KR102266127B1 - Symptom recording and sharing program and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A program for performing symptom recording and sharing and an operating method thereof are disclosed. A program for performing symptom recording and sharing and an operating method thereof according to various embodiments of the present invention is a symptom management method for performing medical-related symptom recording by a computing system, and is a method for managing symptoms of interest through a user terminal or a medical staff terminal. Registering the selected symptoms as the symptoms of interest after receiving the selection information, and managing each registered symptom of interest through categorization through at least one step or more; Receive selection information of a symptom to be registered by switching to a current symptom among registered symptoms of interest from the user terminal, or after receiving selection information of a current symptom to be newly registered, register the selected symptoms as the current symptom, and the severity of the registered current symptom receiving and managing symptom change information for the level; setting a method in which text or a symbol representing each current symptom is visualized on a display screen according to the severity level of each registered symptom; And in displaying at least one or more of the registered current symptoms in the form of a calendar, graph, list, diagram, diagram, bar chart or line chart, the current symptom registered for each date is displayed in the area corresponding to the date In displaying the current symptom, it provides a method for performing symptom management, including the step of visualizing and displaying text or a symbol corresponding to the symptom in a method set by the visualization method setting step.

Description

A program for performing symptom recording and sharing and a method of operation thereof {SYMPTOM RECORDING AND SHARING PROGRAM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF}

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a program for performing symptom recording and sharing, and an operation method thereof, and it is possible to easily record and manage symptoms occurring in a patient according to the change of time, and to check the record by a medical staff. It is a technology related to a program and an operating method thereof.

It is believed that the increase in life expectancy in modern society is largely attributable to advanced medical technology and improved access to medical services. When people living in modern society feel that there is something wrong with their body or mind, it is common to visit a hospital that deals with the symptom without delay and receive treatment.

Diagnosis of symptoms is the most basic thing in getting treatment from a doctor. The doctor can examine the patient's affected area or check the patient's physical condition through various test equipment, but the most basic way to start the diagnosis is to ask the patient for symptoms.

However, there have always been limitations in performing medical treatment in the form of such a questionnaire. Due to the limitation of the treatment time, the amount of time that can be devoted to interviewing is not infinite. In many cases, it is not easy for patients to organize their symptoms in a coherent manner and deliver them to the doctor. In many cases, it is not possible to give an accurate answer because the memory of the question is not clear. As a result, the patient may want to talk more about the symptoms he has experienced, but as the story gets longer, he may not be able to finish the entire story or may omit the story he wanted to tell. In this case, it is difficult for the doctor to know the patient's symptoms accurately, and it may be difficult to make an accurate diagnosis if the patient feels inconsistent in describing the symptoms.

Accordingly, a method for a patient to write down their symptoms using a notebook or a digital device has been suggested, but it is difficult to effectively understand when a doctor sees a record written by a patient about his or her symptoms. Accordingly, there was a need for a program that allows the patient to easily record his/her symptom record and the doctor to intuitively and easily check the symptom record written by the patient.

Domestic Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0050199

Various embodiments of the present invention have been derived to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a means for a patient to record their symptoms according to time change.

Another object of the present invention is to enable medical staff to efficiently share symptoms recorded by a patient. In addition, by allowing the medical staff to share the changes in symptoms occurring in the patient in a visualized form, the medical staff can quickly identify the change in the patient's symptoms.

Another object of the present invention is to suggest a more appropriate coping plan for the patient according to the symptoms input by the patient.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention is a symptom management method performed by a computing system to record medical-related symptoms, after receiving selection information of a symptom of interest through a user terminal or a medical staff terminal Registering the selected symptoms as the symptoms of interest and managing each registered symptom of interest through at least one or more categorization steps; Receive selection information of a symptom to be registered by switching to a current symptom among registered symptoms of interest from the user terminal, or after receiving selection information of a current symptom to be newly registered, register the selected symptoms as the current symptom, and the severity of the registered current symptom receiving and managing symptom change information for the level; setting a method in which text or a symbol representing each current symptom is visualized on a display screen according to the severity level of each registered symptom; And in displaying at least one or more of the registered current symptoms in the form of a calendar, graph, list, chart, diagram, bar chart or line chart, the current symptom registered for each date is displayed in the area corresponding to the date In displaying the current symptom, it provides a method for performing symptom management, including the step of visualizing and displaying text or a symbol corresponding to the symptom in a method set by the visualization method setting step.

The method for performing symptom management may further include providing the user with a function to collectively select a plurality of symptoms of interest related to a specific disease or situation and register them as symptoms of interest.

The symptom management performance method may further include the step of allowing the user to additionally input a severity level for the current symptom when the user converts the registered symptom of interest to the current symptom or newly registers the current symptom.

The symptom management performance method may further include initializing the severity level of symptoms registered as current symptoms to a default state at predetermined time intervals or deleting symptoms registered as current symptoms.

In the symptom management performing method, when a warning transmission condition received from the medical staff terminal and registered matches information on at least one or more current symptoms registered by the user terminal, a warning set by the warning transmission condition to the user terminal The step of displaying may be further included.

In the symptom management performing method, when a warning transmission condition received from the medical staff terminal and registered matches information on at least one or more current symptoms registered by the user terminal, a warning set by the warning transmission condition to the medical staff terminal The step of displaying may be further included.

The warning transmission condition may include a condition in which the severity of a specific symptom registered as a current symptom continues for a predetermined date or more at a certain level or more, or a condition in which a specific number of related symptoms are registered as current symptoms.

The type of warning set by the warning transmission condition may include at least one of a date and time of a hospital visit, a method of taking a drug being administered, or a recommended action pattern.

The symptom management performing method may further include receiving additional information related to the current symptom registered by the user from the user terminal in the form of text, image, or video, and then registering in association with the current symptom.

The symptom management method may further include converting the text of the symptom of interest or the current symptom displayed on the display screen into a language selected by the user or the medical staff.

The symptom management performance method is to update the severity level of symptoms for which no symptom change for severity level is entered on a specific date among symptoms currently registered as symptoms, or for symptoms for which symptom changes are not entered for a certain period of time among symptoms registered as current symptoms The method may further include performing a notification.

The symptom management performance method may further include generating information on the symptoms of interest and current symptoms registered for each user in the form of a data sheet and transmitting the information to the user terminal or the medical staff terminal.

The symptom management performance method may further include automatically registering a symptom determined to be related as a symptom of interest based on at least one symptom type currently registered as a symptom.

The symptom management performing method may include: additionally receiving and managing biometric data information or medication information from the user terminal; and displaying a warning set by the warning transmission condition on the user terminal when the biometric data information matches a preset warning transmission condition. In addition, the symptom management performing method may further include performing an update notification on a corresponding item when no input is performed for a predetermined time or more with respect to the biometric data information or medication information.

In order to achieve the above object, another embodiment of the present invention is a symptom management program that is performed by a computing system to record medical related symptoms, after receiving selection information of a symptom of interest through a user terminal or a medical staff terminal a symptom of interest management module that registers the selected symptoms as symptoms of interest and manages each registered symptom of interest through at least one or more categorization steps; Receive selection information of a symptom to be registered by switching to a current symptom among registered symptoms of interest from the user terminal, or after receiving selection information of a current symptom to be newly registered, register the selected symptoms as the current symptom, and the severity of the registered current symptom a current symptom management module for receiving and managing symptom change information about the level; a visualization information management module for setting a method in which text or symbols representing each current symptom are visualized on a display screen according to the severity level of each registered symptom; And in displaying at least one or more of the registered current symptoms in the form of a calendar, graph, list, chart, diagram, bar chart or line chart, the current symptom registered for each date is displayed in the area corresponding to the date and a symptom management program stored in the medium to execute a registered symptom display module that visualizes and displays text or a symbol corresponding to the symptom in a method set by the visualization information management module in displaying the current symptom.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the effect that the patient can easily record and manage his/her symptoms by date through the symptom management program may occur.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it may be possible for a medical staff to efficiently recognize the occurrence and change of a patient's symptoms through a symptom category.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the patient may receive an appropriate warning message for his/her symptom from the symptom management program when a specific condition is satisfied by inputting his/her symptoms.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an environment in which a symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.
2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for registering a symptom of interest by a user in a symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a user registers a current symptom in a symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a screen in the form of a calendar provided by the symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a screen showing the form of a date sheet generated by the symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention based on symptom information registered by a user.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which the symptom management program transmits a warning to the user terminal by comparing the warning transmission condition registered by the medical staff with the current symptom registered by the user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing the embodiments and is not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and/or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the stated components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and/or" includes each and every combination of one or more of the recited elements. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms, of course. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the spirit of the present invention.

In the entire specification, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...unit" and "module" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. .

The symptom management program disclosed in this specification is a personal computer (eg, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc.), a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, etc. equipped with a memory means and equipped with a microprocessor in a digital device equipped with computing power. It may be an executed computer program, and such a computer program may be an application operated on a smart phone, PDA, tablet, etc.

As used herein, "user" may mean a patient who wants to accurately record his or her symptoms using a symptom management program to accurately inform his or her symptoms when receiving treatment from a doctor, and "medical staff" refers to a symptom management program can refer to a doctor or nurse, etc. who register the conditions for sending warnings in advance so that the symptoms recorded by the patient are checked using the , and a corresponding warning is sent to the patient when the symptoms occurring in the patient satisfy a specific condition. .

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation method of the symptom management program disclosed by the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an environment in which a symptom management program according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an environment in which the symptom management program operates may be established through communication between the user terminal 100 , the medical staff terminal 200 , and the management server 300 .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication network used by each subject operating within the operating environment of the symptom management program to communicate can be configured regardless of its communication mode, such as wired and wireless, and, for example, It may be implemented in various communication networks, such as a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), and a wide area network (WAN). Preferably, the communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a well-known World Wide Web (WWW) or the like.

The user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention are connected to a web server through a network, such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a tablet PC, and the like. It may include all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices that can be connected, and has a memory means such as a personal computer (eg, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc.), a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, etc. And it may be one of the digital devices equipped with a microprocessor and equipped with computing power.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the management server 300 may provide a role to enable the symptom management program installed in the user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200 to function properly. That is, the management server 300 may manage various symptom-related information registered through the symptom management program in the user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200, and according to pre-registered conditions, the user terminal 100 and A warning notification may be transmitted to the medical staff terminal 200 . According to another embodiment of the present invention, the symptom management program is installed and operated in the user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200, and the management server 300 may not exist. In this case, the user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200 may directly exchange data without a management server 300 for managing data in the middle.

The route in which the symptom management program of the present invention is installed on the user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200 may be through various application stores. The download of the symptom management program may be made free of charge, but the user may have to pay a predetermined price to download the symptom management program registered for a fee on the application store and install it on the user terminal 100, Producers can also monetize this. In addition, when the user downloads and uses the symptom management program, after the symptom management program is installed in the user terminal 100 , the user may have to pay a predetermined price before using all or some functions of the symptom management program. In order to continuously use the symptom management program, the user may have to pay a periodic usage fee such as a monthly fee, and may have to pay a usage fee according to the frequency of use of the symptom management program.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user and the medical staff may record various symptoms expressed in the user's body or mind through the symptom management program installed in the user terminal 100 and the medical staff terminal 200, respectively. The symptom management program may classify and manage inputted various symptoms into several stages. According to an embodiment, the symptom management program may classify and manage the inputted symptoms into a symptom of interest and a current symptom. In addition, the symptom management program may manage information on the progress of symptoms that the user registers for one symptom by time or by date.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the medical staff can receive and check information about the symptoms of interest or current symptoms registered by the user through the medical staff terminal 200 . In this case, the medical staff may need to have authority over the symptom data of the corresponding user. Such authorization may be performed by the user granting authority to the medical staff through the symptom management program installed in the user terminal 100 .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user may register in the symptom management program by additionally inputting not only the current symptoms experienced by the user, but also his/her bio-data or information on whether he/she is taking medication.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment includes a symptom of interest management module 410 , a current symptom management module 420 , a visualization information management module 430 , an alert management module 440 , and a registration symptom display module 450 . , an update notification module 460 , a data sheet generation module 470 , a communication module 480 , and a control module 490 . Although not shown in FIG. 2 , the symptom management program 400 or the management server 300 may store information generated or collected in each component of the symptom management program 400 including a storage unit (eg, memory). have.

The symptom of interest management module 410 may receive selection information of the symptom of interest from the user terminal 100 or the medical staff terminal 200 and then register the selected symptoms as the symptom of interest. Thereafter, the symptom-of-interest management module 410 may manage each registered symptom of interest by categorizing at least one step or more. According to an embodiment, the symptom management program categorizes symptoms such as 'a' for respiratory symptoms, 'b' for abdominal symptoms, and 'c' for urinary symptoms in the registration process of symptoms of interest and matches symbols to each category. When the user or medical staff selects the abdominal symptom corresponding to 'b', other types of symbols such as '1' for abdominal pain, '2' for symptoms such as nausea or vomiting, and '3' for diarrhea are matched and stored. can In addition, each symptom classification and detailed symptoms may be layered and positioned in a specific order so that they can be intuitively recognized on the interface. Through this, the symptoms registered by the user or the medical staff in the symptom management program 400 can be simply expressed at a specific location with a symbol, and the skilled medical staff can use only the symbol displayed in the symptom management program 400 or the recorded position to allow the user to You can quickly find out whether symptoms have been registered. In addition, even when there is a language barrier between the user and the medical staff, the medical staff can easily identify the symptoms registered by the user if each symptom is represented by a predetermined symbol through the categorization as described above.

According to an embodiment, the symptom of interest management module 410 may provide the user or a medical team with a function to collectively select a plurality of symptoms of interest related to a specific disease or situation at once and select the symptom of interest as the symptom of interest to the user. That is, the user or medical staff can select each symptom and register it as a symptom of interest, but through this function, a group including a plurality of symptoms of interest can be selected and all symptoms of interest included in the group can be collected by themselves. can be registered as a symptom of interest. For example, when the user selects a hypertension-related symptom of interest group, symptoms such as headache, palpitation, and nausea included in the group may be collectively selected and registered in the symptom of interest.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the symptom of interest management module 410 may register a related symptom as a symptom of interest based on the types of symptoms currently registered as symptoms. For example, the symptom of interest management module 410 may group and manage symptoms related to a specific disease or situation. If registered as a current symptom, the other two symptoms can be automatically registered as a symptom of interest. Through these functions, users can consider whether the symptoms appear to them and choose whether to register them as current symptoms.

The current symptom management module 420 may receive selection information of a symptom to be registered by switching to a current symptom among registered symptoms of interest from the user terminal 100 or may receive selection information of a current symptom to be newly registered. The selected symptoms may be registered as current symptoms, and each registered current symptom may be managed through categorization of at least one stage or more. The categorization may be performed in the same or similar manner to the categorization method performed by the aforementioned symptom of interest management module 410 .

The user may check a list of registered symptoms of interest on the symptom management program 400 , and select a symptom to be registered by switching to the current symptom among them. The user may also select new symptoms that are not registered as the symptoms of interest and register them as the current symptoms.

The user may update information on symptoms currently registered by the user whenever he/she wants. According to an embodiment, the user may additionally register symptom change information on severity levels of symptoms currently registered as symptoms. According to an embodiment, the severity level for a specific symptom may indicate pain felt by a user who is a patient or a change in an externally identifiable area. The severity level may consist of a number from 1 to 10, or it may consist of text expressing different levels, such as minor, moderate, or severe.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 is configured to convert items registered as symptoms of interest to current symptoms or to newly register items not registered to symptoms of interest as current symptoms. You can additionally enter a severity level for the current symptom. The symptom management program 400 may determine the degree of the initial symptom by allowing the user to input the severity level of the symptom when the user registers the current symptom for the first time as described above. Contrary to this, the symptom management program 400 may allow the user to select a symptom of interest for the first time and register it as a current symptom, or set the severity level of the current symptom to be registered when a new symptom is registered as a predetermined initial value. have.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may store the current symptoms registered by the user by date. The current symptom management module 420 may store the current symptom registered by the user with respect to the date of the previous day so as to correspond to the previous day when the date passes by one day as time elapses. In addition, the current symptom management module 420 may additionally provide a "save" selection function to the user. When the user selects a save function in the symptom management program running on his/her user terminal 100, the current functions registered by the user may be saved even if the corresponding day has not elapsed, and the user registered through the symptom management program Information on the symptoms of interest and current symptoms may be generated in the form of a storage file.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may store the current symptoms registered by the user by date, and different current symptoms for each time period even on one date. The user may input information related to the time when his/her symptom occurred or the duration of the symptom to the symptom management program 400 , and such information may be managed by the current symptom management module 420 .

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may receive a storage time of the current symptom from the user. Thereafter, when the storage time of the current symptom registered by the user has elapsed, the current symptom management module 420 may delete the corresponding current symptom.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may receive and manage symptom change information on the severity level of the current symptom from the user. Users can change the severity level of their symptoms by selecting a symptom currently registered as a symptom and selecting one of the options such as 'Symptom worsening', 'Symptom maintenance', 'symptom improvement', 'symptom disappearance', etc. have. When the user selects one of the above options, the current symptom management module 420 may change and manage the information on the symptom of interest for the current symptom corresponding thereto. For example, when the user selects 'symptom worsening', if the severity level is managed with a number from 1 to 10 as described above, the number can be increased and stored, and when the user selects 'symptom disappearance', the corresponding You can remove the current symptom from the current symptom list and register it as a symptom of interest. Alternatively, the user may input symptom change information for the current symptom severity level by directly selecting a number from 1 to 10 or selecting one of texts expressing multiple levels such as minor, moderate, or severe. .

The current symptom management module 420 may manage symptom change information based on a predetermined date (eg, one day). The user can register symptom change information for his/her severity level at any time he/she wants for a specific symptom, and the current symptom management module 420 may provide, by date, the current symptom severity level for the first day of symptom occurrence, Information can be managed in a way that separately stores the severity level of the current symptom for the next day. Also, as described above, the current symptom management module 420 may receive and manage symptom change information for each time period within one date for one current symptom from the user.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may include a function of initializing the severity level of symptoms registered in the current symptom to a basic state at predetermined time intervals or deleting the symptom itself registered as the current symptom. . For example, the reset function for the severity level can be performed once every 24 hours, and in this case, the severity level of the symptoms registered in the current symptom is reset to the default state every day, so that the user can In cases more serious than the basic condition, there is a need to update the severity level information for one's current symptoms at least once a day. According to another embodiment, the severity level of items currently registered as symptoms by the user may not be initialized and may be maintained unless the user updates symptom change information. According to the function of deleting the symptom itself registered as the current symptom at predetermined time intervals, if the symptom that the user experiences continues, the user may have to register again whenever the current symptom is deleted. Through this function, even though the symptoms experienced by the user have disappeared, the current symptoms registered on the symptom management program 400 are not deleted, thereby preventing erroneous information from being transmitted to the medical staff. In addition, according to an update function to be described later, when the user does not update the current symptoms registered by the user for a predetermined time or more, an update notification for this may be delivered to the user through the user terminal 100 .

However, it goes without saying that the current symptom management module 420 may not include the automatic deletion function as described above. convenience can be improved. According to an embodiment, the user may select activation or deactivation of the automatic deletion function on the symptom management program.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may collect and manage symptom related data additionally input with respect to the current symptom registered by the user. The user may want to record more detailed information other than the name and severity of the symptom. In this case, additional information related to the current symptom registered by the user through the user terminal 100 may be registered in connection with the current symptom in the form of text. It is also possible to register an image or video file for the affected part in association with the current symptom.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may additionally collect and manage biometric data from the user. The user may input information on the biometric data measured by himself/herself or the biometric data received from the medical staff into the symptom management program 400 through the user terminal 100 . Such biometric data may include information related to blood pressure, blood sugar, and weight.

According to an embodiment, the current symptom management module 420 may additionally collect and manage medication information from the user. The user may input information about the drug he or she has taken into the symptom management program 400 through the user terminal 100 . The dosage information input by the user may include the type of the drug, the amount of the drug taken, and information on the time of taking the drug.

The medical staff may check biometric data information and medication information registered by the user through the medical staff terminal 200 . By checking the user's biometric data and medication information through the symptom management program 400 installed on the medical staff terminal 200, the medical staff can obtain information about the current state of the user and how consistently the user has taken the medicine, From this information, it is possible to infer how effective the drug is.

The visualization information management module 430 may set a method in which each current symptom is visualized on the display screen of the device in which the symptom management program 400 is performed according to the severity level of each current symptom registered by the user. . For example, when the current symptom registered by the user is displayed on the display screen in the form of text or category symbol representing the symptom, the visualization information management module 430 may display the color of the text or category symbol according to the severity level of the corresponding current symptom. may be displayed differently, or by changing the font size, font type, and the like. In addition, such a visualization method may include a method of displaying text or symbols in bold, underlined, italic, and the like.

For example, the visualization information management module 430 visualizes the current symptoms registered with different severity levels through color change. When the severity level of the symptom is the initial state or the default state, black is the corresponding severity level. They may be matched, and as the severity level of symptoms worsens, the colors may be matched so that the red color appears stronger. In addition, as the severity level of symptoms increases, the colors may be matched so that the blue color appears stronger.

The visualization information management module 430 matches the color according to the severity level of the corresponding symptom for each of the registered current symptoms in this way, and the current symptom is displayed on the symptom management program 400 through text or category symbol. By allowing color to be used, the user or medical staff can intuitively recognize the severity of the current symptom. For example, when a symptom corresponding to abdominal pain is displayed with a category symbol 'b2', assuming that orange is matched according to the severity of the symptom, the symptom management program 400 displays the screen showing the current symptom You can display the text 'stomachache' in orange, and instead display the category symbol 'b2' in orange. Also, the symptom management program 400 may display the text 'stomach pain' and the category symbol 'b2' together in orange. Alternatively, the visualization information management module 430 may set a visualization method of current symptoms having different severity levels through the various methods described above. In addition, the visualization information management module according to the severity of the current symptom in displaying the current symptom on the display screen in the form of calendar, graph, list, diagram, diagram, and various chart types, which is a function provided by the symptom management program 400, which will be described later. The visualization method set by 430 may be used.

The warning management module 440 may receive and register the warning transmission condition from the medical staff terminal 200, and when the current symptom registered by the user terminal 100 matches the warning transmission condition set by the medical staff, the user terminal 100 ), the type of warning set by the warning condition can be displayed.

The alert management module 440 according to an embodiment warns of a condition in which the severity of a specific symptom registered by the user as a current symptom continues for a predetermined date or more at a certain level or a condition in which a related symptom is registered as a current symptom over a specific number It can be registered as a transfer condition. For example, if the severity of a specific symptom is classified as a number from 1 to 10, if a specific symptom with a severity of 5 or more persists for 5 days or more, or if a specific symptom with a severity of 7 or more lasts for 3 days or more, go to the hospital immediately. A warning transmission condition may be registered and set so that a warning to visit or visit a hospital within 3 days is displayed on the user terminal 100 . Also, a warning transmission condition may be registered so that a warning is transmitted to the user when more than a certain number of symptoms related to the symptoms currently registered by the user are registered as current symptoms.

In transmitting a warning to a specific user, the warning management module 440 according to another embodiment scores the degree of whether to perform the warning transmission and warns the user when the corresponding score is calculated above a preset standard. can be transmitted. Such scoring may be calculated based on the severity level of the specific symptom, the duration of the specific symptom severity level, the number of related symptoms and the severity level of the symptoms.

The warning management module 440 according to an embodiment analyzes the information of the biometric data input by the user, and when the biometric data matches the warning transmission condition set by the medical staff, the warning condition is applied to the user terminal 100 by the warning condition. You can have a set type of warning displayed. For example, a warning condition may be set when blood pressure is measured above a predetermined value or when weight change occurs above a predetermined value within a short period of time. Then, a related warning may be displayed on the user terminal 100 .

According to the warning transmission condition set by the medical staff, the warning management module 440 may transmit the warning set by the warning transmission condition to the user when the current symptom registered by the user matches the warning transmission condition. The type of warning set by the warning transmission condition may include information on the date and time of a hospital visit to the user, information on a recommended behavioral pattern, or information on how to take a drug being administered. For example, the user may receive a warning message to visit a hospital as soon as possible, based on the current symptoms that he or she has registered and the severity level of those symptoms, stop the current medication and consult a specialist about the dosage You may receive a warning message asking you to take it, or you may receive a warning message about recommended behaviors, such as increasing your fluid intake.

The warning management module 440 may transmit a warning transmitted to the user terminal 100 to the medical staff terminal 200 in the same or similar form. Through this, the medical staff can determine the status of the user they manage and what warnings are delivered to the user.

The registered symptom display module 450 may provide a function of displaying the current symptom registered by the user in various formats on the symptom management program. The registered symptom display module 450 may display the current symptoms registered by the user for each date in the form of a calendar, graph, list, chart, diagram, bar chart, or line chart. Also, the registration symptom display module 450 may use two or more of the above types together.

The registered symptom display module 450 may display, for each date displayed on a calendar, graph, chart, etc., a category symbol of a current symptom registered for the corresponding date in an area corresponding to the corresponding date. The area corresponding to the date means that when the user or medical staff visually recognizes the calendar, graph, list, diagram, diagram, chart, etc., it is possible to recognize for which date the category symbol of the current symptom displayed is registered. It may be an area that allows. For example, if the registered current symptom is displayed in the form of a calendar, the category symbol of the current symptom may be displayed in the area occupied by each date displayed on the calendar, and the registered current symptom is displayed in the form of a chart A category symbol of the current symptom may be displayed on an area connected by a straight line from an area where the date is displayed. In other words, the area corresponding to the date is not limited to the area adjacent to the area where the date is displayed, and a user or medical staff who visually recognizes this can recognize the date by matching the date display with the current symptom information registered for the date. It can mean an area.

In addition, the registration symptom display module 450 may use a visualization method set by the visualization information management module 430 according to the severity level of the symptom when displaying the current symptom as text or category symbol.

The update notification module 460 notifies the user of the severity level update for a symptom in which a symptom change for a severity level is not input on the current date among symptoms registered by the user as a current symptom, or a symptom in which a symptom change is not input for more than a certain period of time can play a role in

As described above, the symptom management program 400 may manage the severity level of the current symptoms registered by the user based on each date. If the update is not performed at least once a day, the exact change in symptoms cannot be checked. For this purpose, the user may be informed to input a change in severity of symptoms currently registered as symptoms. Such severity level update notification may be performed once a day for current symptoms for which no symptom change is input on a given date at a predetermined time, and may be performed for current symptoms for which symptom change is not input for a predetermined time or longer. may be

The update notification module 460 may also perform an update notification for a corresponding item for which input is not performed when input from the user terminal 100 is not performed for a predetermined time or more with respect to biometric data information or medication information. Through such a function, the possibility of omission of input into the user's biometric data information or medication information may be reduced.

The data sheet generation module 470 generates information about the symptoms of interest and current symptoms registered by the user in the form of a data sheet (eg, EXCEL™) and transmits them to the user terminal 100 or the medical staff terminal 200 . can do.

The data sheet generating module 470 may generate information about the symptom of interest and the current symptom registered by the user in the form of a file having a specific format. The data sheet generating module 470 includes the time at which the user registered the specific symptom as the symptom of interest and the current symptom, the severity level input by the user for the current symptom, the time the user updated the severity level, and biometric data input by the user. And medication information, information additionally input by the user in relation to the current symptom, etc. may be organized in a specific format. The data sheet generation module 470 may generate a data sheet so that the current symptoms registered by the user through the visualization information managed by the visualization information management module 430 are displayed through various visualization methods within the data sheet. According to another embodiment, the data sheet generating module 470 may convert and record the information on the severity of the current symptoms registered by the user in the data sheet, without expressing it through a visualization method, including color, font size, etc., into text. , it is also possible to simultaneously perform display using a visualization method and text display. According to another embodiment, the data sheet generation module 470 may generate various types of information related to the symptom of interest and the current symptom in a format that is easy to use in research materials and the like. For example, the data sheet generating module 470 may process various data into a data format used in a report or program related to medical research or into a data format required by a medical device.

The communication module 480 enables the terminal in which the symptom management program 400 is installed to communicate with a terminal or a server other than the corresponding terminal. That is, when the symptom management program 400 is installed and executed on the user terminal 100 , the communication module 480 uses the communication device included in the user terminal 100 to the medical staff terminal 200 or the management server. It can be controlled to communicate with 300 .

The control module 490 includes a symptom of interest management module 410 , a current symptom management module 420 , a visualization information management module 430 , an alert management module 440 , a registration symptom display module 450 , and an update notification module 460 . ), a function of controlling the data flow between the data sheet generation module 470 and the communication module 480 may be performed. That is, the control module 490 according to the present invention includes the symptom of interest management module 410 , the current symptom management module 420 , the visualization information management module 430 , the alert management module 440 , and the registration symptom display module 450 . , the update notification module 460 , the data sheet generation module 470 , and the communication module 480 may be controlled to perform unique functions, respectively.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the symptom management program 400 may additionally include a language conversion module (not shown) in addition to the above modules. The language conversion module provides a function for the user or medical staff to select a language to use on the symptom management program 400, and when the user or medical staff selects a specific language, the text of the symptom of interest and the current symptom appearing on the display screen is converted into the selected language. can be converted Through this, even when there is a language barrier between the user and the medical staff, the medical staff can recognize the symptoms of interest and the current symptoms selected and registered by the user in the language they mainly use. As described above, the problem of the language barrier between the user and the medical staff may be solved because the symptoms of interest and current symptoms registered on the symptom management program 400 are displayed with a predetermined symbol or displayed at a predetermined location, but, in this way, the language conversion The language barrier problem may be addressed by the module converting the symptom of interest, the current symptom, or other text displayed on the program into a language selected by the user or the medical staff.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for registering a symptom of interest by a user in the symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the user may primarily select a symptom of the first category. This first category may be a relatively generic category of symptoms. Respiratory symptoms, abdominal symptoms, and urinary symptoms are displayed in the drawing, and the user can check and select more types of symptoms by scrolling. 3 shows a state in which the user selects the abdominal symptom indicated by 'b'.

After the user selects the symptom of the first category, the user may select detailed symptoms included in the corresponding category as the second category. 3 shows a state in which the user selects nausea/vomit from options such as abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, and diarrhea, which are detailed symptoms of abdominal symptoms after the user selects the abdominal symptom.

As described above, the symptom of interest management module 410 may categorize the symptoms of interest in at least one step or more, and may match and store symbols or numbers for each category. In FIG. 3, when the user selects an abdominal symptom corresponding to 'b' and then selects nausea/vomiting corresponding to '2' in the detailed symptoms, the symptom of interest as a symbol such as 'b2' is displayed on the symptom management program 400 can be registered in

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen for a user to register a current symptom in the symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the user can check the registered symptoms of interest and the current symptoms, select an item registered in the symptom of interest and add it as a current symptom, and add an item not registered in the symptom of interest as a new current symptom. You may. As in FIG. 3 , each symptom of interest or a current symptom may be categorized and displayed together with a symbol.

On the screen shown in FIG. 4 , the user can add a new symptom of interest by selecting an item marked with a (+) sign from the list of symptoms of interest, and select an item marked with a (+) sign from the current symptom list to select a new symptom of interest can be added, or you can select the item displayed in the symptom of interest and add it as the current symptom. When the user selects an item displayed in the symptom of interest, a button to add the current symptom is displayed, and the user can add the symptom of interest as the current symptom through this. As an embodiment for a more intuitive interaction input, the user may add an item displayed on the symptom of interest to the current symptom by dragging and dropping.

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen in the form of a calendar provided by the symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 5 , the symptom management program 400 shows the current symptoms registered by the user using the calendar format among various formats such as calendar, graph, list, chart, diagram, bar chart, or line chart. However, it goes without saying that the symptom management program 400 may provide the user with a screen generated using a display format different from that shown in FIG. 5 .

Referring to the screen 501 of FIG. 5 , the current symptoms 503 and 505 registered by the user on the calendar-type screen may be displayed in an area corresponding to the date the corresponding symptom was registered. According to an embodiment, the current symptoms 503 and 505 registered by the user on the corresponding date may be displayed at positions corresponding to numbers indicating each date, and the displayed current symptoms 503 and 505 are simplified in the form of symbols. can be displayed. Also, the displayed current symptoms 503 and 505 may be displayed through different visualization methods according to the severity level of the corresponding symptom. For example, when a visualization method in which text changes color according to severity level is used, the first current symptom 503 may be displayed in red and the second current symptom 505 may be displayed in green. As shown in FIG. 5 , the symptom change contents 507 , 509 , and 511 that each color means may be separately displayed at the bottom of the calendar. For example, symptom maintenance may be indicated by black symptom change content 507 , symptom improvement may be indicated by green symptom change content 509 , and symptom worsening may be indicated by red symptom change content 511 . According to an embodiment, when a symbol categorizing a current symptom appears in a position corresponding to a number indicating each date in the calendar, information on which symptom the corresponding symbol means is also displayed separately at the lower part of the calendar can be

Users or medical staff who use the symptom management program 400 can grasp information about the changes in the symptoms of the patient who recorded the current symptoms at a glance through the screen displayed in the form of a calendar as described above, and the patient can also You can easily find out how your symptoms have changed, and you don't have to try to remember your symptoms hard when you see a doctor.

6 is a screen showing the form of a date sheet generated by the symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention based on symptom information registered by a user.

Referring to FIG. 6 , information about symptom items of interest registered by the user or medical staff and items registered as symptoms by the user are arranged in the form of a data sheet.

In FIG. 6 , the registration date and time for the symptom of interest and a detailed description of the symbol of the corresponding symptom of interest are displayed, and for the current symptom, the registration date and detailed description and the severity level are displayed together.

Referring to FIG. 6 , a symbol indicating a current symptom may be displayed through a preset visualization method according to a severity level. In FIG. 6 , a data sheet when a visualization method of changing a color according to the severity of a current symptom is used is displayed as an example. According to an embodiment, the information on the severity level is not expressed in text as shown in FIG. 6 but may be expressed only by a visualization method such as a color change, and the information on the severity level is not applied to the symbol and the information on the severity level is text can be expressed only as

Unlike the symptom of interest, since the user can continuously update the severity of the current symptom, the data sheet can be created in a format in which the updated date and severity for one kind of symptom are continuously displayed.

According to an embodiment, a detailed description of the sign may also be omitted, and in this case, the user or the medical staff may recognize the symptom through the sign indicating the current symptom. Conversely, the symbol may be omitted and only the text indicated in the detailed description may be indicated as the symptom.

Although not shown in FIG. 6 , the data sheet may additionally include additional information registered by the user for symptoms, biometric data, and medication information.

As described above, the symptom management program 400 of the present invention may generate a data sheet containing the symptom of interest and current symptom information in various ways, and the data sheet generation format may be selected by a user or a medical staff.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of transmitting a warning to a user terminal by comparing the warning transmission condition registered by the medical staff with the current symptom registered by the user, by the symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the user may install the symptom management program 400 on his/her user terminal 100 before or after receiving medical treatment from the medical staff ( S701 ). According to an embodiment, the user may search for and download the symptom management program 400 on the application store.

Thereafter, the medical staff may register a warning transmission condition according to the user through the medical staff terminal 200 based on the result after completing the treatment or interview for the user ( S703 ). Such a warning transmission condition may be directly transmitted from the medical staff terminal 200 to the user terminal 100 , and after the warning transmission condition is transmitted from the medical staff terminal 200 to the management server 300 , the management server 300 transmits it. It may be transmitted to the user terminal 100 .

The user may register his/her symptoms observed or felt while living as current symptoms on the symptom management program 400 . The user may select a symptom that he or she experiences from among the symptoms registered as the symptom of interest and register it as the current symptom, and may register a new symptom that has not been registered as the symptom of interest as the current symptom (S705). After that, the user may continue to input the symptom change with respect to the severity level of the current symptoms registered by the user into the symptom management program 400 to update the information. In this process, the user may additionally register biometric data for blood pressure, blood sugar, weight change, etc. and his/her medication information.

The symptom management program 400 compares the warning transmission condition registered by the medical staff based on the type of current symptom registered by the user, the severity level, the time that the current symptom is maintained, biometric data and medication information, and the like (S707). ). The conditions for sending a warning registered by the medical staff include that the current symptoms registered by the user persist for more than a specified period of time above a specific severity level, that symptoms related to a specific disease are registered as current symptoms for more than a predetermined number, and the number included in the biometric data is one It may be configured in various ways, including those that are determined to be more or less political.

The symptom management program 400 may display a preset type of warning on the user terminal 100 when the current symptoms registered by the user and the warning transmission conditions registered by the medical staff match the same as described above (S709) . Such a warning may be displayed not only on the user terminal 100 but also on the medical staff terminal 200 . The type of warning may include information on the date and time of a visit to the hospital, information on a recommended behavioral pattern, or information on how to take the medication the user is taking. According to an embodiment, the medical staff may register a plurality of warning transmission conditions for a specific user, and when a condition included in each warning transmission condition matches the current symptom registered by the user, the message displayed on the user terminal 100 is displayed. Warning messages may also have different contents.

As described above, according to various embodiments of the present invention described above, the patient can easily register and manage his or her symptoms through the symptom management program 400 , and the medical staff can also manage the symptoms of the patient through the symptom management program 400 during treatment. It is possible to effectively recognize the course of the condition and symptoms. In addition, the patient may not miss the time to revisit the hospital by receiving a warning message according to his or her symptoms.

On the other hand, each module of the symptom management program 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data readable by a computer system is stored.

For example, computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, floppy disk, removable storage device, and non-volatile memory (Flash Memory). , and optical data storage devices.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed in a computer system connected through a computer communication network, and stored and executed as readable code in a distributed manner.

As mentioned above, although embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can realize that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without changing its technical spirit or essential features. you will be able to understand Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

100: user terminal
200: medical staff terminal
300: management server
400: Symptom management program
410: symptom management module of interest
420: Current symptom management module
430: visualization information management module
440: alert management module
450: registration symptom display module
460: update notification module
470: Datasheet Generation Module
480: communication module
490: control module

Claims (16)

A symptom management method performed by a computing system to record medically related symptoms, comprising:
After receiving selection information of the symptom of interest from the user terminal or the medical staff terminal, registering the selected symptoms as the symptoms of interest and managing each registered symptom of interest through categorization in at least one step or more;
Receive selection information of a symptom to be registered by switching to a current symptom among registered symptoms of interest from the user terminal, or after receiving selection information of a current symptom to be newly registered, register the selected symptoms as the current symptom, and the severity of the registered current symptom receiving and managing symptom change information for the level;
setting a method in which text or a symbol representing each current symptom is visualized on a display screen according to the severity level of each registered symptom; and
In displaying at least one or more of the registered current symptoms in the form of a calendar, graph, list, diagram, diagram, bar chart or line chart, the current symptoms registered for each date are displayed in the area corresponding to the date, , In displaying the current symptom, the text or symbol corresponding to the symptom is visualized and displayed by the method set by the visualization method setting step,
automatically registering a symptom determined to be related as a symptom of interest based on at least one symptom type registered as a current symptom; and
The method further comprises registering the current symptom that the user has removed from the current symptom list as the symptom of interest;
The step of registering the current symptom that the user has removed from the current symptom list as a symptom of interest,
In the step of receiving and managing symptom change information on the severity level of the registered current symptom, when the user selects symptom disappearance for any one of the registered current symptoms, the corresponding current symptom is displayed in the current symptom list. A method of performing symptom management comprising removing and registering as a symptom of interest. According to claim 1,
The method further comprising the step of providing a function to enable the user to collectively select a plurality of symptoms of interest related to a specific disease or situation and register them as the symptoms of interest.
According to claim 1,
When the user converts the registered symptom of interest to the current symptom or newly registers the current symptom, further comprising the step of allowing the user to additionally input a severity level for the corresponding current symptom.
According to claim 1,
The method further comprising the step of initializing the severity level of the symptoms registered as the current symptom to the default state at predetermined time intervals or deleting the symptom itself registered as the current symptom at every predetermined time interval.
According to claim 1,
Displaying a warning set by the warning transmission condition on the user terminal when the registered warning transmission condition received from the medical terminal matches information on at least one or more current symptoms registered by the user terminal how to perform symptom management.
According to claim 1,
Displaying a warning set by the warning transmission condition on the medical terminal when the registered warning transmission condition received from the medical terminal matches the information on at least one or more current symptoms registered by the user terminal how to perform symptom management.
7. The method of claim 5 or 6,
The warning transmission condition includes a condition in which the severity of a specific symptom registered as a current symptom persists for a predetermined date or more at a certain level or more, or a condition in which a related symptom is registered as the current symptom over a specific number.
7. The method of claim 5 or 6,
The type of warning set by the warning transmission condition includes at least one of the contents of the hospital visit date and time, the method of taking the medicine being administered, or the contents of the recommended action pattern.
According to claim 1,
The method further comprising the step of receiving additional information related to the current symptom registered by the user from the user terminal in the form of text, image or video, and then registering in association with the current symptom.
According to claim 1,
The method of performing symptom management, further comprising converting the text of the symptom of interest or the current symptom displayed on the display screen into a language selected by the user or the medical staff.
According to claim 1,
The steps of performing a severity level update notification for a symptom for which a symptom change for severity level is not entered on a specific date among symptoms currently registered as a symptom, or a symptom for which a symptom change is not entered for a certain period of time among symptoms registered as current symptoms. Further comprising, a method of performing symptom management.
According to claim 1,
The method of performing symptom management, further comprising generating information on the symptoms of interest and current symptoms registered for each user in the form of a data sheet and transmitting the information to the user terminal or the medical staff terminal.
delete According to claim 1,
further receiving and managing biometric data information or medication information from the user terminal; and
The method further comprising the step of displaying a warning set by the warning transmission condition on the user terminal when the biometric data information matches a preset warning transmission condition.
15. The method of claim 14,
The method of performing symptom management, further comprising the step of performing an update notification on a corresponding item when no input is performed for a predetermined time or more with respect to the biometric data information or the medication information.
A symptom management program that is performed by a computing system to record medically related symptoms,
After receiving the selection information of the symptom of interest from the user terminal or the medical staff terminal, the selected symptoms are registered as the symptoms of interest, and each registered symptom of interest is managed through categorization of at least one step or more,
a symptom of interest management module that automatically registers a symptom determined to be related as a symptom of interest based on at least one or more symptom types registered as a current symptom;
Receive selection information of a symptom to be registered by switching to a current symptom among registered symptoms of interest from the user terminal, or after receiving selection information of a current symptom to be newly registered, register the selected symptoms as the current symptom, and the severity of the registered current symptom for the level Receive and manage symptom change information,
a current symptom management module for removing the corresponding current symptom from the current symptom list and registering and managing the current symptom as a symptom of interest when the user selects symptom disappearance for any one of the registered current symptoms;
a visualization information management module for setting a method in which text or symbols representing each current symptom are visualized on a display screen according to the severity level of each registered symptom; and
In displaying at least one or more of the registered current symptoms in the form of a calendar, graph, list, diagram, diagram, bar chart or line chart, the current symptoms registered for each date are displayed in the area corresponding to the date, , A symptom management program stored in the medium to execute a registration symptom display module that visualizes and displays text or a symbol corresponding to the symptom in a method set by the visualization information management module in displaying the current symptom.

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