JP6180251B2 - Nurse call system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a nurse call system, and more particularly to a nurse call system that allows a nurse who is not at a nurse station to respond to a call from a patient with a portable terminal that is carried.

When a call is received by the nurse call cordless handset provided for each bed in the hospital room, the call is notified to the mobile terminal carried by the nurse, and the mobile terminal is used even if the nurse who received the call is not at the nurse station. Nurse call systems that can respond are widely used.
Since a portable terminal used in such a nurse call system is controlled by a controller, calling / calling is controlled, so if it is an area controlled by the same controller (a nurse call slave device controlled by the same controller and If you are in a nurse call master group), the mobile terminal you carry is operating normally even if the wards are different, and you can call a nurse call slave or nurse call master (for example, Patent Literature) 1).

JP 2010-57189 A

In some cases, the ward where the patient is hospitalized changes due to a change in the medical condition, and in such a case, a situation occurs where the nurse performs nursing work across the ward. In this case, as long as the mobile terminal moves within the area controlled by the same controller, the mobile terminal does not have a problem that causes trouble due to the movement. Therefore, even if the nurse moves, the nursing work is not hindered.
However, since many hospitals have a control device for each ward, the nurse call child device and the nurse call parent device group are different for each ward. For this reason, when a nurse moves across a ward, the group to which the nurse belongs is different, and the mobile terminal may not operate normally, and smooth nursing work cannot be performed.

In order to solve this problem, that is, in order to make it possible to use a portable terminal even in a different group and to call a nurse call cordless handset belonging to another group, it is also possible to carry it in advance in a controller of a different group. It is only necessary to register the terminal, but with that alone, a special operation is required to implement the calling operation.
For example, calling the nurse call cordless handset was troublesome with “#” + “control unit number” + “room number” + “bed number” + “#” + call button, and calling the nurse call master unit , “#” + “Control device number” + “00” + “master device number” + “#” + call button, lacking convenience and not practically usable.

  Therefore, in view of such problems, the present invention not only communicates with the nurse call slave unit or nurse call master unit of the group to which the portable terminal belongs, but also with other group nurse call slave units or nurse call master units. The purpose is to provide a nurse call system that can communicate with the machine with a simple operation.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention of claim 1 is installed in a nurse call slave set installed in each bed for a patient to call a nurse and in a nurse station for answering a call from the patient. A nurse call having a nurse call parent device, a portable terminal carried by a nurse to answer a call from a patient, and a control device for controlling communication between the nurse call child device, the nurse call parent device, and the portable terminal. The system includes a login function for inputting a nurse ID to a portable terminal and an authentication server for authenticating login of the portable terminal, and a plurality of controllers and nurse call slaves to be controlled for each controller. The nurse call parent device and the mobile terminal group are set, and the authentication server includes an ID information storage unit in which the nurse ID and the mobile terminal ID are registered, and the mobile terminal ID. If the nurse ID and the portable terminal ID transmitted from the portable terminal by the login operation are IDs registered in the ID information storage section, the login is performed. The mobile terminal returns the address information of the controller of the group to which it belongs to the mobile terminal and associates the mobile terminal with the nurse, while the mobile terminal displays an operation button for performing various operations, a login Based on the controller address information of the affiliated group obtained through authentication, access to the controller concerned, belonging group information such as ward information of the affiliated group, nurse call slave information, nurse call master device information, and other The controller address information is acquired, and at least the nurse call slave unit and the call button of the nurse call master unit of the belonging group and the communication And displaying the area selection buttons to access other controller to change the A.
According to this configuration, simply by performing a login authentication operation, the portable terminal obtains information on the group to which the mobile terminal belongs and displays a call button or the like on the display unit. Therefore, it is possible to call a nurse call handset or the like with a simple operation.
In addition, since the area selection buttons for changing the communication area by simultaneously acquiring the control unit address information of other groups are displayed, information on nurse call slave units and nurse call master units belonging to other groups is obtained. It is easy to call, and it is possible to smoothly call other groups of nurse call slaves.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration according to the first aspect, when the area selection button is operated, the mobile terminal accesses the controller of the selected group to acquire information on the group to which the group belongs, Based on the acquired group information, at least a nurse call slave unit and a call button of the nurse call master unit are displayed on the display unit.
According to this configuration, a call button such as the nurse call cordless handset of the selected group is displayed in response to the communication area change operation, so that the call across the groups can be performed with a simple operation. The burden can be reduced.

According to the present invention, only by performing a login authentication operation, the mobile terminal simultaneously obtains the control unit address information of another group in addition to the information of the belonging group and displays an area selection button for accessing another control unit. Therefore, it is easy to obtain information on nurse call slave units and nurse call master units belonging to other groups, and calling of nurse call slave units of other groups can be performed smoothly.
In addition, since the call button and the like are displayed on the display unit after obtaining the group information, the nurse call cordless handset can be called with a simple operation.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the nurse call system which concerns on this invention. It is a principal part block diagram of a control machine. It is a principal part block diagram of an authentication server. It is explanatory drawing of the operation screen of a portable terminal. It is explanatory drawing of the group selection operation screen of a portable terminal. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation screen after operating the call button of FIG. 4.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a nurse call system according to the present invention, where 1 is a nurse call slave set installed in each bed for a patient to call a nurse, and 2 is a call generated by the nurse call slave set 1 Corridor lamps installed in each hospital room to notify the patient, 3 is a nurse call master unit installed in the nurse station to answer the call from the patient, 4 is a nurse to answer the call from the patient A portable terminal 5 to be carried, a nurse call slave unit 1, a nurse call master unit 3, a controller for controlling communication between the portable terminals 4, 6 a nurse call server storing patient information, and 7 a login of the portable terminal 4. An authentication server that performs authentication, 8 is an exchange that manages communication of the mobile terminal 4, and 9 is an access point for communicating with the mobile terminal 4.

  The corridor lamp 2, the nurse call master unit 3, the controller 5, the nurse call server 6, and the authentication server 7 are connected via a LAN 10, and 11 indicates a router. In addition, the nurse call cordless handset 1 is connected to the corridor lamp 2 via the transmission line L.

  The controller 5 is installed in each ward, and here, the controller 5 installed in the first ward and the second ward is shown. The nurse call slave unit 1, the nurse call master unit 3, and the portable terminal 4 form a group under the control of the controller 5 for each ward, and the communication (call / response) within the group is controlled by the individual controller 5. The

  The nurse call handset 1 includes a call grip button 1a and a plate handset 1b having a microphone and a speaker for making a call, and is connected to the corridor lamp 2 for each hospital room.

  The corridor lamp 2 is installed in each ward, has a notification lamp 2a that blinks when a call is generated and performs a notification operation, and a patient information display unit 2b that displays patient information of a hospital room. A call signal is transmitted to the controller 5 or the like via the LAN 10.

  The nurse call parent device 3 includes a desktop parent device 3a having a handset 31 for responding to a call, and a PC parent device 3b that includes a personal computer and inputs and displays patient information.

  The portable terminal 4 includes a display unit 4 a that displays various types of information and includes a touch panel as an operation unit, a communication unit (not shown), and communicates with the nurse call slave unit 1 through the access point 9 to communicate with the patient. It is possible to make a call or communicate with the nurse call master unit 3 or another portable terminal 4 to make a call with the nurse. In addition, a login authentication function for registering a nurse to be used is provided, and various information is obtained from the authentication server 7 or the like by login authentication and displayed on the display unit 4a. As the portable terminal 4, a so-called smartphone can be suitably used.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the main part of the controller 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 5 is a nurse storage unit 51 in charge of associating a patient in a group to which the patient belongs and a nurse table slave unit 52 in which the patient is associated with the nurse call slave unit 1 in the group to which the controller belongs. An address storage unit 53 for storing all control unit addresses, a history storage unit 54 for storing call history and treatment history, a controller CPU 55 for controlling the controller 5, a controller IF 56 for connecting to the LAN 10, and the like. ing.

  FIG. 3 shows a principal block diagram of the authentication server 7. As shown in FIG. 3, the authentication server 7 includes an ID information storage unit 71 in which the nurse ID and the ID of the portable terminal (hereinafter referred to as “terminal ID”) are registered, the group to which the portable terminal 4 belongs, and the controller 5. A group information storage unit 72 that stores address information, a login authentication information storage unit 73 that stores information in which the portable terminal 4 is log-in authenticated and the nurse ID is associated with the terminal ID, an authentication server CPU 74 that controls the authentication server 7, and a LAN 10 An authentication server IF 75 for connecting to the mobile terminal 4 is provided, and login authentication is performed by associating the terminal ID with the extension number in response to a login operation of the mobile terminal 4.

  The exchange 8 is an IP exchange that operates based on the Internet protocol. The exchange 8 notifies the mobile terminal 4 of a call from the nurse call handset 1 and responds to the call, and further interconnects the extension call by the mobile terminal 4 in the nurse call system. to manage.

The operation of the nurse call system configured as described above, particularly the operation of the portable terminal 4 is as follows. In FIG. 1, C <b> 1 to C <b> 6 indicate the communication order of the mobile terminal 4.
First, an arbitrary portable terminal 4 is picked up from a plurality of portable terminals 4 by a nurse and a login operation is performed. Specifically, a nurse ID (for example, [1259]) is input by a predetermined operation. When this login operation is completed, a terminal ID (for example, [001]) is transmitted to the authentication server 7 in addition to the inputted nurse ID [1259] (C1). Communication between the portable terminal 4 and the authentication server 7 is performed via the access point 9 and the LAN 10.

  The authentication server 7 that has received the terminal ID and the nurse ID is the mobile terminal 4 in which the nurse has logged in by the authentication server CPU 74 referring to the ID information storage unit 71 and is the mobile terminal 4 of the group to which the nurse belongs. If it is determined that there is, the login is authenticated, and the address of the controller 5 of the group to which the user belongs is sent back to the portable terminal 4 (C2). Further, the received nurse ID and terminal ID are associated with each other and stored in the login authentication information storage unit 73, and thereafter recognized as the portable terminal 4 carried by the nurse until a logout operation is performed (not described in detail). .

The portable terminal 4 that has received the login authentication and has received the controller address information of the group to which the user belongs from the authentication server 7 accesses the controller 5 based on the received controller address information (C3) to obtain the ward information of the group to which it belongs. get.
The controller 5 that has received access from the mobile terminal 4 receives information on the nurse call slave unit 1 and nurse call parent unit 3 in the group for the controller CPU 55 to call or broadcast, and address information of other controllers 5. Further, contents such as ward information such as ward name managed by the other controller 5 are returned (C4). The mobile terminal 4 that has received the information displays it on the display unit 4a.

4 and 5 show a state in which the content thus received is displayed on the display unit 4a of the portable terminal 4. FIG. 4 indicates an area (group) in which the mobile terminal 4 can communicate, and M2 indicates a state in which a menu such as calling / broadcasting is displayed. From this display M1 in the current area, it can be recognized that the logged-in mobile terminal can communicate in the first ward area, that is, belongs to the group of the control devices 5 installed in the first ward.
The display M1 is also an area selection button. When M1 displayed as “first ward” is touched, area buttons that can be selected by the function of the touch panel are displayed.
M3 shown in FIG. 5 indicates this area button. By touching this area button M3, the group to which it belongs is selected. That is, a communicable area is selected.

The menu display M2 such as “call” and “broadcast” is similarly an operation button, and FIG. 6 shows the button display M4 that is changed by further touching the “call” button M2a. Specifically, in FIG. 6, if a call button is displayed and the current area is “first ward”, various calls in the first ward can be performed by operating this button. For example, if “bed call” is operated, the room number and bed number are displayed, and the patient can be called through the nurse call handset 1.
The “broadcast” button M2b shown in FIG. 4 is a button for performing broadcasting using a speaker (not shown) in the ward (group) to which the user belongs, and the “treatment input” button M2c is performed on the patient. The “history confirmation” button M2d is a button for confirming the call history and the treatment history.

In the display state of FIG. 5, when the “second ward” on the display M3 is touched, the mobile terminal 4 accesses the controller 5 that manages the second ward (C5), and calls and broadcasts in the second ward. Content such as nurse call slave unit 1, nurse call parent unit 3 information, address information of other control unit 5, and ward information managed by other control unit 5 are acquired (C6). ). As a result, the display M1 of the current area shown in FIG. 4 is changed to “second ward”, and it is displayed that communication such as calling can be performed in the second ward area.
In this way, the portable terminal 4 can call the nurse call parent device belonging to the group of the second ward, and when the “call” of the menu display M2 is touched, for example, the nurse call parent device 3 of the second ward can be called. Can be called.

  However, even if the communicable area of the mobile terminal 4 is changed, the group to which the mobile terminal 4 belongs is not changed, and the patient in charge of the nurse carrying the mobile terminal 4 is not changed. . When a call by the nurse call cordless handset 1 occurs from the patient in charge, a call signal is continuously transmitted to the portable terminal 4 to report the occurrence of the call. And it can call with a patient by performing response operation.

As described above, only by performing the login authentication operation, the portable terminal 4 obtains the group information and displays the call button or the like on the display unit 4a. Therefore, the nurse call handset 1 or the like can be called by a simple operation.
In addition, since the area selection button M1 for changing the communication area by simultaneously acquiring the control unit address information of the other group is displayed, the nurse call slave unit 1 or the nurse call base unit 3 belonging to the other group is displayed. It is easy to obtain information, and it becomes possible to smoothly call the nurse call handset 1 of other groups.
In response to the communication area change operation, the call button M2a of the nurse call handset 1 or the like of the selected group is displayed, so that the call across the groups can be performed with a simple operation, and the burden on the nurse is reduced. Can be reduced.

  In the above-described embodiment, the authentication server 7 is installed independently. However, the authentication server 7 may be integrated with any one of the nurse call master 3, the controller 5, the nurse call server 6, and the exchange 8, or the nurse call master. 3 may be integrated.

  1 ・ ・ Nurse call slave unit 3 ・ ・ Nurse call master unit 4 ・ ・ Mobile terminal 4a ・ ・ Display unit 5 ・ ・ Control unit 7 ・ ・ Authentication server 8 ・ ・ Switchboard 9 ・ ・ Access point 10. .. LAN, 71... ID information storage section, 72... Group information storage section, M 1... Current area display section (area selection button), M 2 a.

Claims (2)

In order to answer the call from the patient, the nurse call cordless handset installed in each bed for the patient to call the nurse, the nurse call master set in the nurse station to answer the call from the patient A nurse call system comprising a portable terminal carried by a nurse, a nurse call slave, the nurse call parent, and a controller for controlling communication between the portable terminals,
While providing a login function for inputting a nurse ID to the portable terminal and an authentication server for authenticating the login of the portable terminal,
A group of the nurse call slave unit, the nurse call master unit, and the portable terminal that are controlled by each controller with a plurality of the control units is set,
The authentication server includes an ID information storage unit that registers a nurse ID and a mobile terminal ID, and a group information storage unit that stores a group to which the mobile terminal ID belongs and a controller address. If the transmitted nurse ID and portable terminal ID are IDs registered in the ID information storage unit, the login information is authenticated and the address information of the controller of the group to which the nurse belongs is returned to the portable terminal. While associating a mobile device with a nurse,
The mobile terminal, based on the display unit displaying operation buttons for performing various operations, and the control unit address information of the affiliated group obtained by receiving login authentication, access the controller to the ward information of the affiliated group, Nurse call slave unit information, belonging group information such as the nurse call master unit information, and other control unit address information are acquired, and at least the nurse call slave unit and nurse call master unit call button of the group belonging to the display unit And a nurse call system characterized by displaying an area selection button for accessing another controller in order to change the communication area. When the area selection button is operated, the mobile terminal accesses the controller of the selected group to obtain information on the group belonging to the group,
2. The nurse call system according to claim 1, wherein at least a nurse call slave unit and a call button of the nurse call master unit are displayed on the display unit based on the acquired group information.

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