JP2895810B2 - Mobile terminal for home-visit nursing support system - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home-visit nursing support system and a technique related to the construction of the system.
In particular, the present invention relates to a mobile terminal used for home-visit nursing in such a system, in which data can be easily input.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In medical practice, important matters include "treatment" and "diagnosis". Furthermore, nursing is recognized as important in medical practice. Therefore, various systems for supporting this nursing have been conventionally proposed.

[0003] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-114596 discloses an example of a nursing management system. The configuration diagram of the nursing management system shown here is shown in FIG. The purpose of this nursing management system is to input data relating to nursing correctly and without omission, and to facilitate the transition between day workers and night workers.

As shown in FIG. 16, a portable input device 20 is a small computer of an electronic organizer type, and is used for inputting the name of a nurse, the name of a care recipient, the date and time of nursing, and the contents of nursing. It is used for These input data are temporarily stored in the memory of the portable input device 20 and then at a predetermined time by the optical communication by the host computer 1.
1 is transmitted. The host computer 11 extracts the information required for the takeover from the data, summarizes the information in a table, and displays the table on the display device 12. Further, these data can be printed by the printer 13.

[0005] As described above, the nursing management system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-114596 is mainly used for facilitating nursing in hospitals and clinics.

However, in recent years, so-called home-visit nursing has been performed by various organizations for the purpose of nursing for a certain period of time after leaving the hospital or nursing patients who do not need to be hospitalized. Therefore, a system for making this so-called home-visit nursing smoother is required. For example, FIG. 17 shows an example of a home-visit nursing system using a mobile terminal. As shown in FIG. 17, prior to home-visit nursing, patient data to be visited is first transmitted from a personal computer to a portable terminal. This transmission takes place at the nursing station. Next, the visiting nurse visits the patient's home with the portable terminal, and inputs the patient's condition and the like to the portable terminal as a result of nursing. Then, after the visiting nursing is completed, the patient data is transmitted from the portable terminal to the personal computer at the nursing station. Thus, the patient data in the personal computer is updated. The system shown here can output the desired data immediately with a simple and high-speed search function, and greatly improves the work efficiency of nurses.

[0007]

As described above, in the conventional home-visit nursing support system, the patient data is downloaded to the portable terminal or the patient data inputted to the portable terminal is uploaded to the personal computer mainly on the personal computer. Thus, centralized management of patient data is possible.

However, a system for supporting nursing while downloading patient data from a personal computer to a portable terminal or uploading the data to the personal computer has, after all, the same configuration as a conventional support system performed in a hospital. Things.

For example, FIG. 18 shows a nursing support system used in hospitals and clinics. The system shown here is a system including a host computer and a pen input type portable terminal that exchanges data with the host computer through an IC card or the like.

The visiting nursing support system shown in FIG. 17 carries the terminal of the nursing support system in the hospital shown in FIG. 18 when visiting. However, in actual home-visit nursing, the nursing work that must be performed for each patient is far more diversified than for patients in a hospital, and the environment of the place where the patient is treating varies greatly from patient to patient. Also, unlike hospital systems, the interval between home-visit nursing is generally long (once every few days, once every few weeks, etc.), so items to be sent between nurses and check items are extremely complicated. Tends to be. Therefore, a system having a fine-grained function for further supporting home-visit nursing is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an excellent home-visit nursing support system for performing more efficient and smooth home-visit nursing.
And related technologies.

[0012] In particular, it is an object of the present invention to make it easier to input data on a portable terminal carried during home visit nursing in such a home visit nursing system.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal for a home-visit nursing support system which is used in a home-visit nursing support system and is carried at a patient's home. Input screen display means for displaying an input screen for inputting, wherein the input screen includes a plurality of input item fields for inputting the data, and a plurality of lower-order checks provided corresponding to each of the input item fields. If a check is entered in a lower check column that is classified into a predetermined number of groups and all lower check columns belonging to the same group among the check columns, the check is automatically performed. And a higher-order check column provided for each of the groups. The lower-order check column corresponds to the input item corresponding thereto. To a portable terminal for home nursing assistance system, characterized in that automatically check if the entered data is input.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the lower-order check box includes:
The default nursing care support system according to the first aspect of the present invention is characterized in that default data is displayed in advance, and when it is desired to input the default data, a check can be input in the lower check box. It is a mobile terminal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the number of groups is one, only one upper-level check column is provided, and when no check is input in the upper-level check column, A first or second mobile terminal for a home-visit nursing support system according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, further comprising a warning unit that issues a warning that all data has not been input when the user tries to end the input. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the input screen includes a top-level check field in which a check is automatically input when a check is entered in all of the upper-level check fields. A first or second warning means for issuing a warning that all data has not been input when the data input is to be terminated when no check is entered in the column. It is a portable terminal for the home-visit nursing support system of the present invention.

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[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 Basic Configuration and Basic Operation of Visiting Nursing Support System FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a visiting nursing support system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention and the flow of its operation. ing. As shown in FIG. 1, a server 100 for controlling the entire home-visit nursing support system is provided in, for example, a home-visit nursing station or a clinic. The server 100 manages patient data, information on the history of nursing performed on the patient, and the like. Further, in response to an operation or request from the outside, the patient data and nursing history information managed by the server 100 are output to the outside and provided for printing or the like. As a result of this printing or the like, a list of patients, a list of actual care results, a list of follow-up observations, and the like can be printed.

This home-visit nursing support system uses the server 1
00 and a plurality of portable terminals 102 that can be connected to the server 100 via a LAN or a line. The portable terminal 102 uses a so-called pen PC and is configured to be easily operated by anyone. (Hereinafter L
An example is shown for the case of AN connection. First, before performing home-visit nursing, the nurse connects the portable terminal 102 to be carried out with home-visit nursing to the server 100. Then, the patient data (including the information of the nursing history) regarding the patient to be visited at home is downloaded from the server 100. This download is performed by the nursing schedule system 10 in order to reduce the administrative burden on the nurse.
The patient data indicated by 4 is automatically selected,
The patient data is downloaded to the portable terminal 102.

A characteristic of the present embodiment is that the patient data is automatically downloaded according to the schedule without any particular instruction from a nurse. Furthermore, once downloaded, the patient data is set with an update-impossible flag, so that other nurses cannot download and rewrite and update the data. As described above, in the present embodiment, once the normal download is performed, the update impossible flag is set, so that the patient data may be updated doubly or the data may be erroneously destroyed. Can be reduced. That is, the program for downloading patient data, when receiving a request for downloading patient data, checks whether or not the update impossible flag is set,
If it is set, it will not allow downloads.

Specifically, in the server 100, a table storing the update flag of the data for each patient is created, and the flag is set by downloading the patient data.

After the patient data is downloaded, the nurse disconnects the portable terminal 102 from the server 100 and goes to the patient's home for home-visit nursing. At the patient's home, predetermined nursing is performed using the portable terminal 102, a record thereof is kept, and a record of the patient's physical condition (including illness symptoms) is also made using the portable terminal 102.

When the home-visit nursing is completed, the nurse enters the portable terminal 102 on which the nursing record and the physical condition of the patient are recorded.
To the server 100 again. Then, the newly recorded information is stored and stored in the server 100.

As described above, the update impossible flag is set in the patient data. However, if the patient data is uploaded from the nurse who downloaded it properly,
The patient data is updated, and the update-impossible flag is also released. The release of the update impossible flag is also performed by a patient data upload program.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the patient data and nursing history data are managed intensively in the server 100 provided in the nursing station and the like. And the like are downloaded to the portable terminal 102, and the portable terminal is carried at the patient's house. Therefore, even when handling a large number of patients,
All data can be managed efficiently,
Since the necessary patient data is automatically downloaded to the portable terminal 102 based on the nursing schedule system 104, the management burden on the visitor is greatly reduced. Further, at the patient's home, the nurse inputs nursing data and the physical condition of the patient to the portable terminal 102, and connects the portable terminal 102 to the server 100, so that the prescribed nursing performed in the home-visit nursing, Can be newly registered in the server 100. Furthermore, since the patient data and the like intensively stored in the server 100 can be easily viewed by an external operation, a home-visit nursing support system capable of easily managing the entire home-visit nursing is provided. Is done.

Schedule management function of home-visit nursing As described above, in this home-visit nursing support system,
Before the nurse leaves for home-visit nursing, a predetermined mobile terminal 10
2 was connected to the server 100 via LAN, and patient data was downloaded to the portable terminal 102 based on the nursing schedule. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the detailed operation of downloading the patient data. As shown in FIG. 2, the setting of the visit schedule and the change of the visit schedule are performed at any time in steps S2-1 and S2-2 as needed. In this way,
The schedule file representing the created visit schedule has a configuration including a date, a time, and a patient name, as shown in the tabular portion of FIG. Although not shown in this table, the name of the visiting nurse for the patient is also recorded in the schedule file. In FIG. 1, a nursing schedule system 1 for managing such a schedule file
Although the description has been made assuming that the nursing schedule system 104 is configured separately from the server 100, it is also preferable to realize the nursing schedule system 104 as a function inside the server 100. In any case, the server 1
00 downloads predetermined patient data to the portable terminal 102 based on the contents of the schedule file (see FIG. 2) managed by the nursing schedule system 104.

Next, a description will be given of how patient data on visiting care on August 1, 1995 is downloaded, for example. First, in step S2-3, a pen PC, which is the portable terminal 102, is connected to the server 100 via a LAN, and the portable terminal 102 is started up. Then, the nurse tries to download the patient data of the patient scheduled to visit today (August 1, 1995) from the server 100.

Then, the server 100 changes to the portable terminal 102
Activates the patient search process based on the download request from. At this time, the download operation differs depending on whether the nursing schedule function is operating. Step S
At 2-5, it is checked whether or not the schedule function is operating. If the schedule function is not operating, patient data to be downloaded is selected by manual input of a nurse.

On the other hand, if the schedule function is operating, the nurse inputs the range of the schedule to be downloaded in step S2-6. This input is, for example, 1
The nurse inputs from the portable terminal 102 for four days from August 1, 995, that is, until August 4, 1995.

Then, the server 100 refers to the contents of the schedule file managed by the nursing schedule system 104 and finds out the name of the patient to be visited by this nurse between August 1, 1995 and August 4, 1995. Extract. For example, based on the schedule file shown in FIG. 2, there are three patients A, B, and C. The server 100 sends the three patient names A, B, and C to the mobile terminal 102,
Ask the nurse to confirm. (Step S2-7).

The nurse looks at the displayed patient name and determines whether addition / deletion is necessary. The purpose is to promptly respond to a case where a patient's request suddenly necessitates visiting care and a case where a patient suddenly comes to the hospital. If the nurse determines in step S2-8 that there is no need to add or delete a patient,
In step S2-9, the patient data of the patient corresponding to the currently selected patient name is downloaded from the server 100 to the portable terminal 102. This data is generally called a patient master. That is, as schematically shown in FIG. 2, patient data of a predetermined patient, nursing history information, and the like are downloaded from a file of a server-side patient master to a patient master of a pen PC serving as the portable terminal 102. -ing

On the other hand, if the nurse determines in step S2-8 that it is necessary to add a patient, the nurse inputs a patient name in step S2-10 to retrieve patient data. Is performed. In the present nursing at-home nursing support system, since the name of the patient is searched for by the kana name matching search, the nurse inputs the name of the patient. This step S2-10 is also performed when it is determined in step S2-5 that the schedule function is not operating. That is, when the nursing schedule system 104 is not functioning, the names of all patients to be visited are input by the nurse.

Conversely, if the nurse determines in step S2-8 that the patient needs to be deleted, a deletion process is performed in step S2-11. The deletion process is a process in which the server 100 removes a predetermined patient name from candidate target patients in response to a deletion request input by a nurse on the mobile terminal 102.

Step S2-10 or step S
In any of the cases 2-11, the list of patient names after addition / deletion is again displayed from the server 100 to the portable terminal 10.
2 and the name of the subject patient is
Is displayed to the nurse. As a result, in step S2-12, the confirmation of the patient to be visited for nursing care by the nurse is performed again. Then, as a result of this confirmation, it is again determined in step S2-8 whether addition or deletion of the patient is necessary or not, and
The same processing as the processing described above is performed again.

As described above, in the home-visit nursing system according to the present embodiment, in principle, each operator (nurse) operating each portable terminal 102 does not specify his own patient name and downloads data. In other words, the patient data is automatically downloaded according to a predetermined nursing schedule. Therefore, the work before departure to home-visit nursing can be simplified, which contributes to reducing the administrative burden on nurses. Of course, even in the case of a sudden schedule change or the like, the nurse can add or delete a patient name as described above, so that it is possible to respond flexibly.

Embodiment 2 Data Input Function Hereinafter, a data input function which is a characteristic feature of the present embodiment will be described.

As described above, the home-visit nursing system in the present embodiment is a system centered on the server 100 and the portable terminal 102. The mobile terminal 102 according to the present embodiment inputs various data at the patient's house.

The characteristic of the input method of the portable terminal 102 is that it is possible to easily confirm whether or not the input has been performed securely, and employs a method of easily inputting. This is because the portable terminal 102 is used particularly for the purpose of nursing related to human life, and therefore, a method of easily and surely inputting data is desirable.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an input screen displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the portable terminal 102. As shown in FIG. 3, the input screen includes an input area in which input fields for inputting predetermined data are arranged, and a check for checking whether data is input in each input field. And a check area in which boxes are arranged. What is characteristic in the present embodiment is that the check box group included in the check area has a hierarchical structure.

In order to control a check box on the input screen (FIG. 3) of the portable terminal 102, the portable terminal 10
A control file as shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the storage device 2. A control file for controlling the check box group stores one line of control information for each check box. The first line in FIG. 4 represents the item name of the control information of each check box. Here, the first, second, and third are symbols for indicating the hierarchy of the check box, and the “previous value display category”, the “check required category”, and the “input required category” are the third as described later. This is a flag indicating the function of the check box included in the hierarchy.
Then, the check boxes of the first and second layers are:
Information on “previous value display category”, “check required category”, and “input required category” is not stored, and the item name corresponding to the check box is stored. Hereinafter, this item name is also used as the name of the corresponding check box itself.

On the second line, a check box corresponding to the item name "About the patient's medical history" is shown. This check box exists in the first hierarchy. In the present embodiment, the first code is a numerical value other than “00” and the second code is
If the third code is “00”, the check box indicates a check box of the first hierarchy. Also,
When the first and second codes are values other than “00” and the third code is “00”, it indicates a check box of the second layer. If any of the first, second, and third codes is a value other than “00”, it indicates a check box of the third hierarchy. As shown in FIG. 4, the third row shows a check box “medication information” in the second hierarchy. This “medication information” is a check box located below the first-layer check box “About the patient's medical history”. And FIG.
As shown in the fourth to sixth lines, three check boxes are provided in the third hierarchy. The three third-layer check boxes are check boxes provided below the second-layer check box “medication information”. The check boxes in the third hierarchy are check boxes provided corresponding to the respective input fields included in the input area as shown in FIG.

That is, in this embodiment, the check boxes on the third level correspond to the respective input fields in the input area,
The second hierarchical check box is provided with a predetermined item name (for example, “medication information”) above the multiple third hierarchical check boxes collectively for each predetermined group. For example, as shown in the seventh row of FIG. 4, the check box “information on treatment” on the second hierarchy is replaced with the check box “medication information” on the second hierarchy.
Similarly to the above, it is provided under the check box “About the patient's medical history” on the first hierarchy. Under the check box “Information about treatment” on the second level, 2
There are three third-level check boxes. The two third-layer check boxes correspond to the respective input fields in the input area, similarly to the three third-layer check boxes (provided below the second-layer check box “medication information”). This is a check box provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the check boxes of the third hierarchy have various flags for the attributes of the corresponding input fields. For example, "previous value display category"
Is a flag indicating whether or not to display the previously input value in the input field as a default value. When this value is “1”, the previously input value is displayed in the input field. However, if it is "0", it means that the previously input value is not displayed in the input box (a blank is displayed). On the other hand, the “check required category” is a flag indicating whether or not the operator needs to check the check box of the third hierarchy. When the value is “1”, the operator checks the check box. This means that the box must be checked to indicate that the entry has been completed. Also,
If the value is “0”, it means that the operator does not always need to check the box. The “input required category” is a flag indicating whether or not the operator needs to input the value. When the value is “1”, the value must be input. This means that if the value is “0”, it is not necessary to input data. For example, the check box of the third hierarchy shown in the fourth row of FIG. 4 is a case where the data previously input in the input field corresponding to this check box is displayed in advance as a default value, and the value is used as it is. It is an essential requirement that the operator put a check in the check box of the third hierarchy. Also, unlike the check box shown in the fourth line of FIG. 4, the check box shown in the fifth line does not previously display the data entered in the corresponding input field as the default value in advance. do not do.

When an input screen is displayed on the screen of the portable terminal 102 in order to actually input predetermined data, first, predetermined control information is read from the control file and stored in the memory of the portable terminal 102. A certain table is built on top. FIG. 5 shows how this table is constructed. As shown in FIG. 5, this table is added to the information of the above-mentioned control file and the information of each check box to fill in each flag of the checked section and the inputted section corresponding to each check box. And a work area. This work area indicates what processing has been performed on each check box, and is a work area for storing the state of the input operation. Here, the checked category is a flag indicating whether or not a check is input in the corresponding check box. When the value is “0”, the check is not input, and the value is If it is “1”, it means that the check has been input. The input division is a flag indicating whether or not data has been input, and the value is “0”.
Indicates that data has not been input, and if its value is “1”, it indicates that data has been input.

After a certain table is constructed on the memory in the portable terminal 102, the portable terminal 10
The input screen is displayed on the screen 2. When the input screen is displayed, previously input data is read from the history file in the mobile terminal 102, and previously input data is displayed in advance in a required input field as a default value. FIG. 6 shows how the input screen is displayed.
Is shown in This input screen is displayed in the check area so that the check boxes indicate the levels according to the levels of the control information recorded in the control file. As shown in FIG. 5, this control information is previously loaded on the memory, so that the data is actually read from the memory.

Next, based on the previous value display section of the control information, the default value of each input field is displayed as needed. As described above, the previous value display category indicates whether or not the previously input data is to be displayed as a default value. The predetermined previously input data is displayed as a default value in each of the corresponding input fields.

Next, "1" is set to the input section of the work area (see FIG. 5) corresponding to the check box whose input required section in the information of the control file is "0". That is, since input is not mandatory in the input field corresponding to the check box whose input required section is “0”, “1” is set in the input section of the work area in advance, so that there is no input. Even in such a case, such a handling is performed in order to treat it as being already input.

On the other hand, in the information in the control file, the input column corresponding to the check box whose check required section value is “0” has “1” in the input section (see FIG. 5) of the work area. Is set. This is because the check box is not necessarily required for the input field corresponding to the check box in which the value of the check required category is “0”, and the check is completed by setting the value of the input category to “1”. They are treating them in a simulated way.

As described above, as shown in FIG. 6 (similar to FIG. 3), the check area composed of the check boxes displayed hierarchically, An input area composed of input fields provided in one-to-one correspondence is displayed on the screen. In the present embodiment, only the check box of the third hierarchy included in the check area is a check box checked by the operator,
The operator does not input the check in the first and second hierarchical check boxes. The check boxes on the first and second layers are check boxes for displaying whether or not all the check boxes belonging to the lower layers have been checked. That is, a check is automatically input to indicate whether or not predetermined data has been input in the input field corresponding to only the check box in the third hierarchy.

Next, data input and a check for the data are performed using this input screen. An explanatory diagram showing this state is shown in FIG. Data input is performed by a stylus pen, a mouse or a keyboard as shown in FIG. In the portable terminal 102, input is mainly performed with a stylus pen at a patient's house, but a mouse or keyboard may be connected at a nursing station or the like.

First, data is always input to an input field corresponding to a check box in which the value of the required input section is "1". When data is input to this input field by the operator, "1" is added to the input division on the table developed on the memory as shown in FIG.
Is set, and "1" is set in the checked section regardless of the value of the check processing section.

If data is entered in the input field corresponding to the check box whose check required category value is "1", it is regarded as checked at the same time as the input, and "1" is set in the checked category. You. If the value of the check required category is “0”, “1” has already been set in the work area of the checked category as described above, and therefore, when the operator completes the data input, The check is automatically input to the check box of the third hierarchy automatically.

On the other hand, if the previously input data is displayed as a default value in the input field corresponding to the check box whose value of the previous display category is “1”, the operator writes this as a new value. In the case of replacement, a check is automatically input to the check box of the third hierarchy after the input is completed in the same manner as described above. This eliminates the need for the operator to manually input the check. Of course, in order to realize more reliable data input, a configuration in which an operator manually inputs a check may be considered in principle. Conversely, when inputting the same value as the previously input value, the operator can input data simply by inputting a check in a check box corresponding to the input field. At this time, "1", which means that the input has been completed, is set in the input completed section of the work area.

In this way, all the inputs or checks in the input fields are completed, and a check is entered in each of the check boxes on the third hierarchy (work area (checked category in the table shown in FIG. 5). When,
When all the values of the (entered categories) are “1”, a check is automatically input to the check box of the second hierarchy under a certain condition. That is, each of the check boxes of the second hierarchy is automatically set to the check box of the second hierarchy when all the check boxes of the third hierarchy provided below are checked. Is entered in the check box. That is, the check box of the second level is automatically checked.
Inputting means that the check is input to all of the check boxes of the third hierarchy provided below the check box.

The same control is applied to the check box on the first level. That is, when all the check boxes of the second layer provided below the check box are checked, the check boxes of the first layer The check is automatically entered in the.
That is, the fact that a check is automatically (automatically) input to the check box of the first hierarchy means that the check is input to all of the check boxes of the second hierarchy below the check box. . This means
This also means that the check boxes are entered in the check boxes of all lower third layers.

As described above, the portable terminal 102 according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which the check boxes are provided corresponding to the respective input fields on the input screen to check whether the data has been input. doing. In particular, this check box has a hierarchical structure, and the check is automatically input to the upper check box only when all the checks are input to the lower check boxes. For this reason, it is possible to quickly find a case where the user has forgotten to input data in any of the input fields, and it is possible to save the trouble of inputting data by displaying a previously input value as a default value. is there.

Further, in this embodiment, if it is determined that the check is not entered in the check box of the first hierarchy, it is determined that the input is to be ended without checking this check box. Was configured to display a warning message on the screen. The warning message is desirably a message that alerts the operator about the presence of uninput data, such as “There is uninput data. Do you want to end the input?”. This message may cause the operator to notice that he or she has forgotten the input, and may retry the input, or if it is not necessary to enter the information in the input field, a warning message Can be ignored and the input terminated.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the check boxes for managing inputs are configured in a hierarchical structure, so that forgetting to input can be prevented beforehand, and safe and reliable data input can be performed. It is possible. In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, by overviewing the status of the input / check from the upper layer, it is possible to easily confirm the input screen when the input screen extends over several pages.

Embodiment 3 Hereinafter, another preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The third embodiment also relates to the data input function on the portable terminal in the home-visit nursing support system, as in the second embodiment. Also in the data input function according to the third embodiment, specific means are realized by a CPU in a portable terminal and a program executed by the CPU (more precisely, a memory in which the program is stored). I have.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of control information used in the data input function according to the third embodiment. As shown in this figure, the control information according to the third embodiment has substantially the same structure as the control information according to the first embodiment. Compare with FIG. 4 showing the control information of the data input function according to the second embodiment. A characteristic of the control information according to the third embodiment is that the item name is provided for all the items in addition to including the hierarchical information and the input / output control flag for each item. It is. In the second embodiment, the names of specific items are held as control information only for the items belonging to the first and second hierarchies. Was not included in the control information but was stored in another file or the like. As shown in FIG. 9, since the names of the items are provided independently for each item included in the first to third layers, there is an advantage that the relationship between the items becomes clear.

The relationship between the items included in the first, second, and third layers is almost the same as in the second embodiment. For example, in the item “About the patient's medical history”, the information of the first layer is “01”, and the information of both the second and third layers is “00”.
This is a hierarchical item. The item name “medication information” is a second-level item because only the third-level information is “00”. On the other hand, the items “outpatient method”, “medication method”, and “medication” are the items of the third hierarchy.

The input / output control flag according to the third embodiment
That is, "previous value display category", "check required category",
The meaning of each flag of the “input required category” is described in the second embodiment.
Is the same as For example, the item “visit to hospital” is an item that displays previously input data as a default value because the “previous value display category” is “1”. Further, since the “check required category” is “1”, the operator needs to check a check box corresponding to this hospital visit method. Further, since the “input required category” is “1”, it means that the operator needs to input the value. As in the second embodiment, the input / output control flag is set only for items belonging to the third hierarchy, and only the names of items belonging to the first or second hierarchy are defined. Therefore, the value of the input / output control flag has not been determined. This is because the items belonging to the first layer or the second layer do not receive actual values, but only serve to classify the items belonging to the third layer.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an input screen for data input of the portable terminal according to the third embodiment. The state of the input screen shown in FIG. 10 is almost the same as that of the second embodiment (see FIGS. 3 and 8).

As in the case of the second embodiment, there are two areas: a check area in which check boxes and item names are displayed, and an input area in which actual data is input. The check area displays a check input field and first and second hierarchical check boxes in which the check is automatically displayed when the check is input. The input area has a plurality of input fields into which actual data is input. Reading of Control Information Hereinafter, in the data input function according to the third embodiment, an operation of reading control information before an input screen is displayed will be described with reference to a flowchart.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of reading control information. First, step S2
At 2-1 the control information reading program clears the control information reading area and the work area. The control information reading area and the work area are both areas in the memory of the portable terminal, and these areas are cleared before reading the control information.

Next, in step S22-2, the reading program reads control information one by one. Specifically, the control information shown in FIG. 9 is read line by line. The read control information is sequentially developed on the memory as shown in FIG. The development on the memory is almost the same as that of the second embodiment. For example, data as shown in FIG. 5 is developed on the memory. In other words, the cable developed on the memory is composed of the control information itself read from the control information file and a work area for storing the operation status for the item. The work area (1) is a checked section as in the second embodiment, and the work area (2) is an input checked section.

In step S22-3, it is checked whether or not all the contents of the control information file have been read.
As a result of this inspection, when all the control information has been read,
End processing is performed in step S22-4.

If it is determined in step S22-3 that the process is not completed, it is checked whether the control information read in step S22-5 is information of the third hierarchy. As a result of this inspection, if the information is on the third hierarchy, the process proceeds to the next step S22-6, but if the information is not the third hierarchy, the process proceeds to step ST22-2.

In step S22-6, it is checked whether or not the value of the read required category is "0" for the read control information. As a result of this inspection, when the value of the check required category is “0”, the next step S22-7
However, if the value of the check required category is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S22-8.

In step S22-7, "1" is set in the checked section of the work area (1).
This is because the value of the check required section is “0” from the currently read control information, so that it is not necessary to perform a check, so that the checked section is set to “1” and excluded from the check target. .

In step S22-8, it is checked whether or not the required input section is "0". As a result of this inspection, if the value of the required input section is “0”, the process proceeds to step S22-9. If the value of the required input section is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S22-9. The process returns to -2.

In step S22-9, "1" is set in the input section of the work area (2). This is because the input is not mandatory, so the value of the input classification is "1"
By doing so, it is a pseudo input form.

As described above, also in the third embodiment,
As in the second embodiment, the values of the checked category (1) and the input category (2) are set for the items belonging to the third hierarchy. The work area (1) where “1” is not set in the flowchart shown in FIG.
In (2), all “0” are set. For this reason, “0” is set for both the checked section “1” and the input section “2” of the items belonging to the first and second layers.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of displaying the input screen.
Is shown in As described in FIG. 11, the control information is first read from the file, and the data of the control information file is stored in the form of a table on the memory.

Then, in step S23-1 in FIG. 12, the work area on the memory is cleared prior to the display of the input screen. This work area is referred to as a “current work area” in the third embodiment, and is a work area in which data to be input by data input is stored.

In step S23-2, control information on the memory is read one by one. This is control information stored in the table developed on the memory described in the flowchart of FIG. 11 described above. In this step S23-2, the data in the memory is read instead of reading from the control information file.

In step S23-3, it is checked whether the reading of the control information has been completed. As a result of this inspection, when it is determined that all the control information has been read, the process proceeds to step S23-4, and the display of the input screen ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S23-3 that the read control information is not the last control information, the process proceeds to the next step S23-5.

In step S23-5, the names of the items are displayed on the screen. The name of this item is, for example, "About the patient's medical history" or "Drug administration method". FIG. 10 above
As shown in (1), even if an item is not input with actual data, the item is given a name, and the input screen displays all the names of this item (see FIG. 10).

In step S23-6, it is checked whether or not the displayed item is information of the third hierarchy. If the information is not the third layer information, the process proceeds to step S23-2, and the reading of the control information is repeated. on the other hand,
If it is the information of the third hierarchy, the next step S23-
The process shifts to 7.

In step S23-7, it is checked whether the value of the previous value display section of the item is "1". If the value of the previous value display section is not “1”, the process proceeds to step S23-2, and the reading of the control information is repeated. On the other hand, when the value of the previous value display section is “1”, the process proceeds to the next step S23-8.

In step S23-8, it is checked whether data has been input for the item. Specifically, a history file of the data input is searched, and the latest data among the data input to the item is searched. As a result of this search, if no data has been input to the item, that is, if there is no previous data, the process proceeds to step S23-2, and reading of control information is restarted. On the other hand, if there is data previously input for the item, the process proceeds to the next step S23-9.

In step S23-9, if the previous data has not been read yet, the previous data is read into the memory. In this reading operation, an area for the previous data is provided in the work area, and the previous data is read into the area for the previous data. The area on the memory where the previous data is stored in this way is referred to as a “previous work area” in the third embodiment.

Next, in step S23-10, the previous data of the corresponding item is copied to the current value. Specifically, the value of the corresponding item in the previous work area
This time it is copied to the corresponding item in the work area. For example, if the value of the previous match display category for items 2 and 4 is “1”, the values of items 2 and 4 are copied from the previous work area to the current work area. By making such a copy, the value currently stored in the work area is displayed on the screen, so that the previous data can be displayed on the input screen.

In step S23-11, it is checked whether the current item is an item having an input column. The input field means that the data input of the item is performed by a keyboard operation or a handwriting input by the operator. Items without input fields include, for example, items in which only options such as strong, medium, and weak are lined up, items in which only switching buttons such as ON / OFF are shown, and data input using radio buttons. This is the item to be performed. If the item exists in the input column, the process proceeds to the next step S23-12,
If the item has no entry field, the process proceeds to step S23-13.

In step S23-13, it is checked whether or not the check box of the item was checked at the time of the previous data input. As a result of this inspection, if the check is put, the process shifts to the next step S23-14. On the other hand, if it is not checked, the process proceeds to step S23-2, and the operation of reading the control information in the memory one by one is repeated.

In step S23-14, the item name is highlighted to indicate that the check box was previously checked for that item. By this reverse display, the operator can grasp that the item was previously checked in the check box. In the present embodiment, the names of the items are highlighted. However, if it is possible to grasp that the check box was checked last time, other methods such as displaying a predetermined mark in front of the item, etc. It is also preferable to employ

Check Input and Input Value Input Next, the operation when the operator inputs data from the input screen will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S24-1, it is checked whether the data input by the operator is input in the data input box or whether the check box of the item of the third hierarchy is checked. . As a result, if the operation is that the operator checks the check box of the item of the third hierarchy, the process proceeds to the next step S24-2. The process shifts to S24-3.

In step S24-2, "1" is set in the work area (1) in FIG. This work area is the checked category "1" as described in FIG. That is, when the operator checks the check box of the item of the third hierarchy, it means that the data has been checked.

Next, in step S24-4, it is checked whether an input area exists for the item of the third hierarchy. As a result of this inspection, when there is no input area, the processing shifts to the next step S24-4. On the other hand, if there is an input area, it is an expression of the operator's will to input again with the previously input value,
The process moves to step S24-5 to validate the value as it is.

In step S24-4, a flag indicating that the current item is valid is set in the work area on the memory. Specifically, in the “current time” of the work area on the memory in FIG. 4, the previous value is not copied to the current value in order to validate the current item, not the value of the previous item.

If the input of the operator is an input to the input field in step S24-1, the process shifts to step S24-3, and "1" is set in the work area (2) shown in FIG. Is set. This work area (2), as shown in FIG. 3, means the input division (2), and its value of "1" means that data has been input.

In step S24-7, "1" is assigned to the work area (1), that is, the checked category (1).
Is entered. That is, when data is input to the input field, it is automatically determined that the data is already checked, and a flag indicating that the data is checked is set.

In step S24-8, during input,
Set to the corresponding item in the current work area on the memory.
The current work area is a work area in which the value of the data item input this time is stored as described with reference to FIG.

In step S24-9, the input value is displayed in a normal color on the input screen. This is for displaying the input value to the operator and confirming the content.

In step S24-6, it is determined whether all the values of (1) and (2) (see FIG. 3) of the work area of the third hierarchy to which the item to be currently input belongs are "1". Is inspected. As a result, if all are “1”, the process proceeds to the next step S24-10, but if at least one is “0”, the process proceeds to step S24-1 and the next input is performed. Check the data.

If (1) and (2) in the work area described in FIG. 3 are all "1", the flow shifts to step S24-10, where the upper level of the current input item (belonging to the third level) is entered. For the second layer, "1" is set in the work areas (1) and (2).

In step S24-11, (1) and (2) of the work area, the display of the check box of the second hierarchy in which "1" is set is changed to a checked state (checked) and displayed. .

In step S24-12, it is determined whether or not all the values of (1) and (2) in the work area of the second hierarchy in which "1" is set in work areas (1) and (2) are 1. Is inspected. As a result of this inspection, if any one is “0”, the process proceeds to step S24-1 in order to process the next data input. On the other hand, if all the results of this inspection are “1”, the process proceeds to step S24-13.

In step S24-13, regarding the first hierarchy to which the item of the second hierarchy belongs (the first hierarchy higher than the second hierarchy), the value of (1) and (2) in the work area is set to “1”. Is set.

Then, in step S24-14, the display of the check box of the first hierarchy is changed to "checked" (checked).

After the process in step S4-14, the process shifts to step S24-1 to shift to the process of the next input data.

As described above, in the third embodiment, each time data is input, the work areas (1) and (2) of the third hierarchy are inspected, and all are "1". , "1" is set in the work areas (1) and (2) for the item of the second upper layer immediately adjacent thereto. further,
When “1” is set in the work area of the second hierarchy, all the work areas of the second hierarchy hanging below the items of the first hierarchy that are immediately higher and include the item of the second hierarchy Inspection was performed, and when all the values were "1", the values of the work areas (1) and (2) of the immediately higher-order first hierarchical item were automatically set to "1".

According to this operation, the third embodiment
According to this, when all the checks of a predetermined hierarchy are checked, the item of the immediately higher hierarchy is automatically checked. Therefore, if you check if the topmost checkbox is checked,
It is possible to easily determine whether the data on the input screen has been input or confirmed.

FIG. 14 is a more detailed explanatory diagram of the dedicated information file and the work area in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the information on the control information file for each item of the first hierarchy information, the second hierarchy information, and the third hierarchy information and the flags stored in the two types of work areas are used for each item. Records are configured. As described in FIG. 11, two types of flags of the checked category (1) and the input category (2) are individually stored in the contents of the work area.

Further, as shown in FIG.
When all the flags of the checked category (1) and the input category (2) for the hierarchy information become “1”, the input is made as the checked hierarchy (1) of the second hierarchy immediately above the third hierarchy item. Both the completed classification (2) are set to “1”. The checked category (1) and the input category (2) of a certain first hierarchy item are the checked category (1) and the input category (1) of the second hierarchy item below the first hierarchy item. When the values of 2) are all "1",
It is automatically set to "1". That is, in the third embodiment, when the checked category (1) and the input category (2) of the lower-level items hanging on the item are all “1”, the checked category ( The 1) and the input division (2) were also automatically changed to "1". By performing such control, it is possible to quickly grasp whether or not all data has been input.

After the data input on the registration processing input screen is completed, the operator taps the registration button or the like to start the operation of registering the input data. FIG. 15 shows a flowchart of the operation when this registration processing is performed.

First, in step S26-1, the checked layer (1) of the first hierarchy in the input screen is displayed.
It is checked whether the values of the flags of the two work areas of the input section (2) are all “1”. As a result of this inspection, when all the flags are “1”, the process proceeds to step S26-3, and the data is stored in the history file. On the other hand, when a value other than “1” is included, the process proceeds to the next step S26-2.

In step S26-2, a message “There is data that has not been entered. The input is terminated.” Is displayed. By displaying this message on the screen, the operator can be warned that there is uninput data, and it is possible to prevent forgetting to input data beforehand. After the message is displayed, if the operator taps the cancel button or the like, the process proceeds to step S24-1 in FIG. 13 described above, and the process of the data input by the operator starts again.

On the other hand, if the OK button is tapped by the operator after displaying the predetermined message in step S26-2, the process proceeds to step S26-3.

In step S26-3, the data of the work area (current work area) on the memory (see FIG. 12) is written to a history file stored in a hard disk or the like.

As described above, the processing for registering the input data is completed.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, since the data to be input is managed using the hierarchical structure, a data input function capable of preventing the user from forgetting to input data is realized. You.

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As described above, in the first, second, third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the check columns are provided in a hierarchical manner, and when all the lower check columns are checked, the upper check columns are also displayed. Since the check is automatically input, a data input method capable of reliably preventing the user from forgetting to input data is realized.

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[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of a visiting nursing support system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed operation of downloading patient data.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an input screen of the mobile terminal.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a control file.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a manner in which a fixed table is constructed on a memory of a mobile terminal.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which an input screen is displayed.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of data input and the like.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram in the case of overviewing data input / check.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of control information.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state of an input screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing how control information is read and a table is developed on a memory.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when an input screen is displayed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of a check input and an input value input when an operator inputs data or the like from an input screen.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing detailed contents of a table developed on a memory shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in a registration process.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional nursing management system.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a home-visit nursing care plan software system.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional nursing support system.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 server, 102 portable terminal, 104 nursing schedule system.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Seiji Saka 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (72) Inventor Mari Mochizuki 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (72) Inventor Yoshiko Ono 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (72) Inventor Tokio Arai 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (72 ) Inventor Chie Sekine 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (72) Inventor Misa Sugimura 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (56) References Special JP-A-7-114596 (JP, A) JP-A-1-237759 (JP, A) JP-A-5-20298 (JP, A) JP-A-4-291454 (JP, A) JP-A-7-271743 ( JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 19/00 G06F 3/00 620 G06F 17/60 JICST file (JOIS)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mobile terminal for a home-visit nursing support system used in a home-visit nursing support system and carried at a patient's home, comprising: input screen display means for displaying an input screen for inputting predetermined data; A plurality of input item columns for inputting the data, a plurality of lower check columns provided corresponding to each of the input item columns, the lower check columns classified into a predetermined number of groups, When the check is entered in all the lower check columns belonging to the same group among the check columns,
A high-order check column in which a check is automatically input, including a high-order check column provided for each group, wherein the lower-order check column inputs data to the corresponding input item column. A mobile terminal for a home-visit nursing support system, characterized in that a check is automatically entered when the user performs a check. 2. The lower-order check box displays default data in advance, and when it is desired to input the default data, a check can be entered in the lower-order check box. The mobile terminal for a home-visit nursing support system according to claim 1. 3. The number of the groups is one, only one upper-level check column is provided, and if no check is entered in the upper-level check column, the input of data will be terminated. 3. The portable terminal for a home-visit nursing support system according to claim 1, further comprising a warning unit for issuing a warning that all data has not been input. 4. The input screen includes a top-level check box in which a check is automatically input when a check is input in all of the upper-level check fields, and a check is input in the highest-level check field. 3. A home-visit nursing support system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a warning unit for issuing a warning that all data has not been input when the data input is to be terminated when the data has not been input. use mobile end end.