JP2002132929A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability and convenience, when a patient of sickbed makes a call, corresponding to an object in using a nurse call and also allow a sick nurse, etc., to quickly and appropriately cope with the call, by improving the convenience of the sick nurse, etc., who confirms the calling. SOLUTION: Information terminals for patients 11a,..., 14a, 11b,..., 14b, and so on connected respectively to slave units for patients 1a,..., 4a, 1b,..., 4b, and so on and provided with a displaying part 30 composed of a liquid crystal touch panel display 31, are provided with a menu image for previously displaying choices, corresponding to the object that calls a nurse calling master unit 21 on the liquid crystal touch panel display and allowing a patient to select one choice, by touching the choice to makes a call for objects, when the patient uses the nurse calling. The nurse call master unit is provided with a call information by objects displaying part 50 for displaying information display, such as the type of call, personnel who is coping such as a physician, a nurse and an assistant nurse, and patient information or the like in accordance with a call by objects from the patient, when the nurse call is used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nurse call system and, more particularly, to a nurse call system which can execute a call from a patient on a bed to a nurse or the like in accordance with a purpose when using a nurse call. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a nurse call system that notifies a nurse or the like of a call according to the purpose from a patient on a bed and responds to the call by a nurse or the like who has confirmed the call has been disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-163,873.
A method and an apparatus for patient communication in hospitals and the like described in 000-116731 have been proposed.

[0003] In this method and apparatus for patient communication in a hospital or the like, in order for a patient on a bed to execute a call according to purpose and notify a nurse or the like,
First, the lamp corresponding to the target option lit on the display is checked, and the operation switch is operated to determine the purpose of the call. With this operation, a ringing tone sounds on the side of the nurse or the like, and the calling state is established based on the response of the nurse or the like. Thereafter, the patient on the bed actuates the operation switch in the same manner as described above, so that a voice message corresponding to a pre-recorded purpose such as "I want to go to the toilet." Ringed by the side.

[0004]

However, in the prior art, in order for a patient on a bed to execute a call according to the purpose and notify a nurse or the like, the patient checks the lit lamp on the display. The operation button must be actuated several times, which makes the call operation complicated, and it is difficult for nurses and the like to immediately confirm the purpose of the call, making it difficult to respond quickly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned difficulties, and improves the operability and convenience when a patient on a sick bed executes a call corresponding to a purpose when using a nurse call. An object of the present invention is to provide a nurse call system that improves the convenience of a nurse or the like who confirms a call and enables a quick and appropriate response by the nurse or the like.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a nurse call system according to the present invention provides a nurse call main unit with a main line from a corridor lamp via a controller for data processing and various controls. Connect to the slave unit,
A nurse call system in which a slave unit for a patient is connected to a patient information terminal having a display unit composed of a liquid crystal touch panel display, wherein the information terminal for a patient corresponds to a purpose of calling a nurse call master unit when using a nurse call. An option is displayed on a liquid crystal touch panel display in advance, and a menu screen for selecting an option by touching one of the options and executing a purpose-specific call is provided.

[0007] The nurse call base unit constituting the nurse call system according to the present invention, when a nurse call is used, corresponds to a purpose-specific call from a patient, and corresponds to the type of call, a corresponding doctor, nurse, associate nurse, and the like. And a purpose-specific call information display unit for displaying an information screen such as personnel and patient information.

According to such a nurse call system, when a nurse call is used, the patient on the sick bed touches an option corresponding to the purpose of calling a menu screen previously displayed on a liquid crystal touch panel display serving as a patient information terminal. By performing the operation, it is possible to execute a purpose-specific call to the nurse, and the operability and convenience at the time of the purpose-specific call are improved. In addition, based on the information screen displayed on the purpose-specific call information display unit constituting the nurse call master unit, the nurse or the like can check the patient on the bed that has performed the purpose-specific call and the contents of the purpose, and The number of doctors, nurses, associate nurses, etc., and patient information, etc., to be dealt with can be checked together, and prompt responses can be made, improving the efficiency of nursing work.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments to which a nurse call system according to the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each nurse room A, B,.
, 4 in each of the hospital beds, a plurality of slave units for patients installed at predetermined positions, in this case, four slave units 1a,.
a, 1b,... 4b,.
4a,... connected to the patient information terminals 11a,... 14a, 11b,.
, 4a, 1b,... 4b are installed near the entrances and exits of each of the hospital rooms A, B,. ,... Connected (series connection), a nurse call master unit 21 installed in a nurse station, and each of the sickrooms A, B via a corridor light connection trunk line L2. , ... corridor lights 20
are installed in the nurse station as relay devices for connecting (series connection) the nurse call master devices 21 via the master connection trunk line L3, respectively.
20b,... And a controller 22 for variously controlling data processing, formation of a communication path, and the like between the nurse call masters 21.

[0011] Patient information terminals 11a, ··· 14a, 11
., 14b,... have the same configuration, and include a display unit 30 including a liquid crystal touch panel display 31. In addition, the liquid crystal touch panel display 3
In FIG. 1, as shown in the screen configuration diagram of FIG. 2, when a nurse call is used, a patient in a sick bed calls the nurse call master device 21 in accordance with the purpose (call by purpose), that is, the nurse call master device 21 A menu screen 40 showing options corresponding to the purpose to be touched when executing a purpose-specific call to a nurse or the like in the installed nurse station.
Is displayed in advance.

As shown in the screen configuration diagram of FIG. 3, the nurse call master unit 21 responds to a purpose-specific call from a patient on a sickbed when a nurse call is used. A purpose-specific call information display section 5 for displaying an information screen 60 for staff, patient information, etc.
0 is provided.

The operation of the nurse call system according to one embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the overall configuration diagram of FIG. 1 and the screen configuration diagrams of FIGS. 2 and 3. .

In the overall configuration diagram of FIG.
,... 4b,..., 4b,..., 4b,. .... 14a, 11b, ...
As shown in the screen configuration diagram of FIG. 2, the liquid crystal touch panel display 31 forming the display unit 30 of 14b,... Touch operation for executing the call, options corresponding to the purpose, for example,
A menu screen 40 indicating “1. I want to go to the bathroom”, “2.

Here, of the patients in the beds in each of the rooms A, B,..., The patients in the bed in which the patient handset 1a is installed in the room A are sent to nurses and the like in the nurse station. In executing the purpose-specific call, the patient information terminal 11a
LCD touch panel display 31 forming display unit 30
When the user touches an option corresponding to the purpose of the menu screen 40 displayed in advance, in this case, “1. I want to go to the toilet.”, An information signal containing this operation information is transmitted to the child device 1 a for the patient. You. In addition, the child handset 1a is
The information signal from the patient information terminal 11a is added to the number of the sickbed, for example, a bed number, and transmitted to the slave unit connecting trunk line L1a. Further, the corridor light 20a installed near the entrance of the sickroom A adds the sickroom number of the sickroom A to the information signal transmitted from the slave unit 1a for the patient to the slave unit connecting trunk line L1a to the corridor lamp connecting trunk line L2. This information signal is transmitted to the nurse call master unit 21 via the controller 22 in the nurse station and the master unit connection trunk line L3.

In the nurse call master unit 21 in the nurse station, the child slave unit 1a in the sickroom A is installed on the basis of the operation information, the bed number, and the sickroom number which form the information signal from the patient information terminal 11a. The purpose-specific call from the patient in the sickbed is detected, and as shown in the screen configuration diagram of FIG. 3, the contents indicating the type of call and the intention to go to the toilet, the corresponding doctor, nurse, associate nurse, etc. An information screen 60 including personnel, patient information and the like (detailed contents are not shown) is displayed on the purpose-specific call information display section 50.

Thus, the nurse or the like in the nurse station can use the contents of the information screen 60 displayed on the purpose-specific call information display section 50 of the nurse call master unit 21 for the sick room A.
In addition to confirming the purpose-specific call from the patient on the sickbed where the child handset 1a is installed to the restroom, the number of doctors, nurses, associate nurses, etc. to be dealt with, patient information, etc. And prompt response is possible.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, the patient on the sickbed is displayed in advance on the liquid crystal touch panel display serving as a patient information terminal when using the nurse call. By performing a touch operation on an option corresponding to the purpose of calling the menu screen, a purpose-specific call can be executed on the nurse side, and the operability and convenience at the time of the purpose-specific call are improved. At the same time, utterances at night or the like are not required, which has an effect of protecting privacy. In addition, the nurse or the like can check the patient on the bed that has performed the purpose-specific call and the contents of the purpose based on the information screen displayed on the purpose-specific call information display section that forms the nurse call master unit. The number of doctors, nurses, associate nurses, etc., and patient information, etc., to be dealt with can be checked together, and prompt responses can be made, improving the efficiency of nursing work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a screen configuration diagram showing an example of a menu screen displayed on a liquid crystal touch panel display of a patient information terminal forming a nurse call system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a screen configuration diagram showing an example of an information screen displayed on a purpose-specific call information display section of a nurse call master device forming a nurse call system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a,... 4a, 1b,... 4b,..., Patient slave unit 11a,... 14a, 11b,. Information terminals 20a, 20b,..., Corridor lights 21, nurse call base unit 22, controller 30, display unit 31, liquid crystal touch panel Display 40... Menu screen 50... Purpose-specific call information display section 60... Information screen L1a, L1b,.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main line (L1a, L1b,...) From a corridor lamp (20a, 20b,...) Via a controller (22) for data processing and various controls of a nurse call master unit (21).
..), the patient handset (1a,... 4a, 1b,.
b,...), and the patient slave unit is connected to a patient information terminal (11a,... 14a, 11b,... 1) having a display unit (30) composed of a liquid crystal touch panel display (31).
4b,...), Wherein the patient information terminal previously displays, on the liquid crystal touch panel display, an option corresponding to the purpose of calling the nurse call master unit when using the nurse call. A nurse call system including a menu screen (40) for touching one of them to select an option and execute a purpose-specific call. 2. The nurse call master unit, when a nurse call is used, responds to a purpose-specific call from a patient, and stores information such as the type of call, the number of corresponding doctors, nurses, associate nurses, etc., and patient information. 2. A display according to claim 1, further comprising a call information display unit for displaying an information screen.
Nurse call system as described.