JP2005026791A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nurse call system to which a radio transmitter having patient information for specifying a patient and having a calling function to call any one of hospital staffs is applied as a device carried by a patient. <P>SOLUTION: At least an identification ID or a patient ID is read from patient information correlated to the database 500 of a nurse call master station 5 and (previously) stored, and the read ID is stored in the terminal databases of terminal devices 6a, 6b and so on carried by nurses. After that, connection is made to the terminal device or a bar code attached on radio call transmitters 1a, 1b and so on carried by patients or the ID same as the identification ID as the own ID or patient ID is read by readers 7a, 7b and so on, 8a, 8b and so on provided to the terminal devices, a comparing means compares the read ID with the identification ID (previously) stored in the terminal database or with the patient ID, and if the IDs match, a display means displays the patient information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and more particularly, to a nurse call system that is easy to use and easy to use for a patient and is highly convenient.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Traditionally, this kind of nurse call system does not require the patient's name to be heard, and the hospital staff does not have to make a verification check on their own, making it easy and reliable to check the injection and the patient. A treatment confirmation system and a portable collation apparatus that can be performed in the past have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
According to the conventional processing confirmation system and portable collation device, the same (identical) patient identification information is displayed in the form of a barcode on the wristband attached to the patient's body and the collation label affixed to the injection. Since the portable collation device is configured to collate patient-specific information read from the wristband and collation label, the hospital staff who asks for the name from the patient and performs treatment (nursing work), for example, In addition to not requiring the judgment of a medical staff such as a doctor or nurse, since there is no verification error due to a malfunction of the apparatus, it is possible to easily perform highly reliable treatment confirmation.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-73821 (paragraph numbers 0010 and 0012)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional processing confirmation system and portable verification device, in order for a patient with a wristband attached to the body to call a hospital staff, for example, a doctor or nurse who is a medical worker, the wristband and Had to carry a radio transmitter having a call function separately, which was not convenient for the patient and complicated.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned difficulties, and as a device carried by a patient, patient information for identifying the patient is attached to a hospital staff, for example, a medical worker such as a doctor or a nurse. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nurse call system that is portable and easy to use and highly convenient for a patient by applying a wireless transmitter having a calling function for calling.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-described object, the nurse call system of the present invention includes a radio call transmitter for a nurse call having a call button for storing a patient's identification ID and carrying the patient to call a nurse, A call transmitter / receiver for a nurse call for wirelessly receiving a call signal transmitted from a wireless call transmitter and transmitting the call signal by wire, and a call signal from the call transmitter / receiver for a nurse call receiving a call signal to a nurse It consists of a nurse call parent device for informing the call from. The nurse call radio call transmitter is assigned the same ID as the identification ID by a bar code or a radio tag.
[0008]
The nurse call system of the present invention also includes a database in which patient information such as an identification ID, a patient name, a rescue category, and sex is stored in association with each other, and a nurse carries at least an identification ID from the patient information in the database. A terminal device for reading and creating and storing a terminal database and a reader for reading a barcode or a wireless tag are provided. The terminal device displays the patient information when the comparison ID for comparing the identification ID read by the reader with the identification ID stored in the terminal database matches the identification ID compared by the comparison unit. Display means.
[0009]
In the nurse call system of the present invention, the reader is connected to the terminal device in a wired or wireless manner, or is provided in the terminal device.
[0010]
In the nurse call system of the present invention, the database is provided in the nurse call parent device.
[0011]
According to such a nurse call system, at least an identification ID is read out from patient information such as an identification ID, a patient name, a rescue category, and a gender that are stored in association with (in advance) the nurse call parent device database. A bar attached to a nurse call wireless call transmitter carried by a patient using a reader connected to the terminal device by wire or wireless after being stored in the terminal database of the terminal device carried by the patient When the ID identical to the identification ID of the self attached to the code or the wireless tag is read, and the read ID and the identification ID stored in the terminal database are compared by the comparison means, if they match, Patient information can be displayed by the display means.
[0012]
In order to achieve the above object, the nurse call system of the present invention includes a nurse call radio call transmitter having a call button for carrying by a patient and calling a nurse, and a nurse call radio call transmitter. Receives the call signal transmitted by radio and transmits the call signal by wire, and receives the call signal from the nurse call call transmitter / receiver and informs the nurse of the call from the patient It consists of a nurse call master unit to do. The nurse call wireless call transmitter is attached with a patient ID set for each patient by a bar code or a wireless tag.
[0013]
The nurse call system of the present invention also includes a database in which patient information such as a patient ID, a patient name, a rescue category, and sex is stored in association with each other, and a nurse carries at least a patient ID from the patient information in the database. A terminal device for reading and creating and storing a terminal database and a reader for reading a barcode or a wireless tag are provided. The terminal device displays patient information when the comparison means for comparing the patient ID read by the reader with the patient ID stored in the terminal database matches the patient ID compared by the comparison means. Display means.
[0014]
In the nurse call system of the present invention, the reader is connected to the terminal device in a wired or wireless manner, or is provided in the terminal device.
[0015]
In the nurse call system of the present invention, the database is provided in the nurse call parent device.
[0016]
According to such a nurse call system, at least a patient ID is read out from patient information such as a patient ID, a patient name, a rescue category, and a gender that are stored in association with the database of the nurse call parent machine, and nurses are read out. After being stored in the terminal database of the terminal device carried by the patient, it is connected to the terminal device by wire or wirelessly, or the barcode attached to the nurse call wireless call transmitter carried by the patient with the reader provided in the terminal device Alternatively, the patient ID attached to the wireless tag is read, and the read patient ID is compared with the patient ID stored in the terminal database by the comparison means. If they match, the patient information is displayed by the display means. Can be displayed.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the nurse call system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]
The nurse call system shown in the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1 is a patient in each bed in a hospital room to which individual room numbers (not detailed) such as “Room 101”, “Room 102”,. Is carried around (including being attached to the patient's body) when moving away from the patient's bed, etc., such as a doctor or nurse who is a health care worker, such as a nurse in the nurse center or a later-described nurse Self-identification ID for calling a normal nurse call to the nurse who is in charge (of charge) among the nurses traveling around the hospital while carrying the wireless slave units 9a, 9b,. Are stored in the hospital room and / or corridor, and the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b, Call signal sent from Call transmission / reception for nurse calls for wirelessly receiving and transmitting the received call signals to the collective corridor lamps 4a, 4b,... Described later via the transceiver lines L1, L1,. Machines 2a, 2b,... Are installed on each bed in the hospital room, and a normal nurse call for a doctor or nurse who is a patient in the hospital bed, an emergency call that requires an emergency, Nurse call handset 3a, 3b,..., 3a, 3b,..., Which inputs and outputs audio for establishing a call by calling different types of calls such as toilet assistance calls, etc. For example, nurse call calling transmitters / receivers 2a, 2b, which are installed in hallways, which are the entrances / exits of each hospital room (near the entrance / exit), and are connected via transmitter / receiver lines L1, L1,. ..Call signal from Or nurse call slave units 3a, 3b,..., 3a, 3b,... Connected via nurse call slave unit lines L2, L2,. ,... Are displayed for different types of calls, and the call signals are individually transmitted to the nurse call controller 12 described later via the corridor lamp line L5 by wire. Collective corridor lamps 4a, 4b,... Having corridor lamp numbers (not described in detail) and nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... .., 3a, 3b,...,. The nurse center that confirmed this A nurse call communication unit 5a for inputting / outputting voice for establishing a call with a patient on a bed to which a nurse in the room is a call source, and a line L3 between parent devices installed in the nurse center The nurse call master unit 5 is configured with the nurse call communication unit 5a connected via the wireless communication device, and the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Or the nurse call slave units 3a, 3b,. 3a, 3b,..., Are displayed in a different pattern for each call type, and are periodically transferred from an in-hospital network or ordering system (not shown), for example, when a patient is hospitalized or a hospital bed The database (hereinafter referred to as the identification ID, the patient ID set for each patient, the patient name, the rescue category, the gender, etc., which are transferred in association with each other and stored. , That the parent device database. ) A nurse call database device 5b provided with 500 and a doctor or nurse who is a medical worker, for example, a nurse who is traveling around a hospital and forms a nurse call master unit 5. PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) for reading out at least an identification ID and / or patient ID from patient information stored in a database 500 provided in the database apparatus 5b for the purpose, and creating and storing a terminal database 603 (to be described later) , Etc.) and the terminal devices 6a, 6b,... Are connected to the terminal devices 6a, 6b,... By wire or wirelessly, or provided in the devices, and the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,. The one-dimensional barcode and two-dimensional barcode (two-dimensional Reader) (hereinafter referred to as a barcode reader) 7a, 7b,... For reading the same ID and / or patient ID as the identification ID given to the barcode 101a (101a ′). , Like the barcode readers 7a, 7b,... Are connected to the terminal devices 6a, 6b,... By wire or wirelessly, or provided in the devices, and the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,. A reader (hereinafter referred to as a wireless tag reader) 8a, 8b for reading the same ID and / or patient ID as an identification ID attached to a wireless tag 101b (101b ′) described later attached to. , And a doctor or nurse who is a medical worker, for example, a nurse who is traveling around the hospital, and the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,. Or nurse call cordless handsets 3a, 3b,... 3a, 3b,... PHS having an individual wireless handset number (not described in detail) that inputs and outputs voice for establishing a call with a patient on the bed that is the call source. Are connected via a base station line L4 to a wireless base station 10 for wirelessly controlling the wireless handset 9a, 9b,... Such as (Personal Handyphone System). The digital exchange 11 for controlling the wireless base station 10 (line control), the corridor lamps 4a, 4b,... Via the corridor lamp line L5, and the nurse call parent via the telephone line L6. It is installed in the nurse center or the common part in the hospital as a repeater for connecting the exchange 11 via the nurse call communication unit 5a and the exchange line L7 to control these connected devices. Nurse call controller 12.
[0020]
Further, in the nurse call system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Have the same configuration, and each enlarged configuration diagram of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, a patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter carries a nurse in the nurse center and / or a wireless slave unit 9a, 9b,. Are stored in advance in the call button 100 operated to make a normal nurse call call to the nurse in charge (of charge) among the nurses who are traveling around, and the nurse call radio call transmitter. A barcode 101a or a wireless tag 101b with the same ID as its own identification ID is provided. Alternatively, as shown in each enlarged configuration diagram of FIGS. 2C and 2D, the above-described call button 100 and the barcode 101a ′ to which the patient ID set for each patient is attached, or the wireless tag 101b ′. And are provided.
[0021]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the terminal devices 6a, 6b,... In the nurse call system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0022]
The terminal devices 6a, 6b,... Shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3 have the same configuration, and a control circuit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 600 for controlling each component / circuit of the terminal device. When the terminal device is connected to the nurse call database device 5b constituting the nurse call parent device 5, a signal / data transmission path is formed between the parent device database 500 and the CPU 600 provided in the nurse call database device. Interface 601 (hereinafter referred to as “base unit side I / F”) and wired or wirelessly connected to the terminal device, or a barcode reader 7a, 7b,. 8b,... And an interface for forming a signal / data transmission path between the CPU 600 (hereinafter referred to as reader-side I / F) 602) and terminal database 603 in which at least the identification ID and / or patient ID is stored among the patient information stored in the parent device database 500 provided in the nurse call database device 5b (in advance). The barcode readers 7a, 7b,... Are compared with the IDs or patient IDs stored in the terminal database 603 and compared with the identification IDs or patient IDs stored in the terminal database 603, and the wireless tag readers 8a, 8b. ,... Or a comparison circuit 604 that serves as a comparison means for comparing the patient ID and the identification ID stored in the terminal database 603 (preliminarily) or the patient ID. When the IDs compared in the above match, the liquid crystal or the like that constitutes display means for displaying the above-mentioned patient information A display unit 605, a display unit driving circuit 606 for driving the display unit 605, and a touch panel 607 having an operation function for arbitrarily selecting and displaying patient information displayed on the display unit 605 are provided. Yes.
[0023]
In the nurse call system configured as described above according to the embodiment of the present invention, a specific operation will be described below.
[0024]
In the nurse call system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the nurse call slaves 3a, 3b,..., 3a, 3b,. Calls the nurse who is in charge of the nurses who are traveling around the hospital while carrying the nurses in the center and / or the wireless handsets 9a, 9b,... The operation for establishing a call by calling a call, an emergency call requiring emergency, a call with different call types such as a toilet assistance call, and the like is the same as the corresponding operation in the conventional example and is a known technique, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
[0025]
In the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, the parent device database 500 provided in the nurse call database device 5 b forming the nurse call parent device 5 is periodically transferred from a hospital network or an ordering system (not shown), for example, The above-mentioned identification ID, patient ID, patient name of each patient on each bed, relief category, gender, and other patient information transferred at the time of hospitalization, bed movement, etc. are associated and stored (in advance).
[0026]
Next, in the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, among the patients carrying the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Shown in the enlarged configuration diagram of FIG. Of a nurse carrying a radio call transmitter 1a for a nurse who is resident in the nurse center and / or a nurse traveling around the hospital while carrying the wireless slave units 9a, 9b,. When the call button 100 is operated to make a normal nurse call call to the nurse in charge (in charge), a wireless call including the self identification ID stored in the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a is wireless. The calling radio signal S1 converted into a signal is transmitted. The call radio signal S1 is a nurse call call transmitter / receiver 2a, 2b,... Installed in an area where the call radio signal can be received wirelessly. Received at. Here, the patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a is in the hospital room of the 101st room or in the hallway near the 101st room, and the call radio signal S1 is sent in the hallway of the 101st room and / or the 101st room. It is assumed that the call is received by the nurse call calling transmitter / receiver 2a attached to the ceiling.
[0027]
The call transmitter / receiver 2a for nurse call converts the call radio signal S1 from the radio call transmitter 1a for nurse call into a call signal S1a for transmitting by wire. This calling signal S1a is transmitted to the collective corridor lamp 4a via the transceiver line L1.
[0028]
The collective corridor lamp 4a detects that there is a normal nurse call call from a patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a based on the call signal S1a from the nurse call call transmitter / receiver 2a. , A call signal (hereinafter referred to as a parent machine call signal) S2a including call data (call information) and a corridor lamp number (not described in detail) of the collective corridor lamp 4a is output to the corridor lamp line L5. In addition, a call notification is performed by turning on / flashing a call indicator lamp (not shown) in a predetermined pattern. This parent machine call signal S2a is sent to the corridor lamp line L5, the nurse call control unit 12, the nurse call communication unit 5a that forms the nurse call parent unit 5 through the call unit line L6, and the collective corridor lamp through the corridor lamp line L5. 4a is transmitted to the other hallway lights 4b except for 4a.
[0029]
In other collective corridor lamps 4b except for the collective corridor lamp 4a,..., Since the master call signal S2a from the collective corridor lamp 4a is not an output signal from the nurse call control unit 12, It is determined that the signal S2a is invalid.
[0030]
The nurse call communication unit 5a constituting the nurse call master unit 5 is a radio call transmitter for nurse calls based on the call data and the corridor lamp number included in the master unit call signal S2a from the collective corridor lamp 4a. It is detected that there is a normal nurse call from the patient carrying 1a together with the location information in the corridor near the 101st room or near the 101st room, and a ringing sound or message to that effect is displayed. In addition to making a call notification, the master unit call signal S2a from the collective corridor lamp 4a is output to the nurse call database device 5b via the master unit line L3.
[0031]
The nurse call database device 5b forming the nurse call master unit 5 is similar to the nurse call call unit 5a, based on the call data and the corridor lamp number included in the master unit call signal S2a from the collective corridor lamp 4a. It is detected that there is a normal nurse call from the patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a together with the position information of the patient who is the caller in the corridor near the 101st room or the 101st room, and The patient name, relief category, gender, and other patient information associated with the identification ID included in the call data is read from the base unit database 500 and displayed together with the position information on a monitor or the like (not provided with a code). In addition to providing notification, the wireless slave devices 9a, 9b,... Carried by the above-mentioned patient information and position information and the nurse in charge (in charge) have Breech equipment number, here, outputs the radio personal station call control signal S3 including a radio personal station number with the radio personal station 9a and to the main unit device between lines L3. This wireless slave device call control signal S3 is transmitted to the nurse call controller 12 via the parent device line L3, the nurse call call unit 5a, and the call unit line L6.
[0032]
The nurse call controller 12 has a predetermined display format (not detailed) of patient information and position information included in the wireless slave device call control signal S3 from the nurse call database device 5b that forms the nurse call master device 5. After the signal / data processing, the wireless slave unit call signal S4 including the patient information and the position information subjected to the signal / data processing and the wireless slave unit number is output to the exchange line L7. This radio handset calling signal S4 is transmitted to the radio base station 10 via the exchange line L7, the exchange 11, and the base station line L4.
[0033]
The radio base station 10 converts the radio slave call signal S4 from the nurse call controller 12 into a radio slave call radio signal S4a for wireless transmission. The wireless slave unit call radio signal S4a is transmitted to the wireless slave units 9a, 9b,.
[0034]
The wireless slave devices 9a, 9b,... Convert (signal / data processing) the wireless slave device call radio signal S4a from the wireless base station 10 into the wireless slave device call signal S4 from the nurse call controller 12. It is determined that the patient information and the position information are valid only when the wireless handset number included in the wireless handset call signal S4 matches the wireless handset number of the terminal itself. Here, the wireless handset number is matched only in the wireless handset 9a, and it is detected that there is a normal nurse call call from a patient carrying the nurse call wireless call transmitter 1a, A message is output, and the patient information and position information that are signal / data processed are displayed in a predetermined display format (not described in detail) to make a call notification.
[0035]
Next, in the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, among the patients carrying the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Shown in the enlarged configuration diagram of FIG. When a surgery is performed on a patient carrying the wireless call transmitter 1a for use, among the nurses traveling around the hospital while carrying the terminal devices 6a, 6b,. In order to confirm patient information (patient identification information) about a patient to be operated by a nurse traveling around the hospital while carrying 6a, first, the parent device side of the terminal device 6a shown in the block diagram of FIG. After the I / F 601 is connected to the nurse call database device 5b constituting the nurse call parent device 5, the above-described identification ID stored (preliminarily) in the parent device database 500 provided in the nurse call database device At least the identification ID is read out of the patient information such as patient ID, patient name, relief category, gender, etc., and the read patient information is transmitted to the terminal database 603 via the master unit I / F 601 and CPU 600 and stored. deep.
[0036]
Thereafter, the nurse traveling around the hospital with the terminal device 6a wired the barcode reader 7a to the reader side I / F 602 of the terminal device 6a shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3 via the reader line L10. The ID that is attached to the barcode 101a attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a carried by the patient who is connected and carried by the surgery, that is, the same ID as the self-identification ID (not described in detail) By reading the ID with the barcode reader 7a, the read ID is transmitted to the comparison circuit 604 via the reader line L10, the reader side I / F 602, and the CPU 600.
[0037]
The comparison circuit 604 of the terminal device 6a uses the ID attached to the barcode 101a attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a and the identification ID constituting the patient information stored in the terminal database 603 (in advance). The patient information associated with the matched ID is read out, and the read out patient information is output to the CPU 600.
[0038]
The CPU 600 of the terminal device 6a controls the display unit driving circuit 606 so that the patient information read from the terminal database 603 is displayed on the display unit 605, and thus is traveling around the hospital while carrying the terminal device 6a. The nurse can easily confirm patient information regarding the patient to be operated on, that is, patient information such as a patient name, a rescue category, and a gender of the patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a.
[0039]
As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a and 1b in which their identification IDs are (preliminarily) stored as nurse call radio call transmitters carried by the patient. ,... Is applied to the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,..., And an expanded configuration diagram of FIG. However, the storage medium is not limited to the barcode 101a, and the wireless call transmitter for nurse calls in which the wireless tag 101b shown in the enlarged configuration diagram of FIG. 1a, 1b,... Are also suitable.
[0040]
When applying the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Shown in the enlarged configuration diagram of FIG. 2B, the terminal device 6a is being carried around in the hospital while carrying the terminal device 6a as in the above-described embodiment. The nurse connects the wireless tag reader 8a by wire to the reader side I / F 602 of the terminal device 6a shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3 via the reader line L10, and the nurse call wireless carried by the patient to be operated on. By reading the ID attached to the wireless tag 101b attached to the call transmitter 1a with the wireless tag reader 8a, the read ID is sent to the comparison circuit 604 via the reader line L10, the reader side I / F 602, and the CPU 600. Is transmitted.
[0041]
The comparison circuit 604 of the terminal device 6a obtains the ID attached to the wireless tag 101b attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a and the identification ID constituting patient information stored in the terminal database 603 (in advance). The patient information associated with the matched ID is read out, and the read out patient information is output to the CPU 600.
[0042]
The CPU 600 of the terminal device 6a controls the display unit driving circuit 606 so that the patient information read from the terminal database 603 is displayed on the display unit 605, and thus is traveling around the hospital while carrying the terminal device 6a. The nurse can easily confirm patient information related to the patient to be operated on, that is, patient information such as the patient name, relief category, and gender of the patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a. Therefore, medical errors can be prevented.
[0043]
Further, as described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the barcode 101a or the wireless tag 101b attached with the same ID as the identification ID is attached as a nurse call wireless call transmitter carried by the patient. The operation was explained by applying the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Shown in the enlarged configuration diagrams of FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). Radio call transmitters 1a, 1b for nurse calls shown in the enlarged configuration diagrams of FIGS. 2 (c) and 2 (d) to which a barcode 101a 'to which a patient ID is attached or a wireless tag 101b' is attached. Is also preferred.
[0044]
When applying the nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Shown in the enlarged configuration diagrams of FIGS. 2 (c) and 2 (d), the hospital while carrying the terminal device 6a as in the above-described embodiment. In order to confirm the patient information about the patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a on which the nurse is traveling, the terminal device 6a shown in the block diagram of FIG. After the parent device side I / F 601 is connected to the nurse call database device 5b forming the nurse call parent device 5, the above-mentioned information stored in advance in the parent device database 500 provided in the nurse call database device 5b. At least patient ID is read out from patient information such as identification ID, patient ID, patient name, rescue category, gender, etc., and the read patient information is sent via the master I / F 601 and CPU 600. Keep is transmitted to end the database 603.
[0045]
Thereafter, the nurse who is traveling around the hospital while carrying the terminal device 6a is connected to the reader side I / F 602 of the terminal device 6a shown in the block diagram of FIG. The tag reader 8a is connected by wire, and the barcode 101a 'attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a carried by the patient to be operated on, or the patient ID attached to the radio tag 101b' is read by the code reader. The patient ID thus read is transmitted to the comparison circuit 604 via the reader line L10, the reader-side I / F 602, and the CPU 600 by being read by 7a or the wireless tag reader 8a.
[0046]
The comparison circuit 604 of the terminal device 6a is (preliminarily) stored in the terminal database 603 and the patient ID attached to the barcode 101a ′ or the wireless tag 101b ′ attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a. The patient ID that forms the patient information is compared, the patient information associated with the matched patient ID is read, and the read patient information is output to the CPU 600.
[0047]
The CPU 600 of the terminal device 6a controls the display unit driving circuit 606 so that the patient information read from the terminal database 603 is displayed on the display unit 605, and thus is traveling around the hospital while carrying the terminal device 6a. The nurse can easily confirm patient information related to the patient to be operated on, that is, patient information such as the patient name, relief category, and gender of the patient carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter 1a. Therefore, medical errors can be prevented.
[0048]
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, the same ID as the identification ID attached to the barcodes 101a and 101a ′, or the patient ID and the wireless tags 101b and 101b ′. Bar code readers 7a, 7b,... Or radio tag readers 8a, 8b,... Serving as a storage medium for reading the same ID as the identification ID or patient ID. Although the signal / data transmission path is formed by connecting to the reader side I / F 602 of the devices 6a, 6b,..., The connection means is not limited to the wire, and the barcode readers 7a, 7b,. , Or the wireless tag readers 8a, 8b,... And the reader side I / F 602 of the terminal devices 6a, 6b,. Can also be provided over da terminals 6a, 6b, to ..., in particular, the wiring of the reader line L10 is not only attained is Government Railway Line of unnecessary, it is possible to prevent disconnection.
[0049]
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, a database for storing patient information such as an identification ID, a patient ID, a patient name, a rescue category, and a gender is associated with the parent device database. 500 is provided in the nurse call database device 5b that forms the nurse call master device 5, but the device provided with the database is not limited to the nurse call database device 5b, and is provided as a separate database device or a nurse call controller. 12 can also be stored.
[0050]
Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in each enlarged configuration diagram of FIGS. 2A to 2D, a call function provided with a call button 100 as a nurse call radio call transmitter carried by a patient. The nurse call radio call transmitters 1a, 1b,... Having the above are applied. However, not only this call function but also a nurse call radio call transmitter having a call function including a microphone and a speaker is suitable. It is possible to establish a call with the nurse carrying the nurse call radio call transmitter and answering the call as a call destination.
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, the identification ID, patient ID, patient name, relief category, gender, etc. stored (pre-) associated with the database of the nurse call parent device. At least the identification ID from the patient information or the patient ID is read out and stored in the terminal database of the terminal device carried by the nurse, and then connected to the terminal device by wire or wirelessly, or by a reader provided in the terminal device, A barcode attached to a nurse call radio call transmitter carried by a patient and having a calling function, or the same ID as the identification ID of a self attached to a wireless tag, or a patient ID is read, and the read ID or Compare the patient ID and the identification ID stored in the terminal database (preliminarily) in a comparison circuit that forms a comparison means, If match, it can be displayed patient information on a display unit constituting the display means. This makes it easy for a nurse carrying the terminal device, for example, a nurse traveling around in a hospital, to check patient information related to a patient to be operated on and prevent medical errors. On the other hand, for a patient, carrying only a nurse call radio call transmitter is excellent in portability and convenience and convenience.
[0052]
Further, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, even when the nurse call radio call transmitter is damaged by being dropped by a patient or the like, a bar code attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter or a radio A nurse call that is damaged by connecting the ID that is the same as its own identification ID to the tag or a patient ID to the terminal device by wire or wirelessly, or by reading with a reader (barcode reader, wireless tag reader) provided in the device Wireless call transmitters can be easily confirmed.
[0053]
Furthermore, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, the same ID as the identification ID or the patient ID is attached to the bar code or radio tag attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter, and the terminal device By using the patient information stored in the terminal database in advance, it is possible to simplify the circuit configuration of the terminal device without creating a new database for barcodes or wireless tags.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 (a) to 2 (d) are enlarged configuration diagrams showing an example of a form of a radio call transmitter for a nurse call in a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of the terminal device in the nurse call system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1a, 1b, ... Nurse call radio call transmitter
100 ... Call button
101a, 101a '... Barcode
101b, 101b ′... Wireless tag
2a, 2b, ... Call transmitter / receiver for nurse calls
5 ... Nurse Call Master
500 …… Base database (database)
6a, 6b, ... Terminal device
603 ... Terminal database
604... Comparison circuit (comparison means)
605 ... Display section (display means)
7a, 7b, ... Bar code reader (reader)
8a, 8b, ..... RFID tag reader (reader)

Claims (6)

A nurse call radio call transmitter (1a, 1b,...) Having a call ID (100) for storing the identification ID of the patient and carrying the patient to call the nurse, and the nurse call radio call transmission A call transmitter / receiver for nurse call (2a, 2b,...) For wirelessly receiving a call signal transmitted from a machine and transmitting the call signal by wire, and the call call transmitter / receiver for the nurse call. A nurse call master (5) for receiving a call signal and notifying the nurse of a call from the patient;
The nurse call system characterized in that the same ID as the identification ID is attached to the nurse call radio call transmitter by a barcode (101a) or a wireless tag (101b). A nurse call radio call transmitter (1a, 1b,...) Having a call button (100) for carrying by a patient and calling a nurse, and a call signal transmitted from the nurse call radio call transmitter For wirelessly receiving the call signal and transmitting the call signal by wire (2a, 2b,...), And receiving the call signal from the nurse call call transmitter / receiver to receive the nursing A nurse call master (5) for informing the nurse of the call from the patient,
The nurse call system, wherein the nurse call wireless call transmitter is attached with a patient ID set for each patient by a barcode (101a ') or a wireless tag (101b'). A database (500) in which patient information such as the identification ID, patient name, relief category, gender and the like is stored in association with each other and a terminal carried by the nurse and reading at least the identification ID from the patient information in the database A terminal device (6a, 6b,...) For creating and storing a database (603) and a reader (7a, 7b,..., 8a, 8b,... For reading the barcode or the wireless tag.・ ・)
In the terminal device, the comparison ID (604) for comparing the identification ID read by the reader with the identification ID stored in the terminal database matches the identification ID compared by the comparison means. The nurse call system according to claim 1, further comprising display means (605) for displaying the patient information. A database (500) in which patient information such as the patient ID, patient name, relief category, gender and the like is stored in association with each other, and a terminal carried by the nurse and reading at least the patient ID from the patient information in the database A terminal device (6a, 6b,...) For creating and storing a database (603) and a reader (7a, 7b,..., 8a, 8b,... For reading the barcode or the wireless tag.・ ・)
In the terminal device, the comparison means (604) for comparing the patient ID read by the reader and the patient ID stored in the terminal database matches the patient ID compared by the comparison means. The nurse call system according to claim 2, further comprising display means (605) for displaying the patient information. The nurse call system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the reader is connected to the terminal device by wire or wirelessly, or is provided in the terminal device. The nurse call system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the database is provided in the nurse call parent device.

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