Health service support system

Abstract

A method for deciding items and parameters for selection of health guidance receivers, and a method for readjusting the method. To that end, there is provided a health service support system including a routine for computing a health guidance effect on a time-series basis by the category obtained by combining the items and dividing value candidate with the items and dividing value candidate on the basis of the health checkup data units, the health guidance data units, and the medical fee receipt data units, a routine for computing a feature quantity, in the form of an approximate straight line, from the time-series health guidance effect, a routine for selecting at least one item and parameter from the items and dividing value candidates, on the basis of the feature quantity, and a routine for creating a health guidance model associated with the order of priority in health guidance, using the items and parameters, as selected.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a health service support system according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of health checkup data units managed by a health checkup data management routine;

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of health guidance data units on actual results of health guidance provided, managed by a health guidance data management routine;

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of medical fee receipt data units managed by a medical fee receipt data management routine;

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of data units on health guidance models, managed by a health guidance model management routine;

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of personal data units on the insured as individuals, managed by a personal data management routine;

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of company data units, managed by a group information management routine;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for the health service support system according to the invention, in its entirety;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a detailed processing procedure for the step of creating a health guidance model;

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of a processing procedure in a health guidance receiver selection step 802 in FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of a relationship among respective data units when a health guidance plan is formulated;

FIG. 12 is a view showing an example of a relationship among the respective data units when health guidance is executed based on the health guidance plan;

FIG. 13 is a view showing an example of a relationship among the respective data units when the health guidance plan is readjusted;

FIG. 14 is a view showing an example of a screen to enable a user to select and set checkup items and threshold parameters for assessment of health guidance effects;

FIG. 15 is a view showing an example of an items and parameters selection screen to enable the user to select items and parameters for selection of persons who should receive health guidance;

FIG. 16 is a view showing an example of a screen for use in selecting the health guidance receivers;

FIG. 17 is a sequence diagram showing data exchange between a health service support terminal and a database;

FIG. 18 is a view showing an example of an items and parameters selection screen displaying time series health guidance effect, and the number of persons, on the category-by-category basis;

FIG. 19 is a view showing an example of a detailed flow chart of a step for computing the time series health guidance effect, in FIG. 9;

FIG. 20 is a view showing an example of a screen used in the case of making assessment of the health guidance plan;

FIG. 21 is a view showing an example of a screen used in the case of formulating a new health guidance plan; and

FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing an example of a processing procedure in the case of making readjustment of the health guidance plan.

Claims

1. A health service support system comprising: a database including: a health checkup data management routine for storing health checkup data units of persons;a health guidance data management routine for storing health guidance data units of the persons; anda medical fee receipt data management routine for storing medical fee receipt data units including data units on medical care costs of the respective persons;a routine for setting not less than two items and dividing value candidates combining health checkup data items for creation of a health guidance model with at least not less than two items and parameters having parameters for layering of the health checkup data items;a data interface for getting the health checkup data units of the persons, the health guidance data units of the persons, and the medical fee receipt data units, corresponding the items and dividing value candidates, respectively, from the health checkup data management routine, the health guidance data management routine, and the medical fee receipt data management routine, respectively;a routine for computing a health guidance effect on a time-series basis by the category obtained by combining the items and dividing value candidate with the items and dividing value candidate on the basis of the health checkup data units of the persons, the health guidance data units of the persons, and the medical fee receipt data units;a routine for computing a feature quantity, in the form of an approximate straight line, from the time-series health guidance effect;a routine for selecting at least one item and parameter from the items and dividing value candidates, on the basis of the feature quantity; anda routine for creating a health guidance model associated with the order of priority in health guidance, using the items and parameters, as selected.

2. A health service support system according to claim 1, wherein the health guidance effect represents a medical care cost cutback effect per person in the case of guiding persons belonging to a category obtained by combining the items and dividing value candidates with each other, and the medical care cost cutback effect corresponds to an amount obtained when the persons belonging to the category obtained by combining the items and dividing value candidates with each other are divided into those having received guidance and those having received no guidance, and a medical care cost per person for those having received guidance is subtracted from a medical care cost per person for those having received no guidance.

3. A health service support system according to claim 1, further comprising a routine for displaying the health guidance effect and the feature quantity, wherein the routine for selecting the at least one item and parameter from the items and dividing value candidates, on the basis of the feature quantity, selects the at least one item and parameter against the health guidance effect and the feature quantity, as displayed.

4. A health service support system according to claim 1, wherein the routine for selecting the at least one item and parameter selects an item and parameter where a widening gap between the approximate straight lines corresponding the effect to the category having the maximum effect, and the effect of the category having the minimum effect, respectively, among the feature quantity for the at least one item and parameter, is the largest against a plurality of categories obtained by combining the items and dividing value candidates with each other.

5. A health service support system according to claim 3, wherein if a health guidance model previously created exists, the routine for setting the items and dividing value candidates adopts items and parameters used by the health guidance model previously created as one of the items and dividing value candidates, and the routine for displaying the health guidance effect and the feature quantity compares an health guidance effect in the case of using the items and parameters previously selected with an health guidance effect in the case of using the items and dividing value candidate newly adopted before displaying.

6. A health service support system according to claim 1, wherein the routine for computing the health guidance effect on the time-series basis make use of the health checkup data and the health guidance data during a time period “a”, and medical fee receipt data with the elapse of a time period “b” from the time period “a”, and computes a difference in the medical care cost between the time period “a” and a time period “c” due to existence or nonexistence of the guidance executed during the time period “a” as the guidance effect by the category obtained by combining items and parameters, associated with the health checkup data during the time period “a”, a change of the guidance effect, on the time-series basis, being found by repeating computation by shifting the time period “a” and the time period “c” by the time period “a” every time the computation is made.

7. A health service support system according to claim 1, further comprising an assessment and readjustment routine for computing an actual medical care cost on the basis of the health checkup data, the health guidance data, the medical fee receipt data, and the health guidance model, a forecast medical care cost on the basis of the health checkup data for a time period when the guidance is executed, and the health guidance model, and a planned medical care cost on the basis of the health checkup data when the health guidance model is created, and the health guidance model to be thereby compared with each other before displaying.

8. A health service support system according to claim 7, wherein the routine for creating the health guidance model creates a plurality of health guidance models, and the assessment and readjustment routine computes the planned medical care costs from the plurality of the health guidance models, respectively, so as to be displayed together with the actual medical care cost, and the forecast medical care cost.