JP2008206834A - Nurse-call system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a visitor terminal operated by a visitor which acquires information regarding whether an inpatient can be visited or not from nursing information stored in a nurse-call system and displays the acquired information on the visitor terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A nurse-call system is provided which comprises a controller 4 having a nursing information storing section 45 for storing nursing information, such as an aid category, infections, examination dates and times, scheduled leave dates and times or the like, a visit determination section 46 for determining whether an inpatient can be visited or not on the basis of the nursing information or the like, and the visitor terminal 5 installed in a common area of a hospital and operated by visitors. The visitor terminal 5 comprises a visitor terminal operating section 51 used by a visitor for specifying a patient, a visitor terminal display section 52 for displaying information of the specified patient, and a visitor terminal CPU 54 that acquires information whether the patient can be visited or not from the visit determination section 46 of the controller 4 and displays the information on the display section 52. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and in particular, determines whether or not a visit can be made based on nursing information stored in a nurse call master unit, etc., and confirms whether or not the visitor can visit the hospital room. It relates to a nurse call system.

In the nurse call system, a nurse call cordless handset equipped with a nurse call button for the patient to call the nurse is installed in each bed, and a corridor light is installed near the entrance in front of the hospital room to confirm the patient's call. The station is equipped with a nurse call master unit having a function for receiving calls from patients and calling with patients, a function for displaying patient information and nursing information, and a controller for controlling communication between these devices. Etc. are installed and configured.
By providing such a device, the nurse can promptly respond to the call from the patient and cope with it, and can obtain nursing information about the patient from the nurse call parent machine. .

On the other hand, a device that displays a hospital room number of an inpatient or waiting information for an outpatient is known. For example, according to the in-hospital information display device disclosed in Patent Document 1, an input device for inputting patient information and a display terminal for displaying patient information are provided, and a searcher can search a hospital room number of an inpatient. At the same time, outpatients can be ascertained of their waiting status.
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  Since the in-hospital information display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 can notify a visitor of the hospital room number of an inpatient, the visitor does not have to ask the nurse each time, so the burden on the nurse is reduced. Convenient. However, in addition to the input work to the nurse call system, data related to the patient has to be input, which is troublesome. I could know the hospital room of the hospitalized patient, but I didn't tell me if I was ready to visit, so I didn't know if the patient was in the hospital room. Furthermore, as a result of going to the hospital room, even if it was found that the patient was absent, it was not possible to understand why it was not present, and eventually a situation had to be asked to the nurse.

  Therefore, in view of such problems, the present invention connects a visitor terminal that can be operated by a visitor to a nurse call system in which nursing information such as examination date and time is registered, and the visitor patient is operated by the visitor's own operation. The purpose is to provide a nurse call system that makes it possible to obtain information on whether or not to visit.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 controls a nurse call slave set installed in each bed in a hospital room to call a nurse and a call from the nurse call slave set to generate a call. A corridor lamp for displaying the information, a nurse call master unit installed in the nurse station to answer a call from the nurse call slave unit, and a controller for controlling communication between the corridor lamp and the nurse call master unit. In a nurse call system equipped with a nursing information storage means for storing nursing information such as relief categories for each patient, infectious diseases, examination date and time, scheduled date of going out, and whether or not to visit based on nursing information It is provided with a judging means and a visitor terminal that is installed in a hospital common department and operated by a visitor. The visitor terminal includes an operation part for the visitor to identify a patient, and the identified patient. A display unit for displaying information, characterized by having a a consolation propriety information of patient identified a display control unit for displaying on the display unit to obtain the sympathy determination means.
With this configuration, it is displayed on the visitor terminal whether or not the inpatient at the destination can currently visit by operating the visitor terminal. Therefore, the visitor can know whether or not the visit is possible without going to the hospital room where the patient is hospitalized and without hearing from the nurse or the like. Therefore, it is not necessary for the nurse to deal with the visitor, and the visitor can know whether or not to visit in the lobby, which is convenient for both the nurse and the visitor. In addition, there is no need to input information on whether or not to visit to the terminal for visitors separately.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein when the emergency call such as a staff call is made from the nurse call slave unit, the visitability determination means sends the call to the patient associated with the nurse call slave unit. It is characterized by judging that the visit is impossible.
With this configuration, even if it is not registered in the nursing information storage means in advance, it is determined that it is impossible to visit if a situation that is difficult to visit occurs. You can know this from the visitor terminal.

In the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, when the emergency call recovery operation is performed, the visitability determination means changes the visit of the patient who has been determined not to be allowed due to the emergency call to be acceptable It is characterized by that.
According to this configuration, even if a sudden visit impossible situation occurs, if a recovery operation is performed, the customer can visit the customer.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the nurse call cordless handset has a no-behavior setting button for setting a non-behavior setting by the patient, When the disabled setting button is operated, it is determined that the patient associated with the nurse call cordless handset cannot be visited.
With this configuration, even in situations where a visit is possible, it is possible to make the visit impossible due to the patient's intention, so that the visit does not become a burden on the patient and is convenient.

  According to the present invention, whether or not the in-patient at the destination can be visited is displayed on the visitor terminal by operating the visitor terminal. Therefore, the visitor can know whether or not the visit is possible without going to the hospital room where the patient is hospitalized and without asking the nurse. Therefore, there is no need for the nurse to respond to the visitor, and the visitor can know whether or not to visit in the lobby, which is convenient for both the nurse and the visitor. In addition, there is no need to input information on whether or not to visit to the terminal for visitors separately.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a nurse call system according to the present invention, and shows individual devices in a circuit block diagram. In FIG. 1, 1 is a nurse call slave set installed in each bed in a hospital room to call a nurse, 2 is a corridor that controls a call from the nurse call slave set 1 and displays that a call has occurred. A lamp 3 is a nurse call master set installed in a nurse station to respond to a call from the nurse call slave unit 1, and 4 is a controller for controlling communication between the corridor lamp 2 and the nurse call master unit 3. Reference numeral 5 denotes a visitor terminal that is installed in a common area such as a lobby in a hospital and operated by the visitor.

  The nurse call cordless handset 1 includes a nurse call button 11 for a patient to call a nurse, a staff call button 12 operated by the nurse in an emergency, a handset microphone 13 and a handset speaker 14 for calling, and the patient himself / herself. An unseen setting button 15 for making unsuccessful setting and an unsatisfactory display unit 16 for displaying on / off status are provided, and connected to the corridor lamp 2 by a slave line L1 as a communication line. Although only one nurse call slave unit 1 is shown in FIG. 1, all nurse call slave units 1 in the hospital room are connected in parallel to the corridor lamp 2.

  The handset line L1 includes a first call line L1a for transmitting sound from the microphone 13, a second call line L1b for reporting sound from the handset speaker 14, a call line L1c for transmitting a call signal, and a staff call signal. The stuff call line L1d for transmitting, the unsatisfactory control line L1e for transmitting the unsatisfiable setting signal, and the unsatisfactory display unit control line L1f for controlling the unsatisfactory display unit 16.

The corridor lamp 2 includes a call detection circuit 21 for detecting that the nurse call slave unit 1 has been operated, a corridor lamp data transmission / reception circuit 22 for data communication with the controller 4, and a nurse via the first call line L1a. The voice signal transmitted from the microphone 13 of the call handset 1 is subjected to 4-line / 2-line conversion, and the sound signal transmitted to the handset speaker 14 via the second call line L1b is subjected to 2-line / 4-line conversion. Corridor lamp call circuit 23, corridor lamp call control circuit 24 for controlling the call path between the corridor lamp call circuit 23 and the controller 4, and an unapproachable setting detection circuit for detecting an impossibility setting signal from the nurse call handset 1. 25, a corridor lamp CPU 26 for controlling each circuit of the corridor lamp 2 is connected to the controller 4 by a corridor lamp line L2 which is a communication line.
The corridor lamp line L2 includes two lines, a control line L2a for transmitting a control signal and the like and a call line L2b for transmitting a voice signal.

The nurse call parent device 3 includes a handset 31 for making a call with a patient, a parent device call control circuit 32 for controlling the call, a parent speaker 33 for reporting a call, and a parent for storing patient information and parent device setting information. Machine storage device 34, parent device display unit 35 for displaying patient information, etc., parent device operation unit 36 for performing input operation, display operation, etc., parent device data transmission / reception circuit 37 for data communication, nurse call parent device 3 Are connected to the controller 4 via a parent line L3 which is a communication line.
The master unit line L3 includes two lines, a control line L3a that transmits a control signal and the like, and a call line L3b that transmits a voice signal.

  The controller 4 includes a controller call control circuit 41 that controls a call between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 3, a controller data transmission / reception circuit 42 that manages transmission and reception of data between the devices, and a nurse call child. Nursing information for storing nursing information such as a controller storage device 43 for holding the state of the machine 1, a current time acquisition unit 44 for acquiring the current time, a relief category for each patient, an infectious disease, a test date and time, a planned date of going out, etc. A storage unit 45, a visitability determination unit 46 that determines whether or not you can visit, and a controller CPU 47 that controls each circuit of the controller 4 are provided. The data in the nursing information storage unit 45 is input and registered from the nurse call parent device 3 or the like every time an inpatient occurs or when a change occurs.

  The visitor terminal 5 includes a visitor terminal operation unit 51 for the visitor and the like to identify an inpatient, a visitor terminal display unit 52 for displaying whether the patient is ready to visit, a patient and The visitor terminal storage device 53 storing the correspondence table of the nurse call slave device ID, the visitor terminal CPU 54 for controlling each circuit of the visitor terminal 5, and the visitor terminal data for transmitting / receiving data to / from the controller 4 A transmission / reception circuit 55 is provided, and is connected to the controller 4 by a visitor terminal line L4 which is a communication line.

  The nurse call system configured as described above operates as follows. However, since the call from the nurse call slave unit 1 and the response operation in the nurse call master unit 3 in response to this call are the same as the conventional one and are not the main part of the present invention, the explanation is omitted. Operations related to the operation of the terminal 5 will be described.

  First, when an in-patient is scheduled to be examined or stays out, etc., information is already input by the nurse using the parent device operation unit 36 of the nurse call parent device 3, and the nursing information storage unit of the controller 4 is used. It is additionally registered in the nursing information registered in 45. The parent CPU 38 that has received new nursing information through the operation of the parent device operation unit 36 transmits the new nursing information from the parent device data transmission / reception circuit 37 to the controller data transmission / reception circuit 42 through the control line L3a. The controller CPU 47 registers the examination date and time information, the planned date of staying outside, etc. input to the nursing information storage unit 45.

In this state, the visitor operates the visitor terminal operation unit 51 based on the procedure (not shown) displayed on the visitor terminal display unit 52 of the visitor terminal 5, and the patient name of the visitee Etc. are input or selected. In response to this operation, the visitor terminal CPU 54 obtains the nurse call slave device ID from the correspondence table of the patient and nurse call slave device ID in the visitor terminal storage device 53, and confirms the visit of the identified nurse call slave device ID. The command is transmitted from the visitor terminal data transmission / reception circuit 55 to the controller data transmission / reception circuit 42 through the visitor terminal line L4.
The controller CPU 47 extracts the corresponding patient nursing information from the nursing information storage unit 45 based on the nurse call slave device ID information received from the controller data transmission / reception circuit 42 and acquires the time information from the current time acquisition unit 44. These pieces of information are then passed to the availability determination unit 46.

When there is an examination date and time or a planned date of staying out from the acquired nursing information and time information, the visitability determination unit 46 includes the obtained time information (current time) in the time zone of the examination date and planned date of staying outside. If it is included, it is determined that the visit is impossible. If it is not included, it is determined that the visit is possible. Then, the determination result is returned to the visitor terminal 5 under the control of the controller CPU 47. At this time, if it is determined that the visit cannot be performed, the controller CPU 47 further transmits to the visitor terminal data transmission / reception circuit 55 through the visitor terminal line L4, the visit impossibility reason information such as the no visit period and the inspection.
The visitor terminal 5 that has received the information about the visit patient in this manner is controlled by the visitor terminal CPU 54, which is a display control unit, to the visitor terminal display unit 52. Also displays the unavailable time zone and the reason for not being able to visit. This display is displayed, for example, “It is an inspection time from 2 pm to 4 pm. It cannot be visited”.

In addition, the visitor can see the display and operate the visitor terminal operation unit 51 to select the patient unsuccessful date and time list display function. When this list display is selected, the visitor terminal CPU 54 sends the visitor unavailable date / time list command of the identified nurse call slave device ID to the control device 4 through the visitor terminal line L4. Upon receipt of this command, the controller 4 determines the date and reason for the impossibility of the patient identified from the nursing information storage unit 45 based on the nurse call slave ID included in the command received under the control of the controller CPU 47. Extract and return to the visitor terminal 5.
The visitor terminal 5 receives this reply data, and the visitor terminal CPU 54 controls the visitor terminal display unit 52 to display a list of the date and time when the visitor cannot be visited and the reason why the visitor cannot be visited.

In this way, by operating the visitor terminal, it is displayed on the visitor terminal whether or not the inpatient at the visit destination can currently visit. Therefore, the visitor can know whether or not the visit is possible without going to the hospital room where the patient is hospitalized and without hearing from the nurse or the like. Therefore, it is not necessary for the nurse to deal with the visitor, and the visitor can know whether or not to visit in the lobby, which is convenient for both the nurse and the visitor. In addition, there is no need to input information on whether or not to visit to the terminal for visitors separately.
Furthermore, since the visitor can see a list of the date and time when the visit patient cannot visit, it is easy to make a future visit schedule.

  Next, an operation when the patient cannot operate the visit impossible setting button will be described. When the patient presses the no-viewable setting button 15 of the nurse call cordless handset 1, the no-showable setting detection circuit 25 of the corridor lamp 2 detects the button active through the non-viewable control line L1e. This detection signal is transmitted to the corridor lamp CPU 26. The corridor lamp CPU 26 generates an impossibility setting signal obtained by adding nurse call cordless handset ID information to the received detection signal, and is controlled from the corridor lamp data transmission / reception circuit 22 through the control line L2a. The data is transmitted to the controller data transmission / reception circuit 42 of the machine 4.

  The controller 4 that has received the no-viewable setting signal from the corridor lamp 2 acquires the nurse call cordless handset ID information and the time information from the current time acquisition unit 44 from the non-viewable setting signal under the control of the controller CPU 47, and provides nursing information A patient's nurse call cordless handset ID and a visit impossible date / time are registered separately in the storage unit 45 as visit impossible setting information. In this case, the period during which the visit is not allowed is set in advance as a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) after the setting is disabled. In addition, the time for which no visit is allowed can be extended and set by the number of times that the no visit set button 15 is continuously pressed.

  Further, the controller CPU 47 registers the visitor disabling setting information in the nursing information storage unit 45, and then transmits a display control signal having the nurse call slave device ID and the impossibility setting period information from the controller data transmitting / receiving circuit 42 through the control line L2a. The data is transmitted to the data transmission / reception circuit 22. The corridor lamp CPU 26 that has received this display control signal displays that the visitor availability display unit 16 of the corresponding nurse call slave device 1 is not allowed to visit and the period thereof.

Thus, the visit impossible setting information by the patient's own setting is stored in the nursing information storage unit 45 together with the nursing information input by the nurse call parent machine 3 or the like. Then, as described above, when the visitor visit confirmation operation from the visitor terminal 5 is performed, it is pulled out together with other examination date / time information, etc., and compared with the current time information in the visit availability decision unit 46, and the decision result Is transmitted to the visitor terminal 5. Then, the visit availability information is displayed on the visitor terminal display unit 52.
In this way, even in situations where a visit is possible, the visit can be made impossible by the patient's intention, and the visit does not become a burden on the patient, which is convenient.

  Further, when a call with a high degree of urgency such as a staff call is made, the following operation is performed. When the staff call button 12 provided on the nurse call cordless handset 1 is pressed, the call detection circuit 21 of the corridor lamp 2 detects the button activation through the staff call line L1d and transmits the staff call signal to the corridor lamp CPU 26. To do. The corridor lamp CPU 26 adds nurse call handset ID information to the received stuff call signal, and transmits it from the corridor lamp data transmitting / receiving circuit 22 to the controller data transmitting / receiving circuit 42 through the control line L2a.

The controller CPU 47 that has received the stuff call signal transmits the stuff call signal to the nurse call parent device 3, and on the basis of the acquired nurse call child device ID information and the time information acquired from the current time acquisition unit 44. The nurse call cordless handset ID and the date and time of occurrence of no visit are registered in the nursing information storage unit 45 as the no visit setting by the patient as described above.
When the visitor confirmation operation from the visitor terminal 5 is performed, the impossibility setting information is extracted together with other information such as the examination date / time information, and is compared with the current time information by the visitability determination unit 46. The determination result is transmitted to the visitor terminal 5. The visitor availability information is displayed on the visitor terminal display unit 52.

  In this case, the visit-impossible period is continued until the staff call recovery operation is performed. The nurse call master device 3 that has received the staff call signal from the control device 4 through the control line L3a makes a ringing alert sound from the speaker 33 under the control of the master device CPU 38 and also displays related patient information and the like on the master device display section 35. Display and wait for the nurse's response operation.

In this way, even if it is not registered in the nursing information storage unit in advance, it will be judged that it is impossible to visit if a situation that is difficult to visit occurs. It can be known from the user terminal.
In addition, even if a sudden visit impossible situation occurs, if the recovery operation is performed, it is possible to visit.

In the above embodiment, the nursing information storage unit 45 and the visit availability determination unit 46 are provided in the control device 4, but may be provided in the nurse call parent device 3 or the visitor terminal 5. In addition, a microphone and a speaker are installed on the visitor terminal 5 and a call line is provided between the visitor terminal 5 and the controller 4 so that the visitor terminal 5 and the nurse call slave device 1 or the visitor terminal 5 are provided. The nurse call parent unit 3 may be able to make a call, and in the case of a medical condition such as an infectious disease, it is possible to have a conversation without seeing, or to ask a nurse about any questions.
Further, the nurse call cordless handset 1 is provided with the visit impossible setting button 15 as a means for setting whether or not the patient can visit, but an operation terminal with a touch panel may be separately connected to enable detailed setting.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the nurse call system which concerns on this invention, and has shown each apparatus with the circuit block diagram.

Explanation of symbols

  1 ・ Nurse call handset 2 ・ ・ Corridor light 3 ・ ・ Nurse call base unit 4 ・ ・ Control device 5 ・ ・ Visitor terminal, 12 ・ Staff call button, 15 ・ No visit setting button , 25 ··· No visit setting detection circuit, 26 ··· Corridor lamp CPU, 44 ··· Current time acquisition unit, 45 · · Nursing information storage unit (nursing information storage means), 46 ·· Means), 47... Controller CPU, 51... Visiter terminal operation section, 52... Visitor terminal display section, 54 .. Visiter terminal CPU (display control section).

Claims (4)

A nurse call cordless device installed in each bed in a hospital room to call a nurse, a corridor lamp that controls the call from the nurse call cordless handset and displays that the call has occurred, and the nurse call cordless handset In a nurse call system comprising a nurse call master unit installed in a nurse station for answering a call from a controller, and a controller for controlling communication between the corridor lamp and the nurse call master unit,
Nursing information storage means for storing nursing information such as relief categories for each patient, infectious diseases, examination date and time, scheduled date of going out, visit availability determination means for judging whether or not to visit based on the nursing information, and hospital common department And a visitor terminal that is installed in and operated by a visitor,
The visitor terminal obtains an operation unit for the visitor to identify a patient, a display unit for displaying information on the identified patient, and information on whether or not the identified patient is available from the visitability determination unit. And a display control unit for displaying on the display unit. The said visit possibility determination means judges that a visit to a patient associated with the nurse call slave is impossible when an emergency call such as a staff call is made from the nurse call slave. The nurse call system according to 1. 3. The nurse call system according to claim 2, wherein, when the emergency call recovery operation is performed, the visit possibility determination unit changes the visit of the patient who has been determined to be impossible due to the emergency call to be acceptable. The nurse call cordless handset has a no-viewable setting button for setting the no-viewable setting by the patient, and the visitability determination means is a patient associated with the nurse call cordless handset when the no-callable setting button is operated. The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the nurse call system is determined to be unsuccessful.

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