Medical or health information search support apparatus and medical or health information search support system

A medical or health information search support apparatus comprising:

• an input unit to which a prescription-treatment for a patient being a search keyword for searching for medical or health information of search target is inputted;
• a disease name acquisition unit configured to analyze an administration information database in which administration information on the prescription-treatment and a disease name are stored in association with each other, and acquire the disease name provided with the prescription-treatment;
• a medical or health information search unit configured to search for medical or health information stored in a medical or health information database on the basis of the disease name acquired by the disease name acquisition unit;
• and
• a display unit configured to display the medical or health information searched out.

A medical or health information search support system comprising:

• an administration information database in which administration information on a prescription-treatment for a patient and a disease name are stored in association with each other;
• a medical or health information database in which medical or health information on the patient is stored;
• and
• a medical or health information search support apparatus including:
• an input unit to which a search keyword for searching for medical or health information of search target is inputted,
• a related disease name acquisition unit configured to analyze the administration information database, and thereby to acquire a related disease name related to the disease name,
• a medical or health information search unit configured to search for medical or health information stored in the medical or health information database on the basis of the search keyword and the related disease name, and
• a display unit configured to display the medial or health information thus searched out.

A medical or health information search support system, comprising:

• an information terminal used by a person who refers to medical or health information, and at least including an input unit and a display unit;
• an administration information database in which administration information on a prescription-treatment for a patient and a disease name are stored in association with each other;
• a medical or health information database in which medical or health information on the patient is stored;
• and
• a search server including:
• a reception unit configured to receive a search request for medical or health information of search target from the information terminal,
• a related disease name acquisition unit configured to analyze the administration information database, and thereby to acquire a related disease name related to the disease name,
• a medical or health information search unit configured to search for medical or health information stored in the medical or health information database on the basis of the search keyword and the related disease name, and
• a transmission unit configured to transmit the searched-out medial or health information to the information terminal.