JP7203476B2 - Medical support device, medical support system, and method of operating the medical support device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a medical assistance device, a medical assistance system , and a method of operating the medical assistance device .

At medical facilities such as hospitals and clinics, hospital staff such as nurses and receptionists, in addition to responding to patients undergoing medical examinations and inpatients, provide guidance to visitors such as family members who visit the medical facility to visit or accompany them. We may perform the corresponding work.

Patent Literature 1 discloses a visit management system that transmits a visit permission code to an information processing terminal of a person who is permitted to visit by an inpatient, in order to reduce the work of hospital staff to deal with visitors. In addition, Patent Document 2 discloses that, in order to facilitate a meeting between an inpatient and a person who wishes to be visited, a person who wishes to see who knows the contact information of the inpatient is notified of the available time zone for visiting the inpatient by a communication terminal of the person who wishes to be visited. Disclosed is a notification program that notifies Further, Patent Document 3 discloses that a route to a hospital room of an inpatient who wishes to meet is displayed on a hospital corridor display device by using a wristband that stores personal information for guiding a visitor who visits a medical facility. A displayed medical information verification system is disclosed.

JP 2013-222269 A JP 2018-147342 A JP 2005-038265 A

When a visitor visits a medical facility to visit an inpatient, in order to smoothly meet the inpatient, multiple pieces of information such as whether the inpatient is available and the current location of the inpatient are acquired. There is a need. None of the above programs or systems describe the current location of the visitor or hospitalized patient. In addition, in a system in which information is displayed on hospital aisle display devices or the like, it is necessary to confirm the positions of these devices. Thus, even with the above programs or systems, a visitor, patient or inpatient may still need to contact hospital staff. Therefore, in medical facilities, it is required to reduce the workload of hospital staff in responding to various inquiries from visitors to medical facilities or patients.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a medical care support device, a medical care support system , and a method of operating the medical care support device that can reduce the workload of hospital staff in responding to inquiries from visitors or patients to the medical facility. intended to provide

A medical assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a visitor recording unit that records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility in association with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility. , a position information acquisition unit that acquires first position information indicating the position of the first wireless communication terminal; and patient information related to the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal based on the first position information , and a communication control unit that transmits patient information at the time when the first position information is acquired to the first wireless communication terminal.
In addition, the medical assistance apparatus of the present invention is a visitor record that records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility in association with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility. a location information acquiring unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal; and based on the first location information, acquires patient information about the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal. a communication control unit for transmitting information to the first wireless communication terminal, a patient associated with information from the first wireless communication terminal carries a second wireless communication terminal; second location information indicating the location of the patient, and the patient information includes the second location information.
In addition, the medical assistance apparatus of the present invention is a visitor record that records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility in association with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility. a location information acquiring unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal; and based on the first location information, acquires patient information about the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal. a communication control unit that transmits to the first wireless communication terminal, the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal carries the second wireless communication terminal, and the communication control unit transmits information based on the first position information and transmitting visitor information about the visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal to the second wireless communication terminal.

The information from the first wireless communication terminal preferably includes a first wireless communication terminal identification number that identifies the first wireless communication terminal.

Preferably, the first wireless communication terminal has an application that assigns an application identification number to each first wireless communication terminal, and the information from the first wireless communication terminal includes the application identification number.

It is preferable that the location information acquisition unit acquires the first location information within the medical facility.

The first location information is preferably acquired by a location information sensor installed in the medical facility and performing wireless communication with the first wireless communication terminal.

The first location information is preferably acquired by a reception terminal installed within the medical facility.

Preferably, the reception terminal acquires information from the first wireless communication terminal, and the visitor recording unit records the information acquired by the reception terminal from the first wireless communication terminal in association with the patient information.

Preferably, the communication control unit transmits the patient information to the first wireless communication terminal when the first location information is visitor arrival information indicating that the first wireless communication terminal has entered the medical facility.

The visitor arrival information is preferably information indicating that the location information sensor has acquired the first location information.

The visitor arrival information is preferably information indicating that the reception terminal has acquired the first location information.

The patient information preferably includes patient schedule information.

The communication control unit preferably transmits the first location information to the first wireless communication terminal.

It is preferable that the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal carry a second wireless communication terminal, and the location information acquisition unit acquires second location information indicating the location of the second wireless communication terminal.

The patient information preferably includes second location information.

Preferably, the communication control unit transmits visitor information regarding the visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal to the second wireless communication terminal based on the first location information.

The visitor information preferably includes visitor arrival information indicating that the visitor has arrived at the medical facility.

The visitor information preferably includes first location information.

The communication control unit preferably transmits the second location information to the second wireless communication terminal.

Preferably, there is a patient information extractor connected to an electronic medical chart server containing patient information, the patient information extractor extracting patient identification information and patient information from the electronic medical chart server.

Preferably, the first wireless communication terminal is a mobile phone owned by the visitor.

The first wireless communication terminal is preferably the terminal received by the visitor at the medical facility.

It is preferable that the first wireless communication terminal is a terminal in which the visitor recording unit records in advance the first wireless communication terminal identification information or the application identification number and the patient identification information in association with each other.

The medical assistance system of the present invention is a medical assistance system comprising a medical assistance device, a client terminal, and a network that connects them so as to be able to communicate with each other. A visitor recording unit that records information from the terminal in association with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility, and a location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal. Then, based on the first position information, the patient information about the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal and the patient information at the time when the first position information was acquired is transmitted to the first wireless communication terminal. and a communication control unit.
A method of operating a medical assistance apparatus of the present invention is a visitor record in which information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility is recorded in association with patient identification information for identifying a patient who visits the medical facility. a position information acquiring step of acquiring first position information indicating the position of the first wireless communication terminal; and patient information about the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal based on the first position information. and a notification control step of transmitting patient information at the time when the first position information is acquired to the first wireless communication terminal.

According to the medical assistance apparatus and medical assistance system of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the workload of hospital staff in medical facilities to respond to inquiries from patients or visitors to medical facilities.

It is an explanatory view showing composition of a medical treatment support system. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the relationship between the first wireless communication terminal and the medical assistance system; It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a medical assistance apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of functions of the medical assistance apparatus; 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first wireless communication terminal; FIG. It is a registration information screen of the first wireless communication terminal. This is the initial screen displayed by the client terminal. It is a family information registration screen displayed by the client terminal. It is a barcode screen of the first wireless communication terminal. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of functions of the position detection device; FIG. It is an explanatory view explaining arrangement of a position information sensor. 4 is a patient schedule screen displayed on the first wireless communication terminal; Fig. 10 is a screen including a patient schedule map displayed on a first wireless communication terminal; FIG. 11 is a screen including a patient schedule map displaying first location information displayed on a first wireless communication terminal; FIG. It is a patient position information screen displayed on the first wireless communication terminal. Fig. 10 is a screen including a map for current patient position displayed on the first wireless communication terminal; 4 is a screen including a patient current position map displaying first position information displayed on a first wireless communication terminal; 10 is a visitor arrival notification screen displayed on the second wireless communication terminal; It is a visitor position information screen displayed on the second wireless communication terminal. Fig. 10 is a screen including a visitor current location map displayed on the second wireless communication terminal; FIG. 11 is a screen including a visitor current location map displaying second location information displayed on a second wireless communication terminal; FIG.

[First embodiment]

As shown in FIG. 1, the medical assistance system 10 is a computer system that provides medical assistance in a medical facility such as a hospital. Prepare. Each element constituting these medical support system 10 is communicably connected to each other using a network 15 such as a LAN (Local Area Network) installed in the medical facility. Note that the server group 14 may be installed outside the medical facility, and may be communicably connected to the medical assistance apparatus 11, the position detection apparatus 12, and the client terminal 13 using a network 15 that connects to the outside of the medical facility.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the medical support system 10 connects the first wireless communication terminal 16 and the Internet 17 so as to be able to communicate with each other through the firewall 18 . The Internet 17 may be any network that enables mutual communication between the medical assistance system 10 and the first wireless communication terminal 16, and may be, for example, a public communication network such as a mobile phone. Since a firewall 18 is installed between the medical support system 10 and the Internet 17, the security of the medical support system 10 is maintained. 1 and 2, various devices such as a gateway or a server used when the first wireless communication terminal 16 communicates with the medical assistance system 10 are omitted from the illustration to avoid complication.

A visitor to the medical facility carries the first wireless communication terminal 16 . A visitor to a healthcare facility is a person who is associated with a patient of the healthcare facility and who visits the healthcare facility. A visitor to a medical facility is, for example, an attendant of an inpatient or a day-tripping patient, such as a patient's family, and a visitor who wishes to visit an inpatient at a medical facility, such as a patient's friend. In the present specification, the term "patient" includes non-hospitalized patients, inpatients, and all other persons who receive medical examinations or the like at medical facilities.

The first wireless communication terminal 16 is a terminal capable of wireless communication. Also, the form of the first wireless communication terminal 16 is not particularly limited as long as it is a wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility. More specifically, the first wireless communication terminal 16 includes, for example, mobile phones including smartphones and PHS (Personal Handy-phone Systems), tablets, smart watches, RF (radio frequency) tags, and IC (Integrated Circuit) tags. Portable radio communication terminals such as contactless tags, radio pagers, GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers and game machines. A smartphone is a mobile phone terminal in which an OS (Operating System) for smartphones is installed, and various functions can be provided to the smartphone by installing applications (programs) by the OS.

Wireless communication is communication using a wireless communication function that these terminals have. For example, the first wireless communication terminal 16 uses various radio waves, infrared rays, or the like to communicate with mobile phone communication standards such as 3G or 4G, wireless LAN (Local Area Network) such as Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, registered trademark), etc. , Bluetooth (registered trademark) or BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy), and short-range wireless communication standards such as RFID (radio frequency identifier) including NFC (near field communication). wireless communication with stations, access points, etc., or between wireless communication terminals.

In this embodiment, the first wireless communication terminal 16 is a smart phone carried and used by a visitor to the medical facility. In this embodiment, a visitor to a medical facility is a family member of an inpatient whose family is hospitalized as a patient in this medical facility and visits the family member who is an inpatient.

The medical assistance apparatus 11 is connected to the position detection apparatus 12, the client terminal 13, the server group 14, etc., so as to be able to communicate with each other using the network 15 (see FIG. 1). The medical assistance apparatus 11 has a function of controlling the provision of various data held by the server group 14 and the like to the client terminal 13 and the input to the server group 14 and the like through the operation of the client terminal 13 by the hospital staff. The medical assistance apparatus 11 includes a patient information extraction unit 31, a visitor recording unit 32, a position information acquisition unit 33, and a communication control unit 34 (see FIG. 4). The medical support device 11 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 1, the position detection device 12 is a device installed in a medical facility, and detects the position of the first wireless communication terminal 16 using the wireless communication function of the first wireless communication terminal 16. It is a device. The position detection device 12 includes a position information sensor 52 and a position analysis section 53 (see FIG. 10). The position information sensor 52 constituting the position detection device 12 is a sensor that detects the position of the first wireless communication terminal 16 by wireless communication, and is installed in a plurality of locations within the medical facility that do not affect medical practice ( See Figure 11). Not affecting medical practice means, for example, that radio waves used for wireless communication do not affect medical equipment when the position information sensor 52 detects the position of the first wireless communication terminal 16 . . The position analysis unit 53 performs analysis such as associating the position information of the first wireless communication terminal 16 detected by the position information sensor 52 with other information such as time and patient identification information. The position detection device 12 will be described later.

The client terminal 13 is a terminal that serves as a user interface for using the medical assistance apparatus 11, and inputs various data such as electronic medical charts or medical reports, or receives electronic medical charts, medical images, etc. from the medical assistance apparatus 11. Also, it receives the provision of services such as viewing of medical reports and the like (the provision of the functions of the medical support device 11). The client terminal 13 is, for example, a computer (including a tablet terminal or the like) directly operated by a hospital staff such as a doctor, a laboratory technician, or a nurse. The client terminals 13 are installed in clinical departments such as internal medicine or surgery, various examination departments such as radiological examination departments or clinical examination departments, nurse centers, or other necessary locations.

The server group 14 searches for patient information or medical data according to a request from the medical assistance apparatus 11 and provides the requested patient information or medical data to the medical assistance apparatus 11 . The server group 14 includes an electronic chart server 21, an image server 22, a report server 23, and the like.

The electronic medical chart server 21 has a medical chart database 21A that stores electronic medical charts. An electronic medical record is a collection of one or more medical data. Specifically, the electronic medical chart includes, for example, medical data such as medical records, sample test results, patient vital signs, orders for tests and the like, treatment records, or accounting data. In addition to the patient's own information such as the patient's unique identification number (identifier) and patient's name, the electronic medical record contains the patient's daily schedule such as examination or examination, the patient's emergency contact information, the patient's It includes patient information such as contact information of family members, family members of the patient, information from the first wireless communication terminal 16 carried by the visitor who visits the patient. Information from the first wireless communication terminal 16 (hereinafter referred to as first terminal information) is information for identifying the first wireless communication terminal. The first terminal information includes information with which the first wireless communication terminal 16 can be identified when the first wireless communication terminal 16 performs wireless communication. Electronic charts can be entered and viewed using the client terminal 13 .

The image server 22 is a so-called PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) server and has an image database 22A in which medical images are stored. A medical image is an image obtained by various image examinations such as CT (Computed Tomography) examination, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) examination, X-ray examination, ultrasonography, or endoscopy. These medical images are recorded, for example, in a format conforming to the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard. Medical images can be viewed using the client terminal 13 .

The report server 23 has a report database 23A that stores medical reports such as interpretation reports. A medical report includes an interpretation report and a detailed examination report, and is a report summarizing images, numerical values, and findings obtained from examinations such as imaging examinations and specimen examinations. An interpreting doctor interprets medical images and creates an interpretation report. A medical report can be created and/or viewed using the client terminal 13 .

The client terminal 13, the medical assistance apparatus 11, and the servers 21 to 23 that make up the server group 14 are based on computers such as server computers, personal computers, or workstations, and have an operating system program, a server program, a client program, or the like. Install and configure application programs for That is, the basic configurations of the client terminal 13, the medical support apparatus 11, and the servers 21 to 23 that make up the server group 14 are the same. 28, etc., and a connection circuit 29 for connecting them (see FIG. 3). The communication unit 28 is a communication interface (such as a LAN board) for connecting to the network 15 . A connecting circuit is, for example, a motherboard that provides a system bus and/or a data bus or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the medical assistance apparatus 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 24 , a memory 25 , a storage 26 , a communication section 28 and a connection circuit 29 . The medical assistance apparatus 11 can be provided with a display unit and/or an operation unit as necessary, and can be attached with a display unit and/or an operation unit as necessary. The support device 11 does not have a display section and an operation section.

The medical assistance apparatus 11 stores an operating program 27 in the storage 26 in addition to an operating system and the like. The operating program 27 is an application program for causing a computer that constitutes the medical assistance device 11 to function as the medical assistance device 11 . When the operation program 27 is started, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 24 of the medical assistance apparatus 11 cooperates with the memory 25 to operate the patient information extractor 31, the visitor recorder 32, the location information acquirer 33, and the communication controller. It functions as part 34 . The operating program 27 may be recorded in an external recording medium, distributed, and installed in the medical assistance apparatus 11 from the recording medium. Alternatively, it may be stored in a server or the like connected to a network in an accessible state from the outside, downloaded to the medical assistance apparatus 11 upon request, and installed.

The medical assistance device 11 records the first terminal information of the first wireless communication terminal 16 carried by the visitor to the medical facility in association with the patient identification information identifying the patient who receives the medical facility visitor record. A portion 32 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the first wireless communication terminal 16 has first wireless communication terminal identification information 36 for identifying the first wireless communication terminal 16 and a dedicated application 37 . A dedicated application 37 has a dedicated application ID 38, which is an application identification number. Therefore, the first terminal information can be the first wireless communication terminal identification information 36 or the dedicated application ID 38 .

The first wireless communication terminal identification information 36 is information such as a number that can identify the terminal of the first wireless communication terminal 16 . For example, if the first wireless communication terminal 16 is a mobile phone, a unique IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number assigned to each terminal of the mobile phone, a phone number, a subscriber number provided by the telecommunications carrier of the mobile phone, a serial It is the manufacturing number of the mobile phone terminal by the manufacturer of the mobile phone called the number. Also, if the first wireless communication terminal 16 is a contactless tag such as an RF tag, it is an identifier (ID) or the like for identifying each tag from other tags. Also, in the case of a terminal that can use e-mail, the e-mail address may be used as the first wireless communication terminal identification information 36 .

The dedicated application 37 is, in this embodiment, a smartphone application prepared by the medical facility for the family of the inpatient. The dedicated application 37 has a different dedicated application ID 38 for each installed first wireless communication terminal 16 . The dedicated application ID 38 may be an ID using part or all of the information of the first wireless communication terminal identification information 36, or an ID including part or all of the information of the first wireless communication terminal identification information 36. There may be. Therefore, the dedicated application ID 38 can identify the first wireless communication terminal 16 .

After installing the dedicated application 37 in the first wireless communication terminal 16 , a different dedicated application ID 38 is assigned to each first wireless communication terminal 16 by registering information in the medical support system 10 . The dedicated application ID 38 may be generated by the dedicated application 37 , or the dedicated application 37 may receive an ID generated by a device other than the dedicated application 37 via the Internet 17 .

As shown in FIG. 6, more specifically, for example, after a family member who is a visitor installs a dedicated application 37 on a smartphone that is the first wireless communication terminal 16 owned by the visitor, the dedicated application 37 Registered information such as the name of the family who owns the first wireless communication terminal 16, the name of the hospital, the name of the patient, the patient ID, or the relationship between the family who owns the first wireless communication terminal 16 and the patient Prompt visitors to enter After the input, the input registration information and the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons are displayed on the registration information screen 39 together with the question "Do you want to register with the above contents?". Registration is completed when the visitor presses the OK button. After completing the registration, the dedicated application 37 transmits the registration information to the medical support system 10 . The registration information is recorded in the visitor recording section 32 . Alternatively, it may be recorded in the chart database 21A.

The first wireless communication terminal 16 records the first terminal information of the first wireless communication terminal 16 and the patient identification information in the visitor recording unit 32 in association with each other by communicating with the medical assistance system 10 . The patient information extraction unit 31 extracts patient identification information to be associated with the first terminal information. When a visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal 16 visits a medical facility, the first wireless communication terminal 16 communicates with the medical care support system 10, and by transmitting the registration information to the medical care support system 10, the first 1 Transmits to the patient information extraction unit 31 information that can identify the patient associated with the terminal information. The patient-identifiable information input to the patient information extraction unit 31 by the first wireless communication terminal 16 is information that identifies a specific patient from a large number of patients who visit a medical facility. , sex, age, date of birth, patient ID, patient registration card number, insurance card number, etc., or a combination thereof. In the present embodiment, when the visitor installs the dedicated application 37 on his or her own smartphone, the visitor transmits the registration information to the medical support system 10. Therefore, the patient information extraction unit 31 receives, among the transmitted registration information, A patient name and patient ID are entered as patient identifiable information.

The patient information extracting unit 31 extracts a specific patient from the electronic chart server 21 using the patient identifiable information transmitted from the first wireless communication terminal 16, and extracts patient identification information that can identify the patient. . Patient identification information is information that identifies a specific patient from a large number of patients who visit a medical facility. The patient identification information is, for example, the patient's name, sex, age, date of birth, patient ID, patient registration card number, health insurance card number, etc., or a combination thereof, contained in the electronic medical record.

The patient information extraction unit 31 also extracts patient information including the patient's schedule and the like from the electronic chart server 21 based on the patient identification information. The extracted patient information is used for transmission to the first wireless communication terminal 16 as information.

The patient identification information obtained by the patient information extraction unit 31 is recorded by the visitor recording unit 32 in association with the first terminal information. The correspondence between the first terminal information recorded by the visitor recording unit 32 and the patient identification information by the patient information extraction unit 31 can be displayed, confirmed, corrected, etc. by the client terminal 13 of the medical assistance apparatus 11 .

As shown in FIG. 7, the client terminal 13 displays an initial screen 40, for example. The initial screen 40 has, for example, a schedule display field 41 , a mail display field 42 , a list display field 43 and a scroll bar 44 . The list display field 43 is a part of the clinical flow screen, and the clinical flow screen is a display that displays patient identification information and part or all of the clinical process in association with each patient for a plurality of patients. is the screen. When the clinical flow screen does not fit within the list display column 43, a scroll bar 44 is displayed in the list display column 43 or near the list display column 43 for transitioning (so-called scrolling) the display contents of the list display column 43.

In the list display column 43, for example, a patient information column 45, a registrant information column 46, and an examination data column 47 are displayed as part of the clinical flow screen. The information to be displayed in the list display field 43 can be set by hospital staff who operate the client terminal 13 . As shown in FIG. 7, for example, in the patient information column 45 of the list display column 43, patient information including patient identification information such as patient name, patient ID, date of birth, age, hospital room number, and sex is displayed. be done. The first terminal information associated with the patient identification information displayed in the left column is displayed in the registrant information column 46 in the right column of the patient information column 45 . The registrant information column 46 displays registrant information including the registrant name, registrant relationship, telephone number, and first terminal information of the dedicated application ID 38 . An inspection data column 47 is displayed in a column to the right of the registrant information column 46 . A blank column in the registrant information column 46 indicates that data for the corresponding item is not registered. Inspection data such as dates and inspection results are displayed in the inspection data column 47 .

The contents recorded by the visitor recording unit 32 can be checked and corrected by displaying the registrant information on the client terminal 13 . In this embodiment, the details of the registrant information can be displayed by clicking the registrant information column 46 in the list display field 43 displayed on the client terminal 13 . In this embodiment, since the registrants are the family members of the hospitalized patient, the family information registration screen 48 is displayed by clicking the registrant information column 46 in the list display field 43 displayed on the client terminal 13 or the like. be able to.

As shown in FIG. 8, the family information registration screen 48 is a screen that displays a list of information on registrants who are family members. , patient ID, patient name, hospital room, age, sex, doctor in charge, name of registered family member 1, and registered family member 1 terminal application ID are listed and displayed. A registered family member 1 is a name given with a serial number to identify a registered family member when there are multiple registered family members. In addition, the registered family 1 terminal application ID is the dedicated application ID 38, but when the first terminal information of the first wireless communication terminal 16 in which the dedicated application 37 is not installed is recorded, the IMEI number, telephone number, etc. , the first terminal information recorded by the visitor recording unit 32 is displayed. For example, in FIG. 8, as shown in the information row 50, the patient ID is "163984", the patient name is "Hanako Fuji", the first registered family name is "Shintaro Fuji", and the registered family first terminal application ID is "26a4534cc787". ” is displayed. Therefore, the visitor recording unit 32 records the registered family member 1 terminal application ID, which is the first terminal information, and the patient ID or patient name, which is the patient identification information, in association with each other, or the registered family member 1 terminal application A message that the ID is not registered is displayed.

As with the list display field 43, the family information registration screen 48 can be scrolled by the scroll bar 44 and displayed in whole or in part. When the hospital staff makes corrections using the client terminal 13, they can make corrections by clicking any of these items.

In addition, in order to prevent an unknown third party other than the patient's family from registering, when the first terminal information and the patient identification information are recorded in the visitor recording unit 32 in correspondence, the approval procedure by the hospital staff or the patient may be required. For example, when the registration work is performed by the dedicated application 37, the hospital staff at the medical facility or the patient may be notified of the new registration and the registration information. Notification can be made by e-mail or the like. Also, if there are two or more patients visiting the same medical facility, it is possible to record different first terminal information for each patient with the approval of the hospital staff or the patient. may be displayed.

The first terminal information can be displayed on the first wireless communication terminal 16 via the dedicated application 37 or the like. As a display method, in addition to alphanumeric display, it can be displayed in a machine-readable format. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, an ID two-dimensional bar code screen 51 may be displayed on the first wireless communication terminal 16 in the form of a two-dimensional bar code such as a QR code (registered trademark). .

The location information acquisition unit 33 acquires first location information 58 indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal 16 . In this embodiment, the location information acquisition unit 33 acquires the first location information 58 within the medical facility. The medical support system 10 includes a position detection device 12 . The position detection device 12 includes a position information sensor 52 and a position analysis section 53, as shown in FIG. A plurality of location information sensors 52 are installed in the medical facility and acquire first location information 58 by performing wireless communication with the first wireless communication terminal 16 . The position analysis unit 53 determines first position information 58 by analyzing the wireless communication performed by the position information sensor 52 along with other information as the case may be.

The position information sensor 52 detects the position of the first wireless communication terminal 16 by performing wireless communication with the first wireless communication terminal 16 using the wireless communication function of the first wireless communication terminal 16 . Since the wireless communication includes information identifying the first wireless communication terminal 16, the first location information 58 can be obtained. The position information sensor 52 can be various sensors according to the type of wireless communication function that the first wireless communication terminal 16 has. For example, the sensor can be adapted to various communication standards such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark) or BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy), and short-range wireless communication standards such as RFID. can.

The position analysis unit 53 analyzes and identifies whether the wireless communication detected by the position information sensor 52 is wireless communication by the first wireless communication terminal 16 and the detected location. The position analysis unit 53 can perform analysis using the first terminal information recorded by the medical support device 11 . The positional information acquisition unit 33 acquires the first positional information 58 along with other information in some cases, based on the analysis result of the positional analysis unit 53 .

For example, as shown in a layout diagram 54 of the position information sensors 52 shown in FIG. 11, the position information sensors 52 are installed at, for example, a plurality of locations within the medical facility. Also, the reception terminals 66 are installed at a plurality of locations such as reception lobbies of medical facilities, for example. In FIG. 11, the reception terminal 66 is installed in the hatched portion. A layout drawing 54 of the position information sensor 52 shows the place where the position information sensor 52 is installed in a part of the floor plan of the medical facility. In order to avoid complication of the drawing, only some of the position information sensors 52 are given reference numerals.

When the first wireless communication terminal 16 carried by the visitor is near the position information sensor 52, the wireless communication function of the first wireless communication terminal 16 or the position information sensor 52 allows the first wireless communication terminal 16 and It automatically interacts with the location sensor 52 . Then, the position information sensor 52 sends the content of the wireless communication to the position analysis unit 53 together with information on the position where the position information sensor 52 is installed. Therefore, by installing the position information sensor 52 near the entrance of the medical facility or at the entrance at night and on holidays, information that the visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal 16 has entered the medical facility can be obtained. Information indicating that the first wireless communication terminal has entered the medical facility as the first location information 58 is visitor arrival information.

Also, the first location information 58 may be acquired by a reception terminal 66 installed in a medical facility. The reception terminal 66 is a terminal that is used, for example, for reception of medical examinations by patients, payment of fees, and the like, in a medical facility. The reception terminal 66 is connected to the medical support system 10 . The reception terminal 66 has a reading section capable of reading a magnetic recording section or a two-dimensional bar code of a patient registration card. A reading unit of the reception terminal 66 has the same function as the position information sensor 52 . Therefore, when the first terminal information held by the first wireless communication terminal 16 is displayed on the first wireless communication terminal 16 in the form of a two-dimensional barcode, for example, the reading unit of the reception terminal 66 reads the two-dimensional barcode. can acquire the first terminal information. When the reception terminal 66 acquires the first terminal information, the location of the reception terminal 66 that acquired the first terminal information is set as the first location information 58, and the first location information 58 and the first terminal information are the visitor arrival time. regarded as information.

The visitor recording unit 32 may record the first terminal information and the patient identification information acquired by the reception terminal 66 in association with each other. For example, when a visitor visits a medical facility and does not perform registration in which the first terminal information and the patient identification information are associated with each other using his or her first wireless communication terminal 16, the same registration is performed using the reception terminal 66. It can be carried out. In this case, the visitor can register the first terminal information and the patient identification information using the reception terminal 66 installed at the medical facility when visiting the medical facility. The visitor inputs at least the first terminal information and the patient identification information to the reception terminal 66 so that the visitor recording unit 32 records the first terminal information and the patient identification information in association with each other. In this case, as in the case of registration by the first wireless communication terminal 16, the registration information screen 39 is displayed on the screen of the reception terminal 66 (see FIG. 6), and the registered visitor confirms the registration information. You can register at

Based on the first position information 58 , the communication control unit 34 transmits patient information related to the patient associated with the first terminal information to the first wireless communication terminal 16 . Based on the first location information 58 means when the first location information 58 satisfies a certain condition. This condition can be set in advance. For example, when the first location information 58 satisfies the condition that it is visitor arrival information, the communication control unit 34 transmits patient information associated with the first terminal information to the first wireless communication terminal 16 . .

The visitor arrival information is information indicating that a specific one or more of the plurality of location information sensors 52 or reception terminals 66 have acquired the first location information 58 . That is, the first position information 58 acquired by the position information sensor 52 installed near the entrance of the medical facility or at the entrance at night and on holidays is the visitor arrival information indicating that the first wireless communication terminal 16 has entered the medical facility. can be In addition, the information obtained by the reception terminal 66 installed in the reception lobby of the medical facility or the like acquiring the first position information 58 can also be the visitor arrival information indicating that the first wireless communication terminal 16 has entered the medical facility. can.

When there is visitor arrival information, the communication control unit 34 transmits patient schedule information including, for example, the patient's schedule to the first wireless communication terminal 16 as patient information. For example, as shown in FIG. 12 , the patient's schedule information transmitted by the communication control unit 34 is displayed on the screen of the first wireless communication terminal 16 as a patient schedule screen 55 . When displaying information such as the transmitted schedule information on the first wireless communication terminal 16 , it can be displayed by the functions of the first wireless communication terminal 16 including the dedicated application 37 . Therefore, for example, the map display function, mail display function, location display function, etc., of the first wireless communication terminal 16 can be used.

The patient schedule screen 55 includes information on the patient's name, room, schedule for the day, current task, and estimated completion time of the current task. On the patient schedule screen 55, the patient schedule sent to the visitor "Mr. Shintaro Fuji", and the schedule for Thursday, August 23 at 10:00 on the day of the patient "Mr. Hanako Fuji" is displayed as "Examination". Yes, and the location is indicated to be "2nd Floor Surgical Examination Room". Furthermore, it is also shown that the current status is "fourth in the waiting order" and the "probable end" is 10:20.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 13, patient schedule text information 56 and a patient schedule map 57 may be displayed on the first wireless communication terminal 16 as patient schedule information. The patient schedule text information 56 is character information regarding the patient's schedule, and part of the information on the patient schedule screen 55 is displayed. The patient schedule map 57 is a screen showing a part of the patient's schedule information by map information around the patient's current position when the patient information is transmitted to the first wireless communication terminal 16 . The patient schedule text information 56 indicates that the patient "Hanako Fuji" will be examined at 10:00 in the "2nd floor surgical examination room". Therefore, it can be inferred that the current position of "Hanako Fuji" is around 10:00 on the patient schedule map 57 near the waiting room for surgery, examination room, or examination area on the second floor.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, by indicating the first position information 58 indicating the current position of the visitor on the patient schedule map 57, for example, by indicating the visitor's current position with a filled circle (● in FIG. 14), the visitor can can obtain information about the positional relationship or distance between the and the patient. The first position information 58 may be position information detected by a position sensor and transmitted by the communication control unit 34 to the first wireless communication terminal 16, or may be position information obtained by a function of the first wireless communication terminal 16. It may be the first location information 58 .

The timing at which the communication control unit 34 transmits the patient information to the first wireless communication terminal 16 can be set as appropriate. Therefore, for example, when transmitting patient information including the patient schedule map 57 to the first wireless communication terminal 16, the timing of transmission is relatively short, such as every 30 seconds, so that the first The location information 58 can be a patient schedule map 57 displaying real-time location information.

Mr. Shintaro Fuji, who is a visitor whose patient schedule information is displayed on his smartphone by the patient schedule screen 55, the patient schedule text information 56, or the patient schedule map or the like, for example, at around 10:00, Since the patient "Hanako Fuji" is not in room 303 where she is hospitalized, she will adjust her time to visit room 303 after 10:20, or she will visit the patient "Fuji". In some cases, it is possible to determine whether to head to the current location of Miss Hanako, ie, the second-floor surgical examination room, by referring to her own location information.

In this manner, the medical support apparatus 11 can automatically display the patient schedule information on the patient schedule screen 55, the patient schedule text information 56, the patient schedule map, or the like without troubling the hospital staff and visitors. 1 is displayed on the screen of the wireless communication terminal 16 . In addition, when a visitor visits an inpatient, the visitor can know the patient's schedule, whereabouts at that time, available time for visitation, etc., without inquiring about the patient to the hospital staff. Therefore, the medical care support apparatus 11 can reduce the workload of hospital staff in responding to inquiries from visitors to the medical facility. In addition, for the visitor and the patient who is the visitor, the visitor can smoothly meet with the visitor, and the purpose can be achieved more comfortably. Furthermore, it also leads to improved evaluation by users of medical facilities.

Next, when a patient visiting a medical facility carries a wireless communication terminal (second wireless communication terminal), the location information acquisition unit 33 acquires the second wireless communication terminal in the same manner as the acquisition of the first location information 58. Second location information 61, which is the location of the terminal, may be obtained. As in the case of the first wireless communication terminal 16, the information from the second wireless communication terminal (hereinafter referred to as second terminal information) for identifying the second wireless communication terminal is associated with the patient identification information, registered in the person recording unit 32. Alternatively, it may be registered in the chart database 21A. Therefore, the first terminal information and the second terminal information are associated via the patient identification information. In addition, the second wireless communication terminal can be handled in the same manner as the first wireless communication terminal 16. FIG. For example, acquisition of the second location information 61 is the same as acquisition of the first location information 58 .

The patient information transmitted by the communication control unit 34 may include the second position information 61 when the second position information 61 is acquired. In this case, the second position information 61 indicating the patient's current position detected by the position information sensor 52 is transmitted to the first wireless communication terminal 16 . For example, as shown in FIG. 15 , the patient position information transmitted by the communication control unit 34 is displayed on the screen of the first wireless communication terminal 16 as a patient position information screen 59 . The patient location information screen 59 includes information on the patient's current location in addition to some of the information on the patient schedule screen 55 . Therefore, the patient location information screen 59 is the patient schedule sent to the visitor "Mr. Shintaro Fuji", and the schedule of the patient "Mr. It is indicated that the location is the ``2nd floor surgical examination room'', and that the current position of the patient ``Hanako Fuji'' is the ``2nd floor surgery waiting room''.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 16, patient schedule text information 56 and a patient current position map 60 may be displayed on the first wireless communication terminal 16 as patient schedule information. The patient current position map 60 is a screen that shows the patient's current position using map information when the patient information is transmitted to the first wireless communication terminal 16 . The patient's current position is the second position information 61 . In the patient current position map 60, the second position information 61 is displayed, for example, by the name of the patient. From the map 60 for the current patient position, information is obtained that the current position of the patient "Hanako Fuji" is the waiting room for surgery on the second floor.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, the visitor's first position information 58 is indicated in the patient's current position map 60 by, for example, a filled circle (● in FIG. 17). Information about the positional relationship or distance to the patient can be obtained. Therefore, the second positional information 61 acquired by the positional information acquisition unit 33 transmits patient information including more detailed current positional information of the patient to the first wireless communication terminal 16 .

The communication control unit 34 may transmit information to the second wireless communication terminal carried by the patient. Based on the first location information 58, the communication control unit 34 transmits visitor information regarding the visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal 16 to the second wireless communication terminal. Visitor information includes at least the visitor's name. Also, the visitor information includes at least visitor arrival information. Since the visitor arrival information includes information that the visitor has entered the medical facility, the patient visited by the visitor can know that the visitor has arrived at the medical facility. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the work of the hospital staff to respond to the patient's inquiry to the hospital staff regarding the arrival of the visitor.

For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the visitor arrival information transmitted by the communication control unit 34 is displayed as a visitor arrival notification screen 63 on the screen of the second wireless communication terminal 62 . The visitor arrival notification screen 63 includes the visitor's name and information that the visitor has arrived.

The visitor information may also include first location information 58 . Thus, the patient can keep track of where the visitor is currently in the medical facility. For example, as shown in FIG. 19, the visitor information transmitted by the communication control unit 34 is displayed on the screen of the second wireless communication terminal 62 as the visitor location information screen 64. FIG. The visitor location information screen 64 includes the visitor's name, the visitor's arrival at the medical facility, as well as the visitor's current location. According to the visitor position information screen 64, the visitor "Mr. Shintaro Fuji" is currently at "in front of the north elevator on the first floor" at the time when the visitor information is transmitted to the second wireless communication terminal 62. I understand.

Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, a visitor arrival notification screen 63 and a visitor map 65 may be displayed on the second wireless communication terminal 62 as visitor information. The visitor map 65 is a screen showing the first location information 58 by map information around the location of the first location information 58 when the visitor arrival information is transmitted to the second wireless communication terminal 62 . The visitor's current location is the first location information 58 . In the visitor's map 65, the first location information 58 is displayed by, for example, the visitor's name. From the visitor map 65, information is obtained that the current position of the visitor "Mr. Shintaro Fuji" is near the elevator near the examination area and the outpatient area on the first floor.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 21, the second location information 61 of the patient is further indicated on the visitor map 65 by, for example, a solid circle mark (● in FIG. 21), thereby allowing the visitor and the patient to It is possible to obtain information about the positional relationship or distance between Therefore, visitor information including more detailed information on the visitor's current location is transmitted to the second wireless communication terminal 62 based on the first location information 58 acquired by the location information acquisition unit 33 .

As described above, by transmitting the visitor information to the second wireless communication terminal 62, the patient can easily grasp the current location of the visitor and can grasp the time when the visitor will meet the patient in detail. Therefore, the hospital staff can reduce the work of responding to inquiries about time such as when the visitor from the patient will come to see the patient and whether the visitor has arrived at the medical facility.

[Second embodiment]

In the first embodiment, the first wireless communication terminal 16 is a smart phone carried by the visitor. A communication terminal. Other points are the same as in the first embodiment. The first wireless communication terminal 16 can be, for example, a pager or an RF tag. The first wireless communication terminal 16 can be a terminal in which the visitor recording unit 32 records in advance the first terminal information and the patient identification information in association with each other. Receive at a medical facility.

The visitor may use the reception terminal 66 to receive the first wireless communication terminal 16 when visiting the medical facility. In this case, for example, when the visitor visits the facility, the visitor receives the first wireless communication terminal 16 in which the first terminal information and the patient identification information are not recorded in association with each other. Then, at the reception terminal 66, the first identification information, the information of the patient himself/herself, the information of the patient to be visited, etc. are inputted. The reception terminal 66 transmits the input information to the medical assistance apparatus 11 . If the registration is permitted, the reception terminal 66 receives the information of the radio pager or RF tag to be provided and transmits it to the medical assistance apparatus 11 . The subsequent flow is the same as in the first embodiment.

By using the first wireless communication terminal 16 as a wireless communication terminal that a visitor receives at a medical facility, even a visitor who does not carry a mobile phone including a smartphone or a visitor who has difficulty operating a smartphone can A first wireless communication terminal 16 can be used. Further, when the first wireless communication terminal 16 is an RF tag, the terminal is small and therefore easy to carry. Further, by utilizing the small size of the RF tag, it is also possible to attach the RF tag to a patient registration card or the like of a medical facility. In this case, by associating the personal information of the holder of the patient registration card with the RF tag in advance, it is easy to read the information of the visitor who is the holder of the patient registration card. This saves you the trouble of typing.

By configuring the medical care support apparatus 11 as described above, it is possible to reduce the workload of hospital staff in a medical facility to respond to inquiries from patients or visitors to the medical facility. In addition, since the visitor can know the patient's schedule and current location without inquiring the hospital staff, it is possible to smoothly meet with the patient. In addition, the patient will be able to know in detail when the visitor will meet, making it easier for the patient to prepare for the visit. In addition, it is possible to carry out the scheduled schedule without worrying about the visitor. And being a visitor- and patient-friendly health care facility enhances the health care facility's reputation.

In addition, since the location information of patients, visitors, or patients and visitors can be automatically acquired, by accumulating and analyzing this information, it is possible to determine the flow of medical facilities, the placement of hospital staff, etc. It can be improved or enhanced.

The operating program 27 of the medical assistance apparatus 11 uses the CPU 24, or the CPU 24 and the memory 25, to identify the information from the first wireless communication terminal 16 carried by the visitor to the medical facility and the patient to be examined at the medical facility. Based on the visitor recording unit 32 that records in association with the patient identification information, the location information acquisition unit 33 that acquires the first location information 58 indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal 16, and the first location information 58, It is a program that functions as a communication control unit 34 that transmits patient information related to a patient associated with information from the first wireless communication terminal 16 to the first wireless communication terminal 16 .

The operation method of the medical support device 11 is that the visitor recording unit 32 records information from the first wireless communication terminal 16 carried by the visitor to the medical facility and patient identification information that identifies the patient who visits the medical facility. a visitor recording step for recording in association; a position information acquisition step for the position information acquisition unit 33 to acquire first position information 58 indicating the position of the first wireless communication terminal 16; and a notification control step of transmitting to the first wireless communication terminal 16 patient information about the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal 16 based on the position information 58 .

In the above, the hardware structure of the processing unit (processing unit) that executes various processes, such as the visitor recording unit 32, the location information acquisition unit 33, the communication control unit 34, etc., includes various processors ( processor). Various processors can change the circuit configuration after manufacturing such as CPU (Central Processing Unit) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), which are general-purpose processors that run software (programs) and function as various processing units. A programmable logic device (PLD), which is a processor, and a dedicated electric circuit, which is a processor having a circuit configuration specially designed to execute various types of processing.

One processing unit may be composed of one of these various processors, or composed of a combination of two or more processors of the same type or different types (for example, a plurality of FPGAs or a combination of a CPU and an FPGA). may be Also, a plurality of processing units may be configured by one processor. As an example of configuring a plurality of processing units in one processor, first, as represented by computers such as clients and servers, one processor is configured by combining one or more CPUs and software, There is a form in which this processor functions as a plurality of processing units. Secondly, as typified by System On Chip (SoC), etc., there is a form of using a processor that realizes the functions of the entire system including multiple processing units with a single IC (Integrated Circuit) chip. be. In this way, the various processing units are configured using one or more of the above various processors as a hardware structure.

Further, the hardware structure of these various processors is, more specifically, an electrical circuit in the form of a combination of circuit elements such as semiconductor elements.

From the above description, it is possible to grasp the medical support device described in the following supplementary item 1.

[Appendix 1]

with a processor

The processor

The information obtained by the first wireless communication terminal carried by the visitor to the medical facility and the patient identification information for identifying the patient who visits the medical facility are associated and recorded,

Acquiring first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal;

A medical assistance device that transmits patient information about a patient associated with information from a first wireless communication terminal to a first wireless communication terminal based on first position information.

10 Medical support system

11 Medical support device

12 position detector

13 client terminal

14 servers

15 network

16 first wireless communication terminal

17 Internet

18 Firewall

21 Electronic medical record server

21A Medical record database

22 image server

22A Image database

23 Report Server

23A Report Database

24 CPUs

25 memory

26 Storage

27 Operating program

28 Communications Department

29 connection circuit

31 patient information extraction unit

32 Visitor Record Section

33 Location information acquisition unit

34 communication control unit

36 First wireless communication terminal identification information

37 Dedicated application

38 dedicated application ID

39 Registration information screen

40 initial screen

41 Schedule display field

42 Mail display field

43 List display field

44 scroll bar

45 Patient information column

46 Registrant Information Column

47 inspection data string

48 Family information registration screen

49 item line

50 information lines

51 ID two-dimensional barcode screen

52 location information sensor

53 position analysis unit

54 Location information sensor layout

55 Patient Schedule Screen

56 Patient Schedule Text Information

57 Maps for Patient Scheduling

58 First location information

59 Patient location information screen

60 map for current patient position

61 Second location information

62 Second wireless communication terminal

63 Visitor arrival notification screen

64 Visitor location information screen

65 Visitor Maps

66 reception terminal

Claims (27)

a visitor recording unit that associates and records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility;
a location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal;
Based on the first position information, the patient information related to the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal, the patient information at the time when the first position information was acquired, is transmitted through the first wireless communication. and a communication control unit that transmits data to a terminal. a visitor recording unit that associates and records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility;
a location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal;
a communication control unit that transmits patient information related to the patient associated with information from the first wireless communication terminal to the first wireless communication terminal based on the first position information ;
The patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal carries a second wireless communication terminal,
The location information acquisition unit acquires second location information indicating the location of the second wireless communication terminal,
The medical support device , wherein the patient information includes the second position information . a visitor recording unit that associates and records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility;
a location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal;
a communication control unit that transmits patient information related to the patient associated with information from the first wireless communication terminal to the first wireless communication terminal based on the first position information ;
The patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal carries a second wireless communication terminal,
The medical assistance device , wherein the communication control unit transmits visitor information regarding the visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal to the second wireless communication terminal based on the first position information . 4. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the information from the first wireless communication terminal includes a first wireless communication terminal identification number that identifies the first wireless communication terminal. The first wireless communication terminal comprises an application that assigns an application identification number to each first wireless communication terminal,
4. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the information from the first wireless communication terminal includes the application identification number. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the position information acquisition unit acquires the first position information within the medical facility. 7. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first location information is acquired by a location information sensor installed in the medical facility and performing wireless communication with the first wireless communication terminal. 7. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein said first position information is acquired by a reception terminal installed in said medical facility. The reception terminal acquires information from the first wireless communication terminal,
9. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the visitor recording unit records the information acquired by the reception terminal from the first wireless communication terminal in association with the patient information. The communication control unit transmits the patient information to the first wireless communication terminal when the first position information is visitor arrival information indicating that the first wireless communication terminal has entered the medical facility. 10. The medical support device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , which transmits. 11. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the visitor arrival information is information indicating that the position information sensor has acquired the first position information. 12. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the visitor arrival information is information indicating that the reception terminal has acquired the first position information. 13. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12 , wherein the patient information includes schedule information of the patient. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13 , wherein the communication control unit transmits the first location information to the first wireless communication terminal. The patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal carries a second wireless communication terminal,
2. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the positional information acquiring unit acquires second positional information indicating the position of the second wireless communication terminal. 4. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the position information acquisition unit acquires second position information indicating the position of the second wireless communication terminal. 17. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the patient information includes the second position information. 16. Medical support according to claim 2 or 15 , wherein the communication control unit transmits visitor information regarding the visitor carrying the first wireless communication terminal to the second wireless communication terminal based on the first location information. Device. 19. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the visitor information includes visitor arrival information indicating that the visitor has arrived at the medical facility. 20. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 3, 18 or 19 , wherein the visitor information includes the first location information. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 2, 15 to 18 , wherein the communication control unit transmits the second location information to the second wireless communication terminal. A patient information extraction unit connected to an electronic medical record server containing the patient information,
22. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 21 , wherein said patient information extraction unit extracts said patient identification information and said patient information from said electronic medical record server. 23. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 22 , wherein said first wireless communication terminal is a mobile phone owned by said visitor. 23. The medical assistance apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 22 , wherein the first wireless communication terminal is a terminal received by the visitor at the medical facility. 25. The medical assistance apparatus according to claim 24 , wherein the first wireless communication terminal is a terminal in which the visitor recording unit records in advance the information from the first wireless communication terminal and the patient identification information in association with each other. A medical support system composed of a medical support device, a client terminal, and a network that connects them so as to be able to communicate with each other,
a visitor recording unit that associates and records information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility with patient identification information that identifies a patient who visits the medical facility;
a location information acquisition unit that acquires first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal;
Based on the first position information, the patient information related to the patient associated with the information from the first wireless communication terminal, the patient information at the time when the first position information was acquired, is transmitted through the first wireless communication. and a communication control unit that transmits data to a terminal. a visitor recording step of recording information from a first wireless communication terminal carried by a visitor to a medical facility in association with patient identification information identifying a patient who visits the medical facility;
a location information acquisition step of acquiring first location information indicating the location of the first wireless communication terminal;
patient information about a patient associated with information from the first wireless communication terminal based on the first location information, and the patient information at the time when the first location information was acquired, to the first wireless communication terminal; and a notification control step for transmitting to.

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