JP2016224509A - Medical care facility management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical care facility management system that can exchange information with various information communication terminals and information collection terminals with different interfaces, such as hardware or software, and is excellent in scalability.SOLUTION: A medical care facility management system comprises a system management device that is connected with information communication networks inside and outside a medical care facility, receives a variety of information from various information communication terminals and/or information collection terminals, and provides functions and data held by itself for the various information communication terminals and/or information collection terminals. The system management device includes software and/or hardware capable of exchanging information with the various information communication terminals or information collection terminals with various communication forms.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical care facility management system that integrally manages various types of information related to the actions of patients, users, and staff in medical facilities and care facilities.

  Conventionally, there is a nurse call system as one part of a medical care facility management system that integrates and manages various types of information related to actions of patients, users, and staff in medical facilities and care facilities. The nurse call system is a call system for a nurse to respond to an emergency call from an inpatient. In the nurse call system, for example, a system for improving convenience by connecting to various portable terminals has been proposed.

  For example, the nurse call system disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a staff portable terminal and a patient portable terminal, and the nurse call master unit corresponds to a specific nurse call slave unit line in the nurse call master unit. By setting and registering in the above, it is possible to perform a mutual call between the nurse call parent device or the staff portable terminal and the nurse call slave device or the patient portable terminal of the line.

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  However, the nurse call system, which is a part of the conventional medical care facility management system, functions only with the nurse call system, and it is difficult to connect to other systems with different interfaces. It is difficult to handle information centrally.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is capable of exchanging information with various information communication terminals and information collection terminals having different interfaces such as hardware and software. It is to provide an excellent medical care facility management system.

  The medical care facility management system according to claim 1 is connected to information communication networks inside and outside the medical care facility, receives various information from various information communication terminals or information collection terminals, and various information communication terminals or A system management device that provides the functions and data possessed by the information collection terminal to the information collection terminal, and the system management device stores information between various information communication terminals or information collection terminals having various communication forms. It is characterized by having software or hardware that can be exchanged.

  The medical care facility management system according to claim 2 is characterized in that the system management apparatus is a server, and various information communication terminals and information collection terminals are client terminals.

  The medical care facility management system according to claim 3 is characterized in that the system management device is a SIP server.

  The medical care facility management system according to claim 4 is characterized in that the system management device is platform independent.

  The medical care facility management system according to claim 5 is characterized in that the system management apparatus can store and manage various kinds of information.

  According to the invention of the present application, information can be exchanged between various information communication terminals and information collection terminals having different interfaces such as hardware and software, and the expandability is excellent.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the medical care facility management system which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a medical care facility management system according to the present invention. The medical care facility management system 1 in the figure is for integrated management of various types of information related to the actions of patients, users, and staff in medical facilities and care facilities.

  The medical care facility management system 1 includes an information communication network 12, an information communication terminal or an information collection terminal, a system management apparatus 10, and the like. The system management device 10 is connected to an information communication network 12 inside and outside the medical care facility, receives various information from various information communication terminals or information collection terminals, and also to various information communication terminals or information collection terminals. It provides functions and data that it possesses.

  Specifically, the system management apparatus 10 includes software or hardware that can exchange information with various information communication terminals or information collection terminals having various communication forms. That is, the system management device 10 is a server that is the core of the system in the medical care facility management system 1, and as a server, in response to requests (requests) from various information communication terminals or information collection terminals that are clients, A side that provides services (processing).

  The system management apparatus 10 is basically composed of computer hardware and various software, and communicates with an information communication terminal or an information collection terminal having various communication forms and various electronic interface specifications. It has a form that can be connected and communicated via the network 12. The information communication network 12 that connects the system management apparatus 10 and the information communication terminal or information collection terminal may be in the form of a telephone line specification, a dedicated line, or the like in addition to a LAN network.

  Further, individual information communication terminals or information collection terminals and the system management apparatus 10 may be connected by an information communication network 12 having different specifications. Further, as shown in the figure, a public line network 3 such as a general telephone line, a wireless LAN, a public Internet line, or a public line of a mobile phone can be connected to the system management apparatus 10 like an information communication network 12. It is.

  As a form of the system management apparatus 10, specifically, a form of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server can be considered. The system management apparatus 10 as a SIP server performs management and control using SIP. Correspondence between identification information such as telephone numbers of individual information communication terminals and information collection terminals and locations on the network such as IP addresses Data is managed, and the call information and the like are mediated between the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal with which communication is desired via the system management apparatus 10. However, the system management apparatus 10 not only mediates call information and the like between the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal, but also has the functions owned by the information management terminal and the information collection terminal. It is also possible to provide data.

  The information communication terminal and the information collection terminal correspond to various electric information communication terminals as specifically shown in the figure. Here, the information communication terminal refers to a terminal such as a cordless telephone 44 or a wireless base station 42 that can be operated by a user to exchange information. The information collection terminal refers to a terminal that transmits information collected and acquired by the device itself, such as the monitoring camera 52. Hereinafter, specific examples of the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal will be described. However, the examples are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these.

  Information communication terminals and information collection terminals are used by patients, users, and staff to transmit various information related to the actions of patients, users, and staff in medical facilities and nursing care facilities, and exchange information by communicating with each other. There are things that patients and users send to the staff in the form of reports, others that monitor the status of medical facilities and nursing care facilities, and convey the information to the staff. Hereinafter, examples of the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal will be described along the form of the medical facility or the care facility.

  In the nurse station 20 in the figure, when a call button 62 installed in a living room 60 or a sick room where a patient or a user in a medical facility or a care facility is pressed, a nurse or It is a mechanism where the staff is headed. The information that the call button 62 is pressed is displayed on the screen of the electronic computer 24, for example. The contents displayed on the electronic computer 24 include not only that the call button 62 has been pressed but also information on which room 60 has been pressed. Although not shown, when a speaker or a microphone is installed in the living room 60, the nurse station 20 can speak to the living room 60 via the telephone 22. That is, various information can be exchanged between the nurse station 20 and the living room 60 through the system management apparatus 10 after ascertaining which call button 62 of the living room 60 is.

  As for the nurse station system (nurse call system), there is an existing nurse call system that has been managed with a dedicated control panel prior to the invention of the present invention (existing nurse call system). System 80). Even in such an existing nurse call system 80, the system management apparatus 10 is provided with a function capable of connecting to the system management apparatus 10 and exchanging information. For example, a nurse call terminal 82 having a call push button 84 is connected to the system management apparatus 10, and the nurse call terminal 82 is connected to the computer 24 and the telephone 22 of the nurse station 20 via the system management apparatus 10. It is possible to exchange information after grasping which is a specific. The nurse call terminal 82 is an example having a microphone and a speaker, and can be exchanged by voice using the telephone 22 of the nurse station 20. In the above description, the case where the information is displayed by the electronic computer 24 provided in the nurse station 20 is described. However, the present invention is not limited to the use of the electronic computer 24, and the existing nurse connected to the system management apparatus 10 is used. It is also possible to display information on a display board (not shown) of the call system 80.

  A place where a person is present in a medical facility or a nursing facility is not limited to a living room 60 or a hospital room, but there is also a shared space 70 such as a canteen, a hall, a corridor, and a toilet. Such a shared space 70 is also provided with a call button 72 and a speaker 74, and is provided with an information communication terminal and an information collection terminal for exchanging various types of information relating to user and patient actions. The call button 72 and the speaker 74 which are information communication terminals and information collection terminals provided in the shared space 70 are also connected to the system management apparatus 10. Similarly to the call button 62 in the living room 60, if the call button 72 provided in the shared space 70 is pressed, which call button 72 in the shared space 70 is pressed, for example, the computer 24 of the nurse station 20. Is displayed. For example, when an earthquake or a fire occurs, information can be transmitted by the speaker 74 using the telephone 22 of the nurse station 20 as in-house broadcasting in a medical facility or a nursing facility.

  The information communication terminal and the information collection terminal provided in the living room 60 and the common space 70 are not limited to the above-described objects (the objects shown in the figure). For example, a camera for monitoring and various sensors (for monitoring) There are sensors for disaster prevention such as sensors and smoke detectors and mat sensors for detecting that a patient has fallen from the bed.

  In the above description, the nurse station 20 has been described as an axis. However, there is a facility that is the office 30 as a place where the staff is located, and the telephone 32 and the broadcasting device 34 provided in the office 30 It is also possible to have the same function as the nurse station 20 of FIG. In addition, the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal provided in the nurse station 20 and the office 30 are not limited to the above-mentioned objects (things shown in the figure). For example, a camera recording device (security / monitoring system) There are various types such as an extension / outline call recording device, an answering machine, an emergency broadcast device, an emergency earthquake warning device, a security alarm device (fire alarm device, etc.), and the like.

  Also, in terms of telephones at medical facilities and nursing care facilities, the above-described telephones 22 and 32 are connected to the public line network 3 via the system management apparatus 10 and can make calls regardless of whether they are inside or outside the facility. . Further, for example, a cordless telephone 44 possessed by the traveling staff 40 in the facility is connected to the system management apparatus 10 via the radio base station 42, and calls and exchanges information with other information communication terminals and information collection terminals. It is also possible. The cordless telephone 44 may be a cellular phone, a smart phone, a portable information terminal (tablet PC, etc.) or the like that can be directly connected to the public line network 3 in addition to the one that can be used only in the facility. Even in the case of such a terminal that can be directly connected to the public line network 3, or an information communication terminal or information collection terminal outside the facility connected to the public line network 3, the system management device 10 can be connected via the public line network 3. By connecting with, it is possible to do the same as the information communication terminal and information collection terminal in the facility.

  Furthermore, by connecting the surveillance camera 52 such as the entrance / exit 50 of the facility or the door phone 54, which has conventionally operated independently as various security devices, to the system management device 10, it can be connected to other information communication terminals and information collection terminals. Exchange of information becomes possible. Note that the various devices for security provided at the entrance 50 and the like, and the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal are not limited to the above-described items (the ones shown in the figure). There are entry / exit management systems such as sensors such as locks, biometric authentication systems that perform entry / exit authentication, and the like.

  In the above description, information is exchanged with a specific information communication terminal or information collection terminal. However, information exchange with an information communication terminal or information collection terminal that did not explain information exchange is described. Information can be exchanged arbitrarily. As long as the system management apparatus 10 is used, any information communication terminal or information collection terminal can be connected to each other.

  According to the medical care facility management system 1 configured as described above, the system management apparatus 10 can provide functions and data possessed by itself to various information communication terminals or information collection terminals. Since it has software and hardware that can exchange information with various information communication terminals or information collection terminals that have various communication forms, interfaces such as hardware and software It is possible to exchange information with various information communication terminals and information collection terminals with different IDs, and to provide a system with excellent extensibility. The system management device 10 can accept various types of information communication terminals and information collection terminals by making the system management apparatus 10 platform independent so as to accept any type of platform without depending on a platform such as a specific protocol. Become.

  In addition, the system management device 10 makes it possible to store and manage various types of information between the information communication terminal and the information collection terminal, so that the staff can manually enter and leave the room and the action history of the patient and the user. It is no longer necessary to save the document, so that the staff work efficiently and the physical condition management of patients and users can be easily performed.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a medical care facility management system capable of exchanging information with various information communication terminals and information collection terminals having different interfaces such as hardware and software and having excellent extensibility. be able to.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Medical care facility management system 3 ... Public line network 10 ... System management apparatus 12 ... Information communication network 20 ... Nurse station 22 ... Telephone 24 ... Electronic computer 30 ... Office 32 ... Telephone 34 ... Broadcasting device 40 ... Travel staff 42 ... Wireless base station 44 ... Cordless phone 50 ... Gateway 52 ... Monitoring camera 54 ... Door phone 60 ... Living room 62 ... Call button 70 ... Shared space 72 ... Call button 74 ... Speaker 80 ... Existing nurse call system 82 ... Nurse call terminal 84 ... Call press button

Claims (5)

In a medical care facility management system that integrates and manages various information related to the actions of patients, users, and staff in medical facilities and care facilities,
It is connected to an information communication network inside and outside the medical care facility, receives various information from various information communication terminals or information collection terminals, and owns the various information communication terminals or information collection terminals. System management device that provides the functions and data
A medical care facility characterized in that the system management device has software or hardware capable of transmitting / receiving information to / from various information communication terminals or information collection terminals having various communication forms Management system.   The medical care facility management system according to claim 1, wherein the system management device is a server, and the various information communication terminals and the information collection terminal are client terminals.   The medical care facility management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the system management device is a SIP server.   The medical care facility management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the system management device is platform independent.   The medical care facility management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the system management apparatus can store and manage the various types of information.

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