KR102333348B1 - Medical examination instrument tracking management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for tracking and managing medical examination instruments, and more particularly, to enable tracking and history management of medical examination instruments used for examination subjects such as patients using RFID.
In particular, the present invention outputs history information including patient information and processing information (sterilization, etc.) of instruments used for examination on one side of a medical image (examination result image) displayed based on DICOM. , it can provide high confidence in medical practice to test subjects.
Through this, the present invention can provide more diverse information to medical staff and enable safe treatment at the same time, and provide psychological stability to patients, thereby providing high quality medical services.
Accordingly, reliability and competitiveness can be improved in the medical field, more specifically, in the field of medical examination and medical examination equipment, as well as similar or related fields.

Description

Medical examination instrument tracking management system

The present invention relates to a system for tracking and managing medical examination instruments, and more particularly, to enable tracking and history management of medical examination instruments used for examination subjects such as patients.

In particular, the present invention outputs, on one side of a medical image (examination result image) displayed based on DICOM, history information including patient information and processing information (sterilization, etc.) of instruments used for the examination. , it relates to a medical inspection instrument tracking management system that can provide high reliability for medical practice to test subjects.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, medical institutions perform various medical tests such as ultrasound, endoscopy, and radiographic examination in order to check the health status of a subject, such as a patient or a health examiner.

As described above, the ultrasound examination equipment or endoscopy equipment used for the examination of the subject includes instruments that directly contact the patient's body.

For example, an ultrasound probe of an ultrasound examination equipment or an endoscope of an endoscopy equipment is in contact with the outside of the patient's body or is inserted into the patient's body during the corresponding examination.

In this way, the instruments that come into contact with the body of the test subject, including the patient, are sterilized and sterilized before the next test subject after examining a specific test subject.

As one of the related technologies, the following prior art document, Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0050723 'Ultrasound diagnostic device capable of sterilizing an ultrasonic probe' (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art') is used for ultrasound examination. By adding a configuration that can sterilize the ultrasonic probe to the test equipment used, infection with pathogens can be prevented.

However, in the case of the prior art, it is only an addition of equipment (module) that performs a sterilization function to a specific device. The examiner (doctor) had no way to check whether the equipment (specifically, the ultrasonic probe) was sterilized normally.

In particular, in the case of the above-described endoscopy, the endoscope used for the examination is used for the next examination subject through a separate sterilization process after the previous examination of the subject, and a separate device is used in a separate space. Therefore, there is no way to check whether the endoscopic scope currently used has been sterilized normally or not from the point of view of the test subject or examiner.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2009-0050723 'Ultrasound diagnostic device capable of sterilizing an ultrasonic probe'

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a medical examination instrument tracking management system capable of performing tracking and history management of medical examination instruments used for examination subjects such as patients.

To this end, the present invention configures RFID for device identification such as an ultrasonic probe, an endoscope, etc., which are medical inspection instruments, and uses such RFID to track the corresponding medical inspection instrument, thereby enabling accurate history management. The purpose is to provide a system.

In particular, the present invention outputs, on one side of a medical image (examination result image) displayed based on DICOM, history information including patient information and processing information (sterilization, etc.) of instruments used for the examination. The purpose of this is to provide a medical inspection instrument tracking management system that can provide high reliability for medical practice to test subjects.

In order to achieve the above object, a medical examination instrument tracking management system according to the present invention is configured in the medical examination equipment, a medical examination instrument used to perform a medical examination; a history management server that tracks the processing of the medical examination instrument and generates examination instrument history information in the process from after the medical examination of the subject using the medical examination instrument to before the medical examination of the next subject; a hospital computer system for managing the subject information for each subject and the test instrument history information; and a medical terminal for displaying the subject information of the subject to be examined and the examination instrument history information of the medical examination instrument in conjunction with the hospital computer system.

In addition, the hospital computer system manages the subject information for each test subject and the test instrument history information based on DICOM, and the medical terminal is, when requested by the examiner for subject information for a specific test subject, A medical examination instrument used to generate the examination result image information by medically examining the subject information, the examination result image information for the result of a specific examination performed on the examination subject, and the subject information of the subject with the hospital computerized system Inspection equipment history information can be requested and displayed on a daicom basis.

In addition, the medical examination apparatus, an ultrasound probe configured in the ultrasound examination equipment and used to perform an ultrasound examination on a subject; and an endoscope configured in endoscopy equipment and used to perform an endoscopy on a subject; may include at least one of

In addition, at least one of the ultrasonic probe and the endoscope is configured with an RFID for identifying the corresponding medical examination device, and the history management server uses the RFID to provide information on the history of at least one of the ultrasonic probe and the endoscope. can create

In addition, it further includes a medical device processing device that processes the medical testing device after use, wherein the medical device processing device checks the RFID configured in the medical testing device, and checks processing setting information for the medical testing device Then, after processing the corresponding medical examination device according to the corresponding processing setting information, processing result information for the corresponding medical examination device is generated, the processing setting information and the processing result information are matched with RFID, and transmitted to the history management server can

In addition, the medical device processing device, the sterilization device for sterilizing at least one of the ultrasonic probe and the endoscope scope; further comprises, the sterilization device, the medical inspection device by the RFID configured in the target medical inspection device. to identify, generate sterilization processing result information of the identified medical examination instrument, and provide it to the history management server to match the RFID.

In addition, the sterilization result information includes at least one of the amount of hydrogen peroxide used to sterilize and disinfect the target medical examination instrument, the input time, the amount recovered after use, the date of sterilization, the type of sterilizer, the sterilization operator, and the sterilization concentration. Including, the medical terminal, in the test result image information of the test subject, along with the subject information of the test subject, the examination instrument history information including the sterilization processing result information can be displayed on one screen.

In addition, the hospital computer system, based on the sterilization processing result information, determines whether the medical examination instruments matched for each RFID are normally sterilized and disinfected, and the result may be further displayed on the medical terminal.

In addition, it further includes; the hospital computer system, the hospital computer system, on the basis of the sterilization processing result information, determines whether the medical inspection instruments matched for each RFID are sterilized and disinfected normally, and abnormal If processed as , it can be notified to the manager terminal.

In addition, it further includes; a manager terminal interworking with the hospital computer system; and the history management server, based on the sterilization process result information, determines whether the medical examination instruments matched for each RFID are normally sterilized and disinfected, and the The hospital computer system, as a result of the determination of the history management server, may notify this to the manager terminal when the corresponding medical examination mechanism is abnormally processed.

By means of the above solution, the present invention has the advantage of being able to perform tracking and history management for medical examination instruments used for examination subjects such as patients.

In particular, the present invention has the advantage of enabling accurate history management by configuring an RFID for device identification such as an ultrasonic probe, an endoscope, or the like, which is a medical inspection device, and tracking the corresponding medical inspection device using the RFID.

In addition, the present invention outputs history information including patient information and processing information (sterilization, etc.) of instruments used for examination on one side of a medical image (examination result image) displayed based on DICOM. However, it has the advantage of providing high confidence in medical practice to the test subject.

In addition, by storing and displaying related information based on the standard format of the medical imaging field, Daicom, it is possible to prevent forgery, hacking, loss, and theft of history contents in advance.

In addition, the present invention sterilizes and sterilizes the device used in the examination, along with the subject data including the patient (target examiner) name, patient identification number, gender, age, examination site, examination date, etc. on the image screen of the examination result History information including date of implementation, sterilization end time, number of times, disinfection once, amount of sterilization agent, type of sterilizer, sterilizer, sterilization concentration, etc. There are advantages.

Through this, the present invention has the advantage of providing a high quality medical service by providing more diverse information to the medical staff and enabling safe treatment at the same time, and providing psychological stability to the patient.

Accordingly, reliability and competitiveness can be improved in the medical field, more specifically, in the field of medical examination and medical examination equipment, as well as similar or related fields.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a medical examination instrument tracking management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of FIG. 1 .
3 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of FIG. 1 .
4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of FIG. 3 .
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of FIG. 1 .
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a display of history management information according to FIG. 1 .

Examples of the medical examination instrument tracking management system according to the present invention can be variously applied. Hereinafter, the most preferred embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a system for tracking and managing medical examination instruments according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 1 , the medical examination instrument tracking management system of the present invention includes a medical examination instrument 100 , a history management server 200 , a hospital computer system 300 , and a treatment terminal 400 .

The medical examination device 100 is configured in the medical examination equipment 101 and used to perform a medical examination, and the ultrasound probe is configured in the ultrasound examination equipment and used to perform an ultrasound examination on a subject (patient, health examiner). (Probe, 110), configured in endoscopy equipment, and may include an endoscope scope (Scope, 120) used to conduct an endoscopy on a subject.

The history management server 200 checks the processing process of the medical examination device 100 and manages it as history data when an event (sterilization, disinfection, etc.) occurs.

For example, the history management server 200 performs the processing of the medical examination device 100 in the process from after the medical examination of the subject using the medical examination device 100 to before the medical examination of the next examination subject. Inspection equipment history information can be created by tracking.

Such inspection equipment history information may include the type of sterilization and disinfection device, the date of sterilization and disinfection, the sterilization end time, the number of times, the amount of sterilization and disinfectant at one time, the type of sterilization agent, the sterilization agent, the sterilization concentration, etc. .

The hospital computer system 300 manages the subject information and the examination instrument history information for each test subject, and the information may be managed based on DICOM (Digital Image and Communication in Medicine).

The medical terminal 400 is linked to the hospital computer system 300 to display the subject information of the subject and the examination instrument history information of the medical examination instrument, and may be used by medical staff in charge of the subject.

More specifically, the medical terminal 400 provides the subject information, the examination result image information, and the examination instrument history information to the hospital computer system 300 when the subject information for a specific examination subject is requested by the medical staff including the examiner. It can be displayed on a daicom basis upon request.

Here, the subject information refers to information about the subject to be tested, and may include the name, gender, type of test, date of the test, and the like of the subject.

In addition, the examination result image information includes an image of a result of performing a specific examination on the subject, and may include an ultrasound photograph or an endoscopic photograph.

In addition, the examination instrument history information refers to the history information of the medical examination instrument used to generate the corresponding examination result image information, and as described above, it may include information related to the sterilization and disinfection of the corresponding medical examination instrument.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1 , the ultrasonic probe 110 and the endoscope scope 120 may be configured such that a probe RFID 111 and a scope RFID 121 for identifying the corresponding medical examination device are built-in.

Accordingly, the history management server 300 may generate the inspection instrument history information of at least one of the ultrasound probe 110 and the endoscope scope 120 by using the RFID.

For example, when the history management server 300 checks the RFID of the ultrasound probe 110 and the endoscope scope 120 through the medical examination equipment 101, the history management server 300 is the ultrasound probe 110. And it is possible to check when, where, by whom (inspector), to whom (test subject), what kind of examination was performed by the endoscope 120 .

As another example, when the history management server 300 checks the RFID of the ultrasonic probe 110 and the endoscope scope 120 through the sterilization device 500 as shown in FIG. 3 , the history management server 300 is the corresponding When, where, and by whom (operator) the ultrasonic probe 110 and the endoscope 120, it can be confirmed what kind of processing has been done.

Referring to FIG. 2 , in the case of the medical examination equipment 101, after confirming the RFID of the medical examination apparatus 100 (S110), processing setting information by a manager (medical staff, inspectors, workers performing sterilization, etc.) When (in the case of inspection, setting information for the inspection process, in the case of sterilization, setting information of the process for sterilization and sterilization) is input (S120), the corresponding medical examination instrument 100 is processed ( S130) can be done.

After that, after generating the processing result information for the medical examination device 100 (S140), and matching the generated processing result information with the RFID configured in the corresponding medical examination device 100 (S150). This may be transmitted to the history management server 200 .

This process is not limited to the medical examination equipment 101, and as described above, the same or similar application may be applied to the medical apparatus processing apparatus including the sterilization and disinfection apparatus 500 for processing the medical examination apparatus 100 after use. and this will be described in more detail below.

3 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of FIG. 1 , and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of FIG. 3 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , the present invention may further include a sterilization device 500 for sterilizing at least one of the ultrasonic probe 110 and the endoscope scope 120 among the medical device processing devices as described above.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the sterilization device 500 identifies the corresponding medical examination device 100 by checking the RFID configured in the target medical examination device 100 (S110), and identifies the corresponding medical examination device 100 (S121), and the corresponding medical examination device ( 100) can confirm the sterilization process setting information (S122).

Thereafter, the sterilization device 500 performs sterilization (disinfection) processing of the target medical inspection device 100 (S131), and then generates sterilization processing result information of the medical inspection device 110 identified through RFID (S141). ), and may be provided to the history management server 200 to match (S150) with the corresponding RFID (S160).

At this time, the sterilization treatment result information is at least one of the amount of hydrogen peroxide used to sterilize the target medical examination instrument 100, the input time, the recovery amount after use, the sterilization treatment date, the type of the sterilizer, the sterilization treatment worker, and the sterilization concentration. may include

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, the medical terminal 400 shown in FIG. 3 includes, in the test result image information of the test subject, the test instrument history information including the sterilization process result information, along with the subject information of the test subject. It can be displayed on one screen.

In addition, the hospital computer system 300, based on the sterilization process result information described above, determines whether the medical inspection instruments matched for each RFID are normally sterilized, and further displays the result on the medical terminal 400, It can inform the medical staff whether the sterilization treatment has been performed normally or abnormally, and if it is performed abnormally, it can be induced to proceed with the corresponding post-processing.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 5 , the present invention may further include a manager terminal 600 interworking with the hospital computer system 300 . Here, the manager terminal 600 is used by a manager who manages the overall hospital business, and can be used by a person who performs post-processing for the abnormal situation described above.

For example, the hospital computer system 300 determines whether the medical examination instrument 100 matched for each RFID is normally sterilized and disinfected based on the sterilization process result information described above, and when it is abnormally processed, it is transmitted to the manager terminal ( 600) can be notified.

As another example, the history management server 200 may determine whether a medical examination instrument matched for each RFID is normally sterilized and disinfected based on the sterilization processing result information described above, and the hospital computer system 300 is a history management server ( 200), when the corresponding medical examination apparatus is abnormally processed, this may be notified to the manager terminal 600 .

Accordingly, the manager may check the contents transmitted to the manager terminal 600 and proceed with post-processing such as recovering the abnormally processed medical examination device 100 .

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a display of history management information according to FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 6 , the medical staff treating the patient through the examination result image information displayed through the medical terminal 400 , together with the medical image examined by the patient, sterilize the instruments used to take the image. By viewing the disinfection details, it is possible to know when, where, and with what equipment the patient was tested.

In addition, the specific identification (ID) serial number of the instrument used in the inspection and detailed records of sterilization and sterilization (date of sterilization, sterilization end time, number of times, amount of disinfectant used at one time, type of sterilizer, disinfection, sterilization performed Now, sterilizing agent concentration), the patient can directly check the safety of the test, as well as improve the reliability of the hospital and receive advanced medical information.

The medical examination instrument tracking management system according to the present invention has been described above. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the technical configuration of the present invention may be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive.

100: medical inspection equipment 101: medical inspection equipment
110: ultrasonic probe 111: RFID for probe
120: endoscope scope 121: scope RFID
200: history management server 300: hospital computer system
400: medical terminal 500: sterilization device
600: manager terminal

Claims (10)

a medical examination instrument that is configured in medical examination equipment and is used to conduct a medical examination;
a history management server for generating examination instrument history information by tracing the processing of the medical examination instrument in the process from after a medical examination of a subject to be examined using the medical examination instrument to before a medical examination of the next subject;
a hospital computer system for managing the subject information for each subject and the test instrument history information; and
In conjunction with the hospital computer system, a medical terminal for displaying the subject information of the subject to be examined and the examination instrument history information of the medical examination instrument;
The medical examination apparatus,
It includes an ultrasonic probe that is configured in the ultrasonic test equipment and is used to conduct an ultrasonic test on a subject,
The ultrasonic probe is
RFID for the probe that identifies the relevant medical examination device is configured,
The history management server,
generating inspection instrument history information of the ultrasonic probe by using the RFID;
Further comprising; a medical instrument processing device for processing the medical examination instrument after use;
The medical device processing device,
When the RFID configured in the medical inspection device is checked and the processing setting information for the medical inspection device is checked, the medical inspection device is processed according to the processing setting information, and then processing result information for the medical inspection device is generated and matching the processing setting information and processing result information with RFID, and transmitting the processing setting information and processing result information to the history management server,
The medical device processing device,
Further comprising; a sterilization device for sterilizing the ultrasonic probe;
The sterilization device is
Identifies the medical inspection device by the RFID configured in the target medical inspection device, generates sterilization processing result information of the identified medical testing device, and provides it to the history management server to match the RFID;
The sterilization result information is,
Including the amount of hydrogen peroxide used to sterilize and disinfect the target medical test instrument, the input time, the amount recovered after use, the type of sterilizing agent, the sterilization worker and the sterilization concentration,
It further includes; a manager terminal interworking with the hospital computer system;
The hospital computer system,
Based on the sterilization process result information, it is determined whether the medical inspection instruments matched for each RFID are normally sterilized, and if abnormally processed, it is notified to the manager terminal,
The hospital computer system,
Based on the sterilization processing result information, it is determined whether the medical examination instruments matched for each RFID are normally sterilized, and the result is further displayed on the medical terminal,
The medical terminal is
Through the displayed test result image information, it provides a detailed record of sterilization and disinfection of the instrument used to take the image along with the medical image examined,
The detailed record of sterilization and disinfection is
Includes the date of sterilization and disinfection, end time of sterilization, amount of sterilization and disinfectant used, type of sterilization and disinfection, person who performed sterilization, and sterilization concentration,
The history management server,
Based on the sterilization result information, it is determined whether the medical inspection instruments matched by RFID are normally sterilized and disinfected,
The hospital computer system,
As a result of the determination of the history management server, when the corresponding medical examination apparatus is abnormally processed, it is notified to the manager terminal. The method of claim 1,
The hospital computer system,
A medical examination instrument tracking management system, characterized in that the subject information for each subject and the examination instrument history information are managed based on DICOM. The method of claim 1,
The medical terminal is
When the test subject information for a specific test subject is requested by the examiner, the hospital computer system performs a medical examination of the subject's subject information, the test result image information on the result of performing a specific test on the subject, and the subject medically to request the examination instrument history information of the medical examination instrument used to generate the examination result image information, and to display the requested examination instrument history information based on the daicom. 4. The method of claim 3,
The medical examination apparatus,
A medical examination instrument tracking management system, characterized in that it further comprises; an endoscopy scope configured in the endoscopy equipment used to conduct an endoscopy on the subject. 5. The method of claim 4,
The endoscope is
RFID for identifying the corresponding medical examination device is configured,
The history management server,
A medical examination instrument tracking management system, characterized in that by using the RFID, the examination instrument history information of at least one of the ultrasonic probe and the endoscope scope is generated. 6. The method of claim 5,
The sterilization device is
It is possible to sterilize the endoscope scope, identify the relevant medical examination instrument by the RFID configured in the target medical examination instrument, generate sterilization processing result information of the identified medical examination instrument, and match the RFID with the history management server Medical examination instrument tracking management system, characterized in that provided to. The method of claim 1,
The sterilization process result information is,
Further including the date of sterilization of the target medical examination instrument,
The medical terminal is
A medical examination instrument tracking management system, characterized in that, in the examination result image information of the examination subject, the examination instrument history information including the sterilization result information along with the subject information of the examination subject is displayed on a single screen.

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