Program, terminal, system, and display control method

Abstract

To prevent a medical worker who is a user from misunderstanding that there is some relation between medical articles displayed continuously.SOLUTION: The doctor terminal 30 is provided with an article moving part R201 for moving the medical article to be displayed in the article display area 31J corresponding to the operation of a user to the doctor terminal 30, a normal display part 31K for displaying the medical article in a normal state that the user can read the medical article and a visibility lowering processing part 31F for executing visibility lowering processing for lowering the visibility of the medical article more than the normal state to the medical article. The article display control part 31C displays the first medical article AT1 in a part of the article display area R201 in a normal state and displays the result of the visibility reduction processing executed to the second medical article R201 in another part of the article display area AT2 in the article transition stage.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4B

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a terminal device, a system, a display control method, and a program used by medical professionals. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 below discloses a system that provides various information to support medical activities, such as drug advertisements including information on drug efficacy and usage, treatment manuals, and papers, to terminal devices used by medical professionals such as doctors and nurses. The terminal device disclosed in this document has a function to display the titles of newly arrived information (articles) in chronological order. In other words, it has a function to display an article list area for articles. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2024-038893 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Convenience can be improved if the article texts associated with the titles displayed in the article list area can be continuously viewed by scrolling. For example, convenience can be improved if a medical professional can view the next article (second medical article) continuously after viewing a first medical article to the end by scrolling. However, if the last part of the first medical article and the beginning part of the second medical article appear simultaneously in the display area due to scrolling, there is a non-zero possibility that the two medical articles may be perceived as being related in some way. Because medical articles may affect patient medical care, such a display format is not desirable. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The program proposed in the present disclosure causes a computer to function as a terminal device including: an acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of medical articles, including a first medical article and a second medical article; and a display control means for forming an article display area on the display screen of a user's terminal device and displaying the acquired medical articles in the article display area. The display control means includes an article moving means for moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to an operation by the user on the terminal device; a display means for displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read the medical article; and a visibility reduction process for reducing the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state. During an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving means, the display control means displays the first medical article in a portion of the article display area in the normal state, and displays the result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article in another portion of the article display area.

[0006] The terminal device proposed in the present disclosure includes a display means, an acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of medical articles including a first medical article and a second medical article, and a display control means for forming an article display area on the display means and displaying the acquired medical articles in the article display area. The display control means includes an article moving means for moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to a user's operation on the terminal device, a display means for displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read the medical article, and a visibility reduction process for reducing the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state. During an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving means, the display control means displays the first medical article in a portion of the article display area in the normal state, and displays the result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article in another portion of the article display area.

[0007] The system proposed in this disclosure includes a terminal device having a display means and a server device that transmits a plurality of medical articles, including a first medical article and a second medical article, to the terminal device. The terminal device includes an acquisition means that acquires the plurality of medical articles from the server device and a display control means that forms an article display area on the display means and displays the acquired medical articles in the article display area in a normal state in which the user can read them. The display control means includes an article moving means that moves the medical articles displayed in the article display area in response to operations by the user on the terminal device, a display means that displays the medical articles in the normal state in which the user can read them, and a visibility reduction process that reduces the visibility of the medical articles compared to the normal state. During the article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving means, the display control means displays the first medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state, and displays the result of the visibility reduction processing performed on the second medical article in another part of the article display area.

[0008] The display control method proposed in the present disclosure includes an acquisition step of acquiring multiple medical articles, including a first medical article and a second medical article, and a display control step of displaying the acquired medical articles in an article display area of ​​a user's terminal device in a normal state in which the user can read them. The display control step includes a movement step of moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to the user's operation on the terminal device, a display step of displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read it, and a step of performing a visibility reduction process on the medical article to reduce the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state. During an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article movement step, the first medical article is displayed in a portion of the article display area in the normal state, and the result of the visibility reduction process performed on the second medical article is displayed in another portion of the article display area.

[0009] In the above-described program, terminal device, system, and display control method, the first medical article does not have to be the medical article first displayed in the article display area. In other words, after another medical article is displayed in the article display area, the first medical article and the second medical article for which the above-described processing is realized may be displayed in the article display area. [Effects of the Invention]

[0010] The program, terminal device, system, and display control method proposed in the present disclosure can prevent the user from misunderstanding the relationship between the first medical article and the second medical article. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a medical support system proposed in the present disclosure. [Figure 2A] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing hardware of the medical support device. [Figure 2B]FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing hardware of the doctor terminal device. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a home screen displayed on the doctor terminal device. [Figure 4A] 10A and 10B are diagrams for explaining a medical article scrolling screen displayed on a doctor terminal device and its movement. [Figure 4B] FIG. 4B is a diagram showing an example of a medical article scrolling screen displayed following FIG. 4A. [Figure 4C] FIG. 4C is a diagram showing an example of a medical article scrolling screen displayed following FIG. 4B. [Figure 4D] FIG. 4D is a diagram showing an example of a medical article scrolling screen displayed following FIG. 4C. [Figure 4E] FIG. 4D shows an example of a medical article scrolling screen displayed subsequent to FIG. 4D. [Figure 5A] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a medical calculation tool. [Figure 5B] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of medical support information. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the medical support device and the doctor terminal device. [Figure 7A] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a doctor database. [Figure 7B] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a medical support content database. [Figure 7C] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation history database. [Figure 7D] FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an article list. [Figure 8A] 4D. FIG. 4C is a diagram for explaining an example of a process for realizing a change from the state shown in FIG. 4C to the state shown in FIG. 4D. [Figure 8B] 4D. FIG. 4C is a diagram for explaining another example of the process for realizing the change from the state shown in FIG. 4C to the state shown in FIG. 4D. [Figure 9A] FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of processing executed in the doctor terminal device. [Figure 9B] FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of processing executed in the doctor terminal device. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a visibility reduction process. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0012] Examples of a system, a terminal device, a display control method, and a program proposed in this disclosure will be described below. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the system.

[0013] As shown in FIG. 1, system S has a medical support device 10. System S includes multiple terminal devices 30 used by multiple medical professionals. The medical professionals are typically doctors, but may also be nurses, medical technicians, etc. In the following, system S will be described assuming that the medical professionals are doctors. In the following, system S will be referred to as a "medical support system," and terminal device 30 will be referred to as a "doctor terminal device." As shown in FIG. 1, medical support device 10 and doctor terminal device 30 can be connected to a network N such as the Internet.

[0014] [Medical support device hardware] The medical support device 10 is configured, for example, by a server computer. The medical support device 10 may be configured by a plurality of server computers connected to each other via a network N. The medical support device 10 may also be configured by one or a plurality of personal computers. As shown in FIG. 2A, the medical support device 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13. The medical support device 10 may also include a display unit 14 and an input unit 15.

[0015] The control unit 11 includes at least one processor. The control unit 11 executes processing in accordance with programs and data stored in the storage unit 12. The storage unit 12 includes a main storage unit and an auxiliary storage unit. For example, the main storage unit is a volatile memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the auxiliary storage unit is a non-volatile memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), a flash memory, or a hard disk.

[0016] The storage unit 12 stores content to be provided to the doctor terminal device 30. The content provided to the doctor terminal device 30 is, for example, information that supports medical procedures by doctors. The storage unit 12 stores operation history (for example, content browsing history) by each doctor related to the content. The content provided to the doctor terminal device 30 will be described later.

[0017] The communication unit 13 is a communication interface for wired or wireless communication, and performs data communication via the network N. The display unit 14 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device, and displays images according to instructions from the control unit 11. The input unit 15 includes a pointing device such as a touch panel or a mouse. The input unit 15 may also include a keyboard, buttons, etc. The input unit 15 inputs signals to the control unit 11 in response to operations by the user.

[0018] [Physician terminal device hardware] The doctor terminal device 30 is typically a mobile information terminal (e.g., a smartphone or tablet computer). The doctor terminal device 30 may be a personal computer. As shown in FIG. 2B, the doctor terminal device 30 includes a control unit 31, a memory unit 32, a communication unit 33, a display unit 34, and an input unit 35.

[0019] The control unit 31 executes processing in accordance with programs and data stored in the memory unit 32. Similar to the memory unit 12 of the medical support device 10, the memory unit 32 includes a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. The communication unit 33 is a communication interface for wired or wireless communication, and performs data communication via the network N. The display unit 34 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device or an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device. The display unit 34 displays images and the like in accordance with instructions from the control unit 31. The display unit 34 has a display screen on which pixels are formed. The input unit 35 is, for example, a touch panel. The input unit 35 may be a touch panel that is overlaid on the display unit 34 or that is integrated with the display device that is the display unit 34. The input unit 35 may include a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, buttons, and the like. The input unit 35 inputs signals to the control unit 31 in response to user operations.

[0020] [Medical support content] Various medical content is distributed from the medical support device 10 to the doctor terminal device 30. Hereinafter, this content will be referred to as "medical support content." The medical support content includes medical support information including, for example, drug information indicating the dosage, efficacy, and side effects of drugs, and guidelines indicating recommended treatment methods. The medical support content may include, as medical support information, tables indicating treatment standards, papers, and the like.

[0021] The medical support content also includes medical articles. Medical articles include, for example, advertising articles and medical information articles. Advertising articles are advertisements for medical products, including drugs and medical devices. Medical information articles include various types of information related to medical care, such as explanatory and introductory articles on the above-mentioned guidelines, explanations by medical professionals about medical treatments and diseases, and information about medical systems. Medical articles are displayed in the article list area R101 (see Figure 3) and article display area R201 (Figure 4A, etc.), which will be described later.

[0022] The medical support content may also include, for example, a medical calculation tool for assessing the severity of a disease based on patient information. The medical calculation tool will be described in detail later.

[0023] [Example of screen displayed on the display] 3, 4A to 4E, 5A, and 5B show examples of screens displayed as medical support content on the display unit 34 of the doctor terminal device 30. These screens are displayed, for example, by the control unit 31 executing application software installed in the doctor terminal device 30. Hereinafter, this application software will be referred to as "medical support software."

[0024] The medical support software may be transmitted to the doctor terminal device 30, for example, from the medical support device 10 or a server device provided separately from the medical support device 10, via the network N. Alternatively, the screens illustrated in Figures 3 to 4E, 5A, and 5B may be displayed by the doctor terminal device 30 accessing the medical support device 10 through a web browser installed on the doctor terminal device 30.

[0025] [Home screen] FIG. 3 shows an example of a home screen of the medical support software and the services provided through a web browser. Home screen 100 is, for example, the screen that is first displayed when a medical professional starts up the medical support software. (As described above, the medical professional is a "doctor" in the example described in this specification, and the doctor operating the doctor terminal device 30 will be referred to as a "user" below.) The home screen may also be the screen that is first displayed when the doctor terminal device 30 accesses the support device 10 through a web browser (the screen that is first provided by the support device 10).

[0026] 3, the home screen 100 may include, for example, an article list area R101. The article list area R101 may display, for example, titles 101a to 101e of medical articles provided by the medical support device 10. The medical article titles 101a to 101e may be displayed in the article list area R101 in chronological order (the order in which the medical articles were published) or in order of the degree of relevance to the user.

[0027] 3, in addition to the article list area R101, the home screen 100 may also include a search box R105 for searching medical support content, menu areas R120 and R130 with buttons for moving to other screens, etc. The menu area R120 may include, for example, a drug information button 121, a guideline button 122, and a medical calculation tool button 123.

[0028] When the user selects (tap) buttons 121, 122, and 123 on the home screen (see FIG. 3), a list listing, for example, the names and summaries of medical support content is displayed. When the user selects one of the multiple displayed medical support content, the details of the selected medical support content are displayed.

[0029] The user may be able to bookmark medical support content that the user is interested in. The menu area R130 may include a bookmark list button 132. When the bookmark list button 132 is selected (tapped), a list of content that has been bookmarked by the user in the past may be displayed.

[0030] [Scrolling medical article screen] The medical support software displays multiple medical articles on the display unit 34. Each medical article moves in response to a user operation on the doctor terminal device 30. The user operation here refers to, for example, a scrolling operation in which a finger touching the input unit 35, which is a touchpad, is moved. The scrolling operation here refers to, for example, an operation in which a finger is slid while touching the input unit 35, and the medical article moves the distance of the finger movement (a so-called swipe operation). The scrolling operation may also be an operation in which a finger is moved while touching the input unit 35 for a short period of time, and the medical article continues to move even after the finger is released from the input unit 35 (a so-called flick operation).

[0031] The movement (scrolling) of a medical article here includes a change in the portion (content) of a series of medical articles displayed in the article display area, as well as a change in the position of that displayed portion. For example, if a medical article contains lines 1 to 100, at one timing, lines 40 to 50 are displayed in the article display area R201 (lines 40 to 50 are the subject of drawing), and at a later timing, line 40 is no longer the subject of display, and lines 41 to 51 are displayed in the article display area R201 (lines 41 to 51 are the subject of drawing). In this way, the movement of a medical article includes a change in the portion of the medical article displayed in the article display area. Furthermore, the positions of lines 41 to 49 within the article display area R201 change during the period between these two timings. In this way, the movement of a medical article includes a change in the position of the displayed portion.

[0032] For example, the medical articles may move up and down in response to a user operation. In this case, vertical (up and down) scrolling may be permitted. Alternatively, each medical article may move left and right in response to a user operation. In this case, horizontal scrolling may be permitted.

[0033] The display screen may be provided with a scroll bar. In this case, the scrolling operation may be performed by dragging the knob (slider) of the scroll bar with a mouse pointer, which is an example of the input unit 35, or by pressing a direction button (for example, an up arrow button or a down arrow button) on a keyboard, which is another example of the input unit 35, so that the medical article can be moved up and down or left and right.

[0034] 4A to 4E are diagrams showing an example of a medical article scrolling screen 200 that displays medical articles. The medical article scrolling screen 200 may be displayed, for example, by selecting (e.g., tapping) the title of a medical article displayed on the home screen 100 (see FIG. 3). When the user selects one of the titles, the selected medical article may be displayed first on the medical article scrolling screen 200. The trigger for displaying the medical article scrolling screen 200 is not limited to this, and it may also be displayed first, for example, when the user starts up medical support software.

[0035] In the following description, the first medical article displayed among multiple medical articles will be referred to as the "first medical article AT1," the next medical article displayed will be referred to as the "second medical article AT2," and the next medical article displayed after that will be referred to as the "third medical article AT3."

[0036] In the following description, the area of ​​the entire display screen (pixel area) provided by the display unit 34 where the medical article is displayed will be referred to as the "article display area R201." The "pixel area" refers to an area in which pixels are formed on the display unit 34, which may be a liquid crystal display device or the like. The article display area R201 may be the entire pixel area or a part of the pixel area. The size and position of the article display area R201 in the pixel area are not particularly limited, as long as the article display area R201 has a size that allows the user to read several lines of the medical article. If the article display area R201 is formed in only a part of the pixel area, the menu areas R120 and R130 illustrated in FIG. 3 may be displayed in the remaining area.

[0037] 4A shows an example of a screen that is displayed when one article title 101a is selected from among the multiple article titles displayed in the article list region R101 (see FIG. 3). When the article title 101a is selected, the medical article corresponding to the selected article title 101a (first medical article AT1) is displayed first on the medical article scroll screen. Note that the first medical article AT1 shown in FIG. 4A does not have to be the medical article that is displayed immediately after the article title 101a is selected. In other words, the first medical article AT1 shown in FIG. 4A may be displayed after another medical article is displayed in the article display region R201, and then the medical articles AT2 and AT3 shown in FIGS. 4B to 4D may be displayed.

[0038] The overall size of one medical article may be larger than the size of the article display area R201. For example, if the article display area R201 has a size that allows only m lines of articles to be displayed, one medical article may be an n-line article (n>m). The portion of the medical article displayed in the article display area R201 may move in response to a user's scrolling operation. When an upward scrolling operation is performed, the medical article moves upward. Conversely, when a downward scrolling operation is performed, the medical article moves downward.

[0039] The operation performed by the user on the input unit 35 is an operation to move a medical article having a size larger than the article display area R201 upward, downward, leftward, or rightward. As described above, the scrolling operation performed by the user may be not only in the up-down direction but also in the left-right direction.

[0040] As the first medical article AT1 continues to move (scroll), a portion of the second medical article AT2 is displayed in the article display area R201. FIG. 4B shows an example of the process in which the display target in the article display area R201 shifts from the first medical article AT1 to the second medical article AT2 (hereinafter referred to as the article transition process). FIG. 4C shows a state in which the scrolling of the medical articles AT1 and AT2 has progressed further from the state shown in FIG. 4B. Here, the article transition process refers to the process in which the displayed medical article changes from one medical article to the other due to the movement of two different medical articles in the article display area R201.

[0041] As shown in Figure 4B, during the article transition process, the end of the first medical article AT1 is displayed in a part of the article display area R201. When the first medical article AT1 is scrolled upward, during the article transition process, the end of the first medical article AT1 is displayed in the upper part of the article display area R201. At this time, the second medical article AT2 is displayed in another part of the article display area R201 (specifically, the lower part of the article display area R201).

[0042] During the article transition process, as shown in FIG. 4B, a process is performed on the medical article to be displayed later (here, the second medical article AT2) to reduce the user's visibility of the medical article. Hereinafter, this process will be referred to as the "visibility reduction process." The visibility reduction process reduces the visibility of the medical article compared to its normal state (the state illustrated in FIG. 4A). The normal state is, for example, a state in which the user can read the medical article. The "state in which the medical article can be read" refers to a state in which the user can recognize and distinguish the characters and figures contained in the medical article. As a result of the visibility reduction process, the medical article becomes, for example, unreadable to the user. The visibility reduction process is, for example, a process of blurring the characters and figures of the medical article. Furthermore, the medical article may be processed by, for example, overlaying a translucent image, an opaque image, a mosaic image, or a pattern image on the characters and figures of the medical article. The opaque image may be a solid-color image or an image with a pattern. As a result of this visibility reduction process, the medical article becomes unreadable to the user.

[0043] In the present disclosure, it is sufficient for a user to be able to distinguish between the result of the visibility reduction process applied to a medical article and a medical article in its normal state, and the visibility reduction process does not necessarily have to be a process that makes the medical article completely unreadable. Hereinafter, the state of a medical article that has been subjected to the visibility reduction process will be referred to as a "reduced visibility state."

[0044] As shown in Figure 4B, during the article transition process from the first medical article AT1 to the second medical article AT2, a visibility reduction process is executed on the second medical article AT2. Then, the first medical article AT1 in its normal state is displayed in one part of the article display area R201 (the upper part in the example of Figure 4B), and the result of the visibility reduction process (the second medical article AT2 in its reduced visibility state) is displayed in another part of the article display area R201 (the lower part in the example of Figure 4B).

[0045] According to this article transition process, the first medical article AT1 and the second medical article AT2 do not appear simultaneously in the article display area R201 under normal conditions. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from mistaking that there is some relationship between the first medical article AT1 and the second medical article AT2. For example, it is possible to prevent the user from mistaking that the provider of the first medical article AT1 is recommending the second medical article AT2.

[0046] As the medical article scrolls further from the state shown in Figure 4B, the portion where the first medical article AT1 is displayed gradually decreases (more specifically, gradually shrinks upward), and the portion where the second medical article AT2 is displayed gradually increases (more specifically, gradually expands upward).As a result, as shown in Figure 4C, the second medical article AT2, which is in a state of reduced visibility, is displayed across the entire article display area R201.

[0047] In one example, the transition from the first medical article AT1 to the second medical article AT2 may be such that, after a portion (the bottom) of the first medical article AT1 is displayed and a portion (the top) of the second medical article AT2 is displayed briefly, the second medical article AT2 and the first medical article AT1 gradually move a distance corresponding to the user's scrolling operation, as shown in Figure 4B. Alternatively, after a portion (the bottom) of the first medical article AT1 is displayed and a portion (the top) of the second medical article AT2 is displayed briefly, the second medical article AT2, which is in a reduced visibility state, may be automatically displayed in the entire article display area R201 when the user's scrolling operation exceeds a threshold, as shown in Figure 4B.

[0048] As shown in FIG. 4C, the second medical article AT2 in the reduced visibility state may be superimposed with article representative information P1 of the second medical article AT2. Here, the article representative information P1 may be, for example, the title of the medical article, a summary of the medical article, or an image associated with the medical article. The article representative information P1 may be the same as or different from the article title displayed on the home screen 100 of FIG. 3. The article representative information P1 may be displayed in a portion of the article display area R201. For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, a representative information area R202 for displaying the article representative information P1 may be secured in the center of the article display area R201.

[0049] When a preset termination condition is satisfied, the visibility reduction process ends, and the second medical article AT2 is displayed in the normal state as shown in FIG. 4D. For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, when the second medical article AT2 is displayed in the reduced visibility state, an "explicit selection button" that accepts user operation may be displayed in the article display area R201. In the example shown in FIG. 4C, a button labeled "Read Article" is displayed as the explicit selection button B1. When this explicit selection button B1 is selected (e.g., tapped), it may be determined that the above-mentioned termination condition is satisfied. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4D, the second medical article AT2 is displayed in the article display area R201 in the normal state. At this time, the display of the article representative information P1 is also erased.

[0050] As the second medical article AT2 moves (scrolls) due to the user's scrolling operation, a portion of the third medical article AT3 is displayed in the article display area R201, as shown in FIG. 4E. Even during this article transition process from the second medical article AT2 to the third medical article AT3, a visibility reduction process is performed on the third medical article AT3. Then, the second medical article AT2 in its normal state is displayed in a portion of the article display area R201 (the upper portion in the example of FIG. 4E), and the result of the visibility reduction process (i.e., the third medical article AT3 in its reduced visibility state) is displayed in another portion of the article display area R201 (the lower portion in the example of FIG. 4E). Similar displays may also be performed during subsequent article transition processes.

[0051] The termination condition for the visibility reduction process is not limited to the selection of the explicit selection button B1. For example, if a medical article is displayed in a reduced visibility state for a predetermined period of time (e.g., several seconds or more), the termination condition may be determined to be met, and the medical article may be displayed in a normal state. If the termination condition is such, the explicit selection button B1 illustrated in FIG. 4C may not be displayed.

[0052] As yet another example, when the second medical article AT2 is displayed in a reduced visibility state, if the touchpad serving as the input unit 35 is touched for a predetermined period of time or more, it may be determined that the termination condition is met. As yet another example, if the medical article is scrolled in a reduced visibility state by a predetermined distance or more, it may be determined that the termination condition is met, and the medical article may be displayed in a normal state.

[0053] An end button B2 (a button marked with an "x" in FIG. 4C) for ending the medical article scroll screen 200 may also be displayed in the article display area R201. When this end button B2 is selected (for example, by tapping), the screen may return to another preset screen (for example, the home screen 100 shown in FIG. 3).

[0054] As shown in Figures 4A, 4D, and 4E, even when a medical article is displayed in a normal state, article representative information P2 of the medical article may be provided in a portion of the article display area R201. The article representative information P2 may be, for example, the title of the medical article or an image associated with the medical article. The article representative information P2 may be displayed in a portion of the article display area R201. For example, as shown in Figures 4A, 4D, and 4E, a representative information area R203 for displaying the article representative information P2 may be provided at the top of the article display area R201.

[0055] In the following description, when a medical article is displayed in a reduced visibility state, the displayed article representative information P1 (see FIG. 4C) is referred to as "first article representative information." When a medical article is displayed in a normal state, the displayed article representative information P2 along with the main text of the medical article is referred to as "second article representative information." The first article representative information P1 and the second article representative information P2 may be the same or different.

[0056] The medical support software or the web browser may determine whether the doctor terminal device 30 is a device having a touchpad as the input unit 35 (whether it is a so-called smartphone). The article scroll screen 200 described with reference to Figures 4A to 4E may be displayed only when the doctor terminal device 30 has a touchpad.

[0057] [Example of a screen displaying medical support content] As described above, the medical support device 10 provides medical support information as one of the medical support contents to the doctor terminal device 30. The medical support information includes drug information, guidelines, tables showing medical treatment standards, and the like.

[0058] FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of medical support information. Hereinafter, this screen will be referred to as the "support information presentation screen." In this figure, guidelines showing treatment methods are shown as an example of medical support information. As shown in the figure, the support information presentation screen 300 displays, for example, names 311 and 310 of drugs to be administered to a patient and administration plan fields 312 and 322. The administration plan fields 312 and 322 may include, for example, the drug dosage, period, and administration dates for each period.

[0059] As shown in FIG. 3, the menu area R120 may include a drug information button 121 and a guideline button 122. When the guideline button 122 is selected (e.g., by tapping), a list of multiple guidelines available through the medical support software or a web browser is displayed. When the drug information button 121 is selected (e.g., by tapping), a list of multiple pieces of drug information available is displayed. The guideline or drug information selected from the list is displayed on a support information presentation screen 300, an example of which is shown in FIG. 5A.

[0060] As described above, the medical support device 10 provides the doctor terminal device 30 with a medical calculation tool as one of the medical support contents. The medical calculation tool is a program that calculates information related to a patient's disease. This program accepts input of patient information at the medical professional's terminal device (doctor terminal device 30 in FIG. 1) and calculates information related to the patient's disease based on the patient information. The input patient information is information related to the patient's condition and may include, for example, the patient's test results, age, weight, height, and gender. Information calculated by the medical calculation tool may include severity, an assessment of risks caused by the disease or treatment, and the amount of medication to be administered. The patient information does not need to include information that identifies the individual patient, such as the patient's name.

[0061] FIG. 5B shows an example of a screen displayed by the medical calculation tool on the display unit 34 of the doctor terminal device 30. Hereinafter, this screen will be referred to as the "medical calculation tool screen." The medical calculation tool screen 400 shown in FIG. 5B has input fields R411 to R415 for inputting patient information. As described above, patient information includes, for example, the patient's test results, gender, age, height, and weight. The medical calculation tool screen 400 also has a result output field R417. The result output field R417 displays the results calculated by the medical calculation tool based on the input patient information. As described above, the calculation results may be, for example, the severity of the disease, an evaluation value of the risk caused by the disease or treatment, or the amount of medication to be administered.

[0062] As shown in Fig. 3, menu region R120 may include a medical calculation tool button 123. When this medical calculation tool button 123 is selected (e.g., tapped), a list of multiple medical calculation tools available through the medical support software or a web browser may be displayed. A medical calculation tool selected from the list may display a medical calculation tool screen, as shown in Fig. 5B.

[0063] [Functions of medical support devices] 6 is a block diagram showing an example of functions realized by the medical support system S. Below, functions realized by each of the medical support device 10 and the doctor terminal device 30 will be described.

[0064] The medical support device 10 has, as one of its functions, a data storage unit 21. The data storage unit 21 is realized by the control unit 11 operating according to a program and storing data in the storage unit 12. The data storage unit 21 has, for example, a doctor database 21A, a medical support content database 21B, and an operation history database 21C.

[0065] The medical support device 10 also has, as its functions, an operation history receiving unit 11A and an article list generating unit 11B. These functions are realized, for example, by the control unit 11 operating in accordance with a program stored in the storage unit 12 and controlling the storage unit 12, the communication unit 13, etc.

[0066] Note that some of these functions (including the database function) may be executed by the doctor terminal device 30. These functions may be realized by cooperation between the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10.

[0067] [Doctor database] The doctor database (DB) 21A stores information about doctors who are users of the doctor terminal device 30. FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the doctor DB 21. The doctor DB 21 may include, for example, identification information (doctor ID) for identifying each doctor, the doctor's name, and doctor attribute information. The doctor attribute information may include, for example, items such as the name of the medical institution to which the doctor belongs, the name of the department to which the doctor belongs (name of medical department), and the doctor's specialty (organ name or disease name).

[0068] [Medical Support Content Database] The medical support content database (DB) 21B is a database that stores attributes of medical support content and the medical support content itself. Fig. 7B is a diagram for explaining an example of information held in the medical support content DB 21B.

[0069] As shown in this figure, in the medical support content DB21B, content types may be associated with identification information (content IDs) assigned to each medical support content. As described above, medical articles include advertising articles and medical guide articles (for example, articles introducing guidelines). Medical support content also includes medical calculation tools and medical support information (guidelines, drug information, etc.). The medical support content DB21B may store such content types in association with content IDs. Items in the medical support content DB21B may also include names of diseases to which the medical support content can be applied.

[0070] Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 7B, the medical support content DB21B may include items such as providers of medical articles and providers of medical support information. For example, if a medical article is an advertisement, the provider may be the advertiser (the seller of the medical product related to the advertisement). Also, if a medical article is an introductory article for a guideline, the provider may be the author of the introductory article.

[0071] As shown in FIG. 7B, the medical support content DB21B may include, as its items, first article representative information P1 and second article representative information P2 associated with medical articles. As described above, the article representative information P1 and P2 include one or more of the medical article title, medical article summary, and image associated with the medical article. The first article representative information P1 is displayed together with the medical article displayed in the reduced visibility state (see FIG. 4C). The second article representative information P2 is displayed together with the medical article displayed in the normal state (see FIG. 4D).

[0072] The medical support content DB 21B may include a content body, which may be a medical article itself (text data and image data), a medical calculation tool itself (program code), or medical support information itself (text data and image data).

[0073] The medical support content DB 21B may not include either or both of the first article representative information P1 and the second article representative information P2. In this case, the article representative information P1 and P2 displayed on the medical article scrolling screen 200 (FIGS. 4A to 4E) may be acquired from the content body by the medical support software installed on the doctor terminal device 30 reading the content body.

[0074] [Operation history receiver] The operation history receiving unit 11A receives operation histories relating to the use of medical support content by each doctor from multiple doctor terminal devices 30 used by each doctor. An operation relating to the use of medical support content may be, for example, the viewing of medical support information as exemplified in FIG. 5A. An operation of viewing medical support information may be an operation of selecting any medical support information from multiple pieces of medical support information. The operation history received by the medical support device 10 from the doctor terminal device 30 may include information identifying the viewed medical support information (for example, a content ID) and the viewing time of the medical support information (the start time and / or end time of viewing).

[0075] Furthermore, operations related to the use of medical support content include, for example, the use of the medical calculation tool illustrated in FIG. 5B. The use of the medical calculation tool includes operations such as opening the medical calculation tool screen 400 (i.e., accessing the medical calculation tool) and inputting patient information into the medical calculation tool screen 400 (see FIG. 5B) to obtain calculation results. In this case, the operation history received from the doctor terminal device 30 includes, for example, information identifying the medical calculation tool (e.g., a content ID) and the operation time of the medical calculation tool. The operation time may include, for example, the start time of use of the medical calculation tool (the time the medical calculation tool screen 400 was opened) and / or the end time of use (the time the medical calculation tool screen 400 was closed). The operation history may also include the calculation results of the medical calculation tool and / or input information to the medical calculation tool (patient information entered into input fields R411 to R415 of the medical calculation tool screen 400).

[0076] [Operation history database] The operation history received by the operation history receiving unit 11A is accumulated in an operation history database (DB) 21C. The operation history DB 21C stores the operation history for each of a plurality of doctors. FIG. 7C is a diagram for explaining an example of the operation history DB 21C provided for each doctor. As shown in FIG. 7C, the operation history DB 21C may include, as its items, the operation content and the content ID of the medical support content that was the target of the operation. The operation content includes, for example, viewing medical support information and using a medical calculation tool.

[0077] The operation history DB21C may also include, as its items, the type of content (advertising article, medical guide article, medical support information, or medical calculation tool), the start date and time of the operation, and the end date and time of the operation. The start date and time of the operation may be the start date and time of viewing the medical support information or the start date and time of using the medical calculation tool. The end date and time of the operation may be the end date and time of viewing the medical support information. Regarding the operation of the medical calculation tool, the operation history DB21C may record the input information entered on the medical calculation tool screen 400 (patient information entered in input fields R311 to R315) and the calculation results presented on the medical calculation tool screen 400.

[0078] For example, when the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10 are connected via the network N, the operation history receiving unit 11A receives the operation history from the doctor terminal device 30 every time a user performs an operation. On the other hand, when an operation is performed while the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10 are not connected, the operation history may be stored in the storage unit 32 of the doctor terminal device 30. Then, the next time the doctor terminal device 30 connects to the medical support device 10, the operation history receiving unit 11A may receive the operation history stored in the storage unit 32 from the doctor terminal device 30. As a result, the operation history DB 21C records the history of operations performed when the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10 are not connected (so-called offline).

[0079] [Article list generation section] The article list generation unit 11B generates a list of medical articles (advertising articles and medical information articles) to be distributed to the doctor terminal device 30. (Hereinafter, this list will be referred to as the "distribution target article list.") The article list generation unit 11B generates a distribution target article list for each of multiple users (multiple medical professionals). For example, the article list generation unit 11B generates a distribution target article list suitable for each of multiple users based on attribute information of the medical article (diseases and medical departments to which the medical article relates, see FIG. 7B) and the attributes of doctors stored in the doctor DB 21A (see FIG. 7A).

[0080] For example, medical articles that are estimated to be of particular interest to the user can be added to the distribution target article list. The article list generation unit 11B may generate a distribution target article list for each user based on the operation history of each user recorded in the operation history DB 21C.

[0081] FIG. 7D is a diagram showing an example of a distribution target article list. This distribution target article list lists, for example, the content IDs of medical articles to be distributed. In addition, in the distribution target article list, the display end date and time may be associated with the content ID of the medical article. Then, the article list generation unit 11B may delete the content ID of an article in the distribution target article list whose display end date and time has passed from the distribution target article list. By doing so, the article title of a medical article whose display end date and time has passed will no longer be displayed in the article list area R101 displayed on the display unit 34 of the doctor terminal device 30.

[0082] [Functions of the doctor's terminal device] The doctor terminal device 30 has, as its functions, an operation history transmission unit 31A, an article list display unit 31B, a medical article acquisition unit 31D, and an article display control unit 31C. These functions are realized, for example, by the control unit 31 operating in accordance with a program stored in the storage unit 32 and controlling the communication unit 33, the storage unit 32, etc. Note that some of these functions may be executed in the medical support device 10. These functions may also be realized by cooperation between the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10. For example, some of the functions of the article display control unit 31C may be executed in the medical support device 10.

[0083] The operation history transmission unit 31A transmits information indicating user operations (e.g., browsing medical support information, browsing medical articles, and using medical calculation tools) to the support device 10 as an operation history. For example, when the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10 are connected, the operation history transmission unit 31A transmits information indicating the content of the operation as an operation history every time an operation is performed on the doctor terminal device 30. The operation history transmission unit 31A may transmit the operation history to the support device 10 at predetermined time intervals (e.g., every few seconds). When an operation related to medical support content is performed while the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10 are not connected, the operation history is accumulated in the storage unit 32 of the doctor terminal device 30. Then, the next time the doctor terminal device 30 connects to the medical support device 10, the operation history transmission unit 31A transmits the operation history accumulated in the storage unit 32 to the medical support device 10.

[0084] [Article list display section] As described above, the medical support device 10 has, for each of a plurality of users, a distribution target article list (see FIG. 7D) generated based on the operation history of each user. The article list display unit 31B receives the article titles of medical articles in the distribution target article list from the medical support device 10. Then, the article list display unit 31B displays the article titles in the article list area R101 of the home screen (see FIG. 3). The article titles may be, for example, first article representative information P1 or second article representative information P2 (see FIG. 7B). The plurality of article titles displayed in the article list area R101 may also be scrollable in response to user operations.

[0085] For example, when communication between the doctor terminal device 30 and the medical support device 10 starts, the doctor terminal device 30 transmits a doctor ID to the medical support device 10. The doctor terminal device 30 also requests the medical support device 10 to transmit the article titles in the article list to be distributed. The medical support device 10 refers to the doctor ID and transmits to the medical support device 10 the article titles of medical articles listed in the article list to be distributed that correspond to the doctor ID.

[0086] [Medical Article Acquisition Department] The medical article acquiring unit 31D receives a plurality of medical articles to be displayed on the medical article scroll screen 200 (see FIGS. 4A to 4E) from the medical support device 10. That is, the medical article acquiring unit 31D receives the content body (see FIG. 7B) stored in the medical support content DB 21B from the medical support device 10 as the medical article.

[0087] For example, when an article is selected from the multiple article titles displayed in the article list area R101 (see FIG. 3), the medical article acquisition unit 31D receives the medical article corresponding to the selected article title and one or more medical articles to be displayed following the selected medical article from the medical support device 10. The timing of receiving the medical article is not limited to this; for example, when the doctor terminal device 30 accesses the medical support device 10, the medical support device 10 may transmit the medical article (content body) to the doctor terminal device 30.

[0088] The medical article acquiring unit 31D may also receive the article representative information P1 and P2 stored in the medical support content DB 21B. As described above, the medical support content DB 21B records the provider of each medical article (e.g., the advertiser of an advertisement article) and the content type. The medical article acquiring unit 31D may receive information identifying the provider of the medical article and the content type from the medical support device 10 along with the medical article. The doctor terminal device 30 may control the medical articles to be displayed on the medical article scrolling screen 200 based on this information. This control will be described in detail later.

[0089] [Article display control section] The article display control unit 31C forms an article display area R201 on the display unit 34 of the doctor terminal device 30 and displays medical articles in the article display area R201. The article display control unit 31C controls the display of the article display area R201 illustrated in FIGS. 4A to 4E. As shown in FIG. 6, the article display control unit 31C has a display order setting unit 31E, a visibility reduction processing unit 31F, an article movement unit 31J, and a normal display unit 31K. In addition, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F has an execution determination unit 31G and an end determination unit 31H.

[0090] The article display control unit 31C (more specifically, the article moving unit 31J, which will be described later) moves the medical articles displayed in the article display area R201 of the medical article scroll screen 200 in response to an operation (e.g., a scroll operation) performed by the user. For example, the article display control unit 31C moves the medical articles in a direction in response to the scroll operation, and displays multiple medical articles in order in the article display area R201. The display order setting unit 31E determines the display order of the medical articles.

[0091] For example, the display order setting unit 31E sets the display order of medical articles based on the order of article titles displayed in the article list area R101 of the home screen 100 and / or a user operation. For example, the display order setting unit 31E may set the medical article corresponding to the article title selected on the home screen 100 as the medical article to be displayed first. The order thereafter may correspond to the order of the article titles displayed in the article list area R101 of the home screen 100.

[0092] This processing by the display order setting unit 31E will be described using an example in which the article titles of medical article (1) to medical article (4) are displayed in this order in the article list area R101. When the user selects the article title of medical article (2) in the article list area R101, the display order setting unit 31E sets medical article (2) as the medical article to be displayed first on the medical article scrolling screen 200. The display order setting unit 31E then sets medical article (3) as the medical article to be displayed second, and medical article (4) as the medical article to be displayed third. Furthermore, the display order setting unit 31E may set medical article (1), which is arranged first in the article list area R101, as the medical article to be displayed fourth. In other words, the medical articles may be displayed in the order of (2) → (3) → (4) → (1) on the medical article scrolling screen 200.

[0093] When the display order is set in this way, the medical article scroll screen 200 may end with medical article (1), or may return to the first displayed medical article (2) and repeat the subsequent display.

[0094] The processing of the display order setting unit 31E is not limited to the above example. For example, the display order setting unit 31E may set the medical article (2) selected on the home screen 100 as the medical article to be displayed first on the medical article scrolling screen 200, and the order of the medical articles displayed thereafter may be random. As yet another example, the display order setting unit 31E may set the display order of the medical articles based on the attributes of the doctor who is the user. More specifically, the display order setting unit 31E may set the order of the medical articles to be displayed second or later based on the department to which the doctor belongs, the disease in which the doctor specializes, etc.

[0095] As yet another example, the doctor terminal device 30 may record a user's past browsing history of medical articles in the storage unit 32. The display order setting unit 31E may then set the display order of the medical articles by referring to the browsing history. For example, the display order setting unit 31E may add unviewed medical articles to the order of medical articles to be displayed on the medical article scrolling screen 200, while excluding already viewed medical articles from the medical articles to be displayed on the medical article scrolling screen 200.

[0096] As yet another example, the display order setting unit 31E may set the display order of medical articles based on the type of medical article. As described above, in the example described herein, the types of medical articles include advertising articles and medical information articles. The display order setting unit 31E may set the display order, for example, so that advertising articles and medical information articles are displayed alternately. Furthermore, the display order setting unit 31E may set the display order of medical articles so that advertising articles are displayed more frequently than medical information articles.

[0097] [Visibility reduction processing unit] The visibility reduction processing unit 31F executes the visibility reduction process described with reference to Figures 4A to 4E. The visibility reduction process is a process that reduces the visibility of the medical article for the user compared to the normal state (see Figures 4A and 4D) in which the user can read the medical article. As described above, as a result of the visibility reduction process, the medical article becomes, for example, in a state in which the user cannot read the article.

[0098] FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example of visibility reduction processing. As shown in the figure, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F generates multiple layers from, for example, a received medical article. Specifically, as shown in (a) of FIG. 8A, a main text layer L1 containing the medical article itself (content body) and a visibility reduction layer L2 that reduces the visibility of the medical article may be generated. The visibility reduction layer L2 is, for example, an image generated based on the medical article. This image may be the result of a blurring process that blurs the characters and images in the medical article. The visibility reduction processing unit 31F then overlays the visibility reduction layer L2 on the main text layer L1. This makes the characters in the medical article indistinguishable to the user. Note that this image in which the visibility reduction layer L2 is overlaid on the main text layer L1 corresponds to the "low-visibility image of the medical article" in the claims.

[0099] Thereafter, when a termination condition described later is satisfied, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may terminate overlaying the visibility reduction layer L2, as shown in (b) of Fig. 8A. Then, the normal display unit 31K performs processing described later to realize a normal display state in which the user can read the medical article in the main text layer L1.

[0100] In one example, the reduced-visibility layer L2 has a size corresponding to the main text layer L1. Alternatively, the size of the reduced-visibility layer L2 may be different from the size of the main text layer L1. For example, the size of the reduced-visibility layer L2 may be a size corresponding to the article display area R201. For example, if a medical article includes 1 to 100 lines and the article display area R201 is a size equivalent to 10 lines, the reduced-visibility layer L2 may be a size corresponding to those 10 lines. When lines 41 to 50 of the main text layer L1, which has a total of 100 lines, are displayed, the results of the reduced-visibility processing (blurring processing) performed on lines 41 to 50 may be displayed in the article display area R201 as the reduced-visibility layer L2. When lines 42 to 51 are displayed, the results of the reduced-visibility processing (blurring processing) performed on lines 42 to 51 may be displayed in the article display area R201 as the reduced-visibility layer L2.

[0101] The reduced visibility layer L2 does not necessarily have to be generated based on a medical article. For example, the reduced visibility layer L2 may be an image common to multiple medical articles. This image may be stored in the storage unit 32 in advance.

[0102] Furthermore, the visibility-reducing layer L2 does not have to be the result of blurring the medical article. For example, the visibility-reducing layer L2 may be a pattern image having a size corresponding to the medical article and depicting a predetermined pattern, a mosaic image, or an opaque image. Such pattern images may also be stored in advance in the storage unit 32.

[0103] Unlike the example described with reference to FIG. 8A, the visibility reduction process does not have to be a process of overlaying the visibility reduction layer L2 on the main text layer L1. FIG. 8B is a diagram for explaining another example of the visibility reduction process. As shown in (a) of FIG. 8B, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may display an image generated based on a medical article so as to reduce the visibility of the medical article (hereinafter, referred to as a visibility reduction image) in the article display area R201, instead of the medical article in its normal state. This visibility reduction image may be, for example, an image having a size corresponding to the medical article. In this case, the visibility reduction image may also move in response to a scrolling operation. Alternatively, the visibility reduction image may have a size corresponding to the display screen of the display unit 34. In this case, the position of the visibility reduction image may be fixed regardless of a scrolling operation (i.e., the visibility reduction image may continue to be displayed regardless of a scrolling operation). Thereafter, when a termination condition described later is satisfied, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may terminate the display of the reduced-visibility image as shown in (b) of Fig. 8B, and the normal display unit 31K described later may display the medical article in the normal state. Note that when the process shown in Fig. 8B is executed, the reduced-visibility image corresponds to the "image of the medical article with low visibility" in the claims.

[0104] As shown in Fig. 4C, in the reduced visibility state, first article representative information P1 including the title, summary, related images, etc. of the medical article may be displayed in the article display area R201. As shown in Fig. 8A (a), the article display control unit 31C may generate a layer (article representative layer L3) including the first article representative information P1 and overlay the article representative layer L3 on the main text layer L1 and the reduced visibility layer L2. Then, when the end condition of the visibility reduction process is satisfied, the article display control unit 31C may erase the reduced visibility layer L2 and the article representative layer L3.

[0105] 8B, even when the main text layer L1 and the reduced-visibility layer L2 are not superimposed, the article display control unit 31C may superimpose the article representative layer L3 including the first article representative information P1 on the reduced-visibility image. Then, when the end condition of the visibility reduction process is satisfied, the article display control unit 31C (normal display unit 31K) may display the medical article in the normal state instead of the reduced-visibility image, and erase the article representative layer L3.

[0106] 4A, 4D, and 4E, when a medical article is displayed in the article display area R201 in the normal state, second article representative information P2 including the title of the medical article may be displayed in the article display area R201. In this case, the article display control unit 31C may generate a layer (article title layer L4) including the second article representative information P2 and form the article title layer L4 between the main text layer L1 and the reduced-visibility layer L2, as shown in FIG. 8A. Then, when the end condition for the visibility reduction process is satisfied, the article display control unit 31C may erase the reduced-visibility layer L2. In this way, the medical article is displayed in the article display area R201 in the normal state, and the title of the medical article (second article representative information P2) is displayed in the article display area R201.

[0107] [Execution decision section] The above-described visibility reduction process does not necessarily have to be performed on all medical articles. That is, the visibility reduction process may be selectively performed on multiple medical articles. As shown in FIG. 6, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may include an execution determination unit 31G. The execution determination unit 31G determines whether or not to perform the visibility reduction process on each of the multiple medical articles.

[0108] The execution determination unit 31G determines whether or not to perform visibility reduction processing on a medical article based on, for example, the attributes of the medical article. More specifically, the execution determination unit 31G determines whether or not the attributes of two consecutive medical articles in the display order satisfy a predetermined condition. If the attributes of the two medical articles satisfy the predetermined condition, the visibility reduction processing may not be performed on the medical article to be displayed later, and the medical article may be displayed in the normal state from the beginning.

[0109] Here, these two medical articles are referred to as the third medical article and the fourth medical article. In this case, the execution determination unit 31G may determine, for example, whether the provider of the third medical article is the same as the provider of the fourth medical article. If the medical article is an advertisement, the execution determination unit 31G may determine whether the provider of the medical product related to this advertisement is the same. If the provider is the same, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may not perform visibility reduction processing for the fourth medical article. As a result, during the article transition process from the third medical article to the fourth medical article, the article display control unit 31C displays the third medical article in a normal state in a part of the article display area R201, and simultaneously displays the fourth medical article in a normal state in another part of the article display area R201. According to this processing, when medical articles from the same provider appear in succession, the user can smoothly view the medical article displayed later (for example, without selecting the explicit selection button B1 shown in FIG. 4C). In addition, if the provider of the third medical article and the provider of the fourth medical article are the same, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F executes visibility reduction processing for the fourth medical article, and during the article transition process, the article display control unit 31C displays the third medical article in a normal state in a part of the article display area R201, and at the same time displays the fourth medical article in a reduced visibility state in another part of the article display area R201.

[0110] The attribute of the medical article referenced by the execution determination unit 31G may be the type of medical article. For example, the execution determination unit 31G may determine whether the fourth medical article is an advertisement. If the fourth medical article is an advertisement, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may perform visibility reduction processing on the fourth medical article. This processing can prevent users from misunderstanding that the provider of the third medical article is recommending a medical product related to the fourth medical article, for example.

[0111] Furthermore, if the fourth medical article is an advertisement, the visibility reduction processor 31F may also perform visibility reduction processing on the fifth medical article that follows the fourth medical article. This processing can prevent the user from mistaking the fifth medical article for a relationship between the medical product related to the fourth medical article and the fifth medical article (for example, mistaking the fifth medical article for demonstrating the effectiveness of the medical product).

[0112] On the other hand, if the fourth medical article is a different type of medical article from the advertising article (for example, if the fourth medical article is a medical information article), the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may not execute visibility reduction processing for the fourth medical article. In this case, the article display control unit 31C (normal display unit 31K) may display the third medical article in a part of the article display area R201 in a normal state during the article transition process from the third medical article to the fourth medical article, and simultaneously display the fourth medical article in another part of the article display area R201 in a normal state. According to this processing, if the fourth medical article is not related to a medical product, the user can smoothly view the fourth medical article (for example, without selecting the explicit selection button B1 shown in FIG. 4C).

[0113] Furthermore, when the fourth medical article is an advertisement, the article display control unit 31C may execute a display format different from that of other medical articles, instead of or in addition to the visibility reduction process. For example, the article display control unit 31C may display the article title of the fourth medical article (the above-mentioned second article representative information P2) in a format different from that of other types of medical articles. For example, the article display control unit 31C may change the color of the article title of the fourth medical article.

[0114] [End determination section] 6, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F has an end determination unit 31H. The end determination unit 31H determines whether an end condition for the visibility reduction processing is satisfied. When this end condition is satisfied, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F ends the visibility reduction processing for the medical article displayed in the reduced visibility state, and the normal display unit 31K displays the medical article in the normal state.

[0115] The termination condition may be that the result of the visibility reduction process (the medical article in a reduced visibility state) continues to be displayed for a predetermined time (e.g., several seconds) or more. If the medical article continues to be displayed in a reduced visibility state for a predetermined time or more, the user's intention to view the medical article is recognized, and the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may terminate the visibility reduction process for the medical article displayed in a reduced visibility state.

[0116] Another example of the termination condition is a condition regarding an operation performed by the user on the doctor terminal device 30. That is, the termination determination unit 31H may determine whether or not the user performs a predetermined operation. When this operation is performed, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F terminates the visibility reduction processing. The predetermined operation is, for example, the selection operation of the above-mentioned explicit selection button B1 (the button labeled "Read article" in FIG. 4C). When the explicit selection button B1 is selected, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F terminates the processing.

[0117] The predetermined operation may be, for example, touching the input unit 35, which is a touchpad, for a predetermined period of time. The visibility reduction processing unit 31F may end the processing when the input unit 35 is touched for a predetermined period of time.

[0118] If the condition for terminating the visibility reduction process is not satisfied and scrolling continues to the end of the medical article displayed in the reduced visibility state, the article display control unit 31C may proceed to displaying the next medical article without terminating the visibility reduction process for that medical article. In this case, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may perform the same process as described above for this next medical article. That is, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may perform a process to reduce the visibility of this medical article and display the result in the article display area R201. Then, if the condition for terminating the visibility reduction process is satisfied, the visibility reduction process for the next article may be terminated.

[0119] As described above, scrolling can be performed both upward and downward (or both rightward and leftward). When scrolling upward, medical articles arranged in a forward direction (e.g., first medical article to fourth medical article) may be displayed in that order. Conversely, when scrolling downward, medical articles arranged in a reverse direction (e.g., fourth medical article to first medical article) may be displayed in that order.

[0120] In this case, for example, the article display control unit 31C may transition from the first medical article to the second medical article in response to a user's scrolling operation, display the second medical article in a normal state, and then return to the first medical article in response to a subsequent scrolling operation. At this time, the visibility reduction processing unit 31F may also perform visibility reduction processing on the first medical article again. This processing makes it possible to more reliably display the misconception that there is a relationship between the content of the second medical article and the first medical article.

[0121] The end condition of the visibility reduction process may be adjustable by the user. For example, if the end condition is determined by the time the user touches the input unit 35, which is a touchpad, the user may be able to shorten that time. Alternatively, if the end condition is that the result of the visibility reduction process (the medical article in a reduced visibility state) continues to be displayed for a predetermined time or longer, the user may be able to adjust that time.

[0122] The normal display unit 31K displays medical articles in the article display area R201 in a normal state. As described above, the normal display unit 31K displays medical articles that have not been subjected to visibility reduction processing and medical articles that have been subjected to visibility reduction processing in a normal state. The normal state is a state in which, for example, the user can read the medical article.

[0123] [Article Movement Section] The article moving unit 31J moves the position of the medical article displayed in the article display area R201 in response to a user's scrolling operation. The article moving unit 31J acquires data on the results of the visibility reduction process (medical articles in a reduced visibility state) and medical articles for which the visibility reduction process has been completed or for which visibility reduction process is not required (medical articles in a normal state), and displays them in the article display area R201. The article moving unit 31J then moves these positions in response to a user's scrolling operation.

[0124] For example, if the input unit 35 is a touchpad, the article moving unit 31J may move the position of the medical article by a distance corresponding to the movement of the finger on the input unit 35 (scroll operation). Then, when the user's finger is removed from the input unit 35, the position of the medical article may be stopped. Alternatively, the article moving unit 31J may calculate the initial speed of the medical article based on the movement of the finger on the input unit 35. Then, the article moving unit 31J may move the position of the medical article at the calculated speed, and the speed may gradually decrease. Then, when the speed reaches zero, the article moving unit 31J may stop moving the medical article.

[0125] During the article transition process in which the medical article displayed in the article display area R201 is transitioned to the next medical article, the article moving unit 31J displays a portion of one medical article (e.g., the first medical article AT1 shown in FIG. 4B) and a portion of the other medical article (e.g., the second medical article AT2 shown in FIG. 4B) in the article display area R201. At this time, the result of the visibility reduction process executed on the other medical article is displayed in the article display area R201 until the end condition of the visibility reduction process described above is satisfied. The article moving unit 31J moves the medical articles AT1 and AT2 displayed in the article display area R201 by a distance corresponding to the scroll operation. As a result, the area in the article display area R201 in which the first medical article AT1 is displayed gradually shrinks, and the area in the article display area R201 in which the second medical article AT2 is displayed gradually expands.

[0126] Note that when an operation other than an operation for moving a medical article (e.g., a vertical scroll operation) is performed, a predetermined process may be executed for that medical article. For example, when a flip operation is performed by moving a finger horizontally, the article display control unit 31C may erase the medical article from the article display area R201. At this time, the doctor terminal device 30 may store the medical article in the storage unit 32 or add the medical article to a list of medical articles of interest to the user (a bookmark list).

[0127] [Processing flow] 9A and 9B are diagrams for explaining an example of processing executed in the doctor terminal device 30. FIG.

[0128] The doctor terminal device 30 (article list display unit 31B) displays the article titles of medical articles listed in the distribution target article list (FIG. 7D) in the article list area R101 (see FIG. 3) of the home screen 100 (S101). The doctor terminal device 30 determines whether any of the article titles displayed in the article list area R101 has been selected (S102). The doctor terminal device 30 waits until any of the article titles has been selected.

[0129] When one of the article titles displayed in the article list area R101 is selected ("yes" in S102), the doctor terminal device 30 (medical article acquisition unit 31D) receives the medical article to be displayed in the article display area R201 (FIG. 4, etc.) of the medical article scroll screen 200 from the medical support device 10 (S103). The medical article received here may be, for example, a medical article listed in the distribution target article list (FIG. 7D). Reception of the medical article may be performed together with the reception of the article title in S101, instead of S103, or may be performed at an earlier timing (for example, when the medical support software is started).

[0130] The doctor terminal device 30 (display order setting unit 31E) sets the display order of the received medical articles (S104). For example, the medical article related to the article title selected in S102 is set as the medical article to be displayed first. Furthermore, the display order of the medical articles to be displayed thereafter may correspond to the order in which they are listed in the article distribution list (the order in which the medical articles follow the medical article displayed first), as described above.

[0131] The doctor terminal device 30 (visibility reduction processing unit 31F) executes visibility reduction processing on the received medical article (S105). For example, it executes visibility reduction processing on the second or subsequent medical article to be displayed. Then, the doctor terminal device 30 (article display control unit 31C) displays the first medical article in the article display area R201 (S106, see FIG. 4A). The doctor terminal device 30 (article moving unit 31J) determines whether a scroll operation has been performed (S107) and maintains the display of S106 until a scroll operation is performed.

[0132] When a scroll operation is performed, the doctor terminal device 30 (article movement unit 31J) moves the medical article in accordance with the scroll operation (S108). At this time, the doctor terminal device 30 may move the medical article by a distance corresponding to the scroll operation, or may move the medical article at a speed and acceleration (deceleration) corresponding to the scroll operation. As the medical article continues to move in S108, the object displayed in the article display area R201 of two consecutive medical articles shifts from one medical article to the other (article shift process). For example, the display object shifts from the first medical article AT1 (see FIG. 4A) to the second medical article AT2 (FIGS. 4B and 4C). At this time, as illustrated in FIGS. 4B and 4C, the results of the visibility reduction process performed on the second and subsequent medical articles are displayed.

[0133] Next, the doctor terminal device 30 (article display control unit 31C) determines whether the termination condition for the medical article scroll screen 200 has been met (S109). For example, the doctor terminal device 30 determines whether the end button B2 (the button marked with an "x" in FIG. 4C) displayed on the medical article scroll screen 200 has been selected (tapped). Alternatively, the doctor terminal device 30 may determine whether the display target in the article display area R201 has reached the end of all medical articles due to scrolling of the medical articles. If this termination condition is met, the current processing related to the display of the medical articles is terminated.

[0134] On the other hand, if the termination condition for the medical article scroll screen 200 is not satisfied, the doctor terminal device 30 (termination determination unit 31H) determines whether the termination condition for the visibility reduction process is satisfied (S110, FIG. 9B). As described above, this termination condition is, for example, that the explicit selection button B1 (see FIG. 4C) is selected (e.g., tapped), or that the input unit 35, which is a touchpad, is touched for a predetermined time or more. The termination condition may also be that the medical article is displayed in a reduced visibility state for a predetermined time (e.g., several seconds or more).

[0135] When the end condition of the visibility reduction process is satisfied ("yes" in S110), the doctor terminal device 30 (article display control unit 31C) ends the visibility reduction process (S111). For example, as described with reference to FIG. 8A, the doctor terminal device 30 erases the reduced-visibility layer L2 and the article representative layer L3, and the doctor terminal device 30 (normal display unit 31K) displays the main text layer L1 as a medical article. As a result, the medical article for which the end condition is satisfied is displayed in the normal state. Note that in S111, as described with reference to FIG. 8B, the doctor terminal device 30 (normal display unit 31K) may display the medical article in the normal state instead of the reduced-visibility image. Thereafter, the doctor terminal device 30 returns to S107 and executes the subsequent processes.

[0136] If the condition for terminating the visibility reduction process is not satisfied ("no" in S110), the doctor terminal device 30 (article display control unit 31C) determines whether the scrolling (movement) of the medical article has stopped (S112). If the scrolling of the medical article has stopped ("yes" in S112), the doctor terminal device 30 returns to S107 and executes the subsequent processes. On the other hand, if the scrolling (movement) of the medical article has not yet stopped ("no" in S112), the doctor terminal device 30 returns to S108 and executes the subsequent processes. As described above, as the movement of the medical article progresses in S108, the object displayed in the article display area R201 of two consecutive medical articles shifts from one medical article to the other (article shift process). The above is an example of the flow of the process performed by the doctor terminal device 30.

[0137] [Flow of visibility reduction processing] As described above, the visibility reduction process may be selectively performed on multiple medical articles. Figure 10 is a flow diagram showing an example of the visibility reduction process performed in S105 of Figure 9A in this case.

[0138] The doctor terminal device 30 (visibility reduction processing unit 31F) reads one medical article (S201). Then, the doctor terminal device 30 (execution determination unit 31G) determines whether the execution condition for the visibility reduction process is satisfied for this read medical article (S202). For example, the doctor terminal device 30 determines whether the provider of the medical article read in S201 is the same as the provider of the medical article read previously (the medical article displayed immediately before). The doctor terminal device 30 may also determine whether the type of the medical article read in S201 is an advertising article.

[0139] If the conditions for executing the visibility reduction process are met in S202, the doctor terminal device 30 (visibility reduction processing unit 31F) executes the visibility reduction process for this medical article (S203) and stores the results of the process in the storage unit 32 as data to be displayed in the article display area R201. Then, the doctor terminal device 30 (visibility reduction processing unit 31F) determines whether all medical articles have been read (S204). If there are medical articles that have not yet been read, the doctor terminal device 30 (visibility reduction processing unit 31F) returns to S201 and executes the subsequent processes.

[0140] On the other hand, if the conditions for executing the visibility reduction process are not met in S202, the visibility reduction process is not performed on the medical article read in S201, and the medical article that has not been subjected to the visibility reduction process (normal medical article) is stored as data to be displayed in the article display area R201 in the storage unit 32. Then, the doctor terminal device 30 (visibility reduction processing unit 31F) determines whether all medical articles have been read (S204).

[0141] [summary] As described above, the doctor terminal device 30 includes a medical article acquisition unit 31D that acquires multiple medical articles, including a first medical article AT1 and a second medical article AT2, and an article display control unit 31C that displays the acquired medical articles in the article display area R201 of the doctor terminal device. The article display control unit 31C includes an article movement unit 31J that moves the medical articles displayed in the article display area R201 in response to user operations on the doctor terminal device 30, a normal display unit 31K that displays the medical articles in a normal state in which the user can read them, and a visibility reduction processing unit 31F that performs visibility reduction processing on the medical articles to reduce their visibility compared to the normal state. During the article transition process, the article display control unit 31C displays the first medical article AT1 in a portion of the article display area R201 in the normal state, and displays the results of the visibility reduction processing performed on the second medical article AT2 in another portion of the article display area R201.

[0142] According to this doctor terminal device 30, the first medical article AT1 and the second medical article AT2 do not appear simultaneously in the article display area R201 under normal conditions, which prevents the user from misunderstanding that there is some kind of relationship between the first medical article AT1 and the second medical article AT2.

[0143] [others] The terminal device proposed in the present disclosure is not limited to the doctor terminal device 30 described above, and various modifications may be made.

[0144] For example, the doctor terminal device 30 does not necessarily have to have the execution determination unit 31G. In this case, the visibility reduction process may be executed for all medical articles to be displayed in the article display area R201. [Explanation of symbols]

[0145] 10: Medical support device, 11: Control unit, 11A: Operation history receiving unit, 11B: Article list generating unit, 12: Storage unit, 13: Communication unit, 14: Display unit, 15: Input unit, 21: Data storage unit, 21A: Doctor database, 21B: Medical support content database, 21C: Operation history database, 30: Doctor terminal device, 31: Control unit, 31A: Operation history transmitting unit, 31B: Article list display unit, 31C: Article display control unit, 31D: Doctor medical article acquisition unit, 31E: display order setting unit, 31F: visibility reduction processing unit, 31G: execution determination unit, 31H: termination determination unit, 31J: article movement unit, 32: memory unit, 33: communication unit, 34: display unit, 35: input unit, 100: home screen, medical article scrolling screen, 300: support information presentation screen, 400: medical calculation tool screen, L1: main text layer, L2: visibility reduction layer, L3: article representative layer, L4: article title layer.

Claims

1. an acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of medical articles including a first medical article and a second medical article; A display control means for forming an article display area on the display screen of a user's terminal device and displaying the acquired medical article in the article display area. A program for causing a computer to function as the terminal device, comprising: The display control means includes article moving means for moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to an operation by the user on the terminal device, means for displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read the medical article, and means for executing a visibility reduction process on the medical article to reduce the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state, During an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving means, the display control means displays the first medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state, and displays a result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article in another part of the article display area. program.

2. The display control means displays an image in which the visibility of the medical article is lower than in the normal state as a result of the visibility reduction process. The program according to claim 1.

3. The display control means displays an image generated based on the medical article and having lower visibility of the medical article than in the normal state as a result of the visibility reduction process. The program according to claim 1.

4. the display control means performs the visibility reduction process by generating a first layer including the medical article and a second layer that reduces the visibility of the medical article, and overlaying the second layer on the first layer; The display control means erases the second layer and displays the first layer in the article display area when a predetermined termination condition is satisfied. The program according to claim 1.

5. The acquiring means further acquires article representative information associated with the second medical article; The display control means displays the result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article and the article representative information of the second medical article in the other part of the article display area during the article transition process. The program according to claim 1.

6. The display control means includes a determination means for determining whether a predetermined termination condition is satisfied during the article transition process, and when the termination condition is satisfied, the visibility reduction process for the second medical article is terminated and the second medical article is displayed in the normal state. The program according to claim 1.

7. The termination condition is that a predetermined operation is performed by the user.

7. The program according to claim 6.

8. the acquiring means further acquires a third medical article and a fourth medical article as the plurality of medical articles; When the attributes of the third medical article and the attributes of the fourth medical article satisfy a predetermined condition, the display control means displays the third medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state and displays the fourth medical article in another part of the article display area in the normal state during the article transition process from the third medical article to the fourth medical article. The program according to claim 1.

9. the acquiring means further acquires a third medical article and a fourth medical article as the plurality of medical articles; When the type of the fourth medical article is a first type, during the article transition process from the third medical article to the fourth medical article, the display control means displays the third medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state, and displays the result of the visibility reduction process executed on the fourth medical article in another part of the article display area; When the type of the fourth medical article is the second type, the display control means displays the third medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state during the article transition process from the third medical article to the fourth medical article, and displays the fourth medical article in another part of the article display area in the normal state. The program according to claim 1.

10. the acquiring means further acquires a plurality of medical support contents for supporting medical care provided by medical professionals; At least one of the plurality of medical articles to be displayed in the article display area and the display order of the plurality of medical articles is selected and determined based on the operation history of the plurality of medical support contents by the user.

2. The program of claim 1.

11. A display means; an acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of medical articles including a first medical article and a second medical article; a display control means for forming an article display area on the display means and displaying the acquired medical article in the article display area; The display control means includes article moving means for moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to an operation by the user on the terminal device, means for displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read the medical article, and means for executing a visibility reduction process on the medical article to reduce the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state, During an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving means, the display control means displays the first medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state, and displays a result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article in another part of the article display area. Terminal device.

12. a terminal device having a display means; a server device that transmits a plurality of medical articles including a first medical article and a second medical article to the terminal device; The terminal device an acquisition means for acquiring the plurality of medical articles from the server device; a display control means for forming an article display area on the display means and displaying the acquired medical article in the article display area in a normal state in which the acquired medical article can be read by a user; The display control means includes article moving means for moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to an operation by the user on the terminal device, means for displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read the medical article, and means for executing a visibility reduction process on the medical article to reduce the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state, During an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving means, the display control means displays the first medical article in a part of the article display area in the normal state, and displays a result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article in another part of the article display area. system.

13. an acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of medical articles including a first medical article and a second medical article; a display control step of displaying the acquired medical article in an article display area of ​​the user's terminal device in a normal state in which the user can read the article; and The display control step includes a moving step of moving the medical article displayed in the article display area in response to an operation of the user on the terminal device, a display step of displaying the medical article in a normal state in which the user can read the medical article, and a step of executing a visibility reduction process on the medical article to reduce the visibility of the medical article compared to the normal state. In an article transition process in which the display target in the article display area transitions from the first medical article to the second medical article due to the movement of the medical article by the article moving step, the first medical article is displayed in a part of the article display area in the normal state, and the result of the visibility reduction process executed on the second medical article is displayed in another part of the article display area. Display control method.

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