Abstract:
The graphic representation and structure of physical inspection results focuses on renovation of previous health reports primarily including words and numeral data of patient information. The human body system has a unique background of color or gray standard system diagram, while the complaints, physical examination, laboratory data and instrumental examination results of patients are prepared into a patient transparent film (drawing), which shall correspond to standard system diagram with respect to the human size. Then, the patient transparent film is superimposed into a standard system diagram, thereby offering an innovative graphic display of physical inspection report thanks to the transparency of films. And, the reporter may track and collect the medical history and records to prepare a clear and complete report optimally suited for bridging the gap between patients and physicians.

Description:
RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS  
       [0001]     Not Applicable.  
       STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT  
       [0002]     Not Applicable.  
       REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX  
       [0003]     Not Applicable.  
       FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
       [0004]     The present invention relates generally to a graphic representation and structure of physical inspection results, and more particularly to modified ones with which the complaints and physical inspection results of patients are prepared into a patient system transparent film and placed into a standard physical inspection guide, thereby offering an innovative graphic display of physical inspection report.  
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0005]     Everyone in his life has to see a doctor for illness, pursuit examination, medical treatment, surgery or rehabilitation. As everybody knows, the hospitals usually maintain the medical records of patients into the records room, which are inaccessible to the patients. If the patients desire to access to the medical records, they have to submit for applications. However, it makes difficult for the new physicians to confirm the medical history if the patents have gone to doctors in several hospitals and could not offer a complete answer. Therefore, there is lack of a convenient bridge between the patients and physicians.  
         [0006]     From the viewpoint of physicians, how to understand quickly the medical history and records is an important step to ensure the smooth medical consultation. Yet, many physicians now face a problem that they have to receive some new patients (e.g. old adults and mentally or physically retarded persons in terms of expression, vision/hearing and memory recession) incapable of explaining the medical history. In such case, the physicians and relevant staff have to do a time-consuming job. In addition, some medical examinations are performed once and again due to inefficient exchange between patients and physicians, leading to unnecessary resource waste.  
         [0007]     Some individuals with routine inspection will submit their health reports to the physicians as a reference. However, these reports may differ a lot in the type, form and sequence as they are prepared from different hospitals or clinics. So, time-consuming work shall also be required for the physicians. It can thus be seen that there is not available an applicable tool to collect that health data.  
         [0008]     Moreover, the insurance companies require for medical records of the insured prior to or at the beginning of covering insurance. If the insured have gone to doctors in many hospitals, a costly and time-consuming inquiry is required for the insurance company. Thus, if a complete and efficient health report can be provided for the benefit of the insured, it is possible to save time and cost for both the insured and insurers.  
         [0009]     In sum, though everybody gains an easy access to various common health information from various sources in an information era, all data involving their own health state and medical history are maintained in the medical record rooms, which appear to make the patients lose the right of “know” their own health state. Furthermore, they have to be charged with such medical records. So, there is an urgent demand on medical records accessible to the patients at anytime. But, the patients cannot really exercise their rights to “understand the data” when they get their own medical records represented in a strange way.  
         [0010]     Today, there is a long way to go for complete networking of nationwide medical records. To this end, the inventor has provided the present invention (i.e. Graphic Representation and Structure of Physical Inspection Results) after deliberate design and evaluation based on years of experience.  
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0011]     1. A graphic physical inspection report offers an improved report of patient information previously with only words and figures, thereby bridging the gap between the patients and physicians.  
         [0012]     2. With the upsurge of Internet information and higher level of know-how, self-health management is becoming a prevailing trend today. The graphic representation of physical inspection results and health report offer you a correct approach to health. So, they facilitate to have a clearer understanding of the health state, and enable the physicians to make rapid and correct diagnosis. Moreover, it makes possible for the medical field to reduce unnecessary examination, save the health subsidies and avoid unwanted medical resource waste. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0013]      FIG. 1  shows a perspective view of the first page and basic data sheet of health inspection report of the present invention.  
         [0014]      FIG. 2  shows a perspective view of the full body photo of health inspection report.  
         [0015]      FIG. 3  shows the exploded perspective view of the drawing of full body photo of health inspection report in  FIG. 2 .  
         [0016]      FIG. 4  shows another exploded perspective view of the drawing of patient system diagram of health inspection report.  
         [0017]      FIG. 5  shows the front elevation view of the combination chart of patient system diagram of health inspection report.  
         [0018]      FIG. 6  shows another exploded perspective view of the combination chart of patient system diagram of health inspection report.  
         [0019]      FIG. 7  shows the front elevation view of patient system diagram&#39;s transparent film overlaid onto standard system diagram versus marking status.  
         [0020]      FIG. 8  shows a schematic view of the integration of the patient system&#39;s superimposed transparent films.  
         [0021]      FIG. 9  shows a perspective view of the health inspection report with data collection bag. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
       [0022]     The features and the advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.  
         [0023]     The graphic representation of physical inspection results in the present invention focuses on renovation of previous health reports primarily comprising only words and numeral data of patient information. Conversely, it turns to express physical state by means of pictures, sheets and curve diagrams. The major technological features of the present invention comprise:  
         [0024]     a. Every physical system has a unique background of a color or gray standard system diagram. After being examined in hospitals, health inspection centers or inspection authorities, the results are prepared into a transparent film of patient system, which shall correspond to aforementioned standard system diagram. And, the inspection results of this patient system&#39;s transparent film are represented by: words, marks, pictures and specific characters (detailed below). The so-called “system” refers to ten physical systems, i.e. respiratory, circulatory, digestive, urinary, blood, nerves, skeleton, genital, endocrine and skin systems.  
         [0025]     b. Next, the patient system&#39;s transparent film is overlaid onto the standard system diagram, such that it is possible to compare them thanks to transparency of such films. In the case of pictures, the comparable items comprise the size of profile, color, intensity and position, etc, whereby it is possible to find out the differences and problems in the patient system. Furthermore, the physical organs can provide a reference for comparing with a normal state. In the event of a size difference with a normal state (e.g. too big or small), for example hepatomegaly, the enlarged liver compare to the normal one, abnormality is detected. The abnormal state of physical system in medical imaging, for example X-ray or echo is often found out via the color and intensity of organs, such as tumor, solid mass and calculus; the different positions of organs compare with the normal one, such as floating kidney (the kidney fall into the pelvis cavity), are easy to judge.  
         [0026]     c. When finding out any abnormality by comparing the patient system&#39;s transparent film with standard system diagram, the physicians or inspectors may directly mark it on the patient system&#39;s transparent film in many ways (e.g. words, or abbreviated drawings or specific signs). This will not only save the marking time, but also offer more aesthetically pleasing pictures and a higher consistency for convenient inquiry.  
         [0027]     Of which, the standard system diagram comprises pigsty table lines for easy marking or sizing (with a reference to drawing no.  33  in  FIG. 3 ), or customized fields, which correspond to words and characters in the patient system&#39;s transparent film.  
         [0028]     Of which, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is described here with respect to standard system diagram and patient system&#39;s transparent film. As illustrated in  FIGS. 4 , a physical system drawing  411  is built into the center of the standard system diagram  41  (a digestive system), while several customized fields  412  are placed at both sides. The fields comprise some inspection items, such as: endoscope survey, ultrasound survey, physical check and cancer screening, etc. So, the patient system&#39;s transparent film may be a transparent film  42 , onto which the disease marking block  421 , lead wire  422  and literal notation  423  of actual inspection results are presented. The positions of such inspection results correspond to physical system drawing  411  and customized fields  412  of aforesaid standard system diagram  41 . As shown in the figure, the “carcinoma of large intestine” is rightly placed into the fields of “cancer screening” in the customized fields  412 , while the disease marking block  421  corresponds to the position of large intestine in physical system drawing  411 , thereby forming an intuitive “graphic” health report.  
         [0029]     Of which, the standard system diagram has the same human body drawings such that the transparent films often patient systems can be overlaid (superimposed in computer) to form a graphic report involving system-wide inspection results.  
         [0030]     Of which, the graphic representation of the present invention shall be practically documented (written health report), or prepared into video tapes or discs, or uploaded onto computer or TV screen via Internet.  
         [0031]     When a health report of physical inspection results is prepared as per the graphic representation of the present invention, this health report A generally comprises the following parts.  
         [0032]     A first page  10  includes patient photos  11  (e.g. head portrait) and names  12 , e.g. “health report of Hsiao-ming Wang”, as shown in  FIG. 1 .  
         [0033]     A basic data report  20  includes date of birth, blood type, gender, age, telephone and hospitals.  
         [0034]     A patient&#39;s full body photo page  30  includes frontal photo  31  and lateral photo  32 . As the patient system&#39;s transparent films are overlaid onto the standard system diagram, as shown in  FIGS. 2, 3 , the frontal photo  31  and lateral photo  32  are prepared into transparent films and separately superimposed onto a frontal photo chart  310  and a lateral photo normal chart  320 . In order to clearly identify the difference of profiles between patients and healthy individuals, and understand the tolerance of weight and stature. Moreover, a frontal photo chart  310  and a lateral photo chart  320  comprise pigsty table line  33  for marking and sizing; the full body photo is also available with another structure, namely, shooting a patient photo with grid lines, whereby the patient&#39;s physical size is displayed.  
         [0035]     The patient system&#39;s graphic inspection report is illustrated in  FIGS. 6, 7 , wherein the inspection results are obtained by superimposing a standard system diagram  41 B onto a patient system&#39;s transparent film  42 B. Of which, the standard system diagram  41  B enables the human body system to be displayed by color or gray charts. The patient system&#39;s transparent film  42 B is transparent X-ray film or photo taken by the hospitals or inspection agencies, and corresponds to aforesaid standard system diagram; the human body system presented by patient system transparent film  42 B and standard system diagram  41  B has a consistent size. As shown in  FIG. 7 , the standard system diagram  41 B and patient system&#39;s transparent film  42 B are schematic drawings involving inspection results of respiratory system. Of which, the different signs  43  between human body system and standard system are marked onto the patient system&#39;s transparent film  42 B.  
         [0036]     The patient system&#39;s integrated graphic inspection report is a graphic report superimposed by patient system&#39;s transparent film  42 B covering various human body systems (e.g. respiratory, circulatory, digestive, urinary, blood, nerve, skeleton, genital, endocrine and skin systems, or local systems). This helps to form an integrated inspection report for the benefit of patients; as shown in  FIG. 8 , four patient system transparent films  42 B,  42 C,  42 D and  42 E are represented separately by respiratory, digestive, urinary and genital system, which permit to prepare an integrated graphic report by superimposing transparent films.  
         [0037]     The integrated system disease report is used to present the symptoms of full body system, which are listed sequentially and marked with highlighted blocks; the data source fields are available from highlighted oral statement of patients, or inspection results of other hospitals, or different inspection results from the same hospital.  
         [0038]     The patients&#39; health and disease database comprises their medical history, surgical operation history, family medical history, dosage history of chronic diseases, drug allergy and X-ray films.  
         [0039]     Of which, the aforesaid health inspection report A comprises guidelines to future health management for patients (as disclosed in Annex 4 for guideline to inspection of digestive system).  
         [0040]     Of which, the written health inspection report A shall be preferably documented by loose-leaf. All data can then be updated and replaced, unlike conventional health examination that requires all works to be done in one time. In such case, there will be a room for future report or health examination when the patients are scared to accept invasive examination, for example panendoscopy and colonscopy. Alternatively, data entry is made possible when the patients are well prepared in this respect  
         [0041]     All data associated with health inspection and medical record (e.g. health inspection report of hospitals and health center, admission note, PAP smear, prescription of chronic disease, discharge summary and transfer certificate) can be entered into the health inspection report, with the remaining parts supplemented by the patients at their discretion. The medical inspection results are divided into necessary and recommended ones, which are arranged sequentially, or used to guide the patients step-by-step to know when and what is required for inspection and health management.  
         [0042]     The health inspection reports are fed back and updated in the hospitals (or various health inspection report production centers) semi-annually or annually. This report A is supplemented with data collection bag  50  (as shown in  FIG. 9 ), into which all data of patients  51  shall be entered. At the same time, the health inspection report production center will list them into the health report (or disc).  
         [0043]     Of which, the health inspection report A is classified below according to the gender and age group: 
        1) Health certificate for male infant (0-2 years old): focusing on growth and development.     2) Health certificate for female infant (0-2 years old): focusing on growth and development.     3) Health certificate for boy (2-15 years old): focusing on growth and development.     4) Health certificate for girl (2-15 years old): focusing on growth and development, menarche.     5) Health certificate for male youth (15-40 years old): cancer screening, prevention of adult diseases.     6) Health certificate for female youth (15-40 years old): cancer screening, prevention of adult diseases, cervix film and supersonic breast survey.     7) Health certificate for old adults (over 40 years old): focusing on tracking of old adults&#39; diseases and health management.