JP2015018419A - Patient information remote transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit many pieces of information to a medical institution with a simple structure by transmitting pervasive information including information on conditions of a patient as well as biological information on the emergency patient and the like as coherent data.SOLUTION: The patient information remote transmission system comprises: a biological information monitor 1 which is installed in an ambulance A to detect and record biological information on a patient; an information terminal 3 which performs data transmission of the biological information from the biological information monitor 1, to personal computers 6 to 8 in respective medical institutions through a network 4 of the Internet; and a data relay personal computer 2 which converts the biological information from the biological information monitor 1 into information capable of being handled by the information terminal 3. The information terminal 3 is configured so as to input information on conditions of a patient as information to be transmitted to a medical institution.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for transmitting information for a doctor of a patient conveyed by an ambulance to a medical institution.

The ambulance is equipped with a living body monitor for measuring the living body information of the emergency patient boarding the ambulance. In order to convey information such as the condition of an emergency patient to a doctor in a medical institution, an ambulance member of the ambulance conveys the condition information of the emergency patient to the doctor by telephone along with information on the biological monitor.
Patent Document 1 below discloses a system that detects an arrhythmia of a patient at home, automatically operates a mobile phone, and transmits information to a medical institution. In addition, this system is also configured to operate the video camera by request communication from the medical institution side as necessary and transmit the video to the medical institution.

JP 2000-93396 A

However, in the system of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is difficult to disseminate the system complicatedly and widely, such as automatically operating a mobile phone or operating a video camera, in spite of only making a diagnosis regarding arrhythmia. Met.
In view of such problems, an object of the present invention is to transmit a wide range of information including information related to a patient's condition in addition to biomedical information of an emergency patient as a set of data, thereby making a lot of information medical with a simple configuration. It is to send to the institution.

The first invention of the present invention is a biological information monitor mounted on an ambulance for detecting and recording biological information of a patient, an information terminal for transmitting biological information from the biological information monitor to a medical institution through a predetermined network, Relay means for converting the biological information from the biological information monitor into information that can be handled by the information terminal, and the information terminal can input information on the condition of the patient as information transmitted to a medical institution A patient information remote transmission system characterized by being configured.
According to the first invention, in addition to the patient's biological information conveyed by an ambulance, information related to the patient's condition is transmitted as data from the information terminal to the medical institution as a set of information. Therefore, a lot of information can be transmitted to a medical institution with a simple configuration. In addition, as a medical institution, it is possible to appropriately determine whether it is possible to accept an emergency patient based on a wide range of accurate patient information as compared with the case of information transmission by telephone. Therefore, it is possible to prepare an appropriate receiving posture according to the patient.
Furthermore, since the relay means for converting the biometric information from the biometric information monitor into information that can be handled by the information terminal is provided, the model of the biometric information monitor and the information terminal is not limited to a specific type, and the system is general-purpose. Can have sex.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the information terminal is connected to the Internet via a predetermined communication means, and simultaneously transmits data to a plurality of medical institutions using an e-mail transfer function. It is characterized by.
According to the second invention, information from the information terminal is simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of medical institutions using an electronic mail transfer function. Therefore, each medical institution that has received information can appropriately determine whether it is possible to accept an emergency patient based on a wide range of accurate patient information. Generation of rotation can be suppressed.

It is a system configuration figure of one embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode of data relay with the biometric information monitor and data relay personal computer in the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode of the data transmission of the data relay personal computer and information terminal in the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the screen display of the information terminal in the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of another screen display of the information terminal in the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of input operation by the information terminal in the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of another input operation by the information terminal in the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the report transmitted to a medical institution in the said embodiment.

FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is a system for transmitting information on an emergency patient from an ambulance A to personal computers 6 to 8 of three medical institutions through the network 4 of the Internet.
The ambulance A is provided with a biological information monitor 1 that continuously detects and records biological information such as the heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure of the emergency patient. This biological information monitor 1 is a well-known one and has been conventionally provided in the ambulance A. The ambulance A is provided with a data relay personal computer (corresponding to the relay means of the present invention) 2 and an information terminal 3 together with the biological information monitor 1. Here, the information terminal 3 is an android mobile terminal (may be a mobile terminal using iOS) that can be connected to the Internet through packet communication. The data relay personal computer 2 is a relay unit that converts the biological information from the biological information monitor 1 into information that can be handled by the information terminal 3.

In the data relay personal computer 2, as shown in FIG. 2, the data output from the biological information monitor 1 is converted into a data format that can be received by the information terminal 3, and an interface for establishing communication with the information terminal 3 is provided. Realized. Therefore, a data conversion program is installed in the data relay personal computer 2 in accordance with the data communication protocol output from the biological information monitor 1. As a result, the data relay personal computer 2 is converted into a data format that can be received by the information terminal 3 even if the data communication protocol changes depending on the model of the biological information monitor 1.
When the USB connection between the data relay personal computer 2 and the information terminal 3 is performed, a request is sent from the information terminal 3 side to the data relay personal computer 2 and a USB device object such as a product ID, a vendor ID, and a device class ID is sent. A connection for transmitting information is established based on the interface declaration information including the attribute information.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the information terminal 3 registers the data relay personal computer 2 as an external device (USB accessory) of the information terminal 3, establishes communication using the USB HOST API, and executes data capture. Specifically, USB communication is established based on the above-described interface declaration information, and a new thread for data communication is created each time, and data from the information terminal 3 to the data relay personal computer 2 using the thread is created. Communication is performed. The reason why such a new thread is created is to prevent the user interface thread, which is the main thread, from being blocked by this data communication. When the data communication between the information terminal 3 and the data relay personal computer 2 is completed, the request is transmitted and received, and the communication is terminated. As the USB HOST API, all of the USB manager, USB device, USB interface, USB end point, USB device connection, USB request, and USB content are used.

In the information terminal 3, the condition of the emergency patient can be arbitrarily input using the screen 31 of the information terminal 3. FIG. 4 shows a screen 31 for that purpose. Here, after inputting the unspecified patient ID given by the information terminal 3 and the name of the first aid member, the condition of the first aid patient confirmed by the first aid member is entered, though not essential. In addition, on the screen 31, the biological information (RR: respiratory rate, HR: heart rate, BP: blood pressure, SPO2: oxygen saturation, BT: body temperature, EtCO2: exhaled breath, which is captured from the biological information monitor 1 as described above. Terminal carbon dioxide concentration) is displayed.
As shown in FIG. 6, the input of the condition of the emergency patient (JCS: consciousness level, GCS: consciousness disorder status, pupil status, joint bias status) is input by a pull-down method.

  When the input on the screen 31 shown in FIG. 4 is completed and the “patent state” button on the screen 31 is touched, the screen 31 is switched as shown in FIG. On this screen 31, the condition of the emergency patient is further input. Specifically, the body position, facial expression, facial appearance, vomiting, nausea, incontinence, paralysis, and convulsions are selected from the states previously input and displayed on the screen 31 and touch-operated. . Also, enter the site and nature of the wound, the bleeding site and amount of bleeding, and the site, degree and range of the burn. The range of the burn is specifically input by numbers, and the other items are respectively input by a pull-down method as shown in FIG.

Information regarding the biometric information and condition of the emergency patient input to the information terminal 3 as described above is sent to each medical institution via the provider 5 through the Internet network 4 by an e-mail transmission operation using the information terminal 3. It is transmitted to personal computers 6-8. At this time, information on the biometric information and condition of the emergency patient is collected as a “biological information report” as shown in FIG. 8 in the information terminal 3 and transmitted as an attachment when an e-mail is transmitted. In addition, as information regarding the condition of the emergency patient, image information obtained by photographing the emergency patient can be posted on the “biological information report” and transmitted. This image is captured and used in the information terminal 3 by using a photographing function that the information terminal 3 originally has. The “biological information report” at the time of e-mail transmission is encrypted, and the “biological information report” cannot be opened unless a password is input at the receiving medical institution. As a result, personal information is protected.
In the case of this embodiment, the information terminal 3 uses the transfer function in the provider 5 in order to simultaneously transmit information to the personal computers 6 to 8 of the three medical institutions. In the case where only one medical institution needs to send the information related to the biometric information and condition of the emergency patient, it is only necessary to designate only that medical institution and transmit the e-mail.

When the medical institution as the transport destination of the emergency patient is determined and the medical institution requests the moving patient's moving image, the “moving image” button at the bottom of the screen 31 of the information terminal 3 shown in FIG. By performing the touch operation, it is possible to transmit a moving image captured using the moving image capturing function of the information terminal 3 in real time to the requested medical institution. At this time, the transmission of the moving image can be performed using, for example, Google Drive which is a cloud media.
The medical institution can prepare medical treatment with high accuracy using the moving image before the emergency patient arrives at the medical institution.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, in addition to the patient's biological information conveyed by the ambulance A, information related to the patient's condition is regarded as a group of information as a “biological information report”, and medical information is obtained from the information terminal 3. It is transmitted as data to the personal computers 6 to 8 of the institution. Therefore, much information can be transmitted to a medical institution with a simple configuration as compared with the case of information transmission by telephone. Further, as a medical institution, it is possible to appropriately determine whether or not an emergency patient can be accepted based on a wide range and accurate patient information. Therefore, it is possible to prepare an appropriate receiving posture according to the patient.
Furthermore, since the data relay personal computer 2 that converts the biological information from the biological information monitor 1 into information that can be handled by the information terminal 3 is provided, the models of the biological information monitor 1 and the information terminal 3 are limited to specific ones. The system can be versatile.
Furthermore, information from the information terminal 3 is simultaneously transmitted to personal computers 6 to 8 of a plurality of medical institutions by using an electronic mail transfer function. Therefore, each medical institution that has received information can appropriately determine whether it is possible to accept an emergency patient based on a wide range of accurate patient information. Generation of rotation can be suppressed.

As mentioned above, although specific embodiment was described, this invention is not limited to those external appearances and structures, A various change, addition, and deletion are possible in the range which does not change the summary of this invention. For example,
1. Although the number of transmission destinations of the biometric information and condition information of the emergency patient transmitted from the information terminal 3 is three in the above-described embodiment, it can be set arbitrarily at most or less than that.
2. About the content of the information regarding an emergency patient's biometric information and condition, it can set arbitrarily. Moreover, the method of inputting information related to the condition is also arbitrary.
3. The information terminal is not limited to a terminal using Android, but may be a terminal using iOS or the like.

1 Biological information monitor 2 Data relay personal computer (relay means)
3 Information terminal 31 Screen 4 Network 5 Provider 6, 7, 8 PC A Ambulance

Claims (2)

A biological information monitor mounted on an ambulance to detect and record biological information of the patient;
An information terminal for transmitting the biological information from the biological information monitor to a medical institution through a predetermined network;
Relay means for converting biological information from the biological information monitor into information that can be handled by the information terminal,
The information terminal is configured to be able to input information related to a patient condition as information transmitted to a medical institution. In claim 1,
The information terminal is connected to the Internet via a predetermined communication means, and transmits data simultaneously to a plurality of medical institutions using an e-mail transfer function.

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