JP2005333361A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable communication in bi-directions between a nurse call master machine and an ordering device, and to improve the reliability of data transfer and stability on operation while facilitating data management. <P>SOLUTION: When there is a down-load request from a client program 120a for the ordering device 12, call history information stored in the nurse-call master machine or medical nurse information changed by the master machine is transferred to the client program 120a for the ordering device at a file unit without imparting an effect on the operation of a nurse call by a server program 100a for the nurse-call master machine 11. Then, when there is an up-load request from the nurse-call master machine, the call history information stored in the nurse-call master machine or the medical nurse information changed by the master machine can be transferred to the server program for the ordering device without imparting the effect on the operation of the nurse call by the client program 100b for the nurse-call master machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system installed in a facility such as a hospital or a welfare facility for the elderly, and more particularly, to a nurse call system that enables bidirectional communication between a nurse call master and an ordering device.

Conventionally, as this kind of nurse call system, as call display data displayed on the display unit of the wireless terminal, the patient stored in advance in the ordering system together with the call type of the caller patient, the room number, and the slave unit number A nurse call device has been proposed that can display patient information such as name, severity, relief category, and infectious disease as needed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
According to the nurse call device of the conventional example, when there is a different call type (not detailed) from the nurse call cordless handset by the call operation of the patient in the hospital bed in the hospital room, the nurse who is traveling around the hospital For example, in a display unit of a wireless terminal carried by a nurse (nurse), together with the call type of the call source patient, the room number and the handset number, the patient name, severity, Nurses (nurses) who have confirmed this by displaying patient information such as relief categories and infectious diseases as needed, prepare for the severity of the calling patient, wheelchair by patient relief category It is possible to quickly prepare a mobile device such as a preparation for responding to a patient with an infectious disease.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-259018 (paragraph numbers 0011, 0016 to 0030, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  In the nurse call device of the conventional example, the patient information for each patient on the bed displayed on the nurse call master unit is information periodically distributed from the ordering system via a one-way transmission path, and the nurse call parent Since the transmission protocol from the machine to the ordering system is not formed, the call history information accumulated in response to the call from the nurse call slave unit or the medical data stored in the nurse call master unit after being changed The patient information cannot be transmitted to the ordering system. In the ordering system, it is necessary to input the call history information or the medical patient information as described above.

  Further, even if two-way communication is attempted in order to improve the above-described contents, the real-time communication protocol cannot be realized because the load on the nurse call parent device becomes too high.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and enables bidirectional communication between the nurse call master unit and the ordering device, and responds to a call from the nurse call slave unit to the nurse call master unit. The stored call history information or medical patient information that has been changed and stored in the nurse call master unit is filed by a download request from the ordering device to the nurse call master unit or an upload request from the nurse call master unit to the ordering system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nurse call system that facilitates data management while improving the reliability and operational stability of data transfer.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the nurse call system of the present invention is provided in the facility with a call from a nursing person of a nurse call slave set installed in each bed in a facility such as a hospital or a welfare facility for the elderly. This is a system that transmits as call information via a nurse call controller, and displays, stores, and reports patient management data such as the name of a nurse and call information on a nurse call parent device installed in a nurse station. The nurse call master unit saves the call history information accumulated in response to the call to the nurse call master unit or the medical nursing information changed and stored in the nurse call master unit as a file, and then orders the saved file. Is to be transferred to the device.

  The nurse call system of the present invention performs transfer in units of files using either FTP or HTTP when transferring call history information or medical care information in the nurse call master unit to the ordering device. It is.

  In the nurse call system of the present invention, the nurse call master unit includes any one of FTP and HTTP server programs, and the ordering apparatus includes any one of FTP and HTTP client programs. Transfer is performed in response to a download request.

  In the nurse call system of the present invention, the nurse call parent device includes any one of FTP and HTTP client programs, and the ordering apparatus includes any one of FTP and HTTP server programs. Transfer is performed in response to an upload request from.

  According to the nurse call system of the present invention, patient management data such as the name of a nurse and call information added to call information transmitted through the nurse call control device by a call from the nurse call slave unit. The nurse call master unit that displays, stores, and communicates can transfer call history information or medical care information in units of files with the ordering device using either FTP or HTTP. When there is a download request from any one of FTP and HTTP provided in the ordering apparatus, FTP and HTTP independent from the nurse call program provided in the nurse call master unit Call history stored in the nurse call parent by any one of the server programs Information or medical nursing information that has been changed and stored in the nurse call master unit without affecting the nurse call operation to any one client program of FTP and HTTP provided in the ordering device in units of files Can be transferred. On the other hand, when there is an upload request from the nurse call master, the nurse call is executed by any one of FTP and HTTP client programs independent of the nurse call program provided in the nurse call master. Either FTP or HTTP provided in the ordering device without affecting call operation information on call history stored in the parent machine or medical nursing information changed and stored in the nurse call parent machine It can be transferred to one server program.

  In addition, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, the operations of the server program and the client program are established by the nurse call master unit and the ordering device, respectively, so that no special program development is required. Call history information or medical care information can be transferred to the ordering apparatus without affecting the operation, and the reliability and operational stability of data transfer can be improved.

  Furthermore, according to the nurse call system of the present invention, call history information or medical care information stored in the nurse call parent device and / or transferred from the nurse call parent device to the ordering device is managed in units of files. Therefore, data management such as maintenance performed when an abnormality occurs in the information becomes easy.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments to which a nurse call system of the invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

  The nurse call system shown in the system explanatory diagram of FIG. 1 is installed in each bed such as room A, room B,... For example, a nurse who is present in a nurse station where a patient or an elderly person is a nurse (hereinafter referred to as an in-room nurse) or a mobile terminal 13a, 13b, which will be described later.・ Call types of nurses in charge among the multiple nurses (hereinafter referred to as patrol nurses) traveling around the facility while carrying around Nurse call slaves for calling in different patterns each time, in this case, nurse call slaves 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b of each room, and the vicinity of the entrances and exits of each room Corridor Nurse call cordless handsets 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b,... Connected to each other through cordless handset lines L1a to L4a, L1b to L4b,. In the nurse station, the collective corridor lights 10a, 10b,... For detecting / notifying the call from each call type and sending the call information indicating that there is a call from the caregiver to the corridor lamp line L13. The calling / calling unit 11a, which outputs a ringing sound and a voice message indicating that there is a call from the caregiver, and allows the nurse in the room to make a call with the caregiver, Connected to the call / call section 11a via the machine line L10 to display, store and report patient management data such as the name of the patient and call information as data indicating that there is a call from the patient Nurse call A nurse call master unit 11 having a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a nurse call PC) 11b and a nurse call master unit 11 via an ordering line L11 using a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) protocol Call history information accumulated in response to a call from a caregiver or medical care information changed and stored in the nurse call PC is stored as a file connected to the call PC 11b. And a ringing sound or voice message indicating that there is a call from the caregiver, and the call type information. Is displayed and PH for the visiting nurse to make a call with the patient (Personal Handyphone System) or the like, and a wireless base station 14 for forming a wireless communication line between the portable terminals 13a, 13b,. A digital exchange 15 for forming a communication line between a radio base station 14 connected via L12 and a nurse call controller 16 connected later via an exchange line L15, and a corridor lamp line L13 , Connected to the corridor 10a, 10b,..., The call / call unit 11a of the nurse call master 11 connected via the master line L14, and the exchange 15 connected via the exchange line L15. It comprises a nurse call controller 16 for controlling each.

  Also, the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11 receives the call history information stored in the nurse call PC or the medical nursing information changed and stored in the nurse call PC via the ordering line L11. In order to transfer (data transfer) in units of files to the ordering device 12, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) for performing transfer in response to a download request from a client program 120 a described later of the ordering device 12. Any one of the server programs 100a, and any one of FTP and HTTP for transferring the call history information or medical care information in response to an upload request from the nurse call PC are provided. ing .

  Further, the ordering device 12 transmits the above call history information or medical care information via the ordering line L11 from the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11 in FTP and HTTP for making a download request. Any one client program 120a and any one of FTP and HTTP server programs 120b to which the above-described call history information or medical care information is transferred in file units are provided.

  Note that the call history information stored in the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 1 stores call histories that differ depending on the call types from the nurse call slave units 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b,. This information includes information such as the calling time, the time required from calling to answering, the name of the nurse who is the calling source, the name of the nurse in charge, and the treatment content corresponding to the calling.

  Further, the medical nursing information that is changed and stored in the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 1 includes the care recipient's relief classification, inspection schedule, routine, and the like indicated by carrying, escort, walking alone, etc. Information such as treatment details is included.

  In the nurse call system configured as described above according to the embodiment of the present invention, a specific operation will be described below.

  In the system explanatory diagram of FIG. 1, the nursing staff in the room A where the nurse call cordless handset 1a is installed on the bed carries the in-room nurse and the portable terminals 13a, 13b,... Call the nurse in charge of the nurse. Here, the call function of the nurse call cordless handset 1a is activated in order to make an emergency call out of a plurality of call types (normal nurse call call, emergency call, toilet assistance call, etc.) Then, in the collective corridor lamp 10a connected to the caller's nurse call slave 1a via the slave line L1a, the call type data indicating that there is an emergency call, and the corridor lamp number assigned to the own corridor lamp. The call information to which the handset number assigned to the caller nurse call handset 1a is added is signal-processed and sent to the corridor lamp line L13. The call information signal subjected to signal processing is transmitted to the other collective corridor lamps 10b,... And the nurse call controller 16 via the corridor lamp line L13 (except for the collective corridor lamp 10a).

  In the collective corridor lamp 10a, in addition to sending the call information signal to the corridor lamp line L13, the entrance to the A room indicates that there is an emergency call from the caregiver whose nurse call cordless handset 1a is installed in the bed. In order to notify a nurse or the like in the vicinity or in the hallway, a call indicator lamp (not detailed) can be blinked / lighted in a predetermined pattern.

  In other collective corridor lamps 10b except for the collective corridor lamp 10a, the call information signal is normally invalid because the call information signal from the collective corridor lamp 10a is not the output signal from the nurse call controller 16. And the notification like the collective corridor lamp 10a is not performed.

  The nurse call controller 16 detects the room number assigned to the corridor lamp number added to the call information signal from the collective corridor lamp 10a and stored in advance, and this room number and the above-mentioned call type A call notification signal to which data and a slave unit number are added is sent to the master unit line L14. This call notification signal is transmitted to the call / call unit 11a of the nurse call master unit 11 via the master unit line L14, and from the call / call unit to the nurse call PC 11b via the master unit line L10. Is transmitted.

  The calling / calling unit 11a of the nurse call master unit 11 is in the room A based on the call type data, the room number, and the slave number added to the call notification signal from the nurse call control unit 16. 1a detects that there is an emergency call from a caregiver installed in the bed, and outputs a ringing tone or a voice message indicating that it has been detected.

  The nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11 has a nurse call slave unit 1a in the room A based on the call type data, room number, and slave unit number added to the call notification signal from the nurse call control unit 16. Detects that there is an emergency call from a nursing person installed in the bed, and the patient management data such as the name, severity, relief category, infectious disease, medical subject, team number, etc. Not only displays information and stores / saves call history information as a file, but also includes information on the caregiver of a specific item, such as the caregiver information such as the name, severity, and relief category of the caregiver and the call type. A call control signal to which data, room number, and handset number are added is generated. This call control signal is transmitted from the nurse call PC 11b to the nurse call controller 16 via the parent device line L10, the calling / calling unit 11a, and the parent device line L14.

  The nurse call control unit 16 detects patient information, call type data, room number, and slave unit number of specific items added to the call control signal from the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11, respectively. A terminal number corresponding to a team number assigned in advance to a number and a handset number, a call type data, a room number, a caller display data consisting of a handset number, and patient information of a specific item. The added terminal call control signal is sent to the exchange line L15. This terminal call control signal is converted into a radio signal via the exchange line L15, the exchange 15, the base station line L12, and the radio base station 14, and then transmitted to all the mobile terminals 13a, 13b,. The

  All of the mobile terminals 13a, 13b,... Have a terminal number corresponding to the team number added to the terminal call control signal from the nurse call controller 16, a call type, caller display data, a specific item The terminal number corresponding to the team number in the patient information is compared with the individual terminal number assigned to the own terminal, and if they match, the call type, caller display data, and patient information for a specific item It is determined that the call is valid, and a different pattern is displayed for each call type and a ringing tone or voice message is output. Here, only the portable terminal 13a carried by the visiting nurse who is in charge of the nurse who has the nurse call slave 1a installed in the bed in the room A matches the terminal number and the above notification is made. And

  In addition to the above-described call display data, the mobile terminal 13a can also display the call time, that is, the time when the terminal call control signal from the nurse call controller 16 is received.

  Here, in the room A, a nurse who has confirmed that there is an emergency call from a nurse whose nurse call cordless handset 1a is installed on the bed, and a visiting nurse who carries the portable terminal 13a, Not only can you quickly prepare for each caller's severity, prepare for moving equipment such as wheelchairs by patient relief categories, and respond to patients with infectious diseases. When the nurse who responded first, the nurse in the room, responds at the call / call unit 11a of the nurse call master unit 11, the call function of the call / call unit, the parent unit line L14, nurse call control A call line between the call function of the nurse call handset 1a is formed through the machine 16, the corridor lamp line L13, the collective corridor lamp 10a, and the handset line L1a, and an audio signal is transmitted through the formed call line. Sending By Shin, nurse call handset 1a in occupancy nurses and A Nos chamber can be a call with the nurses that are installed on the bed.

  On the other hand, when the traveling nurse carrying the mobile terminal 13a responds with the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal 13a has a call function, a radio base station 14, a base station line L12, an exchange 15, an exchange line L15, a nurse call. A communication path is formed between the controller 16, the corridor lamp line L13, the collective corridor lamp 10a, and the call function of the nurse call slave unit 1a through the slave unit line L1a, and an audio signal is transmitted through the formed call path. Can be communicated between the traveling nurse carrying the mobile terminal 13a and the nurse in the room A where the nurse call cordless handset 1a is installed in the bed.

  Next, the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11 stores the call history information stored in the nurse call PC, here, in response to the emergency call from the nurse call slave unit 1a as described above. After saving the call history information or the medical care information changed and stored in the nurse call PC as a file, a download request from the client program 120a of the ordering apparatus 12 connected via the ordering line L11 is made. If there is, the server call program 100a of the nurse call PC 11b can transfer the call history information or medical care information stored / stored as a file to the client program 120a of the ordering apparatus 12 in units of files.

  Further, the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11 stores the call history information stored in the nurse call PC, here, the call stored in response to the emergency call from the nurse call slave unit 1a as described above. After the history information or the medical care information changed and stored in the nurse call PC is stored as a file, if there is an upload request from the nurse call PC, the client program 100b of the nurse call PC 11b The call history information or medical care information stored / stored as a file can be transferred to the server program 120b of the ordering apparatus 12 in units of files via the ordering line L11.

  As apparent from the above description, the operations of the server programs 100a and 120b and the client programs 100b and 120a are established by the nurse call PC 11b and the ordering device 12 of the nurse call master unit 11, respectively. No development is required, and in particular, call history information or medical care information can be transferred to the ordering device 12 without affecting the nurse call operation, thereby improving the reliability and operational stability of data transfer.

  In addition, since call history information or medical nursing information stored in the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11 and / or transferred from the nurse call PC 11b to the ordering device 12 is managed in units of files, Data management such as maintenance performed when an abnormality occurs in the information becomes easy.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, as information stored as a file in the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call master unit 11, different call types from the nurse call slave units 1a to 4a, 1b to 4b,. The call history information storing the history and the medical nursing information changed and stored on the nurse call PC are applied, but the information is not limited to this information. It is also possible to apply fixed information that does not change from hospital admission to discharge, such as information, information on the nurse in charge, etc., and this information is input at the nurse call PC 11b and the above-mentioned data transfer means is used. By transferring the data to the ordering device 12, the labor of inputting data in the ordering device 12 is saved.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal number for designating the portable terminal 13a is preliminarily given to the nurse call slave 16 when the portable terminal 13a is notified that there is an emergency call from the nurse call slave 1a. Although read out in correspondence with the saved team number, the present invention is not limited to this, and the terminal number for designating the portable terminal 13a is used as the call control signal generated by the nurse call PC 11b of the nurse call parent device 11. It can also be added.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the call / call unit 11a and the nurse call PC 11b that are separated via the parent device line L10 are applied as the nurse call parent device 11, but this is not limited to this form. In addition, a nurse call parent device in which the calling / calling unit 11a and the nurse call PC 11b are integrally formed is also suitable.

System explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the nurse call system by the Example of a present Example.

Explanation of symbols

1a to 4a, 1b to 4b, ..... nurse call slave unit 11 (11a, 11b) ... nurse call master unit 100a ... server program 100b ... client program 12 ... ordering device 120a ... client program 120b …… Server program 16 …… Nurse call controller

Claims (4)

Nurse call set up in the facility for calls from nurses of nurse call handsets (1a-4a, 1b-4b,...) Installed in each bed in hospitals, welfare facilities for the elderly, etc. It is transmitted as call information through the control unit (16), and is installed in a nurse station. The patient management data such as the name of the care recipient and the call information are displayed, stored and reported on the nurse call master unit (11). Nurse call system
The nurse call master unit saves the call history information accumulated in response to the call in the nurse call master unit or the medical nursing information changed and stored in the nurse call master unit as a file, and A nurse call system, wherein the transferred file is transferred to the ordering device (12).   The transfer of the call history information or the medical care information in the nurse call parent device to the ordering device is performed in units of files using one of FTP and HTTP. The nurse call system according to 1.   The nurse call master device includes any one of the FTP and HTTP server programs (100a), and the ordering device includes any one of the FTP and HTTP client programs (120a), and the ordering 3. The nurse call system according to claim 2, wherein transfer is performed in response to a download request from the apparatus.   The nurse call master device includes any one of the FTP and HTTP client programs (100b), and the ordering device includes any one of the FTP and HTTP server programs (120b), and the nurse. 3. The nurse call system according to claim 2, wherein the transfer is performed in response to an upload request from the call base unit.

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