KR20010093907A - Search method of location information for medical service on internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A position information search method for medical service on the internet is provided to offer position information of pharmacy and clinic to a user by constructing a database of position information of pharmacy and clinic. CONSTITUTION: The first process(S210) constructs a database of position information and related data of pharmacy and clinic. The second process(S220, S230) enables a user to access a position information site for a medical service through internet and to enter a membership. The third process(S240) selects the medical service and inputs a name of medicine or symptom. The fourth process(S250-1, S250-2) inquires the pharmacy or clinic on the ground of the position of the user. the fifth process(S260) offers the position information of the corresponding pharmacy or clinic to the user.

Description

Search method of location information for medical service on internet}

The present invention relates to a method of retrieving location information for medical services on the Internet. In particular, when an internet user inputs a designated medicine or a disease name according to a service selection, the pharmacy and disease name of a region in close proximity to a user A search method that provides location information of a specialist (hospital).

Consumers generally tend to seek within the closest range of goods or services with the same purpose in the search for the desired goods or services. In particular, when considerable expertise is required in the contents such as medicine or doctor's care, it shows a high preference (loyalty) compared to other fields to secure a specific medicine or a specialist in the relevant field.

And in Korea, we are going to carry out the division of medicine soon. The medical division of labor refers to a doctor who diagnoses a patient and issues a prescription in order to prevent unnecessary or wrong medications and to prevent inadvertent misuse of the medicine to reduce the damage caused by the medicine. I say that. In other words, the patient should visit the pharmacy with a prescription to purchase the desired drug.

However, the patient will feel embarrassed if he or she does not know where the appropriate specialist for the care desired is located and there are no medicines to be purchased at the pharmacy visited. However, for now, it's best to go to many hospitals without this information, or to go to other pharmacies and buy the medicine of your choice. This will be raised as a problem in achieving the purpose of medical division due to the inconvenience of patients.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, while providing the location information services of pharmacies and specialists (hospitals) through the Internet, the location of the pharmacy or specialist (hospital) close to the location of the patient, that is, the Internet user Its purpose is to provide a way to communicate information.

1 is a system configuration according to the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of a location information providing service according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the database construction for pharmacy search in accordance with the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a database construction process for searching a full text according to the present invention.

5 is an example of a user computer screen and a database according to the present invention upon registration.

Figure 6 is a flow chart of a pharmacy search embodiment according to the present invention.

7 is an example of a user computer screen showing a result of conducting a pharmacy search according to the present invention.

8 is a configuration flow diagram of a full text search embodiment in accordance with the present invention.

9 is an example of a user computer screen showing a result of conducting a full text search according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: User Computer 20: Internet

30: Pharmacy Information Site 34: Database

According to the method of the present invention for achieving the above object, after establishing a database storing the location information and various information for the service of the present invention, the designated drug name desired by the user who accesses the site through the Internet If the disease name is input, the location information of the pharmacy holding the designated medicine in the region close to the user's location and the location information of the specialist according to the disease name is configured to display on the user screen.

The present invention comprises the steps of constructing a database storing the location information of the pharmacy and the specialist and the medicines or specialist-related data by dividing each region; Accessing the site and registering as a user through the Internet; Selecting a desired service and inputting a drug name or a disease name; Querying corresponding specialists for a pharmacy or a disease name having a designated medicine based on a user location input from the database; According to the inquiry result, it can be preferably configured to include the step of providing a predetermined number of pharmacy location information or the specialized location information adjacent to the input user location.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present invention, a user connects to a web server 32 of a location information site 30 for a medical service through the Internet 20 using his computer 10 and then a user. Selects the service and enters the name of the designated drug or disease.

At this time, the web server 32 of the site 30 transmits the location information required by the user in association with the database 34 storing the relevant service data. Then, the user is provided with the service by confirming the location information through the screen of his computer (10).

2 is a schematic diagram of a location information providing service according to the present invention, with reference to this will conceptually examine the present invention.

First, a database construction step for the service of the present invention is required. (S210) In this case, the contents of the stored database should include each pharmacy location information and drug retention data, location information of each specialist, and their personal information. . This step is a frequent process that may change the stored content or store additional new pharmacies or specialists.

The user connects to the web server 32 of the site 30 using the Internet. (S220) And in response to the request of the web server 32 to fill in the personal information for membership registration, the web server 32 grants the user as a member. This step is not performed for every access, but is a step for a new member, and the registered member can perform the service of the next step through the member verification step.

Now, the user of the membership selects the service to be searched. (S240) According to the selection, the service process of the pharmacy search (S250-1) or the specialist search (S250-2) is performed. 32) receives the designated medicine or disease name from the user and selects the location information of the pharmacy and the professional location information near the location of the user within a limited number and transmits it to the user. Then, the user can check the location information of the search service selected on his computer screen (S260).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a database construction step for pharmacy search when constructing a database according to the present invention. With reference to this, we will explain in detail the database construction of pharmacy search.

First, a list of drugs that have respective pharmacies registered as members of the site 30 is submitted. (S310) However, since most pharmacies do not have a list of drugs, member pharmacies without a list of drugs are wholesalers and pharmaceuticals. The company adds a step of replacing the company's previous month's sales list (S320), and combines the two steps (S310 and S320) to prepare a list of drugs for each pharmacy (S330). At this time, each drug has a unique code.

Now, it is necessary to distinguish where each pharmacy is located by region. In the present invention, a method of dividing the whole country by zip code and a country by dividing the whole country by a certain distance (for example, 5 km) and assigning coordinates to each area to designate the location of the pharmacy. Information of pharmacies located by designated postal code or coordinates is stored in a database (S340).

In addition, a file of a region adjacent to each zip code and coordinates is created and stored in a database. (S350) If there is no pharmacy having a designated drug in each region, this is to inquire from the pharmacy near to the region. to be. An example of the database created at this time is shown in Tables 1a, 1b, and 1c below.

Zip code location Pharmacy name address Drug name Possession 102-211 1020 Pharmacy Seoul City… aspirin O Bacchus X : : 102-220 1021 Drugstore Seoul City… aspirin X Bacchus O : : : : : : : :

Zip code Adjacent area 1 Adjacent Area 2 Adjacent 3 Adjacent area 4 102-210 102-211 102-212 102-213 102-214 102-211 102-220 102-221 102-222 102-224 : : : : :

location Adjacent area 1 Adjacent Area 2 Adjacent 3 Adjacent area 4 1020 1021 1023 1024 1027 1021 1020 1024 1025 1017 : : : : :

Table 1a is a database showing the data of pharmacies located in each region separated by the postal code, and whether there is a designated drug, and Table 1b is a database that makes a region-specific file for distinguishing adjacent regions based on the postal code. In this case, the reason for distinguishing the neighboring region is to search from the nearest place if there is no medicine specified in each postal code as described above. For example, the user's postal code is 102-220. If there is no medicine, the web server 32 of the site can provide a pharmacy as close as possible to the user's location by inquiring in the order of 102-221 → 102-222 → 102-223. Table 1c is a database that creates a neighborhood file by region based on the coordinates. In addition, if there is no drug specified in order to inquire from the location close to the user.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a database construction step for searching a specialist when constructing a database according to the present invention. With this in mind, we will explain in detail the database construction process of specialist search.

First, a database is created based on the new member data of the professional member (S410) and the steps of supplementing the data of the non-member specialists based on the directory or the doctor list or the academic list, etc., to facilitate the service of the present invention. (S420) Now, by combining the above two steps (S410, S420) to complete a list of personal data for each specialist. (S430) At this time, each disease name (main disease a, major b, detailed major c, establishment clinics) Give the code of.

The location of specialists also needs to be classified by region. In the search for specialists, the data are divided into regions by zip code and coordinates, and the data of specialists located in each zip code or coordinates are stored in the database. (S440) An example of the completed disease database is shown in Table 2 below. .

Zip code location Hospital name name Major disease a Major Major Major Opening Clinic d 102-211 1020 Kim Internal Medicine Chulsoo Kim High blood pressure medicine cycle An adult disease 102-220 1021 Within Igiri Stomach cancer surgery Gastrointestinal Tumor Fire Extinguisher Clinic : : : : : : : :

Table 2 is an example of a database storing data of specialists located based on each zip code. Here, the reason for storing the major in detail is to provide a more specific service by allowing the search term of the medical treatment to be searched by disease name, major, specific major, clinic, etc. when performing a specialized search service.

In addition, a file of a region adjacent to each postal code and coordinates is created and stored in a database. (S350) This is to inquire from a specialist located close to the region when there is no specialist to treat a particular disease in each region. . Examples of the created database are shown in Tables 1b and 1c above.

Thus, the construction of the database for performing the service of the present invention can be completed.

A user who accesses the site 30 fills in personal information and performs member registration. In this case, there may be various input items. Since the service of the present invention is a service based on a zip code or an address, when a user inputs personal information and transmits it to the web server 32, the address other than the above-described data is input to the database. Local coordinates based on the reference are also added and stored. 5 illustrates an example of a user computer screen and a database stored therein during the registration step according to the present invention.

Now, an embodiment serviced according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a pharmacy search according to the service of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

The user inputs the name of the designated drug to be purchased. (S610) Since the user may not remember the drug name in detail, the website 30 additionally provides a service for searching the drug name. (S610-1) In this case, the drug name lookup service can be provided in various ways, but if the drug name lookup service is selected, it may be desirable to open a new window to look up. When the user inputs the first letter or the middle letter of the drug name, the web server 32 displays various drug names corresponding to the drug name list stored in the database so that the user can select it. S610-2)

When the user finishes entering the drug name, the web server 32 of the site looks up the drug code number of the drug in the drug name database (S620) based on the location information (zip code, local coordinate number) and drug code of the consumer Query the pharmacy database that holds the designated drug (S630).

Determining the presence or absence of a pharmacy holding the drug in the user's location (S640), if there is no pharmacy with the designated drug in the location, the neighboring zip code (or the adjacent region created in the database 34 during the pharmacy search of FIG. 3) (or Expand inquiry in order of coordinate) (S640-1).

Now, the web server 32 selects a limited number (eg, 5 to 10) of pharmacies having designated medicines among pharmacies adjacent to the user's location (S650), and stores information (eg, information stored in the database 34). (E-mail, business name, name, phone number, features, directions, etc.) is displayed on the user's computer screen to terminate the pharmacy search service.

At this time, there may be various ways to display the location information on the user screen, Figure 7 shows one example.

According to the example of FIG. 7, the names of pharmacies are displayed on the user's computer screen. When the user clicks on the name of the pharmacy that they want to know, a new window opens. A new window will display the pharmacy's directions, displaying the features of the pharmacy, emails, phone numbers, and representatives.

At this time, if the different colors of the pharmacy to indicate the inventory-based pharmacy and sales-based pharmacy will be able to provide a more efficient service.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a specialist search according to a service of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, a service of a specialist search is described in detail.

The user inputs his or her desired medical search term (S810). At this time, in order to provide more specific services of the user, the user may search for a category such as a disease name, a major, a detailed major, an opening clinic, etc. in addition to the medical term. For example, if a major category is selected after entering a desired medical term, the web server 32 selects a major field b in the disease database example of Table 2 above, and selects a major field c when selecting a major category. Selecting the Open Clinic category will retrieve the Open Clinic d field. When the disease name category is selected, the web server 32 searches for the main disease a field in the disease database. However, the main disease a field is recognized as a competent person for a particular disease, and may be empty because it is stored in a database by a specialist recommendation or an academic recommendation. At that time, the query is replaced by the detailed major in the disease database field.

Since the user may not remember the desired search term, the user may additionally provide a service for searching the search word for the case where the desired name is incomplete for the convenience of the user. (S810-1) The search term search service is provided in various ways. If you select a search term query service, it would be desirable to open a new window to enable inquiry. When the user inputs the first letter or the middle letter of the desired medical search query, the web server 32 displays various medical search query names corresponding to the medical search query list stored in the database so that the user can select it. (S810-2)

When the user finishes entering the desired treatment name, the web server 32 of the site inquires the code number of the corresponding disease name in the desired treatment name (sick name) database, and (S820) location information of the consumer (zip code, local coordinate number) Inquire the specialist (hospital) database based on the name of the disease and the name of the disease. (S830)

Determining whether there is a specialist to treat at the user's location (S840), and if there is no specialist in the corresponding location, the adjacent area zip code (or coordinates) created in the specialist search database 34 of FIG. Expand inquiry in order (S840-1).

Now, the web server 32 selects a limited number (eg, 5 to 10) of specialists who can receive the corresponding treatment among hospitals (specialists) adjacent to the user's location (S850) and is stored in the database 34. By displaying the information (for example, E-mail, business name, name, phone number, features, directions, etc.) on the user's computer screen, the professional search service is terminated (S860).

At this time, the method of displaying the location information on the user screen may be a variety of ways, Figure 9 shows one example.

First, the names and hospital names of specialists who can treat the user's disease are displayed on the user's computer screen. When the user clicks on the name of the specialist he wants to know, a new window opens. A new window will show you the map of where the specialist is located, as well as the characteristics of the specialist, e-mail and phone number.

Using the present invention, the patient (internet user) can know the location of the specialist (hospital) according to the disease to be treated, and quickly provide the location information of the pharmacy having the desired designated medicine, thereby facilitating the purchase of drugs It can solve the inconvenience caused by division of labor.

In particular, by guiding the location information of pharmacies or specialists (hospitals) within a certain range based on the location of the Internet users through the Internet, it is effective to receive medical services more easily, the patient in his search for specialists There is an effect that can be selected by selecting the desired specialist.

Claims (8)

Provide location information for pharmacies and specialists through an Internet site (geolocation site) Classifying each region and constructing a database of location information of pharmacies and specialists and related medicines or specialist data; A user accessing a location information site for the medical service through the Internet and signing up for a membership; Selecting a desired service and inputting a medicine name or a disease name; Querying corresponding specialists for a pharmacy or disease name having a designated drug based on a user's location entered in the database; And providing a predetermined number of pharmacy location information or a specialist location information adjacent to a user location according to the inquiry result. The method of claim 1, wherein the building of the database comprises: A location information retrieval method for a medical service on the Internet, characterized in that each area is divided and coordinated into predetermined units to form a database of location information of a pharmacy or a specialist for each coordinate. The method of claim 1, wherein the building of the database comprises: A location information retrieval method for medical services on the Internet, characterized in that each area is classified according to a zip code to a database of location information of pharmacies or specialists. The method of claim 1, wherein the building of the database comprises: Drug information possessed by each pharmacy is analyzed using the inventory and sales data for the pharmacy, the location information retrieval method for medical services on the Internet, characterized in that configured to be stored in the database. The method of claim 1, wherein the building of the database comprises: Personal information of each specialist is extracted from the directory and doctor list and the journal book data and stored in the database, location information retrieval method for medical services on the Internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing service search comprises: The desired search term for a specialist search is a location information retrieval method for a medical service on the Internet, characterized in that it is configured to include a disease name, a major, a detailed major, and an opening clinic. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing service search comprises: In case of searching by disease name in the specialist search process, it is possible to search based on the main disease field of the database, and to replace the disease name with the field of doctor's major field for medical service on the Internet. How to search for location information. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the location information comprises: When displaying the location of each pharmacy location information retrieval method for medical services on the Internet, characterized in that configured to represent different colors based on the standard pharmacy and sales-based pharmacy.