Healthcare Service Path Mapping for Readable Flow Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional insurance medical data analysis systems fail to effectively verify the effectiveness of healthcare measures and support the creation of new measures due to unclear route changes between medical institutions and lack of readability in flow graphs, making it difficult to improve the flow graph's readability and verify the effectiveness of measures.

Innovation Solution

A display method that visualizes a path between services in different colors on a map, superimposing institution-providing services, and displaying the map and path in separate areas of the screen to enhance readability and understanding of healthcare measure effectiveness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional insurance medical data analysis systems are used to predict overall effectiveness of measures, then prediction capability is provided, but verification of measure effectiveness and support for creating new measures is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction capabilityVSAvoidroute information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the overall measure effectiveness into individual route-level effectiveness by dividing the flow graph into multiple paths. Each path represents a specific route through services, allowing separate analysis and verification of effectiveness for each route while maintaining the overall prediction capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a spatial dimension to the flow graph visualization by mapping services and institutions onto a geographical map. This transforms the abstract flow graph into a two-dimensional representation that preserves route information while improving readability and verification capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If flow graphs for measures are displayed to show service relationships, then overall measure information is provided, but readability and verification of specific route effectiveness is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice relationship informationVSAvoidreadability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent overlays the flow graph onto a geographical map, transforming the traditional two-dimensional flow graph into a geo-spatial visualization. This allows service relationships to be displayed while simultaneously providing geographical context, thereby improving readability without losing information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses color coding to differentiate various types of services and routes in the flow graph. By assigning distinct colors to different service categories and path types, the visualization enhances readability while preserving all service relationship information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If medical institutions are assigned at conditional branches in flow graphs, then measure flexibility is provided, but route variability makes effectiveness verification difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeasure flexibilityVSAvoidroute-specific effect information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the flow graph into distinct paths that originate from conditional branches. Each path represents a specific route through medical institutions, allowing the system to maintain flexibility in assigning institutions at branches while simultaneously tracking and verifying the effectiveness of each specific route separately.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20260017853A1Display method, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Publication Date: 2026.01.15 FUJITSU LTD
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AI summary

A display method includes first displaying a path indicating a relationship diagram between services in different colors for respective types of services in a first area of a screen in a format including conditional branches, changing a display position of the path with respect to a map such that display positions of institutions providing the services included in the path are superimposed on the map, and second displaying the map and the path with the services in the different colors in a second area of the screen, by a processor.