JP2014180392A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly display bed arrangement and patient information while as many number of sickrooms as possible are displayed simultaneously on a display.SOLUTION: While only arrangement of sickrooms is displayed on a layout image, when calling is made, patient information for identifying a patient who has made a call along with sickroom information representing bed arrangement in the sickroom in which the patient who has made a call is present and the position of the bed of the patient are displayed as a pop-up image. Thus, since only sickroom arrangement is displayed on the layout image, the number of sickrooms displayed simultaneously may be increased as much as possible. Further, when calling is made, since the patient information for identifying a patient who has made a call along with sickroom information representing bed arrangement in the sickroom in which the patient who has made a call is present as well as bed position of the patient are displayed on the pop-up image, the patient information and the bed position of the patient are properly displayed when required.

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system for calling a nurse or caregiver by a patient or a cared person, and in particular, on the display of the nurse call parent machine for notifying that the patient or cared person has called. The present invention relates to a nurse call system that displays a layout image and a pop-up image.

  In general, a nurse call system is used in hospitals and care facilities. The nurse call system can be used when a patient at a hospital needs help from a nurse or when a caregiver at a care facility needs help from a caregiver (collectively, This system is configured so that a nurse or a caregiver (hereinafter collectively referred to as a health care worker) can be called by operating a call operation unit.

Many nurse call systems include nurse call cordless handsets installed in the vicinity of beds, toilets, and bathrooms in hospital rooms, nurse call master units installed in nurse stations where medical workers are stationed, and rooms such as hospital rooms. It comprises a corridor lamp installed on the corridor side near the entrance, and a controller that performs control related to communication and data transmission / reception. In addition to the above-described configuration, a portable terminal (for example, PHS (Personal Handy phone System) terminal) carried by a medical worker and a PBX (Private
There is also a nurse call system with Branch Exchange. Here, the nurse call slave has a call operation unit.

  Such a nurse call system outputs a call signal from the nurse call slave unit to the nurse call master unit when the patient operates the call operation unit of the nurse call slave unit, and inputs the call signal. It is comprised so that a call may be alert | reported by a machine. Moreover, in the nurse call system provided with the portable terminal and the PBX, the calling is also notified on the portable terminal.

  As a nurse call master unit, there is a board-type unit that combines a tuning section with a lamp such as an LED (light-emitting diode) and a display field for displaying the name of a patient according to the number of patients. Yes. The board-type nurse call parent device is attached to a wall surface of the nurse station, and a medical worker in the nurse station can view information displayed on the board-type nurse call parent device.

  When the call operation unit of the nurse call slave is operated and a call signal is output from the nurse call slave, the nurse call master that has input the call signal is included in the call signal and identifies the nurse call slave. Therefore, the caller (actually a nurse call slave unit) is specified by the slave unit identification information. And the notification of a call is performed by lighting or blinking the lamp | ramp of the channel selection part corresponding to the display column of the patient who is using the specified nurse call cordless handset. Call notification is performed not only by lighting or blinking of the lamp of the tuning unit but also by sound output from a speaker.

  By the way, as a nurse call parent machine, not only the above-described board type but also a desktop type installed on a desktop is known. There is also known a nurse call system including a PC (personal computer) type nurse call parent device that displays a layout image showing the arrangement of a hospital room and a bed on a display (see, for example, Patent Document 1). At the position corresponding to the bed in the layout image described above, patient information such as the patient information such as the patient's name, age, and sex, the department, and the name of the medical staff in charge of the patient are displayed.

  There is also known a nurse call system including a PC-type nurse call master unit that displays a pop-up image indicating patient information of a patient who has called on a display when the call is made by a nurse call slave. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2). In the above pop-up image, patient information for identifying the patient who called the patient's room (including bed number) and the patient's name, patient information such as the patient's age and gender, and the person in charge Patient information such as the name of the health care worker is displayed.

  Further, according to the technique described in Patent Document 2, when a pop-up image is displayed on a display, the pop-up image is displayed in a different area from the layout image displayed at the same time. Also, according to the technique described in Patent Document 2, when the number of pop-up images increases, the layout image displayed at the same time is reduced.

JP 2006-130083 A JP 2010-51545 A

  However, according to the technique described in Patent Document 1, when the number of beds is increased, the number of hospital rooms is increased, or the layout of hospital rooms is complicated, the layout image does not fit on the display. there were. In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to display a part of the layout image on the display and display all the layout images by scrolling the layout image. Further, like the technique described in Patent Document 2, it is also conceivable to reduce the layout image and display the layout image on the display.

  However, in the case where the layout image is scrolled, it is necessary to make it easy to see the patient information displayed at the bed position, and there is a problem that the number of hospital rooms displayed on the display is reduced at the same time. In the case of reducing the layout image, there is a problem that it is difficult to see patient information displayed at the bed position.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. When a layout image of a hospital room is displayed on the display of the nurse call master unit, the number of hospital rooms displayed on the display at the same time is determined. It is an object to allow the bed position and patient information to be displayed appropriately while increasing the number as much as possible.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, the layout image displayed on the display of the nurse call master unit displays only the arrangement of the hospital room, and when a call by the nurse call slave unit occurs, Along with the patient information for specifying the patient who has called, the bed arrangement in the hospital room where the calling patient is located and the room information indicating the bed position of the patient are displayed as a pop-up image on the display.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, since only the arrangement of hospital rooms is displayed in the layout image on the display of the nurse call master unit, the number of hospital rooms displayed simultaneously can be increased as much as possible. In addition, when a call is made by a nurse call cordless handset, the bed information in the hospital room where the calling patient is located and the bed position of the patient are shown together with patient information for identifying the calling patient. Since the room information is displayed as a pop-up image, the patient information and the bed position of the patient can be appropriately displayed when necessary.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the nurse call system by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the display of the nurse call parent machine of this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the modification of the nurse call system by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the display of the nurse call parent machine of a modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, a nurse call system for nursing support installed in a hospital will be described as an example, but the nurse call system of the present embodiment is not limited to that installed in a hospital. For example, the present invention can also be applied when installed in a nursing facility. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a nurse call system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, 1 is a nurse call cordless handset, which is installed in the vicinity of a patient's bed and used when a patient calls a medical worker. Here, the nurse call cordless handset 1 is installed for each patient. The nurse call handset 1 includes a handset control unit 2, a call operation unit 3, and a handset interface 4.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a nurse call master unit, which is installed in a nurse station or the like where a medical worker is resident, and is used when the medical worker answers a call from a patient. Here, the nurse call parent device 10 includes a control unit 11, an interface 12, a storage unit 13, a display 14, a speaker 15, and a response operation unit 16. A corridor lamp and a controller (both not shown) are connected between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10. The corridor lamp displays the name of the patient in the hospital room and also indicates that the call has been made when the patient in the hospital room calls. The controller controls communication between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10.

  First, each component of the nurse call handset 1 will be described. The subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 is for controlling each component of the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1 so that it may mention later, and is comprised by CPU (Central Processing Unit) etc. The call operation unit 3 is for operation when a patient calls a medical worker, and includes a call button and the like.

  The slave unit interface 4 is for connecting the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 10 for communication. The patient operates the call operation unit 3 when he / she wants to call a medical worker. Then, the subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 produces | generates a calling signal. Here, the call signal includes slave unit identification information for identifying the nurse call slave unit 1 from other nurse call slave units 1. In addition, information such as a bed number is used as the slave unit identification information. The subunit | mobile_unit control part 2 outputs the produced | generated calling signal to the nurse call parent | base_unit 10 by the subunit | mobile_unit interface 4. FIG.

  Next, each component of the nurse call parent machine 10 will be described. The control unit 11 is for controlling each component of the nurse call parent device 10 as will be described later, and includes a CPU or the like. The interface 12 is for connecting the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1 for communication. Here, the interface 12 inputs the call signal output from the nurse call slave unit 1.

  The storage unit 13 includes slave unit identification information (bed number) of the nurse call slave unit 1 and patient information (for example, a patient) for identifying a patient who uses the nurse call slave unit 1 specified by the slave unit identification information. (Name) and bed arrangement in the hospital room where the patient is located and hospital room information indicating the bed position of the patient as an image are stored in advance in association with each other. The storage unit 13 stores image information of a layout image displayed on the display 14 described later.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2A, the layout image shows the layout of the ward managed by the nurse call parent device 10, and each ward (room number 101 to 113) and other facilities (bathroom, (Nurse station, toilet, stairs, elevator, emergency exit, etc.) However, the bed number and the graphic indicating the arrangement of the beds are not displayed in each room column of the layout image.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display 14 includes a display device, and displays the above-described layout image, and also displays a pop-up image when a call is made by the nurse call handset 1. The speaker 15 is for outputting a notification sound indicating a call from the patient. When the call is made by the nurse call handset 1, the speaker 15 outputs a sound in synchronization with the display of the pop-up image described above. Here, the pop-up image shows the text indicating the slave unit identification information (bed number), the text indicating the patient information (for example, the patient name) of the calling patient, and the bed arrangement in the hospital room where the patient is located. And an image in which the display form of the bed in which the patient is located is different from the display form of other beds.

  In the present embodiment, the entire layout image is displayed on the display 14, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a part of the layout image may be displayed on the display 14 and a part that has not been displayed by scrolling the screen may be displayed.

  The response operation unit 16 includes buttons and the like, and can be operated in a state where a pop-up image indicating a call from the patient is displayed on the display 14 and the speaker 15 outputs a notification sound indicating the call from the patient. Used by medical personnel to answer calls from patients. Here, the response operation unit 16 is configured by a handset or the like, and a medical worker can respond by off-hooking the handset.

  When the response operation unit 16 is operated, the control unit 11 erases the pop-up display displayed on the display 14 and stops the notification sound output from the speaker 15. Then, a communication path is formed between the nurse call parent device 10 and the nurse call child device 1. In addition, when the call from the some nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1 overlaps, several pop-up images are displayed on a display.

  In the nurse call system configured as described above, for example, when a patient (patient information “Taro Tanaka”) with a room number “106” and a bed number “106-3” operates the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call handset 1. The handset controller 2 generates a call signal, and the handset interface 4 outputs the call signal to the nurse call base unit 10. On the other hand, in the nurse call parent device 10, the interface 12 inputs a call signal, and the control unit 11 refers to the storage unit 13 and stores the patient information stored in association with the child device identification information included in the call signal and Get hospital room information.

  And the control part 11 produces | generates a pop-up image using the subunit | mobile_unit identification information (bed number) extracted from the calling signal, the acquired patient information, and the acquired hospital room information, and displays it on the display 14 (FIG. 2). (See (b)). At this time, the control unit 11 knows where the call is made by making the display form of the corresponding room column (106) in the layout image different from the display form of the other room or facility column. It can be easily displayed on the display 14. Moreover, the control part 11 operates the speaker 15, and the speaker 15 outputs a notification sound.

  When the response operation unit 16 is operated in this state, the control unit 11 deletes the pop-up image (see FIG. 2A), and stops the operation of the speaker 15. Moreover, the control part 11 forms a speech path between the nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 1 which performed the call. After making a call, the medical worker goes to the hospital room where the patient who made the call is based on the displayed layout image.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, only the layout of the hospital room is displayed on the layout image displayed on the display 14 of the nurse call parent device 10, and calling by the nurse call child device 1 is performed. The control unit 11 displays, as a pop-up image, the patient room information indicating the bed arrangement in the hospital room where the calling patient is located and the patient bed position together with the patient information for identifying the calling patient. 14 is displayed.

  As a result, only the arrangement of the hospital rooms is displayed in the layout image on the display 14 of the nurse call parent device 10, so that the number of patient rooms displayed at the same time can be increased as much as possible. In addition, when a call is made by the nurse call cordless handset 1, the bed information in the hospital room where the calling patient is located and the bed position of the patient are displayed together with patient information for identifying the calling patient. Since the displayed room information is displayed as a pop-up image, the patient information and the bed position of the patient can be appropriately displayed when necessary.

  In the embodiment described above, the bed arrangement of each hospital room and the patient information of the patient in each hospital room are not displayed on the display 14 unless the patient in the hospital room calls using the nurse call handset 1, It is not limited to this. For example, by designating a hospital room, bed arrangement or patient information of the hospital room may be displayed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the selection operation unit 17 is provided in the nurse call parent machine 10. Here, the selection operation unit 17 may be configured by a plurality of keys, or may be configured by a touch panel attached to the display 14. When any room is selected by the selection operation unit 17, the control unit 11 refers to the storage unit 13 and extracts the room information of the selected room and the patient information stored in association with the room information. . Then, a pop-up image is generated based on the information and displayed on the display 14.

When the room number “106” is selected by the selection operation unit 17 in a state where the layout image shown in FIG. 4A is displayed, the control unit 11 ′ refers to the storage unit 13 and the room number “106”. ”And the patient information stored in association with the room information (here, the patient“ Jiro Suzuki ”with the bed number“ 106-1 ”and the patient“ Takahashi ”with the bed number“ 106-2 ”). Saburo ”, patient“ Taro Tanaka ”with bed number“ 106-3 ”and patient“ Ichiro Sato ”with bed number“ 106-4 ”) are extracted, and a pop-up image is generated and displayed on the display 14 (FIG. 4). (See (b)). Thereby, the medical staff can check the bed layout and patient information of each hospital room at any time.

  In the embodiment described above, the patient information displayed in the pop-up image is only the patient name, but is not limited to this. For example, various patient information such as the patient's department, the patient's age, sex, and the name of the medical staff in charge of the patient may be displayed on the pop-up image.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the nurse call slave device 1 includes the call operation unit 3 configured by a call button, but is not limited thereto. For example, the nurse call slave unit 1 is provided with a sensor for detecting a predetermined state of the patient, and the slave unit control unit 2 generates a call signal or an emergency call signal when the sensor detects a predetermined state of the patient. May be.

  In addition, the said embodiment is only what showed the example in implementation in implementing this invention, and, as a result, the technical scope of this invention should not be interpreted limitedly. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Nurse call subunit | mobile_unit 2 subunit | mobile_unit control part 3 Calling operation part 4 Child machine interface 10 Nurse call parent | base_unit 11, 11 'control part 12 Interface 13 Storage part 14 Display 15 Speaker 16 Response operation part 17 Selection operation part

Claims (2)

A slave unit that generates a call signal including a call operation unit that a patient operates to call a medical worker, and a slave unit identification information for identifying the device itself from other devices when the call operation unit is operated. A nurse call handset provided with a control unit and a handset interface that outputs a call signal generated by the handset control unit;
An interface for inputting the call signal from the nurse call slave unit, patient information for identifying at least a patient who is calling, slave unit identification information of a nurse call slave unit used by the patient, and the patient A storage unit that associates and stores bed arrangement in a hospital room and hospital room information that indicates the patient's bed position as an image, a layout image that shows only an actual arrangement of hospital rooms in the facility, and the patient information A display for displaying a pop-up image including the room information and the layout image are displayed on the display, and when the interface inputs the call signal, the storage unit is referred to and included in the call signal. Extract patient information and room information stored in association with the child machine identification information A nurse call parent device and a control unit for displaying a pop-up image on the display,
Having a nurse call system. When the control unit selects a desired room from a plurality of rooms in the layout image in a state where the layout image is displayed on the display, the control unit refers to the storage unit and is selected. The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein patient room information of a patient room and patient information stored in association with the patient room information are extracted and displayed as a pop-up image on the display.

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