JP3212167B2 - Nurse call information transmission system and method of using the same - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nurse call information transmission system which utilizes a patient emergency call (nurse call) system in a hospital. The present invention relates to a nurse call information transmission system capable of performing quick and appropriate nursing care by connecting via a communication system, and a method of using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional nurse call system, a patient in a hospital room can make an emergency call to a nurse at a nurse station even at midnight by pressing a button at hand. The conventional nurse call system will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is a schematic diagram. In the conventional nurse call system, as shown in FIG. 3, a button device 1 serving as a call button for a patient in a hospital room to make a call, and a lighted display at a nurse station in response to a call from the patient. And a nurse call display panel 4.

A specific configuration of the conventional nurse call system will be described. The button device 1 is for calling a nurse when a patient in a hospital room needs an emergency at midnight or the like, and generally has a simple push-button structure. The nurse call display panel 4 receives a call signal assigned in advance to a room number and a name when a call is made from a hospital room, and a lamp that lights and a buzzer sounds in response to the call signal. It is a display board.

[0004] In the conventional nurse call system, especially when the number of nurses in the hospital decreases at midnight, the nurse station in the nurse station at a location away from the hospital room responds to the call of the patient by pressing the button device 1. The lamp of the nurse call display board 4 in the inside lights up and the buzzer sounds at the same time, so that the nurse can cope with the emergency call of the patient.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional nurse call system, when a call is made from a patient, one person is placed in front of the nurse call display panel 4 to confirm which patient is calling. When the above-mentioned occupants are indispensable, and there are calls from a plurality of patients at the same time, there is a problem that one or two nurses who are staying home will be delayed in nursing care.

[0006] In addition, in response to the call of the patient, the nurse goes to the patient's room to see the patient's condition, and in an emergency where a doctor's diagnosis is required, the nurse must go to the location of the internal / external line telephone to make contact. However, there is a problem that it takes time for emergency treatment.

Further, even when the current information such as the condition of the patient is required, the doctor and the nurse can obtain information only from the lighting lamp and the buzzer of the nurse call display plate 4 in the nurse station. was there.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is possible to quickly and easily obtain necessary information regarding a patient by displaying various types of information on an information display monitor of a telephone (cellular telephone) carried by each individual. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nurse call information transmission system and a method of using the same.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nurse call information transmitting system, wherein a button device installed for each patient and the button device are turned on. Then, a nurse call display board that lights up to identify the patient who has turned on, one or more mobile phones including a display unit, and a storage device that stores various information are provided, and the information in the storage device is managed. And a control device for transmitting and receiving information to and from the mobile phone.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for using a nurse call information transmission system, wherein a button device is turned on in a storage device in a control device. When the button device is turned on, information for identifying the patient at the time of storage is stored.
Information for specifying the patient who turned on the button device is called from the storage device, transmitted from the control device to at least one mobile phone, and the information is displayed on a display unit of the mobile phone. I have.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for using a nurse call information transmitting system according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein a storage device in the control unit stores a patient's disease related to the patient's illness. Information is stored, and when the mobile phone instructs the control device to refer to the patient information, the contents of the patient information stored in the storage device are transmitted to the mobile phone and displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone. It is characterized by:

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for using a nurse call information transmitting system according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein a storage device in a control device stores a nurse's care person's information. A schedule is stored, and the control device manages the schedule and notifies the mobile phone of the contents of the schedule.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the button device is turned on, the nurse call display panel lights up so as to specify the patient who has turned on, information for specifying the patient, information on the patient's illness, and information on the nurse. Various information such as a schedule is stored in a storage device in the control device, and the control device manages the various information and transmits / receives to / from one or more mobile phones having a display unit. Various information can be obtained from the display unit, and it is possible to promptly and appropriately cope with the emergency call of the patient.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the button device is turned on, information for specifying the patient who has turned on the button device is called from the storage device and transmitted from the control device to at least one portable telephone. The method of using the nurse call information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein information is displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone, so that not only a nurse call display panel is turned on at the time of an emergency call from a patient, but also at least one of the following: Since the information for identifying the patient who made the emergency call by calling the mobile phone can be displayed on the display of the mobile phone, if the nurse is holding the mobile phone, the nurse will be in front of the nurse call display board. There is no need to be there, and the work efficiency of nurses can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when an instruction to refer to patient information relating to a patient's illness is issued from the mobile phone to the control device, the contents of the patient information stored in the storage device are transmitted to the mobile phone. The method of using the nurse call information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the information is displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone, so that a doctor in charge accesses the patient information from the mobile phone and displays the information on the display unit of the mobile phone. Can give appropriate instructions to nurses and the like who are in the hospital, and can perform nursing quickly and accurately.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the control device manages the nurse's schedule stored in the storage device,
Claims 1 to notify the mobile phone of the contents of the schedule.
The nurse call information transmission system described above is used, so that a nurse can work efficiently according to the schedule if a mobile phone is held. Can be easily grasped, so that contact can be easily made.

[0017]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a nurse call information transmission system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The nurse call information transmission system of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
A nurse call system is constituted by the button device 1 installed near the bed in the hospital room, the intercom similarly including the microphone 2 and the speaker 3 arranged near the bed, and the nurse call display plate 4 provided at the nurse station. A control device 5 that performs processing control of the entire system and stores various information; a mobile phone 7 having an information display monitor 8; and a relay connection device 6 that performs a relay connection between the control device 5 and the mobile phone 7. The mobile telephone system is composed of private branch exchanges (PABX = Private AutomaticBranch Ex).
chager) 9, an extension telephone 10 and an external telephone 11 constitute a telephone line system. Therefore, the information transmission system of the present embodiment is constituted by the nurse call system, the mobile phone system and the telephone line system.

Next, a detailed configuration of each part of the nurse call information transmission system will be described below. First, the button device 1 in the nurse call system is a push button device for a patient in a hospital to call a doctor and a nurse, and the microphone 2 is for listening to a voice of a patient in a hospital room. The speaker 3 is for transmitting voices of a doctor and a nurse to a patient. Also, microphone 2
An intercom including the speaker 3 and the speaker 3 is connected to the control device 5 via a line so that conversation with the mobile phone 7 can be performed.

The nurse call display board 4 has a patient's room number and name written thereon, is provided with a blinking lamp corresponding to the patient's name, and sounds when the patient presses the button device 1 in the hospital room. A buzzer is provided. Therefore, when the patient presses the button device 1, it is possible to immediately recognize from which patient the emergency call (nurse call) is made.

Control device 5 in mobile telephone system
Manages the call signal from the patient in association with the patient's room number, bet number, various information, etc., transmits the call signal to the mobile phone 7 via the relay connection device 6, and It receives the information, processes the information, and controls the connection to the private branch exchange (PABX) 9.
A storage device is provided in the control device 5,
The pathological state of the patient, the schedule of the doctor and the nurse, and the like are stored in advance, and information such as the pathological state and the schedule is managed by the entire apparatus.

The relay connection device 6 is for performing a relay connection between the control device 5 and the portable telephone 7, that is, for transmitting a call signal for connecting to the portable telephone 7 and various kinds of information. The control unit 5 receives an instruction signal or a voice signal from the control unit 7 and transmits it to the control unit 5. still,
The instruction signal from the mobile phone 7 includes a signal for connecting to an internal / external telephone of the telephone line system, a signal for accessing a storage device (database) in the control device 5, and the like.

The mobile phone 7 is held by a doctor or a nurse.
It is for communication between doctors and nurses.
An information display monitor 8 which is a display unit of the mobile phone 7
Is to display the patient's room floor, room number, bed number and various information, to display information such as the patient's pathological condition (condition), and to display the schedule of doctors and nurses. Things. Here, the information display monitor 8
Is a display device (LCD) using a liquid crystal.

PABX9 in the telephone line system is
This is a private branch exchange for connecting information from the control device 5 to internal and external telephone lines. In addition, extension telephone 10
Is a telephone connected to the hospital via a telephone line, and the outside line telephone 11 is an outside line telephone in the hospital and is a PABX 9
And information is transmitted from the control device 5.

A method of using the nurse call information transmission system of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The nurse call information transmission system according to the present embodiment can be used as an emergency call (nurse call) system, a patient information management system, and a nurse schedule management system described below.

An emergency call system as an example of a method of using the nurse call information transmission system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the emergency calling process. When the patient in the sick room pushes the button of the button device 1 to call the nurse (12), the room number and name of the patient are lit on the nurse call display board 4 (1).
3) Further, the buzzer sounds to notify the nurse waiting at the nurse station of the patient's urgency.

Then, a call signal from the patient is transmitted to the control device 5 (14), and the call signal is transmitted to the control device 5.
Transmits a call signal to at least one or more mobile telephones 7 via the relay connection device 6 (1
5). Further, the control device 5 transmits the call signal and simultaneously determines from which patient the emergency call is made, that is, information for specifying the patient (information on the emergency call:
The calling floor, room number, bed number, and other various information) are read out from the storage device and transmitted to the mobile phone 7, and the information is displayed on the information display monitor 8 of the mobile phone 7 (1).
6).

In this case, the transmission is continued for a certain period of time in consideration of the case where the reception of the portable telephone 7 is difficult depending on the area (1).
7). After confirming reception by the mobile phone 7, the reception state is released by operating a switch or the like (18). After canceling the reception, the mobile phone 7 returns to the original state again, and the mobile phone 7 enters the standby state (19) to be able to receive.

When the information regarding the emergency call is received, the portable telephone 7 is connected to the control device 5 via the relay connection device 6, and the line is switched by the PABX 9 to make a call with the telephone of the extension / external line. Can be.
Thus, the nurse in the hospital can use the mobile phone 7 to contact a doctor in charge in the same hospital or a doctor in charge outside the hospital.

Furthermore, an intercom comprising a microphone 2 and a speaker 3 installed in a patient's room as required, enables a doctor and a nurse to communicate with the patient using the mobile phone 7.

The emergency call system can receive a call from a patient using the mobile phone 7 even if the emergency call system is not resident at the nurse center, so that the number of personnel can be reduced, and information on the emergency call can be displayed on the information display monitor 8 of the mobile phone 7. It is possible to obtain the information quickly by using the display.
Because the doctor or nurse can know the patient's condition reliably by talking directly to the patient with the intercom and
There is an effect that prompt treatment can be performed.

Next, the patient information management system will be described. The control device 5 preliminarily stores the patient's temperature information, condition, disease name, etc.
To be sequentially stored in the database.
Thereby, doctors inside and outside the hospital can access the database of the control device 5 and obtain information on the patient's condition.

More specifically, a doctor or nurse inputs a personal identification number, such as a patient number, a room number, a bed number, etc., using the mobile phone 7 to know the condition of the patient from inside or outside the hospital. Then, it connects to the control device 5 through the relay connection device 6, calls up the corresponding information from the information on the patient's condition stored in the storage device of the control device 5, and calls the mobile phone through the relay connection device 6. , And the information is displayed on an information display monitor 8 of the mobile phone 7.

The patient information management system allows the doctor or the like to access the database of the control device 5 using the mobile phone 7 even if the patient's disease name or condition is found in a place without a medical record. (Disease name / condition) can be known, and there is an effect that an appropriate response can be made to a nurse call from a patient.

Next, a nurse schedule management system will be described. First, the schedules of the doctor and the nurse are stored in the storage device of the control device 5. When the schedule time is reached by operating the schedule management program in the control device 5, the corresponding mobile phone 7 is called to notify the schedule time and the schedule information is displayed on the information display monitor 8 of the mobile phone 7. Let it.

The nurse schedule management system manages a schedule such as a doctor by a schedule management program for each person who holds a mobile phone.
Work can be performed without worrying about delays or forgetting during regular nursing work, and there is an effect that work efficiency can be improved. In addition, it is possible to manage schedules for a large number of people, so that a nurse can know the schedule of a doctor in charge using a mobile phone, which has the effect of promptly coping with an emergency.

[0036]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the button device is turned on, the nurse call display panel lights up so as to specify the patient who has turned on, information for specifying the patient, information regarding the patient's illness, nursing care. Since a variety of information such as a person's schedule is stored in a storage device in the control device, and the control device manages the various information and performs transmission / reception with one or more mobile phones having a display unit, a nurse call information transmission system is provided. Various kinds of information can be obtained from the display unit of the mobile phone, and it is possible to quickly and appropriately deal with an emergency call of a patient.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the button device is turned on, information for specifying the patient who has turned on the button device is called from the storage device and transmitted from the control device to at least one mobile phone. The method of using the nurse call information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein information is displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone, so that not only a nurse call display panel is turned on at the time of an emergency call from a patient, but also at least one of the following: Since the information for identifying the patient who made the emergency call by calling the mobile phone can be displayed on the display of the mobile phone, if the nurse is holding the mobile phone, the nurse will be in front of the nurse call display board. There is no need to be there, and there is an effect that the work efficiency of the nurse can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when an instruction to refer to patient information relating to a patient's disease is issued from the mobile phone to the control device, the contents of the patient information stored in the storage device are transmitted to the mobile phone. The method of using the nurse call information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the information is displayed on a display unit of a mobile phone, so that a doctor in charge accesses the patient information from the mobile phone and displays the information on the display unit of the mobile phone. In this case, appropriate instructions can be given to nurses and the like who are in the hospital, and nursing can be performed quickly and accurately.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the control device manages the nurse's schedule stored in the storage device,
Claims 1 to notify the mobile phone of the contents of the schedule.
Since the nurse call information transmission system described above is used, the nurse has the effect of being able to work efficiently according to the schedule if he / she holds the mobile phone. Since the nurse who is present can be easily grasped, there is an effect that the contact can be easily made.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a nurse call information transmission system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an emergency call process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a conventional nurse call system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Button device, 2 ... Microphone, 3 ... Speaker, 4
... Nurse call display board, 5 ... Control device, 6 ... Relay connection device, 7 ... Mobile phone, 8 ... Information display monitor (L
CD), 9 ... Private branch exchange (PABX), 10 ...
Extension telephone, 11 ... External telephone

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A button device provided for each patient, a nurse call display board that lights up when the button device is turned on to identify a patient who is turned on, one or more mobile phones including a display unit, and various types of information. And a control device for managing information in the storage device and transmitting and receiving information to and from the mobile phone. 2. A storage device in the control device stores information for specifying a patient when the button device is turned on. When the button device is turned on, a patient who turns on the button device is stored. 2. The nurse call according to claim 1, wherein information for specifying is called from the storage device, transmitted from the control device to at least one mobile phone, and the information is displayed on a display unit of the mobile phone. How to use the information transmission system. 3. A storage device in the control device stores patient information relating to a patient's illness. When a mobile phone instructs the control device to refer to the patient information, the patient information of the patient information stored in the storage device is read. 2. The method for using a nurse call information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the contents are transmitted to the mobile phone and displayed on a display unit of the mobile phone. 4. A storage device in the control device stores a schedule of a caregiver, the control device manages the schedule, and notifies the mobile phone of the contents of the schedule. A method for using the nurse call information transmission system according to claim 1.