Medical system
A medical system of an aspect example includes a portable data storage, first information processing equipment, and telecommunication equipment. Medical information is stored in the portable data storage. The medical information includes authentication information of a subject who has undergone a medical examination and examination data acquired from the subject by the medical examination. The first information processing equipment is connected to a telecommunication network. The telecommunication equipment is configured to transmit at least part of the medical information stored in the portable data storage that has been moved to an available area of the telecommunication network, to the first information processing equipment via the telecommunication network.
1 . A medical system comprising:
a medical examination apparatus configured to perform an on-site medical examination on each of a plurality of subjects to acquire examination data for individual subjects, the on-site medical examination being conducted in an on-site examination site located in a first region outside of a second region, the first region having a poorer telecommunication network environment than the second region;
a time information generation device including a timer configured to generate time information corresponding to the on-site medical examination for individual subjects in the on-site examination site, the time information including a date of conducting the on-site medical examination;
an authentication information generation device including a computer configured to generate authentication information corresponding to the on-site medical examination for individual subjects in the on-site examination site, the authentication information including biometrics information;
portable data storage including memory configured to store the examination data, the time information, and the authentication information at the on-site examination site;
a management server including a computer and a medical information database to manage examination data, time information, and authentication information; and
a relay equipment including a computer located in the second region, connected to the portable data storage, and configured to read out time information and authentication information of a subject from the portable data storage and transfer the time information and the authentication information read out to the management server, wherein
one or both of the computer of the relay equipment and the computer of the management server is configured to compare the time information and the authentication information of the subject with the medical information database to perform time information matching and authentication information matching,
the time information, the authentication information, and examination data of the subject are erased from the portable data storage based on both the time information matching and the authentication information matching being successful,
the computer of the relay equipment includes a communication controller and a readout controller, the communication controller being configured to automatically establish a telecommunication connection between the portable data storage and the management server through the relay equipment when the portable data storage is moved from the first region to the second region and transitions from a state in which the telecommunication network is unavailable to a state in which the telecommunication network is available, and the readout controller being configured to read out the time information and the authentication information from the portable data storage in response to establishment of the telecommunication connection,
one or both of the computer of the relay equipment and the computer of the management server includes a first comparison processor and a second comparison processor, the first comparison processor being configured to perform the authentication information matching, and the second comparison processor being configured to perform the time information matching,
the computer of the relay equipment includes a transfer controller configured to acquire the examination data from the portable data storage and transmit the acquired examination data to the management server only when at least one of the first comparison processor and the second comparison processor determines that corresponding information is absent in the medical information database, and
erasure of the time information, the authentication information, and the examination data is performed in response to acquisition of the examination data by the transfer controller.
2 . The medical system of claim 1 , wherein if the authentication information matching is not successful, the management server issues an identifier of the subject, creates a storage area in the medical information database corresponding to the identifier issued for the subject, and stores the authentication information and the time information of the subject transmitted from the relay equipment into the storage area,
the portable data storage transmits the examination data of the subject to the relay equipment,
the relay equipment transmits the examination data of the subject transmitted from the portable data storage to the management server, and
the management server stores the examination data of the subject transmitted from the relay equipment into the storage area corresponding to the identifier of the subject.
3 . The medical system of claim 2 , wherein the examination data, the time information, and the authentication information of the subject are erased from the portable data storage after the portable data storage transmits the examination data of the subject to the relay equipment.
4 . The medical system of claim 1 , wherein if the authentication information matching is successful and the time information matching is not successful, the management server stores the time information of the subject transmitted from the relay equipment into a storage area in the medical information database previously created for the subject,
the portable data storage transmits the examination data of the subject to the relay equipment,
the relay equipment transmits the examination data of the subject transmitted from the portable data storage to the management server, and
the management server stores the examination data of the subject transmitted from the relay equipment into the storage area of the subject.
5 . The medical system of claim 4 , wherein the examination data, the time information, and the authentication information of the subject are erased from the portable data storage after the portable data storage transmits the examination data of the subject to the relay equipment.
6 . The medical system of claim 1 , wherein the on-site examination includes treatment for a medical condition of at least one of the plurality of subjects.
7 . The medical system of claim 6 , wherein the medical condition includes a cataract.
8 . The medical system of claim 1 , wherein the medical examination apparatus includes one or more of a slit lamp microscope, a fundus camera, a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO), an ocular refractometer, an ocular keratometer, a tonometer, a specular microscope, a wave front analyzer, an ocular axial length measurement apparatus, a visual field measurement apparatus, and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus.