JP2020038546A - Inpatient management system and inpatient management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To admit an inpatient to a sickroom suitable for preference of the indoor environment of the patient.SOLUTION: An inpatient management system includes: a terminal device which accepts inputting of preference of inpatient's indoor environment and requests a first server device to search a sickroom suitable for the inpatient by chatting with the first server device; and a second server device for searching the sickroom suitable for the inpatient on the basis of request from the first server device. The second server device includes: a sickroom information update part which periodically updates information on the indoor environment; and a sickroom search part for extracting the sickroom having a small difference between preference of the indoor environment of the inpatient on the basis of the preference of the indoor environment of the inpatient and information on the indoor environment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an inpatient management system and an inpatient management method.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of mobile terminals such as smartphones and tablet computers and the improvement of chat technology, a communication base between a person using a mobile terminal and a computer has been rapidly developed. As one of the agent devices to which this type of technology is applied, a driver based on a difference between a temperature inside a vehicle and a temperature outside the vehicle in a running vehicle and an operation state of an air conditioner mounted on the vehicle. There is an agent device that makes various proposals and communicates with each other (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Also, a communication platform using a mobile terminal is expected as one of means for facilitating interpersonal communication in a space where an unspecified number of people live, such as in a hospital.

JP 2005-313886 A

  When deciding which sickroom a patient who will be newly admitted to a hospital will enter (living in a hospital), for example, mechanically out of a plurality of sickrooms that can be admitted among a plurality of sickrooms defined for each medical department May be decided. However, in a plurality of hospital rooms in a hospital, the indoor environment such as temperature and humidity is often adjusted so as to match the intuitive taste of the indoor environment of the hospitalized patient. For this reason, when the hospital room to which a new hospitalized patient enters is determined mechanically, the new hospitalized patient may be psychologically affected due to a mismatch between the sensory indoor environment preference of the new hospitalized patient and the preference of the existing hospitalized patient. Burden may occur.

  In one aspect, the present invention aims to admit an inpatient to a hospital room that is suitable for the patient's indoor environment preferences.

  An in-patient management system according to a first aspect of the present invention receives an input of an in-patient's favorite indoor environment and searches for a hospital room suitable for the in-patient by chatting with a first server device. A terminal device requesting the server device of the first, and a second server device searching for a hospital room suitable for the hospitalized patient based on a request from the first server device, the second server device, The room information updating unit that periodically updates the information of the room environment, the preference of the room environment of the inpatient, and the information of the room environment, based on the information of the room environment, the room environment of the inpatient from a plurality of rooms. The hospitalized patient management system includes a hospital room search unit that extracts a hospital room having a small difference from the preference.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an in-patient management method, wherein the computer periodically collects and updates information on the indoor environment, and updates the information of the in-hospital room including the information indicating the in-patient preference of the in-patient from an external device. When a search request is received, a hospital room with a small difference between the hospitalized patient's indoor environment preference and the indoor environment's preference based on the indoor environment information is extracted and extracted. This is a hospitalized patient management method for executing a process of returning information indicating a hospital room to the external device.

  According to the above aspect, it is possible to allow an inpatient to enter a hospital room suitable for the taste of the patient's indoor environment.

It is a figure showing the example of composition of the inpatient management system concerning one embodiment. It is a figure showing functional composition of a ward server. It is a figure showing the contents of terminal information. It is a figure showing contents of a hospital room information DB. It is a figure showing the contents of an element conversion table. It is a sequence diagram explaining the collection method of hospital room information. It is a sequence diagram explaining processing performed when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the calculation method of the suitable degree of a hospital room. It is a figure explaining an example of a screen transition of a terminal device at the time of registering information on an inpatient. FIG. 10 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. It is FIG. (3) explaining the example of a screen transition of the terminal device at the time of searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. It is a sequence diagram explaining an example of processing performed after deciding a hospital room. It is FIG. (1) explaining the example of the screen transition of the terminal device for inpatients. It is FIG. (2) explaining the example of the screen transition of the terminal device for inpatients. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an inpatient management system according to an embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, an inpatient management system 1 of the present embodiment includes a ward server 2, a ward client 3, a sensor gateway device (GW device) 4 (4A and 4B), a sensor device 5 (5A and 5B), a staff member. Terminal device 6, a terminal device 7 (7A and 7B) for inpatients, an external information receiving / distributing device 8, a bedside server 9, and a chat server 10.

  The ward server 2, the ward client 3, the sensor gateway device 4, the external information receiving / distributing device 8, and the bedside server 9 in the hospitalized patient management system 1 are each connected to the hospital network 11. The sensor device 5 in the inpatient management system 1 is connected to the in-hospital network 11 via the sensor gateway device 4. The external information receiving / distributing device 8 connected to the in-hospital network 11 is also connected to a communication network (out-hospital network) 12 such as the Internet. That is, communication devices such as the ward server 2 connected to the in-hospital network 11 are connected to the communication devices (for example, the chat server 10 and the terminal device 6 for staff) connected to the out-of-hospital network 12 via the external information receiving / distributing device 8. , And a terminal device 7 for inpatients).

  The ward server 2 is a server device that collects and manages various types of information on a ward (room). In addition, the ward server 2 according to the present embodiment performs various data processing using the collected various information (for example, processing for searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient).

  The ward client 3 is a terminal device for inputting and outputting (viewing) information managed by the ward server 2. The ward client 3 is one of the terminal devices (clients) connected to the hospital network 11. The number of the ward clients 3 is not limited to one, but may be plural.

  The bedside server 9 cooperates with the ward server 2 and the chat server 10 to distribute various types of information to the terminal device 7 for inpatients, and to transmit various types of information input by a patient or the like by operating the terminal device 7 for inpatients. It is a server device that performs collection and management.

  The external information receiving / distributing device 8 performs processing for distributing various types of information from the communication device connected to the in-hospital network 11 to the communication device connected to the out-of-hospital network 12, and from the communication device connected to the out-of-hospital network 12 to the in-hospital network 11. Is an information processing apparatus that performs various processes including a process of receiving and transferring various information transmitted to a communication device connected to the communication device. The external information receiving and delivering device 8 includes, for example, a first information processing device (not shown) connected to the in-hospital network 11 and a second information processing device connected to the first information processing device and the out-of-hospital network 12. (Not shown).

  The sensor gateway device 4 communicates with the sensor device 5 according to a predetermined communication protocol (communication standard), and transfers the sensor data collected by the sensor device 5 to the ward server 2 of the hospital network 11. The sensor device 5 is a type of an IoT (Internet of Things) device, and performs communication between a sensor unit that measures any one of, for example, temperature, humidity, illuminance, and sound (noise level), and the sensor gateway device 4. Communication unit. In a plurality of hospital rooms in a hospital, for example, four sensor devices are installed, for example, a sensor device for measuring temperature, a sensor device for measuring humidity, a sensor device for measuring illuminance, and a sensor device for measuring sound. (See, for example, FIG. 2). The sensor gateway device 4 is installed, for example, in each of a plurality of hospital rooms in a hospital. In this case, one sensor gateway device 4 acquires sensor data (data of temperature, humidity, illuminance, and noise level) from each of the four sensor devices in the hospital room where the device is installed, and Transfer to server 2.

  The staff terminal device 6 is a terminal device used by hospital staff for inputting and browsing various types of information on inpatients. The staff terminal device 6 is installed at a hospital entrance window or the like in a state where only staff members of the hospital can use it. The terminal device 6 for staff includes, for example, a server device such as a chat server 10 (cloud server) installed outside the hospital via the out-of-hospital network 12, and an external information receiving / distributing device 8 and a ward server 2 of the in-hospital network 11. It has a communication function capable of performing communication with communication devices such as.

  The terminal device 7 for inpatients is a terminal device used by inpatients to browse various information distributed from hospital staff and to input messages and the like to hospital staff. The terminal device 7 for an inpatient is installed, for example, near a bed used by the inpatient.

  The chat server 10 automatically responds to a sentence (inquiry sentence) input by the hospital staff or the inpatient to the terminal devices 6 and 7 when the hospital staff or the inpatient executes the chat application of the terminal devices 6 and 7. It is a server device (chat bot). The chat server 10 according to the present embodiment, for example, upon receiving a search request for a hospital room suitable for the preference of the hospitalized patient's indoor environment from the terminal device 6 for staff, requests the hospital server 2 to search for a hospital room, and The search result from the server 2 is transferred to the terminal device 6 for staff.

  The ward server 2 in the inpatient management system 1 of the present embodiment searches for a ward that matches the inpatient's preference based on the inpatient's preference for the indoor environment and information about the environment of each ward. When delivering a message to an inpatient, the ward server 2 according to the present embodiment specifies a terminal device that delivers (transmits) the message.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the ward server.
As shown in FIG. 2, the ward server 2 according to the present embodiment includes a data processing unit 210, a communication unit 220, and a storage unit 290.

  The data processing unit 210 performs various types of data processing including a process of updating information on each hospital room, a process of searching for a hospital room that matches the taste of an inpatient's indoor environment, and a process of specifying a terminal device that delivers a message. Do. The data processing unit 210 includes a hospital room information updating unit 211, a hospital room search unit 212, and a public information terminal specifying unit 213.

  The sickroom information updating unit 211 updates information on each sickroom in the sickroom information database (sickroom information DB) 292 stored in the storage unit 290. The sickroom information updating unit 211 updates the inpatient information in each sickroom based on the inpatient information received from the staff terminal device 6 and the ward client 3, for example. Further, the sickroom information updating unit 211 updates the environment information (average temperature, average humidity, average illuminance, and average noise level) of each sickroom based on, for example, sensor data received from the sensor gateway device (GW device) 4. Update.

  The sickroom search unit 212 is based on the in-patient preference of the inpatient received from the staff terminal device 6 and the environment information of each sickroom in the element conversion table 293 and the sickroom information database 292 stored in the storage unit 290. Then, a hospital room suitable for the hospitalized patient is searched. The sickroom search unit 212 quantifies, for example, the sensible indoor environment preference of the hospitalized patient based on the element conversion table 293, and based on the difference between the quantified indoor environment preference and the hospital room environment information, provides information on the inpatient based on the difference. The suitability of each room is calculated. The sickroom search unit 212 extracts a predetermined number of sickrooms in descending order of the calculated suitability, and notifies the staff terminal device 6 of the extraction result via the communication unit 220.

  When distributing various messages to the in-patient terminal device 7, the public information terminal specifying unit 213 specifies the terminal device 7 to which the message is to be distributed based on the in-patient information in the hospital room information database 292. The public information terminal specifying unit 213 is, for example, a terminal device for an inpatient that notifies a patient when a patient room to be newly admitted is determined and a notification is given to a patient already in the room that there is a new patient. 7 is specified.

  The communication unit 220 transmits and receives various types of information between the ward server 2 and other communication devices. The communication unit 220 receives, for example, information about the patient transmitted from the ward client 3 and the terminal device 6 for staff to the ward server 2. In addition, the communication unit 220 receives, for example, sensor data transmitted from the sensor gateway device (GW device) 4 to the ward server 2. In addition, the communication unit 220 receives the search request for the hospital room transmitted from the chat server 10 to the ward server 2 and transmits the search result to the chat server 10. Further, the communication unit 220 receives, for example, the inpatient information transmitted from the staff terminal device 6 to the ward server 2 and informs the inpatient terminal device 7 that notifies the inpatient information. To the bedside server 9 of the hospital network 11 (see FIG. 1).

  The storage unit 290 stores various types of information including a terminal information 291, a room information database (room information DB) 292, an element conversion table 293, and a room image 294. The terminal information 291 includes information for identifying each of the plurality of sensor gateway devices 4 and information for identifying each of the plurality of in-patient terminal devices 7. The sickroom information database 292 includes information on inpatients in each sickroom and information on the environment in the sickroom. The information on the inpatient includes, for example, the patient ID and the device ID of the inpatient terminal device 7 being used. The information on the environment includes the average temperature, the average humidity, the average noise level, and the average illuminance in the hospital room. The element conversion table 293 includes a definition that associates a sensible indoor environment preference of an inpatient with a numerical value related to the environment. For example, the element conversion table 293 indicates the sensory preference of the patient regarding the temperature of the room, such as “Cold (I'm not good at cold)”, “I don't care much”, and “Hot (I'm not good at hot)”. , A first room temperature, a second room temperature (<first temperature), and a third room temperature (<second temperature). The hospital room image 294 is an image of each hospital room in the hospital.

  Here, with reference to FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5, the terminal information 291, the hospital room information database (hospital room information DB) 292, and the element conversion table 293 stored in the storage unit 290 of the hospital ward server 2 according to the present embodiment. Will be described specifically.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the terminal information. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the hospital room information DB. FIG. 5 shows the contents of the element conversion table.

  The terminal information 291 stored in the storage unit 290 of the ward server 2 includes the device ID of the device to be identified, the device type, and the installation position (room name) as shown in FIG. The device ID is information for uniquely identifying each of the plurality of sensor gateway devices (GW devices) 4 and each of the plurality of in-patient terminal devices 7. In the terminal information 291 of FIG. 3, each of the device IDs of the plurality of sensor gateway devices 4 is “GW_Room” + “information indicating the installation position”, and each of the device IDs of the plurality of inpatient terminal devices 7 is “Tablet_”. + “Serial number”. The terminal information 291 is used for associating the received sensor information with the hospital room from which the sensor information was acquired when the sensor information is received from each of the plurality of sensor gateway devices 4.

  The sickroom information database (sickroom information DB) 292 stored in the storage unit 290 of the ward server 2 includes first sickroom information 292A, second sickroom information 292B, and third sickroom information 292C as shown in FIG. .

  The first sickroom information 292A is information on an inpatient in each sickroom, and includes a room name, a bed number, a device ID, a patient ID, and special instructions for each sickroom. The bed number is, for example, a number for identifying a plurality of beds in one room where a plurality of inpatients live in a hospital. The device ID is information for identifying the in-patient terminal device 7 installed near each bed. The patient ID is information for identifying an inpatient using a bed. The special instructions are information such as the preference of the patient's room (indoor environment). The first hospital room information 292A is used, for example, for specifying an inpatient terminal device 7 that transmits a message when a new patient is hospitalized or when an inpatient changes hospital room.

  The second hospital room information 292B is a history of the sensor data received from each of the plurality of sensor gateway devices 4, and includes the room name, temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance of each hospital room. In the second hospital room information 292B, a set of four pieces of sensor data of temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance received from the sensor gateway device 4 is stored for a predetermined period. The second sickroom information 292B is used for calculating an average value regarding the environment of each sickroom.

  The third sickroom information 292C is information indicating characteristics of each sickroom, and stores information including a room name, a photo file path, an average room temperature, an average humidity, an average noise level, an average illuminance, and a usage fee. The photo file path is information indicating the file name and storage location of the image of the hospital room. The average room temperature, the average humidity, the average noise level, and the average illuminance are average values of the room temperature, the humidity, the noise level, and the illuminance calculated based on the second sickroom information 292B, respectively. The usage fee is, for example, a difference bed fee per day.

  In the element conversion table 293 stored in the storage unit 290 of the ward server 2, as shown in FIG. 5, an element name and a conversion value are associated for each item related to the environment of the hospital room. The element name indicates a sensory preference for an item related to the environment. The conversion value is a numerical value of an environment item corresponding to a sensory preference.

  For example, the patient's sensory preferences regarding temperature are roughly classified into three types: "we are cold (we are not good at cold)", "we do not care much", and "we are hot (we are not good at hot)". Patients who are not good at cold prefer an environment with a high temperature in the sickroom, and patients who are not good at hot prefer an environment with a low temperature in the room. For this reason, in the element conversion table 293, for example, a temperature (numerical value) corresponding to each element name is set based on the temperature associated with “don't care much”. For example, when the basic set temperature in the hospital at this time is 23 ° C., the set temperature is associated with “don't care much”. In this case, the conversion value associated with “Cold” is a temperature (25 ° C. in FIG. 5) higher than the set temperature associated with “I do not care much”. Further, the conversion value associated with “heat” is a temperature lower than the set temperature associated with “don't care much” (21 ° C. in FIG. 5).

  In addition, the patient's sensory preference for humidity is roughly classified into three types: "moist (high)", "dry (low)", and "don't care much". Patients who do not like dry environments prefer moist environments with high humidity, and patients who do not like moisture prefer dry environments with lower humidity. For this reason, in the element conversion table 293, for example, the humidity (numerical value) corresponding to each element name is set based on the humidity associated with "don't care much". For example, when the basic set humidity in the hospital at the present time is 55%, the set humidity is associated with "don't care much". In this case, the conversion value associated with “moist” is set to a higher humidity (60% in FIG. 5) than the set humidity associated with “don't care much”. The conversion value associated with “dry” is lower than the set humidity associated with “don't care much” (50% in FIG. 5).

  In addition, the patient's sensory preference for the noise level is roughly classified into three types: "lively (high)", "quiet (low)", and "not much care". For example, patients who actively talk to other patients or hospital staff prefer a lively environment with a high noise level (sound pressure level) in the hospital room. Also, for example, patients who are not good at talking with other patients or hospital staff, or patients who want to concentrate on reading, etc., prefer a quiet environment with a low noise level in the hospital room. For this reason, in the element conversion table 293, for example, a noise level (numerical value) corresponding to each element name is set based on a noise level associated with “don't care much”. For example, if the average noise level in the hospital at the present time is 30 dB, the noise level is associated with “I do not care much”. In this case, the conversion value associated with “lively” is a noise level (40 dB in FIG. 5) higher than the noise level associated with “don't care much”. Further, the conversion value associated with “quiet” is a noise level (20 dB in FIG. 5) lower than the noise level associated with “don't care much”.

  In addition, the patient's sensory preferences regarding brightness (illuminance) are roughly classified into three types: “bright”, “dark”, and “not much concerned”. Therefore, in the element conversion table 293, for example, the illuminance (numerical value) corresponding to each element name is set on the basis of the illuminance that is associated with “don't care much”. For example, if the basic setting illuminance in the hospital at the present time is 150 lx, the setting illuminance is associated with "don't care much". In this case, the conversion value associated with “brighter” is illuminance (200 lx in FIG. 5) higher than the set illuminance associated with “don't care much”. Also, the conversion value associated with “dark” is an illuminance lower than the set illuminance associated with “don't care much” (100 lx in FIG. 5).

  Note that the value of the conversion value in the element conversion table 293 can be changed as appropriate. For example, the conversion values for each element name of room temperature and humidity may be changed according to the season. Also, for example, the difference between the conversion values between the element names in one item may be larger or smaller than the difference shown in FIG. Further, the number of element names in one item is not limited to three, and may be four or more.

  In the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the sensory preference of the inpatient regarding the environment of the hospital room is digitized by the element conversion table 293, and the hospitalization is performed based on the digitized preference and the environment information of each hospital room. Search for a room that suits the patient's preferences. The environment information of each room includes an average room temperature, an average humidity, an average noise level, and an average illuminance of the room. As described above, the environmental information of each of these hospital rooms is included in the third hospital room information 292C of the hospital room information database 292 (see FIG. 4). Next, a method for collecting hospital room information will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating a method for collecting hospital room information.
In the inpatient management system 1, as shown in FIG. 6, the sensor gateway device (GW device) 4 acquires sensor data from the sensor device 5 installed in the hospital room and transmits the loop to the ward server 2 (steps S11 to S14). ) Periodically. One sensor gateway device 4 executes a loop process every K minutes, for example, every day from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. The time interval (K minutes) at which the loop processing is performed may be set as appropriate, and may be, for example, about ten to several tens of minutes, or about one hour to several hours.

  At the beginning of the loop processing (step S11), the sensor gateway apparatus 4 waits for the timing to start the loop processing based on, for example, time information in the apparatus itself or a set timer. When the timing to start the loop processing comes, the sensor gateway device 4 acquires temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance sensor data from the sensor device (step S12).

  Although not shown in FIG. 6, for example, the sensor device 5 accesses the sensor gateway device 4 in synchronization with the timing at which the sensor gateway device 4 starts the loop processing, and establishes a connection with the sensor gateway device 4. Establish. For example, the device ID of the sensor gateway device 4 (GW device) in FIG. 6 is “GW_RoomA”. Therefore, the sensor device 5 (for example, the temperature sensor 501A, the humidity sensor 502A, the illuminance sensor 503A, and the noise sensor 504A in FIG. 2) installed in the room A has a timing at which the sensor gateway device 4 starts the loop processing. Upon arrival, a connection is established with the sensor gateway device 4 whose device ID is “GW_RoomA”. When the connection between the sensor device 5 and the sensor gateway device 4 is established, the sensor device 5 transmits the sensor data collected by itself to the sensor gateway device 4. One sensor device 5 may be a device that collects only one type of sensor data of temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance, or a device that can collect a plurality of types of sensor data. Is also good.

  After the process of step S12, the sensor gateway device 4 transmits the sensor data acquired from the sensor device 5 to the ward server 2 (step S13). In the process of step S13, the sensor gateway device 4 transmits to the ward server 2 sick room information including its own device ID and sensor data of temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance acquired from the sensor device 5.

  After the process of step S13, at the end of the loop processing (step S14), for example, the sensor gateway device 4 determines whether the current time is before the time at which the loop processing ends. If the current time is before the time at which the loop processing ends, the gateway device for sensor 4 returns to the start end of the loop processing (step S11) and waits for the timing to start the next loop processing. If the current time has reached or passed the time to end the loop processing, the sensor gateway device 4 ends the loop processing.

  As described above, the sensor gateway device 4 repeats the process of acquiring sensor data indicating the environment in the hospital room and transmitting the sensor data to the ward server 2 at predetermined time intervals. Although only one sensor gateway device 4 (4A) is shown in FIG. 6, when the sensor gateway device 4 is installed in each of a plurality of hospital rooms (see FIG. 1), a plurality of sensor gateway devices 4 (4A) are provided. Each of the sensor gateway devices 4 performs a loop process (S11 to S14) of acquiring sensor data and transmitting the acquired sensor data to the ward server 2.

  On the other hand, upon receiving the sickroom information including the sensor data from the sensor gateway device 4, the ward server 2 that collects the sensor data refers to the terminal information 291 of the storage unit 290 and replaces the device ID included in the sickroom information with the room name. (Step S21). The process in step S21 is performed by, for example, the sickroom information updating unit 211 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2. The device ID of the sensor gateway device 4 of FIG. 6 is “GW_RoomA”. Therefore, when the terminal information 291 as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the storage unit 290, the sickroom information updating unit 211 converts the device ID “GW_RoomA” into a room name “Room A”.

  Next, the ward server 2 stores the sensor data included in the received ward information in the second ward information (environment information history) 292B of the ward information database 292 in association with the converted room name (step S22). . The processing in step S22 is performed by, for example, the hospital room information updating unit 211.

  Next, the ward server 2 updates the ward information based on the environmental information history (step S23). The processing in step S23 is performed by the hospital room information updating unit 211. The sickroom information updating unit 211, for example, based on the history of sensor data for each room stored in the second sickroom information 292B (see FIG. 4) of the sickroom information DB 292, calculates the average temperature, average humidity, Calculate the noise level and average illuminance. In addition, the sickroom information updating unit 211 calculates the average temperature, the average humidity, and the average noise level in each of the sickroom information (records) included in the third sickroom information 292C (see FIG. 4) of the sickroom information DB 292. And the average illuminance are updated to the calculated values.

  Note that the processing in step S23 is not limited to every time the hospital information including the sensor data is received, but may be performed once to several times a day at a timing set separately from the timing of collecting the sensor data. You may.

  As described above, in the hospitalized patient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, information (temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance) indicating the environment of each room is periodically collected, and the third room information in the room information DB 292 is collected. The environmental information of each hospital room included in 292C is updated. The third sickroom information 292C of the sickroom information DB 292 is used, for example, to search for a sickroom suitable for the inpatient's sensory preference regarding the environment of the sickroom, as described above. The search for a hospital room suitable for the inpatient's preference is performed using, for example, the terminal device 6 for staff. The operator (hospital staff) of the terminal device 6 for staff requests the chat server 10 to search for a hospital room using the chat function of the terminal device 6, for example. Next, a process performed by the hospitalized patient management system 1 when searching for a hospital room suitable for a hospitalized patient will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating a process performed when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient.

  When searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient, the terminal device 6 for staff first receives registration of the inpatient's room preference (step S31). The operator of the staff terminal device 6 listens to, for example, preferences and desires regarding the environment (temperature, humidity, loudness, brightness, etc.) of the room (hospital) to be hospitalized, and a patient ID for identifying an inpatient. And the preference and desire of the room are input to the staff terminal device 6 and registered as one of the user information. The operation of inputting room preferences and wishes into the staff terminal device 6 may be performed by the hospitalized patient himself, for example, under the supervision of hospital staff.

  After the processing in step S31, the staff terminal device 6 requests the chat server 10 to search for a hospital room and transmits the hospital patient's room preference (step S32). At this time, the chat server 10 receives the search request from the staff terminal device 6 and acquires the inpatient's room preference (step S33). After the process in step S31, the operator of the staff terminal device 6 first activates the chat function (chat application) of the terminal device 6, and connects the terminal device 6 to the chat server 10. Thereafter, the operator of the terminal device 6 for staff operates the terminal device 6 and transmits a message requesting a search for a hospital room to the chat server 10. At this time, the chat server 10 accepts a search request from the staff terminal device 6 and transmits a reply message notifying that the request has been accepted to the staff terminal device 6. The terminal device 6 that has received the reply message from the chat server 10 displays the reply message on the display unit. After confirming the contents of the reply displayed on the display unit, the operator of the staff terminal device 6 operates the terminal device 6 to include the patient ID of the hospitalized patient and the preference of the room (indoor environment) of the hospitalized patient. The search condition is transmitted to the chat server 10. After transmitting the search conditions, the terminal device 6 for staff waits for a search result from the chat server 10.

  The chat server 10 having acquired the search condition of the hospital room suitable for the hospitalized patient by the chat with the terminal device 6 for the staff (Step S33), transfers the room preference included in the search condition to the ward server 2 (Step S34). , Requesting calculation of the suitability of each room for the inpatient. After that, the chat server 10 waits for an answer from the ward server 2.

  Upon receiving the request for calculating the degree of aptitude from the chat server 10, the ward server 2 first converts the room preference into a numerical value with reference to the element conversion table 293 (step S35). The processing in step S35 is performed by the hospital room search unit 212 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2. The sickroom search unit 212 converts, for each item of the element conversion table 293 (see FIG. 4), the intuitive patient's sensation of room preference received from the chat server 10 into a corresponding conversion value. For example, when the temperature preference of the inpatient's sensory room preference received from the chat server 10 is “cold”, the hospital room search unit 212 associates the inpatient's temperature preference with “cold”. Is converted to “25 (° C.)”.

  After finishing the process in step S35, the ward server 2 calculates the suitability of each room based on the converted numerical value and the room information (step S36). The processing in step S36 is performed by, for example, the hospital room search unit 212. The sickroom search unit 212 calculates the difference between the numerical value obtained by converting the sensory preference and the current sickroom environment for each environment information (record) of each room in the third sickroom information 292C included in the sickroom information DB 292. , Based on the magnitude of the difference. Specifically, the sickroom search unit 212 calculates a deduction value based on the difference between the numerical value obtained by converting the sensory preference for each item and the current environment of the sickroom, and sets the deduction value of each item to the maximum suitableness. The suitability is calculated by subtracting from the score (for example, 100). In this case, by making the absolute value of the deduction point larger as the difference between the value obtained by converting the sensory preference and the current environment of the hospital room becomes larger, the difference between the hospital patient's room preference and the hospital room's room preference is larger. The suitability is a value lower than the suitability of the hospital room where the difference is small.

  After finishing the processing in step S36, the ward server 2 creates an answer screen based on the calculation result of the suitability, and notifies the address of the screen to the chat server 10 (step S37). The processing in step S37 is performed by the sickroom search unit 212 of the ward server 2 in cooperation with the communication unit 220. In the process of step S37, the sickroom search unit 212 extracts, for example, the three most sick rooms in order from the one with the highest calculated suitability, and compares the extracted suitability of each room with the preference of the patient for each item. A response screen including a photo of a hospital room and a usage fee is created, and an address (for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator)) indicating the storage location of the response screen is notified to the chat server 10. When the address of the answer screen is notified to the chat server 10, the ward server 2 ends the process for the request from the chat server 10.

  Upon receiving the notification (answer) from the ward server 2, the chat server 10 acquires an answer screen based on, for example, the notified address, and transfers the answer screen to the staff terminal device 6 (step S38). . Upon receiving the answer screen from the chat server 10, the staff terminal device 6 displays the answer screen (step S39). At this time, for example, the chat server 10 transmits an answer screen to the staff terminal device 6 together with a message indicating that the search for the hospital room requested by the staff terminal device 6 has been completed. In this case, the terminal device 6 for staff displays, for example, a message indicating that the search for the hospital room has been completed and a display button for displaying an answer screen on the display unit. Then, when an operator such as a hospital staff presses a display button displayed on the display unit, the terminal device 6 displays an answer screen. The contents of the processing in steps S38 and S39 can be changed as appropriate. For example, the chat server 10 transmits information including a message indicating that the search for the hospital room has been completed and the address of the answer screen to the terminal device 6 for staff, and the terminal device 6 for staff displays the answer screen based on the address. The content may be acquired.

  As described above, in the hospitalized patient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to search for a hospital room suitable for the hospitalized patient's room (indoor environment) using the chat function of the terminal device 6 for staff. The ward server 2 receiving the request from the chat server 10 performs the process of searching for a ward as described above. The ward server 2 quantifies the sensation of the inpatient's sensory room (indoor environment), and calculates the degree of suitability of each ward based on the quantified preference of the inpatient and information about the ward's environment. The process of calculating the suitability of a hospital room is performed by, for example, the hospital room search unit 212 of the hospital ward server 2. The sickroom search unit 212 performs, for example, a process according to the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for calculating the suitability of a hospital room.
In the processing for calculating the suitability of the sickroom (step S36 in FIG. 7), the sickroom search unit 212 calculates the suitability for each ward for which the suitability is to be calculated as shown in FIG. 8 (step S41). To S48).

  At the beginning of the loop processing (step S41), the room search unit 212 selects, for example, one of the rooms for which the degree of preference has not been calculated among the rooms to be calculated. When the third sickroom information 292C has a format as shown in FIG. 4, the sickroom search unit 212 selects information (records) of each row in the third sickroom information 292C one by one from the top.

  Next, the sickroom search unit 212 reads one currently selected sickroom information from the third sickroom information 292C of the sickroom information DB 292 (step S42). At this time, the sickroom search unit 212 reads, for example, five pieces of information of one sickroom information such as a room name, an average room temperature AT, an average humidity AH, an average noise level AN, and an average illuminance AL.

  Next, the sickroom search unit 212 calculates the deduction value ST of the temperature based on the in-patient temperature preference T0 and the average room temperature AT of the sickroom (step S43). The in-patient temperature preference T0 is a numerical value corresponding to the in-patient's sensory temperature preference obtained by the conversion process in step S35. For example, when an inpatient's sensory temperature preference is “cold”, the inpatient's temperature preference T0 is 25 (° C.). The deduction value ST of the temperature is calculated by, for example, the following equation (1).

ST = max (| T0−AT | × 2,20) (1)
Equation (1) is an equation that adopts the larger value of | T0−AT | × 2 and 20 as the deduction point ST.

  Next, the sickroom search unit 212 calculates the humidity deduction value SH based on the in-patient humidity preference H0 and the average humid room AH (step S44). The in-patient humidity preference H0 is a numerical value corresponding to the in-patient's sensory humidity preference obtained by the conversion processing in step S35. For example, when an inpatient's sensory humidity preference is "moist", the inpatient's humidity preference H0 is 60 (%). The deduction value SH of the humidity is calculated by, for example, the following equation (2).

SH = max (| H0−AH |, 20) (2)
Equation (2) is an equation that employs the larger one of | H0−AH | and 20 as the deduction value SH.

  Next, the sickroom search unit 212 calculates the deduction value SN of the sound based on the in-patient sound preference N0 and the average noise level AN of the sickroom (step S45). The in-patient sound preference N0 is a numerical value corresponding to the in-patient sensory sound preference obtained by the conversion process in step S35. For example, if the inpatient's sensory sound preference is "quiet", the in-patient sound preference N0 is 20 (dB). The deduction value SN of the sound is calculated by, for example, the following equation (3).

SN = max (| N0−AN | / 5,20) (3)
Equation (3) is an equation that employs the larger one of | N0−AN | / 5 and 20 as the deduction value SN.

  Next, the sickroom search unit 212 calculates the deduction value SL of the brightness based on the in-patient brightness preference L0 and the average illuminance AL of the sickroom (step S46). The in-patient brightness preference L0 is a numerical value corresponding to the in-patient's sensory brightness preference obtained by the conversion process in step S35. For example, when an inpatient's sensory brightness preference is “brighter”, the inpatient's brightness preference L0 is 200 (lx). The deduction value SL of the brightness is calculated by, for example, the following equation (4).

SL = max (| L0−AL | / 10, 20) (4)
Equation (4) is an equation that adopts the larger value of | L0−AL | / 10 and 20 as the deduction value SL.

  The processes in steps S43 to S46 are not limited to the order shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, and may be performed in any order. In addition, the sick room search unit 212 may perform a plurality of processes in steps S43 to S46 in parallel.

  After completing the processes in steps S43 to S46, the sickroom search unit 212 next calculates the suitability SC of the currently selected sickroom based on the calculated deduction points ST, SH, SN, and SL. The obtained preference SC and the room name are stored in association with each other (step S47). The suitability SC is calculated by, for example, the following equation (5).

SC = 100− (ST + SH + SN + SL) (5)
After the processing in step S47, the hospital room search unit 212 determines, for example, at the end of the loop processing (step S48), whether or not the suitability SC of all the target hospital rooms has been calculated. When there is a hospital room for which the degree of suitability SC has not been calculated, the hospital room search unit 212 repeats the processing from step S41. When the suitability SC of all the target rooms is calculated, the room search unit 212 ends the process of calculating the suitability of the room.

  Note that the deduction values ST, SH, SN, and SL are not limited to the equations (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively, and may be calculated by other equations. For example, the upper limit value of the deduction points ST, SH, SN, and SL is not limited to 20, and may be another value. Further, the upper limit values of the deduction points ST, SH, SN, and SL may be different values for each item.

  Further, the suitable degree SC is not limited to the mathematical expression (5), and may be calculated by another mathematical expression. For example, the suitable degree SC may be calculated by the following equation (6).

SC = 100− (WT · ST + WH · SH + WN · SN + WL · SL) (6)
In Equation (6), WT, WH, WN, and WL are weighting factors, respectively. The weighting factors WT, WH, WN, and WL are set based on, for example, priorities regarding the temperature, humidity, sound, and brightness preferences of the hospitalized patient. For example, when the inpatient prefers the degree of preference of sound to the degree of preference of temperature or humidity, the weight coefficient WN for the deduction value SN of the sound is larger than the other weight coefficients WT, WH, and WL. Value, the contribution of the sound deduction value SN to the appropriateness SC is increased.

  As described above, the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment is suitable for the inpatient's preference on the basis of the inpatient's preference regarding the environment of the hospital room (indoor environment) and the information indicating the current environment of each hospital room. Search for a hospital room. For this reason, according to the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the psychological burden and the physical burden of the inpatient due to the inconsistency between the inpatient's preference and the environment of the inpatient room. Become.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 9 and FIGS. 10A to 10C, a specific example of a process of determining a hospital room where an inpatient enters will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device when registering information of an inpatient. FIG. 10A is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. FIG. 10B is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. FIG. 10C is a diagram (part 3) illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device when searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient.

  FIG. 9 illustrates an example of an initial screen 610 of the terminal device 6 for staff, and an example of a screen 620 for registering information (user information) such as room preference of an inpatient. The initial screen 610 of the staff terminal device 6 includes a first button 611, a second button 612, a third button 613, and a fourth button 614. The first button 611 is a button for accepting execution of a process of registering information (user information) such as a preference of a hospitalized patient's room (indoor environment). The second button 612 is a button for receiving execution of processing (chat with the chat server 10) for searching for a hospital room suitable for an inpatient. The third button 613 is a button for accepting display of cautions in the hospital. The fourth button 614 is a button for receiving display of hospital staff and information about the hospital such as a floor map.

  The staff terminal device 6 is, for example, a tablet computer, and a touch panel is arranged on the display surface of the display device. When the initial screen 610 is displayed on the display surface of the terminal device 6, an operator such as a hospital staff can input a first button 611, a second button 612, a third button 613, and a fourth button 614. Is pressed (touched), the terminal device 6 executes a process corresponding to the pressed button. For example, when the operator presses the first button 611, the terminal device 6 executes a process of registering information (user information) such as the preference of the hospitalized patient's room (step S31 in FIG. 7). At this time, the terminal device 6 displays a user information input screen 620 as shown on the right side of FIG.

  The user information input screen 620 includes a column 621 for displaying a patient ID, a plurality of selection buttons 622a to 622c, 623a to 623c, 624a to 624c, and 625a to 625c for selecting room preference, and a registration button 626. And a cancel button 627. The column 621 for displaying the patient ID also serves as, for example, a button for receiving an input of the patient ID. When an operator such as a hospital staff presses (touches) the column 621 for displaying the patient ID, the display on the terminal device 6 is displayed. Is switched from the user information input screen 620 to a screen for inputting a patient ID. Although illustration is omitted, on the screen for inputting the patient ID, for example, numeric keys for inputting the patient ID (numerical value) are displayed.

  A plurality of selection buttons 622a to 622c, 623a to 623c, 624a to 624c, and 625a to 625c for selecting room preferences are provided in a plurality of ways (three ways in FIG. 9) indicating sensory preferences of each item regarding the environment of the hospital room. ) Selection button. For example, the user information input screen 620 includes three selection buttons 622a, 622b, and 622c for selecting sensory preferences regarding temperature.

  When the display of the terminal device 6 is switched to the user information input screen 620, the plurality of selection buttons 622a to 622c, 623a to 623c, 624a to 624c, and 625a to 625c are all the same color, and the hospital staff etc. The color of the selection button pressed (touched) by the operator changes to another color. For example, the patient whose patient ID is “01234456789” in FIG. 9 has a sensory preference of “room is cold (not good at cold)” and a sensory preference of humidity is “dry” at room temperature. In addition, this patient has a sensational preference of sound “lively” and a sensational preference of brightness “bright”.

  In FIG. 9, a registration button 626 described to be registered is a button for accepting execution of a process of registering the input patient ID and room preference information, and a cancel button 627 described to be closed is the input patient ID and room. This button is used to accept cancellation of registration of favorite information. When an operator such as a hospital staff presses a registration button 626, the terminal device 6 registers the currently input patient ID and room preference in association with each other as user information, and displays the display of the display device on the initial screen 610. Switch to On the other hand, when an operator such as a hospital staff presses the cancel button 627, the terminal device 6 discards the currently input patient ID and information on room preference and switches the display on the display device to the initial screen 610.

  When the operator, such as a hospital staff, presses the second button 612 on the initial screen 610 after registering the intimate room preference of the inpatient, the terminal device 6 searches for a hospital room suitable for the inpatient's preference. (Step S32 in FIG. 7). At this time, the terminal device 6 transmits a chat message requesting a search for a hospital room to the chat server 10 and switches the display to a screen 630 including a chat message 631 as shown on the left side of FIG. 10A. Upon receiving the chat message and receiving the search request, the chat server 10 transmits a reply message indicating that the request has been received to the terminal device 6 (step S33 in FIG. 7). When receiving the reply message from the chat server 10, the terminal device 6 displays the reply message. The reply message is, for example, a reply message 632 prompting the input of the patient ID as shown on the right side of FIG. 10A. Here, when the operator presses a keypad display button (not shown) at the lower left of the screen 630 on the left side of FIG. 10A, for example, the numeric key 642 and the input value display field are displayed as on the screen 640 on the right side of FIG. 10A. A keypad (software keyboard) 641 including the keypad 643 is displayed. At this time, when the operator presses the numeric key 642 of the keypad 641, the terminal device 6 displays a numeric value corresponding to the pressed numeric key in the input value display field 643. When the operator presses the enter button (not shown) displayed at the lower right of the keypad 641 after inputting the patient ID, the terminal device 6 displays the numerical value (patient ID) displayed in the input value display field 643. ) To accept the input.

  After deciding to accept the input of the patient ID, the terminal device 6 displays the input patient ID 633, for example, as shown on the left screen 650 in FIG. 10B, and displays the patient ID and the preference of the hospitalized patient's room. The transmitted user information is transmitted to the chat server 10. Then, when receiving the reply message from the chat server 10, the terminal device 6 displays a message 634 indicating that the chat server 10 is searching, as shown in a screen 650 on the left side of FIG. 10B. It should be noted that the ward server 2 actually receiving the request from the chat server 10 is searching for a ward as described above. After performing the processing of steps S35 and S36 in FIG. 7, the ward server 2 creates an answer screen indicating a hospital room with a high degree of suitability, and notifies the chat server 10 of the address of the answer screen (step S37). When receiving the notification of the address of the answer screen, the chat server 10 acquires the answer screen based on the address, and transfers the answer screen to the staff terminal device 6 (step S38).

  When receiving the answer screen from the chat server 10, the display of the terminal device 6 for the staff is switched from the screen 650 on the left side in FIG. 10B to a screen 660 on the right side including a message 635 notifying that the search for the hospital room has been completed. At this time, for example, the message 635 notifying that the search for the hospital room has been completed includes a display button 636 for executing the display of the search result (answer screen). When the operator presses the display button 636, for example, an answer screen 670 as shown in FIG. 10C is displayed.

  The answer screen (search result of the hospital room) 670 includes the patient ID 671 and information 672 to 674 of the hospital rooms with the highest suitability SC calculated based on the sensory preference of the room and the hospital room information, from the highest three hospital rooms. . The information 672 to 674 of each room includes the room name, the degree of suitability SC, the usage fee, the image of the room, and information indicating the difference between the current environment of the room and the sensory preference of the hospitalized patient. By presenting such an answer screen 670 to an inpatient, the inpatient can select a hospital room that is closest to the inpatient's own desire based on the degree of suitability SC and the like. For example, in the answer screen 670 of FIG. 10C, the highest degree of suitability SC is the room C, but the use fee of the room C is higher than the use fee of the next room A. Moreover, the difference between the suitability of the room C and the suitability of the room A is two. For this reason, the inpatient may select Room A in consideration of the usage fee if, for example, the difference between the current environment of Room A and the sensory preference of the patient is within a range that can be tolerated (compromised). it can.

  As described above, in the hospitalized patient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, based on the sensory preference of the hospitalized patient's environment in the room and the current environment of each room, the hospitalization with a small difference between the two is performed. A hospital room suitable for the patient's preference can be searched. This makes it possible to reduce the psychological burden and physical burden on the inpatient due to the inconsistency between the inpatient's sensory preferences and the environment of the hospital room.

  In addition, by including the usage fee and the image of the hospital room other than the information on the environment in the search result of the hospital room, the hospitalized patient can select a hospital room more suitable for his / her taste and desire.

  In addition, in the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, when a patient's room to be admitted is determined, a terminal for inpatients is used for other patients (inpatients) who are hospitalized in the hospital room. The message can be notified using the device 7. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 11, an example of a process performed in the hospitalized patient management system 1 after determining a room into which a patient enters will be described.

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a process performed after a hospital room is determined.
After determining the hospital room into which the patient enters based on the results of the processes in FIGS. 7 and 8, the operator of the terminal device 6 for the staff operates the terminal device 6, for example, with information on the patient entering the hospital room and Enter the name of the room. At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the staff terminal device 6 receives the input of the patient information and the room name (step S51), and transmits the patient information and the room name to the ward server 2 (step S52). . The patient information received in step S51 includes, for example, the preference of the room (indoor environment) input when searching for a hospital room and other special items.

  The ward server 2 having received the patient information and the room name refers to the hospital room information DB 292 and acquires the device ID of the terminal device 7 used by the hospitalized patient in the room where the patient newly enters (Step S53). . The process of step S53 is performed by, for example, the public information terminal specifying unit 213 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2. The public information terminal specifying unit 213 is, for example, based on the first room information 292A in the room information DB 292 and the received room name, the terminal device 7 used by the hospitalized patient in the room where the patient newly enters the room. Acquire the device ID.

  Next, the ward server 2 transmits the patient information and the device ID acquired in step S53 to the bedside server 9 (step S54). Thereafter, the ward server 2 adds information on the newly entering patient to the ward information DB 292 (step S55). The processing of steps S54 and S55 is performed by, for example, the public information terminal specifying unit 213. In the process of step S55, the public information terminal specifying unit 213 sets, for example, the bed number of the bed used by the patient in the first room information 292A of the patient room information DB 292, The ID and special notes (such as room preference) are associated. The processing in step S55 may be performed by, for example, the sickroom information updating unit 211 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2.

  Upon receiving the patient information and the device ID transmitted by the ward server 2, the bedside server 9 creates a message to be transmitted to the in-patient terminal device 7 based on the patient information (step S56). The bedside server 9 creates a neutral message that does not bother the in-patient and the newly-entered patient based on the sensory room preference of the newly-entered patient, for example.

  After creating the message, the bedside server 9 transmits the message to the terminal device 7 specified by the received device ID via, for example, the external information receiving / distributing device 8 and the out-of-hospital network 12 (not shown) (step S57). . Here, for example, assuming that the three terminal devices 7 for inpatients shown in FIG. 11 are terminal devices 701 to 703 for patients in a sickroom (room C) into which a new patient enters, the three terminal devices 7 are assumed. One of the terminal devices (for example, the terminal device 702) is a terminal device provided to a newly entering patient. For this reason, when the hospitalized patient uses two terminal devices 701 and 703 except the terminal device provided to the newly entering patient among the three terminal devices, the bedside server 9 sets A message is transmitted to each of the two terminal devices 701 and 703 used by the patient.

  Upon receiving the message from the bedside server 9, the terminal devices 701 and 703 in the sickroom into which the patient newly enters display the received message (steps S58a and S58b). At this time, the terminal devices 701 and 703 that have received the message are, for example, until a predetermined period elapses after the reception, or an inpatient using the terminal devices 701 and 703 is connected to the terminal devices 701 and 703. The message is continuously displayed until a predetermined operation is performed. As a result, it is possible to publicize a hospitalized patient in a hospital room in which a new patient enters, that there is a new patient, and a hint for avoiding trouble with the patient.

  Hereinafter, an example of screen transition of the terminal device 7 for an inpatient will be described with reference to FIGS. 12A and 12B.

  FIG. 12A is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of screen transition of a terminal device for an inpatient. FIG. 12B is a diagram (part 2) illustrating an example of screen transition of the terminal device for an inpatient.

  The terminal device 7 for an inpatient is, for example, a tablet computer. On the display device of the terminal device 7, for example, a communication screen 710 as shown in the upper part of FIG. 12A is displayed as an initial screen. The communication screen 710 is one of menu screens (large menus) displayed on the terminal device 7 and includes a selection button for selecting a menu among hospital information, regional information, medical information, and questionnaire information. In the terminal device 7 for inpatients, a touch panel is arranged so as to overlap the display surface of the display device, and a user of the terminal device 7 presses (touches) a selection button 711 described as hospital information on the communication screen 710. ) And the selection button 711 described as the hospital information in the middle menu is different from the other selection buttons 712 and the like as shown in the upper screen 710 in FIG. 12A, and is displayed below the middle menu. A small menu including selection buttons for hospital information is displayed. When a selection button 713 described as hospital information among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, information such as the history of the hospital and the department of medical care is displayed. Further, when the selection button 714 described as staff introduction among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, a screen for introducing hospital staff such as a hospital director, a doctor in each medical department, and a nurse is displayed. Further, when a selection button (not shown) described as facility information among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, for example, each facility in the hospital such as a toilet, an examination room of each medical department, an examination room, a rehabilitation facility, etc. Is displayed.

  A selection button for selecting another large menu (diagnosis information and amenities) is displayed on the upper end side of the communication screen 710. When the selection button described as medical information at the upper end of the communication screen is pressed, the display of the terminal device 7 is switched to, for example, a medical information menu screen 720 as shown in the middle part of FIG. 12A. The medical care information menu screen 720 includes a selection button for selecting a menu among the medical care information and the orientation. When the selection button 721 described as medical information on the medical information menu screen 720 is pressed, the selection button 721 described as medical information in the middle menu is displayed as another selection, as shown in the middle screen 720 of FIG. 12A. The display is different from that of the button 722, and a small menu including a selection button for medical information is displayed below the middle menu. When the selection button 723 described as “Pain Screening” among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, for example, a screen for inputting a password is displayed, and when a correct password is input, physical pain and psychological in hospitalization life are displayed. The screen for asking about pain is displayed. In addition, when the selection button 724 described as an inspection result among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, for example, a screen for inputting a password is displayed, and when a correct password is input, the inspection results of various inspections performed during hospitalization are performed. Is displayed.

  When a selection button (not shown) described as “Amenity” at the upper end of the communication screen 710 or the medical care information menu screen 720 is pressed, the display of the terminal device 7 is displayed, for example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. The screen is switched to a screen 730. The amenity menu screen 730 includes selection buttons for selecting a menu among meal reservation, delivery, reservation, and books. When the selection button 731 described as meal reservation on the amenity menu screen 730 is pressed, the selection button 731 described as meal reservation in the middle menu is displayed as another selection button, as shown in a screen 730 at the bottom of FIG. 12A. Is displayed, and a small menu including a selection button for meal reservation is displayed below the middle menu. When the selection button 733 described as “meal selection” among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, for example, a screen for selecting either Japanese food or Western food is displayed. Further, when the selection button 734 described as meal history among the selection buttons of the small menu is pressed, for example, a screen showing the history of meals for the last several days is displayed.

  Further, a display area 790 for displaying various messages from the hospital to the inpatient is provided at the lower end of the display surface of the terminal device 7 for inpatients. In the display area 790, for example, not only messages for all inpatients but also individual messages for each medical department or each hospital room can be displayed.

  For example, when a new patient enters the room C, the new patient enters the terminal device 7 (701 and 703) used by the hospitalized patient in the room C by the processing according to the sequence of FIG. A message is sent that includes a message and a hint to avoid trouble with the patient. The terminal device 7 (701 and 703) that has received this message, for example, scrolls and displays the received message in the display area 790 at the lower end on the display surface as shown in FIG. 12B. Thereby, the hospitalized patient in the room C can know in advance that a new patient will enter the room and that the patient is not good at being cold and is sensitive to sound. In addition, a newly entering patient knows in advance the outline of the environment of the sick room (room C) to enter. For this reason, by informing hospitalized patients that newly entering patients are not good at being cold or sensitive to sound, for example, care should be taken between newly entering patients and inpatients It is possible to prevent occurrence of trouble between patients during hospitalization.

  In addition, the above-described processing of searching for a hospital room suitable for the inpatient's preference is not limited to determining a hospital room for a newly hospitalized patient, but is also applicable to a case where an already hospitalized patient moves to another hospital room. It is possible.

  As described above, in the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the inpatient can be allowed to enter a hospital room suitable for the intuitive preference of the inpatient regarding the environment of the hospital room. For this reason, according to the hospitalized patient management system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the psychological burden and the physical burden on the hospitalized patient due to the inconsistency between the environment of the hospital room and the sensory preference of the hospitalized patient. . Therefore, the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment can improve the degree of satisfaction of the inpatient for inpatient life. In addition, by reducing the psychological burden and physical burden, depending on the hospitalization reason (type of illness or injury) of an inpatient, for example, the likelihood of being able to be discharged in a short period of time and to be able to be discharged early is increased. .

  Further, in the hospitalized patient management system 1 of the present embodiment, for a hospitalized patient in a hospital room where a new patient is to enter, a hint for avoiding a trouble with the new patient in advance that a new patient will enter the room. Can be publicized. Also, a newly entering patient enters the room after grasping the difference between the environment of the sick room in which he / she enters and his / her preference. Therefore, the newly entered patient and the hospitalized patient take care of each other, and it is possible to prevent occurrence of trouble between the patients.

  In addition, the inpatient management system 1 of FIG. 1 is only one configuration example of the inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment. The inpatient management system 1 according to the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration in FIG. 1 and can be appropriately changed. For example, the inpatient management system 1 may include a server device that collects and manages electronic medical records of inpatients and outpatients. Further, the inpatient management system 1 may include a function of transmitting various messages to a communication device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone used by a family member of the inpatient, for example. Further, the ward server 2 and the bedside server 9 in the hospitalized patient management system 1 are not limited to separate server devices, but may be one server device having respective functions. For example, the ward server 2 may be a server device including a function of creating a message to be transmitted to the in-patient terminal device 7 specified by the public information terminal specifying unit 213, in addition to the functions illustrated in FIG. .

  The sensor device 5 installed in one hospital room (one room) may be any sensor device that can measure, for example, temperature, humidity, illuminance, and noise level (sound pressure level). For example, the temperature sensor 501A and the humidity sensor 502A in FIG. 2 do not need to be separate sensor devices, and may be included in one sensor device capable of measuring temperature and humidity.

  In addition, the number of elements per item in the element conversion table that quantifies the inpatient's sensory preferences regarding the environment is not limited to the three elements as shown in FIG. 5 and can be changed as appropriate.

  Further, FIGS. 9 and 10A to 10C are merely examples of the screen transition of the terminal device 6 for staff when determining a hospital room in which a new hospitalized patient enters. The display screen of the terminal device 6 for the staff can be appropriately changed according to the specifications of the terminal device 6, the contents of the service provided by the hospitalized patient management system 1, and the like. Further, the terminal device 6 for staff is not limited to a terminal device for inputting various kinds of information using a software keyboard or the like such as a tablet computer, but may be a terminal device (computer) including a hardware keyboard or a touch pad. .

  Similarly, FIGS. 12A and 12B are merely examples of screen transitions of the terminal device 7 for inpatients. The display screen of the terminal device 7 for the inpatient can be appropriately changed according to the specifications of the terminal device 7 and the contents of the service provided to the inpatient using the terminal device 7.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the inpatient management system 1 for searching for a hospital room suitable for the taste of the indoor environment of the patient admitted to the hospital has been described as an example, but the system to which the present invention can be applied is the inpatient management system 1. Of course, it is not limited to.

  The ward server 2 according to the present embodiment can be realized by a computer and a program executed by the computer. Hereinafter, the ward server 2 realized by a computer and a program will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer.
As shown in FIG. 13, the computer 15 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1501, a memory 1502, an auxiliary storage device 1503, an input / output interface 1504, a display control device 1505, a communication control device 1506, a medium drive Device 1507. These elements 1501 to 1507 in the computer 15 are interconnected by a bus 1510 so that data can be transferred between the elements.

  The CPU 1501 is a processor that controls various operations of the computer 15 by executing various programs including an operating system. For example, the CPU 1501 executes a process (steps S21 to S23 in FIG. 6) of acquiring sensor data regarding the environment of the hospital room and updating the hospital room information. In addition, the CPU 1501 executes a program including a process (steps S35 to S37 in FIG. 7) of calculating the degree of suitability of the hospital room and creating an answer screen. Further, the CPU 1501 executes a program including processing (steps S53 to S55 in FIG. 11) for specifying the terminal device 7 for an inpatient that transmits a message about a newly admitted patient. Here, the processing (step S36) of calculating the suitability in the program including the processing of steps S35 to S37 in FIG. 7 is, for example, a subroutine as a processing including a loop processing of steps S41 to S48 in FIG. Note that these programs executed by the CPU 1501 may be subroutines in one program, or may be separate programs.

  The memory 1502 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). In the ROM of the memory 1502, for example, a predetermined basic control program read by the CPU 1501 when the computer 15 is started is recorded in advance. The RAM of the memory 1502 is used by the CPU 1501 as a work storage area as needed when executing various programs. The RAM of the memory 1502 can be used for temporary storage of, for example, the patient ID of the inpatient and the preference of the indoor environment, the element conversion table 293, and the deduction points ST, SH, SN, SL, and the degree of preference SC.

  The auxiliary storage device 1503 is, for example, a magnetic disk such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and a non-volatile memory disk such as a flash memory disk. The auxiliary storage device 1503 can store various programs executed by the CPU 1501, various data, and the like. The auxiliary storage device 1503 can be used to store, for example, a program including the processes of steps S21 to S23, a program including the processes of steps S35 to S37, and a program including the processes of steps S53 to S55. Further, the auxiliary storage device 1503 can be used to store, for example, terminal information 291, a hospital room information database (hospital room information DB) 292, an element conversion table 293, a hospital room image 294, and the like. The auxiliary storage device 1503 can be used for temporary storage of the deduction values ST, SH, SN, SL, and the degree of suitability SC.

  The input / output interface 1504 is a hardware interface that receives input information from the input device 16 and outputs information to an output device (not shown). The input device 16 is, for example, a keyboard device, a mouse device, a touch panel device, or the like. The output device (not shown) is a printer device or the like different from the display device 17.

  The display control device 1505 controls a display screen of the display device 17 such as a liquid crystal display device. The display control device 1505 can be used, for example, to display the operation state of the computer 15 and the contents of the hospital room information DB 292 stored in the auxiliary storage device 1503 on the display device 17.

  The communication control device 1506 is a device that connects the computer 15 to a communication network (hospital network 11) and controls various types of communication between the computer 15 and other electronic devices via the communication network.

  The medium driving device 1507 reads out programs and data recorded on the portable recording medium 18 and writes data and the like stored in the auxiliary storage device 1503 on the portable recording medium 18. Examples of the portable recording medium 18 include a memory card (flash memory) of the Secure Digital (SD) standard. The portable recording medium 18 can be used for recording the above programs. Further, the portable recording medium 18 can be used to store, for example, the terminal information 291, the hospital room information DB 292, the element conversion table 293, the hospital room image 294, and the like.

  Further, when the computer 15 is equipped with an optical disk drive that can be used as the medium driving device 1507, various optical disks that can be recognized by the optical disk drive can be used as the portable recording medium 18. Optical disks that can be used as the portable recording medium 18 include, for example, CDs (Compact Discs), DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), and Blu-ray Discs (Blu-ray is a registered trademark).

  When the computer 15 is activated, the CPU 1501 reads out and executes a program including the above processes from the auxiliary storage device 1503 or the like. During the execution of the processes of steps S21 to S23, the CPU 1501 functions as the sickroom information updating unit 211 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2. In addition, while executing the processes of steps S35 to S37, the CPU 1501 functions as the sick room search unit 212 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2. Further, while executing the processing of the above steps S53 to S55, the CPU 1501 functions as the public information terminal specifying unit 213 in the data processing unit 210 of the ward server 2. During the execution of each of the above-described processes, non-temporary recording media such as the RAM in the memory 1502 of the computer 15, the auxiliary storage device 1503, and the portable recording medium 18 serve as the storage unit 290 of the ward server 2. Function.

  Note that the hardware configuration of the computer 15 operated as the ward server 2 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 13, and some elements may be omitted or added according to the application and conditions. is there. For example, the computer 15 may be such that the medium driving device 1507 is omitted.

1 hospitalized patient management system 2 ward server 210 data processing unit 211 ward information update unit 212 ward search unit 213 public information terminal identification unit 220 communication unit 290 storage unit 291 terminal information 292 ward information database (room information DB)
293 element conversion table 294 ward image 3 ward client 4, 4A, 4B Sensor gateway device (GW device)
5, 5A, 5B Sensor device 501A Temperature sensor 502A Humidity sensor 503A Illuminance sensor 504A Noise sensor 6 Terminal device for staff 7 Terminal device for inpatients 8 External information receiving / distributing device 9 Bedside server 10 Chat server 11 Hospital network 12 Internet 15 Computer 1501 CPU
1502 Memory 1503 Auxiliary storage device 1504 Input / output interface 1505 Display control device 1506 Communication control device 1507 Medium drive device 1510 Bus 16 Input device 17 Display device 18 Portable recording medium

Claims (6)

A terminal device that receives an input of a preference of an in-patient indoor environment and requests the first server device to search for a hospital room suitable for the in-patient by chatting with the first server device;
A second server device for searching for a hospital room suitable for the hospitalized patient based on a request from the first server device;
The second server device includes a sickroom information updating unit that periodically updates the information of the indoor environment, a taste of the inpatient's indoor environment, and information on the indoor environment based on the information of the indoor environment. A hospital room search unit for extracting a hospital room having a small difference from the hospital patient's preference for the indoor environment. The terminal device receives an input of a sensible taste of the indoor environment of the hospitalized patient,
The sickroom search unit of the second server device, further based on an element conversion table including a correspondence between the sensory preference of the indoor environment and a numerical value indicating the environment of the sickroom, the hospitalized patient of the inpatient The sensory preference of the indoor environment is digitized, and based on the digitized preference of the indoor environment and the information of the indoor environment in each of the plurality of hospital rooms, for each of the hospitalized patients in the plurality of hospital rooms. The inpatient management system according to claim 1, wherein the degree of suitability is calculated. The in-patient management system according to claim 1, wherein the indoor environment includes indoor temperature, humidity, noise level, and illuminance. The second server device further includes a terminal identification unit that identifies the terminal device for a patient used by an inpatient who is already in a hospital room where the inpatient is to enter, among the terminal devices for a patient used by the inpatient. The inpatient management system according to claim 1, wherein the system includes: The terminal specifying unit of the second server device further generates a message including information indicating that there is a patient newly entering the room and information on the indoor environment of the patient, and specifies the specified terminal device for the patient. The in-patient management system according to claim 4, wherein the message is transmitted. Computer
Periodically collect and update indoor environment information,
When a search request for a hospital room including information indicating the preference of the in-patient room environment is received from the external device, based on the in-patient room preference and the in-room environment information, the in-patient Extract the sickrooms with a small difference from the indoor environment preference,
A method of returning the extracted information indicating the hospital room to the external device, the method comprising the steps of: