JPH11282942A - Consultation support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily grasp the outline of the history or the like of a patient, and also to search for a desired consultation record based even on ambiguous memory by successively reading consultation information sets specified by type information corresponding to the selected scroll type out of a consultation information file toward an indicated scrolling direction from their current position. SOLUTION: Consultation information inputted from a keyboard 11, etc., on each consultation day are recorded on a consultation information file 20, and sorting tags showing first/second medical examination, main appeal, ovservations, etc., are added to the consultation information as type information which shows the scroll types according to the information contents. The sorting tags are used to read out the contents of the designated scroll type when it's scrolled. These operations are carried out by a system control part 10 via a recorded information management control part 15. The part 10 also records and restores the scroll information designated via a scroll control part 16 in a scroll setting file 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical care support system (electronic medical record system) for displaying medical care information in which medical care contents are recorded for each medical care on a display in accordance with an instruction. In particular, the present invention relates to a system that facilitates understanding of an outline of a target patient's medical history and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, computerization has been advanced in the medical field, and practical use of a medical support system (electronic medical record system) for electronically recording medical records has been attempted. The medical care support system has a feature that past medical information accumulated in the system can be easily viewed. In addition, it is also possible to specify a target patient, a recording date, and necessary information items and display and browse desired medical records regarding the target patient.

[0003]

In a paper chart, when it is desired to grasp an outline of a medical history or the like of a target patient, the patient's chart in the booklet is turned around and the first consultation information is inspected. You can get an overview. Further, by switching the inspection target to the medication information or the treatment information as needed, the situation can be grasped.

[0004] In the medical care support system, information can be retrieved at a higher speed than a paper chart, but the area of the information display screen is limited, so that the amount of information that can be displayed at one time is limited. Therefore, a scroll function, a search function, a summary function, and the like are provided. However, with the conventional scroll function,
When the amount of medical information increases, it takes a long time to finish scrolling all the medical information. The search function does not work effectively when the target search item is unclear. Further, since the search function is provided as a means different from the scroll function, it is not possible to operate these functions in an organically linked manner. In the summary function, there is a problem that it is difficult to grasp the outline as needed. As described above, the conventional medical care support system has a problem that the operation for grasping the outline of the medical history and the like of the target patient is complicated, and it is difficult to obtain desired information. Further, there are cases where it is desired to find a target medical record while browsing the medical record based on the ambiguous memory, but the conventional medical support system does not have a function to meet such a request. Also, it is not possible to perform an ambiguous search as well as a paper chart.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a medical treatment support system which can easily grasp the outline of the medical history and the like of a target patient and can find a target medical record based on ambiguous memory.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medical care support system for displaying medical care information in which medical care contents are recorded for each medical care on a display, comprising scroll input means for executing a scroll operation; A selection input unit for selecting a type of scroll operation, and a medical information set specified by type information corresponding to the selected scroll type is sequentially read from a medical information file from a current position in a scroll direction instructed by the scroll input unit. The medical care support system includes a scroll control unit and a display control unit that displays the read medical information set.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the selection input means is means for selecting a type in a pop-up menu displayed by a right mouse click with a left mouse click. System. Claim 3
The invention according to claim 1, wherein the selection input means performs a normal scroll operation by performing an input from the scroll input means alone or by pressing a shift key.
Means for switching a particular type of scrolling operation,
It is a medical care support system. The invention of claim 4 is claim 1
, A plurality of sets of the scroll input means are prepared, and the selection input means is a means for selecting any one of the scroll means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, there is further provided a time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from an input start time of the scroll input means.
If the elapsed time measured by the clocking means exceeds a predetermined time, the scroll control means switches control so as to jump and obtain the type information corresponding to the selected scroll type by a predetermined number. It is a medical care support system that realizes high-speed operation.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A system according to an embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of the embodiment. The illustrated system includes a keyboard 11, a mouse 12, a display controller 13, a display 13a controlled by the display controller 13, a system controller 10, a recording information management controller 15, a scroll controller 16, and a memory. And a scroll setting file 21 configured in the memory.

The medical information file 20 records medical information input from the keyboard 11 or the like for each medical day.
A classification tag as type information indicating a scroll type is attached to the medical information according to the content. For example,
Initial consultation / re-examination, chief complaint, findings, assessment, examination, medication, etc. These are used to read the contents when scrolling the designated scroll type.
At the time of recording, a position table indicating the positions of these classification tags is created for each classification tag. The left column of FIG. 6 illustrates a position table of the initial consultation tags. These operations are performed by the system control unit 10 via the recording information management control unit 15. Further, the system control unit 10 records the designated scroll information in the scroll setting file via the scroll control unit 16 and restores the information.

FIG. 2 shows a display example of the medical care information window. In this apparatus, a general scroll bar is used as shown in the figure. The scroll bar is a scroll arrow for fine but low-speed scroll operation, a narrow sense scroll bar for rough but high-speed scroll operation, and a position with respect to the entire current display part and dragging up and down A scroll box portion for performing a rough and high-speed scroll operation. FIG.
In, the meaning of the classification tag information such as the chief complaint, findings, examinations, etc., and the medical treatment contents are displayed.

The procedure for selecting the scroll type will be described with reference to FIG. When the present system is activated and the medical information display function is selected, the medical contents of the latest medical day are displayed in the present apparatus. When the mouse is placed on the scroll bar on the medical care content display screen and right-clicked (S01; YES), a scroll type selection menu is displayed as a pop-up as shown in FIG. 3 (S03). In this selection menu, types of scroll units such as first consultation, chief complaint, findings, assessment, examination, and medication are usually prepared, and the currently selected scroll type is displayed in white. Note that these menus are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these menus.

If the mouse is left-clicked outside the scroll type selection menu area (S07; YES), the pop-up menu is erased (S13). That is, the procedure of selecting the scroll type is ended as it is.

If the mouse is left-clicked in the scroll type selection menu area (S05; YES), the scroll type status information is updated to the type designated by the mouse (S09), and the scroll type status information is updated. Is updated (S11), the pop-up menu is deleted (S13), and the scroll type selection procedure ends.

For example, in FIG. 3, since the first consultation (white display) is selected in the scroll type selection menu, if scrolling is performed in this state, the medical treatment contents at the first consultation will be scrolled. If scrolling is performed after the type is switched to inspection, the inspection content is scrolled. The default of the scroll type is the first consultation unit in the present apparatus.

Next, the scrolling procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. When the present system is activated and the medical information display function is selected, the medical contents of the latest medical day are displayed in the present apparatus. In FIG. 2, the contents of the medical treatment at the time of the first initial medical examination are displayed by scrolling. When the mouse is placed on the scroll bar on the medical care content display screen and left-clicked (S51; YES), measurement of the elapsed time from the detection time of the left-click is started (S53). This timing result
It is used to determine whether to switch the scroll to the high-speed operation.

In response to the left click, a classification tag corresponding to the currently selected scroll type is searched from the current position in the scroll direction according to the position table (see the left column in FIG. 6) (S55). Medical treatment content (medical treatment information set) specified by the searched classification tag
Is read from the medical information file 20 (see the right column in FIG. 6) and displayed on the display 13a (S57).

As long as the left button of the mouse is kept pressed (S59: YES), the steps S55 to S57 are repeated. That is, in order in the scroll direction,
The medical treatment contents (medical treatment information set) corresponding to the currently selected scroll type are read out and displayed on the display 13a.
Will be displayed.

If the elapsed time at which the measurement is started in step S53 exceeds the predetermined time set by the program (S61: YES), the scroll operation is switched to the high-speed operation (S63). This high-speed operation
The search of the currently selected classification tag can be realized by, for example, switching every other tag or every third tag.

In the above specific example, the scroll type is selected by specifying the pop-up menu.
For example, a configuration is also possible in which a plurality of scroll bars are prepared, the scroll type is associated with each scroll bar, the type is displayed, and the scroll type is selected according to which scroll bar is operated. Good. Alternatively, two types of scrolls, normal and first consultation, may be prepared, and switching may be performed depending on whether scrolling is performed while pressing the shift key.

Further, in the above specific example, the scroll operation is switched to the high-speed operation when the scroll duration exceeds a predetermined time. Alternatively, for example, the scroll operation may be performed by scrolling with a scroll arrow or by moving a scroll bar. The speed of the scroll operation may be switched according to whether to scroll.

[0022]

According to the medical care support system of the present invention, by selecting a scroll type, only the medical contents of the type can be scrolled. For example, only the medical treatment contents at the time of the first medical examination can be scrolled. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the outline of the medical history and the like of the target patient. Further, it is possible to find a target medical record based on ambiguous memory.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a medical information display screen.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a scroll type selection menu (pop-up menu) is displayed by right-clicking a mouse on a scroll bar in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for selecting a scroll type.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a scroll procedure in the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a read operation of a memory when scrolling initial consultation information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 medical treatment information files

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A medical care support system for displaying on a display medical information in which medical contents are recorded for each medical care, a scroll input means for executing a scroll operation, and a selection input for selecting a type of the scroll operation. Means for reading a medical information set specified by type information corresponding to the selected scroll type from a current position to a scroll direction instructed by the scroll input means from a medical information file in order, and scrolled medical information A display control means for displaying a set; 2. The medical care support system according to claim 1, wherein the selection input means is means for selecting a type in a pop-up menu displayed by a right mouse click with a left mouse click. 3. The scroll input device according to claim 1, wherein the selection input unit performs a normal scroll operation and a specific type of scroll operation depending on whether the input from the scroll input unit is performed alone or while the shift key is pressed. A medical care support system that switches the operation. 4. The medical assistance system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of sets of the scroll input means are provided, and the selection input means is a means for selecting any one of the scroll means. 5. The timekeeping means according to claim 1, further comprising a time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from an input start time of said scroll input means. When the elapsed time measured by the means exceeds a predetermined time, the control is switched so as to jump and obtain the type information corresponding to the selected scroll type by a predetermined number, thereby realizing a high-speed operation. system.