JP2018149076A - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nurse call system that allows a patient to recognize a visitor at a stage in which the visitor arrives at the hospital or at the stage in which the visitor comes to the ward.SOLUTION: A nurse call system includes a bed side monitor 5 installed on a bed and a visit reception terminal 6 operated by a visitor to notify a patient that the visitor has come. The visit reception terminal 6 includes an operation part 62 for selectively inputting a patient to be visited, and a visit reception terminal CPU 65 for, when a patient is selectively input and specified, transmitting a visit signal to the bed side monitor 5 associated with the specified patient. The bed side monitor 5 that has received the visit signal notifies the patient while displaying that the visitor has come.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and more particularly to a nurse call system that can notify a patient that a visitor has come in advance.

There is a nurse call system that can notify a patient that a visitor will enter the room before entering the visiting hospital room. For example, in Patent Document 1, a notification button is provided on a corridor lamp installed in front of a hospital room in order to notify the occurrence of a call from a patient, and a nurse call cordless handset is operated by operating this notification button to enter a hospital room. We were able to notify the patient before
On the other hand, there is a nurse call system including a bedside monitor for providing information desired by the patient such as a menu of meals to the patient (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2010-104519 A JP 2002-95707 A

  Since the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is operated in front of a hospital room, the door is often opened before the patient prepares, and the privacy of the patient has not been considered. Even if the patient left the bed and was not in the hospital room, he could not recognize it unless he was in front of the room.

  Therefore, in view of such problems, the present invention can recognize the visitor at the stage when the visitor arrives at the hospital or the stage where the visitor arrives at the ward, and further, when there is no patient in the hospital room Aims to provide a nurse call system that allows visitors to recognize them without entering the hospital room.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 includes a nurse call cordless handset provided for each bed for a patient to call a nurse, and a corridor installed in the hallway for notifying a patient's calling operation. A light, a nurse call master set up at the nurse station for a nurse to answer a call from the nurse call slave, and a controller for controlling communication between the nurse call slave and the nurse call master In a nurse call system having a bedside monitor with a monitor installed for each bed and providing information to the patient, a visitor operates at least one of the entrance of the hospital and the entrance of the ward to the patient. While a visit reception terminal is installed to notify that a visitor has arrived, the controller stores the association between the patient and the hospital room, nurse call slave, and bedside monitor. The information reception unit has a patient selection unit or patient information input unit, and patient information is selected and input by the patient selection unit or patient information input unit. A bedside monitor that reads the attached bedside monitor from the patient information storage unit and transmits a visit signal, and the bedside monitor that receives the visit signal reports or displays that the visitor has arrived And notifying the patient.
According to this configuration, an in-patient can recognize that a visitor will soon enter the room, can prevent a surprising situation such as a sudden opening of the curtain, and can consider patient privacy. In particular, by installing the visit reception terminal at a relatively distant location from the hospital room, hospital ward, or other hospital room, it is fixed until the visitor arrives at the hospital room after the patient has been notified that the visitor has arrived. Because of this time, the patient is ready and fully considers privacy.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the first aspect, the reception reception terminal has a patient information display unit, and the reception notification control unit receives patient information selected by the patient selection unit or the patient information input unit. Once identified, the patient information is displayed on the patient information display unit.
According to this configuration, since the visitor can know the patient's hospital room, the visitor can smoothly go to the patient without asking the person concerned in the hospital.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the first or second aspect, the visit reception terminal includes a visitor information input unit that inputs name information of the visitor, and the visit notification control unit receives the visit signal. The name information of the visitor is attached and transmitted, and the bedside monitor displays the received name of the visitor on the monitor.
According to this configuration, since the patient can know in advance who is coming to visit, the patient can be relieved, and by obtaining information on the visitor, it is easy to grasp the suspicious person, which helps to improve hospital security.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to any one of the first to third aspects, the reception reception terminal and the bedside monitor have a call function, the reception signal is also a call signal, and the bedside monitor is a reception signal. When a call is received, a ringing tone is sounded, and when a predetermined response operation is performed, a call path is formed between the visit receiving terminal and the nurse call cordless handset, thereby enabling a call.
According to this configuration, since the call can be made between the patient and the visitor via the visitor reception terminal, the visitor can recognize that the patient is in the hospital room.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the visit reception terminal includes a camera that images a visitor, and the visit notification control unit is configured to transmit the visit signal. The captured image is transmitted, and the bedside monitor displays the transmitted image on the monitor.
According to this configuration, since the visitor's video is displayed on the bedside monitor in accordance with the notification that the visitor has arrived, the patient can recognize the visitor with the video, and can easily grasp who has come. Is good.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the bedside monitor has a bed leaving operation unit for notifying that the patient has left the bed and is absent, The check-in reception terminal refers to the bed leaving management unit whether the specified patient is absent when the patient selection input is made and the patient is specified. And an absence display unit for displaying the absence determination unit when the absence determination unit determines that the absence determination unit is in the absence state.
According to this configuration, since the visitor who came when the visit destination patient is absent can recognize that the patient is not in the hospital room via the visit reception terminal, it can be grasped before reaching the hospital room and is convenient.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the sixth aspect, the bedside operation unit of the bedside monitor can input at least one of the absence time and the destination, and the absence display unit of the visit reception terminal Is characterized in that, in addition to the display of absence, at least one of absence time and destination is displayed.
According to this configuration, since the time or destination where the patient returns can be grasped even if the patient is not in the hospital room, the visitor does not have to be anxious even if the patient is not present. In addition, since it is not necessary to ask a nurse or the like regarding a patient who is absent, the burden on the nurse can be reduced.
Also, if the destination is displayed, it is possible to go to the displayed location, which is convenient for visitors.

  According to the present invention, an in-patient can recognize that a visitor will soon enter the room, can prevent a surprising situation such as a sudden opening of the curtain, and can consider patient privacy. In particular, if a visitor reception terminal is installed at the entrance of a hospital or ward, it takes a certain amount of time for the visitor to arrive in the hospital room after notifying the patient that there is a visitor, so paying sufficient attention to patient privacy it can.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the nurse call system which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram of a controller. It is a block diagram of a bedside monitor. It is a block diagram of a visit reception terminal.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a nurse call system according to the present invention, wherein 1 is a nurse call slave installed for each bed for a patient to call a nurse, and 2 is a call from a patient in front of a hospital room. The corridor lamp 3 to be displayed is a nurse call master unit installed in the nurse station for the nurse to answer the call from the nurse call slave unit 1, and 4 is the nurse call slave unit 1 and the nurse call master unit 3. A controller 5 for controlling communication between devices such as a bed 5 is a bedside monitor that is installed for each bed and displays various information to a patient, and 6 is a visit reception terminal operated by a visitor.

  The corridor lamp 2, the nurse call parent device 3, the control device 4, and the visit reception terminal 6 are connected to each other by a LAN wiring N. However, signals between devices are relayed by the controller 4 and transmitted. The nurse call slave unit 1 is connected to the corridor lamp 2 through the transmission line L1, and the bedside monitor 5 is connected to the corridor lamp 2 through the transmission line L2.

  The nurse call handset 1 has a gripping handset 1a that is pressed to perform a calling operation, and a plate handset 1b attached to a wall surface, and the handholding handset 1a is connected to the plate handset 1b by a cable. The plate slave unit 1b has a call function for a patient to call a nurse.

  The corridor lamp 2 includes a display lamp 2a for displaying the call from the patient, a patient information display section 2b for displaying the patient name, etc., and communication between the nurse call cordless handset 1 and the controller 4, and a bedside monitor The communication between 5 and the controller 4 is relayed.

  The nurse call master unit 3 includes a handset 3a for responding to a call from the nurse call slave unit 1, a large display 3b for displaying various information including a list of patient information, and a small display for displaying caller information. 3c.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the controller 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 4 stores patient information for storing the relationship between the patient and the hospital room, the relationship between the patient and the nurse call slave 1, and the relationship between the nurse call slave 1 and the bedside monitor 5. Unit 41, a bed leaving management unit 42 for registering and managing bed leaving information, which will be described later, sent from each bedside monitor 5, a controller CPU 43 for controlling the controller 3, a controller communication IF 44 for communicating with each device, and the like. I have.

  FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the bedside monitor 5. As shown in FIG. 3, the bedside monitor 5 includes a monitor 51 composed of an LCD for displaying character information and video, an operation unit 52 composed of a touch panel that is provided on the monitor 51 and performs display switching and input operations, a microphone and a speaker. A call unit 53 (not shown), a memory 54 for storing various display information, a bedside monitor CPU 55 for controlling the bedside monitor 5, a bedside monitor communication IF 56 for communicating with the controller 4, and the like are provided.

  The operation unit 52 of the bedside monitor 5 is provided with a bed leaving operation unit 52a that is operated when the patient is away from the bed due to examination or the like. This bed leaving operation unit 52a is an operation unit for notifying the visitor that he / she is absent when the visitor comes when the patient is away from the bed, and inputs the time until the return or The destination is entered. The destination is input by selecting from a plurality of names registered in the memory 54. For example, “first examination room” is selected and input.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the visit reception terminal 6. As shown in FIG. 4, the visit reception terminal 6 is provided on a monitor 61 composed of an LCD for displaying various information, and a touch panel for inputting a patient name or selecting a patient and selecting a visit destination. Communicating with an operation unit 62, a camera 63 that captures a visitor who is an operator, a call unit 64 having a microphone and a speaker (not shown), a visit reception terminal CPU 65 that controls the visit reception terminal 6, and the controller 4. A visit reception terminal communication IF 66 is provided.
This visit reception terminal 6 is installed at a position where a visitor such as a hospital entrance and a ward entrance always passes and at a certain distance from the hospital room, and is operated before the visitor visits the patient's hospital room. It is installed to be done.

The nurse call system configured as described above operates as follows. However, since the patient calls the nurse by operating the nurse call cordless handset 1 and the operation of the nurse responding to the call is the same as the conventional one, the description is omitted. Here, the operation and operation of the visit reception terminal 6 are omitted. The explanation is centered.
The visit reception terminal 6 is operated by a visitor, and first, selection input of a visit destination patient is performed. For example, if the screen for inputting the patient name is displayed and the name is input, the room number where the patient is located is displayed. At this time, under the control of the visit reception terminal CPU 65, the patient's room number input with reference to the patient information storage unit 41 of the controller 4 is read from the input patient name information and displayed on the monitor 61. .
In addition, the selection input of the visit patient may be configured such that, for example, an initial is input to display a related patient list, and a corresponding patient is selected from the list.

A decision button (not shown) is displayed in accordance with this display, and the next screen is displayed by touching the decision button on which the visitor who has confirmed the room number or the like is displayed. The next screen is a screen for entering the visitor's own information.
For example, the name input section and the number of persons input section of the visitor (representative) are displayed on the monitor 61, the name of one representative is input to the name input section, and the number of persons, for example, “3 persons” is input.

When this input is completed, a visit signal for notifying the patient is generated under the control of the visit reception terminal CPU 65 and transmitted to the bedside monitor 5 of the selected patient. The name information of the visitor that has been input is attached to the visit signal and transmitted to the original bedside monitor 5 of the selected patient via the controller 4 and the corridor lamp 2.
Further, in conjunction with the transmission of the visit signal, the camera 63 of the visit reception terminal 6 is activated and the video (or image) of the visitor captured by the camera 63 is also transmitted.

In the bedside monitor 5 that has received this visit signal, the presence of a visitor is displayed on the monitor 51 under the control of the bedside monitor CPU 55, and the name information and the number of people information attached to the visit signal are read and the monitor 51 is read. Is displayed. Further, the visit signal also serves as a call signal. Upon receiving the visit signal, a ringing tone is generated, and the transmitted video of the visitor is displayed on the monitor 51.
From the name information and video information of the visitor displayed on the monitor 51, the patient can grasp who has come. Further, when the call is received and the bedside monitor 5 is operated (response operation), the controller 4 forms a communication path between the bedside monitor 5 and the visit reception terminal 6, and a call is made between the visitor and the patient. It becomes possible, and the patient and the visitor can talk before the visitor appears in the hospital room.

In this way, since the video of the visitor is displayed on the bedside monitor 5 in accordance with the notification that the visitor has come, the patient can recognize the visitor by the image and can easily grasp who has come. good. In addition, since the call can be made between the patient and the visitor before entering the hospital room, the visitor can recognize that the patient is in the hospital room.
Furthermore, when the visitor inputs his / her name information, etc., the patient can know in advance who will come to the visit, and can be relieved, and by obtaining the visitor's information, the hospital can easily identify the suspicious person. Helps improve security.

Next, a case where a visitor comes to the patient who is out of bed by operating the bed leaving operation unit 52a of the bedside monitor 5 will be described. As described above, when the patient leaves the bed for a certain time due to examination or the like, the patient operates the bed leaving operation unit 52a of the bedside monitor 5, and the destination, absence time, and the like are input, and the input information is controlled. It is registered in the bed leaving management unit 42 of the machine 4.
When the visit receiving terminal 6 receives the above operation and the destination is identified, the floor management unit 42 is referred to under the control of the visit receiving terminal CPU 65 to check whether the patient corresponding to the referred time is in an absent state. . As a result of the examination, if it is determined that the user is in the absence state, the monitor 61 displays that the user is absent.

Specifically, when referring to the bed leaving management unit 42, there is registration information of the corresponding patient. For example, the bed leaving operation unit 52a is referred to at 2 PM, and the registration information of the corresponding patient is 1 to 1:30 PM. If it is registered that there is no time, it will be included in the registered time zone at 2:00 pm, so the visit reception terminal CPU 65 determines that the corresponding patient is absent, and that the absence reception is monitored by the monitor of the visit reception terminal 6. 61. The registered time zone “1:30 pm to 1 hour” is also displayed.
If the destination is also registered, the destination, for example, “first examination room” is displayed in addition to the absence display.

As a result, even if the visit destination patient is not in the hospital room, the return time or destination can be grasped, so that the visitor does not have to worry about the absence of the patient. In addition, since it is not necessary to ask a nurse or the like regarding a patient who is absent, the burden on the nurse can be reduced.
In addition, if the destination is displayed, it is possible to go to the displayed location, which is convenient for visitors.

  The patient who has registered the absence time or registered the destination will perform the deregistration operation when returning, and the cancel signal is automatically sent from the bedside monitor 5 when a preset time has elapsed. The absence registration of the bed leaving management unit 42 is deleted.

As described above, according to the nurse call system, an inpatient can recognize that a visitor will soon enter the room, can prevent a surprising situation such as a sudden opening of the curtain, and the patient's privacy can be considered. Especially when the visitor reception terminal 6 is installed at a position relatively far from the hospital room or hospital room, such as the entrance of a hospital ward, until the visitor arrives at the hospital room Because it takes a certain amount of time, the patient is ready and fully considers privacy.
Moreover, since the visitor can know the patient's hospital room by operating the visit reception terminal 6, the visitor can go to the patient smoothly without asking the persons concerned in the hospital.

In the above embodiment, an operation for inputting the name and the number of visitors is required, but it is also possible to select and input a destination without providing this input unit, and it is understood that the patient has at least a visitor. Yes, it can reduce the operation burden of visitors.
In addition, while the call signal is also used as a call signal, the call can be made and the video is attached and transmitted to the bedside monitor 5, but the call function may not be provided without using the call signal as well. It is not necessary to send the video without providing the camera 63, and as described above, the patient can recognize that someone is coming and be ready.
However, if the captured image of the camera 63 is displayed on the bedside monitor 5, the patient can know who came without the name information of the visitor. It can be reassuring and beneficial.
Furthermore, although the bed management unit 42 for registering the absence information of the patient is provided in the controller 4, it may be provided in the visit reception terminal 6.

  1 ・ Nurse call slave unit 2 ・ ・ Corridor light 3 ・ Nurse call master unit 4 ・ ・ Control unit 5 ・ ・ Bedside monitor 6 ・ ・ Visit reception terminal 41 ・ ・ Patient information storage unit 42 .. Bed leaving management section 43... Controller CPU 51.. Monitor 52.. Operation section 52 a. Bed leaving operation section 53 53 Call section 55 Bed bed monitor CPU 61 Monitor (Patient information display part, absence display part), 62..operation part (patient selection part, patient information input part, visitor information input part), 63..camera, 64..call part, 65..exception reception terminal CPU (visit notification control unit, absence determination unit).

Claims (7)

The nurse calls the nurse call slave set provided for each bed for the patient to call the nurse, the corridor lamp installed in the hallway to notify the patient's call operation, and the nurse call for the call from the nurse call slave set. A nurse call master unit installed in a nurse station to respond, a controller for controlling communication between the nurse call slave unit and the nurse call master unit, and a bed installed for each bed to provide information to a patient In a nurse call system having a bedside monitor with a monitor for
While at the entrance of the hospital and at the entrance to the ward, a visitor reception terminal is installed to notify the patient that the visitor has arrived.
The controller has a patient information storage unit that stores association between a patient and a hospital room, the nurse call slave unit, and the bedside monitor,
When the patient information is selected and input by the patient selection unit or the patient information input unit and the patient selection unit or the patient information input unit and the patient is specified, the visit reception terminal is associated with the specified patient. A visit notification control unit that reads a bedside monitor from the patient information storage unit and transmits a visit signal;
The bedside monitor that has received the visit signal notifies the patient of the arrival of a visitor by reporting or displaying a notification. The visit reception terminal has a patient information display unit,
2. The visit notification control unit displays a patient's room number on the patient information display unit when patient information is selected and specified by the patient selection unit or the patient information input unit. Nurse call system. The visit reception terminal has a visitor information input unit for inputting name information of the visitor,
The visit notification control unit transmits the visitor signal with name information of the visitor attached thereto,
The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein the bedside monitor displays the name of the received visitor on the monitor. The visit reception terminal and the bedside monitor have a call function, and the visit signal is also a call signal,
When the bedside monitor receives the visit signal, it rings a ringing tone, and when a predetermined response operation is performed, a call path is formed between the visit reception terminal and the nurse call cordless handset so that a call can be made. The nurse call system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The visit reception terminal has a camera that images a visitor,
5. The event notification control unit transmits an image captured by the camera in accordance with the transmission of the event signal, and the bedside monitor displays the transmitted image on the monitor. A nurse call system according to any one of the above. The bedside monitor has a bed leaving operation unit for notifying that the patient leaves the bed and is absent, and has a bed leaving management unit that collectively manages the operation status of the bed leaving operation unit,
The visit reception terminal, when a patient selection input is made and a patient is identified, an absence determination unit that determines whether the identified patient is in an absence state by referring to the bed management unit,
The nurse call system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an absence display unit for displaying the absence determination unit when the absence determination unit is determined to be in the absence state. The bedside monitor's leaving operation unit can input at least one of the absence time and the destination,
The nurse call system according to claim 6, wherein at least one of an absence time and a destination is displayed on the absence display unit of the visit reception terminal in addition to a display indicating absence.

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