KR20100099881A - System and method for mobile and home health helper service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A home-based remote home care service system and a method thereof for a patient with a chronic disease is provided to use wearable biometric measurement device of chronic disease and measure a bio-signal of the patient with the chronic disease, thereby measuring the bio-signal of the patient without sending a home care nurse. CONSTITUTION: A patient device includes next. A wearable biometric signal measurement unit(110) measures bio of a patient by having more than one sensor. A communication unit(130) transmits bio-measurement data and photograph data to a data preservation server(200). The data storing server classifies and stores the bio-measurement data and photograph data according to each patient. A medical institution device outputs the bio-measurement data and the photograph data on a screen.

Description

System and Method for Mobile and Home Health Helper Service for Chronic Illness

The present invention relates to a remote home care service system and method for chronic diseases, and more particularly, to a central data storage server through a wired / wireless network of biological signals and health information measured at home, such as blood pressure, pulse, and blood glucose levels of chronic diseases. The medical institution monitors the patient's condition in real time, and provides medical services to family nurses or attending physicians to patients with abnormalities, enabling continuous management of chronic diseases without visiting hospitals or health centers. The present invention relates to a system and method for home telemedicine care services for chronically ill patients that can solve the difficulty of regular medical examinations.

Chronic diseases include primary U-health chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease, which require continuous measurement of blood sugar, blood pressure, electrocardiogram, etc., and continuous consultation and observation by a doctor.Arthritis, hyperlipidemia, stroke, etc. It is classified as a U-health chronic disease group, and the number of these chronic diseases exceeds 10 million people, which is emerging as a national problem beyond individual problems, and medical expenses for treating chronic diseases are increasing rapidly.

This is because, unlike acute illnesses that generally require intensive medical services for a short period of time, chronic illnesses require long-term management. Therefore, in-hospital services are developed according to the progress of the disease in consideration of economic aspects. In addition, it is necessary to provide various remote services such as in-home services, and in particular, it is urgent to prepare a system that enables the doctor to continuously and in real time monitor the condition of chronic diseases while reducing the burden of medical expenses.

On the other hand, in the related art, a method of providing telemedicine services by using a telemedicine device at a remote place where a patient is located by using a visiting nurse has been proposed. However, this method is not suitable for patients who require continuous observation, such as chronic diseases, because it is a method of visiting nurse visits, especially since the visiting nurse needs to obtain the patient's biometric information and send it to the attending physician again. Actions occur, which results in a burden on the patient.

In addition, various medical services have been proposed overseas in relation to patient management, but only individual services in the form of remote image and bio-sensing and visiting nursing are provided, or as a service for elderly people living alone and nursing homes. Since only dual services such as phone message reporting service and home care service are provided, service linkages such as biometric information transmission, remote monitoring, and telemedicine service are required.

Accordingly, the present invention enables chronic management of chronic diseases of the chronically ill and on-the-go medical examinations without the visit of medical institutions, and by utilizing the underlying network related to chronic disease medical services in which various industries participated, The aim is to provide more effective care and health care systems that can effectively manage infrastructure and relieve the burden of medical costs on the treatment of chronic diseases.

In particular, the present invention measures the biological signals of chronic diseases such as blood pressure, pulse, blood sugar of chronic patients by using a wearable biometric device that can be worn by the patient, to measure the biological signals of the patient without the dispatch of a home nurse or nurse assistant In addition, the image and biosignal measurement data of the patient taken by the camera installed in the home can be transmitted to the central data storage server through the wired / wireless network so that the medical institution can use the data stored in the data storage server in real time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for home telemedicine care services for chronic patients who can remotely monitor a patient's condition.

In addition, the present invention is to monitor the condition of the patient as a result of the abnormal medical care services to the patient or a family doctor, so that the continuous management of chronic diseases without a visit to the hospital or health center, it is difficult to always visit The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system and method for home telemedicine care for chronically ill patients.

In addition, the present invention, if the doctor or nurse can not directly monitor the patient's measurement data or photographing data, it is possible to automatically analyze the data according to a certain standard, and call the doctor or nurse in charge of the analysis results medical services It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for home telemedicine care services for chronically ill patients that can be made or automatically generated and provided to the patient.

The present invention for achieving the above object, home remote home care service system for chronic diseases, wearable biosignal measuring means of the patient wearable form, ECG sensor for measuring electrocardiogram, blood pressure sensor for measuring blood pressure Wearable bio-signal measuring means for measuring the patient's living body with at least one of the blood sugar sensor for measuring blood sugar, respiratory sensor for measuring the respiratory rate, momentum sensor for measuring the amount of exercise and image capture for taking an image of the patient Means and communication means for transmitting the biometric data outputted from said biosignal measuring means and the imaging data outputted from the image capturing means to a data storage server via a wired or wireless network; A data storage server that classifies and stores biometric data and photographing data transmitted from the patient device, and provides biometric data and imaging data for each patient to a medical institution device; And obtaining the biometric data and the imaging data of the patient from the data storage server and outputting them to the screen, and automatically analyzing the biometric data and the imaging data of the patient to generate a medical result, or to call a medical service representative of the patient. Devices for medical institutions; It provides a home remote home care service system for chronic patients, including.

At this time, the apparatus for medical institutions, communication means for connecting to the data storage server, or transmits the medical treatment results to the terminal of the patient; A patient condition monitoring unit which accesses a data storage server through the communication means, acquires biometric data and imaging data of a patient, and outputs the acquired data to a screen or transmits the acquired data to a medical service request unit; A medical service request unit which analyzes the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient transmitted from the patient condition monitoring unit according to a predetermined criterion, and transmits a medical service request message to the terminal of the person in charge when a person in charge is required; It may include.

The medical service request unit may include a database storing medical result information based on a result of analyzing biometric data or photographing data of a patient, and referring to the database, medical result request information on a result of analyzing the biometric data or photographing data of a patient. Can be automatically generated.

And in this case, the medical institution apparatus, the medical treatment result providing unit for receiving the medical treatment result information from the medical service request unit and transmits to the terminal of the patient; It is preferable to further include.

The medical service requesting unit may receive medical result information from a person in charge regarding analysis of biometric data or photographing data of the patient.

In this case, the medical institution apparatus, the medical treatment result providing unit for transmitting the medical treatment result information input from the person in charge from the medical service request unit to the terminal of the patient; It is preferable to further include.

The data storage server may provide biometric data and imaging data of a patient to an authenticated medical institution device or an authenticated user.

The communication means of the medical institution apparatus may perform authentication by inputting authentication information for accessing the data storage server to the data storage server.

Another object of the present invention for achieving the above object is a patient device for measuring the patient's living body by using a wearable bio-signal measuring means of the patient wearable, and taking an image of the patient through the image pickup means, A method of providing home remote home care services for chronically ill patients by using a data storage server for receiving and storing biometric data from the patient device and a device for a medical institution receiving biometric data of the patient from the data storage server, The biosignal measuring means periodically measures one or more biosignals of electrocardiogram, blood pressure, blood sugar, respiratory rate, and exercise amount to generate biometric data, and transmits the biometric data through the wired / wireless network together with the photographing data generated by the image capturing means. A first step of transmitting and storing the data storage server; A second step of the medical institution apparatus accessing the data storage server to acquire biometric data and imaging data of the patient; A third step of the medical institution apparatus automatically analyzing the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient according to a predetermined criterion to generate a medical result or calling a medical service representative of the patient; It provides a home telepathic home care services method for chronic patients, including.

In this case, the third step may include analyzing biometric data or imaging data of the patient according to a predetermined criterion to determine whether a person in charge is required; Calling a representative by transmitting a medical service request message to a terminal of the representative when a representative is required to be called; It may include.

In addition, the third step, the step of receiving the treatment result information from the person in charge and transmitting to the terminal of the patient; It may further include.

The third step may include analyzing biometric data or imaging data of the patient according to a predetermined criterion; By referring to a database that stores medical result information based on a patient's biometric data or photographing data analysis results, automatically generates medical result information on a patient's biometric data or photographing data analysis results, and provides the medical result information of the patient. Transmitting to a terminal; It may be a step comprising.

According to the system and method of home remote home care service system for chronic patients of the present invention, it is possible to continuously manage the chronic diseases of the chronic patients and visit them on the move, even without visiting medical institutions, and use existing medical service related networks. It is effective in reducing the burden of medical expenses on the efficient management of medical resources and the treatment of chronic diseases.

Particularly, according to the present invention, the wearable biometric device that can be worn by the patient is used to measure the biosignal of a chronically ill person such as blood pressure, pulse, and blood sugar of a chronically ill person. The patient's bio-signal can be measured and the patient's image and bio-signal measurement data taken by the camera installed in the home are transmitted to the central data storage server through the wired / wireless network. It can be used to remotely monitor the condition and movement of the patient in real time.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the medical condition of the home nurse or the attending physician is provided to a patient who has an abnormality as a result of monitoring the condition of the patient, not only the continuous management of the chronic disease is possible without the visit of a hospital or a public health center, The difficulty is eliminated, and the data are automatically analyzed according to a certain standard, the doctor or nurse is called for the analysis result, or the medical result is automatically generated and provided, so the doctor or nurse can monitor the patient's condition in real time. Even if there is no emergency, there is an effect that quick action is possible in case of emergency.

Details of the above object and technical configuration of the present invention and the resulting effects thereof will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an in-home remote home care service system for a chronic patient according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the tele-home care service system of the present invention comprises a patient device 100, a data storage server 200 and a medical institution device 300.

The patient device 100 includes a wearable biosignal measuring means 110, an image capturing means 120, and a communication means 130.

The wearable (Wearable) biosignal measuring unit 110 may include an ECG sensor 111 for measuring an electrocardiogram, a blood pressure sensor 112 for measuring blood pressure, a blood sugar sensor 113 for measuring blood sugar, and a respiration sensor for measuring respiratory rate ( 114), one or more bio-signal measurement sensors of the exercise sensor 115 for measuring the amount of exercise, and is provided in a form that can be worn by the patient.

Herein, the form wearable by the patient may mean that the clothes can be worn on the patient's body such as a built-in garment or a belt.

The wearable biosignal measuring unit 110 periodically measures the biosignal of the patient using various biosignal measuring sensors and transmits the biometric data generated accordingly to the communication unit 130.

The image capturing means 120 may be installed anywhere in the living space of the patient, such as an entrance door, and photographs an image periodically or in real time, and provides the photographing data to the communication means 130.

The communication means 130 may be a personal computer of the patient, a mobile phone, an IPTV, or the like, and the biometric data and the imaging data provided from the wearable biosignal measuring means 110 and the image capturing means 120 may be transmitted through a wired or wireless network. It is responsible for transmitting and storing the data storage server 200.

On the other hand, the data storage server 200 may receive only data from the authenticated communication means 130, in this case the communication means 130 stores the authentication information of the patient, or input the authentication information from the patient Can be connected to the data storage server 200 through a predetermined authentication procedure.

The data storage server 200 is a server that classifies and stores biometric data and imaging data transmitted from the patient device 100 for each patient, and provides biometric data and imaging data for each patient to the medical institution device 300. It may be a server installed in the electronic document storage.

In this case, the data storage server 200 may allow only the access of the authenticated patient device 100 or the authenticated medical institution device 300, and may perform a predetermined authentication procedure.

Next, the medical institution device 300 obtains the biometric data and the imaging data of the patient from the data storage server 200 and provides it to a doctor, nurse, and the like, or automatically analyzes the data to call the person in charge and generate an automatic medical treatment result. The device may be configured as a communication unit 310, a patient condition monitoring unit 320, a medical service requesting unit 330, and a medical result providing unit 340.

The communication means 310 is a means for accessing the data storage server 200 or for connecting to a wired or wireless network to transmit a medical result to a terminal of a patient. Here, the terminal of the patient may mean the communication means 130 of the patient device 100, and may be a separate terminal from the communication means 130 of the patient device 100, such as a mobile phone.

On the other hand, when the data storage server 200 allows only the access of the authenticated user, the communication means 310 inputs authentication information for accessing the data storage server 200 to the data storage server 200 to authenticate the authentication procedure. This authentication procedure can be performed automatically or manually by the person in charge.

The patient condition monitoring unit 320 accesses the data storage server 200 through the communication unit 310 to acquire biometric data and photographing data of the patient, and automatically obtains the acquired data or requests a person in charge such as a doctor or a nurse. According to the output or to the medical service request unit 330 serves to deliver.

The medical service requesting unit 330 analyzes the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient transmitted from the patient condition monitoring unit 320 according to a predetermined criterion. Send the request message to have the person in charge enter the medical result, or generate the medical result automatically.

To this end, the medical service requesting unit 330 should have analysis criteria for each patient or disease, criteria for calling a person in charge, and the like, and have a database storing treatment result information for each analysis result to automatically generate treatment results. Can be. In addition, the medical service request unit 330 should have contact information (mobile phone number, e-mail, etc.) for each patient in order to call the person in charge.

On the other hand, the medical service request unit 330 transfers the medical result input from the person in charge or the medical result automatically generated to the medical result providing unit 340.

The treatment result providing unit 340 is responsible for transmitting the treatment result information delivered from the medical service requesting unit 330 to the terminal of the patient, and manages the contact information of each patient. In this case, the contact information of each patient may be a patient's own mobile phone number, and may be replaced with contact information such as a caregiver of the patient.

Next, FIG. 2 is a flow chart sequentially showing a method of home remote home care service for a chronic patient according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the service process by the system shown in FIG. 1 will be described once again sequentially as follows.

As shown, first, the patient device periodically measures a biosignal such as an electrocardiogram, blood pressure, blood sugar, respiratory rate, and exercise using a biosignal measuring means, and photographs a patient's image through an image capturing means (S10). ), Access the data storage server via a wired or wireless network to store the biometric data and the photographing data in the data storage server (S20).

Afterwards, the medical institution apparatus automatically accesses the data storage server by the person in charge or acquires the measurement data and the imaging data of the patient managed by the person in charge of the medical institution or the person in charge, and displays them on the screen (S30). The biometric data and the photographing data are automatically analyzed (S40).

In order to automatically analyze the data, the medical institution device should store information on data analysis criteria for each patient or disease and disease information of each patient, and perform data analysis based on the stored information. For example, the medical institution device may store blood pressure value information (standard value) that is a criterion for determining abnormality as a data analysis criterion for hypertension, and when the blood pressure of the patient is greater than or equal to the reference value when analyzing the data of the hypertension patient, Judgment can lead to an analysis result indicating an abnormal state.

On the other hand, the device for medical institutions can call the person in charge according to the data analysis result so that the person in charge can directly analyze the patient's data and input the result of the treatment, so that the medical service can be provided by the person in charge. Can be provided to

To this end, the medical institution apparatus may have information on a predetermined caller's call criterion, and determine whether the caller is required according to the data analysis result with reference to the corresponding information (S50).

If the person in charge is required, the device for medical institutions transmits the medical service request message to the person in charge of the patient, and calls the person in charge (S60).

After the medical result is input by the person in charge (S70), the medical institution device may transmit the medical result to the terminal of the patient (S80).

Also, in some cases, the device for a medical institution may directly generate a medical result instead of calling a person in charge. That is, the medical institution apparatus automatically generates the medical treatment result information on the biometric data or the imaging data analysis result of the patient by referring to a database storing the medical treatment result information according to the patient's biometric data or the imaging data analysis result. The medical treatment result information may be transmitted to the terminal of the patient (S90).

As those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. Should be. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a block diagram of an in-home remote home care service system for a chronic disease patient according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart sequentially showing a method of home remote home care service for chronic patients according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (9)

As an in-home remote home care service system for chronic patients, A wearable biosignal measuring means that can be worn by a patient, comprising: an ECG sensor for measuring electrocardiogram, a blood pressure sensor for measuring blood pressure, a blood glucose sensor for measuring blood sugar, a respiratory sensor for measuring respiratory rate, and an exercise sensor for measuring exercise Wearable biosignal measuring means for measuring a living body of a patient with at least one sensor, image capturing means for capturing an image of a patient, and biometric data output from the biosignal measuring means and imaging data output from an image capturing means A patient device comprising communication means for transmitting the data to a data storage server via a wired or wireless network; A data storage server that classifies and stores biometric data and photographing data transmitted from the patient device, and provides biometric data and imaging data for each patient to a medical institution device; And A medical institution that acquires the biometric data and the imaging data of the patient from the data storage server and outputs it to the screen, and automatically analyzes the biometric data and the imaging data of the patient to generate a medical result or call a medical service representative of the patient. Device for; Telehealth home care service system for chronic patients, including. The method of claim 1, The medical institution apparatus, Communication means for accessing the data storage server or transmitting a medical result to a terminal of a patient; A patient condition monitoring unit which accesses a data storage server through the communication means, acquires biometric data and imaging data of a patient, and outputs the acquired data to a screen or transmits the acquired data to a medical service request unit; A medical service request unit which analyzes the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient transmitted from the patient condition monitoring unit according to a predetermined criterion, and transmits a medical service request message to the terminal of the person in charge when a person in charge is required; At-home remote home care service system for a chronically ill, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 2, The medical service request unit, A database storing medical treatment result information according to the biometric data or the imaging data analysis result of the patient, and automatically generating medical treatment result information on the biometric data or the imaging data analysis result of the patient with reference to the database; The medical institution apparatus, A treatment result provider which receives the treatment result information from the medical service request unit and transmits the treatment result information to a terminal of a patient; Home remote home care service system for a chronically ill, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 2, The medical service request unit, Receive medical treatment result information from the person in charge for analyzing the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient, The medical institution apparatus, A medical treatment result providing unit which transmits medical treatment result information input from the medical staff from the medical service requesting unit to a terminal of a patient; Home remote home care service system for a chronically ill, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, The data storage server provides biometric data and imaging data of a patient to an authorized medical institution device or an authenticated user, The communication means of the apparatus for medical institutions, At-home remote home care service system for a chronically ill patient, characterized in that for performing authentication procedure by inputting authentication information for accessing the data storage server to the data storage server. A patient device that measures a patient's living body by using a wearable biosignal measurement means of a patient wearable type, and captures an image of the patient through an image capturing means, and receives and stores biometric data from the patient device. A method of providing home remote home care services for chronically ill patients using a data storage server and a device for a medical institution receiving biometric data of a patient from the data storage server, The biosignal measuring means periodically measures one or more biosignals of electrocardiogram, blood pressure, blood sugar, respiratory rate, and exercise amount to generate biometric data, and transmits the biometric data through the wired / wireless network together with the photographing data generated by the image capturing means. A first step of transmitting and storing the data storage server; A second step of the medical institution apparatus accessing the data storage server to acquire biometric data and imaging data of the patient; A third step of the medical institution apparatus automatically analyzing the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient according to a predetermined standard to generate a medical result or calling a medical service representative of the patient; Tele-home care services methods for chronically ill patients, including. The method of claim 6, The third step, Analyzing the biometric data or the imaging data of the patient according to a predetermined criterion to determine whether a person in charge is required; Calling a representative by transmitting a medical service request message to a terminal of the representative when a representative is required to be called; Home remote home care service method for a chronically ill, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 7, wherein The third step, Receiving treatment result information from the person in charge and transmitting the treatment result information to the terminal of the patient; Home tele remote home care service method for a chronically ill, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 6, The third step, Analyzing biometric data or imaging data of the patient according to a predetermined criterion; By referring to a database that stores medical result information based on a patient's biometric data or photographing data analysis results, automatically generates medical result information on a patient's biometric data or photographing data analysis results, and provides the medical result information of the patient. Transmitting to a terminal; Home remote home care service method for a chronically ill, characterized in that it comprises a.

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