1. An information recordingreproducing apparatus for recording information on a recording medium and for reproducing recorded information from the recording medium in accordance with a reproducing procedure designated by a user, comprising:
a detecting unit for detecting an unnecessary area on the recording medium where an unnecessary portion of the recorded information which is not to be reproduced according to the reproducing procedure;
an erasing unit for erasing the unnecessary area; and
a control unit for controlling the detecting unit and the erasing unit to operate when an instruction to eject the recording medium from the apparatus is inputted by the user.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detecting unit comprises:
a first unit for detecting a necessary area where a necessary portion of the recorded information which is to be reproduced by the reproducing procedure is recorded for all of the reproducing procedure; and
a second unit for determining an area other than the necessary area detected by the first unit as the unnecessary area.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit for controlling the detecting unit and the erasing unit to operate when the user finishes editing the reproducing procedure.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit for controlling the detecting unit and the erasing unit to operate when an instruction to erase the unnecessary portion is inputted by the user.
5. A computer readable information recording medium storing a control program readable by a computer apparatus and making the computer apparatus to function as an information recordingreproducing apparatus for recording information on a recording medium and for reproducing recorded information from the recording medium in accordance with a reproducing procedure designated by a user, comprising:
a detecting unit for detecting an unnecessary area on the recording medium where an unnecessary portion of the recorded information which is not to be reproduced according to the reproducing procedure is recorded;
an erasing unit for erasing the unnecessary area; and
wherein the information recordingreproducing apparatus further comprises, a control unit for controlling the detecting unit and the erasing unit to operate when an instruction to eject the recording medium from the apparatus is inputted by the user.
6. The recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the detecting unit comprises:
a first unit for detecting a necessary area where a necessary portion of the recorded information which is to be reproduced by the reproducing procedure is recorded, for all of the reproducing procedure; and
a second unit for determining the area other than the necessary area detected by the first unit as the unnecessary area.
7. The recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the information recordingreproducing apparatus further comprises, a control unit for controlling the detecting unit and the erasing unit to operate when the user finishes editing the reproducing procedure.
8. The recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the information recordingreproducing apparatus further comprises, a control unit for controlling the detecting unit and the erasing unit to operate when an instruction to erase the unnecessary portion is inputted by the user.
9. An information recordingreproducing apparatus for recording information on a recording medium and for reproducing recorded information from the recording medium in accordance with a reproducing procedure designated by a user, comprising:
a detecting unit for detecting an unnecessary area on the recording medium where an unnecessary portion of the recorded information which is not to be reproduced according to the reproducing procedure; and
an erasing unit for erasing the unnecessary area;
wherein the detecting unit comprises:
a first unit for detecting a necessary area where a necessary portion of the recorded information which is to be reproduced by the reproducing procedure is recorded for all of the reproducing procedure; and
a second unit for determining an area other than the necessary area detected by the first unit as the unnecessary area;
wherein the erasing unit leaves the positions of the necessary area and a second non-contiguous necessary area on the recording medium unchanged.
10. A computer readable information recording medium storing a control program readable by a computer apparatus and making the computer apparatus to function as an information recordingreproducing apparatus for recording information on a recording medium and for reproducing recorded information from the recording medium in accordance with a reproducing procedure designated by a user, comprising:
a detecting unit for detecting an unnecessary area on the recording medium where an unnecessary portion of the recorded information which is not to be reproduced according to the reproducing procedure is recorded; and
an erasing unit for erasing the unnecessary area;
wherein the detecting unit comprises:
a first unit for detecting a necessary area where a necessary portion of the recorded information which is to be reproduced by the reproducing procedure is recorded, for all of the reproducing procedure; and
a second unit for determining the area other than the necessary area detected by the first unit as the unnecessary area;
wherein the erasing unit leaves positions of the necessary area and a second non-contiguous necessary area on the recording medium unchanged.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A medical information provision method to be used in a system formed by connecting a plurality of terminals provided in a medical institution and a plurality of servers provided in a data center via a network, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) collecting at least information on a patient and information on an examination in a client terminal provided in said medical institution from another terminal provided in said medical institution;
(b) transmitting, as examination result data, data obtained by an examination intended for diagnosis in said medical institution and information collected at step (a) from said client terminal to a first server provided in said data center;
(c) storing the examination result data received by said first server in a first recording medium;
(d) extracting predetermined kind of information from the examination result data stored in said first recording medium and storing the extracted information in a second recording medium under control of a second server provided in said data center;
(e) transmitting an information request signal for requesting provision of desired medical information from said client terminal to said second server;
(f) retrieving related information from the information stored in said second recording medium based on the information request signal received by said second server;
(g) performing statistical processing on the information retrieved at step (f); and
(h) generating medical information based on the information statistically processed at step (g) and providing the medical information from said second server directly or indirectly to said client terminal.
2. The medical information provision method according to claim 1, wherein step (a) includes collecting patient attribute information, examination attribute information, medical service information and accounting information in the client terminal provided in said medical institution from the other terminal provided in said medical institution.
3. The medical information provision method according to claim 1, wherein step (f) includes retrieving related information from the information stored in said second recording medium and a third recording medium for storing information on medical institutions as customers based on the information request signal received by said second server.
4. The medical information provision method according to claim 1, wherein step (h) includes generating medical information based on the information statistically processed at step (g), transmitting the medical information from said second server to a third server provided in said data center, processing the received medical information in said third server, and providing the processed medical information from said third server to said client terminal.
5. A client terminal provided in a medical institution and to be connected to a plurality of servers provided in a data center via a network, said client terminal comprising:
information collecting means for collecting at least information on a patient and information on an examination from another terminal provided in said medical institution;
transmission control means for transmitting, as examination result data, data obtained by an examination intended for diagnosis in said medical institution and information collected by said information collecting means to a first server provided in said data center;
information requesting means for transmitting an information request signal for requesting provision of desired medical information to a second server provided in said data center according to operation by an operator; and
display means for displaying medical information generated based on the examination result data by said second server which responds to the information request signal.
6. The client terminal according to claim 5, wherein said information collecting means collects patient attribute information, examination attribute information medical service information and accounting information from the other terminal provided in said medical institution.
7. A statistical processing server provided in a data center with a database server and to be connected to a client terminal provided in a medical institution via a network, said statistical processing server comprising:
information extracting means for extracting predetermined kind of information from examination result data stored in a first recording medium by said data base server, which receives, as examination result data, data obtained by an examination intended for diagnosis in said medical institution and at least information on a patient and information on an examination, and storing the extracted information in a second recording medium;
retrieval control means for retrieving related information from the information stored in said second recording medium based on an information request signal for requesting provision of desired medical information transmitted from said client terminal;
statistical processing means for performing statistical processing on the information retrieved by said retrieval control means; and
transmission control means for generating medical information based on the information statistically processed by said statistical processing means and providing the medical information directly or indirectly to said client terminal.
8. The statistical processing server according to claim 7, wherein said retrieval control means retrieves related information from the information stored in said second recording medium and a third recording medium for storing information on medical institutions as customers based on the information request signal transmitted from said client terminal.
9. The statistical processing server according to claim 7, wherein said transmission control means generates medical information based on the information statistically processed by said statistical processing means and transmits the medical information to a third server provided in said data center such that said third server can process the received medical information and provide the processed medical information to said client terminal.