摘要 |
PURPOSE:To attain the fast retrieval of the past picture data on a patient of the second visit to a hospital by transferring previously the picture data to a fast file like a magnetic disk, etc., from a slow file like an optical disk, etc., based on the information on reception of the second visit. CONSTITUTION:A reception window 1 of a hospital is provided with a card reader 11 for ID card of the patients of the second visit and a second visit reception machine 12 which sends the read ID card to a medical picture control system 31. A consultation room 2 contains a picture display 21 and a semiconductor local memory 22 which is set as necessary. A computer room 3 contains the system 31 that controls an optical disk device 32 serving as a slow file for long-period preservation and a magnetic disk device 33 serving as a fast file for short-period preservation. At the time of the second visit is accepted, it is checked based on the ID card of the corresponding patient whether the past picture data are collected or not. If the past data are collected, it is checked again to decide whether said past picture data are stored in a slow file or a fast file. If said picture data are stored in then slow file, they are transferred to the fast file. |