JP2018198741A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

To prevent a medical worker from forgetting to go to a room of a patient for a nurse call system which is placed into a restoration state only by a medical worker responding to a call from a nurse call slave machine.SOLUTION: A nurse call system includes: a restoration processing unit 26 for stopping a notification operation and putting a system in a restoration state when detecting a reply to a call from a nurse call slave machine; a reading determination unit 27 for determining whether a device to be read carried by a medical worker has been read or not at a sickroom side reading device installed in a room from which a call was made, within a prescribed time after the system was put in a restoration state; and a notification re-executing unit 28 for re-executing a notification operation when reading has not been performed within the prescribed time. With this configuration, when a medical worker does not go to the room from which a call was made within a prescribed time after the system was put in a restoration state, a notification operation is performed again.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and is particularly suitable for use in a nurse call system that is in a restored state in which a response to a call is completed when a response is made by a medical worker to a call from a nurse call slave. It is a thing.

  In general, nurse call systems installed in hospitals, nursing homes, etc. are installed in nurse call slaves installed on the bedside of patients and care recipients (hereinafter collectively referred to as patients) and nurse centers. A nurse call master unit and a corridor lamp installed near the entrance of each room such as a hospital room or a nursing room. There is also provided a nurse call system further comprising a portable terminal carried by a nurse or a caregiver (hereinafter collectively referred to as a medical worker) and a PBX (Private Branch Exchange).

  In the nurse call system configured as described above, when the patient operates the call button of the nurse call cordless handset, the notification unit provided in the nurse call master phone or the portable terminal operates, and the patient calls the medical staff. it can. The medical staff can respond with the handset or the portable terminal of the nurse call master unit and can talk with the patient. When the medical worker responds, the notification operation by the nurse call parent device or the portable terminal stops.

  The corridor lamp is linked to the nurse call master unit, and when the patient operates the call button of the nurse call slave unit, the LED etc. provided on the corridor lamp lights / flashes, and the hospital room where the corridor lamp is installed. It is informed that a call is being made. Thereby, the medical worker walking along the corridor can specify the hospital room where the patient who has called is located.

  However, in such a nurse call system, the health care worker only needs to respond to the nurse call master unit's handset or mobile terminal to stop the notification operation, so the health care worker needs to visit the patient's room and perform nursing. In spite of this, there has been a problem that a medical worker forgets to go to the patient room.

  In order to solve such a problem, when a response is made at the nurse call parent device or the portable terminal, the notification operation is stopped, but the LED of the corridor lamp is kept on, and the medical staff is in charge of the patient. There has been provided a nurse call system in which, when a predetermined operation is performed in a hospital room where the room is located, the LED of the corridor lamp is turned off and the response to the call is completed (so-called recovery state).

  There is also known a nurse call system in which a recovery operation unit is connected to a nurse call slave unit and the system is brought into a recovery state by operation of the recovery operation unit by a medical worker (for example, described in Patent Document 1). This Patent Document 1 describes that, in response to a call from a nurse call slave unit, when the recovery operation unit has not been operated even after a predetermined time has passed, the nurse call master unit performs notification again. ing.

JP 2014-144165 A

  By the way, some nurse call systems can be restored to the call from the nurse call slave by simply responding with the handset or portable terminal of the nurse call master. However, in this kind of nurse call system, even if the health care worker does not go to the patient room, the system is in a recovery state, so that the health care worker forgets to go to the patient room. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. In a nurse call system in which a medical worker responds to a call from a nurse call cordless handset, The purpose is to be able to suppress the problem that the person forgets to go to the patient room.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, after performing a notification operation in response to a call from a nurse call slave unit, when a response to the call is detected, the notification operation is stopped and the system is restored. To do. After that, when the worker identification information stored in the device to be read carried by the medical worker is not read in the reading device installed in the room where the above call is made within a predetermined time, a notification is given. The operation is re-executed.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, after a health care worker responds to a call from a nurse call cordless handset, the health care worker is placed in a restored state, and then the health care worker is placed in the room where the call is made. Otherwise, since the worker identification information is not read within a predetermined time in the reading device installed in the room, the notification operation is executed again. The medical worker is prompted to go to the room where the call was made by re-execution of the notification operation. Thereby, the problem that a medical worker forgets to go to the room where the call was made can be suppressed.

It is a figure which shows the example of whole structure of the nurse call system by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of the nurse call parent machine by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the nurse call main | base station by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of whole structure of the nurse call system by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of the nurse call parent machine by 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the nurse call main | base station by 2nd Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the entire configuration of a nurse call system according to the first embodiment. 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.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the nurse call system according to the first embodiment includes a nurse call master unit 1, a control unit 2, a corridor lamp 3, a wall-embedded slave unit 4, a hand-type slave unit 5, and a hospital room side reader. 9 (corresponding to “reading device” in the claims), a handin squall main device 6, a radio base station 7, and a portable terminal (for example, a PHS terminal or a smartphone) 8.

  The nurse call master unit 1 is for performing a response operation to a call from a patient (nurse call slave unit) or a patient call operation, and is installed in a nurse center, for example. The nurse call parent device 1 includes a handset 1a for making this response or calling. The nurse call parent device 1 includes a display panel 1b that can display information, such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL panel.

  The control device 2 is arranged between the nurse call master device 1 and the corridor lamp 3, and performs control related to a call and data transmission / reception.

  The corridor lamp 3 is installed near the outside entrance of each hospital room (corresponding to the “room” in the claims), displays the name of the patient in the hospital room, and the patient in the hospital room calls the medical staff. When this is done, the fact that the call has been made is displayed by an LED or the like. When a main unit call signal (described later) is input from the wall-embedded handset 4 or the hand-type sub unit 5, the corridor lamp 3 includes the room number of the hospital room in which the corridor lamp 3 is installed in the main unit call signal. In addition, the data is transmitted to the nurse call parent device 1 via the controller 2. Further, the corridor lamp 3 adds a room number of the hospital room in which the corridor lamp 3 is installed to the read signal when a read signal (described later) is input from the patient room side reader 9, and via the controller 2, Sent to the nurse call master unit 1.

  The wall-embedded slave unit 4 is embedded in each bedside wall of a hospital room. This wall-embedded handset 4 is connected to the corridor lamp 3. The hand-type slave unit 5 is connected to the wall-embedded slave unit 4. The wall-embedded handset 4 and the hand-type handset 5 correspond to the nurse call handset in the claims. Hereinafter, the wall-embedded slave unit 4 and the hand-type slave unit 5 are collectively referred to as nurse call slave units 4 and 5.

  The wall-embedded handset 4 includes a call button for a patient to call a medical worker, a microphone and a speaker used when the patient has a conversation with the medical worker, and a connection terminal for connecting the hand-type handset 5. Etc. When the call button is operated, the wall-embedded child device 4 outputs a parent device call signal including at least a child device ID that identifies the wall-embedded child device 4 to the corridor lamp 3. As described above, the corridor lamp 3 adds a room number and transmits it to the nurse call master unit 1 when the master unit call signal is input from the wall-embedded slave unit 4.

  The hand-type slave unit 5 includes a call button for a patient to call a medical staff, and a microphone and a speaker used when the patient has a conversation with the medical staff. When the call button is operated, the hand slave unit 5 outputs a master unit call signal including at least a slave unit ID for identifying the hand slave unit to the corridor lamp 3 via the wall-embedded slave unit 4. . As described above, the corridor lamp 3 adds the room number and transmits it to the nurse call master unit 1 when the master unit call signal is input from the hand-type slave unit 5.

  The room side reading device 9 is provided in the vicinity of the entrance inside each room. The hospital room reader 9 includes an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from an IC tag (corresponding to the “read device” in the claims), an RF circuit, and the like, and the IC tag and a predetermined short-range wireless communication standard. To read information from the IC tag. In addition, when reading the information from the IC tag, the hospital room side reading device 9 outputs a read signal indicating that the IC tag has been read to the corridor lamp 3. As described above, the corridor lamp 3 adds a room number and transmits it to the nurse call parent device 1 when a reading signal is input from the hospital room reader 9. In the nurse call parent device 1, the read signal is output to the read determination unit 27 described later via the first communication interface 20 described later.

  In the present embodiment, a worker ID (corresponding to “worker identification information” in the scope of claims) is assigned in advance to each medical worker. Then, the medical worker carries an IC tag storing a worker ID for identifying himself / herself. For example, the IC tag is attached to a card (for example, an ID card) carried by a medical worker, and for example, the IC tag is attached to the portable terminal 8 carried by the medical worker. It is attached to a wearable terminal (for example, a wristwatch-type wearable terminal) attached to a medical worker. The IC tag that is read by the hospital room reader 9 is an IC tag carried by a medical worker. In a predetermined case, which will be described later, the medical worker holds the IC tag he / she carries over the hospital room side reader 9 and causes the hospital room side reader 9 to read the worker ID stored in the IC tag.

  The handin squall main device 6 performs control related to calls and data transmission / reception using the portable terminal 8 carried by the medical staff. The main hand squander device 6 is installed in a communication center in a hospital, for example, and is connected to the nurse call master unit 1. The radio base station 7 is used for radio communication of calls and data with the mobile terminal 8, and is connected to the hand-held call main device 6.

  The portable terminal 8 is a small terminal carried by a medical worker, and includes an operation switch 8a and a display 8b. The portable terminal 8 displays information on the display 8b, a function of communicating with the Handan Scall main device 6 via the wireless base station 7, a function of outputting sound, a function of detecting an operation performed by a medical worker on the operation switch 8a. It has a function.

  Under the above configuration, in the nurse call system, when there is a call from the nurse call slaves 4 and 5 used by the patient, the nurse call master unit 1 and the portable terminal 8 inform the medical staff that the call has been made. A notification operation for notification is executed. When the nurse call system detects a response to the call after the notification operation, the nurse call system stops the notification operation and turns off the LED of the corridor lamp 3 to restore the system. As described above, when there is a response to the call, the nurse call system according to the present embodiment sets the system in a recovery state using that as a trigger. By setting the system to the recovery state when there is a response to the call, the system can be immediately set to the recovery state when the medical worker responds to the call. In addition, the medical staff can restore the system by responding to the call, and it is not necessary to perform complicated work to bring the system to the restored state, so that the convenience of the medical staff is high.

  On the other hand, in the case of a configuration in which the system is set in the recovery state when a response to the call is received, the system is in the recovery state even if the medical staff does not actually go to the hospital room where the patient who made the call exists. For this reason, there is a possibility that a medical worker may forget to go to the hospital room where the patient who made the call is located after answering the call. Based on this, the nurse call system according to the present embodiment has the following configuration and forgets that a medical worker goes to the hospital room where the calling patient is located by executing the following processing. It suppresses it.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the nurse call parent device 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the nurse call parent device 1 according to the first embodiment includes, as its functional configuration, a first communication interface unit 20, a second communication interface unit 21, a call reception unit 22, a notification execution unit 23, an operation A reception unit 24, a response reception unit 25, a recovery processing unit 26, a reading determination unit 27, and a notification re-execution unit 28 are provided. The nurse call parent device 1 includes a room information storage unit 40, a patient information storage unit 41, a worker storage unit 42, and a contact storage unit 43 as storage media.

  The functional blocks 20 to 28 can be realized by any of a hardware configuration, a DSP, and software. For example, when realized by software, each of the functional blocks 20 to 28 is actually configured by including a CPU or MPU of a computer, RAM, ROM, etc., and can be realized by operating a program stored in the RAM or ROM. . The same applies to the response reception unit 25A, the recovery processing unit 26A, the reading determination unit 27A, and the reading information acquisition unit 30 described in the second embodiment.

  The first communication interface unit 20 includes a communication module and performs communication with the controller 2. The second communication interface unit 21 includes a communication module, and performs communication with the hand-held call main device 6.

  When there is a call from the nurse call slave units 4 and 5, the call reception unit 22 detects this and executes the following processing. That is, when the call reception unit 22 receives the parent device call signal to which the room number sent from the controller 2 is added, it detects that there is a call from the nurse call slave devices 4 and 5. When it is detected that there is a call, the call reception unit 22 stores the room number added to the parent device call signal in the room information storage unit 40. Hereinafter, the room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 is referred to as “calling room number”. The calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 is information for identifying the room in which the nurse call slaves 4 and 5 that made the call are located, and corresponds to “room identification information” in the claims.

  Furthermore, the call reception unit 22 refers to the patient information storage unit 41, and based on the child device ID included in the parent device call signal, the patient ID of the patient who made the call (identification information for identifying the patient), the patient And the bed number (identification information for identifying the bed) of the bed used by the patient.

  More specifically, the patient information storage unit 41 includes, for each patient, a patient ID, a slave call ID of the nurse call slaves 4 and 5 used by the patient, a patient name, and a bed number of the bed used by the patient. Patient related information (age, sex, symptom, etc.) is stored in association with each other. In addition, the structure which matches with patient ID and memorize | stores the other information regarding a patient may be sufficient. The call reception unit 22 acquires the patient ID of the calling patient, the name of the patient, and the bed number of the bed used by the patient by matching the child machine ID. Hereinafter, the patient ID of the calling patient is referred to as “calling patient ID”, the name of the patient is referred to as “calling patient name”, and the bed number of the bed used by the patient is referred to as “calling bed number”.

  After acquiring the name of the calling patient, the call reception unit 22 notifies the notification execution unit 23 of the calling room number, the calling patient ID, the calling patient name, and the calling bed number. In the present embodiment, the call reception unit 22 is configured to notify the medical staff of the calling room number, the name of the calling patient, and the calling bed number in the notification operation described later. Two pieces of information are output to the notification execution unit 23. In this regard, the call reception unit 22 may notify the notification execution unit 23 of other information (for example, a patient's medical condition), and notify the medical staff of the other information in the notification operation.

  The notification execution unit 23 detects a call from the nurse call slave units 4 and 5 based on the notification from the call reception unit 22 and performs a notification operation when a call from the nurse call slave units 4 and 5 is detected. . The notification execution unit 23 performs a notification operation using the mobile terminal 8 and a notification operation using the nurse call parent device 1 as the notification operation.

  In the notification operation using the mobile terminal 8, the notification execution unit 23 refers to the person-in-charge storage unit 42 and acquires the worker IDs of one or more medical workers who are in charge of nursing the patient who has called the patient. . The person-in-charge storage unit 42 has a database that stores, for each patient, the patient ID and the worker IDs of one or more medical workers in charge of the patient in association with each other. The notification execution unit 23 acquires the worker ID of one or more medical workers who are in charge of nursing the patient who has called the patient ID.

  Next, the notification execution unit 23 refers to the contact address storage unit 43 and corresponds to the telephone number corresponding to the acquired one or a plurality of worker IDs (= the telephones of one or a plurality of medical workers in charge of the patient who made the call) Number). The contact storage unit 43 includes, for each medical worker, a medical worker's worker ID, a portable terminal ID of the portable terminal 8 carried by the medical worker (identification information for identifying the portable terminal 8), and the portable terminal. And a database for storing 8 telephone numbers in association with each other. The notification execution unit 23 acquires a telephone number corresponding to the acquired one or more worker IDs by matching the worker IDs. Next, the notification execution unit 23 sends the calling room number, the name of the calling patient, and the calling bed number to the Handiners call main device 6 via the second communication interface unit 22 with the acquired one or more telephone numbers as a destination. A mobile paging signal including is transmitted. As a result, a call to one or a plurality of portable terminals 8 is performed by the hand-in-hand call main device 6 via the radio base station 7.

  In response to the call, the portable terminal 8 outputs sound in a predetermined manner and displays the calling room number, the name of the calling patient, and the calling bed number on the display 8b in a predetermined manner. The medical worker carrying the mobile terminal 8 that has made the call recognizes that the call has been made by the patient by sensing the sound output from the mobile terminal 8, and also displays the name of the calling patient displayed on the display 8b. By referring to the calling room number and the calling bed number, the name of the calling patient, the hospital room where the patient stays, and the bed assigned to the patient in the hospital room are recognized. The mobile terminal 8 may be configured to vibrate instead of the audio output or together with the audio output. Healthcare professionals should consider their own circumstances (whether they are engaged in other patient care, etc.), the relationship between their current location and the location of the room where the calling patient stays, and other circumstances Then, it is determined whether or not to take care of the patient who made the call, and in the case of taking charge, the operation switch 8a is operated.

  When the operation switch 8a is operated, the mobile terminal 8 sends a response signal to the response reception unit 25 via the wireless base station 7, the hand call master device 6 and the second communication interface unit 21 of the nurse call master unit 1. Output. The processing of the response receiving unit 25 will be described later.

  In the notification operation using the nurse call master unit 1, the notification execution unit 23 displays a pop-up including the calling room number, the calling patient name, and the calling bed number notified from the call reception unit 22 on the display panel 1b. . The notification execution unit 23 outputs sound in a predetermined manner together with the pop-up. Thereby, the notification execution unit 23 notifies the medical staff staying at the nurse center where the nurse call parent device 1 is installed that the patient has called.

  The medical staff staying at the nurse center where the nurse call master unit 1 is installed decides whether or not to take care of the patient who made the call in consideration of his / her own situation, etc. Off-hook handset 1a. When the handset 1a is off-hooked, the operation reception unit 24 detects that and outputs a response signal to the response reception unit 25. The processing of the response receiving unit 25 will be described later.

  The notification operation by the notification execution unit 23 has been described above. The notification operation is continuously executed until the nurse call system is restored according to the earliest response.

  When receiving a response signal from the mobile terminal 8 or the operation receiving unit 24, the response receiving unit 25 notifies the recovery processing unit 26 that a response to the notification operation has been received.

  The recovery processing unit 26 detects a response to the call based on the notification from the response reception unit 25, and when detecting the response to the call, stops the notification operation by the notification execution unit 23 and turns on the LED of the corridor lamp 3 By turning off the light, the nurse call system is restored.

  More specifically, when the response processing unit 25 receives a notification from the response reception unit 25 that a response to the notification operation has been received, the recovery processing unit 26 notifies the notification execution unit 23 to stop the notification operation. When the notification is received, the notification execution unit 23 transmits a stop signal instructing to stop the notification operation in the mobile terminal 8 to the hand-in-hand call main device 6 via the second communication interface 21. Thus, the notification operation using the mobile terminal 8 is stopped. Moreover, the notification execution unit 23 stops the notification operation by stopping the pop-up display on the display panel 1b of the nurse call master unit 1 and stopping the output of the voice. As a result, the notification operation is stopped according to the earliest response to the notification operation. In addition, the restoration processing unit 26 transmits a turn-off signal that instructs turning off the LED of the hallway lamp 3 to the hallway lamp 3 via the first communication interface 20. As described above, when there is a response to the call, the nurse call system according to the present embodiment sets the system in a recovery state using that as a trigger.

  After setting the nurse call system in the recovery state, the recovery processing unit 26 notifies the reading determination unit 27 that the nurse call system is in the recovery state.

  The reading determination unit 27 includes the room-side reader 9 installed in the room in which the calling room number is stored in the room information storage unit 40 within a time T1 after the nurse call system is restored by the restoration processing unit 26. In the above, it is determined whether or not the worker ID stored in the IC tag carried by the medical worker has been read. Hereinafter, the processing of the reading determination unit 27 will be described in detail.

  When the recovery determination unit 26 notifies that the nurse call system is in the recovery state, the reading determination unit 27 starts measuring the elapsed time from that point. Then, the reading determination unit 27 determines whether or not a reading signal is input via the first communication interface 20 before the time T1 has elapsed since the measurement of the elapsed time was started. When the reading signal is input, the reading determination unit 27 accesses the room information storage unit 40 to acquire the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40, and the value of the room number added to the reading signal. And the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 is determined.

  Here, in response to the notification operation, a medical worker who has made a response to the call needs to visit a hospital room where the patient who made the call stays and care for the patient. And in this embodiment, when a medical worker makes a response to the call and enters the room where the patient stays in order to care for the patient who made the call, the IC tag to be carried is read by the room side reader. It is ruled that the reading is performed over 9 and this is well known to all medical staff in advance. Based on this, the reading determination unit 27 executes any of the above-described processes, and after the system is restored, any medical staff in the hospital room where the calling patient stays within time T1. It is determined whether or not the worker ID stored in the IC tag to be carried has been read, in other words, whether any medical worker has visited the hospital room where the calling patient stays. Yes.

  When the reading determination unit 27 receives a reading signal to which a room number having a value that matches the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 is input before the time T1 has elapsed, the reading determination unit 27 will be described later. The notification re-execution instruction is not notified to the notification re-execution unit 28. As a result, the re-execution of the notification operation by the notification re-execution unit 28 is not performed. On the other hand, when the time T1 has elapsed without the input of the read signal to which the room number of the value matching the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 is input, the reading determination unit 27 A notification re-execution instruction for instructing re-execution of the notification operation is notified to the notification re-execution unit.

  When the notification re-execution unit 28 receives a notification re-execution instruction notification from the reading determination unit 27, the notification re-execution unit 28 re-executes the notification operation. The notification re-execution unit 28 re-executes the notification operation in the same manner as the notification operation performed by the notification execution unit 23. Thus, the notification re-execution unit 28 re-executes the notification operation when the reading determination unit 27 determines that the worker ID stored in the IC tag has not been read within the time T1.

  In this embodiment, after the response to the call is made by the medical worker, the medical worker who made the response by the room side reader 9 installed in the room where the call was made within the time T1. When the IC tag carried by other medical personnel is read, the notification operation is not re-executed. This may be the case, for example, when a health care worker who made the response asks another health care worker to respond to a patient who has made a verbal call, and the other health care worker visits a hospital room, For example, when a health care worker other than the health care worker who made the response grasps the call in the corridor and visits the hospital room, the time T1 has elapsed in the hospital room where the patient who made the call stays. This is because one of the medical workers visited before the treatment, and the nursing of the patient is performed by the medical worker.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the nurse call parent device 1 according to the first embodiment. The processing illustrated in FIG. 3 is executed at any time while the nurse call parent device 1 is operating.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the call reception unit 22 determines whether there is a call from the nurse call slave units 4 and 5 (step S1). The call reception unit 22 continues to execute the process of step S1 until there is a call. When there is a call (step S1: YES), the call reception unit 22 detects this and stores the calling room number in the room information storage unit 40 (step S2). Next, the call reception unit 22 notifies the notification execution unit 23 of the calling room number, the calling patient ID, the calling patient name, and the calling bed number (step S3).

  The notification executing unit 23 starts executing the notification operation in response to the notification from the call receiving unit 22 (step S4). After the execution of the notification operation is started by the notification execution unit 23, the response reception unit 25 determines whether or not a response signal is input from the mobile terminal 8 or the operation reception unit 24 (step S5). The response receiving unit 25 continues to execute the process of step S5 until a response signal is input.

  When a response signal is input (step S5: YES), the response reception unit 25 notifies the recovery processing unit 26 that a response to the notification operation has been received (step S6). The recovery processing unit 26 sets the nurse call system in a recovery state in response to the notification from the response receiving unit 25 (step S7). Next, the recovery processing unit 26 notifies the reading determination unit 27 that the nurse call system has been recovered (step S8).

  In response to the notification from the recovery processing unit 26, the reading determination unit 27 starts measuring elapsed time (step S9). Next, the reading determination unit 27 determines whether or not a reading signal has been input (step S10), and determines whether or not the time T1 has elapsed since the measurement of the elapsed time was started (step S11).

  If a reading signal is input before the time T1 has elapsed (step S10: YES), the reading determination unit 27 accesses the room information storage unit 40 and stores the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40. (Step S12), and it is determined whether or not the value of the room number added to the read signal matches the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 (step S13).

  If the values do not match (step S13: NO), the reading determination unit 27 moves the processing procedure to step S11. When the values match (step S13: YES), the reading determination unit 27 ends the process without notifying the notification re-execution unit 28 of the notification re-execution instruction.

  On the other hand, when the time T1 has passed without the input of the read signal to which the room number of the value matching the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 is added (step S11: YES), The reading determination unit 27 notifies the notification re-execution unit 28 of the notification re-execution instruction (step S14). The notification re-execution unit 28 re-executes the notification operation in response to the notification of the notification re-execution instruction (step S15).

  As a result of the above processing, after the notification operation is stopped and the system is restored, the medical staff carries the medical device in the hospital room reader 9 installed in the hospital room where the call was made within time T1. When the worker ID stored in the IC tag is not read, the notification operation is re-executed.

  As described above, the nurse call system according to this embodiment performs a notification operation in response to a call from the nurse call slaves 4 and 5 and then stops the notification operation when a response to the call is detected. Put the system in the recovery state. After that, when the worker ID stored in the IC tag carried by the medical worker is not read in the hospital room side reader 9 installed in the hospital room where the call is made within the time T1, a notification operation is performed. Try again. Due to such a configuration, after the medical worker responds to the call from the nurse call cordless handsets 4 and 5, the medical worker must go to the hospital room where the call is made. For example, the hospital room reader 9 installed in the hospital room does not read the worker ID within the time T1, and the notification operation is performed again. The medical staff is prompted to go to the hospital room where the call was made by re-execution of the notification operation. Thereby, it is suppressed that a medical worker forgets to go to the hospital room where the call was made.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration example of a nurse call system according to the second embodiment. Note that in the second embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the nurse call system according to the second embodiment is provided with a nurse call parent device 1 </ b> A instead of the nurse call parent device 1, and a patient room side reading device instead of the patient room side reading device 9. 9A, and in that the parent device side reader 10 (corresponding to the “reader” in the claims) is provided in the vicinity of the nurse call parent device 1A. The configuration is different from the nurse call system.

  When reading a worker ID from an IC tag carried by a medical worker, the hospital room side reader 9A according to the present embodiment outputs a read signal including the read worker ID to the hallway lamp 3. Similarly to the first embodiment, the corridor lamp 3 adds a room number and transmits it to the nurse call master 1A when a reading signal is input from the hospital room reader 9A.

  The parent device side reading device 10 according to the present embodiment communicates with an adjacent IC tag according to a predetermined short-range wireless communication standard, and has a function of reading a worker ID from the IC tag, like the hospital room side reading device 9A. When the master device side reading device 10 reads the worker ID from the IC tag, the master device side reading device 10 outputs a read signal including the read worker ID to the reading information acquisition unit 30 (described later). In this embodiment, when the medical staff approaches the case of the nurse call master 1A to off-hook the handset 1a and the handset 1a can be off-hooked, An IC tag carried by a medical worker is provided at a position where it can be read by the parent device side reader 10. When the medical staff responds to the call by off-hooking the handset 1a without holding the base-side reader 10 at such a position, the IC tag carried by him / her is held over the base-side reader 10. Thus, a rule may be set so that the IC tag is read.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the nurse call parent device 1A according to the present embodiment. As is apparent from a comparison between FIG. 5 and FIG. 2, the nurse call parent device 1 </ b> A according to the present embodiment includes a response receiving unit 25 </ b> A instead of the response receiving unit 25 as a functional configuration, and a recovery processing unit 26. The nurse according to the first embodiment is provided with a restoration processing unit 26A instead of, a reading judgment unit 27A instead of the reading judgment unit 27, and a reading information acquisition unit 30. It is different from the call master 1. The nurse call parent device 1A according to the present embodiment is different from the nurse call parent device 1 according to the first embodiment in that the nurse call parent device 1A includes a worker information storage unit 44 as a storage medium. Hereinafter, the function of the function block of the nurse call parent device 1A according to the present embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

  In the nurse call parent device 1A according to the present embodiment, a notification operation is performed by the notification execution unit 23 in response to a call from a patient, as in the first embodiment. When a response by the mobile terminal 8 (operation of the operation switch 8a by a medical worker) is performed in accordance with the notification operation, the mobile terminal 8 sends a response signal including the mobile terminal ID to the radio base station 7, The data is output to the response accepting unit 25A via the device 6 and the second communication interface unit 21 of the nurse call parent device 1.

  When a response signal is input from the mobile terminal 8, the response reception unit 25A acquires the mobile terminal ID included in the response signal. Next, the response reception unit 25A refers to the database of the contact storage unit 43, and based on the acquired mobile terminal ID, the medical worker carrying the mobile terminal 8 (= the medical worker who made a response to the call) Obtain a worker ID. Next, the response receiving unit 25A stores the acquired worker ID in the worker information storage unit 44. As a result, the worker information storage unit 44 stores the worker ID of the medical worker who has made a response to the call. Next, the response receiving unit 25A notifies the recovery processing unit 26A that a response to the notification operation has been received.

  On the other hand, when a response to the call is made by the handset 1a being off-hooked according to the notification operation, the nurse call master unit 1A executes the following processing. That is, in this case, the worker ID stored in the IC tag of the medical worker who has made a response is read by the parent device side reader 10 at a timing close to the timing when the handset 1a is off-hooked, and the read information acquisition unit 30 Is output. When the worker ID is input, the read information acquisition unit 30 outputs the worker ID to the response reception unit 25A. Further, when the handset 1a is off-hooked, the operation reception unit 24 detects that and outputs a response signal to the response reception unit 25A.

  When a response signal is input from the operation receiving unit 24, the response receiving unit 25A reads at a timing closest to the input timing of the response signal (may be before or after the input timing of the response signal). The worker ID input from the information acquisition unit 30 is acquired. Here, the worker ID acquired by the response receiving unit 25A is the worker ID of the medical worker who has off-hooked the handset 1a. Next, the response receiving unit 25A stores the acquired worker ID in the worker information storage unit 44. As a result, the worker information storage unit 44 stores the worker ID of the medical worker who has made a response to the call. Next, the response receiving unit 25A notifies the recovery processing unit 26A that a response to the notification operation has been received.

  Hereinafter, the worker ID stored in the worker information storage unit 44 is referred to as a “response worker ID”.

  26 A of recovery process parts detect the response with respect to a call based on the notification from 25 A of response reception parts, and when a response with respect to a call is detected, a nurse call system is made into a recovery state. Next, the restoration processing unit 26A notifies the reading determination unit 27A that the nurse call system has been restored.

  In the hospital room side reader 9A installed in the hospital room where the calling room number is stored in the room information storage unit 40 within the time T1 after the system is restored by the restoration processing unit 26A, the reading determination unit 27A It is determined whether or not the same worker ID as the response worker ID stored in the worker information storage unit 44 has been read.

  More specifically, when the recovery processing unit 26A receives a notification that the nurse call system is in a recovery state, the reading determination unit 27A starts measuring elapsed time from that point. Then, the reading determination unit 27A determines whether or not a reading signal has been input via the first communication interface 20 before the time T1 has elapsed since the start of the elapsed time measurement. When the reading signal is input, the reading determination unit 27A accesses the room information storage unit 40 to acquire the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 and accesses the worker information storage unit 44. The response worker ID stored in the worker information storage unit 44 is acquired. Then, the reading determination unit 27A determines that “the value of the room number added to the reading signal matches the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40” and “the engagement included in the reading signal” It is determined whether or not the value of the worker ID matches the value of the response worker ID stored in the worker information storage unit 44.

  The reading determination unit 27A executes the above-described processing, and after the system is restored, within a time T1, “a medical worker who has made a response to the call in the hospital room where the calling patient stays” Whether or not the worker ID stored in the IC tag carried by the patient was read, in other words, "whether the medical worker who responded to the call visited the hospital room where the calling patient stayed Is determined.

  The reading determination unit 27A is added with a room number having a value that matches the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 before the time T1 elapses, and is stored in the worker information storage unit 44. When there is an input of a read signal including a worker ID having a value that matches the value of the responding worker ID, the notification re-execution instruction is not notified to the notification re-execution unit 28. As a result, the re-execution of the notification operation by the notification re-execution unit 28 is not performed. On the other hand, the reading determination unit 27A notifies the notification re-execution unit 28 of a notification re-execution instruction for instructing the re-execution of the notification operation when the time T1 has elapsed without the input of the above-described reading signal.

  The notification re-execution unit 28 re-executes the notification operation when a notification re-execution instruction is notified from the reading determination unit 27A.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the nurse call parent device 1A according to the second embodiment. In the flowchart of FIG. 6, steps in which processing similar to that in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is performed are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. However, in the flowchart of FIG. 3, for the step whose processing subject is the response accepting unit 25, in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the processing subject is the response accepting unit 25 A, and for the step that was the recovery processing unit 26, the recovery processing unit 26A, and the step that was the reading determination unit 27 becomes the reading determination unit 27A.

  As illustrated in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the response reception unit 25A performs the process of step SA1 between the process of step S5 and the process of step S6. In step SA1, the response receiving unit 25A stores the response worker ID in the worker information storage unit 44.

  Further, the reading determination unit 27A executes the process of step SA2 between the process of step S12 and the process of step S13 '. In step SA2, the reading determination unit 27A acquires the response worker ID stored in the worker information storage unit 44.

  In addition, the reading determination unit 27A executes the process of step S13 'instead of the process of step S13. In step S13 ′, the reading determination unit 27A matches the value of the room number added to the reading signal with the value of the calling room number stored in the room information storage unit 40 and is included in the reading signal. It is determined whether the value of the worker ID matches the value of the response worker ID stored in the worker information storage unit 44. If both values match, the reading determination unit 27A ends the process. If not, the process proceeds to step S11.

  As a result of the above processing, when a response is made in response to the notification operation, the medical worker who made the response makes a call within time T1 after the nurse call system is in the recovery state. When the performed patient does not visit the hospital room where the patient stays, the notification operation is performed again. The medical worker who made the response is prompted to go to the room where the call was made by re-executing the notification operation. Thereby, it is suppressed that the medical worker who made a response forgets to go to the hospital room where the call was made.

  In the first and second embodiments, the example in which the IC tag reading device (patient room side reading device 9, 9A, parent device side reading device 10) is used as the reading device has been described. It is not limited. For example, a code reader such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code, an NFC (Near field communication) reader, a Wi-Fi (registered trademark), or a wireless reader such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) may be used as the reader. Also, the read device is not limited to an IC tag, but has a function of displaying a recording medium printed with a code such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code, information such as a code, and wirelessly transmitting a worker ID. You may use portable terminals, such as a smart phone and a tablet.

In the first and second embodiments described above, examples have been described in which the patient room side readers 9 and 9A provided near the entrance inside each patient room are used as readers, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a reader may be installed in the vicinity of each bed in a hospital room that is a multi-bed room (a room in which a plurality of beds are installed) so that the reader near each bed can be identified. As a result, medical personnel who have just entered the hospital room or medical personnel who care for patients who have not been called are excluded from the medical personnel who responded to the call. The notification operation is not re-executed only when the patient is handled, and the accuracy of the notification operation re-execution can be improved.

  In addition, each of the first and second embodiments described above is merely an example of a specific example for carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be interpreted in a limited manner. It will not be. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

8 Mobile terminal 9, 9A Hospital room side reader (reader)
10 Master unit side reader (reader)
23 Notification execution unit 26, 26A Recovery processing unit 27, 27A Reading determination unit 28 Notification re-execution unit 40 Room information storage unit 44 Worker information storage unit

Claims (3)

When a call from the nurse call slave is detected, a notification execution unit that performs a notification operation;
A room information storage unit for storing room identification information for identifying a room where the nurse call cordless handset that made the call is located;
When a response to the call is detected, a recovery processing unit that stops the notification operation and puts the system in a recovery state;
Within a predetermined time after the system is restored by the restoration processing unit, in a reading apparatus installed in a room in which the room identification information is stored in the room information storage unit, a read target carried by a medical worker A reading determination unit that determines whether or not the worker identification information stored in the device has been read;
A nurse call system comprising: a notification re-execution unit that re-executes the notification operation when the reading determination unit determines that the worker identification information has not been read within the predetermined time. . When a response to the call is made in the mobile terminal carried by the medical worker, the mobile phone further includes a worker information storage unit that stores worker identification information of the medical worker who uses the mobile terminal,
The reading determination unit is engaged in the reading apparatus installed in the room in which the room identification information is stored in the room information storage unit within a predetermined time after the system is restored by the restoration processing unit. Determine whether the same worker identification information as the worker identification information stored in the worker information storage unit has been read,
The notification re-execution unit, when the reading determination unit determines that the same worker identification information as the worker identification information stored in the worker information storage unit is not read within the predetermined time, The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the notification operation is re-executed. When a response to the call is made in the nurse call parent device, the identification information of the medical worker read from the read device is stored in a reader installed in the vicinity of the nurse call parent device A worker information storage unit;
The reading determination unit is engaged in the reading apparatus installed in the room in which the room identification information is stored in the room information storage unit within a predetermined time after the system is restored by the restoration processing unit. Determine whether the same worker identification information as the worker identification information stored in the worker information storage unit has been read,
The notification re-execution unit, when the reading determination unit determines that the same worker identification information as the worker identification information stored in the worker information storage unit is not read within the predetermined time, The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the notification operation is re-executed.