar display CL of the reservation calendar screen HG1 shown in FIG. 3 is changed to the reservation calendar screen HG1a time zone display TL shown in FIG. In the time zone display TL, the reservation number MB for each of a plurality of dates is displayed for each time zone TB. Time zone display T
In L, there is an advantage that it is possible to know the reservation number MB for each time zone TB, but it is disadvantageous in determining the reservation date in a wide range because the number of displayed days is small.

The day hold button BT5 is used when making a plurality of reservations, and has a function of saving a temporarily entered reservation in the register. Day hold button BT5
An example of the method of using will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the procedure for multiple reservation. While the reservation calendar screen HG1 for reserving the first reservation item BKa is displayed (# 21), the day hold button BT5 is clicked (# 22). As a result, the hold message for the first reservation item BKa is displayed (# 23).

Next, in the state where the reservation calendar screen HG1 for reserving the second reservation item BKb is displayed (# 2
4) Click the day hold button BT5 (# 25).
As a result, the hold message for the second reserved item BKb is displayed (# 26).

Then, by clicking a skewer button BT (not shown) (# 27), a skewer screen HG3 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (# 28). On the skewered screen HG3, the first reservation item BKa is “MRI” and the second reservation item BKb is “CT”. With respect to these reservation items BKa and b, the reservation statuses for a plurality of dates are displayed by the symbol SY. By scrolling this screen horizontally, the reservation statuses for other dates can also be displayed.
Each reservation item BKa, b is displayed on this skewered screen HG3.
It is possible to easily know the reservation status of, and it is possible to easily decide a desired date for reservation.

On the skewered screen HG3, click the date or the intersection of the date and the reservation item BKa, b (#
29), the time zone screen HG2 for each reservation item BK is simultaneously displayed (# 30). When the date is clicked, a common date is designated for the two reservation items BKa and b. When the intersection is clicked, the date is designated for each reservation item BKa, b. By clicking the time zone TB on the displayed time zone screen HG2 (# 3
1) Each reservation is completed, and a message to that effect is displayed on the screen HG as a message (# 32).

As described above, by using the day hold button BT5, reservations for a plurality of reservation items BKa and b can be easily made simultaneously and easily. In addition,
Although illustration is omitted on the reservation calendar screen HG1,
Further down there is another appointment status for the patient,
For example, the appointment status of the examination appointment is displayed, and it is possible to check that the return visit appointment does not overlap with other appointments. It is also possible to display a reservation calendar screen HG1 for doctors other than the doctor who is currently undergoing a medical examination, and the screen HG1 allows the doctor to make a re-examination appointment with another doctor in charge.

In the above example, the reservation system is the medical information system 1. However, the reservation system can be configured only with the doctor terminal device 12.
Others, medical information system 1, host computer 1
1, the configuration of each unit or the whole of the doctor terminal device 12 and the examination terminal device 13, the processing content, the processing order, the display method on the screen HG, and the like can be appropriately changed in accordance with the gist of the present invention.

[0040]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention,
It is possible to easily display the calendar of the month that is not displayed on the screen with a small number of screen developments, and it is possible to improve the operability when performing the operation for reservation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a medical information system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a reservation database.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing various screens displayed on a display screen of a doctor terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various screens displayed on a display screen of a doctor terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing various screens displayed on the display screen of the doctor terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing various screens displayed on the display screen of the doctor terminal device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a reservation procedure.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure for multiple reservation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a calendar for medical appointment, which is displayed on the screen of the terminal device of the medical information system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Medical Information System (Reservation System) 121 Calendar Display Part (Calendar Display Means) 122 Month Name Display Part (Month Name Display Means) 123 Month Name Input Part (Month Name Input Means) 124 Calendar Designation Part (Calendar Designation Means) EC Calendar Display area EM month name Display area MN month name

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of displaying a calendar in a reservation system for making a reservation on a due date, wherein a calendar for one or a plurality of consecutive months is displayed, and the calendar is displayed at a predetermined position in the vicinity of the displayed calendar. By displaying the month name of the month that is not displayed as the calendar and specifying the displayed month name and inputting it,
As the calendar, a calendar including a specified month is displayed. A calendar display method in a reservation system, comprising: 2. A calendar display device in a reservation system for making a reservation on a due date, comprising: calendar display means for displaying one or a plurality of calendars of months in a calendar display area of a screen. In the month name display area provided in the vicinity of the calendar display area, at least a month name display means for displaying the month name of a month not displayed as a calendar in the calendar display area, and displayed in the month name display area. And a calendar designation means for giving a command to the calendar display means so as to display a calendar including the designated month name. Calendar display in the system.