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US 12,725,698 · App. 18/728,560 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium

Inventors: Yuan Luo (Tokyo, JP); Kosuke Nishihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G16H40/20G16H10/60
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Patent No.
US 12,725,698
App. No.
18/728,560
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an information processing device, a sickbed information acquisition means acquires sickbed information concerning use states of sickbeds in each hospital. A patient information acquisition means acquires patient information concerning patients of hospitals. A facility information acquisition means acquires facility information concerning use states of facilities of each hospital. A shift information acquisition means acquires shift information concerning a work shift of medical professionals working at the hospitals. A sickbed availability prediction means predicts availability states of the sickbeds based on the sickbed information and the patient information. An unacceptable patient prediction means predicts unacceptable patients whom each hospital cannot accept, based on the patient information, the facility information, and the shift information. An acceptable patient information generation means generates acceptable patient information concerning acceptable patients whom the hospitals can accept, based on the availability states of the sickbeds and the unacceptable patients which are predicted.

Claims (50)

1 . An information processing device which is communicatively connected to a hospital management system which manages information concerning hospitals, the information processing device comprising:

at least one memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:

acquire sickbed information concerning use states of sickbeds in each of the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

acquire patient information concerning patients of the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

acquire facility information concerning use states of facilities of each of the hospital, from the hospital management system;

acquire shift information concerning a work shift of medical professionals working at the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

predict discharge dates respective to the patients based on the acquired patient information;

predict availability states of the sickbeds within a certain period of time, based on the predicted discharge dates and the facility information;

predict the use states of the facilities within the certain period of time based on the acquired patient information and the acquired facility information,

predict unacceptable patients whom each of the hospitals cannot accept, based on the use states of the facilities and the shift information within the certain period of time;

generate acceptable patient information concerning acceptable newly admitted or transferred patients whom each of the hospitals can accept, based on the availability states of the sickbeds and the unacceptable patients which are predicted;

acquire discharge dates respective to the patients and the use states of the facilities as results, from the hospital management system; and

correct the acceptable patient information based on the results in a case where the predicted discharge dates and the predicted use states of the facilities are different from the results.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further configured to:

predict the availability states of the sickbeds based on the sickbed information and the discharge dates which are predicted.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the patient information includes information concerning at least one of a disease name and a severity of each of the patients;

the facility information includes information concerning at least of the disease name and the severity to use each facility;

the shift information includes information of the severity which the medical professionals can handle; and

the at least one processor predicts the unacceptable patients each for whom a facility necessary for each examination or a corresponding treatment is not available, based on the use states of the facilities.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate and output an acceptance state screen which displays a date or a date and time when each hospital can accept the patients, the number of the patients who can be accepted, and information of the patients who cannot be accepted and matches each patient and respective hospitals, based on the acceptable patient information.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the acceptance state screen displays information of unavailable facilities or a severity which cannot be handled, as information concerning the unacceptable patients.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

predict the discharge dates respective to the patients using a discharge date prediction model which is trained by machine learning in advance,

predict the use states of the facilities within the certain period of time based on the acquired patient information and the acquired facility information by using a facility use prediction model, and

generate additional learning data in which the discharge dates respective to the patients based on the results are considered as correct answers, and additional learning data in which the use states of the facilities based on the results are considered as correct answers, and to update the discharge date prediction model and the facility use prediction model respectively.

7 . An information processing method comprising:

acquiring sickbed information concerning use states of sickbeds in each of hospitals, from a hospital management system which manages information concerning the hospitals;

acquiring patient information concerning patients of the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

acquiring facility information concerning use states of facilities of each of the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

acquiring shift information concerning a work shift of medical professionals working at the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

predicting discharge dates respective to the patients based on the acquired patient information;

predicting availability states of the sickbeds within a certain period of time, based on the predicted discharge dates and the facility information;

predicting the use states of the facilities within the certain period of time based on the acquired patient information and the acquired facility information,

predicting unacceptable patients whom each of the hospitals cannot accept, based on the use states of the facilities and the shift information within the certain period of time;

generating acceptable patient information concerning acceptable newly admitted or transferred patients whom the hospitals can accept, based on the availability states of the sickbeds and the unacceptable patients which are predicted;

acquiring discharge dates respective to the patients and the use states of the facilities as results, from the hospital management system; and

correcting the acceptable patient information based on the results in a case where the predicted discharge dates and the predicted use states of the facilities are different from the results.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to perform a process comprising:

acquiring sickbed information concerning use states of sickbeds in each of hospitals, from a hospital management system which manages information concerning the hospitals;

acquiring patient information concerning patients of the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

acquiring facility information concerning use states of facilities of each of the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

acquiring shift information concerning a work shift of medical professionals working at the hospitals, from the hospital management system;

predicting discharge dates respective to the patients based on the acquired patient information;

predicting availability states of the sickbeds within a certain period of time, based on the predicted discharge dates and the facility information;

predicting the use states of the facilities within the certain period of time based on the acquired patient information and the acquired facility information, predicting unacceptable patients whom each of the hospitals cannot accept, based on the use states of the facilities and the shift information within the certain period of time;

generating acceptable patient information concerning acceptable newly admitted or transferred patients whom the hospitals can accept, based on the availability states of the sickbeds and the unacceptable patients which are predicted;

acquiring discharge dates respective to the patients and the use states of the facilities as results, from the hospital management system; and

correcting the acceptable patient information based on the results in a case where the predicted discharge dates and the predicted use states of the facilities are different from the results.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2024
From: LUO, YUAN; NISHIHARA, KOSUKE
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067973/0645 →
Continuity (1)
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