JPH1091687A - Electronic medical office work device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save the labor for reception work by dragging and dropping a patient object to a work object with a pointing device and starting a medical office work program for a specified patient when work regarding the specified patient is started. SOLUTION: A patient object generation part 1011 of an electronic medical office work device main body 101 generates the patient object for identifying and displaying each patient at an information display part 102 of a monitor, etc., and a work object generation part 1012 generates the work object corresponding to medical office work such as clinical record sheet input and account calculation. Then when the work regarding the specified patient is started, a workprogram-by-patient start part 1012 starts the medical office work-program for the specified patient by dragging and dropping the patient object as the object of the patient to the work object with the pointing device 103 such as a mouse.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic medical office apparatus for performing general medical office work by electronic means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional dental electronic medical office equipment, a dental medical computer manufactured by Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. is sold. In the dental medical computer, 1) operations to be performed (for example, window operations, patient data check operations, and various operations such as details and tabulation) or menus (for example, menus for registering new patients, recalling, issuing accounts, etc.) It is necessary to select from the contents displayed on the information display section (not shown), 2) specify the patient code, etc. to identify the patient, and 3) start the actual work. In order to specify the patient in the above 2), it is necessary to input a patient code specific to the electronic medical office equipment. If the patient code is not known, it must be searched by a certain means. FIG. 4 is a screen as a conventional example in which a patient is designated by a patient's name, date of birth, and gender. FIG. 5 is a screen displaying a list of patients corresponding to the patient designation in FIG.
In addition, since the program structure is based on the premise that accounting calculations are performed immediately after the input of medical treatment contents without selecting a job, processing out of the flow cannot be performed. For example, FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen on which the procedure input for a specific patient is about to be completed. After this screen, a screen of an accounting list as shown in FIG. 7 follows. The flow of processing to can not be changed.

[0003] Furthermore, the user's request to record the time during which each task is performed (medical treatment time, medical treatment waiting time, accounting waiting time, etc.) is separately and independently performed by the start time
The end time must be entered.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] First, as described above, in the conventional technology, a task procedure of 1) selecting a task to be performed, 2) specifying a patient, and 3) starting an actual task is grasped. It is necessary to be familiar with the operation method, and there is a problem that the operation is difficult for a person who is not familiar with the work contents or the device.

[0005] Next, it is difficult for a person with little practical experience to confirm a visiting patient and to accept (search for) data (such as a medical chart) of the patient. Furthermore, since the flow of work is determined in the program in the electronic medical office apparatus, it is also very difficult to perform processing (change of work flow) that deviates from the work flow.

In order to record the time during which each task is being performed (medical treatment time, medical treatment waiting time, accounting waiting time, etc.), it is necessary to separately input a start time and an end time. .

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems An information display unit for performing medical affairs in general using a GUI (Graphical User Interface) as a user interface and displaying medical information including patient's personal information, and a pointing device such as a mouse. An electronic medical office device that has a personal information of a patient and performs medical office work, a patient object generating unit that generates a patient object for identifying and displaying each patient on the information display unit, and a chart input / accounting calculation, etc. A business object generating unit that generates a business object corresponding to the medical office work, and when starting a business related to a designated patient, drag and drop a patient object that is an object of the patient to the business object by the pointing device. By dropping, for the specified patient To start the care office business program.

Further, when a medical office work program is started by dragging and dropping a patient object onto the work object, a start time of work is automatically recorded in the personal information of the patient. The term "drag and drop" used in the description of the above means will be briefly described below. Drag means "pull", and "drop" means drop.The content shown on the information display is indicated by a mouse or the like as a pointing device, and then the content is displayed on the information display. This is a term that indicates a series of operations of “dropping” (changing the display position) at a target position while “pulling” and moving to another place. Hereinafter, the word “drag and drop” is abbreviated as “drag and drop”.

In the present invention, a patient object corresponding to an actual patient is first generated in a program. FIG. 8 is an example of a patient object used in the present invention, and shows two patient objects of two patients, patient A and patient B. Next, a business object corresponding to a business application such as chart input / accounting calculation is generated in the program. FIG. 9 shows an example of a business object used in the present invention. In the figure, two business objects are shown. The medical chart input object is indicated by the square and the character "chart input object", and the account calculation object is indicated by the ellipse and the character "account calculation object". In each case, the patient object is placed in the figure above the text
(It is possible to have multiple patient objects).
When the user wants to perform some business on an actual patient, the business application for the designated patient is started by dragging and dropping the patient object onto a business object such as chart creation and accounting calculation. FIG. 10 illustrates such drag and drop, and is an example of drag and drop when the patient A in the waiting room object is moved to the chart input object. The medical chart input application for the patient A is started by the drag and drop.

When the above-mentioned drag and drop is performed, the start time of the business is automatically recorded.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A block diagram of an electronic medical office apparatus according to the present invention is as shown in FIG.
Is an electronic medical office equipment main body, 102 is an information display unit such as a monitor, 103 is a pointing device such as a mouse,
Reference numeral 104 denotes a keyboard for inputting text information such as a patient name and an appointment date, which are the contents of a medical chart. The main body 101 of the electronic medical office apparatus further includes a memory 1014 for storing various information therein, a patient object generation unit 1011 for generating a patient object (described later), and a business object generation unit 101 for generating a business object (described later).
2, and a patient-specific business program starting unit 1013 for starting a business program necessary for each patient. The electronic medical office apparatus according to the present invention has the following business contents, and data created in such business is recorded in the memory 1014 in the electronic medical office apparatus as needed.

Business contents 1. Personal information such as name, date of birth, gender, health insurance number, etc. referred to as `` initial letter '' for patients who have been or have been to hospital has been accurately entered in the storage device in the electronic medical office equipment, The patient can be uniquely identified by such personal information. Business content2. Business applications used in clinics
(Hereinafter referred to as business application) includes business application 1) reception, business application 2) chart creation, business application 3) accounting calculation, business application 4) reservation setting, etc. Part 102
For the sake of display above, a display window called Business Application 5) Before Visit, Business Application 6) Waiting Room is prepared.

Business contents3. Business content2. When each business is advanced using the business application, the business application is activated, and at the same time, the activation time is recorded in the memory 1014 as data. Business content4. In the appointment setting business application 4), the date and time of an appointment for the next visit for each patient is recorded as data in the memory 1014 in the electronic medical office apparatus.

Business content5. For the patient having the initial, a patient object corresponding to each patient is created in the program (the patient object will be described later). Business content6. A business object corresponding to each business application is created in the program (the business object will be described later). FIG. 2 is a flow chart of operations according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Will be described step by step from step 1 to step 15 according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Step 1. This step is an initial setting process in which a business object corresponding to a business application such as a pre-visit, reception, waiting room, chart creation, accounting calculation, reservation setting, and the like is generated in a program by the business object generation unit 1012. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which the six types of business objects are displayed on the information display unit. Here, the business object is expressed in the form of words or pictograms indicating the business application when the target business application is executed, and is displayed in the information display unit 1.
02, which is an object to be operated by the pointing device 103 such as a mouse. These business objects are a kind of container, and within each business object displayed on the information display unit 102, a plurality of patient objects described below are displayed.

Step 2. For all of the patients to be booked for the day set in the above work content 4, the name of each patient (indicated as "patient A" in the example of FIG. 3) and the "person" The icon is used to create a patient object by the patient object generation unit 1011 and generate the patient object in the pre-visit object, which is one of the business objects (in FIG. 3, the case of one patient A is illustrated as an example). However, in practice, a plurality of reserved patients can be displayed in this pre-visit object). Here, the patient object is expressed in the form of words or pictograms indicating the patient when the target patient is specified, and is displayed on the information display unit 102 and operated by the pointing device 103 such as a mouse. Things.

Step 3. When an actual patient comes to the hospital, the corresponding patient object in the pre-visit object is added to the reception business object, which is one of the business objects, as shown in FIG.
Drag and drop by an operation with the pointing device 103 such as a mouse as shown in FIG. Here, the term “drag and drop” is a general term for a series of operations for pointing a target object using the pointing device 103, moving to a target position while keeping the pointing, and releasing the pointing at the target position, as described above. It is.

Step 4. By dragging and dropping the corresponding patient object in the pre-visit object to the reception business object, the reception application which is one of the business applications of the business object is started by the patient-specific business program starting unit 1013, and the reception business is performed. At the same time, the patient's reception time is stored in memory 10
14 is automatically recorded.

Step 5. When the patient accepts the reception, the corresponding patient object is set to one of the business objects.
Drag and drop to the waiting room object. Step 6. By dragging and dropping the corresponding patient object to the waiting room object, the medical treatment waiting start time of the patient is automatically recorded in the memory 1014.

Step 7. When the patient's medical treatment is started, the corresponding patient object is dragged and dropped onto a chart creation object, which is one of the business objects. Step 8. By dragging and dropping the patient object of the patient to the chart creation object,
The start time of the medical treatment is automatically recorded in the memory 1014, and the patient-specific business program activating unit 1013 activates the application used for the business of inputting the medical record.

Step 9. When the patient has been examined, the corresponding patient object is set to one of the business objects.
Drag and drop to the waiting room object. Step 10. When the patient is returned to the waiting room object, the patient is awaiting checkout, and thus the start time of the patient's checkout is automatically recorded in memory 1014.

Step 11. To start accounting for the patient, drag and drop the patient's object to an accounting calculation object, which is one of the business objects. Step12. When the patient's object is dragged and dropped onto the accounting calculation object, the start time of the accounting is automatically recorded in the memory 1014,
In addition, an application used in actual work such as accounting calculation is started by the patient-specific work program starting unit 1013.

Step 13. When the patient needs to make the next appointment, the corresponding patient object is dragged and dropped onto the appointment setting object, which is one of the business objects. Step14. By dragging and dropping the patient object of the patient to the reservation setting object,
An application used for actual work called reservation setting is started by the patient-specific work object starting unit 1013.

Step 15. When the reservation operation is completed, the reservation setting application ends, the patient leaves the clinic, and the exit time of the patient is automatically recorded in the memory 1014. In the above specific example, it is set to wait for work in the waiting room during all work, but if you do not have time to wait for medical treatment and you come to the hospital and accept the reception immediately, By performing step 7 immediately after step 4, the waiting time for medical treatment is not recorded. In the above example, since the user can select the business application to be performed,
The present invention can cope with a processing order that deviates from the work flow programmed in the electronic medical office equipment.

[0024]

The following effects are produced by the present invention. 1) Since the patient object to be visited is automatically generated as a pre-visit object by making a patient visit appointment accurately, the receptionist at the clinic needs to search for the data (such as medical records) of the visited patient. Is eliminated, and labor for reception work is reduced. 2) As a result of the above, reception work can be performed even for users with little practical experience. 3) It is possible to start the business application to be performed on the target patient only by the operation of dragging and dropping, so that the business application can be easily started even by users who are not familiar with the business contents or the device. Is possible. 4) Since the user can select the business application to be performed by himself, the electronic medical office equipment can also handle a processing procedure that deviates from the flow of the business programmed in advance. 5) Since the start time of each job is automatically recorded,
It is possible to measure the time required for each task (from start to finish). 6) By counting the number of patient objects in the waiting room object, it is possible to know the number of patients waiting for medical treatment and accounting, so that it is not necessary to visually check the actual waiting room. 7) By counting the number of patient objects in the pre-visit objects, it is possible to easily know the patient who has made an appointment but has not visited the hospital. Is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic medical office apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a business flow as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a screen in which an object of patient A is created as a pre-visit object in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a patient code search screen for inputting search conditions such as name, date of birth, and gender in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a patient search result screen for displaying a search result obtained under the conditions of FIG. 4 according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a treatment input screen for inputting a medical record of medical treatment contents according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an accounting list screen for displaying a billed amount corresponding to the medical treatment content according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a patient object diagram according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a business object diagram according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a screen of a business application such as a drag and drop of a patient object and a chart input activated in connection with the patient object according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a business object display screen according to the present invention.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A GUI as a user interface
(Graphical User Interface) to perform medical affairs in general and have an information display unit that displays medical information including personal information of patients and a pointing device such as a mouse,
In an electronic medical office apparatus for performing medical office work by storing personal information of a patient, a patient object generation unit that generates a patient object for identifying and displaying each patient in the information display unit, and the medical treatment such as a chart input / account calculation. A task object generation unit for generating a task object corresponding to office work; and when starting a task relating to a designated patient, dragging and dropping a patient object which is an object of the patient to the task object by the pointing device. An electronic medical office device, comprising: a patient-specific business program starting unit that starts a medical office work program for a designated patient. 2. The medical information management system according to claim 1, wherein when a patient object is dragged and dropped onto the business object to start a medical business operation program, a start time of business is automatically recorded in the personal information of the patient. Electronic medical office equipment characterized by the following.