JP2012110495A - Nurse call system and information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To indicate the request from a patient who has called for a medical or caring worker.SOLUTION: A nurse call system 100 includes: a terminal device 1a that has an operation section 10 that accepts an instruction for each request and a communication section 12 that transmits the accepted instruction; a communication section 20 that receives the instruction transmitted from the terminal device 1a; and an information section 23 that shows the request corresponding to the transmitted instruction.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a nurse call system and a notification terminal.

  Conventionally, in the medical field, in response to the operation of a call button provided on a patient's bed, a call from a patient is called by a terminal device provided at a nurse station or the like (hereinafter referred to as a medical / care worker). The nurse call system is used for notification.

  However, in the above-described conventional nurse call system, it was not known what kind of requirements the patient called the medical / care worker. For this reason, when a call from a patient is made by a medical / care worker, it is necessary to confirm the requirements up to the patient's bed, which is inconvenient to start work such as care.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an embodiment of the present invention includes an operation unit that receives an operation instruction for each message, a message reception terminal that has a notification unit that notifies the received operation instruction, and the message A nurse call system comprising: receiving means for receiving a notification from a reception terminal; and notifying means for notifying a message corresponding to the notified operation instruction.

  Further, another embodiment of the present invention accepts an operation instruction for each message, and receives a notification from a message receiving terminal that notifies the received operation instruction, and corresponds to the notified operation instruction. An informing terminal comprising: an informing means for informing a business to be performed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a nurse call system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front external view showing the external appearance of the terminal device. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a display example of a display screen for performing an operation instruction for each message. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a display example of a notification screen.

  Details of a nurse call system and a notification terminal according to embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a nurse call system 100 according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the nurse call system 100 includes a terminal device 1 a on the patient side, a terminal device 1 b on the medical / care worker side, and a server device 2. In the nurse call system 100, the terminal devices 1a and 1b and the server device 2 are communicably connected to each other via a communication network (not shown) such as a wireless or wired LAN (Local Area Network).

  The terminal device 1a is provided for each patient, and is an information terminal installed on a patient's bed (not shown), for example. The terminal device 1a for each patient is managed by the server device 2 in association with identification information uniquely assigned to each terminal, such as a MAC address for communication, and a patient ID uniquely assigned to each patient. ing. Therefore, when there is communication from the terminal device 1a, the server device 2 can determine which patient's terminal device 1a communicated by referring to the identification information for each terminal.

  The terminal device 1b is an information terminal installed in a nurse station or the like where medical / care workers are resident. In addition, in this embodiment, although the terminal device 1b shall be installed in a nurse station, it may be provided for every medical / care worker similarly to the terminal device 1a.

  The terminal device 1a and the terminal device 1b include an operation unit 10, a display unit 11, a communication unit 12, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), an HDD (Hard). This is an information terminal having substantially the same configuration, including (Disk Drive) and the like (both not shown). Therefore, when the terminal device 1a and the terminal device 1b are not particularly distinguished, the terminal device 1 will be described.

  The operation unit 10 includes a touch panel 10a, operation buttons 10b, and the like (see FIG. 2), and accepts user operations. The display unit 11 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and performs screen display under the control of the CPU. The communication unit 12 is a communication interface for connecting to a communication network such as a wireless or wired LAN. The communication unit 12 performs data communication via a communication network with a predetermined communication protocol under the control of the CPU.

  FIG. 2 is a front external view showing the external appearance of the terminal device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, a display unit 11 is provided on the front surface of the casing 13 of the terminal device 1. The display unit 11 is provided with a touch panel 10a superimposed on the upper surface. An operation button 10b is provided below the display unit 11. Accordingly, the user can issue an operation instruction to the terminal device 1 by confirming the screen displayed on the display unit 11 and performing a touch operation on the touch panel 10a or a pressing operation on the operation button 10b.

  In the terminal device 1a on the patient side, the CPU 10 expands a program stored in the ROM or HDD to a work area of the RAM and sequentially executes the program, thereby giving an operation instruction for each item for calling a medical / care worker to the operation unit 10. The communication unit 12 has a function of notifying the server apparatus 2 of the received operation instruction. In addition to “emergency” that informs medical and caregivers of sudden changes in conditions, etc., there are “general” that requests general tasks such as cleaning up after meals, changing sheets, changing clothes, and toilet assistance. .

  In the terminal device 1a, under the control of the CPU, the display unit 11 displays a display screen for receiving the above-described message, and the message according to the operation received from the operation unit 10 is transmitted from the communication unit 12 to the server device 2. Notice.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a display example of a display screen for performing an operation instruction for each message. As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 11 displays an operation button G10 for receiving an “emergency” message and an operation button G12 for receiving a “general” message on a display screen G1 for receiving the message. Is done. The patient can perform notification (nurse call) of “emergency” or “general” by performing the touch operation of the operation buttons G10 and G12 from the touch panel 10a.

  In addition, when the item “general” is selected by the touch operation of the operation button G12, the display unit 11 displays the details of the items such as “meal”, “sheet change”, “toilet”, “clothes change”, and the like. A display screen G2 having operation buttons G20 to G23 for notifying is displayed. The patient can make detailed notifications such as “already eaten”, “sheet change”, “toilet”, “change of clothes”, etc. by touching the operation buttons G20 to G23 from the touch panel 10a.

  The server device 2 is an information device for supervising information of the terminal devices 1 a and 1 b in the nurse call system 100. Specifically, the server device 2 may be a PC (Personal Computer) provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, HDD, communication interface, etc. (all not shown). The server device 2 has functions as a communication unit 20, a storage unit 21, a scheduling unit 22, and a notification unit 23 by causing the CPU to expand a program stored in the ROM or HDD into a work area of the RAM and sequentially execute the program. is doing.

  The communication unit 20 performs data communication via a communication network using a predetermined communication protocol under the control of the CPU. The storage unit 21 is an HDD or the like, and stores a nurse call DB 210, position information 211, and the like in addition to programs and various setting information.

  The nurse call DB 210 is a database (DB) that stores a nurse call notified from the terminal device 1a. The nurse call DB 210 stores a plurality of nurse calls with one nurse call notified from the terminal device 1a as one record. Specifically, when there is a nurse call from the terminal device 1a, the server device 2 specifies the patient who made the nurse call based on the identification information of the terminal device 1a that made the nurse call under the control of the CPU. Then, together with the patient ID and the room number of the identified patient, the requirement of the nurse call and the date and time thereof are stored in one record of the nurse call DB 210. Therefore, the server device 2 can confirm the notification order of the nurse call by confirming the date and time included in the record of the nurse call DB 210. The nurse call notified from the terminal device 1a may be stacked in the nurse call DB 210 in the notified order.

  The position information 211 is a data file that stores information on the position of each request in the nurse call. The position related to the business indicates a place where it is necessary to stop when processing the business. The medical / caregiver who is called by the nurse call for a given requirement not only goes to the patient's room, but also stops at a designated place such as a warehouse to receive chemicals and equipment necessary for the treatment of the requirement. There is. For example, in the case of a “meal” requirement for clearing dishes, it is necessary to carry the dishes to the catering room after visiting the patient's hospital room. Therefore, the patient's hospital room and the catering room are stored in the position information 211 as information on the position of the request for the “meal” item. By confirming the position information 211, the server device 2 can calculate the movement distance until one message is processed by the nurse call from the position information related to the message.

  The scheduling unit 22 rearranges the plurality of nurse calls stored in the nurse call DB 210 based on the priority order set in advance for each message. As for the priority order for each message, a code indicating the message and a number indicating the priority are set in advance in the ROM or the like. There are priorities for calling medical / caregivers when there is an urgent need and when they are not. For example, in “emergency” or “general”, “emergency” has a higher priority. In “general”, priority is given in the order of “toilet”, “change of clothes”, “change of sheets”, and “meal”. Accordingly, the scheduling unit 22 determines that “emergency”, “toilet”, and “change of clothes” when the requirements of the plurality of nurse calls stored in the nurse call DB 210 are “toilet”, “change of clothes”, and “emergency”. Sort in order.

  In addition, the scheduling unit 22 rearranges the moving information in the arrangement order in which the moving distance is shorter when all the positions related to a plurality of nurse call requirements stored in the nurse call DB 210 are based on the position information 211. . For example, a nurse's call with a “meal” where the patient's hospital room and the catering room are subject to a request, a nurse call from a patient room near the catering room, and a nurse call from a patient room far from the catering room Is stored in the nurse call DB 210. This sort of multiple nurse calls is a “meal” nurse call that has a shorter travel distance than a “meal” nurse call followed by a nurse call from a room far from the wardroom. Next, the nurse call from the hospital room close to the catering room will be arranged. The order in which the scheduling unit 22 has been rearranged is stored in the nurse call DB 210.

  The notification unit 23 notifies the nurse call stored in the nurse call DB 210. Specifically, the notification unit 23 reads a nurse call record (patient ID, patient's room, message, date, etc.) stored in the nurse call DB 210, and reads the patient name corresponding to the patient ID and the patient. Information for notifying the patient's room, business, etc. is generated and notified from the communication unit 20 to the terminal device 1b.

  In addition, the alerting | reporting part 23 confirms notification order, when several nurse calls are memorize | stored in nurse call DB210, and alert | reports in order of notification. Further, when the order rearranged by the scheduling unit 22 is stored in the nurse call DB 210, notification is performed according to the rearranged order. Specifically, the notification unit 23 sequentially reads the nurse call records stored in the nurse call DB 210, and the patient name corresponding to the patient ID, the patient's ward, Information for notifying the case is generated and notified from the communication unit 20 to the terminal device 1b.

  In the terminal device 1b, the notified information is received by the communication unit 12 under the control of the CPU, and the received information is displayed as a notification screen on the display unit 11 to notify the medical / care worker. The notification by the notification unit 23 may be performed by displaying a notification screen on a display device (not shown) such as an LCD provided in the device itself.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a display example of a notification screen. As shown in FIG. 4, on the notification screen G3 of the display unit 11 of the terminal device 1b, as the information notified from the notification unit 23, a patient room, a patient name, a requirement, and the like of a patient who has made a nurse call are displayed. The Therefore, the medical / care worker can confirm what kind of requirement the patient has made the nurse call without visiting the patient's bed, and can easily start work such as care. In addition, since the nurse call from the patient is displayed in a list on the notification screen G3, the medical / care worker can grasp the status of a plurality of nurse calls.

  In the notification screen G3, a list of nurse calls from patients is displayed in the order of notification of nurse calls or in descending order of priority. Therefore, the medical / care worker can easily determine the order of processing.

  In addition, when “XXX room” in the notification screen G3 is “room 004” and “room 003”, “room 004”, and “room 005” are subsequently arranged, the space between “room 003” Notification screen that rearranges nurse calls so as to shorten the travel distance when all nurse calls displayed in the list are processed in response to the nurse call of "room 005" via "room 004" in G4 is displayed. Therefore, the medical / care worker can grasp the processing order in which the moving distance (flow line) when processing the nurse call becomes shorter.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Nurse call system 1, 1a, 1b ... Terminal device, 2 ... Server apparatus, 20 ... Communication part, 21 ... Memory | storage part, 22 ... Scheduling part, 23 ... Notification part, 210 ... Nurse call DB, 211 ... Position information , G1, G2 ... display screen, G3, G4 ... notification screen

JP 2010-258869 A

Claims (6)

An operation unit that receives an operation instruction for each message, and a message reception terminal having a notification unit that notifies the received operation instruction;
Receiving means for receiving a notification from the message receiving terminal;
A notifying means for notifying a message corresponding to the notified operation instruction;
A nurse call system characterized by comprising: A storage unit for storing a notification order of a plurality of messages corresponding to the notified operation instruction;
The notification means notifies the plurality of requirements in the order of notification;
The nurse call system according to claim 1. Scheduling means for rearranging a plurality of messages corresponding to the notified operation instructions based on a priority set in advance for each message;
The notifying means notifying the rearranged requirements;
The nurse call system according to claim 1. The scheduling means includes a movement distance when the plurality of business items pass through all the positions related to the plurality of business items based on the position information in which the positions of the business items for each business item are set in advance. Sort in the order in which
The nurse call system according to claim 3. The informing means is configured to display a list of the plurality of requirements on a display unit and informing them;
The nurse call system according to any one of claims 2 to 4. Receiving means for receiving an operation instruction for each message and receiving a notification from the message receiving terminal for notifying the received operation instruction;
A notifying means for notifying a message corresponding to the notified operation instruction;
A notification terminal comprising:

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