Patent ID: 11947703
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A personal information protection method in a system consisting of at least one among a clinical examination device, a laboratory information system, a hospital information system including electronic medical records, and an information terminal having a photographing function, which are operated by a medical practitioner, the method comprising:
a display process for displaying an examination result screen including personal information for identifying a subject on a display unit installed in the clinical examination device, the laboratory information system, or the hospital information system;
an identification process for identifying the personal information from the examination result screen being displayed by the display process; and
an invalidation process for invalidating the personal information identified in the identification process from the captured image including the examination result screen, based on a mask area code, wherein
the mask area code is a code that subdivides the examination result screen and identifies which area is displayed or not displayed.