JP2011024677A - Activity monitoring system, monitoring processor of the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit the activity of a person to be monitored during staying at home to be concentratedly monitored and its appropriateness to be confirmed at a center side. <P>SOLUTION: The activity monitoring system collects the numbers of steps per day of patients which are measured by activity sensors SS1 to SSm mounted on the patients by an activity processing server SV through a communication network NW. The activity processing server SV compares the numbers of steps per day of the patients with preset reference upper limit and reference lower limit values of the number of steps and decides whether or not the collected numbers of steps of the patients are within an appropriate range under the control of a collation processing block 332 and transmits a warning message to operation terminals of physicians in charge when the numbers are out of the appropriate range. The activity processing server SV prepares perusal screen data for the patients and medical workers in response to requests for perusal from the operation terminals TMn for the patients and the operation terminals TM1 for the medical workers and transmits the data to the operation terminals TMn and TM1 of requestors. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an activity amount monitoring system for monitoring, for example, an activity amount when a patient discharged from a medical facility lives at home, and a monitoring processing apparatus and program used in this system.

In order for patients who have been admitted to a medical facility due to illness to leave the medical facility and recover their health while being treated at home, it is necessary to gradually increase the amount of activity after the discharge. At that time, in order to recover without difficulty, it is desirable to manage the amount of activity appropriately according to the passage of time after discharge. This is because if rest is excessive, muscle strength is reduced, and if the amount of activity is excessive, fatigue accumulates and returns to delay recovery.
Therefore, conventionally, various methods for measuring the amount of activity of a patient after discharge using a sensor have been proposed, and one of them is a method for measuring acceleration (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1). ).

Yuichi Ohira et al., “Comparative study of physical activity before and after discharge in hospital patients discharged from home”, Physical Therapy Science 23 (2), pp.313-317, 2008

  For patients who are treated at home, the opportunity to interact with healthcare professionals is reduced compared to when they are admitted, so the opportunity to receive advice from specialists decreases, and as a result patients may feel anxious about their recovery status. Become more. However, the activity amount measurement methods proposed in the past, including the measurement method described in Non-Patent Document 1 above, determine whether the patient's daily activity amount after discharge is appropriate. I can't confirm. In addition, even for medical professionals, even if they want to know what kind of activities a home patient is doing at home, they cannot monitor in real time.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and its purpose is to monitor the amount of activity of the monitored person at home in a centralized manner so that the appropriateness can be confirmed. It is to provide a system, a monitoring processing apparatus and a program thereof.

  In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention provides an activity amount monitoring system including a measurement unit worn by a person to be monitored and a monitoring processing device connectable to the measurement unit via a communication network. The measurement unit includes means for measuring the activity amount of the monitored person and means for transmitting information representing the measurement result of the activity amount to the monitoring processing device via the communication network. Further, the monitoring processing device has means for storing information indicating an appropriate range of preset activity amount, means for receiving and storing information indicating the measurement result of the activity amount transmitted from the measurement unit, and The received information indicating the activity amount measurement result is compared with the information indicating the appropriate range of the stored activity amount to determine whether the activity amount measurement result is within the appropriate range of the activity amount. And means for storing the determination result and means for outputting information representing the determination result.

  Therefore, for example, when a patient as a monitored person continues medical treatment at home after discharge, the activity amount of the patient is measured by the measurement unit, and the measurement result is sent to the monitoring processing device. It is determined whether or not it is within an appropriate range. For this reason, it is possible to centrally monitor the amount of activity of the patient at home by the monitoring processing device.

One aspect of the present invention is characterized by comprising the following aspects.
In the first aspect, when the first terminal device used by the monitor who monitors the activity amount of the monitored person is connectable to the monitoring processing device via the communication network, information indicating the determination result is output. When the measurement result of the activity amount is determined to be out of the appropriate range of the activity amount, a warning message is created, and the warning message is transmitted to the first terminal device.
In this way, for example, if it is determined that the measurement result of the activity amount of the patient as the monitored person is out of the appropriate range, a warning message is automatically created and notified to the medical staff as the monitoring person. For this reason, the medical staff can quickly grasp this state when the amount of activity at home of the patient in charge is inappropriate.

In the second mode, when the first terminal device used by the monitor who monitors the activity amount of the monitored person is connectable to the monitoring processing device via the communication network, the activity amount is output from the first terminal device. When the monitoring request is received via the communication network, the monitoring processing device reads the information indicating the measurement result and determination result of the activity amount of the corresponding monitored person, and creates the monitoring data for the monitoring person. The created supervisory browsing data is transmitted to the first terminal device that is the request source.
If it does in this way, the medical worker who is a supervisor will be able to browse the activity amount of the patient whom he is in charge at any time by requesting the monitoring processing device to browse the activity amount.

In a third aspect, when the second terminal device used by the person being monitored is connectable to the monitoring processing device via a communication network, the communication network sends an activity amount browsing request from the second terminal device. The monitoring processing device reads the information indicating the measurement result and determination result of the amount of activity of the corresponding monitored person, and creates the monitored data for the monitored person. The browsing data is transmitted to the requesting second terminal device.
In this way, for example, a patient who is a person to be monitored can browse his / her activity amount and its determination result at any time by requesting the monitoring processing device to view the activity amount.

According to a fourth aspect, the monitoring processing device provides a comment input field in the monitoring data for the supervisor and transmits it to the first terminal, and the comment information input by the supervisor in the comment input field is the first terminal device. Receive from and store. And in this state, when transmitting the monitoring data for the monitored person to the second terminal device of the monitored person, the stored comment information is added to the corresponding browsing data for the monitored person It is.
In this way, the monitor can input comments such as advice in association with the date, for example, when viewing the determination result of the activity amount of the patient in charge, while the monitored person When browsing the monitoring data for the supervisor, it becomes possible to confirm the comment information that the supervisor has input to the browsing data for the supervisor.

  That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an activity amount monitoring system, a monitoring processing device, and a program for monitoring the amount of activity of the monitored person at home on the center side so as to confirm the suitability. .

It is a schematic block diagram of the activity amount monitoring system concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the active mass sensor used with the system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the operating terminal used with the system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the active mass processing server used with the system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the patient data memorize | stored in the patient database provided in the active mass processing server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the activity amount data memorize | stored in the activity amount database provided in the activity amount processing server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the reference | standard activity amount data memorize | stored in the reference | standard activity amount data provided in the activity amount processing server shown in FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure and processing contents from acquisition of activity amount data to accumulation thereof by the activity amount sensor shown in FIG. 2 and the activity amount processing server shown in FIG. 4. It is a flowchart which shows the activity amount determination processing procedure by the activity amount processing server shown in FIG. 4, and its processing content. It is a flowchart which shows the browsing processing procedure of the activity amount data by the activity amount processing server shown in FIG. 4, and its processing content. It is a figure which shows an example of the display data for patients displayed on the operation terminal which a patient uses among the operation terminals shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display data for medical workers displayed on the operating terminal which a medical worker uses among the operating terminals shown in FIG.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an activity monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this system, a plurality of activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm and a plurality of operation terminals TM1 to TMn can be connected to an activity amount processing server SV via a communication network NW. The communication network NW includes an IP (Internet Protocol) network and an access network for accessing the IP network.

  The activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm are composed of, for example, a pedometer or a position measuring device, and are respectively attached to a patient who is a monitored person. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration. As shown in the figure, the activity amount sensors SS <b> 1 to SSm include a data acquisition unit 11, a memory 12, and a communication interface 13.

  In the case of a pedometer, the data acquisition unit 11 includes a step sensor that measures the number of steps of the patient based on vibrations and the like, and detects the number of steps during the patient's walking period. In addition, the position measuring device includes a position detection sensor using GPS (Global Positioning System). Then, by detecting the latitude and longitude representing the current position of the patient at a preset time interval, and calculating the distance from the previous detection value each time it is detected, and adding this to the accumulated value of the distance up to the previous time Find the total distance traveled by the patient. The memory 12 stores the detection data of the number of steps or the movement distance obtained by the data acquisition unit 12 in association with the detection time. The communication interface 13 reads the detection data of the number of steps or the movement distance from the memory 12 every time when a preset report time is reached, and transmits the read detection data to the activity amount processing server SV as activity amount data.

  The operation terminals TM1 to TMn include, for example, a patient terminal used by a patient and a medical worker terminal used by a medical worker, both of which are a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc. Mobile terminals are used. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an operation terminal using a personal computer.

  The operation terminal is configured by connecting a communication interface 22, a keyboard 23, a mouse 24, and a display unit 25 to a control unit 21 using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Then, the browser function of the control unit 21 performs communication for browsing the activity amount data with the activity amount processing server SV via the communication interface 22.

By the way, the activity amount processing server SV is configured as follows. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the software and hardware.
That is, the activity amount processing server SV includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and a program memory 33, a storage unit 34, and a communication interface 35 are connected to the CPU 31 via the bus 32.

  The communication interface 35 performs data communication with the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm and the operation terminals TM1 to TMn through the communication network NW under the control of the CPU 31, respectively. For example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is used as the communication protocol.

  The storage unit 34 uses, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) as a storage medium, and stores a patient database 341, an activity amount database 342, and a reference activity amount database 343 as databases necessary for carrying out the present invention. is doing.

  Among these, first, the patient database 341 stores various management information related to discharged patients. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the management item 3411 includes a user ID, name, person in charge address, discharge date, and disease name / treatment. A code is set, and the value 3412 is stored in association with these items. As the person-in-charge address, the contact mail address of the person in charge of the patient (for example, the attending physician, nurse, or physical therapist) is stored. As the disease name / procedure code, for example, a 14-digit diagnosis procedure combination (DPC) code used in the fixed amount payment system for medical expenses is used. In FIG. 5, only patient data for one person is shown for the sake of simplicity, but a plurality of patient data is actually stored.

  The activity amount database 342 is for storing activity data of individual patients transmitted from the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm. For example, when using the number of steps as the activity amount, as shown in FIG. A data acquisition date 3422, a step count 3423, and a comment 3424 are stored in association with the user ID 3421 for each individual patient. As the user ID 3421, the same user ID as used in the patient database 341 is used. The total value for one day is stored as the number of steps. The comment is information input by the person in charge when the person in charge views the activity amount data of the patient, and is stored in association with the data acquisition date 3422. If there is no comment, <none> is stored.

  The reference activity amount database 343 stores reference activity amount data used for determining whether or not the above-mentioned patient activity amount is within an appropriate range. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, disease name / treatment codes 3431 and 3432 are stored. The reference upper limit value 3434 and the reference lower limit value 3435, which are set in advance for each elapsed day number 3433, are stored. A range between the reference upper limit value 3434 and the reference lower limit value 3435 is an appropriate range.

  The program memory 33 stores an activity amount acquisition block 331, a collation processing block 332, and a WWW (World Wide Web) service block 333 as program blocks necessary for carrying out the present invention.

  The activity amount acquisition block 331 collects patient activity amount data from the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm at a predetermined time, and the collected activity amount data of each patient is stored in the activity amount database 342 first. The CPU 31 is caused to execute processing for storing in the described format.

The verification processing block 332 causes the CPU 31 to execute the following processing.
(1) At the determination timing of the activity amount, the activity amount data stored in the activity amount database 342 for each patient is compared with the reference upper limit value 3434 and the reference lower limit value 3435 stored in the reference activity amount database 343, and Processing to determine whether the amount of activity is within an appropriate range.
(2) A process of creating a warning message when the activity amount is determined to be out of the appropriate range, and sending the warning message to the operation terminal of the person in charge of the patient by e-mail.

The WWW service block 333 has a processing function as a WWW server, and causes the CPU 31 to execute the following processing.
(1) When a request for browsing activity data is sent from the operation terminals TM1 to TMn for patients and medical personnel using the browser function, the activity amount browsing data for patients and medical workers are respectively displayed. Processing to create and send to requesting operation terminals TM1 to TMn. The browsing data is created by, for example, an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) document.
(2) A process of receiving a comment and storing it in the activity amount database 342 when a comment is input on the operation terminal for the medical staff while browsing the activity data.
(3) A process of transmitting a corresponding comment to the requesting operation terminal when a comment viewing request is input at the patient operation terminal while viewing the activity data.

Next, the operation of the activity amount monitoring system configured as described above will be described.
(1) Measurement and collection of activity data In the activity sensors SS1 to SSm and the activity data processing server SV, the activity data of each patient is measured and collected as follows. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure and processing contents.
That is, in each activity amount sensor SS1-SSm, when the data acquisition part 11 consists of a step sensor, the number of steps is measured during the period until the patient stops walking every time the patient starts walking. After being added to the total number of steps obtained up to the previous walking period, it is stored in the memory 12 (step S1). As a result, the total value of the number of steps for one day of the patient is finally stored in the memory 12.

  In this state, when a predetermined data collection time every day (for example, 11:00 pm) is reached, the communication interface 13 reads out the total value of the number of steps for one day of the patient from the memory 12, and the read number of steps. Together with the user ID of the patient is transmitted as activity data to the activity processing server SV (step S2). When the transmission of the activity amount data is completed, the total number of steps stored in the memory 12 is initialized.

  On the other hand, in the activity amount processing server SV, the activity amount acquisition block 331 is activated at step S3 every day before the data collection time (for example, 11:00 pm), and under the control of the activity amount acquisition block 331. A standby operation of activity amount data from each of the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm is performed. In this state, when the activity amount data transmitted from each of the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm is received by the communication interface 35, the number of steps included in the received activity amount data under the control of the activity amount acquisition block 331. The total value and the user ID are stored in the activity amount database 342 together with information indicating the data acquisition date.

  Thereafter, similarly, the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm and the activity amount processing server SV perform the activity amount data collection process every time the data collection time comes. Therefore, in the activity amount database 342, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the total number of steps for each day is sequentially stored for each patient.

(2) Activity amount suitability determination and warning message transmission In the activity amount processing server SV, activity amount suitability determination processing and warning message transmission processing are performed as follows. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure and processing contents.
In other words, the collation processing block 332 is activated when the appropriateness determination time (for example, 11:30 pm) determined in advance every day is reached. Under the control of the verification processing block 332, first, the discharge date and the disease name / prescription code for all patients are read from the patient database 341 in step S11, and the current day of all patients is further read from the activity database 342. Activity data is read. The read patient data and activity amount data are stored in a working memory in the storage unit 34 as a patient list.

  Next, the collation processing block 332 selects one patient who has not been judged appropriate from the patient list in step S12. Then, the number of days elapsed from the discharge date to the present day of the selected patient is calculated in step S13. Further, in step S14, the reference upper limit value and the reference lower limit value corresponding to the disease name / prescription code and the elapsed days are calculated from the reference activity amount database 343. Is read.

  Subsequently, in step S15, the total number of steps included in the activity data of the selected patient is compared with the read reference upper limit value and reference lower limit value, and the total number of steps is defined by the reference upper limit value and the reference lower limit value. It is determined whether it is within the range or exceeds the range. If the result of this determination is exceeded, a warning message is created in step S16. Then, the person-in-charge address of the patient is read from the patient database 341, and the warning message is transmitted to the person-in-charge operation terminal by e-mail based on the read-out person-in-charge address.

Therefore, the person in charge such as the attending physician can recognize that the amount of activity of the patient is inappropriate by the warning message notified by the above-mentioned e-mail, and the appropriate amount of activity can be obtained using the telephone or e-mail. It is possible to instruct to return.
In addition, about the patient for which the suitability determination by said step S15 was complete | finished, it excludes from a patient list as having been determined.

  Thereafter, the activity amount suitability determination process in steps S12 to S17 is executed for each patient listed in the patient list, and it is detected in step S12 that the suitability determination process for all patients has been completed. Then, the collation processing block 332 ends the process.

(3) Browsing of patient activity data by medical staff A medical staff can remotely browse the activity data of patients in charge by his / her operation terminal.
When browsing the activity data of a patient, the medical staff starts up the WWW browser of his operation terminal (eg TM1), and inputs the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the information browsing screen for medical staff in this WWW browser And perform access request operations. Then, an access request including the URL of the information browsing screen for the medical staff is transmitted from the operation terminal TM1 to the activity amount processing server SV.

  The activity amount processing server SV monitors the arrival of an access request for browsing under the control of the WWW service block 333 (step S21). In this state, when an access request is received, the WWW service block 333 determines in step S22 whether the requested URL is for a patient or a medical worker. As a result of this determination, if it is for a medical worker, the process proceeds to step S23, where the input of the user ID of the patient to be browsed from the operation terminal TM1 is awaited. Corresponding patient activity data is read from the activity database 342. Then, in step S24, the medical worker browsing data is created in the HTML format, and the medical worker browsing data is transmitted to the WWW browser of the operation requesting terminal TM1. When reading the activator data, user authentication such as basic authentication may be performed as necessary in consideration of patient privacy.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a browsing screen for medical staff displayed on the display of the operation terminal TM1. As shown in the figure, the medical staff browsing screen plots the number of steps, the reference upper limit value and the reference lower limit value according to the elapsed days, with the elapsed days after discharge on the horizontal axis and the number of steps on the vertical axis. A graph is displayed. In addition, a medical worker's comment input field is provided on the browsing screen for medical workers. In this comment input field, the medical staff inputs a comment after specifying a date, and when the send button is pressed, the WWW browser responds to the press of the send button and the text data and date data of the input comment. Is sent to the activity amount processing server SV.

The WWW service block 333 of the activity amount processing server SV monitors the arrival of a message including a comment in step S25. In this state, when a telegram including the text data of the comment and date data is received by the communication interface 35, the text data of the received comment is converted into the date in the activity amount database 342 as shown in FIG. The data is stored in the comment field 3424 corresponding to the data (step S26).
Then, a browsing end operation is performed on the operation terminal TM1, and when the browsing end is detected in step S27, the WWW service block 333 ends the browsing data transmission processing and returns to the standby state.

(4) Browsing his / her activity data by the patient The patient can remotely browse his / her activity data using his / her operation terminal.
When browsing his / her activity data, the patient starts the WWW browser of his / her operation terminal (eg, TMn), inputs the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the patient information browsing screen in this WWW browser, Perform the operation. Then, an access request including the URL of the patient information browsing screen is transmitted from the operation terminal TMn to the activity amount processing server SV.

  When the access request is received, the WWW service block 333 of the activity amount processing server SV shifts from step S21 to step S22, and determines whether the requested URL is for a patient or a medical worker. As a result of this determination, if it is for a patient, the process proceeds to step S28. Here, input of the user ID of the patient to be browsed from the operation terminal TMn is awaited. When the user ID is input, this user ID is supported. Patient activity data is read from the activity database 342. In step S29, patient browsing data is created in the HTML format, and the patient browsing data is transmitted to the WWW browser of the operation requestor TMn that is the access request source. When reading the activator data, user authentication such as basic authentication may be performed as necessary in consideration of patient privacy.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a patient browsing screen displayed on the display of the operation terminal TMn. As shown in the figure, the patient browsing screen has graphs plotting the number of steps, the reference upper limit value and the reference lower limit value according to the elapsed days, with the elapsed days after discharge on the horizontal axis and the number of steps on the vertical axis. Is displayed. A mark is displayed at a position on the graph corresponding to the date on which the comment of the attending physician exists. When the patient moves the mouse cursor to this mark at the operation terminal TMn, a comment browsing request is transmitted from the WWW browser to the WWW service block 333 of the activity amount processing server SV.

When the comment viewing request is received, the WWW service block 333 of the activity amount processing server SV shifts from step S30 to step S31, where comment information is stored on the corresponding date in the activity amount database 342. Determine whether. If comment information is stored, the comment information is read from the activity amount database 342 and transmitted to the operation terminal TMn. As a result, the comment information is displayed in a balloon format on the patient browsing screen of the operation terminal TMn, for example, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the patient can confirm the comment of the attending physician while watching the transition of his / her activity amount. If comment information is not stored, a message indicating that there is no comment may be displayed.
Then, a browsing end operation is performed on the operation terminal TMn. When this browsing end is detected in step S33, the WWW service block 333 ends the browsing data transmission process and returns to the standby state.

  As described in detail above, in this embodiment, the activity value processing server SV collects the daily step values of the patient measured by the activity amount sensors SS1 to SSm attached to the patient via the communication network NW. Store in the quantity database 342. Then, the activity amount processing server SV compares the collected step counts for one day with the reference upper limit value and the reference lower limit value of the preset step count values, and whether or not the step count values are within an appropriate range. When it is determined that it is out of the proper range, a warning message is transmitted to the operating terminal of the attending physician.

  Therefore, the activity amount at home of the discharged patient can be centrally and automatically monitored by the activity amount processing server SV. If the activity amount is outside the appropriate range, a warning message is sent to the attending physician at that time. You can be notified. In addition, since the reference upper limit value and the reference lower limit value of the above step value are set so as to change according to the number of days elapsed after discharge, it is possible to always make an appropriate determination in consideration of the number of days elapsed after discharge. it can.

  In addition, in response to a browsing request from the operation terminal TMn for the patient and the operation terminal TM1 for the medical worker, the activity amount processing server SV creates browsing screen data for the patient and the medical worker, and operates the request source. It is transmitted to the terminals TMn and TM1 and displayed. For this reason, the patient and the medical staff can browse the activity amount data of the patient or the patient in charge as needed.

  In addition, a comment input field is provided in the medical staff browsing data, and the comment information entered by the attending physician or the like in this comment input field is stored in the activity amount database 342 of the activity amount processing server SV. The comment information is read out and displayed on the patient browsing screen in response to the patient's request. Therefore, the health care worker can confirm the patient's activity amount on the browsing screen and input the comment as it is, and the patient confirms the comment of the attending doctor while confirming the transition of his / her activity amount on his / her browsing screen. be able to.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the suitability of the activity amount is determined using the number of steps as the activity amount. Alternatively, the suitability determination of the activity amount may be performed using the movement distance. This moving distance can be easily obtained by a GPS sensor.

  In the embodiment, the activity amount processing server SV is provided separately from the operation terminals TM1 to TMn. However, when the number of patients to be monitored is small, the activity amount processing server SV is included in one or more of the operation terminals TM1 to TMn. A server SV function may be provided. Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the monitored person is a patient and the monitored person is a medical worker has been described as an example, but a child, an elderly person, or another animal may be used as the monitored person.

In addition, the type and configuration of the measurement unit attached to the monitored person, the configuration of the monitoring processing device and the processing procedure and processing contents for monitoring the amount of activity are variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. Can be implemented.
In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

  SV ... activity amount processing server, NW ... communication network, SS1 to SSm ... activity amount sensor, TM1 to TMn ... operation terminal, 11 ... data acquisition unit, 12 ... memory, 13, 22, 35 ... communication interface, 21 ... control unit 23 ... Keyboard, 24 ... Mouse, 25 ... Display unit, 31 ... CPU, 32 ... Bus, 33 ... Program memory, 34 ... Storage unit, 331 ... Activity amount acquisition block, 332 ... Verification processing block, 333 ... WWW service block 341 ... Patient database, 342 ... Activity amount database, 343 ... Reference activity amount database.

Claims (10)

A measurement unit worn by the monitored person;
A monitoring processing device connectable to the measurement unit via a communication network;
The measuring unit is
Means for measuring the amount of activity of the monitored person;
Means for transmitting information representing the measurement result of the activity amount to the monitoring processing device via the communication network;
The monitoring processing device includes:
Means for storing information indicating an appropriate range of preset amount of activity;
Means for receiving and storing information representing the measurement result of the activity amount transmitted from the measurement unit;
Compare the information representing the measurement result of the received activity amount with the information representing the appropriate range of the stored activity amount, and determine whether the measurement result of the activity amount is within the appropriate range of the activity amount. Means for determining and storing the determination result;
An activity amount monitoring system comprising: means for outputting information representing the determination result. When the first terminal device used by the monitor who monitors the amount of activity of the monitored person is connectable to the monitoring processing device via the communication network,
The means for outputting information representing the determination result creates a warning message and transmits the warning message to the first terminal device when the measurement result of the activity amount is determined to be outside the appropriate range of the activity amount. 2. The activity monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein When the first terminal device used by the monitor who monitors the amount of activity of the monitored person is connectable to the monitoring processing device via the communication network,
The monitoring processing device includes:
When an activity amount browsing request is received from the first terminal device via the communication network, information indicating the measurement result and determination result of the activity amount of the corresponding monitored person is read and monitoring data for the monitor is obtained. The activity amount monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising means for creating and transmitting the created browsing data for the supervisor to the first terminal device that is the request source. When the second terminal device used by the monitored person can be connected to the monitoring processing device via the communication network,
The monitoring processing device includes:
When an activity amount browsing request is received from the second terminal device via the communication network, information indicating the measurement result and determination result of the activity amount of the corresponding monitored person is read and monitored data for the monitored person is read The activity amount according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: means for transmitting the created browsing data for the monitored person to the second terminal device as the request source. Monitoring system. A monitoring processing device that can be connected to a measurement unit that is attached to a monitored person and that transmits information representing the measurement result of the activity of the monitored person and that indicates the measurement result,
Means for storing information indicating an appropriate range of preset amount of activity;
Means for receiving and storing information representing the measurement result of the activity amount transmitted from the measurement unit;
Compare the information representing the measurement result of the received activity amount with the information representing the appropriate range of the stored activity amount, and determine whether the measurement result of the activity amount is within the appropriate range of the activity amount. Means for determining and storing the determination result;
And a means for outputting information representing the determination result.   The means for outputting the information representing the determination result creates a warning message when the measurement result of the activity amount is determined to be outside the appropriate range of the activity amount, and the generated warning message is sent to the monitored person. The monitoring processing device according to claim 5, wherein the monitoring processing device transmits the first terminal device used by a monitor who monitors the amount of activity via the communication network.   When the activity amount browsing request is received from the first terminal device used by the monitor who monitors the activity amount of the monitored person via the communication network, the measurement result of the activity amount of the corresponding monitored person and It further comprises means for reading information representing the determination result to create supervisory browsing data, and transmitting the created supervisory browsing data to the first terminal device of the request source. The monitoring processing apparatus according to claim 5 or 6.   When an activity amount browsing request is received from the second terminal device used by the monitored person via the communication network, information indicating the measurement result and determination result of the activity amount of the corresponding monitored person is read out. 8. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising means for generating monitored data for monitoring person and transmitting the generated browsing data for monitored person to the second terminal device as the request source. The monitoring processing apparatus in any one. The means for transmitting the monitoring data for monitoring is provided with a comment input field for the monitoring data for monitoring, and means for receiving and storing the comment information input to the comment input field from the first terminal device, In addition,
9. The monitoring process according to claim 8, wherein the means for transmitting the monitored data for monitoring person further comprises means for adding the received and stored comment information to the corresponding browsing data for monitored person. apparatus.   A program for causing a monitoring processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 9 to execute processing corresponding to means included in the monitoring processing apparatus.

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