How to provide electrocardiogram interpretation services

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing method. According to the present invention, an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing method using an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system includes the steps of receiving an electrocardiogram interpretation request signal and electrocardiogram data from a client terminal, inputting the received electrocardiogram data into an electrocardiogram interpretation model in response to the received electrocardiogram interpretation request signal to output primary electrocardiogram interpretation data, transmitting the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to a medical staff terminal including a designated specialist doctor to obtain secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data when receiving an electrocardiogram addition request signal from the client, calculating a commission fee according to the scope of electrocardiogram interpretation service provision, and transmitting the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data or the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data and the calculated commission fee to the client terminal.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service, and more particularly, to a method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service, which obtains a first interpretation result from electrocardiogram data received from a client through an artificial intelligence algorithm, and transmits the electrocardiogram data and the first interpretation result to medical staff to provide a final interpretation result.

[0002] [Background technology]

[0003] An electrocardiogram is a graphic recording of the electrical potential associated with the heartbeat on the surface of the body, and in addition to the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, there are exercise electrocardiograms, action electrocardiograms, etc. Electrocardiograms are used for the screening and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, and have the advantages of being simple, relatively inexpensive, non-invasive, and easily recordable repeatedly.

[0004] The standard 12-lead electrocardiogram used in hospitals involves attaching six electrodes to the front of the chest and three electrodes to each of the limbs (four electrodes if the ground electrode is included), and then collecting all 12 lead information and combining this information to diagnose disease.A 12-lead electrocardiogram records the cardiac potential in 12 electrical directions centered on the heart, allowing for accurate diagnosis of cardiac disease limited to one area.

[0005] Electrocardiograms are important tests that can diagnose serious diseases such as myocardial infarction and arrhythmia. They are also inexpensive, non-invasive, and quick and easy to use, taking only 10 seconds, making them widely used in general medical examinations, hospitalizations, surgeries, basic tests, and health checkups.

[0006] However, the number of doctors who can accurately interpret ECGs is limited. The ability to read ECGs is not something that can be learned simply from a book, but rather through experience, by measuring ECGs while treating patients with heart disease and then performing various confirmatory tests such as actual cardiac ultrasound, angiography, and blood tests. Therefore, it is difficult for anyone other than medical staff in cardiology, thoracic surgery, and emergency medicine, who actually see patients with heart disease on a regular basis, to accurately interpret ECGs.

[0007] Recently, electrocardiograms have been interpreted using automatic interpretation algorithms, but due to the nature of rule-based interpretation, accuracy can be reduced by external factors such as noise. Also, due to the limitations of the algorithm, it is not possible to reflect the patient's health condition at the time, and subtle changes in the electrocardiogram cannot be captured.

[0008] The background technology of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2022-0008447 (published on January 21, 2022).

[0009] Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0010] As described above, the present invention provides a method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service, which obtains a first interpretation result from electrocardiogram data received from a client through an artificial intelligence algorithm, and transmits the electrocardiogram data and the first interpretation result to medical staff to provide a final interpretation result.

[0011] [Means for solving the problem]

[0012] According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving this technical objective, a method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service using an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system includes the steps of receiving an electrocardiogram interpretation request signal and electrocardiogram data from a client terminal, inputting the received electrocardiogram data into an electrocardiogram interpretation model in response to the received electrocardiogram interpretation request signal, and outputting primary electrocardiogram interpretation data, transmitting the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to a medical professional terminal including a designated specialist to obtain secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data upon receiving an electrocardiogram addition request signal from the client, calculating a fee according to the scope of provision of the electrocardiogram interpretation service, and transmitting the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data or the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data and the calculated fee to the client terminal.

[0013] The method may further include collecting the interpreted electrocardiogram data, and inputting the collected electrocardiogram data into a previously constructed electrocardiogram interpretation model for learning.

[0014] The step of receiving the electrocardiogram data may also include receiving non-formatted electrocardiogram data or electrocardiogram metadata files, including electrocardiogram image files, photo files taken by a portable device, and the like.

[0015] The step of acquiring the second electrocardiogram interpretation data may involve transmitting the first electrocardiogram interpretation data to the terminals of medical personnel, including cardiologists, nurses, clinical pathologists, and emergency rescue personnel at a cooperating designated hospital, to perform a provisional interpretation, and then transmitting the provisionally interpreted electrocardiogram data to the terminals of medical personnel, including cardiologists who are currently able to interpret it, to acquire the final electrocardiogram interpretation data.

[0016] The method may further include providing information about a service provision range in response to the received ECG interpretation request signal, and receiving service request information from a client corresponding to the service provision range.

[0017] The information about the service coverage may include at least one of information about the ECG interpretation level, the waiting time for interpretation, the accuracy of interpretation, a list of medical staff who will interpret, and the distance between the interpretation center and the client.

[0018] [Effects of the Invention]

[0019] In this way, the present invention can reduce the costs and time incurred by unnecessary hospital visits due to misinterpretation of electrocardiograms, and can prevent situations in which a disease is overlooked due to misinterpretation, resulting in delayed treatment and death.

[0020] [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0021] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0022] [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram for explaining the interpretation server shown in FIG. 1.

[0023] [Figure 3] 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service using an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0024] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0025] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the thickness of lines and the size of components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience.

[0026] Furthermore, the terms used below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may vary depending on the intentions or practices of users or operators. Therefore, the definitions of such terms should be determined based on the overall content of this specification.

[0027] The electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.

[0028] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] As shown in FIG. 1, the electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a client terminal 100, a medical professional terminal 200, and an interpretation server 300.

[0030] The client terminal 100 transmits an electrocardiogram interpretation request while running an application or web page provided by the interpretation server 300, and uploads the electrocardiogram data to be interpreted.

[0031] Here, the client terminal 100 can receive information about the service provision range for ECG interpretation from the interpretation server 300, and the client can further input requests for ECG interpretation according to the service provision range.

[0032] Then, the client terminal 100 receives the result of the electrocardiogram interpretation upon completion of the interpretation.

[0033] The medical staff terminal 200 is a terminal used by medical staff including cardiologists, and transmits the interpretation results input by the medical staff including cardiologists to the interpretation server 300, which will be described later. Then, when the interpretation is completed, the medical staff terminal 200 including cardiologists requests the commission fee and receives the requested commission fee payment through a virtual account.

[0034] Finally, when the interpretation server 300 receives an ECG interpretation request signal from the client terminal 100, it provides information about the interpretation service provision range and receives corresponding service request information and ECG data.

[0035] Then, the interpretation server 300 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data or the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data for the input electrocardiogram data according to the input service request information to the client terminal 100. Also, the interpretation server 300 calculates the fee for the electrocardiogram interpretation service and transmits the calculated fee to the client terminal 100.

[0036] FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the interpretation server 300 shown in FIG.

[0037] As shown in FIG. 2, the interpretation server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 310, a data collection unit 320, a learning unit 330, an electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340, a fee calculation unit 350, and an output unit 360.

[0038] First, the communication unit 310 communicates with the client terminal 100 and the medical professional terminal 200 including the cardiologist, and receives an electrocardiogram interpretation request signal and electrocardiogram data from the client terminal 100. In addition, the communication unit 310 transmits the received electrocardiogram data to the medical professional terminal 200 including the cardiologist, and receives electrocardiogram interpretation data from the medical professional terminal 200 including the cardiologist.

[0039] The data collection unit 320 collects electrocardiogram interpretation data that has been interpreted by medical personnel, including cardiologists. The collected electrocardiogram interpretation data includes at least one of the following information: the patient's gender, age, and diagnosed cardiac disease information.

[0040] The collected electrocardiogram interpretation data is transmitted to the learning unit 330, and the learning unit 330 inputs randomly extracted electrocardiogram interpretation data from the transmitted electrocardiogram interpretation data into a previously constructed electrocardiogram interpretation model to train it.

[0041] The electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 inputs the received electrocardiogram data into the electrocardiogram interpretation model that has completed learning, and obtains primary electrocardiogram interpretation data.

[0042] Here, when a request for secondary electrocardiogram interpretation is received from the client, the electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to the medical terminal 200 including the cardiologist, and then receives the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data from the medical terminal 200 including the cardiologist.

[0043] The fee calculation unit 350 determines whether the client has requested only the first ECG interpretation data or the second ECG interpretation data as well, and calculates different fees depending on the determination result.

[0044] Finally, the output unit 360 transmits the interpreted primary electrocardiogram interpretation data or secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data and the calculated fee information to the client terminal 100.

[0045] The method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service using the electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.

[0046] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service using an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] As shown in Fig. 3, the client accesses the application or web page provided by the interpretation server 300 through the client terminal 100. Then, the client uploads the electrocardiogram data to be interpreted through the client terminal 100 and transmits an electrocardiogram interpretation request signal (S210).

[0048] Here, the electrocardiogram data may be non-standard electrocardiogram data including an electrocardiogram image file, a photo file taken by a portable device, or an electrocardiogram metadata file.

[0049] Thereafter, the interpretation server 300 inputs the received electrocardiogram data into the trained electrocardiogram interpretation model to obtain primary electrocardiogram interpretation data (S320).

[0050] First, the interpretation server 300 collects the completed interpretation data of the electrocardiogram, and the learning unit 330 of the interpretation server 300 inputs the collected electrocardiogram interpretation data into a previously constructed electrocardiogram interpretation model for learning.

[0051] When the learning for the electrocardiogram interpretation model is completed, the electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 inputs the received electrocardiogram data into the electrocardiogram interpretation model to obtain primary electrocardiogram interpretation data.

[0052] Thereafter, the interpretation server 300 further provides information about the service provision range to the client terminal 100, and receives service request information from the client terminal 100 corresponding to the service provision range (S330).

[0053] The information about the service coverage includes at least one of information on the electrocardiogram interpretation level, the waiting time for interpretation, the accuracy of interpretation, the list of medical personnel who will interpret the electrocardiogram, and the distance between the interpretation center and the client.

[0054] Here, the electrocardiogram interpretation information indicates whether to interpret only up to the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data or up to the secondary interpretation data.

[0055] When only the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data is requested from the client terminal 100, the output unit 360 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to the client terminal 100.

[0056] Meanwhile, when the client terminal 100 requests secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data, the electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to the medical staff terminal 200 including the cardiologist to obtain the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data (S340).

[0057] The electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 extracts the medical staff terminals 200 including the cardiologists who can currently interpret the electrocardiogram, and transmits an electrocardiogram interpretation request to the extracted medical staff terminals 200 including the cardiologists. Then, the electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to the medical staff terminals 200 including the cardiologists who have transmitted the electrocardiogram interpretation acceptance signal.

[0058] Prior to generating secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data using primary electrocardiogram interpretation data received by medical personnel, including cardiologists, the present invention transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to the terminals of medical personnel, including cardiologists, nurses, clinical pathologists, and emergency rescue personnel at cooperating designated hospitals, and performs a preliminary interpretation.

[0059] Once the provisional interpretation is completed, the electrocardiogram interpretation unit 340 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data and the provisionally interpreted electrocardiogram interpretation data to the cardiologist terminal 200 so that medical personnel, including the cardiologist, can generate final electrocardiogram interpretation data.

[0060] Finally, the fee calculation unit 350 calculates the fee according to the range of services provided (S350).

[0061] The fee for the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data is set to be free or much lower than the price for the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data. The fee calculation unit 350 calculates the fee based on the already set price.

[0062] Then, the output unit 360 transmits the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data or the secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data and the calculated fee to the client terminal 100.

[0063] In this way, the method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service using the electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system according to the present invention can reduce the costs and time incurred by unnecessary visits to the hospital due to misinterpretation of an electrocardiogram, and can prevent situations in which a disease is overlooked due to misinterpretation, resulting in delayed treatment and death.

[0064]

[0065] Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, these are merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the following claims.

Claims

1. An electrocardiogram interpretation service providing method using an electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system, receiving an electrocardiogram interpretation request signal and electrocardiogram data from a client terminal by an interpretation server included in the electrocardiogram interpretation service providing system; inputting the received electrocardiogram data into an electrocardiogram interpretation model in response to the received electrocardiogram interpretation request signal by the interpretation server, and outputting primary electrocardiogram interpretation data; When the interpretation server receives a request for a second electrocardiogram interpretation from the client terminal, the interpretation server transmits the first electrocardiogram interpretation data to a medical staff terminal including a designated specialist to obtain second electrocardiogram interpretation data; A step of calculating a commission fee by the interpretation server according to the scope of the electrocardiogram interpretation service, the scope of the electrocardiogram interpretation service including whether to interpret only up to the first electrocardiogram interpretation data or to interpret up to the second electrocardiogram interpretation data; transmitting the first electrocardiogram interpretation data or the second electrocardiogram interpretation data and the calculated commission fee to the client terminal by the interpretation server; The step of acquiring secondary electrocardiogram interpretation data includes: A method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service, comprising transmitting the primary electrocardiogram interpretation data to a terminal of a medical professional, nurse, clinical pathologist, or first aid worker at a designated cooperating hospital to perform a provisional interpretation, and then transmitting the provisionally interpreted electrocardiogram data to a medical professional terminal that can currently interpret the data to obtain final electrocardiogram interpretation data.

2. A method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service as described in claim 1, further comprising a step of collecting, by the interpretation server, electrocardiogram data whose interpretation has been completed, and inputting the collected electrocardiogram data into a previously constructed electrocardiogram interpretation model for learning.

3. The step of receiving electrocardiogram data includes: The method for providing an electrocardiogram interpretation service according to claim 1, wherein the method receives non-standard electrocardiogram data or electrocardiogram metadata files, including electrocardiogram image files, photo files taken by a portable device, and the like.

4. The method further includes a step of providing information about a service provision range to the client terminal by the interpretation server in response to the received ECG interpretation request signal, and receiving service request information from the client terminal corresponding to the service provision range; The method of claim 1 , wherein the service request information optionally includes a request for a secondary electrocardiogram interpretation.

5. The information about the scope of the service is The interpretation service providing method according to claim 4, further comprising at least one of information on the waiting time for interpretation, the accuracy of interpretation, a list of medical personnel who will perform interpretation, and the distance between the interpretation center and the client.

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