Medical information system

Abstract

A medical information system has a patient terminal device, a server, and an administrator terminal device, characterized in that: the patient terminal device, the server, and the administrator terminal device are connected together on a network; the patient terminal device includes sensors having functions for measuring information used as indices of the condition of a patient's health; part for transferring measured data obtained by the sensors to an interior of the patient terminal device; part for transferring the measured data from the sensors to the server via the network; and part for accepting control information from the server, and has a function of taking action based on the control information; the server includes part for transmitting the control information to the patient terminal device; and part for storing and sorting out the measured data transferred from the patient terminal device; and the administrator terminal includes part for viewing the measured data stored and sorted out in the server.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A medical information system, comprising a patient terminal device, a server, and an administrator terminal device, characterized in that: 
 said patient terminal device, said server, and said administrator terminal device are connected together on a network;    said patient terminal device includes sensors having functions for measuring information used as indices of the condition of a patient's health; means for transferring measured data obtained by said sensors to an interior of said patient terminal device; means for transferring said measured data from said sensors to said server via the network; and means for accepting control information from said server, and has a function of taking action based on said control information;    said server includes means for transmitting the control information to said patient terminal device; and means for storing and sorting out said measured data transferred from said patient terminal device; and    said administrator terminal includes means for viewing said measured data stored and sorted out in said server.    
     
     
         2 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said server has a function for managing information unique to a user using said patient terminal device and can supply individual data or individual control information to said patient terminal device based on the information unique to said user.  
     
     
         3 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said sensors comprises at least one of a clinical thermometer, a hemadynamometer, a pulsimeter, a blood sugar level meter, a saturated blood oxygen densitometer, scales, a fat meter, a stethoscope, an electrocardiograph, a still image pickup device, an animation image pickup device, and a spirometer.  
     
     
         4 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said server possesses predetermined schedule information for individual patients and transmits a request to said patient terminal device in accordance with the schedule information, said patient terminal device takes act-on depending on the request.  
     
     
         5 . The medical information system according to  claim 4 , characterized in that said server compares said schedule information with measured data transferred from said patient terminal device in terms of time to change said schedule.  
     
     
         6 . The medical information system according to  claim 5 , characterized in that if the measured data is transmitted from the patient terminal ahead of a scheduled time and the difference in time is within an allowable range, said server changes the schedule to avoid said request corresponding to the measured data.  
     
     
         7 . The medical information system according to  claim 4 , characterized in that if the measured data is transmitted from said sensors before said request has been transmitted and the difference in time between a measuring time and said subsequently transmitted corresponding request is within an allowable range, said patient terminal device does not take action depending on the request.  
     
     
         8 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said patient terminal device possesses schedule information on the patient transmitted from said server, to take action in accordance with the schedule information.  
     
     
         9 . The medical information system according to  claim 8 , characterized in that said patient terminal device compares said schedule information with the measured data transferred from said sensors in terms of time to change said schedule.  
     
     
         10 . The medical information system according to  claim 9 , characterized in that if the measured data is transmitted to the patient terminal device ahead of a scheduled time and the difference in time is within an allowable range, said patient terminal device changes the schedule to avoid said action corresponding to the measured data.  
     
     
         11 . The medical information system according to  claim 4 , characterized in that in the case when said patient terminal device does not receive measured data from the sensors within a predetermined time after taking action, it takes action for warning that the patient has forgotten to make measurements.  
     
     
         12 . The medical information system according to  claim 8 , characterized in that in the case when said patient terminal device does not receive measured data from the sensors within a predetermined time after taking action, it takes action for warning that the patient has forgotten to make measurements.  
     
     
         13 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said server possesses threshold values for data that depend on the condition of each patient's health and has a function for transmitting a signal to said administrator terminal device via a network in the case when the measured data transferred from said patient terminal device deviate from said threshold values.  
     
     
         14 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said patient terminal device possesses threshold values for data that depend on the condition of each patient's health and has a function for transmitting a signal to said administrator terminal device via a network in the case when the measured data transferred from said patient terminal device deviate from said threshold values.  
     
     
         15 . The medical information system according to  claim 1 , characterized in that said server stores at least part of software driving said patient terminal device or/and said administrator terminal device and has a function operating when said software is updated, to automatically update said software in said patient terminal device or/and said administrator terminal device.  
     
     
         16 . A medium carrying programs and/or data for allowing a computer to execute all or some of functions of all or some of means or devices of the present invention according to any of  claims 1  to  15 , characterized in that the medium can be processed by the computer.  
     
     
         17 . An information assembly, characterized by comprising programs and/or data for allowing a computer to execute all or some of functions of all or some of means or devices of the present invention according to any of  claims 1  to  15 .