Information sharing system used between medical professional and subject

Abstract

To provide a system that improves the quality of life (QOL) of subjects receiving medical care while reducing the workload of medical professionals.SOLUTION: An information sharing system 1 comprises a server 100, a first terminal device 200, and a second terminal device 300. The first terminal device 200 displays a screen prompting input of non-medical information, excluding those categorized as predefined medical information, and transmits the non-medical information entered via the screen prompting input of non-medical information, to the server 100. The second terminal device 300 displays the non-medical information received from the server 100.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an information sharing system for use between medical professionals and subjects. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, information sharing systems are known that are used between medical professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, public health nurses, caregivers, or care managers (care managers)) and subjects (e.g., patients, people requiring care, the patients' families, or the families of people requiring care). For example, JP 2021-12437 A (Patent Document 1) discloses a decision support system that uses the personal information and peripheral information of the patient who makes a decision regarding the patient's treatment policy to analyze the characteristics of the decision maker and presents a treatment method suitable for the patient based on the analysis results of the characteristics. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2021-12437 [Non-patent literature]

[0004] [Non-Patent Document 1] Japan Society for Medical Informatics, Medical Information Technician Training Committee, Medical Information (Medical Information Systems Edition), Shinohara Publishing Co., 2004 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Since the situations of subjects in social life are diverse, whether information about social life that does not fall under predefined medical information (non-medical information) should be reflected in medical treatment must be judged for each subject. However, subjects who are not medical specialists often have psychological resistance to conveying non-medical information that may at first glance seem unrelated to medical treatment to medical professionals. In addition, in order for medical professionals to accurately obtain non-medical information from subjects that may indirectly affect medical treatment for the subject, the medical professionals must have appropriate experience and ability, and often need sufficient time to listen to the subject during medical treatment.

[0006] In this regard, in the decision support system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the patient's personal information and peripheral information are collected by questionnaires conducted during medical treatment or hospitalization. However, in collecting the patient's personal information and peripheral information in Patent Document 1, no consideration is given to alleviating the subject's psychological resistance to conveying non-medical information to medical professionals, and to supplementing the experience and ability required for medical professionals to find non-medical information important for medical practice. According to the decision support system disclosed in Patent Document 1, medical professionals cannot efficiently collect the patient's non-medical information, which may delay the patient's complete recovery from illness and social reintegration. As a result, the patient's QOL (Quality of Life) may decrease.

[0007] The present disclosure has been made to solve the problems described above, and its purpose is to improve the QOL of subjects receiving medical treatment by medical professionals while reducing the burden on medical professionals. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The information sharing system according to the present disclosure includes a server, a first terminal device, and a second terminal device. The first terminal device displays a screen prompting input of non-medical information that does not correspond to predefined medical information, and transmits the non-medical information input via the screen prompting input of the non-medical information to the server. The second terminal device displays the non-medical information from the server. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the information sharing system of the present disclosure, by encouraging the input of non-medical information that does not correspond to predefined medical information, it is possible to improve the quality of medical treatment for subjects while making the collection of non-medical information more efficient. As a result, it is possible to improve the QOL of subjects who receive medical treatment from medical professionals while reducing the burden on medical professionals. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a lifestyle information sharing system 1 according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of each of the information processing device, the subject's terminal device, and the medical staff's terminal device in FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] 3 is a diagram showing an example of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) displayed on a touch panel of a terminal device that executes the client program of FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 4] 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a touch panel when a button for "living environment and family" in FIG. 3 is pressed. FIG. [Diagram 5] 4 is a diagram showing an example of a top screen for medical staff in the lifestyle information sharing service, which is displayed on the display of the terminal device of the medical staff in FIG. 3. FIG. [Figure 6] 6 is a diagram showing an example of a target user information screen that is displayed when a character string of a name shown in the list of FIG. 5 is pressed. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a form response screen that is displayed when a tab named "form response" is selected from among the multiple tabs in FIG. 6. [Figure 8] 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen that is displayed when a menu item shown in the menu of FIG. 5 is selected. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a life information sharing system 1 according to an embodiment. The life information sharing system 1 is a system for realizing a service (life information sharing service) for sharing information about a subject and information about medical care between a subject who receives a medical procedure and a medical professional who performs the medical procedure. In FIG. 1, a subject Pu who is a woman in her 50s is shown as an example of a subject. In addition, a hospital Hs is shown as an example of a medical institution that the subject Pu attends, and a doctor Mu1 who is the doctor in charge of the subject Pu, and nurses Mu2 and Mu3 are shown as examples of medical professionals working at the hospital Hs. The subject Pu and the medical professionals Mu1 to Mu3 are all users of the life information sharing service. Note that a plurality of subjects, a plurality of medical professionals, and a plurality of medical institutions can be registered in the life information sharing service.

[0012] 1, the life information sharing system 1 includes a server 100, a terminal device 200, and terminal devices 300A, 300B, and 300C. The life information sharing system 1 is formed as a system separate from an electronic medical record system (not shown) that manages medical information in the intranet of a hospital Hs so as not to handle medical information. The server 100, the terminal device 200, and the terminal devices 300A to 300C are connected to each other by a network NW. The network NW includes, for example, the Internet, a wide area network (WAN), a local area network (LAN), and a cloud system.

[0013] The server 100 includes an information processing device 10 and a database DB, and manages information related to users of the lifestyle information sharing service. The information processing device 10 executes a server program of the lifestyle information sharing service and comprehensively controls information exchange and information sharing between users. The information processing device 10 registers information transmitted from a user in the database DB. In response to a request from a user, the information processing device 10 transmits information registered in the database DB to the user.

[0014] The terminal device 200 is used by a subject Pu. The terminal devices 300A to 300C are used by medical workers Mu1 to Mu3, respectively. Each of the terminal devices 200 and 300A to 300C includes, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, and a PC (Personal Computer). Hereinafter, each of the terminal devices 300A to 300C is also simply referred to as a terminal device 300.

[0015] The subject Pu installs a client program for the subject (a person receiving medical treatment) in the terminal device 200 by reading the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or QR code (registered trademark) of an application distribution site. The subject Pu is registered as a user of the life information sharing service by transmitting basic information (e.g., a user ID and a password) to the server 100 via the client program installed in the terminal device 200. The subject Pu can transmit information about the subject Pu to the hospital Hs or the doctor Mu1 via the life information sharing service at a desired timing.

[0016] The terminal device 300 is provided with security measures to prevent security incidents related to the information of the subject (for example, leakage of the information of the subject or unauthorized access to the information of the subject). The terminal device 300 may be a terminal device owned personally by a medical professional, or may be a terminal device provided by the hospital Hs. A user of the terminal device 300 installs a client program for medical professionals (those who perform medical procedures) in the terminal device 300 by reading the URL or QR (Quick Response) code of an application distribution site. The administrator transmits basic information (for example, a user ID and a password) to the server 100 via the client program installed in the terminal device 300, thereby registering the hospital Hs as a user of the life information sharing service. Each of a plurality of medical personnel working at the hospital Hs may be registered as a user. The doctor Mu1 can also check information on the subject Pu at a desired timing. The desired timing includes, for example, a timing before a consultation or a timing before a treatment for the subject Pu. In addition, when the subject Pu sends a message to the hospital Hs or the doctor Mu1, it is desirable that the terminal device 300 displays a new information alert from the subject Pu so that the user of the terminal device 300 can easily notice the arrival of the message.

[0017] Subject Pu is in the situation of "living alone" and "keeping a cat" in social life. For example, in light of predefined medical information (see Non-Patent Document 1) as "personal information related to health including human genetic information, including not only physical and mental information but also information related to social life, highly confidential, and characterized as a time-series collection of information including characters, numbers, images, and sounds," the information of subject Pu "living alone" and "keeping a cat" does not directly correspond to "personal information related to health," and is therefore often interpreted as not corresponding to predefined medical information.

[0018] Since the situations of subjects in social life are diverse, whether non-medical information that does not fall under predefined medical information should be reflected in medical treatment must be judged for each subject. However, subjects who are not medical specialists often have psychological resistance to conveying non-medical information that may seem unrelated to medical treatment to medical professionals. In addition, in order for medical professionals to accurately obtain non-medical information from subjects that may indirectly affect medical treatment for the subject, the medical professionals must have appropriate experience and ability, and often need sufficient time to listen to the subject during medical treatment.

[0019] For example, subject Pu wonders whether the circumstances of "living alone" and "owning a cat" are relevant to treatment. Therefore, subject Pu may not communicate these circumstances to doctor Mu1. Also, when doctor Mu1 is in charge of many patients other than subject Pu, the time available to consider a treatment plan for one subject is often limited. In order to determine the information necessary for treatment from the subject's social life, which may take on various aspects, within such a limited time, doctor Mu1 often needs to have a certain level of experience and ability. Therefore, doctor Mu1 may create a treatment plan for subject Pu without understanding the circumstances of subject Pu, "living alone" and "owning a cat."

[0020] In this regard, if the subject Pu is hospitalized for surgery, he or she will not be able to take care of the cat left at home. Even if surgery is the best treatment plan, the subject Pu may be reluctant to undergo surgery because the treatment plan does not fit the subject Pu's social life. As a result, the subject Pu's complete recovery from the disease and social reintegration may be delayed.

[0021] Therefore, in the life information sharing system 1, the terminal device 200 displays a screen prompting the subject Pu to input non-medical information of the subject Pu. Since the non-medical information is required to be input by the life information sharing service, the subject Pu can register the non-medical information in the life information sharing service at a desired timing without being aware of the relationship between the non-medical information and the treatment. In addition, the doctor Mu1 can check the non-medical information about the subject Pu via the life information sharing service at a desired timing, so that the non-medical information can be efficiently reflected in the treatment policy of the subject Pu while reducing the burden on the doctor Mu1 required for listening to the non-medical information. For example, the doctor Mu1 can ask the subject Pu in advance about the period required to arrange for the care of the subject Pu's cat and the period during which the care of the cat can be entrusted to another person, and determine the hospitalization period and surgery date based on this information. In this way, according to the life information sharing system 1, it is possible to improve the quality of medical treatment for the subject by minimizing the impact of the treatment on the subject's social life while efficiently collecting non-medical information. As a result, the subject's quality of life and the subject's trust in medical professionals can be improved, and the work of medical professionals to reflect the subject's non-medical information in treatment plans can be made more efficient without relying on the experience and ability of the medical professionals, thereby reducing the burden on medical professionals associated with such work.

[0022] Incidentally, information that falls under the category of medical information includes information that meets objectively defined standards, requirements, or conditions in medicine (for example, record items in a medical chart, and information about food ingredients to which the subject has allergies). On the other hand, non-medical information includes information that depends on the subject's personal circumstances and that affects the subject's treatment plan (for example, information about food ingredients that the subject dislikes, or working hours). For example, when prescribing a medicine to be taken before bed, by obtaining the subject's working hours in advance, it is possible to instruct the subject on the appropriate time to take the medicine.

[0023] Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of each of the information processing device 10 and the terminal devices 200 and 300 in Fig. 1. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the information processing device 10 includes a processor 101, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102, a storage 103, a communication unit 104, and an input / output unit 105.

[0024] The processor 101 loads various programs into the RAM 102 to realize various functions of the information processing device 10. The processor 101 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).

[0025] The RAM 102 includes a volatile memory and is used, for example, as a work area (a temporary data storage area) for the processor 101.

[0026] The storage 103 includes a non-volatile memory such as a flash ROM (Read Only Memory) or an SSD (Solid State Drive). The storage 103 stores computer programs and data referenced when the programs are executed. The storage 103 stores an OS (Operating System) program (not shown) and a server program Pgs for implementing a server function in the lifestyle information sharing service.

[0027] The communication unit 104 communicates with each of the terminal devices 200, 300A to 300C via the network NW. The communication unit 104 and the network NW may be connected by wired communication (for example, Ethernet (registered trademark)) or wireless communication (for example, Wi-Fi (registered trademark)).

[0028] The input / output unit 105 receives input from a user and displays to the user the processing results of the processor 101. The input / output unit 105 includes, for example, a display, a touch panel, a keyboard, a speaker, a lamp, and a mouse.

[0029] The terminal device 200 includes a processor 201, a RAM 202, a storage 203, a communication unit 204, an input / output unit 205, and a camera 206. The processor 201, the RAM 202, the communication unit 204, and the input / output unit 205 have substantially the same functions as the processor 101, the RAM 102, the communication unit 104, and the input / output unit 105 of the information processing device 10, respectively, and therefore the description of these configurations of the terminal device 200 will not be repeated.

[0030] The storage 203 stores, for example, an OS program (not shown) and a client program Pgc1 for implementing a client function for a target person in the lifestyle information sharing service.

[0031] The camera 206 acquires image data of the surroundings of the terminal device 200 and stores it in the storage 203. The camera 206 captures an image of a QR code required for installing the client program Pgc1, for example.

[0032] The terminal device 300 includes a processor 301, a RAM 302, a storage 303, a communication unit 304, an input / output unit 305, and a camera 306. The processor 301, the RAM 302, the communication unit 304, the input / output unit 305, and the camera 306 have substantially the same functions as the processor 301, the RAM 302, the communication unit 304, the input / output unit 305, and the camera 306 of the terminal device 200, respectively, and therefore the description of these components of the terminal device 300 will not be repeated.

[0033] The storage 303 stores, for example, an OS program (not shown) and a client program Pgc2 for implementing a client function for medical staff in the lifestyle information sharing service.

[0034] Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) displayed on the touch panel 210 of the terminal device 200 that executes the client program Pgc1 in Fig. 2. Various functions of the lifestyle information sharing service are executed by user operations on the GUI. The same applies to Figs. 4 to 7.

[0035] As shown in Fig. 3, a chat screen Cf and tabs Tb1, Tb2, and Tb3 are arranged on the touch panel 210. In Fig. 3, the tab Tb1 is selected.

[0036] On the chat screen Cf, messages from a communication partner (for example, a doctor Mu1 or a hospital Hs) designated by the subject Pu are displayed in a chat format. The subject Pu can check messages from the communication partners on the chat screen Cf.

[0037] The tabs Tb1 to Tb3 are named "Information Registration", "Health Management and Recording", and "Community", respectively. Tab Tb1 is a GUI for encouraging the subject Pu to input non-medical information. Tab Tb2 is a GUI for encouraging the subject Pu to record health information. Tab Tb3 is a GUI for participating in a community formed by other users registered in the lifestyle information sharing service.

[0038] Tab Tb1 has buttons Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, Bt4, Bt5, Bt6, Bt7, and Bt8 arranged on it. Buttons Bt1 to Bt8 are named "Basic information," "About your living environment and family," "About your occupation and studies," "About your work," "About yourself," "About your personality," "About medical care," and "Answer results," respectively.

[0039] When button Bt1 is pressed (clicked or tapped), a questionnaire (question form) screen is displayed, which prompts the subject Pu to enter basic information (for example, name, sex, and date of birth). When each of buttons Bt2 to Bt7 is pressed, a questionnaire screen is displayed which prompts the subject Pu to answer a plurality of questions included in the category indicated as the title of that button. When button Bt8 is pressed, an answer result confirmation screen is displayed which displays the answers for each of the plurality of categories corresponding to buttons Bt2 to Bt7. From the confirmation screen, subject Pu can change the answers as necessary. Each of the plurality of categories includes information that has an effect on the treatment plan for subject Pu.

[0040] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the touch panel 210 when the button Bt2 in FIG. 3 is pressed. As shown in FIG. 3, the touch panel 210 displays a question "Do you live with anyone?" included in the category "About living environment and family". As options for the question, three options, "Yes", "No", and "No selection", are displayed as three radio buttons. The subject Pu can select one of the three options and proceed to the next question by pressing the "Next" button. The subject Pu can also return to the previous question and confirm or change the answer by pressing the "Back" button. The category "About living environment and family" includes, for example, multiple questions as shown in Table 1 below.

[0041] [Table 1]

[0042] The category "About Occupation and Academic Studies" corresponding to button Bt3 includes several questions as shown in Table 2 below.

[0043] [Table 2]

[0044] The category "About Work" corresponding to button Bt4 includes multiple questions as shown in Table 3 below.

[0045] [Table 3]

[0046] The category "About yourself" corresponding to button Bt5 includes multiple questions as shown in Tables 4, 5, and 6 below.

[0047] [Table 4]

[0048] [Table 5]

[0049] [Table 6]

[0050] The category "About your personality" corresponding to button Bt6 includes several questions as shown in Table 7 below.

[0051] [Table 7]

[0052] The category "About medical matters" corresponding to button Bt7 includes multiple questions as shown in Tables 8 and 9 below.

[0053] [Table 8]

[0054] [Table 9]

[0055] In addition, the categories selectable in tab Tb1 are not limited to "Basic information," "About living environment and family," "About occupation and studies," "About work," "About yourself," "About your personality," "About medical care," and "Answer results." For example, the categories "About balancing work and caregiving" and "About balancing work and child-rearing" may be selectable. These categories include multiple questions such as those shown in Tables 10 and 11 below.

[0056] [Table 10]

[0057] [Table 11]

[0058] As shown in Tables 1 to 11, by classifying non-medical information into multiple categories related to social life in advance and preparing multiple questions for each category, it is possible to systematically and comprehensively obtain non-medical information about the subject Pu without relying on the experience and ability of the doctor Mu1. In particular, by preparing questions for obtaining information about the priorities in the social life of the subject Pu as shown in Table 4, it is possible to minimize the impact of treatment on the social life of the subject Pu and improve the subject's QOL.

[0059] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a top screen for medical staff in the lifestyle information sharing service, displayed on the display of the terminal device 300 in FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the top screen includes a menu Mn, a label Lb, a button Bt30, and lists Ls1, Ls2, and Ls3. The menu Mn is arranged to extend vertically on the left edge of the top screen. The menu Mn lists a plurality of menu items by category. The label Lb is arranged at the top of the top screen. The label Lb displays the number of target users (e.g., subjects Pu) who register the medical user (e.g., doctor Mu1 or hospital Hs) corresponding to the terminal device 300 as a message destination. The button Bt30 is arranged adjacent to the right edge of the label Lb. When the button Bt30 is pressed by the user, a list of target users who register the medical user as a message destination is displayed.

[0060] List Ls1 is located at the bottom of the top screen. In list Ls1, messages received by medical users are listed in chronological order along with the date and time of sending the messages and the name of the sender. A link is set to the character string indicating the sender's name. Lists Ls2 and Ls3 are located adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction between label Lb and list Ls1. List Ls2 shows the number of users for each response status for target users who register medical users as message destinations. List Ls3 shows the time series (e.g., daily) change in the number of target users who register medical users as message destinations.

[0061] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a target user information screen displayed when a character string of a name shown in list Ls1 of Fig. 5 is pressed. Fig. 6 shows a target user information screen when "User A" of Fig. 5 is pressed. In the following, the character string "User A" represents the name of the target person Pu of Fig. 1.

[0062] 6, on the target user information screen, the information about the target user can be confirmed, and the corresponding information can be edited by pressing the "Edit" button. For example, doctor Mu1 can input findings in edit box Eb1 entitled "Individual Note" based on the answers of user A to the questions shown in Tables 1 to 9.

[0063] A number of tabs are arranged at the bottom of the target user information screen. When a tab Tb31 named "Timeline" is selected from among the number of tabs, a number of GUIs for directly sending a message to the target user displayed on the target user information screen are displayed. The number of GUIs includes an edit box Eb2 and a button Bt31. The medical user inputs a message to the target user in the edit box Eb2. The medical user can send the message to the target user (user A) by pressing the button Bt31 named "Send." The message sent to the target user is displayed, for example, in a speech bubble format from the right end of the chat screen Cf in FIG. 3.

[0064] Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a form response screen that is displayed when tab Tb32 named "form response" is selected from among the multiple tabs in Fig. 6. As shown in Fig. 6, the form response screen displays the responses of user A to the questions shown in Tables 1 to 9.

[0065] Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed when a menu item shown in the menu Mn in Fig. 5 is selected. Fig. 8 shows an example of a simultaneous delivery setting screen displayed when a menu item named "simultaneous delivery" in Fig. 5 is selected. As shown in Fig. 8, radio buttons Rb11, Rb12, Rb21, and Rb22 are arranged on the simultaneous delivery setting screen.

[0066] Radio buttons Rb11 and Rb12 are alternative options regarding the delivery destination of the message. Radio button Rb11 is an option that indicates that the message will be delivered to all target users who have registered medical users as the destination. Radio button Rb12 is an option that indicates that the message will be delivered to a portion of target users who have registered medical users as the destination. One of radio buttons Rb11 and Rb12 can be selected as the delivery destination of the message.

[0067] Radio buttons Rb21 and Rb22 are alternative options regarding the timing of message delivery. Radio button Rb21 is an option that indicates that the message is delivered immediately after the message is registered. Radio button Rb22 is an option that indicates that the message is delivered at a specified timing. One of radio buttons Rb21 and Rb22 can be selected as the message delivery timing. When radio button Rb22 is selected, the delivery date and delivery time can be specified.

[0068] At the bottom of the broadcast setting screen, there are multiple tabs for specifying the data format of the message to be distributed. The name given to each of the multiple tabs indicates the data format of the message that can be set in that tab. For example, when the tab Tb41 named "Text" is selected, an edit box Eb3 for entering a text message is displayed.

[0069] As described above, the information sharing system according to the embodiment can improve the QOL of subjects who receive medical treatment from medical professionals while reducing the burden on the medical professionals.

[0070] The embodiments disclosed herein should be considered to be illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the claims, not the above description, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope of the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0071] 1 Life information sharing system, 10 Information processing device, 100 Server, 101, 201, 301 Processor, 102, 202, 302 RAM, 103, 203, 303 Storage, 104, 204, 304 Communication unit, 105, 205, 305 Input / output unit, 200, 300, 300A to 300C Terminal device, 206, 306 Camera, 210 Touch panel, Bt1 to Bt8, Bt30, Bt31 Button, Cf Chat screen, DB Database, Eb1 to Eb3 Edit box, Hs Hospital, Lb Label, Ls1 to Ls3 List, Mn Menu, Mu1 Doctor, Mu2, Mu3 Nurse, NW Network, Pgc1, Pgc2 Client program, Pgs Server program, Pu Subject, Rb11, Rb12, Rb21, Rb22 radio buttons, Tb1-Tb3, Tb31, Tb32, Tb41 tabs.

Claims

1. A server; a first terminal device that displays a screen prompting the user to input non-medical information that does not correspond to predefined medical information, and transmits the non-medical information input via the screen prompting the user to input the non-medical information to the server; and a second terminal device that displays the non-medical information from the server.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-medical information includes information regarding priorities in social life.

3. The non-medical information is pre-classified into a plurality of categories related to social life, 3. The information sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal device displays a plurality of GUIs corresponding to the plurality of categories, and displays a plurality of questions included in a category corresponding to a GUI pressed by a user among the plurality of GUIs.

4. The information sharing system of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of categories includes information having an impact on a treatment plan.

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