Information processing system, information processing device, information processing method, and program

The information processing system associates medical data types like injury/illness, pharmaceutical, and admission/discharge information, addressing the lack of integration in SS-MIX and enhancing data utilization.

JP2025182951APending Publication Date: 2025-12-16TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC
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JP2024090741
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Filing Date
2024-06-04
Publication Date
2025-12-16

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Technical Problem

Medical data in SS-MIX is not associated with various types of information, preventing its effective utilization.

Method used

An information processing system that acquires and associates injury/illness, pharmaceutical, admission/discharge, and specimen test information based on predetermined conditions, using an acquisition unit and an association unit to link these data types.

Benefits of technology

Enables the association of various types of medical information, facilitating aggregation and utilization of SS-MIX data.

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Abstract

To link various information in an SS-MIX each other.SOLUTION: An information processing system includes: an acquisition part for acquiring at least two pieces of information among injury / sickness information about injury and sickness suffered by a patient, medicine information about medicines prescribed to the patient, admission and discharge information about the patient's admissions and discharges to / from hospitals, and specimen test information about tests of the patient; and a linking part for linking at least two pieces of information among the acquired injury and sickness information, the medicine information, the admission and discharge information and the specimen test information on the basis of a prescribed condition.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] The medical field handles huge amounts of data related to treatment methods, patient attributes, test results, and more. Research is underway into technologies to effectively analyze and utilize this data. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is conducting educational activities aimed at the digitization and standardization of information through the "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Electronic Medical Information Exchange Promotion Project" (SS-MIX: Standardized Structured Medical Information eXchange), in order to facilitate the secondary use of medical data collected at clinics and hospitals and the exchange and sharing of information between medical institutions. [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0003] [Non-Patent Document 1] SS-MIX Promotion Consortium, "SS-MIX: Standardized Structured Medical Information eXchange Aiming to improve the quality of medical care through the exchange and sharing of medical information among all medical institutions," [ONLINE], [Retrieved April 15, 2023], Internet, http: / / www.ss-mix.org / cons / ssmix2_about.html Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, the medical data in SS-MIX (SS-MIX2) was not associated with various information, which meant that the medical data could not be utilized.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can associate various types of information in SS-MIX. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, one aspect of the present invention is an information processing system that includes an acquisition unit that acquires at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information related to an injury or illness suffered by a patient, pharmaceutical information related to pharmaceuticals prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information related to the patient's admission to / discharge from a medical institution, and specimen test information related to the patient's examination, and an association unit that associates the acquired at least two pieces of information from among the injury / illness information, pharmaceutical information, admission / discharge information, and specimen test information based on predetermined conditions.

[0007] Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing device that includes an acquisition unit that acquires at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information on an injury or illness suffered by a patient, pharmaceutical information on pharmaceuticals prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on the patient's admission to / discharge from a medical institution, and specimen test information on the patient's examination, and an association unit that associates the acquired at least two pieces of information from among the injury / illness information, pharmaceutical information, admission / discharge information, and specimen test information based on predetermined conditions.

[0008] Another aspect of the present invention is an information processing method executed by a computer of an information processing device, which includes an acquisition step of acquiring at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information on an injury or illness suffered by a patient, pharmaceutical information on pharmaceuticals prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on the patient's admission to / discharge from a medical institution, and specimen test information on the patient's examination, and an association step of associating the acquired at least two pieces of information from among the injury / illness information, pharmaceutical information, admission / discharge information, and specimen test information based on predetermined conditions.

[0009] Another aspect of the present invention is a program that causes a computer to execute an acquisition step of acquiring at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information related to an injury or illness suffered by a patient, pharmaceutical information related to pharmaceuticals prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information related to the patient's admission to / discharge from a medical institution, and specimen testing information related to the patient's examination, and an association step of associating the acquired at least two pieces of information from among the injury / illness information, pharmaceutical information, admission / discharge information, and specimen testing information based on predetermined conditions. [Effects of the Invention]

[0010] As described above, according to the present invention, various types of information in SS-MIX can be associated with each other. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of an information processing device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of information processing in the information processing device 1 according to the present embodiment. [Figure 3] 1 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing device 1 according to the present embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0012] (First embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0013] The information processing system SYS includes an information processing device 1. In this embodiment, an example will be described in which each function of the information processing device 1 is configured by one device, but each function of the information processing device 1 may be realized by multiple devices.

[0014] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information processing device 1 is a server device that associates at least two pieces of information among various types of information in SS-MIX. The various types of information include injury / illness information about an injury or illness suffered by a patient, drug information about drugs prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information about admission / discharge to / from a medical institution, and specimen test information about tests performed on the patient. The drug information includes prescription drug information about prescribed drugs and medication information that is information about drugs administered during hospitalization. The various types of information include at least identification information that identifies the patient and identification information that identifies the medical institution.

[0015] The information processing device 1 includes a communication unit 11, an input unit 12, an output unit 13, a control unit 14, and a storage unit 15.

[0016] The communication unit 11 has a function of communicating with other devices in the information processing system SYS via a network. The communication unit 11 outputs various information and signals received from other devices to the control unit 14. The communication unit 11 also transmits various information and signals output from the control unit 14 to other devices.

[0017] The input unit 12 is an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a power button, and a setting button.

[0018] The output unit 13 is an output device such as a display unit and a speaker.

[0019] The control unit 14 has a function of controlling the information processing device 1. The control unit 14 includes an acquisition unit 140 , an injury / illness grouping unit 141 , an admission / discharge grouping unit 142 , and an association unit 143 .

[0020] The acquisition unit 140 acquires at least two pieces of information from the medical data in SS-MIX: injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, drug information on the medicines prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on the admission / discharge to / from other medical institutions of the patient, and specimen test information on the examination of the patient. The medical data in SS-MIX may be acquired from the management server of SS-MIX and stored in the storage unit 15, or may be acquired from the storage unit 15 by storing information acquired from the SS-MIX management server in advance in the storage unit 15.

[0021] The acquisition unit 140 also acquires master information. The master information may be acquired from a master information management device, or may be acquired in advance from the master information management device and stored in the storage unit 15. The master information includes electronic medical record information, electronic medical claim injury / illness information, ICD10 disease classification information, injury / illness group ICD10 disease classification information, etc.

[0022] The injury / illness grouping unit 141 reads injury / illness information and master information from the storage unit 15 and groups them. The injury / illness grouping unit 141 groups records in the injury / illness information that have the same patient identification information, the same medical institution identification information, and the same disease type management number, according to certain conditions. The injury / illness grouping unit 141 groups records related to the same injury / illness over a short, fixed period (for example, 30 days). After grouping, the injury / illness grouping unit 141 updates the injury / illness group in the electronic medical record information and stores it in the storage unit 15. The injury / illness grouping unit 141 also stores the grouped injury / illness information in the storage unit 15 as injury / illness group information.

[0023] The admission / discharge grouping unit 142 reads out electronic medical record information from the storage unit 15, and groups records in which the admission date and discharge date are managed as separate records according to conditions. For example, the admission / discharge grouping unit 142 groups records in which the patient identification information and medical institution identification information are the same and in which admission and discharge are registered as a single admission, and stores the grouped records in the storage unit 15 as admission / discharge information in which the admission date and discharge date are associated with each other.

[0024] The associating unit 143 associates at least two pieces of information stored in the storage unit 15. The processing of the associating unit 143 will be described in more detail.

[0025] The association unit 143 is configured to include an injury / disease / medication association unit 1431, an illness duration association unit 1432, a concomitant illness association unit 1433, a concomitant medication association unit 1434, an injury / disease group specimen test association unit 1435, an injury / disease group admission / discharge association unit 1436, an admission / discharge medicine association unit 1437, and an admission / discharge specimen test association unit 1438.

[0026] The injury / illness / medicine associating unit 1431 reads injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information from the storage unit 15 and associates the injury / illness information with the pharmaceutical information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are, for example, that the injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information are records in which the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information match, and that the date on which the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical for the injury / illness is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, and that the pharmaceutical administration start date is within a predetermined number of days from the treatment end date. The injury / illness / medicine associating unit 1431 associates records of injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information records that satisfy the predetermined conditions and stores them in the storage unit 15 as injury / illness pharmaceutical information.

[0027] The injury / illness medicine associating unit 1431 may associate injury / illness group information stored in the storage unit 15 with medicine information in place of the injury / illness information, according to similar predetermined conditions.

[0028] The illness period associating unit 1432 reads out illness information and pharmaceutical information from the storage unit 15 and associates the illness information with the pharmaceutical information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are that the records in the illness information and pharmaceutical information have matching patient identification information and medical institution identification information, and that the records satisfy either a first condition, a second condition, or a third condition. The first condition is that the pharmaceutical administration start date is before the illness diagnosis date, and the pharmaceutical administration end date based on the pharmaceutical's standard administration period is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period. The second condition is that the pharmaceutical administration start date is after the illness diagnosis date, and the pharmaceutical administration start date is before the pharmaceutical administration end date. The third condition is that the pharmaceutical administration end date is after the illness diagnosis date, and the pharmaceutical administration end date is before the treatment end date. The illness period associating unit 1432 associates records of illness information and pharmaceutical information that satisfy the predetermined conditions with each other, and stores the association results in illness period information in the storage unit 15.

[0029] The illness period associating unit 1432 may associate, instead of the illness information, the illness group information and the drug information stored in the storage unit 15 in accordance with the same predetermined conditions.

[0030] The concomitant illness associating unit 1433 reads injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information from the storage unit 15 and associates the injury / illness information with the pharmaceutical information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are that the injury / illness information and the pharmaceutical information are records in which the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information match, and that the date on which the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical for the injury / illness is after the start date of the concomitant illness in which the periods of two or more injuries or illnesses overlap, and that the date on which the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical for the injury / illness is before the end date of the concomitant illness, and that the date on which the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical for the injury / illness is within a predetermined number of days from the end date of the concomitant illness. The concomitant illness associating unit 1433 associates records of injury / illness information and records of pharmaceutical information that satisfy the predetermined conditions and stores them in the storage unit 15 as concomitant illness pharmaceutical information.

[0031] The concurrent illness association unit 1433 may associate, instead of the illness information, the illness group information and the drug information stored in the storage unit 15 in accordance with the same predetermined conditions.

[0032] The concomitant medication association unit 1434 reads out the injury / illness information and the drug information from the storage unit 15 and associates the injury / illness information with the drug information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are that the injury / illness information and the drug information are records in which the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information match, and that the record satisfies any one of the fourth, fifth, or sixth conditions. The fourth condition is that the start date of the concomitant medication of multiple drugs is before the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the end date of the concomitant medication is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period. The fifth condition is that the start date of the concomitant medication is after the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the start date of the concomitant medication is before the treatment end date. The sixth condition is that the end date of the concomitant medication is after the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the end date of the concomitant medication is before the treatment end date. The concomitant medication associating unit 1434 associates the record of the injury / illness information that satisfies a predetermined condition with the record of the pharmaceutical information, and stores the association in the storage unit 15 as injury / illness concomitant medication information.

[0033] The concomitant medication associating unit 1434 may associate, instead of the injury / illness information, the injury / illness group information and the drug information stored in the storage unit 15 in accordance with similar predetermined conditions.

[0034] The injury / illness group specimen testing association unit 1435 reads injury / illness group information and specimen testing information from the storage unit 15, and associates the injury / illness group information with the specimen testing information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are records in which the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and specimen testing information match, and the specimen collection date for specimen testing is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period. The injury / illness group specimen testing association unit 1435 associates records of injury / illness group information that meet the predetermined conditions with records of specimen testing information, and stores the association in the storage unit 15 as injury / illness group specimen testing information.

[0035] The injury / illness group specimen test association unit 1435 may associate the injury / illness information stored in the storage unit 15 with the specimen test information in accordance with similar predetermined conditions, instead of the injury / illness group information.

[0036] The injury / illness group admission / discharge associating unit 1436 reads injury / illness group information and admission / discharge information from the storage unit 15 and associates the injury / illness group information with the admission / discharge information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are that the injury / illness information and the admission / discharge information are records in which the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information match, and that the injury / illness information satisfies any one of the seventh, eighth, or ninth conditions. The seventh condition is that the admission date is before the injury / illness diagnosis date and the discharge date is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period. The eighth condition is that the admission date is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date. The ninth condition is that the discharge date is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date. The injury / illness group admission / discharge associating unit 1436 associates records of injury / illness group information that satisfy the predetermined conditions with records of admission / discharge information, and stores the association results in the storage unit 15 as injury / illness group admission / discharge information.

[0037] The injury / illness group admission / discharge association unit 1436 may associate the injury / illness information stored in the storage unit 15 with the admission / discharge information in accordance with similar predetermined conditions, instead of the injury / illness group information.

[0038] The admission / discharge drug associating unit 1437 reads the admission / discharge information and drug information from the storage unit 15 and associates the admission / discharge information with the drug information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the admission / discharge information and the drug information are records that match, and that the date on which the doctor in the drug information prescribed the drug is after the date of admission in the admission / discharge information and the date on which the doctor in the drug information prescribed the drug is before the date of discharge in the admission / discharge information. The admission / discharge drug associating unit 1437 associates the record of admission / discharge information that meets the predetermined conditions with the record of drug information and stores it in the storage unit 15 as admission / discharge drug information.

[0039] The admission / discharge specimen testing association unit 1438 reads the admission / discharge information and specimen testing information from the storage unit 15, and associates the admission / discharge information with the specimen testing information according to predetermined conditions. The predetermined conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the admission / discharge information and the drug information are records that match, and that the specimen collection date for the specimen testing in the specimen testing information is later than the admission date in the admission / discharge information and the specimen collection date is before the discharge date in the admission / discharge information. The admission / discharge specimen testing association unit 1438 associates the admission / discharge information record and the specimen testing information record that satisfy the predetermined conditions, and stores them in the storage unit 15 as admission / discharge specimen testing information.

[0040] The memory unit 15 stores injury / illness group information 1511, injury / illness information 1512, pharmaceutical information 1513, specimen testing information 1514, admission / discharge information 1515, master information 1518, injury / illness group admission / discharge information 1521, injury / illness group specimen testing information 1522, injury / illness group pharmaceutical information 1523, injury / illness admission / discharge information 1524, admission / discharge pharmaceutical information 1525, admission / discharge specimen testing information 1526, injury / illness pharmaceutical information 1527, concomitant illness pharmaceutical information 1528, concomitant illness specimen testing information 1529, injury / illness concomitant medication information 1530, and illness duration information 1531.

[0041] The injury / illness information 1512 is information in which, for each patient identification information identifying a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution the patient visited, the name of the injury / illness the patient has, the diagnosis date for the patient's injury / illness, and the resolution date for the injury / illness are associated. The resolution date for the injury / illness is the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period for the injury / illness, or the treatment end date when treatment for the injury / illness is completed, etc. Each record of the injury / illness information may contain the same injury / illness name or different injury / illness names for the same patient identification information. Also, each record of the injury / illness information may contain multiple records with different diagnosis dates for the same patient identification information and the same injury / illness name. Also, each record of the injury / illness information may include records with a resolution date entered and records with a blank resolution date.

[0042] The injury / illness group information 1511 is on grouped injury / illness information. The injury / illness group information is information in which, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution the patient visited, the name of the injury / illness the patient has, the injury / illness diagnosis date for the patient's injury / illness, and the injury / illness resolution date for tabulation are associated. The injury / illness resolution date for tabulation is a date based on the resolution date in the injury / illness information, and may be the resolution date itself or a date entered by combining the resolution dates of multiple records.

[0043] Pharmaceutical information 1513 is information that, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, corresponds the medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the pharmaceutical product prescribed (administered) to the patient (pharmaceutical name, pharmaceutical identification information, etc.), the pharmaceutical order date (e.g., the date the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical product), the pharmaceutical start date, and the pharmaceutical end date.

[0044] The specimen test information 1514 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution where the patient visited, the name of the test performed on the patient, the specimen collection date indicating the test date, and the test value indicating the specimen test result.

[0045] The admission / discharge information 1515 is information in which, for each patient identification information identifying a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution where the patient was admitted, the admission date of the patient, and the discharge date of the patient are associated with each other.

[0046] The master information 1518 includes electronic medical record information, electronic medical record injury information, ICD10 disease classification information, injury / illness group ICD10 disease classification information, and the like.

[0047] The injury / illness group admission / discharge information 1521 is information that associates injury / illness group information with admission / discharge information. The injury / illness group admission / discharge information 1521 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution where the patient visited, the name of the injury or illness that the patient has, the injury / illness diagnosis date for the patient's injury or illness, the injury / illness resolution date for aggregation, the date of admission, and the date of discharge.

[0048] The injury / illness group specimen testing information 1522 is information that associates injury / illness group information with specimen testing information. The injury / illness group specimen testing information 1522 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the name of the injury or illness that the patient has, the injury / illness diagnosis date for the patient's injury or illness, the injury / illness resolution date for aggregation, the name of the test performed on the patient, the specimen collection date indicating the test date, and the test value indicating the specimen test result.

[0049] The injury / illness group drug information 1523 is information that associates injury / illness group information with drug information. The injury / illness group drug information 1523 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the name of the injury / illness that the patient suffers from, the injury / illness diagnosis date for the patient's injury / illness, the injury / illness aggregation resolution date, the drug (drug name, drug identification information, etc.) prescribed (administered) to the patient, the drug order date (for example, the date the doctor prescribed the drug), the drug administration start date, the drug administration end date, and an indication prescription flag. The indication prescription flag is set to 1 if the drug is indicated for the injury / illness (name of injury / illness), and 0 if the drug is not indicated for the injury / illness.

[0050] The injury / illness admission / discharge information 1524 is information that associates injury / illness information with admission / discharge information. The injury / illness admission / discharge information 1524 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution where the patient visited, the name of the injury or illness that the patient has, the injury / illness diagnosis date for the patient's injury or illness, the injury / illness resolution date for tabulation, the date of admission, and the date of discharge.

[0051] The admission / discharge drug information 1525 is information that associates admission / discharge information with drug information. The admission / discharge drug information 1525 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution where the patient visited, the drug prescribed (administered) to the patient (drug name, drug identification information, etc.), the drug order date (for example, the date a doctor prescribed the drug), the drug administration start date, the drug administration end date, the date of admission, and the date of discharge.

[0052] The admission and discharge specimen testing information 1526 is information that associates admission and discharge information with specimen testing information. The admission and discharge specimen testing information 1526 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution where the patient visited, the name of the test performed on the patient, the specimen collection date indicating the test date, the test value indicating the specimen test result, the date of admission, and the date of discharge.

[0053] The injury / illness drug information 1527 is information in which injury / illness information and drug information are associated. The injury / illness drug information 1527 is information in which, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the name of the injury / illness that the patient has, the injury / illness diagnosis date for the patient's injury / illness, the date the injury / illness was resolved, the drug (drug name, drug identification information, etc.) prescribed (administered) to the patient, the drug order date (for example, the date the doctor prescribed the drug), the drug administration start date, and the drug administration end date are associated with each other.

[0054] The concomitant disease drug information 1528 is information in which concomitant disease information based on injury / illness information or injury / illness group information is associated with drug information. The concomitant disease drug information 1528 is information in which, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution the patient visited, the name of the injury / illness (main illness) from which the patient is suffering, the name of the injury / illness (concomitant illness) from which the patient is suffering, the start date of the concomitant illness for the patient's concomitant illness, the end date of the concomitant illness, the drug (drug name, drug identification information, etc.) prescribed (administered) to the patient, the order date of the drug (for example, the date on which the doctor prescribed the drug), the start date of the drug administration, and the end date of the drug administration are associated.

[0055] The concomitant disease specimen test information 1529 is information in which specimen test information is associated with concomitant disease information based on injury / illness information or injury / illness group information. The concomitant disease specimen test information 1529 is information in which, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, the medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the name of the injury / illness (main illness) from which the patient has contracted the disease, the name of the injury / illness (concomitant illness) from which the patient has contracted the concomitant illness, the start date of the concomitant illness for the patient, the end date of the concomitant illness, the name of the test performed on the patient, the specimen collection date indicating the test date, and the test value indicating the specimen test result are associated.

[0056] The injury / illness and concomitant medication information 1530 is information that associates injury / illness information with concomitant medication information based on pharmaceutical information. The injury / illness and concomitant medication information 1530 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the main pharmaceutical (pharmaceutical name, pharmaceutical identification information, etc.) prescribed (administered) to the patient, concomitant pharmaceutical (pharmaceutical name, pharmaceutical identification information, etc.) prescribed (administered) to the patient, the start date of the concomitant medication, the end date of the concomitant medication, the name of the injury / illness that the patient suffers from, the diagnosis date for the patient's injury / illness, and the resolution date of the injury / illness.

[0057] The illness period information 1531 is information that associates illness group information with pharmaceutical information. The illness period information 1531 is information that associates, for each patient identification information that identifies a patient, medical institution identification information of the medical institution that the patient visited, the name of the illness or disease that the patient has, the diagnosis date for the patient's illness or disease, the aggregated resolution date for the illness or disease, the pharmaceutical (pharmaceutical name, pharmaceutical identification information, etc.) prescribed (administered) to the patient, the pharmaceutical order date (for example, the date the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical), the start date of the pharmaceutical administration, the end date of the pharmaceutical administration, and an indication prescription flag. The indication prescription flag is set to 1 if the pharmaceutical is indicated for the illness or disease (name of the illness or disease), and set to 0 if the pharmaceutical is not indicated for the pharmaceutical.

[0058] Next, information processing in the information processing device 1 will be described.

[0059] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of information processing in the information processing device 1 according to this embodiment. In step S101, the information processing device 1 acquires at least two pieces of information from the medical data in SS-MIX: injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, drug information on the drug prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on the admission / discharge to / from other medical institutions of the patient, and specimen test information on the test of the patient. Then, the information processing device 1 executes processing in step S102.

[0060] In step S102, the information processing device 1 associates at least two pieces of information and stores them in the storage unit 15. Thereafter, the information processing in FIG. 2 ends.

[0061] Next, the hardware configuration of the information processing device 1 will be described.

[0062] The information processing device 1 is composed of a CPU 101, a drive unit 102, a storage medium 103, an input unit 104, an output unit 105, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 106, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 107, an auxiliary storage unit 108, and an interface unit 109.

[0063] The CPU 101, drive unit 102, input unit 104, output unit 105, ROM 106, RAM 107, auxiliary storage unit 108, and interface unit 109 are interconnected via a bus.

[0064] The CPU 101 referred to here refers to a processor in general, and includes not only a device called a CPU in the narrow sense, but also, for example, a GPU, a DSP, etc. Furthermore, the CPU 101 referred to here is not limited to being realized by a single processor, but may be realized by combining multiple processors of the same or different types.

[0065] The CPU 101 controls the information processing device 1 by reading and executing programs stored in the auxiliary storage unit 108, the ROM 106, and the RAM 107, and by reading various data stored in the auxiliary storage unit 108, the ROM 106, and the RAM 107 and writing the various data to the auxiliary storage unit 108 and the RAM 107. The CPU 101 also reads various data stored in the storage medium 103 via the drive unit 102 and writes the various data to the storage medium 103. The storage medium 103 is a portable storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk, a flexible disk, or a flash memory, and stores various data.

[0066] The drive unit 102 is a device that reads and writes data from and to a storage medium 103 such as an optical disk drive, a flexible disk drive, or a flash memory.

[0067] The input unit 104 is an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a power button, a setting button, and an infrared receiver.

[0068] The output unit 105 is an output device such as a display unit, a speaker, or the like.

[0069] The ROM 106 and RAM 107 store programs for operating the various functional units of the information processing device 1 and various data.

[0070] The auxiliary storage unit 108 is a hard disk drive, a flash memory, or the like, and stores programs for operating the various functional units of the information processing device 1 and various data.

[0071] The interface unit 109 has a communication interface and is connected to the network NW or other devices in the information processing system SYS by wire or wirelessly.

[0072] For example, the communication unit 11 in the functional configuration of the information processing device 1 in the above-mentioned FIG. 1 corresponds to the interface unit 109 in FIG. 3, the input unit 12 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the input unit 104 in FIG. 3, the output unit 13 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the output unit 105 in FIG. 3, and the control unit 14 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the CPU 101 in FIG. 3.

[0073] As described above, the information processing system SYS according to this embodiment includes an acquisition unit 140 that acquires at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, pharmaceutical information on pharmaceuticals prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on the patient's admission to / discharge from a medical institution, and specimen test information on the patient's examination, and an association unit 143 that associates the acquired injury / illness information, pharmaceutical information, admission / discharge information, and specimen test information based on predetermined conditions.

[0074] This allows various pieces of information in S-MIX to be associated, so that aggregation can be performed using the associated pieces of information.

[0075] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, each of the injury / illness information, pharmaceutical information, admission / discharge information, and specimen test information includes at least patient identification information and medical institution identification information, and the specified condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information match in at least two pieces of information.

[0076] This allows various pieces of information in S-MIX to be associated, so that aggregation can be performed using the associated pieces of information.

[0077] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information match, the date on which the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, and the start date of pharmaceutical administration is within a specified number of days from the treatment end date.

[0078] This allows the injury / illness information and the pharmaceutical information to be associated with each other.

[0079] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the pharmaceutical information match, and that either the first condition, the second condition, or the third condition is met, where the first condition is that the start date of pharmaceutical administration is before the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the end date of pharmaceutical administration based on the standard pharmaceutical administration period is after the end date of treatment based on the standard treatment period, the second condition is that the start date of pharmaceutical administration is after the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the start date of pharmaceutical administration is before the end date of pharmaceutical administration, and the third condition is that the end date of pharmaceutical administration is after the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the end date of pharmaceutical administration is before the end date of treatment.

[0080] This allows the injury / illness information to be associated with the drug information, and the drug administered to the patient to be associated with the injury or illness that the patient suffered from during the administration period.

[0081] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information match, and that the date on which the doctor prescribed the pharmaceutical is after the start date of the concomitant illness in which the periods of two or more injuries or illnesses overlap, and that the date on which the pharmaceutical is prescribed is before the end date of the concomitant illness, and that the date on which the pharmaceutical is prescribed is within a specified number of days from the end date of the concomitant illness.

[0082] This allows for the association of records with overlapping coexisting disease institutions and administration periods.

[0083] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are injury / illness information and pharmaceutical information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the pharmaceutical information match, and that either the first condition, the second condition, or the third condition is met, where the first condition is that the start date of the concomitant medication with multiple pharmaceuticals is before the injury / illness diagnosis date and the end date of the concomitant medication is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, the second condition is that the start date of the concomitant medication is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and the start date of the concomitant medication is before the treatment end date, and the third condition is that the end date of the concomitant medication is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and the end date of the concomitant medication is before the treatment end date.

[0084] This allows records in which the duration of illness and the duration of concomitant medication overlap to be linked.

[0085] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are injury / illness information and specimen test information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the specimen test information match, and the specimen collection date for the specimen test is after the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the specimen collection date is before the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period.

[0086] This allows records in which the disease period and the date of specimen testing overlap to be linked.

[0087] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are injury / illness information and admission / discharge information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the admission / discharge information match, and that either the first condition, the second condition, or the third condition is met, where the first condition is that the admission date is before the injury / illness diagnosis date and is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, the second condition is that the admission date is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and is before the treatment end date, and the third condition is that the discharge date is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and is before the treatment end date.

[0088] This makes it possible to correlate the duration of illness and injury with overlapping hospitalizations and discharges.

[0089] In addition, in the above-mentioned information processing system SYS, the two pieces of information are pharmaceutical information and admission / discharge information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the pharmaceutical information and the admission / discharge information match, and that the date on which the doctor in the pharmaceutical information prescribed the pharmaceutical is later than the date of admission in the admission / discharge information, and that the date on which the doctor in the pharmaceutical information prescribed the pharmaceutical is before the date of discharge in the admission / discharge information.

[0090] This allows for linking medications prescribed during hospital stays.

[0091] The two pieces of information are specimen testing information and admission / discharge information, and the specified conditions are that the patient identification information and medical institution identification information in the specimen testing information and the admission / discharge information match, and that the specimen collection date for the specimen testing in the specimen testing information is later than the admission date in the admission / discharge information, and the specimen collection date is before the discharge date in the admission / discharge information.

[0092] This allows for linking of specimen tests performed during the hospital stay.

[0093] The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, but the specific configuration is not limited to that described above, and various design changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

[0094] The program running on the information processing device 1 according to one aspect of the present invention may be a program that controls one or more processors, such as a central processing unit (CPU), to implement the functions described in the above-described embodiments and modifications of the present invention (a program that causes a computer to function). The term "computer" as used herein also includes quantum computers. Information handled by each of these devices may be temporarily stored in random access memory (RAM) during processing, and then stored in various storage devices, such as flash memory and hard disk drives (HDDs), and may be read, modified, or written by the CPU or the like as needed.

[0095] Note that part or all of the information processing device 1 in each of the above-described embodiments and modifications may be implemented by a computer having one or more processors. In this case, the information processing device 1 may be implemented by recording a program for implementing the control function on a computer-readable recording medium, and reading and executing the program recorded on the recording medium into a computer system.

[0096] The term "computer system" used here refers to a computer system built into the information processing device 1, and includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. The term "computer-readable recording medium" refers to portable media such as flexible disks, optical magnetic disks, ROMs, and CD-ROMs, as well as storage devices such as hard disks built into the computer system.

[0097] Furthermore, the term "computer-readable recording medium" may include a medium that dynamically stores a program for a short period of time, such as a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, or a medium that stores a program for a fixed period of time, such as volatile memory within a computer system that serves as a server or client in such a case. The program may also be one that realizes part of the above-mentioned functions, or one that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already stored in the computer system.

[0098] Furthermore, part or all of the information processing device 1 in each of the above-described embodiments and modifications may be realized as an LSI, which is typically an integrated circuit, or as a chipset. Furthermore, each functional block of the information processing device 1 in each of the above-described embodiments and modifications may be individually formed into a chip, or part or all of them may be integrated into a chip. The integrated circuit method is not limited to LSI, and may be realized using a dedicated circuit and / or a general-purpose processor. Furthermore, if an integrated circuit technology that replaces LSI emerges due to advances in semiconductor technology, it is also possible to use an integrated circuit based on that technology.

[0099] While the embodiments and modifications have been described above in detail with reference to the drawings as one aspect of the present invention, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments and modifications, and design changes within the scope of the present invention are also included. Furthermore, various modifications of one aspect of the present invention are possible within the scope of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in different embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, configurations in which elements described in the above embodiments and modifications are substituted with elements that achieve the same effect are also included. [Explanation of symbols]

[0100] 1. Information processing equipment 11 Communications Department 12 Input section 13 Output section 14 Control Unit 140 Acquisition Department 141 Injury and Illness Grouping Department 142 Admission and Discharge Grouping Department 143 Association section 1431 Injury and Illness Medicine Association Department 1432 Disease duration association section 1433 Comorbidity Association Department 1434 Concomitant Medications Association Department 1435 Injury and Disease Group Specimen Testing Association Department 1436 Injury and Illness Group Admission and Discharge Association Department 1437 Hospital Admission and Discharge Drug Association Department 1438 Admission and Discharge Specimen Testing Association Department 15 Storage section 1511 Injury and Illness Group Information 1512 Injury and illness information 1513 Drug Information 1514 Specimen testing information 1515 Admission and discharge information 1518 Master Information 1521 Injury and Illness Group Admission and Discharge Information 1522 Injury and Illness Group Specimen Testing Information 1523 Injury and Illness Group Drug Information 1524 Information on hospital admission and discharge due to injury or illness 1525 Admission and discharge drug information 1526 Admission and discharge specimen testing information 1527 Information on medicines for injuries and illnesses 1528 Concomitant medication information 1529 Concomitant disease specimen test information 1530 Injury / illness / medication information 1531 Disease duration information 101 CPU 102 Drive section 103 Storage medium 104 Input section 105 Output section 106 ROM106 107 RAM 108 Auxiliary storage 109 Interface section NW Network SYS Information Processing System

Claims

1. an acquisition unit that acquires at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, drug information on drugs prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on admission to / discharge from a medical institution to / from the patient, and specimen test information on tests performed on the patient; an association unit that associates at least two pieces of acquired information among the injury / illness information, the pharmaceutical information, the admission / discharge information, and the specimen test information based on predetermined conditions; An information processing system comprising:

2. The injury / illness information, the pharmaceutical information, the admission / discharge information, and the specimen test information each include at least patient identification information and medical institution identification information, The predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in at least the two pieces of information match. The information processing system according to claim 1 .

3. The two pieces of information are the injury / illness information and the drug information, The predetermined conditions are that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the drug information match, the date on which the doctor prescribed the drug is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, and the drug administration start date is within a predetermined number of days from the treatment end date. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

4. The two pieces of information are the injury / illness information and the drug information, the predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the drug information match, and that any one of a first condition, a second condition, or a third condition is satisfied; The first condition is that the medication start date of the drug is before the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the medication end date based on the standard medication period of the drug is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, The second condition is that the medication start date of the medicine is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and the medication start date is before the medication end date, The third condition is that the medication end date is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

5. The two pieces of information are the injury / illness information and the drug information, The predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the drug information match, and the date on which the doctor prescribed the drug is after the start date of a concomitant illness in which the periods of two or more injuries or illnesses overlap, and the date on which the doctor prescribed the drug is before the end date of the concomitant illness, and the date on which the doctor prescribed the drug is within a predetermined number of days from the end date of the concomitant illness. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

6. The two pieces of information are the injury / illness information and the drug information, the predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the drug information match, and that any one of a first condition, a second condition, or a third condition is satisfied; The first condition is that the start date of concomitant medication with multiple medicines is before the date of injury or illness diagnosis, and the end date of the concomitant medication is after the end date of treatment based on a standard treatment period, The second condition is that the start date of the concomitant medication is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date, The third condition is that the end date of the concomitant medication is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

7. The two pieces of information are the injury / illness information and the specimen test information, The predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the specimen test information match, and the specimen collection date in the specimen test is after the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the specimen collection date is before the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

8. The two pieces of information are the injury / illness information and the admission / discharge information, The predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the injury / illness information and the admission / discharge information match, and that any one of a first condition, a second condition, or a third condition is satisfied; The first condition is that the hospitalization date is before the injury / illness diagnosis date, and the discharge date is after the treatment end date based on the standard treatment period, The second condition is that the hospitalization date is after the injury or illness diagnosis date and is before the treatment end date, The third condition is that the discharge date is after the injury / illness diagnosis date and before the treatment end date. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

9. The two pieces of information are the drug information and the admission / discharge information, The predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the drug information and the admission / discharge information match, and the date on which the doctor in the drug information prescribed the drug is after the admission date in the admission / discharge information, and the date on which the doctor in the drug information prescribed the drug is before the discharge date in the admission / discharge information. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

10. The two pieces of information are the specimen test information and the admission / discharge information, The predetermined condition is that the patient identification information and the medical institution identification information in the specimen testing information and the admission / discharge information match, and the specimen collection date of the specimen testing in the specimen testing information is later than the admission date in the admission / discharge information, and the specimen collection date is before the discharge date in the admission / discharge information. The information processing system according to claim 2 .

11. an acquisition unit that acquires at least two pieces of information from among injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, drug information on drugs prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on admission to / discharge from a medical institution to / from the patient, and specimen test information on tests performed on the patient; an association unit that associates at least two pieces of acquired information among the injury / illness information, the pharmaceutical information, the admission / discharge information, and the specimen test information based on predetermined conditions; An information processing device comprising:

12. An information processing method executed by a computer of an information processing device, an acquisition step of acquiring at least two pieces of information among injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, drug information on drugs prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on admission to / discharge from a medical institution to the patient, and specimen test information on tests performed on the patient; an associating step of associating at least two pieces of information among the acquired injury / illness information, the acquired drug information, the acquired hospitalization / discharge information, and the acquired specimen test information based on a predetermined condition; An information processing method comprising:

13. On the computer, an acquisition step of acquiring at least two pieces of information among injury / illness information on the injury or illness suffered by the patient, drug information on drugs prescribed to the patient, admission / discharge information on admission to / discharge from a medical institution to the patient, and specimen test information on tests performed on the patient; an associating step of associating at least two pieces of information among the acquired injury / illness information, the acquired drug information, the acquired hospitalization / discharge information, and the acquired specimen test information based on a predetermined condition; A program to execute.