Patent ID: 7752058

Claim:
A health management system for managing health of each patient carrying a portable terminal, comprising: a portable terminal which is arranged to be carried by a patient and includes a display screen, radio communication means for accessing a predetermined radio communication network, storage means for storing personal information of the patient, wherein the personal information includes information of a clinical chart of the patient and a prescription of the patient, an input/output device for supporting health management for the patient, and emergency notification means for transmitting to the radio communication network a type of emergency notification specified by the patient from a plurality of types of emergency notifications; and a database including personal information storage means for storing the personal information about each patient carrying said portable terminal, medical information storage means for storing information about a medical facility, a drugstore, a medicine, and said input/output device; and communication means for communicating with said portable terminal through the radio communication network, wherein said radio communication means transmits part of the personal information stored in said storage means in starting to communicate with said database, and wherein said database further includes identification means for identifying the patient of said portable terminal by collating the part of the information transmitted from said radio communication means with information stored in said personal information storage means, and emergency handling means which is activated when the type of emergency notification is transmitted from said emergency notification means and which provides, in accordance with the type of emergency notification, said portable terminal either with communication or with information, wherein the communication provided to said portable terminal uses said radio communication means to communicate with a medical facility whose information is stored in said medical information storage means, and wherein the information provided to the portable terminal comprises information about a medical facility or a drugstore providing a medicine needed for the identified patient, and wherein the information is selected from information stored in said medical information storage means based on at least one of the clinical chart and the prescription of the patient, said portable terminal further comprises position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of said terminal, and said emergency handling means causes said portable terminal to display information about a route from a position of said portable terminal to a suitable medical facility or drugstore on said display screen on the basis of the position information transmitted from said position information acquisition means.