Remote medical support device, remote medical support method, and remote medical support program

Abstract

To provide a technology capable of suitably supporting remote medical examination from a doctor based on a patient's biological information.SOLUTION: A remote medical examination support device of the present disclosure is a remote medical examination support device that supports remote medical examination by a doctor user based on a patient's biological information that is a patient user's biological information. The remote medical examination support device comprises a control unit that executes processing of: acquiring the patient's biological information detected by biological information detection means; acquiring environmental information detected by environmental information detection means for detecting environmental information of a patient room where a patient user is located; acquiring photographic data photographed by photographing means for photographing the patient user; and displaying the patient's biological information, the environmental information, and the photographic data on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user at a predetermined timing for remote medical examination. The control unit causes real-time patient's biological information, environmental information and imaging data to be displayed in a superimposed manner on the doctor user terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a telemedicine support device, a telemedicine support method, and a telemedicine support program for supporting telemedicine by a doctor user based on patient biometric information.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, patients have visited medical institutions to receive medical treatment from doctors. On the other hand, patients who are spatially or temporally remote from medical institutions may have difficulty visiting medical institutions. In addition, from the perspective of preventing the recent novel coronavirus infection, a situation has arisen where non-face-to-face medical treatment is required between patients and doctors.

[0003] As a medical support for dealing with these situations, telemedicine conducted between patients and doctors has been spreading. And many proposals have been made for such telemedicine.

[0004] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a telemedicine support technology that can be easily and immediately transmitted to a telemedicine support institution when it is detected that medical treatment is required for a patient in a medical institution. In this technology, an alert is notified when medical treatment is required for a patient based on biometric information for monitoring the patient's condition.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] In order to diagnose the condition of a patient at a remote location, if the patient's condition is monitored, for example, an automatic determination of an abnormality can be performed when an abnormality is detected in the patient's biological information. For example, according to the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the patient's biological information indicates a state deviating from a normal state as the patient's condition, the medical institution computer determines that it is necessary to take medical measures for the patient and automatically notifies the support institution computer of an alert. According to this, it seems that telemedicine support can be provided by a telemedicine support system. However, even when such a telemedicine support system is used, when it is determined that it is necessary to take medical measures for the patient, medical advice from a doctor is required.

[0007] Here, in the technique described in Patent Document 1 above, although the measurement data of the patient's biological information and the screen of the biological information monitor are shared with the doctor, it does not directly support the doctor's medical treatment. And there is still room for improvement in the technique for supporting a doctor's telemedicine.

[0008] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of suitably supporting a doctor's telemedicine based on a patient's biological information.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] The remote medical treatment support device of the present disclosure is a remote medical treatment support device that supports remote medical treatment by a doctor user based on patient biometric information, which is predetermined biometric information of a patient user. And this remote medical treatment support device acquires the patient biometric information detected by a predetermined biometric information detection means, acquires the environmental information detected by an environmental information detection means that detects the environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located, acquires the imaging data captured by an imaging means that captures the patient user, and at a timing predetermined for the remote medical treatment, causes the patient biometric information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be displayed on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user. And the control unit superimposes and displays the real-time patient biometric information, the environmental information, and the imaging data on the doctor user terminal.

[0010] In the above remote medical treatment support device, as patient biometric information, for example, the heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen concentration, etc. of the patient user are acquired, as environmental information, for example, the temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, etc. of the patient room are acquired, and further, the imaging data captured by the patient user is acquired. And by superimposing and displaying these information on the doctor user terminal, in the remote medical treatment from the doctor user to the patient user, the doctor user can grasp the vital signs of the patient user from the patient biometric information, grasp the environment where the patient user is placed from the environmental information, observe the external body of the patient user from the imaging data, and can easily confirm these information at once. Thereby, the medical treatment by the doctor user can be directly supported, and thus, the remote medical treatment by the doctor can be suitably supported.

[0011] And in the remote medical support device of the present disclosure, when the change in the biological numerical value included in the patient biological information and representing the state of the patient user's body is less than a predetermined threshold value, the control unit may display the current value of the biological numerical value. When the change in the biological numerical value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, a time series of the transition of the biological numerical value may be graphically displayed. Here, the threshold value of the change in the above biological numerical value can be predetermined as a numerical value representing an abnormality with respect to the heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen concentration, etc. According to this, the doctor user can more accurately grasp the state of the patient user based on the past time series of the transition of the biological numerical value of the patient user and the transition of the current value. On the other hand, when it is assumed that the change in the biological numerical value is less than the above threshold value and the state of the patient user is stable, only the current value of the biological numerical value will be displayed. For example, the doctor user can concentrate on communicating with the patient user via video call.

[0012] Also, in the remote medical support device of the present disclosure, the control unit further executes acquiring acceleration data representing the acceleration of a predetermined body part of the patient user with respect to the movement of the body part, and when the acceleration data is equal to or greater than a predetermined acceleration threshold value, regardless of the timing, the patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data may be displayed on the doctor user terminal. Here, the above acceleration threshold value is defined as the acceleration detected when a person falls, and can be predetermined according to the mounting position of the acceleration sensor. According to this, when it is estimated that the patient user has fallen, support is implemented so that remote medical treatment by the doctor user can be performed promptly.

[0013] Furthermore, in the remote medical support device described above, the biological information detection means is a device that detects a physical quantity that changes accompanying the vital activity of the patient user in contact with or non-contact with a predetermined body part of the patient user.

[0014] In addition, the present disclosure can be grasped from the aspect of a method for supporting remote medical treatment by a computer. That is, the remote medical treatment support method of the present disclosure is a remote medical treatment support method for supporting remote medical treatment by a doctor user based on patient biological information which is predetermined biological information of a patient user, and a computer acquires the patient biological information detected by a predetermined biological information detection means, acquires the environmental information detected by an environmental information detection means for detecting the environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located, acquires the imaging data captured by an imaging means for imaging the patient user, and at a timing predetermined for the remote medical treatment, causes the patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be displayed on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user. Then, the computer executes causing the real-time patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be superimposed and displayed on the doctor user terminal.

[0015] In addition, the present disclosure can be grasped from the aspect of a remote medical treatment support program. That is, the remote medical treatment support program of the present disclosure is a remote medical treatment support program for supporting remote medical treatment by a doctor user based on patient biological information which is predetermined biological information of a patient user, and causes a computer to acquire the patient biological information detected by a predetermined biological information detection means, acquire the environmental information detected by an environmental information detection means for detecting the environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located, acquire the imaging data captured by an imaging means for imaging the patient user, and at a timing predetermined for the remote medical treatment, cause the patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be displayed on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user. Then, the computer is caused to execute causing the real-time patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be superimposed and displayed on the doctor user terminal.

Advantages of the Invention

[0016] According to the present disclosure, remote medical treatment by a doctor can be suitably supported based on the biological information of a patient.

Brief Description of Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0018] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The configurations of the following embodiments are examples, and the present disclosure is not limited to the configurations of the embodiments.

[0019] <First Embodiment> The outline of the telemedicine support system in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the schematic configuration of the telemedicine support system in this embodiment. The telemedicine support system 100 according to this embodiment includes a network 200, a server 300, a user terminal 400, a biological information detection means 500, an environmental information detection means 600, and a photographing means 700. Note that the telemedicine support system of the present disclosure is a system that supports telemedicine by a doctor user based on patient biological information, which is predetermined biological information of a patient user, and the support for the telemedicine is executed by the server 300.

[0020] The network 200 is, for example, an IP network. As long as the network 200 is an IP network, it may be wireless, wired, or a combination of wireless and wired. For example, in the case of wireless communication, the user terminal 400 may access a wireless LAN access point (not shown) and communicate with the server 300 via a LAN or a WAN. Further, the network 200 is not limited to these examples, and may be, for example, a public switched telephone network, an optical fiber line, an ADSL line, a satellite communication network, or the like. Note that the network 200 in this embodiment may include Bluetooth (registered trademark) that performs short-range communication between the server 300 and the biological information detection means 500.

[0021] The server 300 is connected to the user terminal 400, the biological information detection means 500, the environmental information detection means 600, and the photographing means 700 via the network 200. In FIG. 1, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, one server 300 and one user terminal 400 are shown, but it goes without saying that these are not limited thereto.

[0022] The server 300 can be any electronic device as long as it is a computer device with the processing ability for arithmetic processing and processing such as data acquisition, generation, and update. For example, it can be a personal computer, a server, a mainframe, or other electronic devices. That is, the server 300 can be configured as a computer having a processor such as a CPU or GPU, a main storage device such as a RAM or ROM, and an auxiliary storage device such as an EPROM, a hard disk drive, or a removable medium. Note that the removable medium may be, for example, a USB memory or a disk recording medium such as a CD or DVD. The auxiliary storage device stores an operating system (OS), various programs, various tables, and the like.

[0023] In addition, the server 300 may appropriately use SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provided by a cloud server without providing software, hardware, an OS, etc. dedicated to the remote medical support system 100 according to this embodiment.

[0024] The user terminal 400 may be any electronic device such as a mobile terminal owned by a user who uses the remote medical support system 100. For example, it can be a mobile terminal, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, a wearable terminal, a personal computer, or other terminal devices.

[0025] Next, based on FIG. 2, the components of the server 300 will be mainly described in detail. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing in more detail the components of the server 300 included in the remote medical support system 100 in the first embodiment, and also showing the components of the user terminal 400 that communicates with the server 300.

[0026] Server 300 has a communication unit 301, a storage unit 302, and a control unit 303 as functional units. It loads a program stored in an auxiliary storage device into the working area of the main storage device and executes it. By controlling each functional unit through the execution of the program, it can realize each function that meets a predetermined purpose in each functional unit. However, some or all of the functions may be realized by a hardware circuit such as an ASIC or an FPGA.

[0027] Here, the communication unit 301 is a communication interface for connecting the server 300 to the network 200. The communication unit 301 includes, for example, a network interface board and a wireless communication circuit for wireless communication (including communication circuits for Wi-Fi (registered trademark) and Bluetooth (registered trademark)). The server 300 is communicably connected to the user terminal 400, the biological information detection means 500, the environmental information detection means 600, the imaging means 700, and other external devices via the communication unit 301.

[0028] The storage unit 302 is configured to include a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device. The main storage device is a memory in which a program executed by the control unit 303 and data used by the control program are expanded. The auxiliary storage device is a device in which a program executed in the control unit 303 and data used by the control program are stored. In addition, the storage unit 302 stores data transmitted from the user terminal 400, the biological information detection means 500, the environmental information detection means 600, the imaging means 700, etc. The storage unit 302 stores patient biological information, environmental information, imaging data, etc., which will be described later. The server 300 acquires these data via the communication unit 301.

[0029] The control unit 303 is a functional unit that controls the operations performed by the server 300. The control unit 303 can be realized by an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU. The control unit 303 further includes four functional units: a first acquisition unit 3031, a second acquisition unit 3032, a third acquisition unit 3033, and a display control unit 3034. Each functional unit may be realized by executing a stored program by the CPU.

[0030] The first acquisition unit 3031 acquires patient biometric information, which is predetermined biometric information of the patient user. Here, the first acquisition unit 3031 can acquire the patient biometric information detected by the biometric information detection means 500 by performing short-range communication using Bluetooth (registered trademark) with the biometric information detection means 500. However, there is no intention to limit the communication between the server 300 and the biometric information detection means 500 to short-range communication using Bluetooth (registered trademark), and the above patient biometric information may be wirelessly communicated by Wi-Fi (registered trademark). Then, the first acquisition unit 3031 stores the patient biometric information acquired by communication in the storage unit 302 of the server 300.

[0031] Note that the above patient biometric information includes the patient user's heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen concentration, etc., and can be detected by the biometric information detection means 500. The biometric information detection means 500 is a device that detects a physical quantity that changes along with the life activities of the patient user, either in contact with or non-contact with a predetermined body part of the patient user. For example, it is an optical heart rate sensor that measures the patient user's heart rate, a wearable blood pressure monitor that measures the patient user's blood pressure in real time, a thermometer that measures the patient user's body temperature, or a pulse oximeter that measures the patient user's blood oxygen concentration.

[0032] The second acquisition unit 3032 acquires environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located. Here, the second acquisition unit 3032 can acquire the environmental information detected by the environmental information detection means 600 by performing wireless communication using Wi-Fi (registered trademark) with the environmental information detection means 600. Then, the second acquisition unit 3032 stores the environmental information acquired by communication in the storage unit 302 of the server 300.

[0033] Note that the above environmental information includes the temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, etc. of the patient room, and can be detected by the environmental information detection means 600. In this case, the environmental information detection means 600 is a thermometer, a hygrometer, a carbon dioxide concentration measuring device, etc.

[0034] The third acquisition unit 3033 acquires the captured data of the patient user. Here, the third acquisition unit 3033 can acquire the above-mentioned captured data captured by the imaging means 700 by performing wireless communication using Wi-Fi (registered trademark) with the imaging means 700. Then, the third acquisition unit 3033 stores the captured data acquired by communication in the storage unit 302 of the server 300.

[0035] Note that the above-mentioned imaging means 700 is a device that captures images such as still images and moving images, and specifically, can be realized by a camera using an image sensor such as Charged-Coupled Devices (CCD), Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS), or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS).

[0036] The display control unit 3034 causes the patient biometric information, environmental information, and captured data to be displayed on the user terminal 400, which is a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user, at a timing predetermined for remote medical treatment. The details of the processing executed by the display control unit 3034 will be described based on FIG. 3 described later.

[0037] Here, the user terminal 400 in the present embodiment has a communication unit 401, an input / output unit 402, and a storage unit 403 as functional units. The communication unit 401 is a communication interface for connecting the user terminal 400 to the network 200, and includes, for example, a network interface board and a wireless communication circuit for wireless communication. The input / output unit 402 is a functional unit for displaying information transmitted from the outside via the communication unit 401 or inputting the information when transmitting the information to the outside via the communication unit 401. The storage unit 403 is configured to include a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device in the same manner as the storage unit 302 of the server 300.

[0038] The input / output unit 402 further includes a display unit 4021, an operation input unit 4022, and an image / audio input / output unit 4023. The display unit 4021 has a function of displaying various information, and is realized by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) monitor, an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) monitor, or the like. The operation input unit 4022 has a function of receiving operation inputs from the user, and is specifically realized by soft keys or hard keys such as a touch panel. The image / audio input / output unit 4023 has a function of receiving inputs of images such as still images and moving images, and is specifically realized by a camera using an image sensor such as Charged-Coupled Devices (CCD), Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS), or Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS). Further, the image / audio input / output unit 4023 has a function of receiving inputs and outputs of audio, and is specifically realized by a microphone and a speaker.

[0039] Using the user terminal 400 configured as described above, a doctor user can perform remote diagnosis on a patient user while checking the patient's biological information, environmental information, and imaging data displayed on the user terminal 400. Then, using the user terminal 400 configured as described above and the imaging means 700 on the patient user side, the doctor user can communicate with the patient user by, for example, making a video call.

[0040] Note that by the control unit 303 executing the processes of the first acquisition unit 3031, the second acquisition unit 3032, the third acquisition unit 3033, and the display control unit 3034, it functions as the control unit according to the present disclosure.

[0041] Here, the operation flow of the remote medical support system 100 in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a first diagram illustrating the operation flow of the remote medical support system 100 in the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, the operation flow between the server 300 and the user terminal 400 in the remote medical support system 100 in the present embodiment, and the processes executed by the server 300 and the user terminal 400 are described. Note that in the present embodiment, the processing flow shown in FIG. 3 is repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle (for example, every 10 seconds).

[0042] In the present embodiment, patient biological information is detected by the biological information detection means 500, environmental information is detected by the environmental information detection means 600, and imaging data is captured by the imaging means 700. Then, by transmitting these pieces of information to the server 300 via the network 200, the server 300 acquires the patient biological information, environmental information, and imaging data (S101, S102, S103).

[0043] Next, the server 300 determines whether or not a timing predetermined for remote medical treatment for the patient user has arrived (S104). Here, the above-mentioned timing is, for example, the reserved date and time when the implementation of remote medical treatment is reserved, and the reserved date and time is predetermined and stored in the storage unit 302 of the server 300. If an affirmative determination is made in S104, the server 300 proceeds to the process of S105. If a negative determination is made in S104, the execution of this flow is terminated.

[0044] If an affirmative determination is made in S104, then, in S105, the server 300 creates superimposed display data for display on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user (S105). Then, the superimposed display data is transmitted from the server 300 to the user terminal 400 of the doctor user, and the user terminal 400 acquires the information (S106). Then, the superimposed display data is displayed on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user (S107).

[0045] Here, the above superimposed display data is data for causing the user terminal 400 to superimpose and display real-time patient biometric information, environmental information, and imaging data. This will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

[0046] FIG. 4 is a first diagram for explaining real-time patient biometric information, environmental information, and imaging data that are superimposed and displayed on the user terminal 400 of a doctor user.

[0047] And, FIG. 4(a) is a diagram illustrating patient biometric information stored in the storage unit 302 of the server 300. For the sake of explanation, in FIG. 4(a), the time series of the transition of the numerical values of the patient biometric information is graphically displayed, but the patient biometric information stored in the storage unit 302 of the server 300 is not limited to such a format. Also, regarding the plotting of the numerical values of the patient biometric information, white circles represent past numerical values and black circles represent current numerical values. In the present embodiment, since the processing flow shown in FIG. 3 is repeatedly executed every 10 seconds, the patient biometric information every 10 seconds is stored in the storage unit 302 of the server 300.

[0048] And, regarding such patient biometric information, in the example shown in FIG. 4(b), the current value of the biometric numerical value is superimposed and displayed on the user terminal 400 together with the environmental information and the imaging data. Here, the above biometric numerical value is included in the patient biometric information and is a numerical value representing the state of the patient user's body. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4(b), the screen SC1 is displayed on the display unit 4021 of the user terminal 400 of the doctor user, and on this screen SC1, the current value SC11 of the biometric numerical value, the environmental information SC12, and the imaging data SC13 are shown. In the example shown in FIG. 4(b), the current value of the biometric numerical value is displayed as a heart rate of 95 beats per minute, blood pressure of 115.0 mmHg, 86.0 mmHg, body temperature of 36.9 °C, and blood oxygen concentration of 99%. Then, the doctor user can grasp the state of the patient user while checking these data, the environmental information, and the imaging data displayed on the user terminal 400.

[0049] According to this, in the telemedicine from the doctor user to the patient user, the doctor user can grasp the vital signs of the patient user from the patient biological information superimposed on the user terminal 400, grasp the environment where the patient user is located from the environmental information, observe the external body of the patient user from the shooting data, and can easily confirm these information at one time. Thereby, it is possible to directly support the medical treatment by the doctor user, and thus it is possible to suitably support the telemedicine by the doctor.

[0050] In addition, the time series of the transition of the above biological values may be graphically displayed on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user. Thereby, the doctor user can grasp the transition of the biological values of the patient user while performing medical treatment. However, such a graph display will occupy a relatively large part of the screen of the user terminal 400, which may make it difficult for the doctor user to observe the appearance of the patient user, or may make it difficult for the doctor user to concentrate on the communication with the patient user. Therefore, the server 300 may cause the user terminal 400 of the doctor user to display the superimposed display data including the time series of the transition of the biological values only when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

[0051] Specifically, when the change in the biological value is less than a predetermined threshold value with respect to the user terminal 400 of the doctor user, the server 300 may display the current value of the biological value, and when the change in the biological value is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the server 300 may graphically display the time series of the transition of the biological value. This will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

[0052] FIG. 5 is a second diagram for explaining the real-time patient biological information, environmental information, and shooting data superimposed and displayed on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user.

[0053] Figure 5(a) is a diagram illustrating patient biometric information stored in the storage unit 302 of the server 300. In the example shown in Figure 5(a), the current value of the heart rate is 130 beats per minute, which has changed by 30% or more compared to the previous value of 95 beats per minute 10 seconds ago. Here, the heart rate tends to vary according to mental and physical stress states such as tension, anxiety, pain, and stress, as well as physical load or abnormalities. When the heart rate changes by 30% or more, it is possible that any of these effects are acting on the patient user.

[0054] Therefore, in such a case, as shown in Figure 5(b), by graphically displaying the time series of the transition of the patient user's biometric values, the doctor user can more accurately grasp the state of the patient user based on the transition of the change. For example, if the heart rate changes by 30% or more at a certain timing, but then converges to the value of the heart rate before the change within a few minutes (e.g., 2 minutes), the doctor user can infer that a temporary stress state or the like has acted on the patient user. On the other hand, if the state of the rising heart rate continues, the doctor user can infer that some abnormality has occurred in the patient user. In the above example, a 30% change in the biometric value is the predetermined threshold. And the threshold for the change in the biometric value of the present disclosure can be predetermined as a value representing the abnormality for heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen concentration, etc.

[0055] According to this, the doctor user can more accurately grasp the state of the patient user based on the past time series and the current value transition of the transition of the patient user's biometric values. On the other hand, when it is assumed that the change in the biometric value is less than the threshold and the state of the patient user is stable, only the current value of the biometric value will be displayed. For example, the doctor user can concentrate on communication with the patient user via video call.

[0056] According to the remote medical support system 100 described above, remote medical treatment by a doctor can be preferably supported based on the biometric information of the patient.

[0057] <Modification Example of the First Embodiment> A telemedicine support system 100 in a modification of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 6. In the above-described first embodiment, an example has been described in which real-time patient biometric information, environmental information, and imaging data are superimposed and displayed on the user terminal 400 of a doctor user at a predetermined timing for telemedicine. On the other hand, in this modification, the control unit 303 of the server 300 further executes acquiring acceleration data representing an acceleration of a movement of a predetermined body part of a patient user, and when the acceleration data becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined acceleration threshold value, an example will be described in which the patient biometric information, environmental information, and imaging data are displayed on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user regardless of the above-described timing.

[0058] Here, the operation flow of the telemedicine support system 100 in this modification will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation flow of the telemedicine support system 100 in this modification. In FIG. 6, the operation flow between the server 300 and the user terminal 400 in the telemedicine support system 100 in this modification, and the processes executed by the server 300 and the user terminal 400 are described. In each process shown in FIG. 6, for processes substantially the same as those shown in FIG. 3 above, the same reference numerals are given and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

[0059] In the example shown in FIG. 6, acceleration data representing an acceleration of a movement of a predetermined body part of a patient user is detected by an acceleration sensor 800. The acceleration sensor 800 is, for example, a well-known gyro sensor, and the patient user can detect the movement acceleration of a predetermined body part of the patient user by wearing the gyro sensor on his / her body as a wearable device. Then, this information is transmitted to the server 300 via the network 200, and the server 300 acquires the acceleration data (S201).

[0060] Next, the server 300 determines whether the acquired acceleration data is less than a predetermined acceleration threshold (S202). Here, the above acceleration threshold is defined as the acceleration detected when a person falls and can be determined in advance according to the wearing position of the gyro sensor. If an affirmative determination is made in S202, the server 300 proceeds to the process of S104. If a negative determination is made in S202, the server 300 proceeds to the process of S105.

[0061] If a negative determination is made in S202, next, in S105, the server 300 creates superimposed display data for display on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user (S105). That is, when the motion acceleration of a predetermined body part of the patient user is equal to or greater than the acceleration threshold and it is estimated that the patient user has fallen, the superimposed display data is created regardless of the timing predetermined for telemedicine, and the superimposed display data is displayed on the user terminal 400 of the doctor user.

[0062] According to this, when it is estimated that the patient user has fallen, support is provided so that telemedicine by the doctor user can be performed promptly.

[0063] Also, the telemedicine support system 100 described above can suitably support telemedicine by a doctor based on the biological information of the patient.

[0064] <Other Modifications> The above embodiments are merely examples, and the present disclosure can be appropriately modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof. For example, the processes and means described in the present disclosure can be freely combined and implemented as long as no technical contradiction occurs.

[0065] Moreover, the processing described as being performed by one device may be executed in a distributed manner by a plurality of devices. For example, the display control unit 3034 may be formed in an arithmetic processing device separate from the server 300. At this time, the separate arithmetic processing device is preferably configured to be able to cooperate well with the server 300. Also, the processing described as being performed by different devices may be executed by one device. In a computer system, it is possible to flexibly change how each function is realized by a hardware configuration (server configuration).

[0066] The present disclosure can also be realized by supplying a computer program that implements the functions described in the above embodiments to a computer, and causing one or more processors included in the computer to read and execute the program. Such a computer program may be provided to a computer by a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium connectable to a computer system bus, or may be provided to a computer via a network. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes, for example, any type of disk such as a magnetic disk (e.g., a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk drive (HDD), etc.), an optical disk (e.g., a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, a Blu-ray disk, etc.), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an EPROM, an EEPROM, a magnetic card, a flash memory, an optical card, and any type of medium suitable for storing electronic instructions.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0067] 100 ··· Remote medical support system 200 ··· Network 300 ··· Server 301 ··· Communication unit 302 ··· Storage unit 303 ··· Control unit 400 ··· User terminal 500 ··· Biological information detection means 600 ··· Environmental information detection means 700 ··· Imaging means

Claims

1. A remote medical treatment support device that supports remote medical treatment by a doctor user based on patient biometric information, which is predetermined biometric information of a patient user, comprising: acquiring the patient biometric information detected by a predetermined biometric information detection means; acquiring the environmental information detected by an environmental information detection means that detects the environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located; acquiring imaging data imaged by an imaging means that images the patient user; displaying the patient biometric information, the environmental information, and the imaging data on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user at a timing predetermined for the remote medical treatment; a control unit that executes the above; wherein the control unit: superimposes and displays the real-time patient biometric information, the environmental information, and the imaging data on the doctor user terminal; Remote medical treatment support device.

2. The control unit: when a change in a biometric value, which is a numerical value included in the patient biometric information and represents the state of the patient user's body, is less than a predetermined threshold value, displays the current value of the biometric value; when the change in the biometric value is equal to or greater than the threshold value, graphically displays the time series of the transition of the biometric value; The remote medical treatment support device according to claim 1.

3. The control unit: further executes acquiring acceleration data, which is movement data of a predetermined body part of the patient user and represents the acceleration of the movement of the body part; when the acceleration data is equal to or greater than a predetermined acceleration threshold value, displays the patient biometric information, the environmental information, and the imaging data on the doctor user terminal regardless of the timing; The remote medical treatment support device according to claim 1.

4. The biometric information detection means is a device that detects a physical quantity that changes in association with the vital activities of the patient user, either in contact with or non-contact with a predetermined body part of the patient user; The remote medical treatment support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. A remote medical treatment support method that supports remote medical treatment by a doctor user based on patient biometric information, which is predetermined biometric information of a patient user, comprising: a computer: acquiring the patient biometric information detected by a predetermined biometric information detection means; acquiring the environmental information detected by an environmental information detection means that detects the environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located; acquiring imaging data imaged by an imaging means that images the patient user; At a timing predetermined for the telemedicine, causing the patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be displayed on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user; executing; the computer; executing to superimpose and display the real-time patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data on the doctor user terminal; A telemedicine support method.

6. A telemedicine support program for supporting telemedicine by a doctor user based on patient biological information that is predetermined biological information of a patient user, comprising: causing a computer to: acquire the patient biological information detected by a predetermined biological information detection means; acquire the environmental information detected by an environmental information detection means that detects the environmental information of the patient room where the patient user is located; acquire imaging data captured by an imaging means that captures the patient user; at a timing predetermined for the telemedicine, cause the patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data to be displayed on a doctor user terminal operated by the doctor user; causing execution; causing the computer to: execute to superimpose and display the real-time patient biological information, the environmental information, and the imaging data on the doctor user terminal; A telemedicine support program.

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