Patent ID: 7174335
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A medical information system comprising: a medical server apparatus for providing an electronic chart, which includes patient data related to medical care of one patient made or obtained through each of a plurality of medical terminals placed at a plurality of medical-related facilities in one area, for the plurality of the medical terminals for each of the medical-related facilities; a patient server apparatus capable of providing a patient participatory chart, which at least partially includes the electronic chart provided from said medical server apparatus and which includes patient data related to predetermined items made or obtained through a patient terminal operated by the one patient, for the patient terminal; and a shared server apparatus capable of providing a shared chart, which at least partially includes the electronic chart provided from said medical server apparatus and the patient participatory chart provided from said patient server apparatus and which is integrally made for the one patient, for at least one of the plurality of medical terminals, wherein said medical server apparatus, said patient server apparatus, said shared server apparatus, the plurality of medical terminals, and the patient terminal are included in a communication network, at least one of the plurality of medical terminals and the patient terminal is capable of inputting (i) announcement agreement information indicating agreement of the one patient about medical announcement and (ii) provision agreement information indicating agreement of the one patient about provision of the shared chart, and is capable of transmitting at least one of the inputted announcement agreement information and provision agreement information through the communication network, said patient server apparatus (i) provides the patient participatory chart for the patient terminal in case that the one patient agrees about the medical announcement and (ii) does not provide the patient participatory chart for the patient terminal in case that the one patient disagrees about the medical announcement, on the basis of the announcement agreement information transmitted through the communication network, and said shared server apparatus (i) provides, in case that the one patient agrees about the provision on the basis of the provision agreement information transmitted through the communication network: (i-a)the shared chart, which includes the patient data inputted through the patient terminal so as to be one portion of the patient participatory chart, for at least one of the plurality of medical terminals if the one patient agrees about the medical announcement ; and (i-b) the shared chart not-including the patient data inputted through the patient terminal so as to be one portion of the patient participatory chart for at least one of the plurality of medical terminals if the one patient disagrees about the medical announcement, and (ii) does not provide the shared chart for any of the plurality of medical terminals in case that the one patient disagrees about the provision, on the basis of the provision agreement information transmitted through the communication network.