At-home medical examination system and at-home medical examination method

Abstract

It is possible to provide an at-home medical examination service having an environment in which a patient can feel as if the patient were actually in a hospital. That is, it is possible to cope with a sudden change of the patient or the like even if a patient terminal is not connected to a doctor terminal and the patient's sense of anxiety and loneliness for the sickness can be eliminated without increasing the load on the doctor. An at-home medical examination system includes a reception server , a communication server , a mail server, an administration management server, doctor terminals , a nurse terminal , a waiting room terminal , a reception terminal , and a pharmacy terminal. The at-home medical examination system is connected via a communication line to patient terminals and provides the at-home medical examination service via a video telephone. The communication server has a connection destination table and provides a virtual examination room, a virtual waiting room, a virtual nurse care room, a virtual individual conversation room, and the like according to the purpose. The patient terminal has a nurse call button and a medical examination sensor so that a nurse terminal is called upon a sudden change of the patient state and the patient vital can be monitored.That is, it is possible to cope with a sudden change of the patient or the like even if a patient terminal is not connected to a doctor terminal and the patient's sense of anxiety and loneliness for the sickness can be eliminated without increasing the load on the doctor.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a home diagnosis system in which a patient can receive a doctor's diagnosis at home by using a video phone. Background technique [0002] In recent years, through the development of communication technology, people in remote places can use videophones to have conversations on a practical level. Even in the medical field, at-home diagnosis systems have begun to be practical, that is, patients communicate with distant places through videophones. By connecting to a doctor's terminal, it is possible to receive medical examination services at home. [0003] In the past, as such an at-home medical examination system, as disclosed in JP-A-11-89802, for example, a doctor terminal and a patient terminal can be connected to each other through a digital communication line network, and a videophone can be used between the doctor terminal and the patient terminal. Dialogue, so that patients can receive a doctor's consultation at home. In ...

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[0006] However, in such a conventional at-home medical examination system, the patient terminal is disconnected from the doctor's terminal except when receiving a doctor's examination, and the patient must remain in a standby state until there is an access for medical examination from the doctor's terminal. Unable to cope even if the patient's condition changes suddenly

[0007] In addition, if you actually go to the hospital, you can chat and exchange information with the patients in the waiting room, or consult with the nurse, thereby eliminating anxiety or loneliness about the disease. Apart from conversations, you cannot exchange information with fellow patients or consult with nurses, and you must live with anxiety or loneliness about the disease

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