KR102494045B1 - A patient management system using wearable devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system, which uses a patient-wearable wearable device having a bio-signal measurement function and a patient ID transmission function, grasps the bio-signal of the patient in real time, effectively manages the condition of the patient in real time with insufficient medical personnel, and grasps the illegal behavior of the patient in the hospital by grasping the movement line of the patient in the hospital. The system includes a wearable device (100), a relay terminal (200), a nursing station terminal (300), a plurality of sensing terminals (400), and a management server (500).

Description

A patient management system using wearable devices}

The present invention relates to a patient management system using a wearable device, and more particularly, to a patient wearable device having a biosignal measurement function and a patient ID transmission function, by using a patient's biometric information in real time to grasp the patient's biometric information and to manage the patient with insufficient medical personnel. It relates to a technology that enables effective medical management and identifies illegal behaviors of patients in the hospital by identifying the patient's movement line in the hospital.

Recently, with the development of medicine and science and technology, the average life expectancy is greatly increasing, and Korea is also entering an aging society with an average life expectancy exceeding 80 years and looking at 100 years old.

As we enter an aging society, the number of elderly patients admitted to hospitals or nursing homes increases as the desire for health care of those entering old age increases, and the number of young/elderly patients as well as elderly patients is also increasing.

However, compared to the increasing number of patients, the number of medical personnel to manage patients is extremely insufficient.

There is a limit to managing the increasing number of patients with such a small number of medical personnel, and the fatigue of medical personnel working in the actual workplace is increasing. are doing

On the other hand, fake patients, so-called Nylong patients, who are hospitalized for a long time without any special reason despite minor injuries or illnesses in order to obtain insurance money or compensation money, are putting a burden on the national medical finance, and among hospitalized patients, hospitals with disrespectful intentions Cases of committing crimes such as theft of medicines, damage to medical devices, and obstruction of work to medical personnel by unauthorized entry into restricted areas have also occurred, which has recently become a social problem.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention uses a patient-wearable wearable device having a bio-signal measurement function and a patient ID transmission function to grasp the patient's biometric information in real time and provide medical care for the patient with insufficient medical personnel. We would like to propose a technology that can effectively do this and identify the patient's movement line in the hospital to identify the patient's illegal behavior in the hospital. The following are prior art related to this.

1. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1795761 Wearable device and method for controlling a patient or providing an alarm using the same, monitoring server, computer program 2. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2018-0067331 emergency patient management system using wearable device 3. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0040155 wearable device for patients

The present invention uses a patient-wearable wearable device having a bio-signal measurement function and a patient ID transmission function to grasp the patient's biometric information in real time so that medical care for the patient can be effectively managed with insufficient medical personnel, and the patient in the hospital Its purpose is to identify the patient's illegal behavior in the hospital by identifying the moving line of the patient.

In order to achieve the above object, the patient management system using the wearable device of the present invention,

a wearable device 100 worn by a patient to transmit patient ID information to the outside, measure patient biometric information, and provide the patient's biometric information and patient ID information to the relay terminal 200;

a relay terminal 200 that provides the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the wearable device 100 to the nursing station terminal 300;

a nursing station terminal 300 that stores and manages the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the relay terminal 200 for each patient, and issues an event alarm when a patient with an abnormality in the biometric information occurs;

The patient ID information transmitted from the wearable device 100 is received, and the received patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and detection terminal ID information are transferred to the management server 500 as movement log information of the patient moving within the hospital. A plurality of sensing terminals 400 installed in a plurality of locations of the hospital to provide;

It is characterized in that it includes a management server 500 that stores and manages the patient's movement log information provided by the detection terminals 400 for each patient.

The present invention uses a patient-wearable wearable device having a bio-signal measurement function to grasp the patient's biometric information in real time so that medical care for the patient can be effectively managed with insufficient medical personnel, thereby reducing the fatigue of medical personnel It provides the effect of reducing the occurrence of blind spots in medical management, which is caused by increased fatigue of medical personnel and medical personnel.

In addition, the present invention uses a patient-wearable wearable device having a patient ID transmission function to identify the patient's movement in the hospital and to identify the illegal behavior of the patient in the hospital, so that among inpatients, hospitals with disrespectful intentions It provides the effect of reducing intra-hospital crimes such as theft of medicines, damage to medical equipment, and obstruction of work to medical personnel by unauthorized entry into my restricted area.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention
2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the wearable device of the present invention
3 is an exemplary diagram in which the sensing terminals of the present invention are installed in a plurality of places in a hospital;
Figure 4 is an example of an event generation message generated by the management server of the present invention Figure 1
Figure 5 is an example of an event occurrence message generated by the management server of the present invention 2

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a patient management system (hereinafter referred to as 'the present invention') using a wearable device of the present invention uses a wearable wearable device having a function of measuring a biosignal and transmitting a patient ID, and transmits biometric information of a patient in real time. It is possible to effectively manage medical care for patients with insufficient medical personnel by identifying and providing the effect of reducing fatigue of medical personnel and identifying illegal behavior of patients in the hospital by identifying the patient's movement within the hospital. Among patients, it is an invention that provides the effect of reducing intra-hospital crimes such as theft of medicines, damage to medical devices, and obstruction of work to medical personnel by unauthorized intrusion into prohibited areas within the hospital with disrespectful intentions, wearable device (100), relay It is characterized in that it is configured to include a terminal 200, a nursing station terminal 300, a plurality of sensing terminals 400, and a management server 500.

Specifically, the patient management system using the wearable device of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1,

a wearable device 100 worn by a patient to transmit patient ID information to the outside, measure patient biometric information, and provide the patient's biometric information and patient ID information to the relay terminal 200;

a relay terminal 200 that provides the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the wearable device 100 to the nursing station terminal 300;

a nursing station terminal 300 that stores and manages patient biometric information and patient ID information provided by the relay terminal 200 for each patient, and issues an event alarm when a patient with an abnormality in the biometric information occurs;

The patient ID information transmitted from the wearable device 100 is received, and the received patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and detection terminal ID information are transferred to the management server 500 as movement log information of the patient moving within the hospital. A plurality of sensing terminals 400 installed in a plurality of locations of the hospital to provide;

It is characterized in that it includes a management server 500 that stores and manages the patient's movement log information provided by the detection terminals 400 for each patient.

The wearable device 100 is configured to be worn by a patient to transmit patient ID information to the outside, measure patient biometric information, and provide the patient's biometric information and patient ID information to the relay terminal 200 .

In general, a wearable device is in the form of glasses, a wrist band, or clothing so that it can be worn on a person's body, and performs a function of measuring biometric information related to a patient's biosignal, the present invention (10) As shown in FIG. 2, the wearable device 100 of is characterized in that it is in the form of a wrist band worn on a patient's wrist.

Therefore, the wearable device 100 continuously measures biometric information related to the patient's biosignal while being worn by the patient, and provides the measured biometric information and patient ID information of the patient to the external relay terminal 200, The relay terminal 200 provides the information again to the nursing station terminal 300 so that biometric information of patients is stored and managed in the nursing station terminal 300 for medical management of patients.

Specifically, the wearable device 100, as shown in FIG. 2,

An RFID chip 110 for inputting and storing patient ID information and transmitting the stored patient ID information to the outside;

It is characterized in that it includes a biometric information measuring unit 120 that measures biometric information of the patient and transmits the measured biometric information of the patient and patient ID information stored in the RFID chip 110 to the relay terminal 200 .

The RFID chip 110 is a component that inputs and stores patient ID information and transmits the stored patient ID information to the outside.

That is, in the RFID chip 110, an inpatient ID information (eg, #1002) is input and stored by an administrator, and the input and stored patient ID information is wirelessly transmitted to the outside by a transmission function of the RFID chip 110.

At this time, the reason for inputting and storing the patient ID information in the RFID chip 110 is to use the patient's movement log record when the patient moves within the hospital or transmit the patient's biometric information to the relay terminal 200, This is to give identification to the patient's biometric information.

The biometric information measurement unit 120 measures the patient's biometric information and transmits the measured patient's biometric information and patient ID information stored in the RFID chip 110 to the relay terminal 200 .

The biometric information measurement unit 120 is in contact with the patient's body to measure biometric information such as blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, electrocardiogram, etc. It is used as basic data for

Accordingly, the biometric information measuring unit 120 wirelessly provides the biometric information of the patient measured by itself and the patient ID information input and stored in the RFID chip 110 to the relay terminal 200 .

The relay terminal 200 relays and provides patient biometric information and patient ID information provided by the wearable device 100 to the nursing station terminal 300 .

That is, it is difficult to accurately transmit the patient's biometric information and patient ID information to the nursing station terminal 300 at a certain distance using the wireless transmission output of the wearable device 100 worn by the patient. Accordingly, the relay terminal 200 relays the patient's biometric information and patient ID information wirelessly transmitted by the wearable device 100 so that they are transmitted to the nursing station terminal 300 .

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 , the relay terminal 200 is a relay router 210 installed in a plurality of places in a hospital or a smart phone 220 possessed by a patient.

When the relay router 210 is used as the relay terminal 200, the relay router 210 is installed in various places in the hospital, and the wearable device 100 transmits the patient's biometric information and patient ID information to the nursing station. It is relayed and transmitted to the terminal 300.

In addition, when the smart phone 220 possessed by the patient is used as the relay terminal 200, the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the wearable device 100 are transferred to the smart phone 220 by the nursing station terminal 300. ) It is characterized in that a dedicated app that performs the function to be provided is mounted.

That is, the smart phone 220 possessed by the patient for whom the dedicated app is activated wirelessly transmits the patient's biometric information and patient ID information wirelessly transmitted from the wearable device 100 worn by the patient to the nursing station terminal 300. .

The nursing station terminal 300 stores and manages patient biometric information and patient ID information provided by the relay terminal 200 for each patient, and issues an event alarm when a patient with an abnormality in biometric information occurs. .

In general, medical personnel (e.g., nurses) working in hospitals measure the patient's biometric information (blood pressure, body temperature, heart rate, electrocardiogram) to determine the patient's health condition, and optimally manage the patient's health condition while in hospital. However, due to the lack of medical personnel, the biometric information measurement cycle is an average of 4 to 5 times a day.

Therefore, by using the wearable device 100 and the relay terminal 200 described above, in order to optimally manage the health status of patients in hospital by reducing the measurement cycle of biometric information, which is an average of 4 to 5 times a day, in real time, It collects biometric information and patient ID, and stores and manages the collected biometric information for each patient.

In addition, the nursing station terminal 300 analyzes the biometric information stored and managed for each patient, and when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the health state of a specific patient, an event alarm is performed so that medical personnel take action on the patient.

On the other hand, it is necessary to identify the patient's movement line in the hospital so as to identify the patient's illegal behavior in the hospital.

Illegal behavior of patients in the hospital may include theft of medicines, damage to medical equipment, obstruction of work to medical personnel, etc. by trespassing into restricted areas in the hospital with disrespectful intentions.

The plurality of sensing terminals 400 receive patient ID information transmitted from the wearable device 100, and transmit the received patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and sensing terminal ID information to a patient movement log that moves within the hospital. This is a configuration provided to the management server 500 as information.

As shown in FIG. 4, the plurality of places of the hospital where the sensing terminals 400 are installed are the main entrance on the first floor in the hospital, the passageway on each floor in the hospital, the elevator in the hospital, the operating room/recovery room/patient room/nurse's room/ It is characterized in that it includes a medicine storage room.

Accordingly, the sensing terminals 400 respectively installed in a plurality of locations of the hospital receive patient ID information transmitted from the RFID chip 110 of the wearable device 100 worn by a moving patient within the hospital.

Upon receiving the patient ID information, the sensing terminal 400 provides the received patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and sensing terminal ID information to the management server 500, and the patient ID information provided to the management server 500. and patient ID reception time information and detection terminal ID information are stored and managed as the patient's movement log information in the management server 500, and movement log information for each patient stored and managed in the management server 500 is It is used as basic data to determine whether an illegal act was committed.

For example, after a patient hospitalized in a traffic accident goes outside through the main entrance on the first floor in the hospital, and then enters the hospital through the main entrance on the first floor in the hospital several hours later, the management server 500 stores and manages it. If confirmed through the patient-specific movement log information, the patient can be a so-called Nylong patient, and this information is provided to the insurance company to crack down on illegally hospitalized Nylong patients.

In addition, since important medicines are stored in an operating room, a medicine storage room, etc. in a hospital, access is prohibited except for those concerned. When important medicines are lost in these places, illegal activities such as theft of medicines and damage to medical devices are identified by identifying patients who have entered the place without permission through the patient-specific movement log information stored and managed in the management server 500. It is possible to identify patients who have

The management server 500 stores and manages patient movement log information provided by the sensing terminals 400 for each patient. That is, patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and sensing terminal ID information, which are patient movement log information provided by sensing terminals 400 respectively installed in a plurality of places in the hospital, are stored and managed for each patient.

Patient ID information, which is patient movement log information stored and managed for each patient, patient ID reception time information, and detection terminal ID information are used as basic data to identify illegal behaviors of patients in the hospital.

In addition, in order to identify the patient's illegal behavior in the hospital, the management server 500 pre-stores detection terminal installation location information matched with detection terminal ID information and patient access prohibited place information.

The management server 500 uses the patient's movement log information (patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and detection terminal ID information) stored and managed for each patient, pre-stored detection terminal installation location information, and patient access prohibited place information , When it is confirmed that a specific patient has entered a place where access is prohibited, an event generation message informing that a specific patient has entered a place where access is prohibited is provided to an administrator terminal, and the management server ( 500) is characterized in that it includes patient information, information on the place where the patient has entered and exited, and information on access time.

4, through the patient's movement log information and the detection terminal installation location information, the patient ID #A33 entered the medicine storage room where the detection terminal #05 was installed at 11 am on October 23, 2021. When it is confirmed that the medicine storage room in which the detection terminal #05 is installed is a place where the patient is prohibited from entering through the information on the place where the patient is prohibited from entering, an example in FIG. As described above, an event occurrence message is generated and provided to the manager terminal 20 so that the manager can take necessary measures.

In another embodiment, in order to identify illegal behaviors of patients in the hospital, the management server 500 pre-stores detection terminal installation location information matched with detection terminal ID information and treatment schedule information for each patient.

The management server 500 uses patient movement log information (patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and sensing terminal ID information) stored and managed for each patient, pre-stored sensing terminal installation location information, and treatment schedule information for each patient. , When it is confirmed that a specific patient has entered a place unrelated to his/her treatment schedule, an event generation message informing that the specific patient has entered a place unrelated to the treatment schedule is provided to the manager terminal, wherein the management The event occurrence message provided by the server 500 is characterized in that it includes patient information, information about the place where the patient entered and exited, and information about the time of entry.

5, it is confirmed that the patient with patient ID #A33 entered the operating room where the detection terminal #07 was installed at 11:00 am on October 23, 2021 through the patient's movement log information and the detection terminal installation location information. and, through the treatment schedule information of the patient with patient ID #A33, it is confirmed that the operating room where the detection terminal #07 is installed is a place unrelated to the treatment schedule of the patient with patient ID #A33. As illustrated in FIG. 5 , an event generation message notifying access to an empty place is generated and provided to the manager terminal 20 so that the manager can take necessary measures.

Although the technical idea of the present invention has been described above with the accompanying drawings, this is an illustrative example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but does not limit the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and this It will be obvious that those skilled in the art include modifications within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

10: Patient management system using wearable devices
20: manager terminal
100: wearable device
200: relay terminal
300: nursing station terminal
400: detection terminal
500: management server

Claims (7)

In the patient management system using a wearable device,
a wearable device 100 worn by a patient to transmit patient ID information to the outside, measure patient biometric information, and provide the patient's biometric information and patient ID information to the relay terminal 200;
a relay terminal 200 that provides the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the wearable device 100 to the nursing station terminal 300;
a nursing station terminal 300 that stores and manages the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the relay terminal 200 for each patient, and issues an event alarm when a patient with an abnormality in the biometric information occurs;
The patient ID information transmitted from the wearable device 100 is received, and the received patient ID information, patient ID reception time information, and detection terminal ID information are transferred to the management server 500 as movement log information of the patient moving within the hospital. A plurality of sensing terminals 400 installed in a plurality of locations of the hospital to provide;
Including a management server 500 for storing and managing the patient's movement log information provided by the sensing terminals 400 for each patient,

The management server 500,
Detection terminal installation location information matched with detection terminal ID information and treatment schedule information for each patient are pre-stored, and patient movement log information provided by the detection terminals 400 and pre-stored detection terminal installation location information and treatment schedule information for each patient When it is confirmed that a specific patient has entered a place unrelated to his/her treatment schedule, an event generation message notifying that the specific patient has entered a place unrelated to the treatment schedule is provided to the manager terminal,
The event generation message includes patient information, information about a place where the patient has entered and exited, and information about an access time.
The method of claim 1,
The wearable device 100,
An RFID chip 110 for inputting and storing patient ID information and transmitting the stored patient ID information to the outside;
Wearable characterized in that it includes a biometric information measuring unit 120 that measures biometric information of the patient and transmits the measured biometric information of the patient and the patient ID information stored in the RFID chip 110 to the relay terminal 200 Patient management system using devices.
The method of claim 1,
The relay terminal 200,
It is characterized in that it is a relay router 210 installed in a plurality of places in the hospital or a smart phone 220 possessed by a patient,
When the relay terminal 200 is the smart phone 220 possessed by the patient,
A patient management system using a wearable device, characterized in that the smart phone 220 is equipped with a dedicated app for providing the patient's biometric information and patient ID information provided by the wearable device 100 to the nursing station terminal 300
The method of claim 1,
A plurality of places in the hospital where the sensing terminals 400 are installed,
A patient management system using a wearable device, characterized in that it includes a main entrance on the first floor in the hospital, a passageway on each floor in the hospital, an elevator in the hospital, an operating room / recovery room / hospitalization room / nurse's room / medicine storage room in the hospital.
The method of claim 1,
The management server 500,
Information on places where patients are prohibited from entering is pre-stored,
When it is confirmed that a specific patient has entered a place where the patient is prohibited from entering, using the patient's movement log information provided by the detection terminals 400, the pre-stored information on the installation location of the detection terminal, and the information on the place where the patient is prohibited from entering, A patient management system using a wearable device, characterized in that for providing an event generation message informing that a patient has entered a place where entry is prohibited to an administrator terminal.
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