JP6811125B2 - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and more particularly to a nurse call system capable of notifying an inpatient of a visitor in advance.

There is a nurse call system that allows the visitor to notify the patient that he / she will enter the hospital room before entering the hospital room. For example, in Patent Document 1, a notification button is provided in a corridor light installed in front of the hospital room to notify the occurrence of a call from a patient, and by operating this notification button, a nurse call slave unit is sounded to enter the hospital room. I was able to notify the patient before.
On the other hand, there is a nurse call system provided with a bedside monitor for providing the patient with information desired by the patient such as a meal menu (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-104519 JP-A-2002-95707

In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the place of operation is in front of the hospital room, the door is often opened before the patient prepares, and the privacy of the patient cannot be considered. Moreover, even if the patient got out of bed and was not in the hospital room, he could not recognize it unless he came to the hospital room.

Therefore, in view of such a problem, the present invention allows the patient to grasp it when the visitor arrives at the hospital or when the visitor arrives at the ward, and when the patient is not in the hospital room, the visitor can grasp it. The purpose is to provide a nurse call system that can be grasped.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 is a nurse call slave unit provided for each bed for a patient to call a nurse, and a corridor installed in a corridor for notifying a patient's calling operation. A light, a nurse call master unit installed at the nurse station for the nurse to answer a call from the nurse call slave unit, and a controller that controls communication between the nurse call slave unit and the nurse call master unit. In a nurse call system that is installed on each bed and has a bedside monitor to provide various information to the patient, the visitor operates the visitor to at least one of the entrance of the hospital and the entrance of the ward. While a visit reception terminal is installed to notify the arrival of the patient, the controller is a patient information storage unit that stores the association between the patient and the hospital room, the nurse call slave unit, and the bedside monitor, and the patient's examination appointment. It has an examination reservation storage unit that stores location and date / time information, and the visit reception terminal is selectively input with a visit destination selection input unit that selects or inputs patient information of the visit destination, and a display unit that displays patient information. When the patient is identified, the bedside monitor associated with the identified patient is read from the patient information storage unit to send a visit signal, and the examination appointment information of the identified patient is read from the examination appointment storage unit. , if there is a day reserved possess a greeting notification control unit for displaying the location and time that is reserved on the display unit, greeting notification control unit After identifying the patient is selected input by sympathy destination selection input unit , The patient's room number is displayed on the display unit .
According to this configuration, the visit signal is transmitted to the bedside monitor from the visit reception terminal installed at the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, so that the patient at the visit destination can know that the visitor is coming soon, and the patient's visitor You can consider privacy. In particular, by installing the visit reception terminal at a position relatively far from the hospital room such as the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, it is constant from the notification that the visitor has arrived to the patient until the visitor arrives at the hospital room. Because of the time it takes, the patient is ready and fully considerate of privacy. In addition, if the patient at the visit destination has an appointment for examination on the day, the visitor can recognize it, and it is easy to grasp the presence / absence of the patient without going to the hospital room, which is convenient. In addition, since the visitor can know the patient's room, he / she can smoothly go to the patient without asking the hospital staff.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the first aspect, a transmitter carried by each patient to wirelessly transmit an ID signal, and a plurality of receivers installed at appropriate positions in a hospital to receive the ID signal. The controller includes an ID signal, an ID table storage unit that associates the ID signal with the nurse call slave unit, a receiver position storage unit that stores the location information of the receiver, and an ID signal received by the receiver. It has a transmitter position storage unit that stores the transmitter and the receiver in association with each other, and the visit notification control unit stores the current position information of the specified visit destination patient when the patient is identified by selective input. The feature is that it is obtained from the transmitter position storage unit and displayed on the display unit .
According to this configuration, the current position of the patient is displayed on the visit reception terminal even if the visitor is not in the hospital room, so that the visitor can grasp the whereabouts of the visitor and the visitor can feel at ease. You can visit.

The invention of claim 3 is from a nurse call slave unit provided for each bed for a patient to call a nurse, a corridor light installed in a corridor for notifying a patient's calling operation, and a nurse call slave unit. A nurse call master unit installed at the nurse station for the nurse to answer the call, a controller that controls communication between the nurse call slave unit and the nurse call master unit, and a patient installed for each bed. In a nurse call system having a bedside monitor for providing various information to the patient, a transmitter carried by each patient to wirelessly transmit an ID signal and an ID signal installed at an appropriate position in the hospital to receive the ID signal. Along with having multiple receivers , at least one of the entrance of the hospital and the entrance of the ward is equipped with a visit reception terminal for the visitor to operate and notify the patient that the visitor has arrived. The controller has a patient information storage unit that stores the association between the patient and the hospital room, the nurse call slave unit, and the bedside monitor, and an examination reservation storage unit that stores the location and date / time information of the patient's examination reservation. The terminal has a destination selection input unit for selecting or inputting the patient information of the destination, a display unit for displaying the patient information, and a bedside associated with the identified patient when the patient is identified by the selection input. The monitor is read from the patient information storage unit and a visit signal is transmitted, and the examination reservation information of the specified visitor patient is read from the examination reservation storage unit, and if there is a reservation for the day, the place reserved on the display unit and While having a visit notification control unit that displays the time , the controller has an ID table storage unit that associates the ID signal with the nurse call slave unit, a receiver position storage unit that stores the location information of the receiver, and a reception unit. It has a transmitter position storage unit that stores the transmitter and receiver in association with each other from the ID signal received by the machine, and the visit notification control unit is selected and input to identify the patient, and then the specified visit destination. It is characterized in that the current position information of the patient is obtained from the transmitter position storage unit and displayed on the display unit .
According to this configuration, the visit signal is transmitted to the bedside monitor from the visit reception terminal installed at the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, so that the patient at the visit destination can know that the visitor is coming soon, and the patient's visitor You can consider privacy. In particular, by installing the visit reception terminal at a position relatively far from the hospital room such as the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, it is constant from the notification that the visitor has arrived to the patient until the visitor arrives at the hospital room. Because of the time it takes, the patient is ready and fully considerate of privacy. In addition, if the patient at the visit destination has an appointment for examination on the day, the visitor can recognize it, and it is easy to grasp the presence / absence of the patient without going to the hospital room, which is convenient. Furthermore, even if the patient at the visit destination is not in the hospital room, the current position of the patient is displayed on the visit reception terminal, so that the visitor can grasp the whereabouts of the visit patient, and the visitor can visit the patient with peace of mind. it can.

According to the invention of claim 4, in any of the configurations of claims 1 to 3, if there is an inspection reservation on the day to be displayed , the visit notification control unit displays only the inspection reservation at the current time or later. It is characterized by.
According to this configuration, even if the inspection reservation is made on the same day, only the current or future inspection reservation is displayed, and the completed contents are not displayed. Therefore, the visitor may make a wrong judgment by looking at the past contents. I haven't done this.

According to the present invention, since the visit signal is transmitted to the bedside monitor from the visit reception terminal installed at the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, the patient at the visit destination can know that the visitor is coming soon, and the patient can know that the visitor is coming. You can consider privacy. In addition, if the patient at the visit destination has an appointment for examination on the day, the visitor can recognize it, and it is easy to grasp the presence / absence of the patient without going to the hospital room, which is convenient.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the nurse call system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram of a corridor light. It is a block diagram of a controller. It is a block diagram of a bedside monitor. It is a block diagram of a visit reception terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments embodying the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a nurse call system according to the present invention, in which 1 is a nurse call slave unit installed for each bed for a patient to call a nurse, and 2 is a call from a patient in front of a hospital room. The corridor light to be displayed, 3 is the nurse call master unit installed at the nurse station for the nurse to respond to the call from the nurse call slave unit 1, and 4 is the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 3. A controller that controls communication between devices such as communication between devices, 5 is a bedside monitor installed for each bed and displays various information to the patient, 6 is a visit reception terminal operated by a visitor, and 7 is a visitor. It is a transmitter that is carried and wirelessly transmits an ID signal.

The corridor light 2, the nurse call master unit 3, the controller 4, and the visit reception terminal 6 are connected to each other by LAN wiring N. However, the signal between the devices is relayed and transmitted by the controller 4. Further, the nurse call slave unit 1 is connected to the corridor light 2 via the transmission line L1, and the bedside monitor 5 is connected to the corridor light 2 via the transmission line L2.

The nurse call slave unit 1 has a grip slave unit 1a for pressing and calling, and a plate slave unit 1b mounted on a wall surface, and the grip slave unit 1a is connected to the plate slave unit 1b with a cable. The plate slave unit 1b has a call function for the patient to talk to the nurse.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the corridor lights. The corridor light 2 includes an indicator light 2a that notifies the occurrence of a call from a patient by blinking or the like, a patient information display unit 2b (shown in FIG. 1) that displays a patient name, etc., and a transmitter 7 as shown in FIG. It is provided with a receiving unit 21 for receiving a signal transmitted by the patient, a corridor light CPU 22 for controlling the corridor light 2, a nurse call slave unit 1, a controller 4, a corridor light communication IF 23 for communicating with a bedside monitor 5, and the like. The corridor light CPU 22 relays the communication between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the controller 4, and notifies the controller 4 when the receiving unit 21 receives the ID signal transmitted by the transmitter 7. In this way, the corridor light 2 is also a receiver that receives the transmission signal of the transmitter 7.
The transmitter 7 is configured to have a string portion to be hung on the neck and carried by each patient around the neck, and each transmitter 7 transmits a different ID signal at regular intervals, and this signal is transmitted nearby. The reception unit 21 of the corridor light 2 receives the signal.

The nurse call master unit 3 is a handset 3a for answering a call from the nurse call slave unit 1, a large display 3b for displaying various information such as a list of patient information, and a small display for displaying caller information and the like. It has 3c and the like.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the controller 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 4 stores patient information such as the relationship between the patient and the hospital room, the relationship between the patient and the nurse call slave unit 1, and the relationship between the nurse call slave unit 1 and the bedside monitor 5. Unit 41, examination reservation storage unit 42 that stores the date, time, place, etc. of the patient's examination reservation, ID table storage unit 43 that associates the ID signal of the transmitter 7 with the nurse call slave unit 1, and the corridor light that is the position of the receiver. A receiver position storage unit 44 that stores the position of 2, a transmitter position storage unit 45 that stores the transmitter 7 and the corridor light (receiver) 2 in association with each other, a controller CPU 46 that controls the controller 4, and communication with each device. It is equipped with a controller communication IF47 and the like.
The controller CPU 46 identifies the corridor light 2 that has received the transmission signal of the transmitter 7, and stores the corridor light 2 and the transmitter 7 to be received in association with the transmitter position storage unit 45.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the bedside monitor 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the bedside monitor 5 is provided to a monitor 51 made of an LCD for displaying character information and images, an operation unit 52 provided on the monitor 51 and made of a touch panel for switching display and input operations, and a patient. It is provided with a memory 54 for storing various information, a bedside monitor CPU 55 for controlling the bedside monitor 5, a bedside monitor communication IF 56 for communicating with the controller 4, and the like.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the visit reception terminal 6. As shown in FIG. 5, the visit reception terminal 6 is provided on a monitor 61 composed of an LCD for displaying various information, and a touch panel for inputting a patient name or selecting a patient and selecting a visit destination. It includes an operation unit 62, a visit reception terminal CPU 65 that controls the visit reception terminal 6, a visit reception terminal communication IF66 that communicates with the controller 4, and the like.
When the operation unit 62 is operated and the patient to be visited is identified, the visit reception terminal CPU 65 transmits a visit signal to the corresponding bedside monitor 5 to notify the patient, and also notifies the examination reservation storage unit 42 and the transmitter position memory. With reference to the part 45, the position information about the visitor patient is acquired.
The visit reception terminal 6 is installed at a position where the visitor always passes, such as the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, and at a certain distance from the hospital room, and is operated before the visitor heads to the patient's room. It is installed to be done.

The nurse call system configured in this way operates as follows. However, since the operation in which the patient operates the nurse call slave unit 1 to call the nurse and the nurse responds to the call is the same as in the conventional case, the explanation is omitted. Here, the operation and operation of the visit reception terminal 6 are described. I will explain mainly.
First, the case where the patient is in the hospital room will be described. The visit reception terminal 6 is operated by the visitor, and the visit destination patient is first selected and input. For example, when the screen for inputting the patient name is displayed and the name is input, the patient information storage unit 41 of the controller 4 is referred to and input based on the input patient name information under the control of the visit reception terminal CPU65. The patient's room number is read and displayed on the monitor 61.
The selection input of the patient to be visited may be configured so that, for example, an acronym is input to display a list of related patients, and the corresponding patient is selected from the list.

A decision button (not shown) is displayed according to this display, and when the visitor who confirmed the hospital room number or the like is touched, the next screen is displayed. The next screen will be the screen for entering the information of the visitor himself.
For example, the name input unit and the number of people input unit of the visitor (representative) are displayed on the monitor 61, the name of one representative is input to the name input unit, and the number of people, for example, "3 people" is input.

When this input is completed, a visit signal for notifying the patient is generated under the control of the visit reception terminal CPU 65, and is transmitted to the bedside monitor 5 of the patient who has been selectively input. The input visitor's name information is attached to this visit signal, and is transmitted to the original bedside monitor 5 of the selected patient via the controller 4 and the corridor light 2.

In addition, in accordance with the transmission of the visit signal, the visit reception terminal CPU 65 reads the examination reservation regarding the visit destination patient from the examination reservation storage unit 42 of the controller 4, displays it on the monitor 61 if a predetermined condition is satisfied, and transmits the examination. The location information of the transmitter 7 is acquired from the machine position storage unit 45 and displayed, but when the patient is on the bed without getting out of bed, the location information displayed from the acquisition information is, for example, "own room".

On the other hand, in the bedside monitor 5 that has received the visit signal, the monitor 51 displays that there is a visitor under the control of the bedside monitor CPU 55, and the name information and the number of people information attached to the visit signal are read. It is displayed on the monitor 51.

In this way, since the visit signal is transmitted from the visit reception terminal 6 installed at the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward to the bedside monitor 5, the patient at the visit destination can grasp that the visitor is coming soon, and the patient's visitor You can consider privacy. In particular, by installing the visit reception terminal at a position relatively far from the hospital room such as the entrance of the hospital or the entrance of the ward, it is constant from the notification that the visitor has arrived to the patient until the visitor arrives at the hospital room. Because of the time it takes, the patient is ready and fully considerate of privacy.
In addition, the patient is ready and convenient from the name information and the number of people of the visitor displayed on the monitor 51.
In addition, the visitor can enter his / her own name information, etc., so that the patient can know in advance who will come to visit, and can be relieved. The hospital can easily grasp the suspicious person by obtaining the visitor's information. Helps improve security.

Next, a case where a visitor comes when the patient is out of bed for examination or for other reasons will be described. As described above, the transmitter 7 carried by the patient allows the controller 4 to grasp the position in units of the corridor light 2 even if the patient leaves the bed and is away from the hospital room, and the transmitter position storage unit 45 receives the position. Location information is stored. Further, when the patient is out of bed according to the registered examination reservation information, the location of the patient is grasped from the examination reservation storage unit 42. Hereinafter, a specific description will be given.

As described above, when the patient selection input operation on the visit reception terminal 6 is completed, the visit signal is transmitted from the visit reception terminal 6 to the bedside monitor 5 of the patient at the visit destination.
At the same time, the visit reception terminal CPU 65 obtains the information associated with the visit destination patient from the examination reservation storage unit 42 and the transmitter position storage unit 45, and displays the obtained information on the monitor 61. For example, when the day when the visitor arrives is the day when the inspection is reserved, the inspection place, the appointment time zone, and the like are displayed on the monitor 61. However, even if the reservation is made on the same day, if the reservation time has already passed, it will not be displayed, and the location and time information will be displayed for reservations after the present.

Further, based on the information of the transmitter position storage unit 45, the hospital room number and the like are displayed on the monitor 61 from the information of the corridor light 2 currently associated with the transmitter 7.
Specifically, in the transmitter position storage unit 45, the transmitter 7 and the corridor light 2 are stored in association with each other, but map information is separately associated with each corridor light 2, and the hospital room is installed. In addition to the information such as the number, the information such as the adjacent toilet and the inspection room on the opposite side is registered as map information in association with the corridor light 2. Therefore, the map information of the corridor light 2 associated as the position information of the transmitter 7 is displayed on the monitor 61.
As a result, when an examination reservation is made, the information of the examination room and the appointment time information are displayed, and the current location of the patient is displayed in units of the corridor light 2.

In this way, even if the patient at the visit destination is not in the hospital room, the current position of the patient is displayed on the visit reception terminal 6, so that the visitor can grasp the whereabouts of the visit patient, and the visitor can feel at ease with the patient. I can visit you.
In addition, if the patient at the visit destination has an appointment for examination on the day, the visitor can recognize it, and it is easy to grasp the presence / absence of the patient without going to the hospital room, which is convenient. In particular, even if the inspection is reserved on the same day, the current or future inspection reservation is displayed, so the completed content is not displayed, and the visitor makes a wrong decision by looking at the past content. Never.

The display of the inspection reservation on the day does not have to be limited to the contents after the current time, and if there is an inspection reservation on the day regardless of the time, it may be simply displayed.
Further, for the visitor who came when the patient was in the examination reservation time zone, only the examination place and the appointment time information may be displayed, and the place information based on the transmitter 7 may not be displayed.

1 ... Nurse call slave unit, 2 ... Corridor light (receiver), 3 ... Nurse call master unit, 4 ... Controller, 5 ... Bedside monitor, 6 ... Visit reception terminal, 21 ... Reception Unit, 41 ... patient information storage unit, 42 ... examination reservation storage unit, 43 ... ID table storage unit, 44 ... receiver position storage unit, 45 ... transmitter position storage unit, 46 ... controller CPU , 51 ... monitor, 61 ... monitor (display unit), 62 ... operation unit (visit destination selection input unit), 65 ... visit reception terminal CPU (visit notification control unit).

Claims (4)

A nurse call slave unit provided for each bed for the patient to call a nurse, a corridor light installed in the corridor for notifying the patient's calling operation, and a nurse calling from the nurse call slave unit. A nurse call master unit installed at the nurse station to respond, a controller that controls communication between the nurse call slave unit and the nurse call master unit, and various information installed for each bed to the patient. In a nurse call system with a bedside monitor to provide
At least one of the entrances of the hospital and the ward is equipped with a visitor reception terminal that is operated by the visitor to notify the patient that the visitor has arrived.
The controller has a patient information storage unit that stores the association between the patient and the hospital room, the nurse call slave unit, and the bedside monitor, and an examination reservation storage unit that stores the location and date / time information of the patient's examination reservation. ,
The visit reception terminal is associated with a visit destination selection input unit for selecting or inputting patient information of a visit destination, a display unit for displaying patient information, and when a patient is identified by selective input, the specified patient is associated with the specified patient. The bedside monitor is read from the patient information storage unit to transmit a visit signal, and the examination reservation information of the specified destination patient is read from the examination reservation storage unit, and if there is a reservation for the day, the display unit a greeting notification control unit for displaying the location and time that are reserved possess in,
The visit notification control unit is a nurse call system characterized in that, when a patient is selected and input by the visit destination selection input unit and specified, the hospital room number of the patient is displayed on the display unit . It is equipped with a transmitter carried by each patient to wirelessly transmit an ID signal, and a plurality of receivers installed at appropriate positions in the hospital to receive the ID signal.
The controller uses an ID table storage unit that associates the ID signal with the nurse call slave unit, a receiver position storage unit that stores location information of the receiver, and an ID signal received by the receiver. It has a transmitter position storage unit that stores the transmitter and the receiver in association with each other.
The claim is characterized in that, when a patient is identified by selective input, the visit notification control unit obtains the current position information of the specified visit destination patient from the transmitter position storage unit and displays it on the display unit. Item 1. The nurse call system according to item 1 . A nurse call slave unit provided for each bed for the patient to call a nurse, a corridor light installed in the corridor for notifying the patient's calling operation, and a nurse calling from the nurse call slave unit. A nurse call master unit installed at the nurse station to respond, a controller that controls communication between the nurse call slave unit and the nurse call master unit, and various information installed for each bed to the patient. In a nurse call system with a bedside monitor to provide
It is equipped with a transmitter carried by each patient to wirelessly transmit an ID signal, and a plurality of receivers installed at appropriate positions in the hospital to receive the ID signal.
At least one of the entrances of the hospital and the ward is equipped with a visitor reception terminal that is operated by the visitor to notify the patient that the visitor has arrived.
The controller has a patient information storage unit that stores the association between the patient and the hospital room, the nurse call slave unit, and the bedside monitor, and an examination reservation storage unit that stores the location and date / time information of the patient's examination reservation. ,
The visit reception terminal is associated with a visit destination selection input unit for selecting or inputting patient information of a visit destination, a display unit for displaying patient information, and when a patient is identified by selective input, the specified patient is associated with the specified patient. The bedside monitor is read from the patient information storage unit to transmit a visit signal, and the examination reservation information of the specified destination patient is read from the examination reservation storage unit, and if there is a reservation for the day, the display unit Has a visit notification control unit that displays the reserved place and time in
Further, the controller uses an ID table storage unit that associates the ID signal with the nurse call slave unit, a receiver position storage unit that stores location information of the receiver, and an ID signal received by the receiver. It has a transmitter position storage unit that stores the transmitter and the receiver in association with each other.
The nurse notification control unit obtains the current position information of the specified visitor patient from the transmitter position storage unit and displays it on the display unit when the patient is identified by selective input. Call system. The nurse call system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the visit notification control unit displays only the inspection reservation at the current time or later when there is an inspection reservation on the day to be displayed. ..

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