Medical care assistance device, medical care assistance system, and medical care assistance method

Abstract

Provided are a medical care assistance device, a medical care assistance system, and a medical care assistance method that can assist with an appropriate treatment plan. The medical care assistance device comprises a processor, wherein the processor records examination results for a patient who was examined according to an examination request from an external device capable of cooperating with the medical care assistance device, transmits a report that is based on the examination results to the external device, estimates, on the basis of past examination results for the patient, the examination content and examination timing of the next and following examinations of the patient, determines whether read information indicating that the examination results have been read has been received from the external device within a prescribed period after transmitting the examination results to the external device, and if it has been determined that the read information has not been received within the prescribed period, transmits, to the external device, a creation request for an examination order corresponding to the examination content and examination timing of the next and following examinations of the patient.

Description

Medical support device, medical support system, and medical support method

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a medical support device, a medical support system, and a medical support method for providing medical support for endoscopy.

[0002] Conventionally, in the medical field, a technology has been known that prevents medical reports from being overlooked by displaying a status including whether the medical process is unread, read, or both, on a display screen that displays patient identification information and medical processes such as reports in association with each other for each patient (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this technology, on a display screen that displays patient identification information and medical processes in association with each patient, if a medical process whose status is unread or read has been revised, the status of the revised medical process is displayed in a display mode different from the display mode indicating unread or read.

[0003] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2020-004244

[0004] However, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the display mode is changed depending on the status of the report, but regardless of whether there is content that requires testing within a specific period or whether there is an order for testing, the attending physician from another department may not view the report, and an appropriate treatment plan may not be made.

[0005] The present disclosure has been made in view of the above, and aims to provide a medical support device, a medical support system, and a medical support method that can support appropriate treatment planning.

[0006] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the objectives, the medical support device of the present disclosure is a medical support device equipped with a processor, which records test results of a patient tested in response to a test request from an external device that can cooperate with the medical support device, transmits a report based on the test results to the external device, estimates the content and timing of the patient's next and subsequent tests based on the patient's past test results, determines whether read information indicating that the test results have been read has been received from the external device within a predetermined period after the test results have been sent to the external device, and if it determines that the read information has not been received within the predetermined period, transmits a request to the external device to create a test order according to the content and timing of the patient's next and subsequent tests.

[0007] In addition, in the medical support device according to the present disclosure, in the above disclosure, the processor acquires the pathology results of a pathology test performed on the patient, estimates urgency information regarding the urgency based on the pathology results, and predicts the content and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient based on the past test results for the patient and the urgency information.

[0008] In addition, in the medical support device according to the present disclosure, in the above disclosure, the processor determines whether the urgency is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold based on the urgency information, and if it determines that the urgency is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, reserves the test content and test date and time in accordance with the request for creating the test order, and transmits content indicating that the test content and test date and time in accordance with the request for creating the test order have been reserved to the external device as a request for creating the test order.

[0009] In addition, in the medical support device according to the present disclosure, in the above disclosure, when the processor determines that the urgency is not equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, it sends to the external device a request to create the test order according to the content and timing of the patient's next and subsequent tests.

[0010] In addition, in the medical support device according to the present disclosure, in the above disclosure, the processor estimates the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient based on statistical information based on the test results of multiple other people.

[0011] In addition, the medical support device according to the present disclosure is an endoscope management device that manages endoscopic examination results, and the external device is an electronic medical record device that manages information about the patient, in the above disclosure.

[0012] In addition, a medical support system according to the present disclosure includes a medical support device having a processor and an external device capable of cooperating with the medical support device, wherein the processor records test results of a patient examined in response to a test request from the external device capable of cooperating with the medical support device, transmits a report based on the test results to the external device, estimates the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient based on the past test results for the patient, determines whether read information indicating that the test results have been read has been received from the external device within a predetermined period after the test results have been transmitted to the external device, and if it determines that the read information has not been received within the predetermined period, transmits a request to the external device to create a test order according to the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient.

[0013] Furthermore, a medical support method according to the present disclosure is a medical support method executed by a medical support device having a processor, in which the processor records test results of a patient tested in response to a test request from an external device that can cooperate with the medical support device, transmits a report based on the test results to the external device, estimates the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient based on the past test results for the patient, determines whether read information indicating that the test results have been read has been received from the external device within a predetermined period after the test results have been transmitted to the external device, and, if it determines that the read information has not been received within the predetermined period, transmits to the external device a request to create a test order according to the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient.

[0014] The present disclosure provides an effect of being able to support appropriate treatment planning.

[0015] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a medical support system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a medical support device according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an overview of processing executed by the medical support system according to an embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a report created by a creation unit included in the medical support device according to an embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a progression pattern of a certain case. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an estimation result estimated by a first estimation unit included in the medical support device according to an embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of input of patient urgency information by an operator according to pathology results. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed by an external device according to an embodiment.

[0016] Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments. Furthermore, each drawing referred to in the following description merely shows a schematic representation of the shape, size, and positional relationship to the extent that the contents of the present disclosure can be understood. In other words, the present disclosure is not limited to only the shape, size, and positional relationship exemplified in each drawing. Furthermore, in the description of the drawings, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

[0017] [Overall Configuration of Medical Support System] Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a medical support system according to one embodiment. The medical support system 1 shown in Fig. 1 includes a medical support device 10 that functions as an endoscope management device or an endoscope management system that manages image data groups captured by an endoscope and endoscopic examination results of patients, an external device 20 that functions as an electronic medical record device or an electronic medical record system that manages medical information, dates of birth, etc. for each patient, and a pathology management device 30 that functions as a pathology management device or a pathology management system that manages pathology results of pathological tests performed on samples obtained by endoscopic biopsy, etc.

[0018] The medical support device 10, the external device 20, and the pathology management device 30 are bidirectionally connected via a network N100. This network N100 is configured, for example, from an internet network or a mobile phone network.

[0019] [Functional Configuration of Medical Support Device] Next, a description will be given of the functional configuration of the medical support device 10. Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the medical support device 10. The medical support device 10 shown in Fig. 2 includes a communication unit 11, a display unit 12, an input unit 13, a database 14 (hereinafter simply referred to as "DB14"), a recording unit 15, and a control unit 16.

[0020] Under the control of the control unit 16, the communication unit 11 transmits various types of information to the external device 20 and the pathology management device 30 via the network N100, and receives various types of information from the external device 20 and the pathology management device 30. The communication unit 11 is configured using a communication module.

[0021] The display unit 12 displays various information related to the medical support device 10 under the control of the control unit 16. The display unit 12 is configured using a liquid crystal display, an organic electroluminescent display (EL display), or the like.

[0022] The input unit 13 receives various inputs in response to external operations and outputs them to the control unit 16. The input unit 13 is configured using buttons, a keyboard, switches, a touch panel, and the like.

[0023] The DB 14 records various types of information and is configured using an HDD, an SSD, etc. The DB 14 has an examination record management DB 141, a read record management DB 142, a pathology result record management DB 143, and a patient information DB 144.

[0024] The examination record management DB 141 records the endoscopic examination results for each patient and examination record information related to the endoscopic examination records for each patient. Specifically, the examination record management DB 141 records the patient ID that identifies the patient, in association with the examination date, examination type, examination interval, qualitative diagnosis, treatment information indicating the processing content, examination report, and image data.

[0025] The read management DB 142 records read information for each test ID (test number) or each report based on test results included in the test performance information recorded in the test performance management DB 141. Here, the read information is information or a flag or the like indicating that the test results or test result reports have been read by a doctor of another department using the external device 20 after checking the test results or test result reports and pressing a read button or the like.

[0026] The pathology result record management DB 143 records, for each patient ID and test ID, the results of pathological tests on specimens obtained by endoscopic biopsy, biopsy using a treatment tool, or the like.

[0027] The patient information DB 144 records, for each patient, a patient ID for identifying the patient, the patient's hospital visit history, the patient's date of birth, the patient's doctor, the patient's address, and the patient's allergy information.

[0028] The recording unit 15 is configured using a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, a HDD, an SSD, etc. The recording unit 15 has a program recording unit 151 and an inference model recording unit 152.

[0029] The program recording unit 151 records various programs and parameters for operating the medical support device 10 .

[0030] The inference model recording unit 152 records an inference model used to estimate test results. Here, the inference model takes endoscopic test performance information and pathology results as input, and outputs urgency information indicating the urgency of the patient. Here, urgency refers to the patient's stage, lesion level, etc. This inference model is a model generated by machine learning using, for example, artificial intelligence (AI). Specifically, the inference model is a model such as deep learning that learns using training data in which labels (scores) are assigned to test performance information and pathology result information, and outputs the patient's stage and lesion level in response to the patient's test performance information.

[0031] The control unit 16 corresponds to a processor according to the present disclosure. The control unit 16 is implemented using a processor having hardware such as an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and a memory serving as a temporary storage area used by the processor. The control unit 16 comprehensively controls the components constituting the medical support device 10. The control unit 16 includes an acquisition unit 161, a creation unit 162, a transmission control unit 163, a determination unit 164, a recording control unit 165, a first estimation unit 166, a planning unit 167, and a second estimation unit 168.

[0032] The acquiring unit 161 acquires read information from the external device 20 via the network N100 and the communication unit 11. The acquiring unit 161 also acquires pathology results from the pathology management device 30 via the network N100 and the communication unit 11.

[0033] The creation unit 162 creates a report (examination report) based on the examination results of a patient for each patient ID, based on the operation content of the input unit 13 by an operator such as a doctor in the endoscopy department.

[0034] The transmission control unit 163 transmits to the external device 20 a report creation completion message indicating that the report creation created by the creation unit 162 has been completed.

[0035] The determination unit 164 determines whether or not the transmission control unit 163 has received read information for the report from the external device 20 within a predetermined period of time after sending the completion of report creation to the external device 20 or within a predetermined period of time, for example, one week, after sending the report to the external device 20.

[0036] The recording control unit 165 associates one or more of the patient ID, report ID, and examination ID with the read information and records them in the read management DB 142 .

[0037] The first estimation unit 166 estimates the next examination for a patient's test result report that has not been read, based on the test results recorded in the test result management DB 141, the inference model recorded in the inference model recording unit 152, and the history of the patient's test results corresponding to the unread report.

[0038] The planning unit 167 creates a treatment plan for the patient based on the necessity of the examination estimated by the second estimation unit 168.

[0039] The second estimation unit 168 estimates the necessity of the next examination based on the pathology result and statistical information based on the examination results of a plurality of other people.

[0040] [Processing of Medical Support System] Next, a description will be given of the processing executed by the medical support system 1. Fig. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an outline of the processing executed by the medical support system 1.

[0041] 3 , the external device 20 creates an examination order (examination request) for an endoscopic examination of a patient based on the operation content of an input device such as a mouse or keyboard by a doctor from another department, and transmits it to the medical support device 10 (step S101). In this case, the external device 20 receives the operation content based on the clinical findings of the doctor from another department via the input device, and creates an examination order including the patient ID, examination date, examination type, procedure content, etc. in accordance with the received operation content, and transmits it to the medical support device 10. At this time, an operator such as a doctor in the endoscopy department performs an endoscopic examination of the patient using an endoscope in accordance with the examination order received by the medical support device 10.

[0042] Next, the acquisition unit 161 of the medical support device 10 acquires the examination results for each patient from the endoscope and records them in the examination record management DB 141 (step S102). In this case, the acquisition unit 161 associates the patient ID with an examination ID that identifies the examination order and the examination results from the endoscope, and records them in the examination record management DB 141. Here, the examination results from the endoscope include image data groups captured by the endoscope, still images, the dates and times when the still images were captured, the operator ID, and image recognition results including characteristic areas such as lesion areas including cancers, tumors, etc., obtained by an image diagnostic device (CAD: Computer Aided Detection).

[0043] Thereafter, the planning unit 167 creates a report (examination report) based on the examination results of each patient for each patient ID, based on the operation performed by the operator, such as a doctor in the endoscopy department, on the input unit 13 (step S103). In this case, the planning unit 167 links the created report to the patient ID and records it in the examination record management DB 141.

[0044] Next, the transmission control unit 163 transmits a report creation completion notification indicating that the report creation has been completed to the external device 20. As a result, doctors in other departments can understand, based on the notification displayed on the external device 20, that the endoscopic examination in the endoscopy department has been completed and the report can be viewed.

[0045] 4 is a diagram showing an example of a report created by the planning unit 167. The report P1 shown in FIG. 4 includes at least an examination report W1 based on an operator's interpretation of a group of image data captured by an endoscope, a plurality of still images P10, an examination date, an examination type, a patient ID, the patient's name, gender, date of birth, a confirming physician Q1, and a status K1 indicating the status of the report. When a doctor from another department operates the input device of the external device 20 to confirm the report, the doctor inputs his or her own name and physician ID in the confirming physician Q1 field and changes the status K1 from unconfirmed to confirmed.

[0046] Returning to FIG. 3 , the description of step S105 and subsequent steps continues. In step S105, the external device 20 determines whether the doctor has viewed the report in accordance with the report creation completion notification transmitted from the medical support device 10, based on the operation of the input device (step S105). Specifically, the external device 20 determines that the doctor from another department has viewed the report transmitted from the medical support device 10 when the doctor accesses the medical support device 10 by operating the input device of the external device 20, views the completed report via the medical support device 10, and changes the status K1 from unconfirmed to confirmed. If the external device 20 determines that the doctor from another department has viewed the report in accordance with the report creation completion notification transmitted from the medical support device 10 (step S105: Yes), the external device 20 transmits read information to the medical support device 10 indicating that the report has been read by the doctor or the like (step S106). After step S106, the external device 20 proceeds to step S117, which will be described later. In this case, the doctor in the other department formulates a treatment plan for the patient in accordance with the contents of the report. On the other hand, if the external device 20 determines that the doctor in the other department has not viewed the report in accordance with the completion of report creation transmitted from the medical support device 10 (step S105: Yes), the external device 20 proceeds to step S119, which will be described later.

[0047] In step S107, the determination unit 164 determines whether or not read information for the report has been received from the external device 20 within a predetermined period, for example, one week, since the transmission control unit 163 transmitted the report creation completion notification. If the determination unit 164 determines that read information for the report has been received from the external device 20 within the predetermined period since the transmission control unit 163 transmitted the report creation completion notification (step S107: Yes), the medical support device 10 proceeds to step S109, which will be described later. On the other hand, if the determination unit 164 determines that read information for the report has not been received from the external device 20 within the predetermined period since the transmission control unit 163 transmitted the report creation completion notification (step S107: No), the medical support device 10 proceeds to step S109, which will be described later.

[0048] In step S108, the recording control unit 165 associates one or more of the patient ID, the report ID, and the examination ID with the read information and records them in the read management DB 142.

[0049] Next, the determination unit 164 searches for unread reports based on the read information for each report recorded in the read management DB 142 (step S109), and determines whether or not the unread report is in the read management DB 142 (step S110). If the determination unit 164 determines that the unread report is in the read management DB 142 (step S110: Yes), the medical support device 10 proceeds to step S111, which will be described later. On the other hand, if the determination unit 164 determines that the unread report is not in the read management DB 142 (step S110: No), the medical support device 10 ends this process.

[0050] In step S111, the first estimation unit 166 estimates the next examination for a patient's test result report that has not been read, based on the test results recorded in the test result management DB 141, the inference model recorded in the inference model recording unit 152, and the history of the patient's test results corresponding to the unread report.

[0051] Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a progression pattern of a certain case. Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an estimation result estimated by the first estimation unit 166. Progression pattern T1 shown in Fig. 5 indicates a case in which examinations were performed every other year, and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer became necessary two months after the discovery of a fundic gland polyp.

[0052] 6, the first estimation unit 166 estimates the examination date and time T11 including the next examination type, examination interval, qualitative diagnosis, and processing information of the patient corresponding to the unread test result report, based on the examination results in the examination results management DB 141, which records multiple progress patterns T1 as shown in FIG. 5, the inference model recorded by the inference model recording unit 152, and the history T2 of the patient's examination results corresponding to the unread test result report. That is, the first estimation unit 166 estimates the treatment plan for the patient corresponding to the unread test result report.

[0053] 3 , the description of step S112 and subsequent steps will be continued. In step S112, the acquisition unit 161 acquires the pathology results from the pathology management device 30 via the network N100 and the communication unit 11. In this case, an operator such as a doctor in the endoscopy department inputs urgency information regarding the urgency based on the pathology results.

[0054] 7 is a diagram showing an example of input of urgency information for a patient by a surgeon in accordance with pathology results. On the examination information screen P2 shown in FIG. 7, the surgeon operates the input unit 13 to input urgency information based on the pathology results. For example, in the case shown in FIG. 7, the surgeon uses the input unit 13 to select a "Yes" item from among multiple items K10 based on the pathology results.

[0055] Thereafter, the determination unit 164 determines whether the pathology result of the patient whose report has not been read indicates a serious symptom based on the pathology result acquired by the acquisition unit 161 (step S113). Specifically, the determination unit 164 determines whether the pathology result of the patient indicates a serious symptom by determining whether the urgency is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold based on urgency information regarding the urgency according to the item selected by the surgeon based on the pathology result acquired by the acquisition unit 161. For example, if the death item selected by the surgeon within 30 items based on the pathology result acquired by the acquisition unit 161 is "yes" or "unknown," the determination unit 164 determines that the urgency is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, and determines that the pathology result of the patient whose report has not been read indicates a serious symptom.

[0056] In the above-mentioned Figure 7, the death item K10 has three levels: "none," "yes," and "unknown," but it is not limited to this and may also have three levels such as a numerical value or small, medium, and large.

[0057] If the determination unit 164 determines that the pathology result of the patient whose report has not been read indicates a serious symptom (step S113: Yes), the medical support device 10 proceeds to step S114, which will be described later. On the other hand, if the determination unit 164 determines that the pathology result of the patient whose report has not been read indicates a non-serious symptom (step S113: No), the medical support device 10 proceeds to step S118, which will be described later.

[0058] In step S114, the second estimation unit 168 estimates the necessity of the next examination based on urgency information based on the pathology results, statistical information based on the test results of multiple other individuals, and the patient's past test results. Specifically, the second estimation unit 168 estimates the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations according to the same estimation method as in FIG. 6 described above, but with the addition of urgency information. In this case, in addition to the estimation method in FIG. 6 described above, when the urgency information is high, for example, when the item for death within 30 days is "Yes," the second estimation unit 168 estimates the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations so that the examination date and time are shorter than the previous date and time. More specifically, in the estimation method in FIG. 6 described above, when the examination date and time are set to 60 days later (the examination interval is 60 days), the second estimation unit 168 estimates the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations so that the examination date and time are within 30 days. The second estimation unit 168 may refer to, for example, Japanese Patent No. 4879368 and estimate the contents and timing of the next and subsequent examinations for the patient.

[0059] The planner 167 creates a treatment plan for the patient based on the necessity of the examination inferred by the second inferring unit 168 (step S115). Specifically, the planner 167 creates a treatment plan for the patient who has reserved a date and time when an examination is available, based on the examination details, examination time, and reservation information for the endoscopic examination inferred by the second inferring unit 168.

[0060] Next, the transmission control unit 163 transmits the treatment plan for the patient created by the planning unit 167 to the external device 20 (step S116). After step S116, the medical support device 10 ends this process.

[0061] In step S117 , the planning unit 167 creates estimated next examination information for the patient based on the estimation result estimated by the first estimation unit 166 .

[0062] Subsequently, the transmission control unit 163 transmits the next examination information estimated for the patient created by the planning unit 167 to the external device 20 (step S118). After step S118, the external device 20 ends this process.

[0063] In step S119, the external device 20 displays the treatment plan or next examination information for the patient transmitted from the medical support device 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the external device 20 displays the treatment plan M1. This allows the doctor to understand that an examination order with a scheduled examination date and examination type has been created for the patient. In this case, the doctor in charge can contact the patient in an emergency. After step S119, the external device 20 ends this process. Note that if the external device 20 receives next examination information from the medical support device 10, it displays the next examination information. This allows the doctor to understand that the report for the patient has not been read.

[0064] According to the embodiment described above, if the determination unit 164 determines that read information has not been received from the external device 20 within a predetermined period after transmitting the completion of report creation to the external device 20, the transmission control unit 163 transmits to the external device 20 a request to create an examination order according to the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations, thereby supporting an appropriate treatment plan.

[0065] Furthermore, according to one embodiment, the second estimation unit 168 estimates the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations based on urgency information based on pathology results, statistical information based on the test results of multiple other people, and the patient's past test results, thereby making it possible to prompt doctors to view reports of patients who require urgent care.

[0066] Furthermore, according to one embodiment, the planning unit 167 reserves the test content and test date and time in response to the request for creating an examination order, and the transmission control unit 163 transmits to the external device 20 content indicating that the planning unit 167 has reserved the test content and test date and time in response to the request for creating an examination order as a request for creating an examination order. This allows priority to be given to patients in urgent need, encouraging doctors from other departments to view the information, and allows examination orders to be automatically reserved.

[0067] Furthermore, according to one embodiment, if the judgment unit 164 determines that the urgency is not above a predetermined threshold, the transmission control unit 163 sends to the external device 20 a request to create an examination order according to the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations, thereby encouraging doctors from other departments to view unread reports and to perform appropriate examinations.

[0068] Furthermore, according to one embodiment, the first estimation unit 166 estimates the contents and timing of the patient's next and subsequent examinations based on statistical information based on the test results of multiple other people, so that highly accurate contents and timing of the examinations can be presented to doctors in other departments.

[0069] According to one embodiment, the first estimation unit 166 estimates the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient based on statistical information based on the test results and test performance of each of multiple other people, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to acquire multiple pieces of statistical information based on the test results and test performance of each of multiple other people conducted by multiple other facilities, and estimate the contents and timing of the next and subsequent tests for the patient based on this multiple pieces of statistical information. This makes it possible to promote more accurate and appropriate testing.

[0070] Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining multiple components disclosed in the medical support system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above. For example, some components may be omitted from all the components described in the medical support system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above. Furthermore, the components described in the medical support system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above may be appropriately combined.

[0071] Furthermore, in the medical support system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-described "unit" can be read as "means" or "circuit," etc. For example, a control unit can be read as control means or a control circuit.

[0072] In addition, the program to be executed by the medical support system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is provided as file data in an installable or executable format recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), a USB medium, or a flash memory.

[0073] In addition, the program executed by the medical support system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may be configured to be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network.

[0074] In the description of the flowcharts in this specification, expressions such as "first," "then," and "continue" are used to clearly indicate the order of processing between steps, but the order of processing required to implement the present invention is not uniquely determined by these expressions. In other words, the order of processing in the flowcharts described in this specification can be changed within a consistent range. Furthermore, programs are not limited to those consisting of simple branching processing, and branching can be achieved by comprehensively determining more judgment items.

[0075] Although some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, these are merely examples, and the present invention can be implemented in other forms that have undergone various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, including the aspects described in the disclosure of the present invention.

[0076] REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Medical support system 10 Medical support device 11 Communication unit 12 Display unit 13 Input unit 14 Database 15 Recording unit 16 Control unit 20 External device 30 Pathology management device 141 Examination results management DB 142 Read management DB 143 Pathology result results management DB 144 Patient information DB 151 Program recording unit 152 Inference model 161 Acquisition unit 162 Creation unit 163 Transmission control unit 164 Determination unit 165 Recording control unit 166 First estimation unit 167 Planning unit 168 Second estimation unit

Claims

1. A medical support device comprising a processor and an inference model that estimates examination results from endoscopic examination performance information and pathology results, The aforementioned processor, The medical support device records the test results of patients who have been tested based on test requests from external devices that can be linked with the device. A report containing the examination interval, qualitative diagnosis, and treatment information based on the aforementioned examination results is transmitted to the external device. Based on the aforementioned reports for the patient in the past, the inference model is used to estimate the content and timing of the patient's next examinations. Within a predetermined period after transmitting the report to the external device, it is determined whether or not read information indicating that the inspection results have been read has been received from the external device. If it is determined that the read receipt information has not been received within the predetermined period, a request for the creation of an examination order corresponding to the patient's next examination content and examination timing is sent to the external device. Medical support device.

2. A medical support device according to claim 1, The aforementioned processor, Obtain the pathology results obtained from the pathological examination of the aforementioned patient. Based on the aforementioned pathology results, we estimate the urgency information regarding the level of urgency. Based on past test results for the aforementioned patient and the urgency information, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. Medical support device.

3. A medical support device according to claim 2, The aforementioned processor, Based on the urgency information, it is determined whether the urgency is above a predetermined threshold. If the urgency is determined to be above a predetermined threshold, the test content and test date and time corresponding to the request for the creation of the test order will be reserved. The system transmits to the external device the request for the creation of the inspection order, indicating that the inspection details and the date and time of the inspection have been reserved in response to the request for the creation of the inspection order. Medical support device.

4. A medical support device according to claim 3, The aforementioned processor, If it is determined that the urgency is not above a predetermined threshold, a request for the creation of the test order corresponding to the patient's next and subsequent tests is sent to the external device. Medical support device.

5. A medical support device according to claim 4, The aforementioned processor, Based on statistical information derived from the test results of multiple other individuals, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. Medical support device.

6. A medical support device according to claim 5, The medical support device in question is This is an endoscopic management device for managing the results of endoscopic examinations. The external device is, This is an electronic medical record device that manages information about the aforementioned patient. Medical support device.

7. A medical support device comprising a processor and an inference model that estimates examination results from endoscopic examination performance information and pathology results, An external device that can be linked with the aforementioned medical support device, Equipped with, The aforementioned processor, The medical support device records the test results of patients who have been tested based on test requests from external devices that can be linked with the aforementioned medical support device. A report containing the examination interval, qualitative diagnosis, and treatment information based on the aforementioned examination results is transmitted to the external device. Based on the aforementioned reports for the patient in the past, the inference model is used to estimate the content and timing of the patient's next examinations. Within a predetermined period after transmitting the report to the external device, it is determined whether or not read information indicating that the inspection results have been read has been received from the external device. If it is determined that the read receipt information has not been received within the predetermined period, a request for the creation of an examination order corresponding to the patient's next examination content and examination timing is sent to the external device. Medical support system.

8. A medical support system according to claim 7, The aforementioned processor, Obtain the pathology results obtained from the pathological examination of the aforementioned patient. Based on the aforementioned pathology results, we estimate the urgency information regarding the level of urgency. Based on past test results for the aforementioned patient and the urgency information, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. Medical support system.

9. A medical support system according to claim 8, The aforementioned processor, Based on the urgency information, it is determined whether the urgency is above a predetermined threshold. If the urgency is determined to be above a predetermined threshold, the test content and test date and time corresponding to the request for the creation of the test order will be reserved. The system transmits to the external device the request for the creation of the inspection order, indicating that the inspection details and the date and time of the inspection have been reserved in response to the request for the creation of the inspection order. Medical support system.

10. A medical support system according to claim 9, The aforementioned processor, If it is determined that the urgency is not above a predetermined threshold, a request for the creation of the test order corresponding to the patient's next and subsequent tests is sent to the external device. Medical support system.

11. A medical support system according to claim 10, The aforementioned processor, Based on statistical information derived from the test results of multiple other individuals, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. Medical support system.

12. A medical support system according to claim 11, The medical support device in question is This is an endoscopic management device for managing the results of endoscopic examinations. The external device is, This is an electronic medical record device that manages information about the aforementioned patient. Medical support system.

13. A medical support method performed by a medical support device comprising a processor and an inference model that estimates examination results from endoscopic examination performance information and pathology results, The aforementioned processor, The medical support device records the test results of patients who have been tested based on test requests from external devices that can be linked with the device. A report based on the above inspection results is sent to the external device. Based on past test results for the aforementioned patient, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. After transmitting the inspection results to the external device, it is determined whether or not read information indicating that the inspection results have been read has been received from the external device within a predetermined period. If it is determined that the read receipt information has not been received within the predetermined period, a request for the creation of an examination order corresponding to the patient's next examination content and examination timing is sent to the external device. Including, Medical support methods.

14. A medical support method according to claim 13, The aforementioned processor, Obtain the pathology results obtained from the pathological examination of the aforementioned patient. Based on the aforementioned pathology results, we estimate the urgency information regarding the level of urgency. Based on past test results for the aforementioned patient and the urgency information, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. Including, Medical support methods.

15. A medical support method according to claim 14, The aforementioned processor, Based on the urgency information, it is determined whether the urgency is above a predetermined threshold. If the urgency is determined to be above a predetermined threshold, the test content and test date and time corresponding to the request for the creation of the test order will be reserved. The system transmits to the external device the request for the creation of the inspection order, indicating that the inspection details and the date and time of the inspection have been reserved in response to the request for the creation of the inspection order. Including, Medical support methods.

16. A medical support method according to claim 15, The aforementioned processor, If it is determined that the urgency is not above a predetermined threshold, a request for the creation of the test order corresponding to the patient's next and subsequent tests is sent to the external device. Including, Medical support methods.

17. A medical support method according to claim 16, The aforementioned processor, Based on statistical information derived from the test results of multiple other individuals, the content and timing of future tests for the aforementioned patient are estimated. Including, Medical support methods.

18. A medical support method according to claim 17, The medical support device in question is This is an endoscopic management device for managing the results of endoscopic examinations. The external device is, This is an electronic medical record device that manages information about the aforementioned patient. Medical support methods.