JP2017195911A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cause a patient to know how soon a medical worker can visit a sickroom where the patient is when the medical worker responds to a call of a nurse call from the patient.SOLUTION: Radio transceiver installation position information and nurse call slave machine installation position information are stored. When a call is made by a nurse call slave machine, a portable terminal carried by a medical worker is made known, and when a response is made to it, a response signal is transmitted from the portable terminal. Map information highlighting the position identified by the radio transceiver installation position information of a radio transceiver that receives the response signal, and the position identified by the nurse call slave machine installation position information of the nurse call slave machine that has made a call is displayed in a display device installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave machine so that the patient can estimate how soon the medical worker can come.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system for a patient to call a nurse, and more particularly to a nurse call system for responding to a call from a patient by a portable terminal carried by the nurse.

  In general, a nurse call system is used in hospitals and care facilities. The nurse call system can help patients and carers (e.g., when a hospital patient needs help from a nurse or other staff, or when a caregiver needs help from a caregiver or other staff) Hereinafter, the system is configured so that a nurse or a caregiver (hereinafter referred to as a medical worker) can be called by operating a call operation unit.

  Many nurse call systems include nurse call cordless handsets installed near beds in the hospital room, toilets, bathrooms, etc., nurse call master units installed in nurse stations where medical workers are stationed, and sick rooms and nursing rooms. It is configured with a corridor lamp installed near the entrance of each room and a controller that performs control related to communication and data transmission / reception. In addition to the above-described configuration, a nurse call system including a portable terminal (for example, a PHS (Personal Handy phone System) terminal) carried by a medical worker and a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) is also provided. ing. In addition, a nurse call system provided with a wireless IP (Internet Protocol) telephone using a wireless LAN as a portable terminal is provided instead of PHS. 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, to the nurse call master unit to which the call signal is input. So as to notify the call. Here, when the call is notified by the nurse call master unit, the nurse call master unit outputs a notification sound from the speaker, displays a pop-up image on the display, or turns on a lamp such as an LED (light-emitting diode). Turn on / flash.

  In addition, when a call is notified by the nurse call master unit, a medical worker who notices the call needs to respond. For this reason, the nurse call master unit is provided with a handset for responding to a call notification. When a caller is alerted and a health care worker off-hooks the handset, call alerting stops and the nurse call master and the nurse call slave (or the room where the nurse call slave is installed) A communication path is formed between them. Here, since the nurse call cordless handset (or hospital room) is provided with a speaker and a microphone for calling, a call can be made between the patient and a medical worker. In addition, when the mobile terminal is usable, the medical staff can answer the call by operating the mobile terminal.

  Moreover, in the nurse call system which employ | adopted the portable terminal, it alert | reports the several portable terminal registered previously with respect to the call from a patient. Such a broadcast calling mechanism is effective, for example, when team nursing is performed to support one patient with a plurality of medical workers. In this case as well, when a call notification is made on the mobile terminal, a medical worker carrying the mobile terminal that has noticed the call needs to respond. For this reason, the portable terminal is provided with a response button for responding to the call notification. If a health care worker operates the response button on the mobile terminal while the call is being alerted, the alert is stopped and the mobile terminal and the nurse call handset (or the hospital room where the nurse call handset is installed) A communication path is formed between

  By the way, even if the medical staff responds to the call of the nurse call, there is a case where the medical staff becomes uneasy without knowing whether or not the medical staff really comes to the hospital room where he / she is. In order to solve such a problem, a technique is known that informs the patient by voice that the medical worker is heading to the patient's room after the response at the nurse call parent machine is completed (for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a patient can grasp that a medical worker is heading toward a hospital room where he / she is, but a response is made by a nurse call parent device installed in a nurse station. With the exception of the patient, the patient was unable to figure out how long a health care worker would be in his room.

  Here, if a response is made by the nurse call master unit installed at the nurse station, if the patient knows the approximate distance between the nurse station and the patient's room, how many medical personnel are there? You can guess whether you will come to your room in time. On the other hand, when a response is made on the mobile device, the mobile device can be carried, so it is not possible to know where the medical worker responded, so the patient will come to the hospital room where the medical worker will be I can't guess.

JP2013-248068A

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and when a medical worker responds to a call to a nurse call from a patient, how long the medical worker does The purpose is to make it possible for patients to know whether they can visit their hospital room.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, the wireless transmitter / receiver installation position information is registered in the wireless transmitter / receiver installed in each place in the facility, and the nurse call child is registered in the nurse call child device. Register machine location information. In addition, a call from the nurse call slave is notified, a response to the notification is made possible, and a portable terminal that transmits a response signal including portable terminal identification information at the time of response is carried by a medical worker. Then, when the call is made by the nurse call slave unit, the mobile terminal is notified, and the response signal is received from the mobile terminal that has responded to the notification, and is specified by the wireless transmitter / receiver installation position information of the wireless transmitter / receiver Map information emphasizing the position and the position specified by the nurse call slave installation position information of the nurse call slave that has called is displayed on a display device installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave. ing.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, map information indicating the position of the mobile terminal that responds to the call from the nurse call slave is displayed on the display device installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave, The patient who sees the display can estimate how long the medical staff who responded at the portable terminal can visit the patient room where the patient is.

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 the screen displayed on the display apparatus of this embodiment.

  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, reference numeral 1 denotes a nurse call slave, which is installed near the patient's bed and used by the patient. The nurse call handset 1 includes a handset control unit 2, a call operation unit 3, and a handset interface 4.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes a display device which is installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit (in other words, in the vicinity of the patient's bed) and is used so as to be browsed by the patient. The display device 5 displays a ward map of a floor where patients in a facility such as a hospital are present.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a nurse call master unit, which is installed in a nurse station or the like where a medical worker resides. Here, the nurse call parent device 10 includes a parent device control unit 11, an interface 12, a storage unit 13, a parent device notification unit 14, and a parent device response operation unit 15. The nurse call parent device 10 is used to notify a call from each nurse call child device 1 and to respond to the notification. The nurse call parent device 10 is also used to identify a place where the nurse call child device 1 is installed and a place where a medical worker is present, and generate map information displayed on the display device 5. The nurse call parent device 10 also has a function for determining which of the plurality of portable terminals 30 to be described later is to be notified of a call from the nurse call slave unit 1.

  Reference numeral 20 denotes a wireless transceiver, which is a wireless base station for wireless communication between each nurse call slave device 1 and each portable terminal 30 via the nurse call parent device 10. Reference numeral 30 denotes a portable terminal carried by each medical worker, and can wirelessly communicate with the wireless transceiver 20. Here, it is preferable that the wireless transceiver 20 is installed in each place in the facility, and the mobile terminal 30 can communicate with any one of the wireless transceivers 20 at any place in the facility. The wireless transceiver 20 stores wireless transceiver identification information for identifying the wireless transceiver 20 from other wireless transceivers 20. Further, the mobile terminal 30 stores mobile terminal identification information for identifying the mobile terminal 30 from other mobile terminals 30. The mobile terminal 30 includes a control unit 31, a wireless transmission / reception unit 32, a notification unit 33, and a response operation unit 34.

  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 configured by a call button or the like that is operated when the patient needs the support of a medical staff.

  The slave unit interface 4 is used for communication by connecting the nurse call slave unit 1 and the portable terminal 30 via the nurse call master unit 10 or the like. The patient operates the call operation unit 3 when the medical staff needs to be supported. 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 call 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 base unit control unit 11 is for controlling each component of the nurse call base unit 10 as will be described later, and includes a CPU and the like. The interface 12 is for connecting the nurse call parent device 10 and each nurse call child device 1 for communication. The interface 12 connects the nurse call parent device 10 to each display device 5 to perform communication, and connects the nurse call parent device 10 to each wireless transceiver 20 to perform communication.

  The storage unit 13 stores the child device identification information of each nurse call child device 1 and nurse call child device installation position information indicating the installation position of each nurse call child device 1 in association with each other. In addition, the storage unit 13 stores the wireless transceiver identification information of each wireless transceiver 20 and the wireless transceiver installation position information indicating the installation position of each wireless transceiver 20 in association with each other. The storage unit 13 stores map information in the facility. Further, the storage unit 13 stores the slave unit identification information of the nurse call slave unit 1 and the portable terminal identification information of a plurality of portable terminals 30 that should respond to the call from the nurse call slave unit 1 in association with each other. ing.

  The parent device notifying unit 14 is configured by a speaker, a display, a lamp, and the like, and is used for notifying the patient that he / she is calling for the support of a medical worker by voice, display, flashing, or the like. is there. The base unit response operation unit 15 is operated by a medical worker at the nurse station when the base unit notification unit 14 performs notification. By this operation, the parent device control unit 11 stops the operation of the parent device notification unit 14. When the base unit response operation unit 15 is operated, the base unit control unit 11 generates a response signal and transmits the response signal to the nurse call slave unit 1 through the interface 12.

  Next, each component of the portable terminal 30 will be described. The control part 31 is for controlling each component of the portable terminal 30 so that it may mention later, and is comprised by CPU etc. FIG. The wireless transmission / reception unit 32 is for the mobile terminal 30 to perform wireless communication with the wireless transceiver 20. The notification unit 33 includes a speaker, a display, a lamp, a vibration motor, and the like. In order to notify that the patient is making a call requesting the support of a medical worker by voice, display, blinking, vibration, or the like. belongs to.

  The response operation unit 34 is operated by a medical worker carrying the mobile terminal 30 while the notification unit 33 is performing notification. With this operation, the control unit 31 stops the operation of the notification unit 33. When the response operation unit 34 is operated, the control unit 31 generates a response signal and transmits the response signal by the wireless transmission / reception unit 32. Here, the response signal includes mobile terminal identification information. Note that the mobile terminal identification information of the terminal itself is stored in the control unit 31 or the like.

(First control)
In the nurse call system configured as described above, when the call operation unit 3 of the nurse call slave unit 1 is operated and the interface 12 inputs a call signal, the base unit control unit 11 refers to the storage unit 13 to call the call signal. The first control for extracting the nurse call handset installation position information stored in association with the handset identification information included in the mobile phone and the mobile phone stored in association with the handset identification information included in the call signal The terminal identification information is acquired, and the acquired portable terminal identification information is added to the call signal and output to the radio transceiver 20.

  Each wireless transceiver 20 transmits the input call signal to each place in the facility. In the mobile terminal 30 that has received the call signal, the control unit 31 compares the mobile terminal identification information included in the call signal with the mobile terminal identification information of the own terminal, and determines whether or not they match. When the control unit 31 determines that they match, the control unit 31 operates the notification unit 33. When a medical worker who notices the operation of the notification unit 33 operates the response operation unit 34, the control unit 31 stops the operation of the notification unit 33 and generates a response signal including the mobile terminal identification information of the terminal itself. And transmitted by the wireless transmission / reception unit 32. The wireless transmitter / receiver 20 that has received the response signal adds the wireless transmitter / receiver identification information to the response signal and outputs the response signal to the nurse call parent device 10.

(Second control)
When the interface 12 inputs a response signal from the radio transceiver 20 to the call signal described above, the master control unit 11 refers to the storage unit 13 and stores it in association with the radio transceiver identification information included in the response signal. The location information of the installed wireless transceiver is extracted.

(Third control)
Thus, when the nurse call slave unit installation position information is extracted by the first control and the wireless transceiver installation position information is extracted by the second control, the master unit control unit 11 maps the map from the storage unit 13. Information is acquired, map information in which the positions obtained by the first control and the second control are emphasized is generated and output to the display device 5 by the interface 12. For example, when the nurse call handset 1 is operated in the 107th room and the portable terminal 30 responds in the hallway, map information as shown in FIG. On the map, the position of room 107 is highlighted with diagonal lines, and the position of the mobile terminal 30 is highlighted with black circles. Here, the position of the mobile terminal 30 is the same as the installation position of the wireless transmitter / receiver 20 that has received the response signal. If a plurality of wireless transmitter / receivers 20 receive the response signal from the same mobile terminal 30, the radio wave intensity, etc. As a result, the radio transceiver 20 is selected.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, the radio transceiver 20 is installed in each location in the facility, and the radio transceiver installation position information is stored in the storage unit 13 in association with the nurse call. The nurse call slave unit installation position information is associated with the slave unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 13. In addition, when receiving a call from the nurse call cordless handset 1 and responding to the notification performed by the notification unit 33 by operating the response operation unit 34, the mobile terminal 30 transmits a response signal including mobile terminal identification information. To be carried by healthcare professionals. Then, the position specified by the wireless transmitter / receiver installation position information of the wireless transmitter / receiver 20 that has received the response signal transmitted from the portable terminal 30 and the nurse call slave unit installation position information of the nurse call slave unit 1 that has made the call. Map information emphasizing the specified position is displayed on the display device 5 installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit 1.

  As a result, the map information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 30 responding to the call from the nurse call slave unit 1 is displayed on the display device 5 installed in the vicinity of the nurse call slave unit 1, so that the display was seen. The patient can estimate how long a medical worker who responds at the portable terminal 30 can visit the patient room where the patient is. Therefore, when a medical worker responds to a nurse call from a patient, the patient can know how long the medical worker can visit the patient's room.

  In the above-described embodiment, the map information is displayed on the display device 5 only when the mobile terminal 30 responds. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a response is received from the master call response operation unit 15 of the nurse call master phone 10, the position of the nurse station in the map information may be highlighted.

  In the above-described embodiment, the position of the mobile terminal 30 is specified using the response signal generated by the mobile terminal 30, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the position of the wireless device may be specified by causing a medical worker to carry a wireless device different from the mobile terminal 30 and communicating with the wireless transceiver 20. In this case, since the response timing at the portable terminal 30 and the communication timing between the wireless transceiver and the wireless device do not match, it is necessary to periodically acquire the position of the wireless device.

  In the above-described embodiment, only the position responded by the mobile terminal 30 is displayed in the map information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the mobile terminal 30 stores the mobile terminal identification information and the medical worker identification information for identifying the medical worker (for example, the name of the medical worker) in the storage unit 13 and makes a response. You may make it display the name of a medical worker on map information.

  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 cordless handset 2 Child device control part 3 Calling operation part 4 Child machine interface 5 Display device 10 Nurse call parent machine 11 Parent machine control part 12 Interface 13 Memory | storage part 14 Parent | base station alert | reporting part 15 Parent | base station response operation part 20 Wireless transmission / reception Machine 30 Portable terminal 31 Control unit 32 Wireless transmission / reception unit 33 Notification unit 34 Response operation unit

Claims (2)

A call operation unit operated by a patient, a child device control unit that generates a call signal including child device identification information for identifying the own device from other devices by operation of the call operation unit, and the child device control unit A nurse call handset comprising a handset interface for outputting the generated call signal;
A radio transmitter / receiver that is carried by a medical worker, receives the call signal, and transmits a response signal indicating that the call is answered by the nurse call slave unit, and alerts the call by the nurse call slave unit The notification unit, the response operation unit operated to respond to the call by the nurse call handset, and the wireless transmission / reception unit receives the call signal, and the call signal is addressed to the own terminal, A control unit that operates the notification unit and then generates a response signal including mobile terminal identification information for identifying the terminal itself from another terminal when the response operation unit is operated, and transmits the response signal by the wireless transmission / reception unit; A mobile terminal comprising:
Radio transmitter / receiver identification information that is installed at various locations in a facility, relays the call signal to the portable terminal, receives the response signal from the portable terminal, and identifies the own apparatus from another apparatus A wireless transceiver that adds and outputs,
An interface for inputting the call signal output from the nurse call slave unit and outputting the call signal to the radio transceiver, and inputting the response signal output from the radio transceiver, and an installation position of the nurse call slave unit Nurse call slave unit installation position information indicating the nurse call slave unit identification information, wireless transceiver installation position information indicating the installation position of the wireless transceiver, and wireless transceiver identification information of the radio transceiver And when the interface inputs the call signal from the nurse call slave unit, the storage unit is referred to and the slave unit identification information included in the call signal is stored. The first control for extracting the nurse call handset installation position information stored in association with the call signal, When the interface inputs the response signal from the wireless transceiver, the storage unit is referred to, and the wireless transceiver installation position information stored in association with the wireless transceiver identification information included in the response signal is extracted. Second control, third control for acquiring the map information from the storage unit, generating map information emphasizing the position obtained by the first control and the second control, and outputting the map information by the interface A nurse call parent device including a control unit for performing
A display device that is installed in the vicinity of the nurse call cordless handset and displays the map information from the interface;
Nurse call system characterized by comprising. The nurse call master unit includes a master unit notification unit that notifies a call from the nurse call slave unit, and a master unit response operation unit for responding to the notification,
When the base unit response operation unit is operated in response to a call from the nurse call slave unit, the map information is acquired from the storage unit, the position obtained by the first control, and the nurse The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein control is performed to generate map information emphasizing an installation position of a call parent device and output the map information through the interface.

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