KR20200079704A - Safety management system for hospitalized patients in medical institution - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a patient safety management system which comprises: a wearable device grasping information of a wearer; a central data storage unit in which the information of the wearer wearing the wearable device is stored; a central information reception unit receiving the information of the wearer from the wearable device; a main control unit grasping a state of the wearer by comparing data received from the central information reception unit and data stored in the data storage unit; a central server including a central information transmission unit transmitting the information of the wearer when the main control unit grasps a problem with the wearer; and a monitoring unit receiving the information of the wearer from the central information transmission unit to cope with a situation. Therefore, patients can be more efficiently managed.

Description

Safety management system for hospitalized patients in medical institution

The present invention relates to a safety management system for inpatients in a medical institution, and more particularly, to a safety management system that can more safely manage medical facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes, and patients using nursing homes such as nursing homes. It is about.

In the past, patients who are admitted to the hospital have nurses equipped with a variety of specific equipment at regular intervals and check the body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, etc. according to the patient to determine the patient's condition, and the nurse enters the biometric information of the checked patient into the computer In this way, the patient's real-time condition was grasped and the patient's biometric information was stored for future use.

However, such a conventional method is a method in which a nurse individually grasps a patient's condition after a nurse moves to a ward with a plurality of equipments at a designated time, and it is difficult to transport the equipment. In addition to having a problem that requires a lot of time because it is necessary to grasp the patient's real-time biometric information such as a heart rate, the patient's biometric information is not uniform by a measurement method when the nurses who acquire each patient's biometric information are different. There were also issues that could appear.

In other words, there was also a problem that not only efficiency and precision were reduced, but manpower was wasted.

Therefore, there is a need for a new patient safety management system that can solve the problems of the conventional patient examination method.

Publication Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0104189 (2016.08.17)

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and a problem to be solved in the present invention is to provide a safety management system capable of more effectively obtaining patient's location information and biometric information.

In detail, it is to provide a patient safety management system capable of quickly responding to an abnormality to a patient by identifying the patient's location information and biometric information in real time, and checking the patient's condition with the identified patient's location information and biometric information. .

The patient safety management system of the present invention for achieving the above object, the wearable device 100 for grasping the wearer's information; A central data storage unit 210 in which information of a wearer wearing the wearable device 100 is stored, a central information receiving unit 220 receiving wearer information from the wearable device 100, and the central information receiving unit ( 220) by comparing the data received from the central data storage unit 210 with the data stored in the main control unit 230 to determine the wearer's state, and when the main control unit 230 determines that the wearer has a problem, the wearer Central server 200 including a central information transmitting unit 240 for transmitting the information of; And a monitoring unit 300 receiving the wearer's information from the central information transmitting unit 240 and coping with an emergency.

In addition, the present invention is to communicate with the wearable device 100 and the central server 200, the relay unit 400 for transmitting the information of the wearer identified in the wearable device 100 to the central information receiving unit 220 It is characterized by further including.

In addition, the wearable device 100 includes a user information acquisition unit 110 consisting of a bio-information acquisition unit 111 for acquiring biometric information of the wearer, and a location information acquisition unit 112 for acquiring location information of the wearer. , It characterized in that it comprises a user information transmission unit 120 for transmitting the information received from the user information acquisition unit 110 to the relay unit 400.

In addition, the monitoring unit 300 is located on each floor of the hospital and in conjunction with the central server 200, the display device 310 for receiving information from the central information transmission unit 240, and the central server 200 And a smart device 320 receiving information from the central information transmission unit 240 in conjunction with.

In addition, the central server 200 further adds a central data input unit 250 through which an administrator inputs a wearer's bio-information threshold used to determine whether the wearable device 100 is abnormal in the central data storage unit 210. It is characterized by including.

In addition, the present invention transfers the wearable device 100 wearer, the boarding information receiving unit 510 receiving the information of the wearer scheduled to be transferred from the central server 200, and the boarding information receiving unit 510 receives A boarding information storage unit 520 in which information of the wearable device 100, which is to be transferred, is stored, and a boarding information confirmation unit that communicates with the wearable device 100 of the boarding wearer to check whether or not the reserved wearer is on board (530), and a vehicle 500 including a confirmation information transmitting unit 540 for transmitting whether the boarding information confirming unit 530 checks for getting on and off of the wearer to be transferred to the central server 200. It is characterized by including.

In addition, the central server 200 includes a boarding information receiving unit for receiving the boarding information of the wearer who is to be transferred from the confirmation information transmitting unit 540, the central information transmitting unit 240 is the transfer received from the boarding information receiving unit It is characterized in that the transfer of the reserved wearer or getting off information is transmitted to the guardian of the reserved wearer.

In addition, the wearable device 100 includes a rescue instruction receiving unit 131 for receiving a rescue instruction signal transmitted from the central server 200 and an adjacent smart device when receiving a rescue instruction signal from the central server 200. It characterized in that it further comprises a structure request unit 130 consisting of a structure request information transmitting unit 132 for transmitting the structure request information.

Since the present invention can check real-time location information and bio-information of a patient wearing a wearable device, there is an advantage that the patient's health state can be more stably managed.

In detail, since it is difficult for a nurse to manage patients in hospitals and Yangyangwon for 24 hours, there is a problem that a patient cannot quickly respond when the patient's condition suddenly deteriorates. By acquiring information, it is possible to respond quickly when the patient's condition worsens.

In addition, since it is possible to check the patient's location in real time, when an abnormality occurs in the measured patient's biometric information, it is possible to quickly locate the patient.

In addition, since the wearer can receive the biometric information and the position of the wearer identified by the wearable device, when placing the relay near the hospital, there is an advantage of checking the biometric information and location information of the patient located outside the hospital.

In addition, since it is possible to determine that an abnormality has occurred only when the patient's biometric information is entered into the central server and the patient's biometric information is outside the stored threshold, there is an advantage that the patient's characteristics can be optimally managed.

In addition, since it is possible to transmit whether or not the patient wears the wearable device to get on or off, the patient can be safely moved.

1 is a block diagram showing a patient safety management system of the present inventor.
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing that the wearer information acquisition unit is formed in the wearable device of the present inventor patient safety management system.
Figure 3 is a table showing the standard patient biometric information input to the central data storage unit of the inventors patient safety management system.
Figure 4 is a block diagram showing that the central data input unit is formed on the central server of the inventors patient safety management system.
Figure 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the input of critical biometric information for each patient in the central server of the patient safety management system of the present inventor.
6 is a conceptual diagram showing biometric information and location information of a patient displayed on a display device of a patient safety management system according to the present inventor.
7 is a conceptual diagram showing biometric information and location information of a patient displayed on a smart device of the inventor's patient safety management system.
8 is a block diagram showing that the inventor is provided with a moving means in the patient safety management system.
9 is a block diagram showing that the rescue request unit is provided in the patient safety management system of the present inventor.

Advantages and features of the embodiments of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be clarified with reference to embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. The same reference numerals refer to the same components throughout the specification.

In describing embodiments of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in an embodiment of the present invention, which may vary according to a user's or operator's intention or practice. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

Hereinafter, a patient safety management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present invention, a person wearing a wearable device is referred to as a wearer or user.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a patient safety management system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the patient safety management system according to the present invention includes a wearable device 100 for grasping wearer information and a central data storage unit 210 in which information of a wearer wearing the wearable device 100 is stored. And, the central information receiving unit 220 receiving the wearer's information from the wearable device 100, and the data received from the central information receiving unit 220 compares the data stored in the central data storage unit 210, the wearer Central server 200 including a main control unit 230 for grasping the status of the controller, and a central information transmitting unit 240 for transmitting information of the wearer when the main control unit 230 determines that a problem has occurred with the wearer, and It comprises a monitoring unit 300 to receive the wearer's information from the central information transmission unit 240 to cope with the emergency situation.

In detail, since it is generally impossible to manage the patient admitted in a hospital with an inpatient facility in close contact for 24 hours, wear the wearable device 100 to the patient to obtain location information and biometric information obtained from the wearable device 100. Based on this, after grasping the patient's condition in the central server 200, when determining that the patient has a problem, by transmitting information indicating that the patient has a problem to the monitoring unit 300, the monitoring unit 300 It is possible for managers such as nurses and doctors to manage patients to solve patient problems.

The patient safety management system according to the present invention communicates with the wearable device 100 and the central server 200 to transmit the information of the wearer identified in the wearable device 100 to the central information receiving unit 220. ) May be further included.

In detail, when the wearable device 100 and the central server 200 directly communicate with each other, since the consumption of energy built into the wearable device 100 can be rapidly achieved, in the present invention, the wearable device 100 is mounted. The location information and the biometric information of the wearer obtained from the wearable device 100 are installed by installing the relay unit 400 in the indoor space of each hospital where the patient is located, the promenade outside the hospital, and the convenience facility. 400) to be transmitted to the central server 200.

At this time, the wearable device 100 may communicate with the relay unit 400 in an RFID method, a Bluetooth method, a Zigbee method, a Wi-Fi method, a WirelessHart method, a Lora method, a Wi-Max method, and a 3G/4G method. , It is recommended to minimize energy consumption of the wearable device 100 used for communication by communicating with the relay unit 400 in a LoRa or BLE method capable of long-distance communication with low power.

That is, by minimizing the energy consumption of the wearable device 100 used for communication, the energy embedded in the wearable device 100 is consumed to prevent the wearable device 100 from being used in an emergency, and the specifications and weight of the battery. To minimize the inconvenience that a patient wearing the wearable device 100 can feel while wearing the wearable device 100.

In addition, in the present invention, the wearable device 100 may have various shapes such as a shape that can be worn on a patient's wrist, a shape that wraps the wearer's neck, and a shape of a vest that wraps the wearer's body, such as a watch, and obtains user information. It is not limited as it is sufficient if it is possible to improve the convenience and the user's convenience.

Also, referring to FIG. 2, in the patient safety management system according to the present invention, the wearable device 100 includes a bio-information acquisition unit 111 for acquiring biometric information of a wearer and a location information acquisition unit 112 for acquiring location information of the wearer ), the user information acquisition unit 110, and the user information transmission unit 120 that transmits the information received from the user information acquisition unit 110 to the relay unit 400.

In detail, the bio-information acquisition unit 111 collects bio-information such as the pulse, body temperature, and blood pressure of the patient wearing the wearable device 100, and the bio-information of the patient collected by the user information transmission unit 120 By transmitting the data to the central information receiver 220, the main control unit 230 compares the patient's biometric information stored in the central data storage unit 210 with the patient's biometric information measured by the wearable device 100. It is determined whether the normal state of the patient, and if the patient's biometric information deviates from a specified threshold value, the position information of the wearer transmitted from the location information acquisition unit 112 to the central information reception unit 220 is sent to the monitoring unit 300 After being transmitted, the manager in charge of the monitoring unit 300 checks the bio-information and location information of the received patient, and then moves to the location of the received patient to enable care of the patient.

At this time, the monitoring unit 300 may be a variety of devices capable of displaying biometric information and location information of a patient received from the central information transmission unit 240 by communicating with the central server 200, in one embodiment It may be a display device 310 and a smart device 320 located on each floor of the hospital.

Once again, when the main control unit 230 of the central server 200 determines that there is a problem with a patient wearing the wearable device 100, the central information transmission unit 240 determines each hospital's The display device 310 installed on the floor and monitored by nurses, and an app interworking with the central information transmitter 240 is installed, so that the patient's living body is transferred to the smart device 320 such as a smartphone carried by a nurse or doctor. Information and location information are transmitted, so that nurses and doctors can quickly respond after checking the received information.

In addition, the wearable device 100 may further include a rescue request sending unit and a rescue request receiving unit.

If the wearer has a problem with the body or suddenly feels discomfort, the wearer can directly request the rescue through the rescue request transmitter.

At this time, the central server 200, after receiving the rescue request from the rescue request transmitter, checks the wearer's location information and bio-information and quickly performs rescue if there is an abnormality in the wearer's bio-information.

If there is no abnormality in the wearer's biometric information, the central server sends a confirmation message for the rescue request to the wearer through the central information transmitting unit 240, wherein the rescue request receiving unit of the wearable device 100 receives the confirmation message Therefore, if the rescue request is requested again through the rescue request sending unit, or if the rescue request for the confirmation message is not confirmed within a predetermined time, the rescue is promptly performed. Through the operation mechanism of the rescue request sending unit, it is possible to prevent waste that may occur due to misdirection of the rescue request in advance, and to perform a rescue request directly in an urgent situation, thereby improving the survival probability of the wearer in an accident. have.

In addition, the wearable device 100 may further include an emergency signal transmitter and an emergency signal receiver.

When there is an abnormality in the wearer's bio-information, the central server transmits an emergency signal to the wearable device 100 through the central information transmitting unit 240, wherein the wearable device 100 receives the emergency signal through the emergency signal receiving unit. You will receive an emergency signal.

When the wearable device 100 receives an emergency signal, it can immediately transmit a certain signal periodically through the emergency signal transmitter and detects the signal that is transmitted even if the wearer's location cannot be accurately determined, thereby easily constructing the wearer. can do.

The biometric information stored in the main control unit 230 of the central server 200 and compared with the biometric information of the patient collected by the wearable device 100 may be general age-specific biometric information, as shown in FIG. 3, In addition to this, as shown in FIG. 4, the administrator 10 enters the patient's bio-information threshold used for determining whether the wearable device 100 is abnormal in the central data storage 210 of the central server 200. The central data input unit 250 is formed so that the administrator can individually store biometric information corresponding to the characteristics of the patient wearing the wearable device 100 in the central data storage unit 210.

In detail, since the bio-information threshold for determining the patient's condition as a normal state may be different in response to the patient's health state, height, age, or presence of disease, the bio-information of the patient suitable for the manager 10 in response to the patient After grasping the threshold, as shown in (a) of FIG. 5, the patient information stored in the central data storage unit 210 is loaded, and then shown in FIG. 5(b) using the central data input unit 250 It is possible to modify the stored patient's biometric information as described.

In addition, in the present invention, the patient's bio-information and location information transmitted to the monitoring unit 300 are displayed on a display device or a smart device as shown in (a), (b), or FIG. 7 in FIG. Alternatively, if the doctor can simultaneously check the biometric information and location information of a specific patient, and the patient's location information is blocked at a certain point in time, so that the patient's real-time location information cannot be grasped, the administrator presses the movement path button on the monitoring unit 300. When clicked, the movement path of the patient over time is displayed as shown in FIG. 6(b) or FIG. 7, so that the patient can be more easily found.

In detail, when a patient wearing the wearable device 100 moves to a position where the wearable device 100 and the central server 200 cannot communicate, or when a problem occurs in which the wearable device 100 is damaged, a nurse or It is possible for a doctor to track a patient's current location based on a patient's movement path identified on the display device 310 or the smart device 320.

In addition, the patient safety management system of the present invention transfers the wearer of the wearable device 100 as shown in FIG. 8, and the boarding information receiving unit 510 receiving information of the wearer who is scheduled to be transferred from the central server 200 And, the boarding information storage unit 520 in which information of the wearer of the wearable device 100 to be transferred received by the boarding information receiving unit 100 is stored, and the wearable device 100 of the wearer of the boarding is reserved. Consists of a boarding information confirmation unit 530 that checks whether the wearer is on board, and a confirmation information transmitting unit 540 that transmits whether the wearer checks in and off the boarding information confirmed by the boarding information checking unit 530 to the central server 200. It may further include a moving means (500).

In detail, a nursing home is a day care center that protects elderly patients who need protection during the day due to senile diseases such as dementia and paralysis on behalf of the family. Patients wearing the wearable device 100 to be used 500 receive the information from the boarding information receiving unit 510 and store it in the boarding information storage unit 520, and the patient in the boarding information checking unit 530 By comparing the worn wearable device 100 and the patient using the vehicle 500 to check whether or not the reserved patient is boarding or disembarking, the patient can be moved more safely, and the boarding information confirmation unit 530 displays the patient's When confirming whether to board or get off, the confirmation information transmitting unit 540 transmits the patient's boarding or disembarking information to the central server 200, and receives it from the central server, and receives it from the central server, based on the information of the guardian stored in the guardian information storage unit The boarding information is transmitted to the smartphone 20 of the patient, so that the patient's guardian does not worry about the patient.

That is, the central server 200 includes a boarding information receiving unit for receiving the boarding information of the wearer who is to be transferred from the confirmation information transmitting unit 540, the central information transmitting unit 240 is the transfer received from the boarding information receiving unit It is characterized in that the transfer of the reserved wearer or getting off information is transmitted to the guardian of the reserved wearer.

In addition, referring to FIG. 9, the wearable device 100 receives a rescue instruction signal 131 receiving a rescue instruction signal transmitted from the central server 200 and a rescue instruction signal from the central server 200. The structure request unit 130 may further include a structure request information transmission unit 132 that transmits the structure request information to an adjacent smart device upon reception.

In detail, when an abnormality occurs in a patient's body, a nurse or a doctor using the monitoring unit 300 takes a certain amount of time to move to a location where the patient is located, or when it is difficult to find an accurate location of the patient, The central server 200 transmits a rescue instruction signal to the rescue instruction receiver 131, and the rescue instruction signal sent to the rescue instruction receiver 131 is adjacent to the smartphone 30 through the rescue request information transmitter 132 It is transmitted to, so that the general public in a location adjacent to the patient wearing the wearable device 100 can help the patient.

At this time, in the case of the general public, since it is not possible to know how to emergencyly treat a patient using the wearable device 100, it is transmitted to the smartphone 30 through the central server 200 and the rescue request information transmitter 132. Needless to say, the rescue request signal may include method data for emergency treatment of the patient.

100: wearable device
110: user information acquisition unit 111: biometric information acquisition unit
112: location information acquisition unit
120: user information transmitting unit 130: rescue request unit
131: rescue instruction receiver 132: rescue request information transmitter
200: central server
210: central data storage unit 220: central information receiving unit
230: main control unit 240: central information transmission unit
250: data input unit
300: monitoring unit 310: display device
320: smart device
400: relay
500: means of transportation 510: boarding information receiver
520: boarding information storage unit 530: boarding information confirmation unit
540: confirmation information transmitter

Claims (7)

A wearable device 100 for grasping wearer information;
A central data storage unit 210 in which information of a wearer wearing the wearable device 100 is stored,
A central information receiving unit 220 for receiving wearer information from the wearable device 100,
A main control unit 230 that compares data received from the central information receiving unit 220 with data stored in the central data storage unit 210 to determine a wearer's state;
A central server 200 including a central information transmitting unit 240 that transmits information of the wearer when the main control unit 230 determines that the wearer has a problem; And
It characterized in that it comprises; a monitoring unit 300 for receiving the wearer's information from the central information transmitting unit 240 to be able to cope with the situation.
According to claim 1,
It characterized in that it further comprises a relay unit 400 for communicating with the wearable device 100 and the central server 200 to transmit the information of the wearer identified in the wearable device 100 to the central information receiver 220. Patient safety management system.
According to claim 2,
The wearable device 100 is
Biometric information acquisition unit 111 for obtaining the wearer's biometric information,
User information acquisition unit 110 consisting of a location information acquisition unit 112 for obtaining the wearer's location information,
It characterized in that it comprises a user information transmission unit 120 for transmitting the information received from the user information acquisition unit 110 to the relay unit 400, patient safety management system.
According to claim 3,
The monitoring unit 300
A display device 310 located on each floor of the hospital and receiving information from the central information transmission unit 240 in conjunction with the central server 200,
And a smart device (320) receiving information from the central information transmitter (240) in conjunction with the central server (200), patient safety management system.
The method of claim 3 or 4,
The central server 200 is
It characterized in that the administrator further comprises a central data input unit 250 for inputting a wearer's bio-information threshold used to determine whether the wearable device 100 is abnormal in the central data storage unit 210, patient safety Management system.
According to claim 4,
A boarding information receiving unit 510 which transports the wearer of the wearable device 100 and receives information of the wearer who is scheduled to be transferred from the central server 200;
A boarding information storage unit 520 in which information of the wearer of the wearable device 100 to be received received by the boarding information receiving unit 510 is stored;
A boarding information confirmation unit 530 that communicates with the wearable device 100 of the boarding wearer to check whether or not the reserved wearer boards,
Characterized in that it further comprises a moving means 500 including a confirmation information transmitting unit 540 for transmitting whether the wearer checks in and out of the boarding information checking unit 530 to the central server 200, Patient safety management system.
The method of claim 6,
The central server 200 is
It includes a boarding information receiving unit for receiving the boarding information of the wearer to be transferred from the confirmation information transmitting unit 540,
The central information transmitting unit 240, characterized in that for transmitting or receiving information of the wearer who is reserved for transfer received from the boarding information receiving unit to the guardian of the wearer, the patient safety management system.

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