WO2011090341A2 - Server for providing a medical service, and method for providing a medical service - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and server which involve searching for a medical institution on the basis of medical examination equipment, and providing information on the relevant medical service. The server for providing a medical service comprises: a communication unit which receives, from a user terminal, user identification information and a request for searching for a medical institution; a medical examination equipment selection unit which selects medical examination equipment using the user information contained in the request for searching for a medical institution; a search unit which searches a medical institution database for the medical institution that has the selected medical examination equipment; and an information-configuring unit which configures the search result into a format capable of being displayed on the screen of the terminal corresponding to the user identification information, and transmits the search result to the terminal via the communication unit, thereby providing users with information on the medical institution found on the basis of the criterion of medical examination equipment, and thus providing users with improved objectivity for selecting medical institutions.

Description

Medical service providing server and medical service providing method

The present invention relates to a method of providing a medical service, and more particularly, a medical service that enables a medical device company to effectively promote test equipment and to search for a medical institution based on the test equipment and receive a corresponding medical service. It relates to a providing method and a server.

In general, when people visit a medical institution such as a hospital, they select a medical institution with the recommendation of acquaintances.

In recent years, due to the development of the Internet, the website of a medical institution opened individually can be used to determine the information about the medical institution, or to select and receive medical treatment based on the subjective information of the publisher posted on the Internet portal site. In many cases.

In addition, through a site that provides a search for existing medical institutions, a medical institution that is suitable for oneself can be searched and provided by using a classification by name, address, or medical department for a disease (internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, gynecology, etc.). do.

However, according to the above-described methods, there is a problem in that a test subject seeking a medical institution has no choice but to subjectively select a medical institution by relying on subjective information or using only superficial information about the medical institution.

In addition, when a test subject selects a medical institution and wants to be examined, the medical institution visits the medical institution directly. In this case, the medical institution first visits the medical institution and requests a test, and then revisits the promised test date to use the test equipment. Perform the test. In addition, to confirm the test result and the diagnosis result of the medical staff there is a need for another visit, and due to several visits, there was a problem that the time and cost required for the test and the result confirmation are not small.

The background art described above is technical information possessed by the inventors for the derivation of the present invention or acquired during the derivation process of the present invention, and is not necessarily a publicly known technique disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention.

The present invention provides a base for medical equipment companies to effectively promote the test equipment, and provides a medical institution searched using the test equipment as the objective data, which can increase the objectivity of the judgment criteria when selecting a medical institution. To provide a medical service providing server and a medical service providing method.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a medical service providing server and a medical service providing method that can be tested and diagnosed only by visiting the medical institution once.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a medical service providing server and a medical service providing method capable of providing a test history accumulated by the test results for each individual, even if the test subject visits a plurality of medical institutions.

In addition, the present invention provides disease information, medical news, and the like to the medical service subscription member, to quickly and conveniently check the guidance of the hospital set as the hospital of interest, and provides convenience to the user, such as to enable the expert consultation inquiry To provide a medical service providing server and a medical service providing method.

Other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description.

According to an aspect of the invention, the communication unit for receiving user identification information and medical institution search request from the user terminal; An inspection equipment selection unit that selects an inspection equipment using user information included in the medical institution search request; A search unit for searching a medical institution having the selected test equipment from a medical institution information database; And an information configuration unit configured to display the search result in a format displayable by a terminal corresponding to the user identification information and to transmit the search result to the terminal through the communication unit.

The user information may be one of the test equipment information directly input or selected by a test subject through the user terminal, symptom information of the test subject, and health examination result data of the test subject.

The test equipment information directly selected by the test subject is registered by the medical equipment company or the operator of the medical service providing server is registered and stored by the operator after being provided from the medical equipment company. It is displayed through the user terminal in the form can induce the selection of the test subject.

When the user information is the symptom information or the medical examination result data, the examination equipment selection unit analyzes the symptom information or the medical examination result data to determine a suspected disease group for the test subject, and a test corresponding to the disease group. You can choose the equipment.

The information component may determine the ranking of the medical institutions by assigning weights to the ranking criteria including at least one of proximity, medical history, number of medical staff, medical institution size, patient transfer rate, and medical time to the medical institutions searched by the search unit. Can be.

A quality control performing unit for performing quality control on a regular or real time basis for the inspection equipment provided in the medical institution and storing the quality control result in a quality management information database, wherein the search unit is a predetermined reference value You can search only for medical institutions that have the above-mentioned inspection equipment.

At least one of a GPS location of the user terminal, a location previously registered by the test subject, a location searched by the test subject through the user terminal, and a location of a medical institution previously searched by the test subject among the medical institutions having the test equipment. It may further include a location-based service provider for determining the ranking of the medical institutions in the order in which the location is close to the reference.

The location-based service provider may display the location of the searched medical institution according to the determined ranking along with a map and transmit the location to the terminal.

The apparatus may further include a test reservation service providing unit configured to perform a test reservation using the test equipment in connection with a medical institution selected by the test subject among the searched medical institutions.

The medical service providing server receives the test result from the one of the terminal and the test equipment receiving the test result of the test subject through the test equipment through the communication unit, and the test result corresponding to the test subject It may further include a test history providing unit for accumulatively storing and providing the cumulatively stored test results to the terminal as requested.

When the medical service providing server further receives a request for setting a hospital of interest from the user terminal, the medical institution corresponding to the medical institution identification information included in the hospital setting request is set as the hospital of interest of the test subject and set as the hospital of interest. The hospital setting unit may further include a hospital setting unit that reads information corresponding to a medical institution from the medical institution information database and transmits the information to the terminal periodically or in real time.

When the medical service providing server further receives a disease information providing request from the user terminal, one or more of symptoms, an inspection method, a treatment method, and medical news for a disease corresponding to the disease identification information included in the disease information providing request are received. The apparatus may further include a disease information providing unit configured to read disease information including a data from a database and transmit the disease information to the terminal.

When the medical service providing server further receives an expert consultation request from the user terminal, the medical service providing server may be one of a medical institution and an expert who are previously designated based on symptom information included in the expert consultation request or correspond to identification information included in the expert consultation request. The apparatus may further include a counseling service provider configured to transmit the symptom information to a terminal capable of confirming the abnormality, receive an expert opinion on the symptom information, and transmit the symptom information to a terminal corresponding to the user identification information.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a medical service in the medical service providing server, comprising: receiving user identification information and medical institution search request from the user terminal; Selecting an examination device by using user information included in the medical institution search request; Retrieving a medical institution having the test equipment from a medical institution information database; And providing the search result in a format that can be displayed on a terminal corresponding to the user identification information, and transmitting the search result, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method.

The user information may be one of the test equipment information directly input or selected by a test subject through the user terminal, symptom information of the test subject, and health examination result data of the test subject.

Receiving the test equipment information for the test equipment from the medical equipment company terminal or the operator terminal and storing in the test equipment database, the test equipment information stored in the test equipment database is displayed in the form of advertising banner or the test on the user terminal It can be displayed in the form of equipment list to induce selection of the subject.

The testing equipment selection step includes the step of analyzing the symptom information or the health examination result data by the user information, determining a suspected disease group for the test subject, and selecting the test equipment corresponding to the disease group. It may include a step.

The screen configuration step may determine the ranking of the medical institutions by assigning weights to ranking criteria including one or more of proximity, medical history, number of medical staff, medical institution size, patient transfer rate, and medical time.

The retrieval step may be limited to a medical institution having inspection equipment having a quality control result that is regularly or real time performed on the inspection equipment provided in the medical institution more than a predetermined reference value.

At least one of a GPS location of the user terminal, a location previously registered by the test subject, a location searched by the test subject through the user terminal, and a location of a medical institution previously searched by the test subject among the medical institutions having the test equipment. The method may further include determining the rank of the medical institutions in the order of proximity to the location.

The location of the searched medical institution may be displayed and transmitted to the terminal according to the determined ranking along with a map.

The method may further include providing a test reservation service that enables a test reservation using the test equipment in connection with a medical institution selected by the test subject among the searched medical institutions.

The medical service providing server receiving the test result through the communication unit from one of the terminal and the test equipment that have received the test result of the test subject through the test equipment; Accumulating and storing the test result corresponding to the test subject; And providing the accumulated stored test result to the terminal according to a request.

Receiving, by the medical service providing server, a hospital setting request of interest from the user terminal; Setting a medical institution corresponding to the medical institution identification information included in the hospital setting request of interest as the hospital of interest of the test subject; And reading information corresponding to the medical institution set as the hospital of interest from the medical institution information database and transmitting the information to the terminal periodically or in real time.

Receiving, by the medical service providing server, a disease information providing request from the user terminal; And reading out disease information including at least one of a symptom, a test method, a treatment method, and medical news about a disease corresponding to the disease identification information included in the disease information providing request, from the database and transmitting the disease information to the terminal. can do.

Receiving, by the medical service providing server, an expert consultation request from the user terminal; Transmitting the symptom information to a terminal which is designated based on symptom information included in the expert consultation request or which can be confirmed by at least one of a medical institution and an expert corresponding to the identification information included in the expert consultation request; And receiving the expert opinion on the symptom information and transmitting the received opinion to the terminal corresponding to the user identification information.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the medical equipment company provides a foundation to effectively promote the test equipment, and provides a medical institution searched using the test equipment as the object data, based on the criterion when selecting the medical institution of the test subject. Can increase objectivity.

In addition, the test subject can be examined and diagnosed only by visiting the medical institution once, and it is possible to provide a test history that accumulates the test results for each individual regardless of whether the test subject visits a plurality of medical institutions.

In addition, there is an effect that can provide convenience to the user, such as providing the disease information, medical news, etc. to the medical service target, and quickly and conveniently check the guidance information of the hospital of interest, and enables the consultation of experts.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a medical service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a medical service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 shows an example of a classification table for selecting inspection equipment;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of a method for providing a medical service in the medical service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 7 is a view showing a user terminal screen of the medical service providing system according to the present invention.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof described on the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

In addition, terms such as “… unit”, “… module” described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a medical service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the medical service providing server 100, the database 10, the user terminals 200a and 200b, hereinafter referred to collectively as '200', the operator terminal 250, and the medical institution 300a and 300b, hereinafter '300'. Collectively referred to as'), medical device terminal 310, inspection equipment (320a, 320b, 320c, hereinafter referred to collectively as' 320 '), medical equipment companies terminal (400a, 400b, hereinafter referred to as' 400') is shown have.

The test subject who wants to visit a medical institution may access a website provided by the medical service providing server 100 using a web browser through the user terminal 200 or a mobile application linked with the medical service providing server 100. By downloading and executing the medical service, the medical service provided by the medical service providing server 100 (e.g., searching for a medical institution suitable for a test subject, booking a hospital, providing a test history, setting a hospital of interest, disease information and / or medical news, Expert counseling, etc.). Here, the user terminal 200 may be a computer such as a desktop, a laptop, a netbook, or a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, or the like, and provides a medical service providing server through a wired or wireless communication network. It is possible to connect to 100 to send and receive data.

Medical institution 300 is a place equipped with one or more inspection equipment 320, a clinic operated by a general medical institution such as a hospital, a clinic, a pharmacy, and authorized persons, and can be visited by an examinee to receive only on-site diagnosis. Includes paramedical institutions, such as the Clinic-shop.

The test equipment 320 provided in the medical institution 300 performs tests necessary for diagnosing and observing the disease, observing the treatment, determining the prognosis, and the like by using samples of blood, urine, feces, body fluid, and tissue collected from the test subject. It is a diagnostic medical device to interpret. Such inspection equipment 320 may include, for example, large inspection equipment capable of precise diagnosis, field diagnosis equipment capable of point-of-care testing, and the like.

The test equipment 320 provided in the medical institution 300 may vary from one or more, and the test equipment provided according to the medical institution 300 may overlap (see test equipment 1 (320a)) or may not overlap (test). See Instrument 2 (320b), Inspection Instrument 3 (320c)).

The medical equipment company is a manufacturer and supplier of the inspection equipment 320 provided in the medical institution 300, a manufacturer of large-scale inspection equipment capable of precise diagnosis, a manufacturer of on-site diagnostic equipment capable of on-site diagnosis Include the business. Each medical equipment company has a wired / wireless communication network and a medical service providing server 100 to be described later in order to effectively promote to customers, that is, the test subjects for one or more inspection equipment 320 manufactured by the company and delivered to each medical institution 300. The information on each test equipment 320 may be registered using the medical equipment company terminal 400 connected through the test equipment 320.

Alternatively, the server operator may access the medical service providing server 100 through the operator terminal 250 and register the information provided from the medical equipment company.

In addition, the server operator performs authentication and management of individual members (test subjects) subscribed to receive medical services and / or company members (medical institutions and / or medical equipment companies) subscribed to provide medical services or provided medical services. Statistics (such as diagnosis result statistics using the inspection equipment 320) management, notification management, etc. according to the service can be performed.

The medical service providing server 100 searches for a medical institution suitable for the test subject based on the information input by the test subject who wants to visit the medical institution through the user terminal 200, and the information about the medical institution from the database 10. Read it and provide it to the test subject. For example, a search condition when searching for a medical institution may be one or more of whether the test equipment is selected based on information input by a test subject, whether a subject is treated, a disease type, a medical condition, an address, and the like.

In this case, the medical service providing server 100 may receive information about the medical institution from the medical institution 300 having various test equipment 320 through the medical institution terminal 310 and store the information about the medical institution in the database 10.

In addition, the medical service providing server 100 may provide a test reservation service by interworking with the selected medical institution and the corresponding medical institution terminal 310 for the selected medical institution.

In addition, the medical service providing server 100 visits a medical institution and performs a test using a predetermined test equipment 320 from the test equipment 320, primarily from the test equipment 320 or through the user terminal 200. By receiving the secondary, and accumulatively stored for each individual in the database 10 can provide a future personal inspection history.

The medical service providing server 100 may be operated by a medical equipment company that provides the test equipment 320 to the medical institution (300). Alternatively, it may store information on the test equipment 320 manufactured and supplied by each medical equipment company by interworking with one or more medical equipment company terminals 400, and the test equipment as a basis for selecting and determining a medical institution by a test subject. Can provide an objective criterion of possession.

Hereinafter, each component of the medical service providing server 100 and its functions will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a medical service providing server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a diagram showing an example of a classification table for selecting the inspection equipment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the medical service providing server 100, the communication unit 105, the inspection equipment selection unit 110, the search unit 115, the information configuration unit 120, the quality control execution unit 125, and location based Service provider 130, test reservation service provider 135, test history provider 140, hospital setting unit 145 of interest, disease information provider 150, counseling service provider 155, database ( 10), a test equipment database 12, a medical institution information database 14, a quality control information database 16, a test history database 18, a disease information database 20, a member database 22 is shown.

The medical service providing server 100 is connected to the database 10 and stores data received from the outside in the database 10, and searches for data stored in the database 10 and provides the data to the outside. The communication unit 105 transmits and receives data to and from the medical device company terminal 400 through a wired / wireless communication network, and receives information about the test equipment 320 manufactured by the medical device company having the medical device company terminal 400. By storing the test equipment database 12, the test equipment is registered as a medical service providing equipment. The test equipment information may include one or more of the name, use, performance, price, test principle, diagnosis time, pain status, recovery period, etc. of the test equipment.

Alternatively, the communication unit 105 transmits and receives data through the wired / wireless communication network with the operator terminal 250, and the test equipment provided by the operator of the medical service providing server 100 (ie, a medical service provider) or a third party from a medical equipment company. The information may be received and stored in the inspection equipment database 12.

And the communication unit 105 is a symptom, test method, treatment method for various diseases (for example, prostate cancer (salt), liver cancer (salt), lung cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, etc.) from the operator terminal 250 General and general information may be received and stored in the disease information database 20. In addition, the latest medical news for various diseases may be received in real time or periodically from the operator terminal 250 or from a news server (not shown) connected through a wired or wireless communication network to be updated in the disease information database 20. Here, the news server is operated by a broadcasting company, a media company, a portal site operator, etc., and may be a server in which news information is updated in real time. In addition, the communication unit 105 transmits and receives data to and from the medical institution terminal 310 through a wired / wireless communication network, and receives information about the medical institution from the medical institution terminal 310 and stores it in the medical institution information database 14. Here, the medical institution information received from the medical institution terminal 310 is the basic information such as the name, address, telephone number, homepage address of the medical institution, the list of inspection equipment possessed by the medical institution, medical treatment subjects that can be treated in the medical institution (circulatory internal medicine, respiratory organs) Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, Urology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Otorhinolaryngology, Dentistry, Dermatology, etc. ), One of the detailed information such as convenience facilities (parking period, bathing facilities, guardian waiting facilities, etc.), operating hours (weekdays, holidays, nights, emergency rooms, etc.), costs, transportation methods (bus routes, subway lines, parking lots, etc.) It may contain the above.

In addition, the communication unit 105 receives a user request from the user terminal 200 connected to the medical service providing server 100 via a wired or wireless communication network. The user request may include one or more symptoms such as a medical institution search request, a hospital setting request, an expert consultation request, a disease information provision request, and the like. Hereinafter, assuming that the user request is a medical institution search request, it will be described first.

The communication unit 105 may receive user identification information for identifying a test subject who has transmitted a medical institution search request through the corresponding user terminal 200 together with a medical institution search request from the user terminal 200. Correspondingly, the medical institution information of the medical institution searched by the search unit 115 to be described later and configured by the information configuration unit 120 is transmitted to a terminal that allows the corresponding subject to check the medical institution information using the user identification information. The terminal receiving the medical institution information may be the user terminal 200 transmitting the medical institution search request, or may be another computer or mobile communication terminal designated by the user. The test equipment selector 110 selects a test equipment as a search criterion based on user information included in a medical institution search request from the user terminal 200 input through the communication unit 105.

The user information is information on the test equipment directly selected by the test subject, the symptom inputted by the test subject, or the general / general health examination results, and is the basis for selecting the test equipment.

If the test subject has previously been examined or received the introduction of the equipment, the name and model name of the test equipment in the search field in the screen displayed on the user terminal 200 connected to the medical service providing server 100 You can directly enter the inspection equipment information, such as.

Alternatively, the test subject may directly select the appropriate test equipment through a method such as a mouse click, a touch, a key input, or the like from one of the test equipment lists displayed on the user terminal 200. Here, the test equipment information registered by the medical equipment company is displayed together in the form of an advertisement banner, or a memo, bubble word, pop-up window for the selected test equipment through mouse click, cursor overlap, touch, key input, etc. in the test equipment list. By being displayed in one or more forms, the inspection subject can confirm detailed information on the inspection equipment and induce selection of the inspection equipment. Alternatively, when the test subject has a history of receiving medical service through the medical service providing server 100, information about the test equipment that the test subject previously searched or used when performing the test in the medical institution is displayed in the test history database ( 18). By primarily displaying the inspection equipment stored in the inspection history database 18, the inspection subject may directly select the inspection equipment through a mouse click, a touch, a key input, or the like.

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Alternatively, the test subject may directly select the test equipment that is finally needed by sequentially selecting the classification items from the major classification to the small classification according to the examination equipment classification table provided by the medical service providing server 100. As shown in Figure 3, in relation to the prostate, urine → prostate examination → prostate cancer → on-site diagnosis in order to select the category from the major classification to subclassification in order to finally select the PSA Frend as the inspection equipment. Or, in relation to LASIK surgery, 500-1000Hz laser irradiation is finally performed by selecting the classification items from large classification to small classification in the order of ophthalmology → vision correction → special LASIK → da Vinci LASIK → laser irradiation speed (Hz) → 500-1000 Hz. Da Vinci LASIK procedure equipment with speed can be selected as a test equipment.

Alternatively, when the test subject currently inputs information on his or her symptoms, the test equipment selection unit 110 includes an analysis module to determine the suspected disease group for the test subject by analyzing the input symptoms. It is possible to select the inspection equipment suitable for the inspection. In this case, one or more inspection equipment may be selected.

Alternatively, when inputting the result data according to the general / general health examination regularly received by the test subject, the test equipment selection unit 110 includes an analysis module to analyze the health check result data to identify a suspected disease group for the test subject. Determine and select the appropriate test equipment for testing the disease group. For example, HDL-Cholesterol, Triglyceride, and LDL-Cholesterol test results can be input and analyzed as health check result data to determine suspicious disease groups such as hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis, and test equipment can be selected to test the disease group. There will be. In this case, one or more inspection equipment may be selected.

Here, the input of the result data may be performed, for example, by the test subject directly inputting the result value for the health examination item or by performing an optical character recognition (OCR) process on the result data provided as a document or performing a health examination. This can be achieved by receiving the result data through the wired / wireless communication network from the medical institution.

The search unit 115 searches for a medical institution having the test equipment selected by the test equipment selection unit 110 using the connected database 10.

Here, even a medical institution that holds the test equipment may have a test subject missed when the test equipment has an error or failure. Therefore, the searcher 115 may additionally search the quality control information for the inspection equipment from the quality management information database 16. Medical equipment companies operating the medical service providing server 100 for the inspection equipment provided in each medical institution performs quality control (Quality Control) through the quality control execution unit 125 which will be described later or regularly in real time, medical institutions Among medical institutions searched in the information database 14, by selecting and searching a medical institution having inspection equipment that exhibits an excellent quality control result of a predetermined reference value or more, it is possible to provide a better search result to the test subject.

The information unit 120 reads one or more of the basic information and the detailed information from the medical institution information database 14 corresponding to the medical institution searched by the search unit 115, and configures the screen in a format that can be checked by the test subject. Transmitted to the subject through the 105.

In the screen configuration, the basic information may be basically displayed for one or more medical institutions. For detailed information, when the medical institution is selected through mouse click, cursor overlap, touch, key input, etc., it may be displayed in the form of a memo, a bubble, and a pop-up window. Alternatively, the detailed information may be provided in the form of an icon for each type so that detailed information of the corresponding type may be displayed when the corresponding icon is selected. For example, if a geographic information icon is selected, a map window may be displayed and the location of the medical institution may be displayed.

Here, the information configuration unit 120, in constructing a list to be provided to the test subjects when there are a plurality of searched medical institutions, proximity from the position of the test subject, medical history, number of medical staff, size of medical institutions, patient transfer rate, medical time, etc. The ranking may be determined by assigning a predetermined weight or a weight determined by a test subject to various ranking criteria of the.

The quality control performing unit 125 performs quality control on the inspection equipment provided in each medical institution. Quality control determines whether the inspection equipment is operating normally, and in the case of a software error, the error of the inspection equipment can be corrected by updating the firmware.

Such quality control can be performed on a regular basis or in real time when there is a request for a medical institution search by a subject.

The inspection equipment provided in the medical service providing server 100 and each medical institution is connected through a wired / wireless communication network, and the inspection equipment displays its status information at regular intervals or in real time according to a request from the quality control execution unit 125. Will be sent. The status information may include use environment information of the inspection equipment (for example, use temperature, measurement time, time interval for operating for measurement, error occurrence, etc.). If the quality control performing unit 125 does not receive such status information or does not meet the preset criteria for the received status information, it may determine that the inspection equipment may be abnormal.

The quality control result performed by the quality control unit 125 is stored in the quality control information database 16 of the database 10, and is set in advance when the search unit 115 searches for a medical institution, or is set by a test subject. The search should be limited to the medical institutions that have the inspection equipment showing the excellent quality control results. Therefore, the medical institution having the failed inspection equipment can be excluded from the search result, so that the test subject can obtain a more accurate search result for visiting the medical institution.

The location-based service provider 130 may provide a location-based service basically in providing medical institution search results or at the request of a test subject. When the user terminal 200 is equipped with a GPS module, based on the GPS position of the user terminal 200 possessed by the current inspector or based on a location (home, school, work, etc.) previously registered by the inspector Or based on the location searched by the test subject through the user terminal 200, or accumulating and storing the area where the test subject previously searched for the medical institution, and thus becomes a search criterion based on the location of the previously searched medical institution. You can have the test equipment and rank the medical institutions in order of proximity.

In this case, the location of the medical institution searched together with the map may be displayed and transmitted to the terminal that the test subject can check, thereby allowing the test subject to intuitively check the location.

The test reservation service providing unit 135 provides a test reservation service using a corresponding test device to a medical institution selected by a test subject among medical institutions searched by the search unit 115. Such a test reservation service is provided in conjunction with a medical institution selected by a test subject, and displays a reservation date, a reservation time, etc. to allow the test subject to select a visitable date and time, and provides the selected date and time information to the medical institution. To confirm and share your reservation.

Such a test reservation service can reduce the waiting time for the subjects to wait in the medical institution, and the medical institution can efficiently perform the test using the test equipment.

When a test subject visits a medical institution equipped with a predetermined test equipment and receives a test, the test equipment includes a communication module, and thus the test result according to the test may be transmitted to a terminal that the test subject can check. In addition, the test equipment may transmit the test results to the medical service providing server 100 together with the identification information on the test subject to be stored in the test history database 18 cumulatively. Here, the test result may be provided along with a diagnosis result (which may include a brief comment) by an expert (for example, a doctor) of the medical institution.

Here, the test result stored in the test history database 18 is independent of the medical institution that performed the test, and is compatible with the test equipment that performed the test, and is accumulated and stored for each test subject.

The inspection history providing unit 140 transmits the inspection results received from the inspection equipment to the corresponding inspection subjects so that the inspection results can be confirmed. In addition, the inspection history providing unit 140 reads the individual inspection history stored in the inspection history database 18 as well as the inspection result at the present time point and transmits the inspection history to the corresponding inspection subject to check the trend of the symptoms.

If the user request received from the user terminal 200 is a hospital setting request, the hospital setting unit 145 may be activated. The hospital setting request includes the identification information of the medical institution to be set as the hospital of interest.

The hospital setting unit 145 sets and registers a specific hospital as a hospital of interest for a specific user in response to the hospital setting request. In addition, information about a hospital registered as a hospital of interest (for example, an announcement, a subject, a medical condition, an address, etc.) is read from the medical institution information database 14 and corresponds to the user identification information received with the user's request. By real-time or periodically transmitted to the terminal, medical service users can check the information on the hospital quickly and conveniently. The terminal receiving the hospital information of interest may be the user terminal 200 transmitting the hospital setting request of interest, or may be another computer or a mobile communication terminal designated by the user.

When the user request received from the user terminal 200 is a disease information providing request, the disease information providing unit 150 may be activated. The disease information providing request includes identification information of a disease for which information is to be obtained.

The disease information providing unit 150 reads information about symptoms, test methods, treatment methods, and the like, the latest medical news about various diseases, and the like from the disease information database 20 in response to a request for providing disease information. By transmitting to the terminal corresponding to the received user identification information, the medical service user can check the general and general information about the various diseases and the latest medical news.

When the medical service providing server 100 provides the medical service according to the present invention through a web page or a mobile application on the Internet, the above-described disease information is posted in a web page so that anyone can check or as a basic information in the mobile application. It may be included and provided. When the user request received from the user terminal 200 is an expert consultation request, the consultation service provider 155 may be activated. The request for expert consultation includes information about the symptoms of the user, and may further include identification information about a medical institution and / or a specialist who wants to consult.

The counseling service provider 155 may be configured by the medical institution and / or the expert identified by the identification information included in the medical institution and / or the expert or expert consultation request in advance based on the information on the symptoms of the user (for example, The medical service user provides his / her symptom by providing information on the symptom of the user to the medical institution terminal 310 and receiving the expert opinion on the symptom and transmitting the information to the terminal corresponding to the user identification information received with the user's request. Ensure appropriate counseling is provided.

Here, the quality control execution unit 125, location-based service providing unit 130, inspection reservation service providing unit 135, inspection history providing unit 140, hospital of interest setting unit 145, disease information providing unit 150 ), The consultation service provider 155 uses the communication unit 105 in transmitting and receiving data to the user terminal, the terminal that can be confirmed by the test subject, the test equipment, the medical institution terminal.

The database 10 connected to the medical service providing server 100 includes a test equipment database 12, a medical institution information database 14, a quality management information database 16, a test history database 18, a disease information database 20, A member database 22 is included.

The test equipment database 12 stores information about test equipment provided in medical institutions subscribed to the medical service according to the present embodiment, that is, test equipment information.

The medical institution information database 14 stores one or more of basic information and detailed information about the medical institution subscribed to the medical service according to the present embodiment, and enables the medical institution to be searched according to the possession of the inspection equipment. Medical institution information is information pushed by the medical institution.

The quality management information database 16 stores quality control information on the inspection equipment performed by the quality control performing unit 125. Using quality control information, it is possible to search medical institutions with error-free inspection equipment.

The inspection history database 18 accumulates and stores inspection results using inspection equipment for each user, and provides inspection history for a predetermined period of time at the request of the inspection subject or when providing the inspection results. Regardless of the medical institution, when the same type of test equipment is used, the test results are accumulated and stored in correspondence with the test time, and are stored in the test history database 18 as the test history for the individual to be examined.

The disease information database 20 stores disease information such as symptoms, test methods, and treatment methods for various diseases, and / or the latest medical news about various diseases. Such disease information and / or medical news may be received from the operator terminal 250 or a news server.

The member database 22 stores information on individual members who wish to receive medical services through the medical service providing server 100. The personal member information is one of personal information (eg, name, gender, social security number, address, etc.) for a user who wants to receive medical services such as medical institution search, hospital setting of interest, and expert consultation received through the user terminal 200. Or more).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a medical service in a medical service providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the description with reference to FIG. 4, each of the steps described may be performed by each internal component of the medical service providing server, but will be collectively described as a medical service providing server for the convenience of understanding and explanation. do.

The medical service provider server receives the test equipment information about the test equipment manufactured by the medical equipment company and delivered to each medical institution from the medical equipment company terminal or provided by the medical service provider (medical service provider server operator) or a third party from the medical equipment company. Through the process of receiving and inputting to be stored in the inspection equipment database (step S200). This is a promotion stage for medical equipment companies to effectively promote the test equipment, and the detailed information about the test equipment selected from the advertisement banner or search list is displayed in one or more of memo, bubble speech, and pop-up window. The inspector can check the contents of the inspection equipment.

The medical service providing server receives the user identification information and the medical institution search request from the user terminal (step S210). The medical institution search request includes user information which is one of the test equipment information directly input or selected by the test subject through the user terminal, the test subject's symptom information, and the test subject's general / general health check result data. The user identification information is information on a terminal for receiving information about a medical institution searched by a medical service providing server, and includes a phone number, a mobile identification number (MIN), and a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) information of a mobile communication terminal. , Email address, etc.

The test equipment is selected using the user information included in the medical institution search request (step S220). If the user information is the inspection equipment information, select the inspection equipment corresponding to the inspection equipment information. If the user information is symptom information or health examination result data, this is analyzed and the suspected disease group is determined for the test subject, and the test equipment corresponding to the disease group is selected.

After selecting the test equipment, the medical institution holding the test equipment is searched from the medical institution information database (step S230). As a result of the search, one or more of the basic information and detailed information of the medical institution having the test equipment can be read from the medical institution information database.

If a quality management information database is established, the results of the quality control on a regular or real-time basis for the inspection equipment provided in the medical institution are read out, and the result is higher than a predetermined standard, that is, to the medical institution that has the inspection equipment that operates normally. The search may be limited.

The search result is configured in a screen displayable format in the terminal corresponding to the user identification information (step S240), and transmitted to the corresponding terminal so that the test subject can check the medical institution information (step S250). In configuring the screen, a predetermined weight or test subject may be assigned to various ranking criteria such as proximity from the position of the subject, medical history, number of medical staff, size of medical institution, patient transfer rate, and medical time for the medical institution searched in step S230. The ranking can be determined by assigning a weight determined by the method.

In addition, the position of the user terminal in proximity to the position based on one or more of the position of the pre-registered by the subject, the position of the subject searched through the user terminal, the position of the medical institution previously searched by the subject. Location-based services for determining the rank of medical institutions can be provided (step S260). Here, when providing a location-based service, the location of the searched medical institution according to the ranking determined together with the map may be displayed and transmitted to the terminal. Here, the medical institution where the location is displayed may be classified and displayed as an unvisited hospital, an visiting hospital, or the like according to the visit history of the subject.

In addition, in connection with a medical institution selected by the test subject among the searched medical institutions, a test reservation service for reserving a test using the corresponding test equipment may be provided (step S270).

In addition, when the test subject visits the medical institution and performs the test using the test equipment, the test result of the test subject through the test equipment is received (step S280), and the test result is accumulated and stored according to the test subject ( In operation S285), the cumulatively stored test result, that is, the test history may be provided to the test subject (step S290).

In addition, the medical service providing server may additionally provide various medical services to the corresponding test subject (step S295).

When receiving a request for setting up a hospital of interest from the user terminal, that is, when the test subject wants to set up a hospital of interest for a specific hospital for convenience, the information about the specific hospital corresponding to the medical institution identification information included in the request for setting the hospital of interest is provided to the medical institution. It can be read from the information database and provided to the subject.

When receiving the disease information request from the user terminal, that is, when the test subject is to receive the disease information, the information on the disease corresponding to the disease identification information included in the disease information request and / or the latest medical news to the disease information Reading from the database can be provided to the subject.

When an expert consultation request is received from a user terminal, that is, when the examinee requests a consultation inquiry from an expert, the expert (or medical institution) or specialist consultation request requested by the examinee identified by the identification information included in the expert consultation request. Based on the symptom information included, the patient selects a suitable specialist (or medical institution) in advance and transmits the symptom information to the examinee. Make sure

Of course, the above-described medical service providing method may be performed by an automated procedure in a time series order by a software program embedded in the medical service providing server. Codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the program is stored in a computer readable media readable by a digital processing device, and the method is implemented by being read and executed by the digital processing device. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium and a carrier wave medium.

5 to 7 is a view showing a user terminal screen of the medical service providing system according to the present invention. Here, although it is assumed that the user terminal is a mobile communication terminal, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

When accessing a web site provided by a medical service providing server or executing a mobile application, a menu related to medical services is provided. The menu may include items such as disease information, medical news, symptom search, medical institution search, medical institution reservation, diagnosis result, expert consultation, hospital of interest, registration location, and the like.

In the case of selecting a medical institution search item, as shown in FIG. 5A, various input methods for selecting an examination device as a search condition for searching a medical institution suitable for a test subject are presented.

The inspection equipment item allows the inspector to directly input the inspection equipment name and model name, or to display the inspection equipment list and select the inspection subject. Alternatively, it may be easy to select a retest when the inspection equipment that has previously used the test subject is first displayed.

The symptom item is selected when the test subject feels difficult to directly select the test equipment and wants to find a medical institution equipped with the test equipment suitable for the current symptom. When the test subject directly inputs the symptoms, the relevant symptoms are analyzed through keyword search and the like, the suspected disease group is determined, and the test equipment capable of performing the test on the disease group is selected. Alternatively, the subject may analyze the symptoms by performing step-by-step questionnaires on the various symptoms.

If there is general / general health examination result data that the subjects receive regularly, the result of the examination is analyzed by directly inputting the health examination result data, through scan and text recognition, or received from the medical institution through a communication network. After the determination, the test equipment to select the test for the disease group is selected.

In addition, there may be a visiting hospital item that allows the examinee to immediately check the medical institution visited previously. The visited hospital category allows the subject to quickly and easily rescan the previously visited hospital based on the cumulatively stored information about the medical institution or region that the subject previously searched.

When the test equipment is selected, as described above, the medical service providing server searches for a medical institution having the test equipment, and reads the basic information and detailed information of the searched medical institution from a database and transmits the information to a terminal that can be checked by the test subject. In this case, it is assumed that a search result is received by the user terminal.

Referring to (b) of FIG. 5, the search results are provided as a list, and basic information such as a name, an address, a phone number, etc. is displayed, and when a specific medical institution is selected through click, touch, or key input, the corresponding medical institution Detailed information about may be displayed.

Referring to (c) of FIG. 5, when providing a location-based service to a searched medical institution, a medical institution suitable for a search criterion located near the current location of the user terminal and a nearby location is displayed on a screen of the user terminal. Through this, the test subjects can be easily visited by using a map to the medical institution. Here, a general hospital, an institution equipped with a specific test equipment (for example, an on-site diagnostic medical device such as FREND), a clinic shop, etc. may be displayed with different icons so that the test subjects can be easily distinguished.

Referring to FIG. 6, a detailed information display and test reservation process for one selected medical institution according to a search result is illustrated.

By checking the detailed information of the selected medical institution as shown in Figure 6 (a) and at the same time select the 'booking' item located at the bottom, the medical service providing server can be scheduled in conjunction with the medical institution (Fig. 6 (b)), the available time of appointment (see (c) of FIG. 6) is transmitted, the test appointment is made to the medical institution with the reservation date and time according to the selection of the test subject, and the reservation result is shared.

Referring to FIG. 7, when a test subject receives a test result through a corresponding test device at a medical institution selected from among medical institutions according to a search result, the test result of the medical service providing server as well as the test result at the time of the test is provided. It also provides past inspection history stored in the database so that you can check the data change trend at a glance. In addition, the doctor may provide a diagnosis result (including comments) 300 based on the test result.

Therefore, it is possible to perform the test and confirm the result with only one visit without visiting the medical institution several times, thereby reducing unnecessary consumption in time and cost.

Although the above has been described with reference to embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may variously modify the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. And can be changed.

According to the present invention, a company that manufactures a test equipment may provide a foundation for effectively promoting test equipment by establishing and operating a medical service providing server or registering information about the test equipment in a medical service providing server. In the case of manufacturing on-site diagnosis equipment, it is possible to effectively promote the differentiation by eliminating the inconvenience of waiting for the test result and visiting the medical institution several times when the existing large inspection equipment is tested.

In addition, in the case of medical institutions, by purchasing and possessing various inspection equipments and actively promoting them, they may be useful for securing competitiveness and attracting customers.

In addition, the test subject has the advantage of being able to select a medical institution by using objective and accurate information.

Claims (27)

1. A communication unit configured to receive user identification information and a medical institution search request from a user terminal;

   An inspection equipment selection unit that selects an inspection equipment using user information included in the medical institution search request;

   A search unit for searching a medical institution having the selected test equipment from a medical institution information database; And

   And an information constructing unit configured to display the search result in a format that can be displayed on a terminal corresponding to the user identification information, and to transmit the search result to the terminal through the communication unit.
2. The method of claim 1,

   The user information is a medical service providing server, characterized in that one of the test equipment directly input or selected by the subject through the user terminal, the symptom information of the subject, the health examination result data of the subject.
3. The method of claim 2,

   The test equipment information directly selected by the test subject is registered by the medical equipment company or the operator of the medical service providing server is registered and stored by the operator after being provided from the medical equipment company. The medical service providing server, characterized in that it is displayed through the user terminal to induce the selection of the test subject.
4. The method of claim 2,

   When the user information is the symptom information or the medical examination result data, the examination equipment selection unit analyzes the symptom information or the medical examination result data to determine a suspected disease group for the test subject, and a test corresponding to the disease group. Medical service providing server, characterized in that for selecting the equipment.
5. The method of claim 1,

   The information unit determines weights of the medical institutions searched by the search unit by assigning weights to ranking criteria including one or more of proximity, medical history, number of medical staff, medical institution size, patient transfer rate, and medical time. Medical service providing server, characterized in that.
6. The method of claim 1,

   Further comprising a quality control for performing the quality control for the inspection equipment provided in the medical institution at regular or real time and storing the quality control results in the quality management information database,

   And the searching unit searches for a medical institution having inspection equipment whose quality control result is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value.
7. The method of claim 1,

   At least one of a GPS location of the user terminal, a location previously registered by the test subject, a location searched by the test subject through the user terminal, and a location of a medical institution previously searched by the test subject among the medical institutions having the test equipment. The medical service providing server further comprises a location-based service providing unit for determining the ranking of the medical institutions in the order of proximity to the base.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein

   Wherein the location-based service provider is a medical service providing server, characterized in that to display the location of the searched medical institution in accordance with the determined ranking and to transmit to the terminal.
9. The method of claim 1,

   The medical service providing server further comprises a test reservation service providing unit for enabling a test reservation using the test equipment in conjunction with a medical institution selected by the test subject of the searched medical institutions.
10. The method of claim 1,

    The medical service providing server receives the test result from the one of the terminal and the test equipment receiving the test result of the test subject through the test equipment through the communication unit, and the test result corresponding to the test subject The medical service providing server further comprises a test history providing unit for accumulating and storing the accumulated test result to the terminal according to a request.
11. The method of claim 1,

    When the medical service providing server further receives a request for setting a hospital of interest from the user terminal, the medical institution corresponding to the medical institution identification information included in the hospital setting request is set as the hospital of interest of the test subject and set as the hospital of interest. And a hospital setting unit of interest for reading information corresponding to a medical institution from the medical institution information database and transmitting the information to the terminal periodically or in real time.
12. The method of claim 1,

    When the medical service providing server further receives a disease information providing request from the user terminal, one or more of symptoms, an inspection method, a treatment method, and medical news for a disease corresponding to the disease identification information included in the disease information providing request are received. Medical service providing server further comprises a disease information providing unit for reading the disease information, including from the database to transmit to the terminal.
13. The method of claim 1,

    When the medical service providing server further receives an expert consultation request from the user terminal, the medical service providing server may be one of a medical institution and an expert who are previously designated based on symptom information included in the expert consultation request or correspond to identification information included in the expert consultation request. The medical service providing server further comprises a counseling service providing unit for transmitting the symptom information to a terminal capable of confirming the abnormality, receiving an expert opinion on the symptom information, and transmitting the symptom information to a terminal corresponding to the user identification information.
14. As a method of providing medical services in a medical service providing server,

    Receiving user identification information and a medical institution search request from a user terminal;

    Selecting an examination device by using user information included in the medical institution search request;

    Retrieving a medical institution having the test equipment from a medical institution information database; And

    And providing the search results in a screen displayable format in a terminal corresponding to the user identification information.
15. The method of claim 14,

    The user information is a medical service providing method characterized in that one of the test equipment directly input or selected by a test subject through the user terminal, the symptom information of the test subject, the health examination result data of the test subject.
16. The method of claim 15,

    Receiving the test equipment information on the test equipment from the medical equipment company terminal or from the operator terminal to store in the test equipment database,

    The test equipment information stored in the test equipment database is displayed on the user terminal in the form of an advertising banner or a list of test equipment to provide a medical service, characterized in that to induce the selection of the test subject.
17. The method of claim 15,

    The inspection equipment selection step,

    Analyzing the symptom information or the health examination result data by the user information;

    Determining a suspected disease group for the test subject;

    The medical service providing method comprising the step of selecting the test equipment corresponding to the disease group.
18. The method of claim 15,

    In the screen configuration step, the ranking of the medical institutions is determined by assigning a weight to a ranking criterion including one or more of proximity, medical history, number of medical staff, medical institution size, patient transfer rate, and treatment time. Method of providing medical services.
19. The method of claim 14,

    Wherein the search step is a medical service providing method characterized in that the search for the inspection equipment provided in the medical institution in the regular or real-time quality control results are limited to the medical institution having the inspection equipment more than a predetermined reference value.
20. The method of claim 14,

    At least one of a GPS location of the user terminal, a location previously registered by the test subject, a location searched by the test subject through the user terminal, and a location of a medical institution previously searched by the test subject among the medical institutions having the test equipment. The medical service providing method further comprises the step of determining the ranking of the medical institutions in the order of proximity to the base.
21. The method of claim 20,

    And displaying the location of the searched medical institution according to the determined ranking along with a map and transmitting the location to the terminal.
22. The method of claim 14,

    The medical service providing method further comprising the step of providing a test reservation service to enable the test reservation using the test equipment in conjunction with the medical institution selected by the subject of the searched medical institutions.
23. The method of claim 14,

    The medical service providing server receiving the test result through the communication unit from one of the terminal and the test equipment that have received the test result of the test subject through the test equipment;

    Accumulating and storing the test result corresponding to the test subject; And

    And providing the cumulatively stored test result to the terminal according to a request.
24. The method of claim 14,

    Receiving, by the medical service providing server, a hospital setting request of interest from the user terminal;

    Setting a medical institution corresponding to the medical institution identification information included in the hospital setting request of interest as the hospital of interest of the test subject; And

    And reading information corresponding to the medical institution set as the hospital of interest from the medical institution information database and transmitting the information to the terminal periodically or in real time.
25. The method of claim 14,

    Receiving, by the medical service providing server, a disease information providing request from the user terminal; And

    The method may further include reading disease information including at least one of a symptom, a test method, a treatment method, and medical news about a disease corresponding to the disease identification information included in the disease information providing request, from the database and transmitting the disease information to the terminal. How to Provide Medical Services.
26. The method of claim 14,

    Receiving, by the medical service providing server, an expert consultation request from the user terminal;

    Transmitting the symptom information to a terminal which is designated based on symptom information included in the expert consultation request or which can be confirmed by at least one of a medical institution and an expert corresponding to the identification information included in the expert consultation request; And

    Receiving expert opinion on the symptom information and transmitting to the terminal corresponding to the user identification information.
27. A program of instructions, which can be executed by a digital processing apparatus, is tangibly implemented to perform the medical service providing method according to any one of claims 14 to 26, and a program that can be read by the digital processing apparatus is recorded. Record carrier.

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