On-board apparatus, first information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

A first information processing apparatus to be installed in a medical facility, the first information processing apparatus comprising:

• a sensor;
• a communication interface configured to:
• send recruiting conditions including a clinical department and a medical service request time, to a second information processing apparatus, the clinical department being related to a remote medical examination requested to be performed at the medical service request time;
• and
• in response to the sent recruiting conditions, receive undertaking conditions including a clinical department, a medical service available time, and a pickup location that are related to a physician who does not belong to the medical facility, from the second information processing apparatus, the clinical department of the received undertaking conditions being identical to the clinical department of the sent recruiting conditions and the medical service available time involving the medical service request time;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• decide whether to appoint the physician depending on whether the pickup location included in the received undertaking conditions is apart from a location of the medical facility by a distance equal to or greater than a threshold;
• and
• upon deciding to appoint the physician, determine the pickup location included in the undertaking conditions to be a stopover point, wherein
• the communication interface is configured to:
• notify the second information processing apparatus of whether the physician is decided to be appointed by the controller;
• send a designated time, the stopover point, and a destination, to an on-board apparatus provided in a vehicle, thereby causing the on-board apparatus to control the vehicle to reach the stopover point by the designated time and pick up the physician, and then to travel to the destination;
• and
• after the vehicle reaches the stopover point and picks up the physician, receive position information indicating a position on a living body targeted for the remote medical examination, from the on-board apparatus, the position being designated by the physician on board the vehicle,
• the sensor is configured to detect, at the position indicated by the position information received by the communication interface, a sound of the living body and/or a subject image of the living body, and
• the communication interface is configured to send the sound and/or the subject image detected by the sensor, to the on-board apparatus.