Patent ID: 7321673

Claim:
An endoscope image filing system, comprising: endoscope examined data inputting means for inputting endoscope examined data; endoscope examined data recording means for recording endoscope examined data inputted by the endoscope examined data inputting means; distribution destination data inputting means capable of designating and inputting a distribution destination outside the system as the distribution destination for an examination report on an endoscope examination; report distribution destination data recording means for recording report distribution destination data inputted by the distribution destination data inputting means; examined image recording means for recording endoscope image data obtained by an endoscope apparatus by relating such data with the endoscope examined data; examination report creating means for creating an examination report by reading out endoscope image data from the endoscope image recording means to generate an endoscope image and by combining the examined image and the endoscope examined data; and distribution destination designating/outputting means for outputting a report created by the examination report creating means by designating a distribution destination outside the system on the basis of the report distribution destination data recorded by the report distribution destination data recording means, the distribution destination designating/outputting means checks a user name and password against pre-registered data on the person responsible for outputting after having authenticated to view the endoscope image data and the endoscope examined data, such that, in the event that the user name or password does not match the data on the person responsible for outputting, the examination report is not outputted.