Document creation supporting device, method for supporting creation of document, and document creation supporting program

Abstract

To provide a document creation supporting device, a method for supporting creation of a document, and a document creation supporting program which can effectively support creation of a new document by using a plurality of documents having been created.SOLUTION: The document creation supporting device displays a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document used to create a new document, and does not emphasize an overlapping part in the created document in the display in comparison to a non-overlapped part in a case where a plurality of created documents are displayed in the created document display screen.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a document creation support device, a document creation support method, and a document creation support program. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for extracting descriptions based on predetermined extraction conditions from a reference document referred to when creating a previously created summary document, extracting descriptions from the summary document based on the extraction conditions, and learning conditions to add to the extraction conditions based on a comparison between the descriptions extracted from the reference document and the descriptions extracted from the summary document.With this technique, descriptions to be used in creating a summary are extracted from the electronic document for which a summary is to be created, based on the extraction conditions and the learned conditions. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2010-224639 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In certain industries, new documents are sometimes created using the contents of multiple documents created daily while viewing the contents of the documents created daily after a certain period of time has passed. For example, in the medical industry, at a specific time such as when a patient is discharged from a hospital, a summary document is created as a new document by summarizing the contents of multiple documents created daily, while viewing multiple documents created daily such as medical records. However, in order to create a summary document, it is necessary to confirm the information necessary for creating a new document from a large amount of information contained in multiple documents created daily, and since creating a summary document is time-consuming and laborious, there is a demand for support in creating a summary document.

[0005] The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and aims to provide a document creation support device, a document creation support method, and a document creation support program that can effectively support the creation of a new document using multiple previously created documents. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The document creation support device disclosed herein is a document creation support device that has at least one processor, and the processor displays a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen that displays created documents used to create the new document, and when multiple created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping parts contained in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping parts.

[0007] In addition, the document creation support method disclosed herein displays a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying created documents used to create the new document, and when multiple created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, a processor provided in the document creation support device executes a process of not highlighting overlapping parts contained in the created documents relative to non-overlapping parts.

[0008] In addition, the document creation support program disclosed herein displays a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying created documents used to create the new document, and when multiple created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, causes a processor provided in the document creation support device to execute a process of not highlighting overlapping parts contained in the created documents relative to non-overlapping parts. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively support the creation of a new document using a plurality of previously created documents. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1]FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information processing system. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a user terminal. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing device. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of an information processing device. [Figure 6] 11A and 11B are diagrams for explaining overlap determination processing of partial documents; [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a user terminal. [Figure 8] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a created document display screen. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a created document display screen. [Figure 11] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a created document display screen. [Figure 12] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a transcription process. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a created document display screen. [Figure 14] 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an overlap determination process. [Figure 15] 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a display control process. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, examples of embodiments for carrying out the technology of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0012] First, the configuration of an information processing system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 1, the information processing system 10 includes a user terminal 12 used by a user such as a doctor, and an information processing device 14. Examples of the user terminal 12 include a tablet computer and a personal computer. Examples of the information processing device 14 include a server computer and a cloud server. The user terminal 12 and the information processing device 14 are examples of a document creation support device according to the disclosed technology.

[0013] The user terminal 12 and the information processing device 14 are each connected to a network, and are capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from each other.

[0014] Next, a hardware configuration of the user terminal 12 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 2. As shown in Fig. 2, the user terminal 12 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 20, a memory 21, a display 24, an input device 25, and a network I / F (Interface) 26.

[0015] The CPU 20 realizes various functions by executing programs stored in a storage unit 22 (described later). The CPU 20 is an example of a processor according to the disclosed technology.

[0016] The memory 21 includes a storage unit 22 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23. The RAM 23 is a memory for primary storage, and is, for example, a RAM such as an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).

[0017] The storage unit 22 is a non-volatile memory, and is realized by, for example, at least one of a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, etc. The storage unit 22 as a storage medium stores a screen display program 30. The CPU 20 reads out the screen display program 30 from the storage unit 22, expands it in the RAM 23, and executes the expanded screen display program 30.

[0018] The screen display program 30 is a program for displaying various screens on the display 24 based on data received from the information processing device 14 via the network I / F 26. The screen display program 30 includes, for example, a web browser program.

[0019] The display 24 is a device for displaying various screens, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an EL (Electro Luminescence) display. The input device 25 is a device for a user to input, and is, for example, at least one of a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone for voice input, a touch pad for proximity input including contact, and a camera for gesture input. The network I / F 26 is an interface for connecting to a network. The bus 27 connects the CPU 20, the memory 21, the display 24, the input device 25, and the network I / F 26.

[0020] Next, a hardware configuration of the information processing device 14 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 3. As shown in Fig. 3, the information processing device 14 includes a CPU 40, a memory 41, a display 44, an input device 45, and a network I / F 46.

[0021] The CPU 40 realizes various functions by executing programs stored in a storage unit 42, which will be described later. The CPU 40 is an example of a processor according to the disclosed technology.

[0022] The memory 41 includes a storage unit 42 and a RAM 43. The RAM 43 is a memory for primary storage, and is, for example, a RAM such as an SRAM or a DRAM.

[0023] The storage unit 42 is a non-volatile memory and is realized by, for example, at least one of an HDD, an SSD, a flash memory, etc. The storage unit 42 as a storage medium stores an information processing program 50. The CPU 40 reads the information processing program 50 from the storage unit 42, loads it into the RAM 43, and executes the loaded information processing program 50.

[0024] Further, the storage unit 42 stores a plurality of medical documents 52 created by the user. The medical documents 52 are an example of created documents used to create a new document. In this embodiment, an example in which a summary document such as a discharge summary is applied as a new document will be described. An example of the medical document 52 is an electronic medical record. The medical document 52 is created for each patient, and by adding patient identification information such as a patient ID as attribute information of the medical document 52, it is possible to identify which patient the medical document 52 relates to. Note that the medical document 52 may be made identifiable as to which patient the medical document 52 relates to by inputting a patient ID in a specific input field in the document or storing the medical document 52 in a folder for each patient. Similarly, the creation date of the medical document 52 is also made identifiable. The medical document 52 is not limited to an electronic medical record, and may be a radiology report, a medical fee statement called a receipt, or the like. Furthermore, the created document is not limited to the medical document 52, and may be a document other than the medical document 52 used to create the summary document. Furthermore, the new document is not limited to a summary document, but may be a medical document 52 that is newly created using a plurality of already created medical documents 52. The new document may be a document such as a research diary that is created using a plurality of already created medical documents 52. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an example is described in which the medical document 52 is stored in the storage unit 42 of the information processing device 14, but the disclosed technology is not limited to this aspect. For example, the medical document 52 may be stored in another data storage server and acquired via a network.

[0025] The display 44 is a device for displaying various screens, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an EL display. The input device 45 is a device for a user to input, and is, for example, at least one of a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone for voice input, a touch pad for proximity input including contact, and a camera for gesture input. The network I / F 46 is an interface for connecting to a network. The bus 47 connects the CPU 40, the memory 41, the display 44, the input device 45, and the network I / F 46.

[0026] Meanwhile, users such as doctors create medical documents 52 such as electronic medical records on a daily basis for hospitalized patients, and at specific times such as when the patient is discharged from the hospital, they create a new document called a discharge summary by consolidating multiple medical documents 52 created during the patient's hospitalization.

[0027] 4, the information processing system 10 according to this embodiment displays a new document creation screen 100 for creating a new document, and a created document display screen 102 for displaying a medical document 52 as an example of a created document used to create the new document, on the display 24 of the user terminal 12. In this way, the information processing system 10 supports the user in creating a new document.

[0028] Next, a functional configuration of the information processing device 14 will be described with reference to Fig. 5. As shown in Fig. 5, the information processing device 14 includes a reception unit 60, an acquisition unit 62, a division unit 64, a determination unit 66, an assignment unit 68, and an output unit 70. The CPU 40 executes the information processing program 50 to function as the reception unit 60, the acquisition unit 62, the division unit 64, the determination unit 66, the assignment unit 68, and the output unit 70.

[0029] The reception unit 60 receives identification information of a patient for whom a new document is to be created (hereinafter referred to as the "target patient") and a period for which a new document is to be created (hereinafter referred to as the "target period"). An example of the target period is the length of hospitalization of a patient during one hospitalization. The identification information and target period of the target patient are input by a user at the user terminal 12, for example, and transmitted from the user terminal 12 to the information processing device 14. Note that the target period is associated with the patient's identification information and stored, and the target period corresponding to the patient may be derived in response to the user's input of the patient's identification information.

[0030] The acquiring unit 62 acquires, from the storage unit 42, a plurality of medical documents 52 created for the target patient within the target period, using the identification information of the target patient and the target period accepted by the accepting unit 60.

[0031] The division unit 64 divides each of the medical documents 52 acquired by the acquisition unit 62 into a plurality of partial documents. In this embodiment, the division unit 64 divides the medical document 52 into a plurality of partial documents in units of one sentence. Note that the division unit 64 does not have to divide into units of one sentence, but may divide into units of multiple sentences or units of a paragraph.

[0032] 6, the determination unit 66 determines whether or not each partial document divided by the division unit 64 overlaps with another partial document. Specifically, the determination unit 66 sequentially selects each partial document as a partial document to be subjected to overlap determination, and determines whether or not the selected partial document to be subjected to overlap determination overlaps with a partial document other than the partial document to be subjected to overlap determination. Combinations of partial documents to be subjected to overlap determination and partial documents other than the partial document to be subjected to overlap determination include combinations included in different medical documents 52 and combinations included in the same medical document 52.

[0033] In this embodiment, the determination unit 66 derives the degree of agreement between two partial documents, and when the derived degree of agreement is equal to or greater than a threshold, determines that the two partial documents used to derive the degree of agreement include an overlapping portion. As the degree of agreement between the two partial documents, an evaluation index for evaluating the degree of agreement between two texts, such as ROUGE (Recall-Oriented Understudy for Gisting Evaluation), can be applied. That is, even if the two partial documents do not completely match, such as "9 / 19 Urine volume 200 m / H maintained, CVP 10 mmHg" and "Urine volume 200 m / H maintained, CVP 10 mmHg" in the example shown in FIG. 6, the two partial documents may be determined to overlap. The threshold used for this overlap determination may be adjustable by the user.

[0034] 6, the determination unit 66 assigns a partial document ID to each partial document as an example of identification information for identifying the partial document. At this time, the determination unit 66 assigns the same partial document ID to multiple partial documents that are determined to be duplicated.

[0035] For example, a relatively short sentence such as "see the figure below" may be used in the same way even if it has a different meaning. Therefore, the determination unit 66 may exclude partial documents having a certain number of characters or less from the duplication determination.

[0036] Also, for example, if two partial documents represent test items and the numerical values ​​of the test results of the test items, and one partial document is "A value is 0.2" and the other partial document is "A value is 0.8", the degree of match between these two partial documents will be relatively high. However, even if the parts representing the test items match, if the numerical information representing the test results is different, the two partial documents are considered to be different. Therefore, even if the degree of match between the two partial documents is equal to or greater than a threshold, if the numerical information included in the two partial documents is different, the determination unit 66 may determine that the two partial documents used to derive the degree of match do not include overlapping parts, i.e., are non-overlapping.

[0037] Similarly, for example, if two partial documents represent an examination item and an evaluation of the examination result of the examination item, and one partial document is "A value is high" and the other partial document is "A value is low", the degree of agreement between the two partial documents will be relatively high. However, even if the parts representing the examination items match, if the keywords representing the evaluation of the examination results are different, the two partial documents are considered to be different. Therefore, even if the degree of agreement between the two partial documents is equal to or greater than a threshold, if the specific keywords included in each of the two partial documents are different, the determination unit 66 may determine that the two partial documents used to derive the degree of agreement do not include overlapping parts, that is, are non-overlapping. Examples of specific keywords in this case include keywords indicating a state change or a numerical change, or keywords indicating a judgment result relative to a reference value, such as "high" and "low", "increase" and "decrease", and "positive" and "negative".

[0038] Furthermore, the determination unit 66 may weight specific keywords when deriving the degree of match between two partial documents. For example, when the determination unit 66 uses the number of matching words as the degree of match, the determination unit 66 weights words corresponding to specific keywords by counting them as 1.5 instead of 1, so as to increase the degree of match. Examples of specific keywords in this case include disease names included in a medical dictionary, names of procedures such as surgery, etc.

[0039] The assigning unit 68 assigns an importance level (hereinafter referred to as a "first importance level") to each of the multiple medical documents 52 acquired by the acquiring unit 62. That is, a first importance level is associated with each of the multiple medical documents 52 acquired by the acquiring unit 62. The assigning unit 68 may assign an importance level designated by a user as the first importance level, or may assign an importance level according to keywords or the like included in the medical documents 52.

[0040] The assigning unit 68 also assigns an importance (hereinafter referred to as a "second importance") to each of the partial documents obtained by the division process by the division unit 64. That is, a second importance is associated with each of the partial documents obtained by the division process by the division unit 64. The assigning unit 68 may assign an importance designated by a user as the second importance, or may assign an importance according to a keyword or the like included in the partial document.

[0041] The output unit 70 outputs the multiple medical documents 52 acquired by the acquisition unit 62 to the user terminal 12 via the network I / F 46. At this time, the output unit 70 also outputs the attached information of the medical documents 52 to the user terminal 12 via the network I / F 46. Examples of this attached information include the partial document ID, the first importance, and the second importance, etc., mentioned above.

[0042] Next, a functional configuration of the user terminal 12 will be described with reference to Fig. 7. As shown in Fig. 7, the user terminal 12 includes an acquisition unit 80, a reception unit 82, and a display control unit 84. The CPU 20 executes the screen display program 30 to function as the acquisition unit 80, the reception unit 82, and the display control unit 84.

[0043] The acquiring unit 80 acquires the plurality of medical documents 52 transmitted from the information processing device 14 via the network I / F 26 .

[0044] The reception unit 82 receives various operations by the user via the input device 25. For example, the reception unit 82 receives the selection of the medical document 52 in the created document display screen 102 by the user.

[0045] 8, the display control unit 84 causes a new document creation screen 100 for creating a new document and a created document display screen 102 for displaying a medical document 52 used to create a new document to be displayed on the display 24. The new document creation screen 100 includes an input field 110 for inputting information about the target patient, an input field 112 for inputting information about the target patient at the time of admission and discharge, an input field 114 for inputting the diagnosis of the target patient, such as the name of a disease, and an input field 116 for inputting the hospitalization progress of the target patient.

[0046] The created document display screen 102 includes a display area 120 in which information regarding the target period is displayed, a display area 122 in which information for the user to set highlighting is displayed, and a display area 124 in which multiple medical documents 52 are displayed.

[0047] For example, the display area 120 displays the dates of the target period, the number of days of hospitalization, the number of days elapsed since the date of surgery, and the number of medical documents 52 created on each day during the target period.

[0048] For example, a check box for specifying a first importance level of the medical document 52 to be highlighted and a check box for specifying whether or not to display the duplicated sentences unhighlighted are displayed in the display area 122. As shown in the example of FIG. 8, the user specifies that the duplicated sentences are not to be displayed unhighlighted by checking the check box for the duplicated sentences.

[0049] When displaying multiple medical documents 52 in the display area 124 of the created document display screen 102, the display control unit 84 displays overlapping parts in the medical documents 52 in a non-highlighted manner relative to non-overlapping parts. In this embodiment, the overlapping parts refer to partial documents that are determined to overlap, and the non-overlapping parts refer to partial documents that are determined not to overlap.

[0050] In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the display control unit 84 displays the partial documents determined to overlap in the display area 124 in a non-highlighted manner with respect to the partial documents displayed earlier, according to the display order of the plurality of medical documents 52. In the example of FIG. 9, the display order of the plurality of medical documents 52 is such that the more recent the creation date of the medical document 52, the higher the display position of the medical document 52. That is, this display order means the order of the display positions. Note that the display order is not limited to the order of the newest date, and may be other orders such as the order of the oldest date or the order of the first importance. Therefore, one partial document of the combination of partial documents determined to overlap is not displayed in a non-highlighted manner with respect to the partial documents determined not to overlap, and the partial documents other than the one partial document are displayed in a non-highlighted manner with respect to the partial documents determined not to overlap. In this embodiment, the partial document that is first in the display order is not displayed in a non-highlighted manner and is displayed in the same manner as the non-overlapping part, and the partial documents that are second or later in the display order are displayed in a non-highlighted manner.

[0051] In the example of FIG. 9, a plurality of medical documents 52 are displayed in a table format, one row of the table corresponds to one medical document 52, the importance column indicates the first importance given to the medical document 52, and the content column indicates the content of the medical document 52. In the example of FIG. 9, the item column indicates the classification of the medical document 52. Examples of classification include "Subject (subjective information)", "Object (objective information)", "Assessment (evaluation)", and "Plan (plan)". In the example of FIG. 9, the initial letters of words representing the classification corresponding to the item column are written. In addition, the item column also includes "#" corresponding to the problem list. The problem here includes at least any of medical abnormalities (diseases), diseases, simple findings, medical history, and social events that the doctor recognizes in the patient.

[0052] As shown in Figure 9, "Sedation continuing.", which is one of the partial documents contained in medical document 52 created on "2022 / 9 / 21," which is earlier in the display order, is not highlighted in comparison to "Sedation continuing.", which is one of the partial documents contained in medical document 52 created on "2022 / 9 / 21," which is earlier in the display order.

[0053] The term "non-highlighted display" as used herein refers to a display that makes the text less noticeable, and means, for example, displaying text in a display color (e.g., gray) that is set as a less noticeable color compared to a reference display color (e.g., black). In the example of FIG. 9, "Sedation continuing" included in medical document 52 created on "2022 / 9 / 21" is displayed in black, and "Sedation continuing" included in medical document 52 created on "2022 / 9 / 20" is displayed in gray.

[0054] The display control unit 84 can determine whether or not partial documents included in a plurality of medical documents 52 are overlapping partial documents based on whether or not the partial document IDs given to the partial documents are the same.

[0055] For example, a new medical document 52 may be created by copying the contents of a medical document 52 created immediately before and then adding new contents. In this case, the medical document 52 includes a relatively large number of overlapping parts. In contrast, for example, if only one partial document out of 20 partial documents included in the medical document 52 is determined to be overlapping, the possibility that the one partial document is a coincidence is relatively high. Therefore, when the ratio of the volume of the partial documents determined to be overlapping to the volume of the medical document 52 is equal to or less than a threshold value, the display control unit 84 may not display the partial documents included in the medical document 52 that are determined to be overlapping in a non-highlighted manner with respect to the partial documents determined to be non-overlapping. Not displaying in a non-highlighted manner here means, for example, displaying the partial documents determined to be overlapping in the same display manner as the parts determined to be non-overlapping.

[0056] In addition, in a medical document 52 that includes a relatively large number of overlapping parts, displaying the overlapping parts may be bothersome to the user. Therefore, when the ratio of the volume of the partial documents determined to be overlapping to the volume of the medical document 52 is equal to or greater than a threshold, the display control unit 84 may hide at least a part of the partial documents determined to be overlapping included in the medical document 52. Also, for example, when a certain number or more of partial documents determined to be overlapping are consecutive in the medical document 52, the display control unit 84 may hide at least a part of the consecutive partial documents. Also, for example, when the number of characters in a partial document determined to be overlapping in the medical document 52 is equal to or greater than a threshold, the display control unit 84 may hide at least a part of the partial document, for example, characters equal to or greater than the threshold.

[0057] Furthermore, when displaying multiple medical documents 52 in the display area 124, the display control unit 84 may hide at least a portion of the medical document 52 for which all partial documents contained in the medical document 52 are determined to overlap. In this case, the display control unit 84 may hide the entire medical document 52 for which all partial documents are determined to overlap, or may display the partial document or words at the beginning of the medical document 52 and hide the portion other than the partial document or words at the beginning.

[0058] 9, when the display control unit 84 displays a plurality of medical documents 52 in the display area 124, the display control unit 84 may highlight medical documents 52 having a relatively high first importance relative to medical documents 52 having a relatively low first importance. For example, the display control unit 84 may highlight medical documents 52 having a first importance equal to or greater than a threshold relative to medical documents 52 having a first importance less than the threshold. For example, the display control unit 84 may highlight a predetermined number of medical documents 52 having a high first importance relative to medical documents 52 having a lower first importance than the predetermined number of medical documents 52. The term "highlighting" as used herein refers to a display that makes the medical documents stand out, and means, for example, that the background color is set to a color (e.g., light green) that stands out against a reference color (e.g., white). In the example of Figure 9, the first importance is expressed in three levels: "high," "medium," and "low," and medical documents 52 with a first importance of "high" are highlighted relative to medical documents 52 with a first importance of "medium" and "low."

[0059] Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 9, the display control unit 84 may display overlapping portions included in a medical document 52 having a relatively high first importance in a non-overlapping manner without highlighting them relative to non-overlapping portions. In the example of Fig. 9, for a medical document 52 on "2022 / 9 / 19" having a first importance of "high", the medical document 52 is displayed in a highlighted manner, and the partial document in the first line determined to be an overlap is displayed in a non-highlighted manner.

[0060] In response to this, the display control unit 84 may prioritize highlighting based on the first importance over non-highlighting of the overlapping portions. Specifically, the display control unit 84 may not display the overlapping portions included in the medical document 52 having a relatively high first importance in a non-highlighted manner compared to the non-overlapping portions.

[0061] Also, as shown in FIG. 9, when the display control unit 84 displays a plurality of medical documents 52 in the display area 124, the display control unit 84 may highlight a partial document having a relatively high second importance relative to a partial document having a relatively low second importance. For example, the display control unit 84 may highlight a partial document having a second importance equal to or greater than a threshold value relative to a partial document having a second importance less than the threshold value. Also, for example, the display control unit 84 may highlight a predetermined number of partial documents having a high second importance relative to partial documents having a lower second importance than the predetermined number of partial documents. The highlighting here refers to a display that makes the document stand out, and for example, means displaying characters in a display color (e.g., red) that is set as a color that stands out compared to a reference display color (e.g., black). In the example of FIG. 9, the second importance is expressed in two stages, "high" and "low", and the lines written in bold are partial documents having a "high" second importance, and the lines written in thin are partial documents having a "low" second importance. In addition, in FIG. 9, characters written in bold represent characters in red.

[0062] Furthermore, the display control unit 84 may display a partial document determined to overlap with a partial document determined not to overlap with respect to a partial document having a relatively high second importance in a non-highlighted manner. In this case, non-highlighted display based on the overlap determination is given priority over highlighting based on the second importance.

[0063] Furthermore, the display control unit 84 may not highlight a partial document that is determined to be an overlap and has a relatively high second importance, in comparison with a partial document that is determined not to be an overlap. In this case, highlighting based on the second importance takes precedence over non-highlighting based on overlap determination.

[0064] Furthermore, the display control unit 84 may realize highlighted and unhighlighted display by varying the character size, the thickness of the lines of the characters, and the like, in addition to varying the character color and background color.

[0065] In addition, the display control unit 84 may change the display mode according to the combination of the second importance and whether or not there is overlap in each partial document so that the combination of the second importance and whether or not there is overlap can be identified. In this case, the display control unit 84 may highlight a partial document whose second importance is "high" and which is determined not to be overlapping in red and display it in bold. In this case, the display control unit 84 may highlight a partial document whose second importance is "high" and which is determined to be overlapping in red and display it in unhighlighted light. In this case, the display control unit 84 may display a partial document whose second importance is "low" and which is determined not to be overlapping in black and display it in light. In this case, the display control unit 84 may display a partial document whose second importance is "low" and which is determined to be overlapping in gray and display it in light.

[0066] Also, as shown in FIG. 10, when a partial document determined to be overlapping includes an examination item or a medical procedure name (for example, the name of a procedure such as surgery), the display control unit 84 may display the partial document displayed later in the order corresponding to the number of times the examination represented by the examination item or the medical procedure represented by the medical procedure name was performed in a non-highlighted manner with respect to the partial document displayed earlier in the order according to the display order of the multiple medical documents 52. In this case, for example, the display control unit 84 may derive the number of times the examination was performed on the target patient during the target period by referring to data in which the examination item and the date of the examination are associated with each other for each patient. FIG. 10 shows an example in which "Examination A" was performed twice during the target period, there are three partial documents including "Examination A" determined to be overlapping, the first and second partial documents in the display order are not displayed in a non-highlighted manner, and the third and subsequent partial documents in the display order are not displayed in a non-highlighted manner.

[0067] 11, when a partial document determined to overlap includes an examination item or a medical procedure name, the display control unit 84 may divide the target period into multiple periods by dividing the period by the date of implementation of the examination represented by the examination item or the medical procedure represented by the medical procedure name. In this case, the display control unit 84 may display partial documents determined to overlap and including an examination item or a medical procedure name in each period in a non-highlighted manner with respect to partial documents displayed earlier, according to the display order of the multiple medical documents 52. FIG. 11 shows an example in which the partial document displayed first in the display order is not displayed in a non-highlighted manner in each period, but is displayed in the same manner as the non-overlapping portion, and partial documents displayed second or later in the display order are not displayed in a non-highlighted manner.

[0068] Furthermore, the display control unit 84 may change the display mode of partial documents determined to be overlapping depending on the number of overlapping partial documents. For example, for partial documents in which the number of overlapping partial documents is less than a threshold, the display control unit 84 may display the first partial document in the display order in the same display mode as the non-overlapping parts, and display the second and subsequent partial documents in the display order in an unhighlighted manner relative to the non-overlapping parts. In this case, for partial documents in which the number of overlapping partial documents is equal to or greater than a threshold, the display control unit 84 may display the first partial document in the display order in an unhighlighted manner relative to the non-overlapping parts, and display the second and subsequent partial documents in the display order in an unhighlighted manner relative to the non-overlapping parts.

[0069] Also, for example, the display control unit 84 may highlight the first partial document in the display order relative to the non-overlapping parts for partial documents in which the number of overlapping partial documents is less than a threshold value, and may not highlight the second and subsequent partial documents in the display order relative to the non-overlapping parts (for example, display them in a gray character color). In this case, the display control unit 84 may not highlight the second and subsequent partial documents in the display order relative to the non-overlapping parts for partial documents in which the number of overlapping partial documents is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and may set the degree of non-highlighting to a different level from when the number of overlapping partial documents is less than the threshold value. In this case, the second and subsequent partial documents are displayed in bold gray characters, for example.

[0070] The display control unit 84 transfers at least a portion of the medical document 52 selected on the created document display screen 102 to the new document creation screen 100. For example, the display control unit 84 may transfer the entire medical document 52 selected on the created document display screen 102 to the input field 116 of the new document creation screen 100.

[0071] In addition, if the medical document 52 selected on the created document display screen 102 contains overlapping parts, the display control unit 84 may transcribe the selected medical document 52 excluding the overlapping parts onto the new document creation screen.

[0072] As shown in FIG. 12, when a plurality of medical documents 52 are selected in the created document display screen 102 and each of the created documents of the selected plurality of medical documents 52 includes an identical overlapping portion, the display control unit 84 may transcribe as follows. That is, in this case, the display control unit 84 may transcribe the portion of the selected plurality of medical documents 52 excluding the identical overlapping portion other than one of the identical overlapping portions to the new document creation screen 100. FIG. 12 shows an example in which, among the partial documents determined to be overlapping, the partial document that is earlier in the display order is transcribed, and the partial document that is later in the display order, i.e., the partial document that is not highlighted, is not transcribed. The selected plurality of medical documents 52 in this case includes a case where they are selected simultaneously and a case where they are selected in order. When a plurality of medical documents 52 are selected in order, if the later selected medical document 52 includes an overlapping portion with the already transcribed medical document 52, the medical document 52 selected later except for the overlapping portion is transcribed.

[0073] Also, as shown in FIG. 13, the display control unit 84 may display a back button 130 and a forward button 132 in the display area 124, thereby displaying the medical document 52 including the same overlapping portion in a state where the user can perform an operation to track the same overlapping portion. For example, the user selects one of the partial documents determined to be overlapping by clicking or dragging it. Also, for example, the user selects one of the partial documents determined to be overlapping, including the keyword, by keyword search. Thereafter, when the user designates the forward button 132, the display control unit 84 updates the display to a state in which a partial document determined to be overlapping with the selected partial document and which is later in the display order is selected. On the other hand, when the user designates the back button 130, the display control unit 84 updates the display to a state in which a partial document determined to be overlapping with the selected partial document and which is earlier in the display order is selected. In this way, the user can track the selected overlapping portion.

[0074] Furthermore, the display control unit 84 may display a list of medical documents 52 that include the same overlapping portion on the created document display screen 102. For example, the display control unit 84 may display a list of the contents of the medical documents 52 that include the same overlapping portion, or may display a list of attribute information such as the title or creation date of the medical documents 52. Furthermore, the list in this case may be displayed as a pop-up.

[0075] Next, the operation of the information processing device 14 will be described with reference to Fig. 14. The CPU 40 executes the information processing program 50 to execute the overlap determination process shown in Fig. 14. The overlap determination process shown in Fig. 14 is executed, for example, when a command to start execution is input by a user.

[0076] 14, the receiving unit 60 receives identification information of a target patient and a target period. In step S12, the acquiring unit 62 acquires, from the storage unit 42, a plurality of medical documents 52 created for the target patient within the target period, using the identification information of the target patient and the target period accepted in step S10. In step S14, the dividing unit 64 divides each of the plurality of medical documents 52 acquired in step S12 into a plurality of partial documents, as described above.

[0077] In step S16, the determination unit 66 determines whether each partial document divided in step S14 overlaps with other partial documents, as described above. In step S18, the assignment unit 68 assigns a first importance to each of the multiple medical documents 52 acquired in step S10. In step S20, the assignment unit 68 assigns a second importance to each of the multiple partial documents obtained by the division process in step S14.

[0078] In step S22, the output unit 70 outputs the multiple medical documents 52 acquired in step S10 to the user terminal 12 via the network I / F 46. At this time, the output unit 70 also outputs the attached information of the medical documents 52 to the user terminal 12 via the network I / F 46. When the processing of step S22 ends, the overlap determination processing ends. Note that in this overlap determination processing, at least one of steps S18 and S20 does not have to be executed.

[0079] Next, the operation of the user terminal 12 will be described with reference to Fig. 15. The CPU 20 executes the screen display program 30 to execute the display control process shown in Fig. 15. The display control process shown in Fig. 15 is executed, for example, when the user terminal 12 receives a plurality of medical documents 52 transmitted from the information processing device 14 by the process of step S22 above.

[0080] 15, the acquisition unit 80 acquires a plurality of medical documents 52 transmitted from the information processing device 14 via the network I / F 26. In step S32, the display control unit 84 causes the display 24 to display a new document creation screen 100 for creating a new document and a created document display screen 102 for displaying the medical documents 52 used to create the new document. At this time, the display control unit 84, as described above, displays overlapping portions included in the medical documents 52 in an unhighlighted manner relative to non-overlapping portions.

[0081] In step S34, the reception unit 82 waits until it receives the user's selection of the medical document 52 on the created document display screen 102. When the reception unit 82 receives the user's selection of the medical document 52 on the created document display screen 102, the process proceeds to step S36. In step S36, the display control unit 84 transcribes at least a part of the medical document 52 selected on the created document display screen 102 onto the new document creation screen 100, as described above. When the process of step S36 ends, the process returns to step S34. For example, when the user performs an end operation via the input device 25, the display control process ends.

[0082] As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to effectively support the creation of a new document using a plurality of already created documents.

[0083] In the above embodiment, the user terminal 12 may include at least some of the functional units included in the information processing device 14, or the information processing device 14 may include at least some of the functional units included in the user terminal 12. For example, the new document creation screen 100 may be generated by the information processing device 14 and provided to the user terminal 12 in a streaming manner. Also, each functional unit included in the user terminal 12 and the information processing device 14 may be included in a single computer.

[0084] In the above embodiment, the display control unit 84 displays the new document creation screen 100 and the created document display screen 102 when the user creates a new document, but the disclosed technology is not limited to this. For example, the display control unit 84 may display only the created document display screen 102 when the user refers to a created document.

[0085] In the above embodiment, the following various processors can be used as the hardware structure of a processing unit that executes various processes, such as each functional unit of the user terminal 12 and each functional unit of the information processing device 14. As described above, the above various processors include a CPU, which is a general-purpose processor that executes software (programs) and functions as various processing units, as well as a programmable logic device (PLD), which is a processor whose circuit configuration can be changed after manufacture, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), a dedicated electric circuit, which is a processor having a circuit configuration designed specifically for executing specific processes, such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), etc.

[0086] A single processing unit may be configured with one of these various processors, or may be configured with a combination of two or more processors of the same or different types (for example, a combination of multiple FPGAs, or a combination of a CPU and an FPGA). Also, multiple processing units may be configured with a single processor.

[0087] As an example of configuring multiple processing units with one processor, first, there is a form in which one processor is configured with a combination of one or more CPUs and software, as typified by computers such as client and server, and this processor functions as multiple processing units. Second, there is a form in which a processor is used that realizes the functions of the entire system including multiple processing units with one IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, as typified by System on Chip (SoC), etc. In this way, the various processing units are configured using one or more of the above various processors as a hardware structure.

[0088] Furthermore, more specifically, the hardware structure of these various processors can be an electric circuit that combines circuit elements such as semiconductor elements.

[0089] In addition, in each of the above embodiments, the screen display program 30 is described as being stored (installed) in advance in the storage unit 22, but the present invention is not limited to this. The screen display program 30 may be provided in a form recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory), or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. The screen display program 30 may also be downloaded from an external device via a network.

[0090] In the above embodiment, the information processing program 50 is stored (installed) in advance in the storage unit 42, but the present invention is not limited to this. The information processing program 50 may be provided in a form recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a USB memory. The information processing program 50 may be downloaded from an external device via a network.

[0091] The following supplementary notes are further disclosed regarding the above embodiment. (Appendix 1) A document creation support device having at least one processor, The processor, displaying a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document to be used in creating the new document; When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping portions included in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping portions. Document creation support device.

[0092] (Appendix 2) The processor, Dividing each of the plurality of created documents into a plurality of partial documents; determining whether each of the partial documents overlaps with another partial document; Regarding the partial documents determined to overlap, the partial document to be displayed later is not highlighted relative to the partial document to be displayed earlier according to the display order of the plurality of created documents. 2. A document creation support device as described in appendix 1.

[0093] (Appendix 3) The processor, The partial document with a certain number of characters or less is excluded from the duplication judgment. 3. A document creation support device as described in appendix 2.

[0094] (Appendix 4) The processor, When the ratio of the amount of the overlapping portion to the amount of the created document is equal to or less than a threshold value, the overlapping portion included in the created document is not highlighted relative to the non-overlapping portion. 4. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

[0095] (Appendix 5) The processor, When the ratio of the amount of the overlapping portion to the amount of the created document is equal to or greater than a threshold value, at least a part of the overlapping portion included in the created document is hidden. 4. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

[0096] (Appendix 6) A first importance level is associated with each of the plurality of created documents; The processor, When the plurality of created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, the created documents having the relatively high first importance are highlighted relative to the created documents having the relatively low first importance. 6. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

[0097] (Appendix 7) The processor, The overlapping portion included in the created document having the first relatively high importance is de-emphasized with respect to the non-overlapping portion. 7. A document creation support device as described in appendix 6.

[0098] (Appendix 8) The processor, The overlapping parts included in the created document having the first relatively high importance are not highlighted with respect to the non-overlapping parts. 7. A document creation support device as described in appendix 6.

[0099] (Appendix 9) A second importance level is associated with each of the plurality of partial documents; The processor, When the plurality of created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, the partial document having the second importance level that is relatively high is highlighted with respect to the partial document having the second importance level that is relatively low. 4. A document creation support device according to claim 2 or 3.

[0100] (Appendix 10) The processor, Regarding the partial documents having the relatively high second importance, the partial documents determined to overlap are not highlighted with respect to the partial documents determined not to overlap. 10. A document creation support device as described in appendix 9.

[0101] (Appendix 11) The processor, The partial document having the second relatively high importance and determined to be an overlap is not highlighted with respect to the partial document determined not to be an overlap. 10. A document creation support device as described in appendix 9.

[0102] (Appendix 12) The processor, If the degree of matching between the created documents is equal to or greater than a threshold, it is determined that the created documents used to derive the degree of matching include an overlapping portion. 12. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

[0103] (Appendix 13) The processor, If the degree of similarity between the created documents is equal to or greater than a threshold value and if specific keywords or numerical information differ between the created documents, it is determined that the created documents used to derive the degree of similarity do not include overlapping portions. 13. A document creation support device as described in appendix 12.

[0104] (Appendix 14) The processor, Weighting specific keywords when deriving the degree of match between the created documents 13. A document creation support device as described in appendix 12.

[0105] (Appendix 15) The processor, When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, at least a part of the created documents in which all partial documents included in the created documents overlap is hidden. 15. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

[0106] (Appendix 16) The processor, Accepting a selection of the created document in the created document display screen; At least a part of the selected created document is transcribed onto the new document creation screen. 16. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

[0107] (Appendix 17) The processor, If the selected created document includes an overlapping portion, the selected created document except for the overlapping portion is transcribed onto the new document creation screen. 17. A document creation support device as described in appendix 16.

[0108] (Appendix 18) The processor, Accepting a selection of a plurality of the created documents on the created document display screen; When the same overlapping portion is included in each of the selected plurality of created documents, a portion of the selected created document other than the same overlapping portion of one of the selected documents is transcribed onto the new document creation screen. 17. A document creation support device as described in appendix 16.

[0109] (Appendix 19) The processor, Displaying the created document including the identical overlapping portion in a state where the user can follow the identical overlapping portion 19. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

[0110] (Appendix 20) The processor, Display a list of previously created documents that contain identical overlapping parts 19. A document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

[0111] (Appendix 21) The processor, When the partial document determined to be a duplicate contains an examination item or a medical procedure name, the partial document to be displayed in a later order than the order corresponding to the number of times the examination represented by the examination item or the medical procedure represented by the medical procedure name is performed is not highlighted with respect to the partial document to be displayed in a earlier order according to the display order. 4. A document creation support device according to claim 2 or 3.

[0112] (Appendix 22) The processor, If the partial document determined to be an overlap includes an examination item or a medical procedure name, the period designated as the period for which the new document is to be created is divided into a plurality of periods using the dates of implementation of the examination represented by the examination item or the medical procedure represented by the medical procedure name as delimiters; For each period, for partial documents that are determined to overlap and that include the examination item or medical procedure name, the partial documents to be displayed later are not highlighted relative to the partial documents to be displayed earlier according to the display order of the plurality of created documents. 4. A document creation support device according to claim 2 or 3.

[0113] (Appendix 23) The processor, For partial documents determined to overlap, the display mode of the partial documents is changed according to the number of overlapping partial documents. 4. A document creation support device according to claim 2 or 3.

[0114] (Appendix 24) displaying a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document to be used in creating the new document; When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping portions included in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping portions. A document creation support method in which processing is executed by a processor included in a document creation support device.

[0115] (Appendix 25) displaying a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document to be used in creating the new document; When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping portions included in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping portions. A document creation support program for causing a processor included in the document creation support device to execute processing. [Explanation of symbols]

[0116] 10. Information Processing Systems 12 User terminal 14 Information processing equipment 20, 40 CPUs 21, 41 Memory 22, 42 Storage section 23, 43 RAM 24, 44 Display 25, 45 Input device 26, 46 Network I / F 27, 47 Bus 30 Screen display program 50 Information Processing Program 52 Medical Documents 60, 82 Reception 62, 80 Acquisition Department 64 Division 66 Judgment section 68 Granting Department 70 Output section 84 Display control section 100 New document creation screen 102 Created document display screen 110, 112, 114, 116 Input fields 120, 122, 124 display area 130 Back button 132 Next button

Claims

1. A document creation support device having at least one processor, The processor, displaying a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document to be used in creating the new document; When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping portions included in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping portions. Document creation support device.

2. The processor, Dividing each of the plurality of created documents into a plurality of partial documents; determining whether each of the partial documents overlaps with another partial document; Regarding the partial documents determined to overlap, the partial documents to be displayed later are not highlighted relative to the partial documents to be displayed earlier according to the display order of the plurality of created documents.

2. The document creation support device according to claim 1.

3. The processor, The partial document with a certain number of characters or less is excluded from the duplication judgment.

3. The document creation support device according to claim 2.

4. The processor, When the ratio of the amount of the overlapping portion to the amount of the created document is equal to or less than a threshold value, the overlapping portion included in the created document is not highlighted relative to the non-overlapping portion. The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The processor, When the ratio of the amount of the overlapping portion to the amount of the created document is equal to or greater than a threshold value, at least a part of the overlapping portion included in the created document is hidden. The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

6. A first importance level is associated with each of the plurality of created documents; The processor, When the plurality of created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, the created documents having the relatively high first importance are highlighted relative to the created documents having the relatively low first importance. The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

7. The processor, The overlapping portion included in the created document having the first relatively high importance is not highlighted relative to the non-overlapping portion.

7. The document creation support device according to claim 6.

8. The processor, The overlapping portion included in the created document having the first relatively high importance is not highlighted with respect to the non-overlapping portion.

7. The document creation support device according to claim 6.

9. A second importance level is associated with each of the plurality of partial documents; The processor, When the plurality of created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, the partial document having the second importance level relatively high is highlighted with respect to the partial document having the second importance level relatively low.

4. The document creation support device according to claim 2.

10. The processor, Regarding the partial documents having the relatively high second importance, the partial documents determined to overlap are not highlighted with respect to the partial documents determined not to overlap.

10. The document creation support device according to claim 9.

11. The processor, The partial document having the second relatively high importance and determined to be an overlap is not highlighted with respect to the partial document determined not to be an overlap.

10. The document creation support device according to claim 9.

12. The processor, If the degree of matching between the created documents is equal to or greater than a threshold, it is determined that the created documents used to derive the degree of matching include an overlapping portion. The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

13. The processor, If the degree of similarity between the created documents is equal to or greater than a threshold value and if specific keywords or numerical information differ between the created documents, it is determined that the created documents used to derive the degree of similarity do not include overlapping portions.

13. The document creation support device according to claim 12.

14. The processor, Weighting specific keywords when deriving the degree of match between the created documents 13. The document creation support device according to claim 12.

15. The processor, When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, at least a part of the created documents in which all partial documents included in the created documents overlap is hidden. The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

16. The processor, Accepting a selection of the created document in the created document display screen; At least a part of the selected created document is transcribed onto the new document creation screen. The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

17. The processor, If the selected created document includes an overlapping portion, the selected created document except for the overlapping portion is transcribed onto the new document creation screen.

17. The document creation support device according to claim 16.

18. The processor, Accepting a selection of a plurality of the created documents on the created document display screen; When the same overlapping portion is included in each of the selected plurality of created documents, a portion of the selected created document other than the same overlapping portion of one of the selected documents is copied onto the new document creation screen.

17. The document creation support device according to claim 16.

19. The processor, Displaying the created document including the identical overlapping portion in a state where the user can follow the identical overlapping portion The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

20. The processor, Display a list of previously created documents that contain identical overlapping parts The document creation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

21. The processor, When the partial document determined to be a duplicate contains an examination item or a medical procedure name, the partial document to be displayed in a later order than the order corresponding to the number of times the examination represented by the examination item or the medical procedure represented by the medical procedure name is performed is not highlighted with respect to the partial document to be displayed in a earlier order according to the display order.

4. The document creation support device according to claim 2.

22. The processor, If the partial document determined to be an overlap includes an examination item or a medical procedure name, the period designated as the period for which the new document is to be created is divided into a plurality of periods using the dates of implementation of the examination represented by the examination item or the medical procedure represented by the medical procedure name as delimiters; For each period, for partial documents that are determined to overlap and that include the examination item or medical procedure name, the partial documents to be displayed later are not highlighted relative to the partial documents to be displayed earlier according to the display order of the plurality of created documents.

4. The document creation support device according to claim 2.

23. The processor, For partial documents determined to overlap, the display mode of the partial documents is changed according to the number of overlapping partial documents.

4. The document creation support device according to claim 2.

24. displaying a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document to be used in creating the new document; When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping portions included in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping portions. A document creation support method in which processing is executed by a processor included in a document creation support device.

25. displaying a new document creation screen for creating a new document and a created document display screen for displaying a created document to be used in creating the new document; When a plurality of the created documents are displayed on the created document display screen, overlapping portions included in the created documents are not highlighted relative to non-overlapping portions. A document creation support program for causing a processor included in the document creation support device to execute processing.

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