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Wide area medical information system and method using thereof

US5911687A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1996
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H70/60
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is a wide area medical information system and a method using thereof comprising a wide area network, a plurality of doctor terminals and patient terminals connected to the wide area network, and a management server including at least an electronic case record file storing clinic information for patient's and a doctor database storing data of a plurality of doctors, wherein the system searches the doctor database on the basis of patient information including the condition of the disease of a certain patient input from the patient terminal, selects the corresponding doctor, requests that the selected doctor take charge of examination and treatment for the aforementioned certain patient, registers the correspondence between the approved doctor and the aforementioned certain patient in the electronic case record file, gives the right to access the clinic information of the patient to the approved doctor, and executes the online examination and treatment via the doctor terminal and patient terminal, so that a patient existing in a wide area can receive remote examination and treatment services of high satisfaction and medical treatment related services other than e…

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