Apparatus and method for automatically managing medical procedure for outpatient

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for automatically managing a medical procedure for an outpatient and, more particularly, the apparatus comprising a communication interface, a memory, and a processor operably connected to the communication interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: when it is detected that a patient has entered a preset area, confirm the arrival of the patient and add the patient to a list; when the patient is within a predetermined time from a predicted medical treatment time or when the patient's position in a medical treatment order falls within a predetermined range, obtain the location of the patient's terminal; when the obtained location of the patient's terminal is outside a predetermined radius, request standby for medical treatment; and when it is detected that the patient's turn in the medical treatment order has come and the patient has entered an examination room, request medical staff to perform an identity verification procedure.

Description

Device and method for automatically managing medical procedures for outpatients

[0001] The present invention relates to a device and method for automatically managing medical procedures for outpatients.

[0002] As medical technology advances, average life expectancy and lifespan are increasing. Furthermore, interest in one's own health and health management is also increasing, leading to a significant increase in the number of people seeking medical care.

[0003] When a patient visits a medical institution for treatment, they must go through the usual procedures of registration, consultation, treatment, and payment. Each step inevitably involves waiting. Patients with physical disabilities or poor health often find it difficult to endure these long waits, leading to frequent complaints from patients and their guardians.

[0004] Therefore, there is a need to develop technologies that enable quick and easy treatment procedures without direct intervention from patients or their guardians.

[0005] The background technology of the invention has been prepared to facilitate a better understanding of the present invention. It should not be construed as an admission that the matters described in the background technology of the invention constitute prior art.

[0006] Medical institutions are also exploring ways to address various issues arising from waiting times, such as implementing reservation systems or enabling patients to register without visiting the medical institution through separately developed applications.

[0007] Typically, patients make appointments in advance to reduce waiting times, unless their symptoms are sudden. After their visit, patients are required to verify their identity with the department using their personal information before being checked in and processed sequentially. This means that even patients with scheduled appointments must still meet with a medical professional in person to confirm their attendance, which adds to the inconvenience.

[0008] Meanwhile, if you pre-register through a separately developed application, you may be able to reduce waiting times within the medical institution. However, you will need to verify your identity to enter the examination room for treatment, so direct contact with medical staff is unavoidable.

[0009] Accordingly, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic management device and method for outpatient treatment procedures, which detects that a patient has visited a medical institution based on at least one means and automatically performs an attendance check, thereby adding the patient to a waiting list without direct contact with medical staff at the same time as the patient visits the medical institution, and providing an optimal guide for the patient to move to a location that the patient must visit for treatment, thereby enabling the patient and / or guardian to quickly and easily reach the location even in a crowded medical institution.

[0010] Meanwhile, another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic management device and method for outpatient treatment procedures that prevent unnecessary waiting time by checking whether the patient is located within a radius of a place where the patient must visit for treatment based on the patient's location and reminding the patient to wait before his or her turn, while minimizing the spread of infectious diseases, etc. through a completely non-face-to-face procedure.

[0011] The tasks of the present invention are not limited to the tasks mentioned above, and other tasks not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

[0012] In order to solve the above-described problem, an automatic management device for a treatment procedure for an outpatient according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided. The device includes: a communication interface; a memory; and a processor operably connected to the communication interface and the memory; wherein the processor is configured to, when it detects that a patient has entered a preset area, check the patient's attendance and add the patient to a list; acquire the location of the patient terminal when it is within a predetermined time from the predicted treatment time or when the patient's treatment order enters within the predetermined order; and request treatment waiting when the acquired location of the patient terminal is outside a predetermined radius; and, when it detects that the patient's treatment order has arrived and entered the treatment room, perform an identity verification operation for medical staff.

[0013] According to a feature of the present invention, when there are multiple schedules for the patient, the processor can rearrange the reservation order between schedules by considering at least one of the waiting time of each of the multiple schedules and the movement path between each schedule.

[0014] According to a feature of the present invention, after the attendance check, the processor can extract and provide the fastest possible route from the patient's current location to a location to be visited for treatment.

[0015] According to a feature of the present invention, if the processor determines that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius based on the examination room, it can request the patient to wait for treatment by sending a waiting request notification to the patient terminal until it detects that the patient terminal has entered within the predetermined radius.

[0016] According to a feature of the present invention, if it is determined based on the location information that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius from the examination room, the processor can transmit a patient departure notification to at least one medical staff terminal.

[0017] According to a feature of the present invention, the processor can obtain the location of the patient terminal based on the communication strength of the patient terminal with respect to the currently connected wireless Internet network.

[0018] According to a feature of the present invention, the processor can detect that the patient has entered the preset area based on the patient terminal or preset recognition means.

[0019] According to a feature of the present invention, the preset recognition means may include at least one of a number attached to the patient's means of transportation, a tag attached to a specific location of a medical institution, a QR code, a barcode, NFC, and RFID.

[0020] According to a feature of the present invention, when medical information about the patient is input from a medical staff terminal, the processor can calculate a medical fee based on the medical information, and automatically pay the calculated medical fee through a payment method preset for the patient.

[0021] According to a feature of the present invention, when the processor performs the identity verification operation, it outputs and provides the patient's position information in a first or second manner, wherein the first manner is a manner in which the position information is provided by displaying it on a display of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separate display module, and the second manner is a manner in which the position information is provided by outputting it through a speaker of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separate output module.

[0022] In order to solve the aforementioned problem, a method for automatically managing treatment procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided. The method comprises the steps of: checking the patient's attendance and adding the patient to a list when it is detected that the patient has entered a preset area; acquiring the location of the patient's terminal when the patient is within a predetermined time from the predicted treatment time or when the patient's treatment order enters within a predetermined order; requesting treatment waiting when the acquired location of the patient's terminal is outside a predetermined radius; and, when it is detected that the patient's treatment order has arrived and entered the treatment room, instructing medical staff to perform an identity verification operation.

[0023] According to a feature of the present invention, when there are multiple schedules for the patient, the method may further include a step of rearranging the reservation order between schedules by considering at least one of the waiting time of each of the multiple schedules and the movement route between each schedule.

[0024] According to a feature of the present invention, after the above-mentioned check-in, a step of extracting and providing the fastest possible route from the patient's current location to a location to be visited for treatment may be further included.

[0025] According to a feature of the present invention, the step of requesting a waiting period for treatment may include, when it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius based on the treatment room, transmitting a waiting request notification to the patient terminal until it is detected that the patient terminal has entered within the predetermined radius.

[0026] According to a feature of the present invention, the step of requesting the waiting for treatment may transmit a patient departure notification to at least one medical staff terminal when it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius from the treatment room based on the location information.

[0027] According to a feature of the present invention, the step of acquiring the location of the patient terminal can acquire the location of the patient terminal based on the communication strength of the patient terminal with respect to the currently connected wireless Internet network.

[0028] According to a feature of the present invention, whether the patient has entered the preset area can be detected based on the patient terminal or preset recognition means.

[0029] According to a feature of the present invention, the preset recognition means may include at least one of a number attached to the patient's means of transportation, a tag attached to a specific location of a medical institution, a QR code, a barcode, NFC, and RFID.

[0030] According to a feature of the present invention, when treatment information for the patient is input from a medical staff terminal, a step of calculating a treatment fee based on the treatment information and automatically paying the calculated treatment fee through a payment method preset for the patient may be further included.

[0031] According to a feature of the present invention, the step of performing the identity verification operation may include providing the patient's position information by outputting it in a first or second manner, wherein the first manner may be a manner of providing the position information by displaying it on a display of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separate display module, and the second manner may be a manner of providing the position information by outputting it through a speaker of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separate output module.

[0032] Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

[0033] The present invention detects that a patient has visited a medical institution based on at least one means and automatically performs an attendance check, thereby adding the patient to a waiting list without direct contact with medical staff upon visiting the medical institution and providing an optimal guide for the patient to move to a location that the patient must visit for treatment, thereby enabling the patient and / or guardian to quickly and easily reach the location even within a crowded medical institution.

[0034] In addition, the present invention prevents unnecessary waiting time by checking whether the patient is located within a radius of the place where the patient must visit for treatment based on the patient's location and reminding the patient to wait before his or her turn, while minimizing the spread of infectious diseases, etc. through a completely non-face-to-face procedure.

[0035] The effects according to the present invention are not limited to those exemplified above, and more diverse effects are included within the present invention.

[0036] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an automatic management system for medical procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a service server that provides an automatic management service for medical procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0038] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patient terminal that uses an automatic management service for outpatient treatment procedures according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0039] FIG. 4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for automatically managing treatment procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0040] FIG. 5 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation for performing schedule rearrangement when a patient has multiple schedules in an automatic management method for outpatient treatment procedures according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0041] FIG. 6 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation for providing an optimal guide for a patient to move to a location that the patient must visit for treatment in an automatic management method for a treatment procedure for an outpatient according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0042] FIG. 7 is a drawing showing an example of guide information displayed on a display module of a patient terminal carried by a patient whose attendance has been checked according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0043] FIG. 8 is a drawing illustrating an example of an operation that can be performed depending on whether each patient is located within a predetermined radius of a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0044] FIG. 9 is a drawing showing an example of a waiting request notification displayed on a display module of a patient terminal when a patient scheduled for treatment is determined to be outside a predetermined radius of a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0045] FIG. 10 is a drawing showing an example of a patient departure notification displayed on a display module of a medical staff terminal when a patient scheduled for treatment is determined to be outside a predetermined radius of a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0046] FIG. 11 is a drawing showing an example of displaying entrance information on a display module of a medical staff terminal when it is determined that a patient whose treatment order has arrived has entered a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] The advantages and features of the present invention, and the methods for achieving them, will become clearer with reference to the embodiments described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms. These embodiments are provided solely to ensure that the disclosure of the present invention is complete and to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims. In connection with the description of the drawings, similar reference numerals may be used for similar components.

[0048] In this document, the expressions "has," "may have," "includes," or "may include" indicate the presence of a feature (e.g., a number, function, operation, or component such as a part), but do not exclude the presence of additional features.

[0049] In this document, the expressions "A or B," "at least one of A and / or B," or "one or more of A or / and B" can include all possible combinations of the listed items. For example, "A or B," "at least one of A and B," or "at least one of A or B" can all refer to cases where (1) at least one A is included, (2) at least one B is included, or (3) at least one A and at least one B are included.

[0050] The terms "first," "second," "first," or "second," as used herein, may describe various components, regardless of order and / or importance, and are only used to distinguish one component from another, without limiting the components. For example, a first user device and a second user device may represent different user devices, regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of the rights set forth in this document, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be referred to as a first component.

[0051] When it is said that a component (e.g., a first component) is "(operatively or communicatively) coupled with / to" or "connected to" another component (e.g., a second component), it should be understood that the component is directly coupled to the other component, or can be connected via another component (e.g., a third component). Conversely, when it is said that a component (e.g., a first component) is "directly coupled to" or "directly connected to" another component (e.g., a second component), it should be understood that no other component (e.g., a third component) exists between the first component and the other component.

[0052] The expression "configured to" as used herein can be used interchangeably with, for example, "suitable for," "having the capacity to," "designed to," "adapted to," "made to," or "capable of." The term "configured to" does not necessarily mean something that is "specifically designed to" in hardware. Instead, in some contexts, the expression "a device configured to" can mean that the device, together with other devices or components, is "capable of." For example, the phrase "a processor configured (or set) to perform A, B, and C" may mean a dedicated processor (e.g., an embedded processor) for performing those operations, or a general-purpose processor (e.g., a CPU or application processor) that can perform those operations by executing one or more software programs stored in a memory device.

[0053] The terms used in this document are used only to describe specific embodiments and may not be intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. The singular expression may include the plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art described in this document. Terms defined in general dictionaries among the terms used in this document may be interpreted as having the same or similar meaning in the context of the relevant technology, and shall not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined in this document. In some cases, even if a term is defined in this document, it cannot be interpreted to exclude the embodiments of this document.

[0054] The individual features of the various embodiments of the present invention can be partially or wholly combined or combined with each other, and as can be fully understood by those skilled in the art, various technical connections and operations are possible, and each embodiment can be implemented independently of each other or can be implemented together in a related relationship.

[0055] For clarity in the interpretation of this specification, the terms used in this specification are defined below.

[0056] The device referred to as “service server” hereinafter may mean, but is not limited to, a single physically independent server according to the present invention, and may also be a single virtual machine, and is intended to encompass a single module or program or docker operating on a single virtual or physical machine.

[0057] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by describing a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings.

[0058] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an automatic management system for medical procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0059] Referring to FIG. 1, an automated outpatient treatment procedure management system (1000) according to one embodiment of the present invention may be configured to automatically perform treatment procedures and patient confirmation operations based on the location of a patient visiting a medical institution for treatment. Accordingly, the automated treatment procedure management system (1000) may include a service server (100), a patient terminal (200), and a medical staff terminal (300).

[0060] First, the service server (100) may correspond to a web server and refers to a device (i.e., a device for automatically managing medical procedures) for providing a medical procedure automatic management service for outpatients in the medical procedure automatic management system (1000) of the present invention.

[0061] This service server (100) can be connected to a patient terminal (200) and a medical staff terminal (300) to provide the automatic management service for medical procedures, and can collect or receive all information / data related to the automatic management service for medical procedures, such as various notifications, requests, and information. Meanwhile, the automatic management system for medical procedures can be linked (connected) to an electronic medical record system to collect and utilize patient information. In addition, the electronic medical record system can also collect and utilize various information related to the patient's medical procedures through the automatic management system for medical procedures. This electronic medical record system is a system for recording and managing medical information about patients by medical staff or medical institutions. When various pieces of information that can be included in the medical information are entered, they are all processed into a database, thereby forming the foundation for remote treatment, collaboration, and transfer between remote patients or medical institutions. Here, the medical information can include at least one of patient information (including basic information such as personal information and physical information), medical history, medical results, and medical data for each patient. However, this is only one example, and other additional information about the patient may be included or at least some of it may be excluded, and the stored data / information is not limited to the data / information listed above.

[0062] Specifically, when the service server (100) detects that a patient has entered a preset area, it checks the patient's attendance and adds the patient to the list, and when the predicted treatment time or treatment order satisfies a predetermined condition, it obtains the location of the patient terminal (200) corresponding to the patient. In addition, when the location of the obtained patient terminal (200) is outside the predetermined radius, it requests treatment waiting, and when it detects that the patient's treatment order has arrived and he has entered the treatment room, it instructs the medical staff to perform a patient identification operation. At this time, the service server (100) can easily obtain the location from the patient terminal (200) by providing (installing) at least one separate scanner within the medical institution.

[0063] To this end, the service server (100) builds and provides a separate platform (application) for automatic management of medical procedures, thereby enabling the patient terminal (200) and medical staff terminal (300) to smoothly receive the automatic management of medical procedures service.

[0064] This service server (100) will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 2.

[0065] Meanwhile, both the patient terminal (200) and the medical staff terminal (300) collectively refer to terminals possessed by users registered on the service server (100) who wish to receive (use) the automatic management service for medical procedures.

[0066] First, the patient terminal (200) refers to a terminal carried by a patient who visits a medical institution to receive treatment, and there may be at least one. This patient terminal (200) transmits the current location based on an application provided by the service server (100). At this time, the patient's current location may be transmitted using at least one recognition means or the patient terminal (200). Here, at least one recognition means may be a number attached to the patient's means of transportation, or may include at least one of a tag, QR code, barcode, NFC, and RFID attached to a specific location of the medical institution, and the recognition means may be set differently for each patient.

[0067] As an example, if a patient is set to recognize a number attached to a vehicle or a kickboard as his / her own identification method, when he / she enters an area in a medical institution where a scanner capable of recognizing the identification method is installed, the scanner can detect that the patient has entered and check that he / she has arrived at the hospital.

[0068] As another example, if the patient is set to use the patient terminal (200) as his / her own identification means, regardless of the method of movement, such as moving by means of transportation or walking, if the patient carries the patient terminal (200) and enters an area within the medical institution where a scanner capable of recognizing the identification means is installed, the patient's entry can be detected through the scanner and checked as attendance.

[0069] As described above, the scanner that detects that a patient has visited a medical institution, i.e., has arrived at the hospital, may be located at a location where the patient first enters the medical institution, such as the main entrance of the medical institution or the entrance to the parking lot.

[0070] In this case, even in situations where parking space is insufficient on certain days or times of the week when congestion is high, making it difficult to meet a scheduled treatment time, patients can be checked in as soon as they enter the medical institution, allowing them to be added to the waiting list without being late for their scheduled treatment time, providing convenience to patients and their guardians. In this case, the waiting list can be displayed not only on the patient terminal (200), the medical staff terminal (300), but also on a dashboard installed outside the treatment room.

[0071] Meanwhile, after the patient terminal (200) has been checked in, it can receive guide information including various information related to the patient's treatment schedule, places to visit, possible routes, etc. from the service server (100).

[0072] In addition, the medical staff terminal (300) refers to a terminal carried by medical staff participating in the patient treatment procedure, and there may be at least one. In this case, the medical staff may be a concept that includes all personnel belonging to the medical institution, such as receptionists, nursing assistants, nurses, physical therapists, doctors, and pharmacists, who perform tasks related to patient treatment and management. The information / data transmitted and received with the service server (100) may differ depending on the duties of each medical staff member. In other words, at least one medical staff terminal (300) may be classified according to the role and authority of each medical staff member. This medical staff terminal (300) may also receive an automatic treatment procedure management service by executing a separate platform (application) provided by the service server (100).

[0073] For example, a nurse in charge of receiving and guiding patients can receive a notification from the service server (100) via the medical staff terminal (300) that at least one patient added to the waiting list is located within a predetermined radius from the examination room. If the nurse receives a notification from the service server (100) via the medical staff terminal (300) that a specific patient is located outside the predetermined radius from the examination room or is not detected within that radius, the nurse can call the patient's name to inform the patient that his or her turn is coming. At this time, when the nurse receives the notification via the medical staff terminal (300), the nurse can also receive the location of the specific patient to more easily inform the patient that his or her turn is coming soon.

[0074] Meanwhile, when a patient's turn arrives and enters the examination room, each medical staff terminal (300) possessed by the nurse responsible for patient registration and guidance and / or the doctor in charge of the examination can receive admission information regarding the currently admitted patient. This allows nurses and / or doctors to quickly identify patients who have entered incorrectly, preventing medical accidents even in situations where the entire treatment process is managed remotely and without the need for separate face-to-face procedures.

[0075] Each of the patient terminal (200) and / or medical staff terminal (300) described above may be at least one, and may be a computer, UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC), workstation, net-book, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), portable computer, web tablet, wireless phone, mobile phone, smart phone, pad, smart watch, wearable terminal, e-book, PMP (portable multimedia player), portable game console, navigation device, black box or digital camera, other mobile communication terminal, etc., on which a plurality of application programs (i.e., applications) desired by each patient and / or medical staff can be installed and executed, and is not limited to the terminals mentioned above.

[0076] Meanwhile, the automatic medical procedure management system (1000) is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and may further include a reservation center terminal (not shown) for reservations, a collaboration center terminal (not shown) for collaboration, or other devices (terminals, servers, etc.).

[0077] Based on this automated medical procedure management system (1000), patients and / or their guardians can automatically and sequentially perform medical procedures based on their location from the moment they arrive at a medical institution, without having to face at least one medical staff member to perform medical procedures such as registration, guidance, and payment. This prevents unnecessary waiting times. Furthermore, by providing optimal guidance to patients and / or their guardians, they can quickly and easily reach their destination even within a crowded medical institution.

[0078] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a service server that provides an automatic management service for medical procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0079] Referring to FIG. 2, the service server (10) may include a communication interface (110), a memory (120), an I / O interface (130), and a processor (140), and each component may communicate with each other through one or more communication buses or signal lines.

[0080] The communication interface (110) can be connected to a patient terminal (200) and a medical staff terminal (300) as well as other devices through a wired / wireless communication network to exchange data.

[0081] Meanwhile, the communication interface (110) that enables transmission and reception of such data includes a wired communication port (111) and a wireless circuit (112), wherein the wired communication port (111) may include one or more wired interfaces, for example, Ethernet, Universal Serial Bus (USB), FireWire, etc. In addition, the wireless circuit (112) may transmit and receive data with an external device via an RF signal or an optical signal. In addition, the wireless communication may use at least one of a plurality of communication standards, protocols, and technologies, for example, GSM, EDGE, CDMA, TDMA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, VoIP, Wi-MAX, or any other suitable communication protocol.

[0082] The memory (120) can store data for at least one process (algorithm) for providing an automated medical procedure management service, or a program that reproduces the process. Furthermore, the memory (120) can further store processes for performing other operations, but this is not limited thereto.

[0083] Meanwhile, the memory (120) can store various data used in the service server (100) as well as a pre-learning model built as needed.

[0084] In various embodiments, the memory (120) may include a volatile or non-volatile storage medium capable of storing various data, commands, and information. For example, the memory (120) may include at least one type of storage medium among a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (e.g., an SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM, SRAM, ROM, EEPROM, PROM, network storage, cloud, and blockchain database.

[0085] In various embodiments, the memory (120) may store configurations of at least one of an operating system (121), a communication module (122), a user interface module (123), and one or more applications (124).

[0086] An operating system (121) (e.g., embedded operating systems such as LINUX, UNIX, MAC OS, WINDOWS, VxWorks, etc.) may include various software components and drivers to control and manage general system operations (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and may support communication between various hardware, firmware, and software components.

[0087] The communication module (122) can support communication with other devices through the communication interface (110). The communication module (122) can include various software components for processing data received by the wired communication port (111) or wireless circuit (112) of the communication interface (110).

[0088] The user interface module (123) can receive a viewer's request or input from a keyboard, touch screen, microphone, etc. through an I / O interface (130) and provide a user interface on the display.

[0089] An application (124) may include a program or module configured to be executed by one or more processors (140).

[0090] The I / O interface (130) can connect at least one of input / output devices (not shown) of the service server (100), such as a display, a keyboard, a touch screen, and a microphone, to the user interface module (123). The I / O interface (130) can receive viewer input (e.g., voice input, keyboard input, touch input, etc.) together with the user interface module (123) and process commands according to the received input.

[0091] The processor (140) is connected to a communication interface (110), a memory (120), and an I / O interface (130) to control the overall operation of the service server (100), and can perform various commands through applications or programs stored in the memory (120).

[0092] The processor (140) may correspond to a computing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an AP (Application Processor). Furthermore, the processor (140) may be implemented in the form of an integrated chip (IC), such as a SoC (System on Chip) in which various computing devices are integrated. Alternatively, the processor (140) may include a module for calculating an artificial neural network model, such as an NPU (Neural Processing Unit).

[0093] Specifically, when the processor (140) detects that a patient has entered within a preset area, it checks the patient's attendance and adds the patient to the list, and when the patient's treatment order is within a predetermined time from the predicted treatment time or enters within a predetermined order, it acquires the location of the patient terminal (200), and when the acquired location of the patient terminal (200) is outside a predetermined radius, it requests treatment waiting, and when it detects that the patient's treatment order has arrived and entered the treatment room, it causes each medical staff member to perform a self-identification operation (patient) through at least one medical staff member terminal (300).

[0094] At this time, the patient may have multiple appointments scheduled on the same day. In this case, if the patient has multiple appointments, the processor (140) may rearrange the appointment order between the appointments by considering at least one of the waiting time for each of the multiple appointments and the movement path between each appointment. In this case, a notification notifying that the appointment has been rearranged may be sent to the patient terminal (200). Furthermore, the rearranged appointment may be applied after the patient's approval or immediately, and the rearranged appointment may be confirmed through the patient terminal (200) and the medical staff terminal (300).

[0095] In addition, the processor (140) detects that the patient has entered a preset area, checks the patient's arrival, and then checks at least one possible route from the patient's current location to the location to be visited for treatment, extracts the route that allows the fastest movement among them, and provides it to the patient terminal (200). Through this, the patient can move along the route displayed on the display module of the patient terminal (200). At this time, the route can be guided while reflecting the current location that changes according to the patient's movement. In other words, the processor (140) can provide a navigation service based on the route.

[0096] Meanwhile, if the processor (140) determines that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius from the examination room, it may send a waiting request notification to the patient terminal (200) to request the patient to wait for treatment. Furthermore, the processor (140) may also send a patient departure notification to at least one medical staff terminal.

[0097] At this time, the waiting request notification and / or patient departure notification may be repeatedly transmitted at preset intervals until it is detected that the patient terminal (200) has entered within a predetermined radius.

[0098] As previously discussed, the processor (140) can automatically manage the treatment procedure by collecting the patient's location. This location can be obtained based on the communication strength of the patient terminal (200) with respect to the currently connected wireless Internet network. For example, the communication strength can be confirmed based on a beacon signal received from the patient terminal (200). However, this is only one embodiment, and the communication strength can also be confirmed through a short-range wireless Internet network such as Wi-Fi, and this is not limited to any specific method.

[0099] Meanwhile, when the processor (140) causes at least one medical staff member to perform an identity verification operation, the patient's admission information may be output and provided in a first or second manner. Here, the first manner may be a manner in which the admission information is provided by displaying it on a display module of at least one preset medical staff member terminal (300) or a separately provided display module, and the second manner may be a manner in which the admission information is provided by outputting it through a speaker of at least one preset medical staff member terminal (300) or a separately provided output module.

[0100] Furthermore, when medical information about a patient is input from a medical staff terminal (300), the processor (140) can calculate medical expenses based on the medical information and automatically pay the previously calculated medical expenses through a payment method set in advance in response to the patient.

[0101] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a patient terminal that uses an automatic management service for outpatient treatment procedures according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0102] Referring to FIG. 3, the patient terminal (200) may include a memory interface (210), one or more processors (220), and a peripheral interface (230). Various components within the patient terminal (200) may be connected by one or more communication buses or signal lines.

[0103] The memory interface (210) is connected to the memory (250) and can transmit various data to the processor (220). Here, the memory (250) can include at least one type of storage medium among flash memory type, hard disk type, multimedia card micro type, card type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM, SRAM, ROM, EEPROM, PROM, network storage, cloud, and blockchain database.

[0104] In various embodiments, the memory (250) may store a web / app application or program for providing automated medical procedure management services. Furthermore, the memory (250) may store various types of patient information and various types of information obtained through the application or program.

[0105] In various embodiments, the memory (250) may store at least one of an operating system (251), a communication module (252), a graphical user interface module (GUI) (253), a sensor processing module (254), a telephone module (255), and an application module (256). Specifically, the operating system (251) may include instructions for processing basic system services and instructions for performing hardware operations. The communication module (252) may communicate with at least one of one or more other devices, computers, and servers. The graphical user interface module (GUI) (253) may process a graphical user interface. The sensor processing module (254) may process sensor-related functions (e.g., processing voice input received through one or more microphones (292). The telephone module (255) may process telephone-related functions. The application module (256) may perform various functions of a user application, such as electronic messaging, web browsing, media processing, navigation, imaging, and other processing functions. In addition, the first medical staff terminal (200) can store one or more software applications (256-1, 256-2) (e.g., service applications) associated with one type of service in the memory (250).

[0106] In various embodiments, the memory (250) may store a digital assistant client module (257) (hereinafter, DA client module), and accordingly, may store commands for performing client-side functions of the digital assistant and various user data (258) (e.g., user-customized vocabulary data, preference data, other data such as the user's electronic address book, etc.).

[0107] Meanwhile, the DA client module (257) can obtain voice input, text input, touch input, and / or gesture input from the patient (user) through various user interfaces (e.g., I / O subsystem (240)) provided in the patient terminal (200).

[0108] Additionally, the DA client module (257) can output data in audiovisual and tactile forms. For example, the DA client module (257) can output data consisting of a combination of at least two or more of voice, sound, notification, text message, menu, graphic, video, animation, and vibration. In addition, the DA client module (257) can communicate with a digital assistant server (not shown) using a communication subsystem (280).

[0109] In various embodiments, the DA client module (257) may collect additional information about the surroundings of the patient terminal (200) from various sensors, subsystems, and peripheral devices to construct a context associated with the user input. For example, the DA client module (257) may provide context information along with the user input to a digital assistant server to infer the user's intent. Here, the context information that may accompany the user input may include sensor information, such as lighting, ambient noise, ambient temperature, images of the surrounding environment, videos, etc. As another example, the context information may include the physical state of the patient terminal (200) (e.g., device orientation, device position, device temperature, power level, speed, acceleration, motion patterns, cellular signal strength, etc.). As yet another example, the context information may include information related to the software state of the patient terminal (200) (e.g., processes running on the patient terminal (200), installed programs, past and present network activity, background services, error logs, resource usage, etc.).

[0110] In various embodiments, the memory (250) may include additional or deleted instructions. Furthermore, the patient terminal (200) may also include additional configurations other than those illustrated in FIG. 3, or may exclude some configurations.

[0111] The processor (220) can control the overall operation of the patient terminal (200) and can execute various commands to use the automatic treatment procedure management service provided by the service server (100) by running an application or program stored in the memory (250).

[0112] The processor (220) may correspond to a computing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an AP (Application Processor). In addition, the processor (220) may be implemented in the form of an integrated chip (IC), such as a SoC (System on Chip) that integrates various computing devices that perform machine learning, such as an NPU (Neural Processing Unit).

[0113] In various embodiments, the processor (220) may be provided with waiting request notifications, guide information, etc. through a user interface screen.

[0114] The peripheral interface (230) can be connected to various sensors, subsystems, and peripheral devices to provide data so that the patient terminal (200) can perform various functions. Here, the function performed by the patient terminal (200) can be understood as being performed by the processor (220).

[0115] The peripheral interface (230) can receive data from a motion sensor (260), a light sensor (light sensor) (261), and a proximity sensor (262), through which the patient terminal (200) can perform orientation, light, and proximity detection functions, etc. For another example, the peripheral interface (230) can receive data from other sensors (263) (positioning system - GPS receiver, temperature sensor, biometric sensor), through which the patient terminal (200) can perform functions related to the other sensors (263).

[0116] In various embodiments, the patient terminal (200) may include a camera subsystem (270) connected to a peripheral interface (230) and an optical sensor (271) connected thereto, through which the patient terminal (200) may perform various photographing functions such as taking pictures and recording video clips.

[0117] In various embodiments, the patient terminal (200) may include a communication subsystem (280) connected to a peripheral interface (230). The communication subsystem (280) may be comprised of one or more wired / wireless networks and may include various communication ports, radio frequency transceivers, and optical transceivers.

[0118] In various embodiments, the patient terminal (200) includes an audio subsystem (290) connected to the peripheral interface (230), the audio subsystem (290) including one or more speakers (291) and one or more microphones (292), such that the patient terminal (200) can perform voice-activated functions, such as voice recognition, voice replication, digital recording, and telephone functions.

[0119] In various embodiments, the patient terminal (200) may include an I / O subsystem (240) connected to a peripheral interface (230). For example, the I / O subsystem (240) may control a touch screen (243) included in the patient terminal (200) via a touch screen controller (241).

[0120] For example, the touch screen controller (241) may detect a user's contact and movement or cessation of contact and movement using any one of a plurality of touch sensing technologies, such as capacitive, resistive, infrared, surface acoustic wave technology, or a proximity sensor array. As another example, the I / O subsystem (240) may control other input / control devices (244) included in the patient terminal (200) via other input controller(s) (242). As an example, the other input controller(s) (242) may control one or more buttons, rocker switches, thumb wheels, infrared ports, USB ports, and pointer devices, such as a stylus.

[0121] FIG. 4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for automatically managing treatment procedures for outpatients according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0122] Referring to FIG. 4, when the processor (140) detects that a patient has entered a preset area, it checks the patient's attendance and adds the patient to the list (S110), and when the predicted treatment time or treatment order satisfies a preset condition, it obtains the location of the patient terminal (200) (S120).

[0123] Specifically, the location of the patient terminal (200) can be acquired when the patient's expected consultation time is within a predetermined time or when the patient's appointment sequence enters a predetermined order. For example, if there are three or fewer patients waiting five minutes before the expected consultation time, it is checked whether the patient is located within a preset radius (e.g., 3 m) from the consultation room.

[0124] Accordingly, if the location of the patient terminal (200) acquired by step S120 is outside a predetermined radius, the processor (140) transmits a waiting request notification to request a waiting period for treatment. That is, if the patient is located within the radius, it is determined that the patient can enter the treatment room smoothly when the patient's turn for treatment arrives, and no special measures are taken. However, in order to prevent a situation in which a waiting time occurs when the patient is located outside the radius, the processor (140) requests a waiting period for treatment to notify the patient terminal (200) that the patient's turn for treatment will soon arrive.

[0125] Meanwhile, as another embodiment, if the predicted consultation time or consultation order satisfies a preset condition, a notification may be sent to all patient terminals (200) that satisfies the condition, informing them that their consultation order is about to arrive. Thereafter, the location of the patient that satisfies the condition may be acquired, and a wait request notification may be sent to the patient terminals (200) of patients that are not located within a predetermined radius from the consultation room, so as to request a waiting appointment.

[0126] Meanwhile, although not illustrated in FIG. 4, the processor (140) may further transmit a patient departure notification to the medical staff terminal (300). This is to enable the medical staff to focus attention by taking measures such as calling the patient's name, as there may be cases where the patient fails to confirm the waiting request notification received on his / her terminal. In this case, the patient departure notification need not be transmitted to all medical staff terminals (300), and may be transmitted only to a specific medical staff terminal (300) responsible for patient reception and / or guidance.

[0127] After step S120, when the processor (140) detects that a patient's turn for treatment has arrived and the patient has entered the examination room, it causes each medical staff member to perform an identity verification operation through at least one medical staff member terminal (300). At this time, the identity verification operation may be an operation to provide brief information about the patient to each medical staff member terminal (300) to confirm whether the patient whose turn for treatment has arrived has properly entered.

[0128] FIG. 5 is a flowchart schematically showing an operation for performing schedule rearrangement when a patient has multiple schedules in an automatic management method for outpatient treatment procedures according to one embodiment of the present invention, and shows an operation that can be performed as needed when a patient whose attendance has been checked has multiple schedules through step S110 of FIG. 4.

[0129] After checking the patient's attendance, the processor (140) must predict the waiting time to provide the patient with guidance information. At this time, if it is confirmed that the patient has multiple schedules for the day, the reservation order can be rearranged in consideration of the predicted waiting time.

[0130] Referring to FIG. 5, the processor (140) predicts the waiting time of each of a plurality of schedules (S121) and checks the movement path between each schedule (S122).

[0131] Next, the reservation order between schedules is rearranged by considering at least one of the waiting time of each schedule predicted by step S121 and the movement route between each schedule (S123).

[0132] For example, if you have an endocrinology appointment at 10:00 AM and a dermatology appointment at 10:30 AM, and the wait time for the endocrinology appointment is predicted to be 1 hour, and the dermatology appointment is less crowded and has a shorter wait time, the appointment order can be rearranged to allow you to see the dermatology appointment.

[0133] That is, the order of reservations made in advance can be rearranged taking into account the congestion and route on the day.

[0134] Alternatively, if there's no need or room for relocation, or if there's only one appointment, and the wait time is long, the guide information can recommend additional places to visit within or near the medical institution (e.g., cafes, reading lounges, event galleries, etc.). This allows patients to utilize their waiting time more productively by engaging in other activities / work within other spaces within the medical institution.

[0135] Steps S121 to S123 of the above-described FIG. 5 are performed only when there are multiple schedules and there is a need / possibility for rearranging each schedule, and may be omitted depending on the situation.

[0136] FIG. 6 is a flowchart schematically showing an operation for providing an optimal guide for a patient to move to a location that the patient must visit for treatment in an automatic management method for a treatment procedure for an outpatient according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a drawing showing an example of guide information displayed on a display module of a patient terminal carried by a patient whose attendance has been checked according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0137] As previously explained, after checking the patient's attendance, the processor (140) provides the patient with guide information. At this time, the guide information can be provided by extracting a path that allows the patient to quickly move to the examination room.

[0138] Specifically, referring to FIG. 6, the processor (140) obtains the patient's current location in step S120 of FIG. 4, then checks at least one possible route from the current location to a location to be visited for treatment (S124), and extracts the fastest possible route among them (S125).

[0139] At this time, possible routes from each location to specific locations can be identified based on prior route information, and among these, routes that allow for quicker travel can be extracted based on the congestion level for that day. Specifically, if the number of people waiting or the waiting time at each location along the route exceeds a predetermined threshold, a route that avoids that location can be extracted and provided.

[0140] After step S125, the processor (140) includes the movement path extracted by step S125 in the guide information and provides it to the patient terminal (200) (S126).

[0141] In other words, medical institutions often have a large number of elderly patients, many of whom have difficulty moving due to various physical or medical issues. While these patients need to inquire about their schedules and treatment (testing) locations, they often struggle to ask questions properly and receive inadequate answers. Therefore, this guide can help all patients quickly reach their desired location.

[0142] As illustrated in FIG. 7, the guide information may be provided by displaying a route to a location to be visited for a priority schedule in the form of a navigation in the first area (2110), and by displaying detailed information (2121) for each schedule in the first area (2120). Here, the detailed information may include at least one of the department, treatment room, waiting number, and waiting time for the corresponding schedule, and a button (2122) may be provided to enable the patient to check the route to the treatment room, and when the patient touches / selects it if desired, the route may be displayed on the first area (2110).

[0143] FIG. 8 is a drawing showing an example for explaining an operation that can be performed depending on whether each patient is located within a predetermined radius of a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a drawing showing an example for displaying a waiting request notification on a display module of a patient terminal when it is determined that a patient scheduled for treatment is located outside a predetermined radius of a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0144] Referring to Figure 8, a specific space (A) within a medical institution may be separated according to its purpose. For example, if patient 1 (201) and patient 2 (202) have been checked in and added to the waiting list, and both patients are scheduled to be treated in the same treatment room, it is checked whether the predicted treatment time or treatment order of each patient satisfies predetermined conditions.

[0145] As a result of the verification, if the predetermined conditions are satisfied, the current location of the patient is acquired. If, like the first patient (201), the patient is located within a predetermined radius (d) based on the examination room, a separate waiting request notification may not be transmitted. On the other hand, if, like the second patient (202), the patient is located outside the predetermined radius (d) based on the examination room, the waiting request notification (2123) received from the service server (100) is displayed and provided on the display module of the patient terminal (200) of the second patient (202), thereby requesting the second patient to wait for treatment.

[0146] At this time, the waiting request notification (2123) may be provided in the form of a pop-up displayed at a specific location on the display module of the patient terminal (200) as shown in FIG. 9.

[0147] FIG. 10 is a drawing showing an example of a patient departure notification (3112) displayed on a display module of a medical staff terminal when a patient scheduled for treatment is determined to be outside a predetermined radius of a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0148] Referring to Fig. 10, the medical staff terminal (300) can display a waiting list (3111) on its display module. In addition, if the patient is located outside a predetermined radius (d) from the examination room, such as the second patient (202), a patient departure notification (3112) received from the service server (100) is displayed and provided on the display module of the medical staff terminal (300), thereby allowing each medical staff member to take various measures to ensure that the second patient (202) can wait within the radius (d).

[0149] At this time, the patient departure notification (3112) may be provided in the form of a pop-up displayed at a specific location on the display module of the medical staff terminal (300) as illustrated in FIG. 10.

[0150] FIG. 11 is a drawing showing an example of displaying entrance information on a display module of a medical staff terminal when it is determined that a patient whose treatment order has arrived has entered a treatment room according to one embodiment of the present invention, and shows a medical staff terminal (300) carried by a doctor in charge of treating a patient as an example.

[0151] Referring to FIG. 11, a medical staff terminal (300) receives patient information (including medical data) (3211) for treatment through a platform provided through an electronic medical record system. When a specific patient enters the treatment room when his or her turn for treatment arrives, admission information (3212) may be displayed and provided on the platform.

[0152] At this time, the admission information (3212) may include simple information that can be used to verify the identity of the patient, such as the name of the currently admitted patient. Furthermore, a button (3213) is provided within the admission information (3212) to retrieve patient information about the patient, allowing medical staff to retrieve and receive patient information about the patient simply by touching / selecting the button, without having to search for and retrieve the patient information.

[0153] Meanwhile, although not shown in Fig. 11, if it is confirmed through the identity verification operation that another patient has entered, the medical staff may be configured to write and transmit an error message (including in the form of text, voice, etc.) through the medical staff terminal (300), or a button (not shown) for notifying an error may be provided.

[0154] In another embodiment, when the admission information or error message / button is provided, a voice may also be output to notify the patient that confirmation is required through a separate output module installed in the examination room or a speaker installed in the medical staff terminal (300). For example, a message such as "The patient has entered. Please confirm the patient information" may be output.

[0155] Accordingly, the present invention enables the patient to easily identify themselves based on the location of the patient terminal (200) without having to go through the process of revealing and confirming patient information by meeting with medical staff face-to-face, and minimizes the spread of infectious diseases by allowing these procedures to be performed non-face-to-face / automatically.

[0156] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, and various modifications may be implemented without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain it, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within a scope equivalent thereto should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the rights of the present invention.

[0157] [National Research and Development Project Supporting This Invention]

[0158] [Project ID] 2460000670

[0159] [Assignment Number] HG22C0083000023

[0160] [Ministry Name] Ministry of Health and Welfare

[0161] [Name of Project Management (Specialist) Agency] Inter-Ministry Infectious Disease Research and Development Foundation

[0162] [Research Project Name] Development of Technology to Strengthen Infectious Disease Medical Safety (R&D)

[0163] [Research Project Name] Development and Demonstration of a Medical Field Infectious Disease Response Decision Support System Reflecting Multilevel, Multi-Risk Factor Data on the Spread of In-Hospital Infections and a Standardized Step-by-Step Quarantine Response Process

[0164] [Name of the project performing organization] Yonsei University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation

[0165] Research Period: April 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024

Claims

1. Communication interface; memory; and A processor operably connected to the communication interface and the memory; The above processor, When it is detected that a patient has entered within a preset area, the patient is checked for attendance and added to the list, and when it is within a predetermined time from the predicted treatment time or the patient's treatment order enters within a predetermined order, the location of the patient's terminal is acquired, and when the acquired location of the patient's terminal is outside a predetermined radius, a request for treatment is made, and when it is detected that the patient's treatment order has arrived and entered the treatment room, the medical staff is configured to perform an identity verification operation. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

2. In paragraph 1, The above processor, If there are multiple schedules for the above patient, Rearrange the reservation order between schedules by considering at least one of the waiting time for each schedule and the movement route between each schedule. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

3. In paragraph 1, The above processor, After the above check-in, the fastest route is extracted and provided among the possible routes from the patient's current location to the location to be visited for treatment. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

4. In paragraph 1, The above processor, If it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius based on the examination room, a waiting request notification is sent to the patient terminal to request the patient to wait for treatment until the patient terminal is detected to have entered within the predetermined radius. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

5. In paragraph 1, The above processor, If it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius from the examination room based on the above location information, a patient departure notification is transmitted to at least one medical staff terminal. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

6. In paragraph 1, The above processor, Obtaining the location of the patient terminal based on the communication strength of the patient terminal for the currently connected wireless Internet network. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

7. In paragraph 1, The above processor, Detecting that the patient has entered the preset area based on the patient terminal or preset recognition means, An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

8. In paragraph 7, The above preset recognition means are, A number attached to the patient's means of transportation, or a tag attached to a specific location of a medical institution, including at least one of a QR code, a barcode, NFC, and RFID. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

9. In paragraph 1, The above processor, When the medical information for the patient is entered from the medical staff terminal, the medical fee is calculated based on the medical information, and the calculated medical fee is automatically paid through a payment method set in advance for the patient. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

10. In paragraph 1, The above processor, When performing the above-mentioned identity verification operation, the patient's position information is provided by outputting it in the first or second method. The first method is a method of providing the position information by displaying it on a display module of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separately provided display module. The second method is a method of providing the position information by outputting it through a speaker of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separately provided output module. An automated management device for outpatient medical procedures.

11. In a method for automatically managing medical procedures for outpatients performed by a device, A step of checking the attendance of the patient and adding the patient to the list when it is detected that the patient has entered within a preset area; A step of acquiring the location of a patient terminal when the patient's treatment order is within a predetermined time from the predicted treatment time or when the patient's treatment order enters a predetermined order; A step of requesting treatment waiting when the location of the acquired patient terminal is outside a predetermined radius; and When it is detected that the patient's turn for treatment has arrived and he has entered the examination room, a step is included to have the medical staff perform an identity verification operation. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

12. In paragraph 1, If there are multiple schedules for the above patient, Further comprising a step of rearranging the reservation order between schedules by considering at least one of the waiting time of each of the multiple schedules and the movement route between each schedule. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

13. In paragraph 11, After the above attendance check, a step is further included to extract and provide the fastest possible route from the patient's current location to the location to be visited for treatment. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

14. In paragraph 11, The steps to request the above treatment waiting are: If it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius based on the examination room, a waiting request notification is sent to the patient terminal until the patient terminal is detected to have entered within the predetermined radius. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

15. In paragraph 11, The steps to request the above treatment waiting are: If it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius from the examination room based on the above location information, a patient departure notification is transmitted to at least one medical staff terminal. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

16. In paragraph 11, The step of obtaining the location of the above patient terminal is: Obtaining the location of the patient terminal based on the communication strength of the patient terminal for the currently connected wireless Internet network. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

17. In paragraph 11, Whether the above patient has entered within the above preset area, Detected based on the above patient terminal or preset recognition means, A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

18. In paragraph 17, The above preset recognition means are, A number attached to the patient's means of transportation, or a tag attached to a specific location of a medical institution, including at least one of a QR code, a barcode, NFC, and RFID. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

19. In paragraph 11, When the medical information for the patient is input from the medical staff terminal, the step of calculating the medical fee based on the medical information and automatically paying the calculated medical fee through a payment method set in advance corresponding to the patient is further included. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

20. In paragraph 11, The steps for performing the above identity verification actions are: Provide the patient's position information by printing it out in the first or second method, The first method is a method of providing the position information by displaying it on a display module of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separately provided display module. The second method is a method of providing the position information by outputting it through a speaker of at least one preset medical staff terminal or a separately provided output module. A method for automatically managing outpatient medical procedures.

21. A service server configured to check the patient's attendance and add the patient to the list when it detects that a patient has entered within a preset area, acquire the location of the patient's terminal when it is within a preset time from the predicted treatment time or when the patient's treatment order enters within a preset order, and request treatment waiting when the acquired location of the patient's terminal is outside a preset radius, and perform an identity verification operation on at least one medical staff member when it detects that the patient's treatment order has arrived and entered the treatment room; The patient terminal, which is a terminal possessed by the patient, transmits the current location based on an application provided by the service server; and At least one medical staff terminal, which is carried by each of the at least one medical staff, and includes at least one medical staff terminal that performs the identity verification operation. An automated management system for outpatient medical procedures.

22. In paragraph 21, The above service server, If there are multiple schedules for the above patient, Rearrange the reservation order between schedules by considering at least one of the waiting time for each schedule and the movement route between each schedule. An automated management system for outpatient medical procedures.

23. In paragraph 21, The above service server, After the above check-in, the fastest route is extracted and provided among the possible routes from the patient's current location to the location to be visited for treatment. An automated management system for outpatient medical procedures.

24. In paragraph 21, The above service server, If it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius based on the examination room, a waiting request notification is sent to the patient terminal to request the patient to wait for treatment until the patient terminal is detected to have entered within the predetermined radius. An automated management system for outpatient medical procedures.

25. In paragraph 21, The above service server, If it is confirmed that the patient is not located within a predetermined radius from the examination room based on the above location information, a patient departure notification is transmitted to at least some of the at least one medical staff terminal. An automated management system for outpatient medical procedures.

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