Patent Publication Number: US-2011078632-A1

Title: Inspection information administering system, inspection information administering method and computer readable medium

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2009-228671 filed on Sep. 30, 2009; 2010-195231 filed on Aug. 31, 2010; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present invention relates to an inspection information administering system and an inspection information administering method for recording and managing various kinds of information about inspection, such as inspection request information and inspection practice information, and a computer readable medium allowing a computer to execute the same method. 
     2. Related Art 
     The inspection information administering system disclosed in Patent Document 1 (JP-A-2002-73615) is a system for managing inspection information in a medical facility. The inspection information administering system records image information obtained by inspection and various kinds of information such as patient&#39;s information and inspection request information in association with each other, and acquires and displays desired image information from the various kinds of information. In this system, control is made to allow only necessary information to be displayed/inputted in accordance with a flow of inspection operation. For example, only a selected image which is selected in advance from the image information obtained by inspection is displayed on a report input screen. To refer to any other image than the selected image, an image confirmation button in a submenu is selected to change the screen to an image confirmation screen, where the other image can be referred to. 
     In the inspection information administering system disclosed in Patent Document 1, control is made to allow only necessary information to be displayed or inputted on the screen in accordance with the flow of the inspection operation. When, for example, there is an insufficient part in the displayed information, it is necessary to switch the screen to a reference/edition screen for the insufficient information. This operation is not efficient because it cannot be performed in parallel at the same time. 
     SUMMARY 
     An illustrative aspect of the invention is to concurrently display information reference/edition screens on different display regions to thereby improve efficiency of inspection work. 
     [1] According to an aspect of the invention, an inspection information administering system for recording and managing various kinds of information about an inspection, includes: a selection unit which selects a piece of information to be referred to or edited; and a display unit which displays a reference/edition screen corresponding to the piece of information selected by the selection unit. The selection unit can select a plurality of pieces of information. The display unit displays reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different display regions simultaneously and respectively, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     [2] According to another aspect of the invention, an inspection information administering method for recording and managing various kinds of information about an inspection, includes: displaying a reference/edition screen corresponding to a selected piece of information on a display unit when the piece of information is selected by a selection unit in order to be referred to or edited by a computer. The displaying step includes displaying reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different display regions of a display unit simultaneously and respectively, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     With the configuration of any one of [1] and [2], it is possible to concurrently display information reference/edition screens on different display regions to thereby improve efficiency of inspection work. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a hospital system. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an endoscopic sector system. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a client PC. 
         FIG. 4  is a view showing main functions provided by an application program installed in the client PC. 
         FIG. 5  is a view showing a login screen displayed on a display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 6  is a view showing an order retrieval screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 7  is a view showing an inspection request information detail screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 8  is a view showing an interview/pretreatment screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 9  is a view showing an interview/pretreatment screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 10  is a view showing an image display screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 11  is a view showing a report registration screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 12  is a view showing a pathological inspection request screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 13  is a view showing a practice report screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 14  is a view showing a logout screen displayed on the display portion of the client PC. 
         FIG. 15  is a view showing an example of multi-monitor display. 
         FIG. 16  is a view showing an example of multi-monitor display. 
         FIG. 17  is a view showing an example of multi-monitor display. 
         FIG. 18  is a view showing an example of multi-monitor display. 
         FIG. 19  is a view showing an example of multi-monitor display. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1  shows a schematic configuration of a hospital system. 
     The hospital system shown in  FIG. 1  includes a hospital information system (HIS)  10 , an endoscopic sector system  20 , a pathological sector system  30 , a picture archiving and communication system (PACS)  40 , and an other sector system  50 . These systems  10  to  50  are connected to a hospital LAN  60  so that these systems  10  to  50  can work with one another. 
     The HIS  10  is a comprehensive system including a medical coding/billing system, a medical practice reservation system, a medical practice information system, etc. The HIS  10  has an electronic medical record database etc. Electronic medical records in which medical practice information of patients has been recorded are stored in the electronic medical record database. 
     Assume that an inspection request from another medical department is sent to the endoscopic sector. When information about the inspection request (order) (hereinafter referred to as inspection request information) is issued, the information inspection request is transmitted to the endoscopic sector system  20  through the HIS  10 . 
     For example, the inspection request information includes patient&#39;s information, order key information (“order number”, “date and time of occurrence”, etc.), request source information (“requesting department name”, “requesting doctor name”, “request date”, etc.), order information (“requested disease name”, “inspection purpose”, “inspection kind”, “inspection item”, “inspection region”, “comment”, etc.), inspection reservation information (“inspection date”, “practice time”, etc.), etc. The patient&#39;s information is information about a patient, including “patient ID” as patient-specific information, “patient name”, “birth date”, “age”, “sex”, “inpatient/outpatient distinction”, etc. 
     The endoscopic sector system  20  is a system for administering the endoscopic sector. 
     The pathological sector system  30  is a system for administering a pathological sector. 
     The PACS  40  is a system for electronically storing, retrieving and analyzing each inspection image from a medical image diagnostic device such as an endoscopic inspection device, a CT or an MRI. 
     The other sector system  50  is a system for administering the other sectors such as a medical coding/billing system. 
       FIG. 2  shows a schematic configuration of the endoscopic sector system in  FIG. 1 . 
     The endoscopic sector includes a reception desk  20 A, a pretreatment room  20 B, endoscopic inspection rooms (hereinafter referred to as inspection rooms)  20 C, a cleaning room  20 D, and a conference room  20 E. 
     The reception desk  20 A is a site for accepting inspections. The pretreatment room  20 B is a room for interview and pretreatment before endoscopic inspection. The inspection rooms  20 C are rooms for endoscopic inspections. The cleaning room  20 D is a room for cleaning endoscopes etc. used for the endoscopic inspections. 
     The endoscopic sector system  20  shown in  FIG. 2  has an endoscopic sector server  21 , client PCs  22 , image input devices  23 , endoscopic inspection devices  24 , a cleaning management device  25  and a cleaning machine  26 . The endoscopic sector server  21 , the client PCs  22 , the image input devices  23 , and the cleaning management device  25  are connected to an intrasectoral LAN  27 . The intrasectoral LAN  27  is connected to the hospital LAN  60 . 
     The endoscopic sector server  21  is a computer for generally controlling the client PCs  22 , the image input devices  23 , and the cleaning management device  25 . A database DB is built in the endoscopic sector server  21 . Various kinds of information (inspection request information, inspection result information etc.) are stored in the database DB. 
     The image input devices  23  and the endoscopic inspection devices  24  are placed in the inspection rooms  20 C respectively. 
     Each image input device  23  is connected to the endoscopic inspection device  24  in the inspection room  20 C where the image input device  23  is placed. The image input device  23  is a device by which image information obtained by capturing images with the endoscopic inspection device  24  connected thereto is supplied to the endoscopic sector server  21 . The image information supplied by the image input device  23  is stored by the PASC  40  under the control of the endoscopic sector server  21 . An endoscopic inspection device integrated with the image input device  23  may be used as the endoscopic inspection device  24 . 
     The cleaning machine  26  and the cleaning management device  25  are placed in the cleaning room  20 D. The cleaning machine  26  is a device for cleaning endoscopes etc. used for endoscopic inspections. 
     The cleaning management device  25  is a computer which is connected to the cleaning machine  26  and by which information of a cleaning history or the like by the cleaning machine  26  is inputted in the endoscopic sector server  21 . 
       FIG. 3  shows an internal configuration of each client PC in the endoscopic sector system shown in  FIG. 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , each client PC  22  includes an input portion  22   a , a display portion  22   b , a recording portion  22   c , a transmission/reception portion  22   d  and a control portion  22   e.    
     The input portion  22   a  is an input unit for performing various inputs. The input portion  22   a  is constituted by input devices such as a keyboard and a touch panel, and pointing devices such as a mouse and a trackball. 
     The display portion  22   b  is a display device for performing various displays such as an image and a report. The display portion  22   b  is constituted by one or more monitors such as LCDs or CRTs. 
     The recording portion  22   c  is constituted by a hard disk or the like for recording various data. 
     The transmission/reception portion  22   d  is constituted by a transmission/reception interface circuit or the like to execute processing for transmitting/receiving various instructions, various requests and various data through the intrasectoral LAN  27 . 
     The control portion  22   e  includes a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a program memory portion such as an ROM (Read-Only Memory) for storing programs, and a storage portion. 
     The storage portion in the control portion  22   e  is constituted by a system memory, a nonvolatile RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like, which forms work areas for executing the programs. 
     The control portion  22   e  performs control on the respective portions of the client PC  22  in accordance with the programs, various requests transmitted from the outside through the intrasectoral LAN  27 , instruction information inputted from the input portion  22   a , etc. 
     A predetermined application program (hereinafter referred to as program simply) is installed in the client PC. Reference/edition of data recorded in the database DB of the endoscopic sector server  21  (see  FIG. 2 ), registration of data into the database, etc. can be performed by this program. 
       FIG. 4  shows main functions provided by the program installed in the client PC. 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , a login function, a logout function, an order retrieval function, an interview/pretreatment function, an image display function, a report registration function, a pathological inspection request function, and a practice report function are provided by the program. These functions will be described below. 
       FIG. 5  is an example of a screen to be displayed during execution of the login function. 
     The login screen shown in  FIG. 5  is displayed immediately after the program is activated. A user ID entry field  101  and a password entry field  102  are displayed on the login screen. When a predetermined user ID and a predetermined password are entered into the user ID entry field  101  and the password entry field  102  respectively and a login button  103  is clicked, the endoscopic sector server  21  checks the inputted user ID and password to perform user authentication. When the user authentication is successful in the endoscopic sector server  21 , the login is completed. 
       FIG. 6  shows an example of a screen to be displayed during execution of the order retrieval function. 
     The order retrieval screen shown in  FIG. 6  is displayed after the login is completed. The order retrieval screen is roughly constituted by a launcher bar  201  in an upper portion of the screen, a retrieval condition setting region  301  in a center portion of the screen, and a retrieval result display region  302  in a lower portion of the screen. 
     A retrieval list icon  202   a , an interview/pretreatment icon  202   b , an image display icon  202   c , a report icon  202   d , a pathological inspection request icon  202   e , and a practice report icon  202   f  are displayed in the launcher bar  201 . The icons  202   a  to  202   f  are provided for activating various functions provided by the program. A predetermined function is assigned to each icon. Specifically, the order retrieval function, the interview/pretreatment function, the image display function, the report registration function, the pathological inspection request function, and the practice report function are assigned to the inspection list icon  202   a , the interview/pretreatment icon  202   b , the image display icon  202   c , the report icon  202   d , the pathological inspection request icon  202   e  and the practice report icon  202   f , respectively. As soon as each icon is clicked, the screen is replaced by a screen corresponding to the function assigned to the clicked icon. The launcher bar  201  is always displayed in the upper region of any function screen by which the screen is replaced. 
     A form for inputting various retrieval conditions in order to retrieve inspection request information recorded in the database is displayed in the retrieval condition setting region  301 . For example, inspection date, time slot, patient ID, patient name, etc. are set as the retrieval conditions. 
     Of inspection request information recorded in the database DB, pieces corresponding to the retrieval conditions set in the retrieval condition setting region  301  are listed and displayed in the retrieval result display region  302 . When one piece is selected from the pieces of inspection request information displayed in the retrieval result display region  302 , information about various operations (including acceptance, interview/pretreatment, image display, report registration, pathological inspection request and practice report) subordinate to the inspection in the selected piece of inspection request information can be referred to, edited and registered subsequently. 
     When, for example, a patient visits the hospital for the sake of inspection, inspection request information is retrieved in the reception desk  20 A (see  FIG. 2 ) based on patient&#39;s information such as the name of the patient, the date, etc., and one piece of inspection request information is selected from pieces of inspection request information listed an displayed as pieces corresponding to retrieval conditions. When a reserve button  303  is clicked in this state, the details of the selected piece of inspection request information is displayed as shown in  FIG. 7 . The details of the inspection request information are checked with the patient&#39;s information, the date, etc. When it is confirmed that the selected piece of inspection request information is a desired piece of inspection request information, an accept button  304  is clicked for acceptance. The information of acceptance is supplied to the endoscopic sector server  21  through the client PC  22 , and registered into the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information. 
     When any one of the interview/pretreatment icon  202   b , the image display icon  202   c , the report icon  202   d , the pathological inspection request icon  202   e  and the practice report icon  20   f  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked in the state in which one piece of inspection request information has been selected in the retrieval result display region  302 , the screen is replaced by a function screen corresponding to the clicked icon. On the function screen by which the screen is replaced, information about various operations subordinate to the inspection in the selected piece of inspection request information can be referred to, edited and registered. 
       FIGS. 8 and 9  are examples of a screen to be displayed during execution of the interview/pretreatment function. 
     When the interview/pretreatment icon  202   b  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked, the interview/pretreatment screen shown in  FIG. 8  or  9  is displayed. This interview/pretreatment screen is roughly constituted by the launcher bar  201  and an interview/pretreatment information input region  401 . 
     A form for inputting interview information obtained by interview, such as a past history of a patient, and a form for inputting pretreatment information such as medicines etc. given to the patient as pretreatment are alternatively displayed in the input region  401 . The displayed form can be switched by selection of a tub  402 ,  403  provided in the upper portion of the input region  401 . 
       FIG. 8  shows a state where the interview form is displayed in the input region  401 . When a save button  404  is clicked, interview information inputted in each field of the form is registered in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information. When interview information has been recorded in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information, the interview information is displayed in each field of the form. 
       FIG. 9  shows a state where the pretreatment form is displayed in the input region  401 . When a save button  405  is clicked, pretreatment information inputted in each field of the form is registered in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information. When pretreatment information has been recorded in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information, the pretreatment information is displayed in each field of the form. 
       FIG. 10  shows an example of a screen to be display during execution of the image display function. 
     When the image display icon  202   c  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked, the image display screen shown in  FIG. 10  is displayed. This image display screen is roughly constituted by the launcher bar  201 , an image display region  501 , an image setting region  502 , and an output setting region  503 . 
     Of image information captured by the endoscopic inspection devices  24  (see  FIG. 2 ) and saved in the PACS  40  (see  FIG. 1 ) in association with respective pieces of inspection request information, pieces associated with the selected piece of inspection request information are displayed as images in the image display region  501 . In the display example of  FIG. 10 , a plurality of pieces of image information are listed and displayed as thumbnail images in the image display region  501 , and a selected piece of those pieces of image information is displayed as an image larger in size than any other thumbnail image. 
     Buttons for setting a method for displaying images in the image display region  501  are displayed in the image setting region  502 . An example of the display method may include a method in which a plurality of selected images are arranged side by side and displayed in a reduced manner as compared with the example of  FIG. 10 . In addition, buttons for performing marking and annotation on selected images are displayed in the image setting region  502 . Marking is to add a predetermined mark to an image so as to indicate that the image corresponds to a specific case. Annotation is to draw a desired comment, a desired graphic, etc. Marks added by marking, comments drawn by annotation, etc. are stored in the PACS  40  together with image information of images where the marks and the comments are added and drawn. 
     Buttons etc. for setting output processing for selected images, such as printing, are displayed in the output setting region  503 . 
       FIG. 11  shows an example of a screen to be displayed during execution of the report registration function. 
     When the report icon  202   d  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked, the report registration screen shown in  FIG. 11  is displayed. This report registration screen is roughly constituted by the launcher bar  201 , a report information input region  601  and an attached information setting region  602 . 
     A form for inputting report information such as findings, diagnoses, etc. in inspection is displayed in the report information input region  601 . Report information inputted in each field of the form is registered in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information when a decide button  603  is clicked. 
     Information to be attached to the report is displayed in the attached information setting region  602 . An example of the information to be attached includes image information etc. captured by the endoscopic inspection device  24 . The image information is stored in the PACS  40  in association with the selected piece of inspection request information. Pieces of image information which are selected in advance in the image display screen (see  FIG. 10 ) are attached. 
     When report information has been recorded in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information, the report information is displayed in each field of the form in the report information input region  601 , and information such as image information attached to the report information is displayed in the attached information setting region  602 . 
       FIG. 12  shows an example of a screen to be displayed during execution of the pathological inspection request function. 
     When the pathological inspection request icon  202   e  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked, the pathological inspection request screen shown in  FIG. 12  is displayed. This pathological inspection request screen is roughly constituted by the launcher bar  201 , a pathological inspection request information input region  701  and a preview region  702 . 
     A form for inputting pathological inspection request information is displayed in the pathological inspection request information input region  701 . When a pathological inspection request button  703  is clicked, pathological inspection request information inputted in each field of the form is registered in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information, and transmitted to the pathological sector system  30  (see  FIG. 1 ) through the hospital LAN  60  (see  FIG. 1 ). When pathological inspection request information has been recorded in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information, the pathological inspection request information is displayed in each field of the form. 
     A preview of a pathological inspection request document created based on the pathological inspection request information inputted in the form of the pathological inspection request information input region  701  is displayed in the preview region  702 . 
       FIG. 13  shows an example of a screen to be displayed during execution of the practice report function. 
     When the practice report icon  202   f  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked, the practice report screen shown in  FIG. 13  is displayed. This practice report screen is roughly constituted by the launcher bar  201 , a selection region  801  for selecting maneuvers, medicines and materials, and a practice information input region  802 . 
     Maneuvers, medicines, materials such as tools, etc. for inspection are listed and displayed in the selection region  801 . Of those, maneuvers used actually in inspection, medicines and materials used for pretreatment and inspection are selected. Medicines and materials may be narrowed and displayed in response to the selected maneuvers. 
     The maneuvers, medicines and materials selected in the selection region  801  are displayed in the practice information input region  802 . when a register button  803  is clicked, the practice information displayed in the practice information input region  802  is registered in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information and the practice information is transmitted to the medical coding/billing system included in the other sector system  50  ( FIG. 1 ) through the hospital LAN  60 . The medical coding/billing system carries out billing based on the transmitted practice information. When practice information has been registered in the database DB in association with the selected piece of inspection request information, the practice information is displayed in the practice information input region  802 . 
       FIG. 14  shows an example of a screen to be displayed during execution of the logout function. 
     The logout screen shown in  FIG. 14  is displayed when a logout button  901  displayed in the lower area of the aforementioned order retrieval screen (see  FIG. 6 ) is clicked on the order retrieval screen. On the logout screen, an away button  903  and a user switching button  904  are displayed as well as a logout button  902 . When the away button  903  is clicked, the login screen shown in  FIG. 5  is displayed on the whole of the screen to hide information which has been displayed on the screen till then and to prevent others from operating thereon. When the user switching button  904  is clicked, a login user can be switched without returning to the login screen shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     In addition to the icons  202   a  to  202   f  for displaying the screens for referring to and editing various kinds of information, i.e. inspection request information which has been recorded in the database DB, interview/pretreatment information, image information, report information, pathological inspection request information and practice information which have been recorded in association with the inspection request information, a button  203  for setting multi-monitor display is displayed in the launcher bar  201  which is always displayed on each of the function screens. 
     The multi-monitor display can be used in various situations, for example, for editing a piece of report information in the report registration screen while referring to a piece of image information in the image display screen, for editing a piece of report information in the report registration screen while referring to a piece of interview information in the interview/pretreatment screen, for editing a piece of practice information in the practice report screen while referring to a piece of report information in the report registration screen, etc. The multi-monitor display will be described below along an example where a piece of report information is edited in the report registration screen while a piece of image information is referred to in the image display screen. 
       FIGS. 15 to 19  show examples of the multi-monitor display. 
     As shown in  FIG. 15 , the display portion  22   b  of the client PC  22  has two monitors, i.e. a first monitor  22   b   1  (main monitor) and a second monitor  22   b   2  (sub monitor). When a program is activated in the client PC  22 , the login screen is displayed on the first monitor  22   b   1 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 16 , the aforementioned order retrieval screen is displayed on the first monitor  22   b   1  after login. A launcher bar  201  is displayed in an upper region of the order retrieval screen. To refer to and edit a piece of report information, a report icon  202   d  in the launcher bar  201  is clicked in the state in which a desired piece of inspection request information has been selected in the order retrieval screen of the first monitor  22   b   1 . In response to the clicking of the report icon  202   d , the report registration screen is displayed on the first monitor  22   b   1 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 17 , a key image IMG which has been selected in advance from a plurality of images stored in the PACS  40  (see  FIG. 1 ) in association with the selected piece of inspection request information is displayed in the report registration screen of the first monitor  22   b   1 . When, for example, it is necessary to refer to any image other than the selected image here, the other image can be referred to in the image display screen. To refer to the other image, a shift button  203  of the launcher bar  201  to the second monitor  22   b   2  is clicked. In response to the clicking of the shift button  203 , a launcher bar is displayed also on the second monitor  22   b   2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 18 , an interview/pretreatment icon  202   b , an image display icon  202   c , a report registration icon  202   d , a pathological inspection request icon  202   e , a practice report icon  202   f  and a shift button  204  to the first monitor  22   b   1  are displayed in a launcher bar  205  of the second monitor  22   b   2 . The launcher bar  205  is also always displayed on the second monitor  22   b   2 . After this, any input made by the input portion  22   a  of the client PC  22  can be reflected on the display screen of the second monitor  22   b   2 . When the image display icon  202   c  in the launcher bar  205  is then clicked, an image display screen is displayed on the second monitor  22   b   2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 19 , a plurality of images stored in the PACS  40  in association with the selected piece of inspection request information are displayed on the image display screen of the second monitor  22   b   2 . A desired image is selected on the image display screen of the second monitor screen  22   b   2  and displayed in an image display region  501 . 
     After the image has been selected, the shift button  204  of the launcher bar  205  to the first monitor  22   b   1  is clicked. After this, any input made by the input portion  22   a  of the client PC  22  can be reflected on the display screen of the first monitor  22   b   1 . In the aforementioned manner, the desired image is displayed on the second monitor  22   b   2  and the piece of report information on the first monitor  22   b   1  can be edited with reference to the desired image. 
     Incidentally, any input on the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  may be registered into the database DB. The piece of information registered here is reflected on the reference/edition screen of the first monitor  22   b   1 . For example, in the aforementioned example, a piece of information about addition or change of a key image on the image display screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  may be registered in the database DB. When a key image is added or changed in the image display screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  and registered in the database DB, the key image displayed on the report registration screen of the first monitor  22   b   1  is also added or changed in sync with the registration of the key image. 
     This further improves efficiency of the inspection work when concurrently displaying the information reference/edition screens on different display regions. 
     However, if a combination of information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the first monitor  22   b   1  (main monitor) and information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  (sub monitor) corresponds to a specific combination, edit of the information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  may be prohibited. 
     a combination of pieces of information about practice report and interview/pretreatment, and a combination of pieces of information about pathological inspection request and the report registration each corresponds to the specific combination. 
     Specifically, the practice information contains the information about medicines used for the pretreatment. Editing the information about the medicines for the pretreatment in the interview/pretreatment screen involves editing the practice information. Also, the pathological inspection request information contains the inspection content described in the report information. Editing the inspection content of the report information in the report registration screen involves editing the pathological inspection request information. However, the practice information is transmitted to the medical coding/billing system, and the pathological inspection request information is transmitted to the pathological sector system  30 , respectively. It is not preferable to allow easily adding/editing these pieces of information in the respective screens. 
     So, the recording portion  22   c  of the client PC  22  stores a definition file which defines the specific combinations (prohibition combinations) for prohibiting edit of the information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2 . On the basis of the definition file, the control portion  22   e  of the client PC  22  exclusively controls reference/edition of the information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  with respect to reference/edition of the information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the first monitor  22   b   1 . If the combination of the information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the first monitor  22   b   1  and the information displayed in the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2  corresponds to the specific combination (prohibition combination) defined in the definition file, the control portion  22   e  prohibits all inputs to the regions excepting a region of the launcher bar  205  in the reference/edition screen of the second monitor  22   b   2 . 
     Hereinafter, exemplifying the combination of the practice report and the interview/pretreatment explains the exclusive control. 
     Firstly, when the shift button  203  of the launcher bar  201  is clicked in a state that the practice report screen is being displayed on the first monitor  22   b   1  (See,  FIG. 13 ), the launcher bar  205  is displayed on the second monitor  22   b   2 . Next, when the interview/pretreatment icon  202   b  of the launcher bar  205  is clicked, the interview/pretreatment screen is displayed on the second monitor  22   b   2  (See,  FIG. 9 ). The control portion  22   e  of the client PC determines whether or not a combination of the interview/pretreatment and the practice report corresponds to the specific combination (prohibition combination) defined in the definition file stored in the recording portion  22   c . Since the combination of the interview/pretreatment and the practice report corresponds to the specific combination, the control portion  22   e  does not accept inputs from the input unit  22   a  to the input region  401  of the interview/pretreatment screen, thereby prohibiting edit of the information displayed in the second monitor  22   b   2 . 
     When displaying the reference/edition screen on the second monitor  22   b   2  in a state that the reference/edition screen is being displayed on the first monitor  22   b   1  and the combination of these reference/edition screens corresponds to the specific combination, displaying the reference/edition screen to be displayed on the second monitor  22   b   2  may be prohibited. For example, even when the interview/pretreatment icon  202   b  of the launcher bar  205  of the second monitor  22   b   2  is clicked in a state that the practice report screen is being displayed on the first monitor  22   b   1 , the control portion  22   e  controls so that the interview/pretreatment screen would not be displayed. A window having a message that displaying the interview/pretreatment screen is prohibited may be shown on the second monitor  22   b   2 . 
     Although the example in which a plurality of information reference/edition screens are displayed simultaneously by the multi-monitor display has been described above, a plurality of windows may be opened in a single monitor so that one reference/edition screen can be displayed for each of the windows. Whenever each icon of the launcher bar is selected, a window is opened and a reference/edition screen corresponding to the selected icon is displayed in the window. When the position and size of each of the windows are changed suitably, the windows can be displayed in different display regions simultaneously and respectively. 
     As described above, it is disclosed that a inspection information administering system for recording and managing various kinds of information about an inspection, includes: a selection unit which selects a piece of information to be referred to or edited; and a display unit which displays a reference/edition screen corresponding to the piece of information selected by the selection unit. The selection unit can select a plurality of pieces of information. The display unit displays reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different display regions simultaneously and respectively, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     With this configuration, reference/edition screens for a plurality of pieces of information can be displayed in different display regions simultaneously and respectively so that efficiency of inspection work can be improved. 
     In the disclosed inspection information administering system, the display unit may have a plurality of monitors so as to display reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in the different monitors respectively when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     With this configuration, reference/edition screens for a plurality of pieces of information can be displayed on different display regions simultaneously and respectively. 
     In the disclosed inspection information administering system, the display unit can display a plurality of windows on a single monitor so as to display reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different ones of the windows respectively when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     With this configuration, reference/edition screens for a plurality of pieces of information can be displayed in different display regions simultaneously and respectively. 
     In the disclosed inspection information administering system, the selection unit may be a launcher which can be always displayed on the display unit. 
     With this configuration, a necessary information reference/edition screen can be activated easily. 
     In the inspection information administering system, the inspection information administering system may further includes: a control unit that, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit, defines a piece of main information which is firstly selected from the plurality of pieces of information, and defines pieces of sub information each of which is selected subsequently to the piece of main information. The control unit allows/prohibits edit of each piece of sub information on the basis of a combination of the piece of main information and the piece of sub information. 
     With this configuration, the information management can be improved with the efficiency of inspection work being improved. 
     In the inspection information administering system, the inspection information administering system may further include: a recording unit that stores a definition file which defines prohibition combinations for prohibiting the edit of the pieces of sub information, from the combinations of the piece of main information and the respective pieces of sub information. The control unit allows/prohibits the edit of each piece of sub information with referring the definition file. 
     With this configuration, the prohibition combinations for prohibiting the edit of the pieces of sub information from the combinations of the piece of main information and the respective pieces of sub information can be uniformly managed. 
     Also, it is disclosed that an inspection information administering method for recording and managing various kinds of information about an inspection, includes: displaying a reference/edition screen corresponding to a selected piece of information on a display unit when the piece of information is selected by a selection unit in order to be referred to or edited by a computer. The displaying step includes displaying reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different display regions of a display unit simultaneously and respectively, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     In the disclosed inspection information administering method, the display unit may have a plurality of monitors. The displaying step includes displaying reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information on the different monitors respectively, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     In the disclosed inspection information administering method, the display unit can display a plurality of windows on a single monitor. The displaying step includes displaying reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different ones of the windows respectively when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. 
     In the inspection information administering method, the selection unit may be a launcher which can be always displayed on the display unit. 
     In the inspection information administering method, the inspection information administering method may further include: when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit, defining a piece of main information which is firstly selected from the plurality of pieces of information, and defining pieces of sub information each of which is selected subsequently to the piece of main information; and allowing/prohibiting edit of each piece of sub information on the basis of a combination of the piece of main information and the piece of sub information. 
     In the inspection information administering method, the inspection information administering method may further include: storing a definition file which defines prohibition combinations for prohibiting the edit of the pieces of sub information, from the combinations of the piece of main information and the respective pieces of sub information. The allowing/prohibiting step includes allowing/prohibiting the edit of each piece of sub information with referring the definition file. 
     Also, it is disclosed that a computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for the disclosed inspection information administering method.