ES2336993A1 - Fixed device, in the proximity of the patient, for the capture of data regarding the assistance carried out at the same (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve the quality of patient care, as well as the efficiency of the resources used, it is necessary to control the activities that constitute the care process. This device has been invented for the capture of healthcare data referring to patients, and includes: - a radiofrequency presence detector to detect patients and health personnel who carry out health care activities. - a barcode reader that allows to identify medicines, sanitary material, prosthetic material, etc. Marked with barcodes. - a screen and a keyboard to interact the user with the computer application. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Fixed device, in the vicinity of the patient, for the capture of data regarding the assistance made to same.

Technical sector

The research is framed in the sector device technician for data capture, more specifically to capture data related to production or provision of health services to patients admitted to hospital institutions, residences, hospitalization at domicile, or similar.

State of the art

Anywhere in the world, mistakes in the administration of medications to patients admitted to hospital institutions are high, being very important the morbidity, mortality, and costs derived from them.

Regarding other procedures health, with the exception of some studies on errors in the performing inadequate surgical interventions (to the patient wrong, or on the wrong side, ...) have not been disclosed extensive studies on errors in other types of interventions or hospital care, but they are very likely to be so important as occurred in the administration of medicines.

Moreover, to improve the efficiency of Health centers need to know the expenses generated by Each patient and type of pathology treated.

Therefore, at the present time they are looking for systems to record and control medication administration, or the performance of certain sanitary actions. These systems consist of laptops, tablet-PCs, PDAs, or other portable devices that carries the medical staff to the head of the bed of the patient to record the data.

Technical problem raised

Health workers must carry these systems portable to the patient's bedside together with the instruments Working (blood pressure device, thermometer, pulse oximeter, etc), or together with the serum bottles, or the trays that carry the medication, adding difficulties to the care activity of the health personnel.

From the experience itself, it looks like desirable the existence of fixed points in the header of the patients to be able to capture the healthcare data and incorporate them into the computer database located in a computer that acts as a server.

The core management software application of data can control the adequacy of the administration of the medication, or performing the procedure, and notify prior to health personnel if necessary.

For this, the present invention focuses on a fixed device in the vicinity of the patient used to automatically register its identity among other data, that of the healthcare staff, the medication administered, and the sanitary procedures performed.

Advantages provided by the invention

The feature of being a device FIXED is relevant in the sense that it is basically the one that does easily usable by healthcare staff.

The device facilitates identification automatically from the patient and the healthcare staff through a radio frequency system, which avoids identification tasks additional to the health personnel, with the diminution of loads of work that has been coupled, as well as the reduction of errors of transcription.

Moreover, through the code reader of bars, the device easily identifies medications administered to the patient, or sanitary procedures made to it.

Detailed Description of the Device

The present invention relates to a device for capturing healthcare data concerning patients, comprising:

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A presence detector by radiofrequency

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A code reader of bars

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A screen and a keyboard for interact with the user

This device can be complemented or not. with other elements to provide additional functions.

The captured information is processed by a computer application

The device detects by radiofrequency The presence of the patient. If more than one is detected, it emits a flashing warning sound and lights a red light too intermittent. Through the screen and keyboard interaction with the user the system allows to select the appropriate patient, turning off the acoustic and light signals once selected.

By the same method it detects the presence of health personnel, being able to select the right person in case to detect several people (in this case you can select one or several of the people who are in the field of del device, or all personnel detected).

The medication is identified by a code of bars. When approached to the barcode reader the device captures the data and the computer application contrasts it with the database of medical orders. In case you are indicated its administration to the patient, the device emits a soft sound, a green light comes on, and the medication administration In case it is not indicated, emits a loud sound and a red light comes on. In that case administration of the unscheduled medication in the database of medical orders, or you can confirm your administration in spite of everything, in which case it is registered with an alert signal for later review and confirmation as wrong administration, or as proper administration of Unscheduled medication, as appropriate.

Similarly, the realization is recorded at patient of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, or the placement of surgical sanitary material or not.

Claims (3)

1. Electronic device characterized in that it comprises:

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A presence detector by radiofrequency or similar

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A code reader of bars

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A screen and a keyboard for Interact with the user.

2. Electronic device according to claim 1 that serves to capture data concerning assistance performed on the patient 3. Electronic device according to claim 1 characterized by having a fixed arrangement in the vicinity of the patient assistance point (wall, headboard, operating table headboard, or the like).