JP2800779B2 - Patient monitoring system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a patient monitoring system, and more particularly to a patient who outputs an alarm when a patient abnormality is detected by a patient monitoring device disposed in an intensive care unit, a ward, an examination room, etc. of a hospital. Related to monitoring systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a patient monitoring device arranged in an intensive care unit or the like in a hospital monitors a patient's condition, and the patient monitoring device suddenly changes the patient's condition and abnormalities in the patient's condition data. Sometimes they are set to give an alarm. In this case, the nurse responds to the patient according to the instruction of the doctor in charge based on the alarm. When the doctor in charge is not present in the same room, a call is made to a call phone in the hospital or a pager carried by the doctor, and the nurse is instructed to deal with the patient.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional patient monitoring system, there is a restriction due to the behavior that a nurse who is required to respond promptly to a patient must contact a doctor in charge. When a patient abnormality occurs, it takes time to inform the doctor of the patient's condition and receive further instructions from the doctor.

Conventionally, when the reporting means is a pager or the like, not only is it necessary for the doctor to return a call using a general telephone or the like, but also information on the occurrence of some abnormality or the display capability of the pager Since only a limited amount of information can be transmitted, there is a limit on the amount of patient condition data that must be notified to the doctor of the pager. Therefore, the instructions from the doctor in charge may not be sufficient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and simply sets in advance which physician to contact when an abnormality occurs in each patient, and automatically notifies the physician when an abnormality occurs. An object of the present invention is to provide a patient monitoring system capable of performing the following.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a patient monitoring system capable of transmitting required patient condition data.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention recognizes a patient abnormality when the value of medical condition data of one or more patients to be monitored exceeds a set threshold value, and A patient monitoring device that outputs patient abnormality occurrence information indicating occurrence of abnormality , and one or more patients to be monitored
Nurses who respond to the instructions given by the doctor
A call telephone for use by the user and input of patient abnormality occurrence information from the patient monitoring device perform a call operation to a general telephone used by a physician of a predetermined telephone number, and a communication path with the general telephone. After the setting, the apparatus converts a patient abnormality occurrence information into a voice signal and sends it to a general telephone, and then switches to a communication path between the telephone for communication and the general telephone. is there.

Here, the measurement parameter voice conversion device converts the patient abnormality occurrence information from the patient monitoring device into a voice signal, and a call that selects a preset call number when the patient abnormality occurrence information is input. a number setting function performs calling operation to the general telephone for the selected call number by the call number setting function, sent to ordinary telephone the converted voice signal by the voice signal function after communication path setting between the ordinary telephone And a general telephone line calling function for connecting a line between the telephone for communication and the general telephone after the transmission is completed .

According to the present invention, based on patient abnormality occurrence information such as patient condition data output from a patient monitoring device when a patient condition suddenly changes, a call is automatically transmitted to a general telephone such as a portable telephone in which a measurement parameter voice conversion device is set. Make a call,
The patient's condition data and the like converted into a voice signal are transmitted to the called general telephone, and the communication path between the telephone for communication and the general telephone that has received the call is set.
For this reason, the doctor in charge of using the general telephone can know the patient's condition from the voice signal relating to the patient's condition data and the like.

[0010] On the basis of this, a call is made between the doctor in charge using the general telephone and the nurse using the telephone for call, so that the patient's correspondence instruction from the doctor in charge can be sufficiently performed. In addition, outgoing calls to general telephones are performed automatically, and no operation by a nurse is required.Moreover, the time from receiving an incoming call to a general telephone to talking with a telephone for calling is reduced by the conventional method using a pager or the like. It takes much less time.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment comprises a patient monitor 1, a measurement parameter voice converter 2, a normal telephone 4 and a mobile telephone 7. The patient monitoring device 1 manages patient condition data in addition to the patient name and bed number, and recognizes a patient abnormality when the value of the patient condition data exceeds a set threshold, and outputs patient abnormality occurrence information.

As shown in FIG. 2, the measurement parameter voice conversion device 2 converts a patient abnormality occurrence information such as patient medical condition data input from the patient monitoring device 1 via the information transmission path 3 into a voice signal. Function 8 and general telephone line 5
A general telephone line calling function 9 for transmitting a telephone call to the general telephone line 5 and connecting the normal telephone 4 to the general telephone line 5 via the connection path 5; and a telephone number setting function 10 for presetting a general telephone line number for making a telephone call. And The normal telephone 4 is connected to the measurement parameter voice converter 2 via the connection path 5.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. When an abnormality of a patient is detected by the patient monitoring device 1 disposed in an intensive care unit or the like in a hospital, the patient monitoring device 1 controls the patient's bed number, name, patient medical condition data, and the like. The patient abnormality occurrence information including the patient abnormality occurrence recognition information is transmitted from the patient monitoring device 1 to the measurement parameter voice conversion device 2 via the information transmission path 3.

Then, the measurement parameter voice converter 2
Converts the above-mentioned patient condition data and the like input from the patient monitoring device 1 into a voice signal by the voice signal conversion function 8 and, based on the information from the patient monitoring device 1 and indicating the occurrence of the patient abnormality, The telephone number (call number) of the mobile phone 7 set in advance by the call number setting function 10 is selected.

Subsequently, the measurement parameter voice converter 2
The user dials the telephone number selected by the telephone number setting function 10 using the general telephone line calling function 9, accesses the general telephone line 5, and calls the mobile phone 7.
The mobile telephone 7 is a general telephone carried by a doctor in charge of a patient whose medical condition is monitored by the patient monitoring device 1.

When there is a response from the mobile phone 7 and a communication path with the mobile phone 7 is set, the voice signal converted by the voice signal conversion function 8 in the measurement parameter voice converter 2 is transmitted to a general telephone line. The call is transmitted to the mobile phone 7 through the call function 9. This voice signal is a voice signal relating to the patient's medical condition data and the like, whereby the doctor in charge of the mobile phone 7 restricts the patient's medical condition to the conventional restriction on the amount of display information on a display unit such as a pager. It is possible to know with a sufficient amount of information without receiving such information.

After transmitting the voice signal relating to the patient's medical condition data and the like, the measurement parameter voice converter 2 uses the general telephone line calling function 9 to connect the information transmission path 6 with the telephone 4 for communication and the general telephone line 5. A line is connected to set a communication path between the telephone 4 and the mobile phone 7.

As a result, a call can be made between the nurse using the telephone 4 for calling and the doctor in charge using the mobile phone 7, and the doctor in charge gives sufficient instructions to the nurse. be able to.

In this embodiment, the portable telephone 7
Is automatically performed, no nurse's operation is required, and the time from the reception of the mobile phone 7 to the communication with the telephone 4 (the doctor instructs the nurse after knowing the abnormality The time required for giving a patient) is much shorter than the conventional case where a pager or the like is used to search for a general telephone and return a call. Therefore, when a patient abnormality occurs, the patient's condition is checked by a doctor. , And the time required for urgency until receiving an instruction from a doctor can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those of FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 3A shows a patient monitoring device 1.
And a patient monitoring device 11 in which the measurement parameter voice conversion device 2 is integrated. FIG. 3B shows an embodiment in which the patient monitoring device 1, the measurement parameter voice conversion device 2, and the normal telephone 4 are integrated into one patient monitoring device 12. Further, FIG. 3C shows an embodiment of a configuration in which the measurement parameter voice converter 2 and the ordinary telephone 4 are integrated into one patient monitor 13.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3A and 3C,
Since the distance between the normal telephone 4 and the patient monitor 1 can be freely selected, the normal telephone 4 can be installed at an arbitrary position away from the patient monitor 1 arranged in the intensive care unit.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the case of the portable telephone 7 or other mobile telephones, it is desirable that the communication can be made even while the doctor in charge is moving. It may be a telephone. Further, the patient monitoring device 1 includes a patient monitoring device for the purpose of monitoring each patient and for the purpose of centralized monitoring of a large number of patients. The call number setting function 10 can also switch the call number to be selected according to the contents of the patient condition data.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The operation of making a call to a general telephone is performed automatically, and there is no need for an operation for the nurse to contact the doctor.
The time required is much shorter than in the conventional case using a pager, etc., so that when a patient abnormality occurs, the patient's condition is communicated to the doctor and the urgent time required to receive further instructions from the doctor Can be greatly reduced as compared with the related art.

Further, according to the present invention, the doctor in charge of using the general telephone can know the medical condition of the patient by the voice signal relating to the medical condition data of the patient. The patient's medical condition data can be known with a sufficient amount of information compared to the conventional, without being limited by the capacity or the display information amount limited by the display capability of the conventional pager display unit. In comparison with this, a doctor can give a nurse a more accurate instruction for treating a patient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal functional configuration diagram of the measurement parameter sound conversion device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Patient monitoring device 2 Measurement parameter voice conversion device 3 Patient monitoring device 1 to measurement parameter voice conversion device 2
Information transmission path to the telephone 4 Normal telephone 5 General telephone line 6 Information transmission path between the measurement parameter voice converter 2 and the telephone 4 7 Cellular phone 8 Voice signal function 9 General telephone line calling function 10 Call number setting Function 11, 12, 13 Patient monitoring device

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-1-91834 (JP, A) JP-A-1-303600 (JP, A) JP-A-50-7988 (JP, A) JP-A-60-261426 (JP) JP-A-61-295748 (JP, A) JP-A-57-10900 (JP, A) JP-A-48-20405 (JP, A) JP-A-64-65970 (JP, A) 61-10702 (JP, U) JP 3-49499 (JP, B2) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A61B 5/00 H04M 11/04 G08C 15/00-19 / 00 H04M 11/00 H04Q 9/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A patient monitoring apparatus for recognizing a patient abnormality and outputting at least patient abnormality occurrence information indicating the occurrence of a patient abnormality when a value of medical condition data of one or more patients to be monitored exceeds a set threshold value. , For one or more patients being monitored,
A telephone for use by a nurse who performs a corresponding procedure according to an instruction; and input of the patient abnormality occurrence information from the patient monitoring device, whereby a predetermined telephone number is used by the doctor. A call operation is performed on the general telephone, and after setting a communication path with the general telephone, the patient abnormality occurrence information is converted into an audio signal and transmitted to the general telephone, and then the communication between the telephone for communication and the general telephone is performed. And a measurement parameter voice conversion device for switching and setting a communication path between the two. 2. The measurement parameter voice conversion device includes a voice signal conversion function for converting the patient abnormality occurrence information from the patient monitoring device into a voice signal, and the call number preset when the patient abnormality occurrence information is input. A call number setting function of selecting a call number, and performing a call operation to a general telephone of the call number selected by the call number setting function, and setting the communication path with the general telephone, and converting the voice by the voice signal conversion function. A general telephone line calling function for transmitting a signal to the general telephone and connecting a line between the telephone for communication and the general telephone after the transmission is completed. 2. The patient monitoring system according to claim 1.