JPH09108189A - At-home health management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an at-home health management system utilizable without any error by a simple operation. SOLUTION: In this at-home health management system composed by providing equipments 1a-1n for measuring a health state, an at-home health management terminal 2 for fetching measurement data obtained from the equipment 1a-1n and performing a signal processing, display and data transmission through a network to the outside and a server 4 for receiving and distributing data transmitted from the at-home health management terminal 2, a touch panel 23 is added to the display part 22 of the at-home health management terminal 2. Then, a switch for the operation is displayed at the touch panel 23 and the system is operated by touching the switch of the touch panel.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention sends health data measured in a general household to a specialist such as a doctor through a network so that he / she can manage his / her health at home by receiving the advice of the specialist. It relates to a home health management system that enables employees to do so.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an increase in medical burden due to the advent of an aging society has become a major social problem, and in order to address this, a home health management system based on preventive medicine has begun to be proposed.

This system measures the health condition data that can be measured in a general household (for example, the blood pressure value measured by an electronic sphygmomanometer or the blood glucose level measured by a urine sensor) in each household without going to the hospital, These data are input to a personal computer and sent to medical institutions and health care centers using public telephone lines for data analysis and judgment by specialists. In addition to the above, an electrocardiograph, a thermometer, a weight scale, and the like are considered as devices for measuring the health condition, and there is no particular limitation as long as the health condition can be sensed. In addition, one of these devices may be used alone or a plurality of devices may be used depending on the situation of the user.

According to such a home health management system, daily health management at home can be carried out under the guidance of a specialist, and more reliable health management can be performed, which leads to a reduction in the number of visits to the hospital. It will lead to reduction.

[0005]

However, in the system using the personal computer as described above, the operation method for inputting the measurement data regarding the health condition and the communication of the input data is complicated, In particular, there is a problem that elderly people and housewives cannot use it easily.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a home health care system which can be used without error by a simple operation.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A device for measuring health condition, a home health management terminal that takes in measurement data obtained from the device, performs signal processing, display, and transmits data to the outside via a network, and a transmission from the home health management terminal In a home health management system having a server for receiving and distributing the data, a touch panel is added to the display unit of the home health management terminal, and a switch for operation is displayed on the touch panel. The operation is performed by touching a switch on the touch panel.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the measurement data is input from the device for measuring the health condition to the home health care terminal by wireless communication. It is what

According to a third aspect of the invention, in the invention of the first or second aspect, the home health management terminal is provided with a PH.
It is characterized in that it has a built-in S communication function and that data transmission to the outside is performed by PHS communication.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the invention according to the first to third aspects, the server is a personal computer, and a plurality of database applications are provided in the personal computer, and the received data is stored in each database. It is characterized in that it is distributed and retained in the application.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a home health management system showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The home health management system according to the present embodiment includes the measurement unit 1
A system on the home side including a to 1n and a home health management terminal 2 is configured to be connected via a public telephone line 3 to a server 4 installed in an external hospital or the like. The measuring units 1a to 1n are for measuring a health condition and transmitting measurement data, and each of the measuring devices 11a to 11n, the transmitting circuit units 12a to 12n, and the antennas 13a to 13n is integrated. . Measuring instruments 11a-11n
Is to measure each health condition, and consists of electronic blood pressure monitor, urine sensor, electrocardiograph, thermometer, weight scale, etc., and measures each data such as blood pressure, blood glucose level, electrocardiographic waveform, body temperature and weight. To do. The transmission circuit units 12a to 12n are the measurement devices 11a to 1n.
The data measured at 1n is transmitted to the home health care terminal 2 by weak radio waves via the antennas 13a to 13n. In the transmission from the transmission circuit units 12a to 12n, the measurement data is transmitted after transmitting the identification number so that the measuring instruments 11a to 11n can be distinguished.

The home health management terminal 2 is a main board 2
1, an LCD monitor 22, a touch panel 23, a receiving circuit section 24, an antenna 25, and a card type modem 26. The main board 21 comprises a card type personal computer and various interfaces, and controls the LCD monitor 22, the touch panel 23, the receiving circuit section 24, and the card type modem 26. The receiving circuit section 24 receives weak radio waves from the measuring sections 1a to 1n via the antenna 25, and is connected to the main board 21 by RS-232C. The receiving circuit section 24 converts the received measurement data into the RS-232C standard and transmits it to the card type personal computer of the main board 21. The card type personal computer of the main board 21 processes the received measurement data such as arithmetic processing, storage, display on the LCD monitor 22 or data transmission to the outside.

The touch panel 23 is arranged so as to overlap with the LCD monitor 22, and can be linked to a switch graphically displayed on the LCD monitor 22. This control is performed by the main board 21 and RS-
This is done by connecting with 232C.

The card type modem 26 is used for data communication with the outside, and includes a main board 21 and a PCMCI.
It is connected by the A interface. The external connection terminal of the card type modem 26 is connected to the modular jack 31 of the public telephone line 3 drawn in the home, and the data stored in the home health care terminal 2 is operated by the touch panel 23 to make it public. It is transmitted from the home to the server 4 installed in the hospital via the telephone line 3. When the card-type modem 26 has a PHS communication function built-in, data can be transmitted by PHS communication. Therefore, in this case, it is not necessary to connect the home health care terminal 2 to the public telephone line 3 by wire, and the home health care terminal 2 can be freely carried and used at any place in the home.

The server 4 is composed of a workstation, is connected to the public telephone line 3 via the modem 5 and the modular jack 32, and receives and stores the data sent from each home. Further, the server 4 includes terminals (clients) 7a to 7n such as personal computers located in various places in the hospital.
The doctor can read the data stored in the server 4 and sent from each home from any of the terminals 7a to 7n at any time.

According to the home health management system of the present embodiment, the user at home can operate the system by touching the switch displayed on the touch panel 23 of the home health management terminal 2 to perform the measurement. The data measured by the devices 11a to 11n are captured, and the data are automatically transmitted to the server 4 in the hospital. Therefore, with a simple operation, it is possible to reliably capture the data of the measured health condition and send it to the server 4.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, the server 4 is composed of a personal computer (personal computer), and when receiving and accumulating data sent from each home via the public telephone line 3, a plurality of databases are stored in the personal computer serving as a server. Large volume data processing is possible by using the application. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the personal computer of this embodiment. A plurality of database applications 81a to 81n are provided in the personal computer 8, and each of the database applications 81a to 81n is DDE (D) via the operating system (OS) 82.
Data can be exchanged by a dynamic data exchange technology. The received data includes a plurality of database applications 81a-81.
The database systems 81a to 81n, which are distributed in n, are connected by the operating system (OS) 82. Therefore, the number of applications can be selected according to the number of data to be received and the number of data to be held, and the number of applications can be sequentially increased as needed. In addition, each terminal 7
Even when distributing data to a to 7n, it is only necessary to connect to one application, so high-speed processing can be realized.

[0018]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a device for measuring a health condition and measurement data obtained from the device are fetched, and signal processing, display and network are used. In a home health management system having a home health management terminal for transmitting data to the outside and a server for receiving and distributing data transmitted from the home health management terminal, a touch panel is provided on a display unit of the home health management terminal. Is added, and the operation switches are displayed on the touch panel, and the system operation is performed by touching the switches on the touch panel.Therefore, there is a home health management system that can be used easily and without error. I was able to provide it.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the device for measuring the health condition inputs the measurement data to the home health care terminal by wireless communication. There is no risk of erroneous input due to manual input, and the degree of freedom for the user is increased.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the home health management terminal is provided with P.
Since the HS communication function is built-in and the data transmission to the outside is performed by PHS communication, there is no need to connect the home health management terminal to the public telephone line by wire, and home health management can be performed anywhere in the home. The terminal can be carried and used, and the degree of freedom of the user is further increased.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claims 1 to 3, the server is a personal computer, and a plurality of database applications are provided in the personal computer, and the received data is stored in each database. Since the data is distributed and stored in the applications, a large amount of data can be processed by the personal computer, and the cost of the entire system can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a home health management system showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a to 1n Measuring unit 11a to 11n Measuring device 12a to 12n Transmitting circuit unit 13a to 13n Antenna 2 Home health management terminal 21 Main board 22 LCD monitor 23 Touch panel 24 Receiving circuit unit 25 Antenna 26 Card type modem 3 Public telephone line 31 Modular jack 32 modular jack 4 server 5 modem 6 LAN 7a-7n terminal 8 personal computer 81a-81n database application 82 operating system

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A device for measuring a health condition, a home health management terminal for fetching measurement data obtained from the device, performing signal processing, displaying, and transmitting data to the outside via a network, and the home. In a home health management system having a server for receiving and distributing data transmitted from the health management terminal, a touch panel is added to the display unit of the home health management terminal, and an operation switch is displayed on the touch panel. Thus, the home health management system is characterized in that the system operation is performed by touching the switch of the touch panel. 2. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data is input from the device for measuring the health condition to the home health management terminal by wireless communication. 3. The home health management system according to claim 1, wherein the home health management terminal has a built-in PHS communication function, and data transmission to the outside is performed by PHS communication. 4. The server is a personal computer, a plurality of database applications are provided in the personal computer, and received data is distributed and held in each database application. A home health management system according to claim 3.