JP2021012610A - Bedside information system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a bedside information system for enabling a patient to browse his/her own medical examination information and/or in-hospital life-related information.SOLUTION: A bedside information system 1 includes: two or more bedside terminals T11-T23 arranged on bedsides of patients; a server S; and a storage device M. At least one of the bedside terminals authenticates a patient being a user in cooperation with the server. The storage device stores a patient authenticated via one of the terminals and a bedside terminal that has performed authentication by association. When a browsing or an input request of medical examination information and/or in-hospital life-related information is received from the bedside terminal, the server identifies a patient authenticated in association with the bedside terminal which transmits the browsing or the input request with referring to the storage device, and then transmits medical examination information and/or in-hospital life-related information about the identified patient to the bedside terminal or receives the input request as the one about the identified patient.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a bedside information system.

In medical institutions such as hospitals, various bedside terminals are arranged on the bedside of each patient. For example, a bedside terminal that provides inpatients with a means of watching TV, DVD, the Internet, etc. contributes to improving the amenities of each patient's in-hospital life, while giving the patient a medical treatment schedule, test results, vital signs, etc. The bedside terminal that provides the patient is given an opportunity to more accurately grasp and understand his / her medical condition and treatment plan, and plays an important role in leading a more secure in-hospital life. In recent years, in order to provide patients with highly satisfying medical services, high-performance bedside terminals that have both amenity functions and medical information provision functions have been developed. For example, TVs and tablets that are familiar to patients. A bedside terminal that can browse medical information from a type terminal has been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a bedside information system using a bedside terminal. The bedside information system transmits the corresponding medical information to the bedside terminal according to whether the user of the bedside terminal is a medical staff or a patient. That is, the medical staff can view and update various information for the medical staff by inputting their own identification information and receiving authentication. On the other hand, the patient enters his / her identification information into the bedside terminal and is authenticated, so that the patient can receive the progress information of his / her medical condition, meals, daily test results, etc. through the bedside terminal. You can browse medical information such as examination schedules and information related to hospital life, and receive amenity services such as TV and video.

Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a medical information system for hospitals including a tablet terminal used by a patient and a television receiver connected to the tablet terminal. According to the medical information system for hospitals, inpatients obtain information on their own medical information from computers inside and outside the hospital using the tablet terminal authenticated by inputting an identification number, ID card, fingerprint verification, etc. In addition to being able to do this, the acquired medical information can be transferred to a large-area television receiver and output according to the mood of the day, the content of medical information, the presence or absence of visitors, etc. Is said to be able to browse medical information comfortably.

In these conventional bedside information systems and hospital medical information systems, the medical information and medical information handled are information that is deeply related to the privacy of individual patients. Therefore, in order to view this via a bedside terminal or the like, for example. , It is usually practiced to strictly authenticate whether the user of the terminal is the patient himself / herself or a medical staff such as an authorized doctor or nurse. Even in the system described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when accessing the system, the user must be authenticated through an appropriate means such as an identification number, an ID card, and fingerprint authentication. However, inputting a long identification number is troublesome, and even for fingerprint authentication or ID card authentication, it is necessary to move to the location of the authentication device and hold a finger or ID card over it. This work is troublesome, and it is a great psychological and physical burden for the patient to perform such an authentication work when watching a video or a TV drama on a bedside terminal equipped with an amenity function, for example.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-285181 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-125464

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned inconveniences of the prior art, and a patient browses medical information and / or hospital life-related information related to his / her personal information via a bedside terminal. We provide a bedside information system that allows you to view your own medical information and / or hospital life-related information without having to be authenticated through the bedside terminal, and a program to realize such a system. Challenge to do.

In the process of conducting intensive research to solve the above problems, the present inventors often connect various medical information and medical care to the bedside of each patient as appropriate by connecting to a medical information system such as a hospital or medical institution. A bedside terminal that can browse and refer to information and a bedside terminal such as a TV equipped with a browser function installed mainly for amenity are juxtaposed, and the former bedside terminal is usually a patient who is a user. We paid attention to the fact that it is in the activated state after being certified by. Then, if the authenticated patient information authenticated through one of these can be shared with other bedside terminals among these plurality of bedside terminals, the other bedside terminals can be individually used. It is possible to identify a patient who is using the other bedside terminal without performing authentication work, and allow the patient to view and refer to medical information about himself / herself from the other bedside terminal. The present invention was completed by finding that there is no risk of causing any problems.

That is, the present invention is a bedside information system including two or more bedside terminals arranged on the bedside of a patient, a server, and a storage device, and at least one of the two or more bedside terminals is The storage device is provided with an authentication means for authenticating a patient who is a user in cooperation with the server, and the storage device associates the two or more bedside terminals and authenticates via any of the bedside terminals. The patient and the bedside terminal to which the authentication is performed are stored in association with each other, and the server stores medical information from one of the two or more bedside terminals. And / or when there is a request for viewing or inputting information related to hospital life, the information is authenticated via the bedside terminal associated with the bedside terminal that requested the viewing or input with reference to the storage device. Means for identifying a patient and the medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information about the identified patient is transmitted to the bedside terminal that requested the viewing, or the input request is for the identified patient. The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a bedside information system provided with a means for accepting as.

In a preferred embodiment of the bedside information system of the present invention, the bedside terminal that makes a browsing or input request is a television receiver equipped with a browser function, and the server makes the browsing or input request. It includes means for generating medical content in a format that can be displayed by the television receiver, and means for transmitting the medical content to the bedside terminal that has made the viewing or input request. The format that can be displayed by the television receiver is, for example, a format described by a markup language such as HTML (HyperText Markup Language) or XHTML (Extensible HyperText Language), and more preferably HTML. Is. By providing such a configuration, the bedside information system of the present invention can output medical information to a large-area display included in a television receiver equipped with a browser function. In addition, there is an advantage that medical information can be browsed with the same ease as switching the TV program to be watched.

In the present specification, the bedside terminal usually means a terminal that is arranged on the bedside of the patient and provides various medical information, in-hospital life-related information, and amenity information to the patient and medical staff. Bedside terminals used in the bedside information system of the present invention include, for example, television receivers, computer terminals, monitors that display biological information of patients, and the like. However, the bedside terminal used in the bedside information system of the present invention does not require that it is always arranged at the bedside, and basically it may be used at the bedside, and the patient may appropriately use the bed. It includes portable terminals such as tablet terminals that can be taken out from the side and used in the hospital.

Further, in the present specification, the medical information refers to general information related to the patient's medical condition, medical treatment, and treatment. For example, the physical condition, medical condition, and health condition of the patient that the medical staff learned in the process of treating the patient. , Information on medical history, allergy information, dietary restrictions, etc., records of laboratory findings measured or recorded in the course of medical treatment, surgical records, nursing records, medication records, X-ray photographs, etc. are included. On the other hand, in-hospital life-related information refers to general information related to the in-hospital life of patients, for example, in-hospital equipment / facility reservation status, meal menu information, in-hospital equipment usage fee unpaid amount information, medical examination schedule, surgery schedule. Etc. are included.

The bedside information system of the present invention is effective not only when installed on the bedside in a medical institution such as a hospital or a nursing facility, but also when installed on the bedside of a patient in the field of home medical care or home nursing. Needless to say,

According to the present invention, when a patient admitted to a medical institution such as a hospital browses or inputs medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information related to his / her personal information via a bedside terminal, the bed When a patient browses or inputs medical information and / or hospital life-related information via the bedside terminal because he / she is identified as the user of the bedside terminal without performing authentication via the side terminal. The labor and labor required for this is greatly reduced. As a result, the comfort of the patient's in-hospital life is improved, and the patient has an opportunity to easily and accurately grasp his / her medical condition and treatment policy.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the whole structure of the example of the bedside information system of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the correspondence table which associates a plurality of bedside terminals, and the information stored in the correspondence table. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the correspondence table which stored the ID information of the patient which was associated with the bedside terminal and was authenticated, and the information stored there. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a plurality of bedside terminals, a correspondence table which stores ID information of the patient associated with them and is authenticated, and an example of the information stored therein. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the bedside terminal of the bedside information system of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which contains the hospital life-related information displayed on the bedside terminal of the bedside information system of this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on Examples, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to those of Examples.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the overall structure of an example of the bedside information system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a bedside information system of the present invention. In the bedside information system 1 according to the present invention, B ₁ , B ₂ , and B ₃ are beds, respectively, and the bedside of each bed B ₁ , B ₂ , and B ₃ has a first bedside terminal T1. ₁ , T1 ₂ , and T1 ₃ and second bedside terminals T2 ₁ , T2 ₂ , and T2 ₃ are arranged. The first bedside terminals T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , and T1 ₃ and the second bedside terminals T2 ₁ , T2 ₂ , and T2 ₃ are connected to the server S via an appropriate network N. M is a storage device connected to the server S via the network N. In this example, the storage device M is connected to the server S via the network N, but the storage device M may be directly connected to the server S.

In this example, the first bedside terminal _T1 1, T1 _2, and T1 ₃ is a contactless IC card reader-writer _{R 1,} provided with a R 2, _{R 3,} on condition that authentication of the user, medical information It is a terminal that is connected to the system and allows the patient's medical records and medical records to be browsed as appropriate. On the other hand, the second bedside terminal _T2 1, T2 _2, and T2 ₃ are video and audio output terminals such as a television having a browser function, a patient, such as a contactless IC card reader-writer _{R 1,} R 2, _{R 3} It does not have a means for reading information or a means for inputting patient identification information, but it goes without saying that it may have one. In FIG. 1, P ₁ and P ₂ are patients, and C ₁ and C ₂ are IC cards assigned to patients P ₁ and P ₂ , respectively.

The first and second bedside terminals used in the bedside information system of the present invention are not limited to those described above, and include terminals generally used at the bedside of a patient, for example, a tablet terminal and a personal computer terminal. , Includes a monitor that displays the patient's biological information. In the base Ddosaido information system 1, both the first and second bedside terminal, but those which are arranged in the vicinity of the bed B ₁ patient P _1, bedside information system of the present invention The first and second bedside terminals used do not require that they be always located at the bedside. That is, it may be a portable terminal such as a tablet terminal or a laptop terminal that the patient can take out from the bedside and use in the hospital. Further, in this example, the number of bedside terminals assigned to each patient is two, but the number of bedside terminals assigned to each patient may be three or more.

When the above-mentioned non-contact IC card reader / writer R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ is held over the IC card C ₁ or C ₂ (or an IC card C ₃ (not shown)), the IC card C ₁ or C ₂ (or IC card C ₃ (not shown)) Alternatively, the identification information of the patient P ₁ or P ₂ (or the patient P ₃ not shown) stored in the IC card C ₃ ) (not shown) is read, and the identification information is read by the server via the bedside terminals T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , and T1 _3. It has a function to send to S, so that the bedside terminals T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , and T1 ₃ cooperate with the server S to authenticate patient P ₁ or P ₂ (or patient P ₃ not shown). It will be equipped with an authentication means to perform.

The patient authentication means is not limited to the above-mentioned specific means. For example, instead of the IC card, the user can use a barcode attached to the patient's arm or the like, the patient's biometric information, a password set by the user, or the like. It may be used as the ID information of the patient or a part thereof, and in that case, the corresponding ID information reading device may be a one-dimensional device attached to the patient's arm or the like instead of the non-contact IC card reader / writer. A barcode reader that reads a two-dimensional barcode or a biometric information reader that reads the biometric information of a patient will be used. Instead of reading the patient's ID information, the patient or a person concerned may directly input the patient's ID information into the bedside terminals T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , and T1 ₃ .

Storage device M, the first bedside terminal _T1 1, T1 _2, or T1 ₃ each identification information identifying each the same bed _B 1, _{B 2,} or _{B 3} of the second installed in the bedside It is stored as a correspondence table Tb _{1 in} association with the identification information that identifies the bedside terminals T2 ₁ , T2 ₂ , or T2 ₃ of the bedside terminal T2 ₁ , T2 ₂ , or T2 ₃ . FIG. 2 shows an example of the correspondence table Tb ₁ and the information stored therein. In FIG. 2, for example, the first bedside terminal having the identification information (192.168.11.101) described in the first row of the corresponding table Tb _{1 and} the identification also described in the first row. The second bedside terminal having the information (192.168.11.201) is associated with each other and stored in the storage device M. In this example, the IP address (Internet Protocol Address) of the bedside terminal is used as the identification information of each bedside terminal, but the information that can be used as the identification information of each bedside terminal is limited to the IP address. Anything that can identify the bedside terminal, such as the terminal name and MAC address (Media Access Control Addless) of each bedside terminal, is sufficient.

Furthermore, the storage device M, the identification information identifying the first bedside terminal _T1 1, T1 _2, or T1 ₃ respectively, the first bedside terminal _T1 1, T1 _2, or T1 ₃ respectively, the server S It is stored in the correspondence table Tb ₂ in association with the ID information of the patient authenticated in cooperation with. A correspondence table Tb _2, showing an example of the first bedside terminal _T1 1, T1 _2, or T1 ₃ identification information and the patient's ID information stored therein in FIG. For example, the first bedside terminal T1 ₁ is in cooperation with the server S authenticates the patient P _1, of the other first bedside terminal Tl _2, authenticating the patient P ₂ in cooperation with the server S when, as shown in FIG. 3, the first bedside terminal T1 ₁ having the identification information (192.168.11.101), are associated with each other and the patient _{P 1} having the ID information (20190701) Similarly, the first bedside terminal T1 ₂ having the identification information (192.168.11.102), and are associated with each other and the patient _{P 2} with ID information (20190702) stored in the storage device M It will be done. Thus, ID information represented by 8-digit number of the patient P ₁ and P ₂ is a user, are stored in association with the authenticated bedside terminal T1 ₁ and T1 ₂ identity , bedside terminal T1 ₁ and T1 ₂ have shown that each authenticated each patient _{P 1} and _{P 2.} Meanwhile, in the correspondence table Tb _2, although the column of ID information of a patient associated with the bedside terminal T1 ₃ has a blank, which, bedside first bedside terminal T1 ₃ is without a patient It indicates that the terminal is located in, or at least has not been authenticated by the patient who is the user.

The correspondence table Tb ₁ and the correspondence table Tb ₂ described above are merely examples, and the correspondence relationship between the first and second bedside terminals and the first bedside terminal and the authentication are performed through the correspondence table Tb ₁ . As long as the correspondence with the patient can be referred to, there is no particular limitation on the mode in which the storage device M stores the correspondence, and it is not always necessary to store the two correspondence tables, and the correspondence is stored in the form of the correspondence table. You don't even have to. Patients example, as shown in FIG. 4, first bedside terminal _{T1 1,} T1 2, T1 ₃ of the identification information, the second bedside terminal _{T2 1,} T2 2, T2 ₃ identification information, and authenticating One correspondence table Tb ₃ which stores the ID information in association with each other may be stored in the storage device M.

When an existing hospital information system exists on the network N, a part of the storage device of the system may be used as the storage device M or a part thereof. Further, the storage device M may be a single storage device as an object, or may be two or more storage devices distributed on the network N. This also applies to the server, and when an existing server exists on the network N, a part of the server may function as the server S or a part thereof. Further, the server S may be a single server as a thing, or may be two or more servers distributed and existing on the network N.

<Basic operation method>
Hereinafter, the operation of the bed-side information system 1 of the present invention, the patient P ₁ to beds B _1, first bedside terminal T1 ₁ and second bedside terminals installed in bedside bed B ₁ T2 ₁ will be described as an example. First, the patient P ₁ brings the IC card C ₁ closer to the non-contact IC card reader / writer R ₁ provided in the bedside terminal T1 ₁ . Then, the non-contact IC card reader-writer _{R 1} comprises a reading means ID information of the patient reads the unique number "20190701" cards stored in the IC card _{C 1} confirmed ID information of the patient _{P 1,} read It transmits the ID information to the first bedside terminal T1 _1. First bedside terminal T1 ₁ transmits the ID information transmitted from the contactless IC card reader-writer R ₁ to the server S. Incidentally, the ID information of the patient P ₁ which can be used for bed-side information system 1 of the present invention is not limited to the specific number of the IC card C _1, even ID information such as a password that is separately stored in the IC card C ₁ good.

The server S, the the first bedside terminal T1 ₁ receives the ID information of the patient P ₁ "20190701", confirmed with reference to the memory device M whether ID information of the patient received is legitimate To do. That is, the storage device M usually contains a list of patients to be managed and patient information about those patients, for example, patient number, name, age, date of birth, gender, address, emergency contact information, insurance. Information such as a number, a clinical department, a disease name, a doctor in charge, medical information, a password, etc. is stored, and the server S compares the data of the storage device M with the data of the storage device M, and if there is a patient with the received ID information, the patient concerned. authenticates the first bedside terminal T1 ₁ user, and transmits the authenticated information to the first bedside terminal T1 _1. If not, the server S sends an error message to the first bedside terminal T1 _1. In the present embodiment, by only confirming whether ID information of the patient P ₁ is present in the data storage device M, is performed the patient authentication, from the viewpoint of enhancing the security, browsing claims Depending on the content of the medical information to be provided, authentication conditions such as requesting a separate password may be added in addition to the patient ID information.

Furthermore, when the authentication of the patient _{P 1} is made, the server S, the ID information "20190701" of a patient _{P 1} transmitted from the first bedside terminal T1 ₁ first bedside terminal T1 ₁ authentication as to the ID information of the patient _{P 1} has, in association with the first bedside terminal T1 _first identification information "192.168.11.101", and stores in the storage device M. In this way, for example, the first row of the corresponding table Tb _{2 in} the state shown in FIG. 3 is generated.

In this state, for example, a patient P ₁ who are watching the television broadcast in the second of the bedside terminal T2 ₁ is, from the second of the bedside terminal T2 _1, or to view their own medical information and hospital life-related information , Can be entered. That is, the patient P ₁ is, selecting a menu screen in the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ on the display who are watching a television broadcast, for example, the screen shown in FIG.

Here the patient P _1, in order to view the menu for dinner they selectable day, selecting the tabs of the "menu" in FIG. 5, it is as a browse request for the "menu" information is transmitted to the server S The menu. At this time, since the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ is a terminal that can be used without requiring user authentication, the server S is the terminal that has transmitted the request based on the transmitted identification information. Although it can be recognized as the bedside terminal T2 ₁ of 2, it is not possible to identify who is the patient who has requested the viewing of the "menu" information from the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ . Which the server S references the storage device M, based on the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ identification information sent, the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ and associated terminal first a bedside terminal T1 _1, first bedside terminal T1 ₁ authenticated user to know that the patient P _1, based on this, "menu" information second from bedside terminal T2 ₁ patients that have requested access to it can be specified as the patient P _1.

When the function or operation of the server S receives a request for viewing or inputting medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information from one of the two or more bedside terminals, the storage device is referred to. It corresponds to a means for identifying a patient who has been authenticated via the bedside terminal associated with the bedside terminal that has made the viewing or input request.

Because patients have requested access to "menu" information from the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ could be identified as a patient P _1, then the server S, memory device M or existing medical information system access restriction information diet for a patient P ₁ stored in, know that caloric restriction is imposed on the patient P _1, second bedside terminal T2 ₁ patient P ₁ is a user when sending a "menu" information, it is possible to subject a note based on the calorie restriction information of the patient P _1.

Server S sends to the second bedside terminal T2 _1, an example of a "menu" information screen displayed on the display in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, but the day of the menu there are two types of A meal and B set meal, since the patient P ₁ are imposed caloric restriction, B meal is a high calorie is that it can not select "menu Displayed as part of the information. Incidentally, "menu" information if a format recognizable second bedside terminal T2 ₁ is but those may be transmitted in any form, the second bed side terminal T2 ₁ is equipped with a browser function If it is the television set, the "menu" information on which has been converted into HTML format, medical information is transmitted to the second bedside terminal T2 _1.

FIG patient P ₁ viewed "menu" information screen 6, select the A meal gives up B meal, selecting the "select" button, the selection signal a second bedside terminal T2 ₁ Then, it becomes a selection request of the dinner menu of the day and is sent to the server S. Server S is, in the case in the case that holds the information about the second of the bedside terminal T2 ₁ of the user who was identified when there is a viewing request of the "menu" information earlier that is not as it is, to hold refers similarly storage M to that described above, the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ user is specified as the patient P _1, patient selection request dinner menu sent P ₁ accepting as for writes that menu dinner patient P ₁ desires is a meal in the storage device M. As a result, the staff of the medical staff and school lunch center, menu of dinner desired by the patient P ₁ can be confirmed to be A set meal.

By using the bedside information system 1 according to the present invention in this way, the patient is completely aware of whether or not the bedside terminal he / she is currently using has been authenticated by the user. Without having to do so, it is possible to request viewing or input of self-specific medical information or hospital life-related information via the bedside terminal in front of the patient. Patients can select the menu of the dinner they want to eat that day at any time without having to perform troublesome authentication work, and the time and effort for medical staff to go directly to the hospital room and inquire about their wishes for dinner is greatly reduced.

In addition, more than it has been the case to select the menu of the dinner, patient P ₁ looking at the second of the bedside terminal T2 _1, via the second of bedside terminal T2 _1, viewing their own medical information can do. Thus, for example the menu screen of FIG. 5, when the patient P ₁ selects the button of "medical records", the selection signal is transmitted to the server S as a browse request for the "medical records".

Server S which receives the browse request "medical records" from the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ refers to the storage unit M in the same procedure as mentioned above, patients undergoing this viewing request, the second specified as being first bedside terminal T1 ₁ patient P ₁ authenticated by that associated with the bedside terminal T2 _1. Server S based on the particular accesses the recording device M or existing medical information systems, to select the requested medical records for a patient P _1, and transmits to the second bedside terminal T2 _1.

In this case, the server S, after receiving a request for browsing "medical records" from the second bedside terminal T2 _1, or after the patient was subjected to the browse request has been specified as the patient P _1, can be viewed sending a menu of Do medical records to the second bedside terminal T2 _1, or presents a kind of browsable medical records, be calculated to be more specifically identify the medical record you wish to browse good.

The function or operation of the server S transmits the medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information about the specified patient to the bedside terminal that requested the viewing, or the input request for the specified patient. It corresponds to the means of accepting as a thing.

In the above in the example described, in accordance with the viewing or input request was made from the second bedside terminal T2 _1, the server S, medical information and made a request to the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ / or to send hospital lifestyle information and medical information and / or hospital life is configured to accept the input of the relevant information from the second bedside terminal T2 _1, for example, first, second bed In the presence of a third bedside terminal in addition to the side terminal, the server S responds to a browsing or input request made from the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ and the server S receives the second bedside terminal T2. _The medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information requested to be browsed is also transmitted to the third bedside terminal designated via ₁ , or the third bedside terminal designated via the second bedside terminal T2 ₁ . You may also accept the input of medical information and / or hospital life related information from the bedside terminal of. In this way, when the third bedside terminal can be used, the patient's medical information and / or hospital life-related information can be viewed on a plurality of terminals, and the medical information and / or hospital life-related information can be input. It is convenient because it can be done from multiple terminals.

In addition, the operation of the bedside terminals T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , T1 ₃ , T2 ₁ , T2 ₂ , T2 ₃ , or the server S described above can be performed by operating a plurality of computers with the bedside terminals T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , and T1, respectively. _{3, T2 1, T2 2,} T2 3, or, of course will be realized by a computer program containing instructions to operate as the server S, bedside terminal _{T1 1, T1 2, T1 3} , T2 1, T2 2 , T2 ₃ and each means provided by the server S are realized by the hardware resources provided by each and the computer program.

According to the present invention, when a patient admitted to a medical institution such as a hospital browses or inputs medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information related to his / her personal information via a bedside terminal, the bed Since the patient is identified as a patient who is a legitimate user of the bedside terminal without authenticating that he / she is a legitimate user through the side terminal, the patient can receive medical information via the bedside terminal. And / or the time and effort required to browse or enter information related to hospital life is greatly reduced. This has the advantage that the patient is given an opportunity to more accurately grasp his / her medical condition and health condition as well as improving the amenities of hospital life. In addition, by promoting information input from patients, it is expected that the burden on medical staff and system administrators will be reduced, and the efficiency and quality of medical services provided will be improved.

1, 2 Bedside information system P ₁ , P ₂ Patient B ₁ , B ₂ , B ₃ Bed T1 ₁ , T1 ₂ , T1 ₃ First bedside terminal T2 ₁ , T2 ₂ , T2 ₃ Second bedside terminal C ₁ , C ₂ , C ₃ IC card R ₁ , R ₂ , R ₃ IC card reader / writer N network S server M storage device Tb ₁ , Tb ₂ , Tb ₃ compatible table

Claims (2)

A bedside information system that includes two or more bedside terminals, servers, and storage devices that are placed on the patient's bedside.
At least one of the two or more bedside terminals is provided with an authentication means for authenticating a patient who is a user in cooperation with the server.
The storage device associates the two or more bedside terminals with each other, and associates the patient authenticated via any of the bedside terminals with the bedside terminal authenticated via the patient. I remember
When the server receives a request for viewing or inputting medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information from one of the two or more bedside terminals, the server refers to the storage device and browses or receives the information. A means for identifying a patient authenticated via a bedside terminal associated with a bedside terminal that has made an input request, and a request for viewing the medical information and / or in-hospital life-related information about the identified patient. A bedside information system comprising means for transmitting or accepting the input request as for the identified patient. A program describing a procedure for operating a computer as the bedside terminal and the server in the bedside information system according to claim 1.