PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution apparatus that can distribute a free action start time such as a leaving time when a patient leaves a treatment facility or a stopover time when the patient arrives at a stopover destination after leaving the treatment facility to a business operator or a person participating in free action.SOLUTION: An information distribution apparatus 20A includes: a finish time acquisition unit for acquiring a treatment finish time T1 when the blood purification treatment received by a patient in a treatment facility is finished； a calculation unit for calculating a leaving time when the patient leaves the treatment facility or a stopover time when the patient arrives at the stopover destination after leaving the treatment facility, based on the treatment finish time T1 acquired by the finish time acquisition unit and the patient information being the information specific to the patient； and a distribution unit for distributing notification information INF containing the leaving time or the stopover time to the designated distributing destination 30, 30A, before the leaving time or the stopover time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT【課題】治療施設を患者が退出する退出時刻、又は治療施設を退出した後の立ち寄り先に患者が到着する立寄時刻などの自由行動開始時刻を、自由行動に関与する事業者又は人物に配信できる情報配信装置を提供する。【解決手段】治療施設で患者が受ける血液浄化治療が終了する治療終了時刻Ｔ１を取得する終了時刻取得部と、終了時刻取得部が取得した治療終了時刻Ｔ１と、患者に固有の情報である患者情報とに基づいて、治療施設を患者が退出する退出時刻、又は治療施設を退出した後の立ち寄り先に患者が到着する立寄時刻を演算する演算部と、指定された配信先３０，３０Ａに対して、退出時刻又は立寄時刻よりも前に、退出時刻又は立寄時刻を含む通知情報ＩＮＦを配信する配信部と、を備える情報配信装置２０Ａである。【選択図】図３
