JP7414261B2 - Record management system and input terminal - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a record management system and an input terminal, and is particularly suitable for application to a system for registering and managing care records or nursing records, and an input terminal used therein.

In recent years, the number of people requiring care due to illness, injury, old age, or other reasons has been increasing. Those who require care can enter a care facility and receive the care they need. At nursing care facilities, staff such as caregivers regularly patrol the rooms of care recipients (facility users) to check on the safety and condition of the care recipients, and to check the care recipients' health and condition based on previously prepared care plans or from the care recipients. provide necessary assistance according to the call of the person. Then, the staff records the contents of the actual caregiving actions as a caregiving record. The care record includes information such as the name of the staff member who provided care, the name of the person receiving care, the content of the care action, the start date and time of the care action, and the end date and time of the care action.

Conventionally, systems have been proposed that support the input of nursing care records by allowing staff to input nursing care records into portable tablet terminals, or by inputting nursing care records into terminals installed in facilities ( For example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). There is also known a system in which nursing information is input into a liquid crystal hallway light installed near the entrance of a hospital room (for example, see Patent Documents 3 and 4). By inputting nursing care records from a terminal installed in each room, the cost of managing the location of the terminal can be reduced compared to when each staff member is provided with a tablet terminal. It has the advantage of not having to carry everything.

When inputting nursing care records from a terminal installed in a room, the staff enters the start date and time of the nursing care activity by operating the terminal upon entering the room. Furthermore, when leaving the room after the caregiving action is over, the content of the caregiving action and the end date and time of the caregiving action are input. The name of the staff member and the name of the person requiring care are input at the same time as inputting the start date and time or the end date and time. The nursing care records inputted from the terminal in this way are transmitted to the management device connected via the communication network and saved when an operation instructing to confirm or save the input contents is performed.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2018-147104 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2018-120385 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-339327 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-19841

When inputting nursing care records from a terminal installed in the room, the staff enters the start date and time of the nursing care action when entering the room, and then enters the details of the caregiving action and end date and time when leaving the room after the caregiving action is completed. Sometimes I forget to enter it. In this case, even if a staff member enters part of the nursing care record when entering the room, it will not be sent to the management device and saved, and the staff member's nursing care record will no longer remain as a history. there were. Such problems similarly occur when nurses record nursing actions performed on patients in hospitals as nursing records.

The present invention was made to solve such problems, and after entering the nursing care record or a part of the nursing record into the terminal installed in the room when the staff enters the room, the nursing care action or nursing action is performed. The purpose is to allow the nursing care records or nursing records to be saved as a history in the management device even if the staff forgets to enter and register the remaining nursing care records or nursing records when leaving the room. do.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention measures the elapsed time when a nursing care record or a part of information of a nursing record is manually inputted on an input terminal installed in each room of a facility. , and then an operation is performed to instruct the registration of nursing care records or nursing records, and the time elapsed without any operation instructing the registration of record information When a timeout is detected due to reaching the nursing care action that is expected to take the longest time (or a time longer than the required time for the nursing action ), the record information manually entered up to that point is stored in the management device. I am trying to send it to and save it as a history.

According to the present invention configured as described above, after a staff member enters a room and inputs a care record or a part of a nursing record into an input terminal, an operation to instruct the registration of a care record or a nursing record is not performed. When a timeout is detected, the information input up to the time the timeout is detected, including some of the information input at the time of entering the room, is sent to the management device and saved as a care record or nursing record history. As a result, even if the staff member forgets to input and register the remaining nursing care records or nursing records when leaving the room after completing the nursing care or nursing care activities, at least some of the information will be transferred to the nursing care management device. It will be possible to save it as a record or history of nursing records.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a record management system according to the present embodiment. It is a figure for explaining an example of the operation procedure when a staff inputs a care record from an input terminal, and registers it in a management device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of an input terminal according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a management device according to the present embodiment. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the input terminal according to the present embodiment. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the management device according to the present embodiment.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a record management system according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the record management system of this embodiment includes a plurality of input terminals 1 and a management device 2. The record management system of this embodiment is used, for example, in a nursing care facility or a hospital.

A plurality of input terminals 1 are installed in each room of the facility RM1, RM2, ... (hereinafter simply referred to as RM unless otherwise distinguished), and are used by nursing facility or hospital staff to input care records or nursing records. used for. The input terminal 1 is, for example, a tablet terminal with a touch panel installed on the room wall near the entrance/exit DW of each room RM. Note that the input terminal 1 only needs to be installed within the room RM, and does not necessarily need to be a tablet terminal or installed on the wall of the room near the entrance/exit DW.

The management device 2 is connected to the input terminal 1 via the communication network 100, and stores care records or nursing records sent from the input terminal 1 as a history. The nursing care record stored as a history by the management device 2 includes the name of the staff member who performed the nursing care action, the name of the care recipient (resident of each room RM) who received the care action, the content of the caregiving action, and the start of the caregiving action. Contains information such as date and time and end date and time. In addition, the nursing record stored as a history by the management device 2 includes the name of the staff member who performed the nursing action, the name of the patient who received the nursing action (inpatient in each ward RM), the content of the nursing action, and the start of the nursing action. Contains information such as date and time and end date and time. Below, the case where the record management system of this embodiment is used in a care facility will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of an operating procedure when a staff member inputs care records from the input terminal 1 and registers them in the management device 2. Here, transitions of screens displayed on the input terminal 1 are shown.

On the standby screen shown in FIG. 2(1), the room number, which is the identification information of the room RM, and the name of the care recipient residing in the room RM are displayed. What to display on the standby screen of the room RM is optional, but by displaying the room number and the name of the care recipient, the staff can display the room RM of the care recipient who is about to perform care. This is preferable because it allows you to check whether there are any mistakes.

When a staff member touches the standby screen, a "staff selection screen" shown in FIG. 2(2) is displayed. On the staff selection screen, names of a plurality of staff members registered in advance in the input terminal 1 are displayed as name buttons 201 that can be selected by touching. The staff member touches the name button 201 on which his or her name is displayed.

When any of the name buttons 201 is touched, as shown in FIG. 2 (3), information indicating that the staff member of the touched name button 201 is currently providing care, and information indicating that the staff member corresponding to the name button 201 that was touched is currently providing care, and while providing care, are displayed. A "response screen" is displayed that includes information indicating the elapsed time. Note that a return button 202 is displayed at the top left of the response screen, and if you touch the name button 201 by mistake, you can touch the return button 202 and return to the staff selection screen in Figure 2 (2). It is possible to return.

After touching the name button 201, the staff member performs the necessary care act for the care recipient. Then, after the caregiving action is completed, when the staff member touches the care-in-progress screen, the "major item selection screen" shown in FIG. 2 (4) is displayed. The major item selection screen is a screen for selecting a major item as information representing the content of the nursing care action. Here, as an example, physical assistance 1, physical assistance 2, daily life assistance, and other four items are displayed as major item buttons 203 that can be selected by touching.

When the staff member touches and selects one of the large item buttons 203, a "small item selection screen" shown in FIG. 2(5) is displayed. The small item selection screen is a screen for selecting small items as information representing the content of caregiving activities, and the names of multiple specific caregiving acts that belong to the selected large item are displayed in small items that can be selected by touching. It is displayed as an item button 205. The staff member selects and touches the sub-item button 205 corresponding to the nursing care action that he/she actually performed.

In addition to the large item button 203, a key input button 204 is also displayed on the large item selection screen shown in FIG. 2(4). When the staff member touches this key input button 204, a "key input screen" shown in FIG. 2(6) is displayed. The key input screen displays a software keyboard 206, a display field 207 for displaying the character string input using the software keyboard 206, and a completion button 208 for instructing completion of inputting the character string. The staff member touches the completion button 208 after inputting the character string of the nursing care action that he/she actually performed using the software keyboard 206.

If you touch any of the small item buttons 205 on the small item selection screen shown in FIG. 2 (5), or enter a desired character string and touch the completion button 208 on the key input screen shown in FIG. 2 (6), A "correspondence record confirmation screen" shown in FIG. 2 (7) is displayed. This response record confirmation screen includes the name of the staff member who provided care, the response time from the start time to the end time of the care action, and the response details indicating the care action entered on the small item selection screen or key input screen. Displayed.

This response record confirmation screen also includes add buttons 209 and 210 for instructing additional input of nursing care actions, and a registration button 211 for instructing to send and register the entered nursing care record to the management device 2. is displayed. The add buttons 209 and 210 include a first add button 209 that instructs to select a major item and a small item and input additional care acts, and a first add button 209 that instructs to input additional care acts using the software keyboard 206. There are two add buttons 210. If the first add button 209 is touched, the screen returns to the large item selection screen shown in FIG. 2(4). If the second add button 210 is touched, the screen returns to the key input screen shown in FIG. 2(6).

When the staff touches the registration button 211, the name of the care recipient displayed on the standby screen in Figure 2 (1) (preset on input terminal 1) is selected on the staff selection screen in Figure 2 (2). The information in the nursing care record, including the name of the staff member who provided the care, the content of the nursing care action entered on each screen in FIGS. Sent and registered. The screen of the input terminal 1 then returns to the standby screen shown in FIG. 2(1).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the input terminal 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the input terminal 1 of this embodiment has a functional configuration including an operation detection section 11, a clock section 12, an information input section 13, a staff information notification section 14, a registered operation detection section 15, and a timeout detection section 16. , a registration request section 17, a forced timeout section 18, and a screen control section 19. The input terminal 1 also includes a recorded information temporary storage section 10 as a storage medium.

Each of the functional blocks 11 to 19 described above can be configured by hardware, DSP (Digital Signal Processor), or software. For example, when configured by software, each of the functional blocks 11 to 19 is actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is realized by operating a program stored in the RAM or ROM. Note that the program may be stored in other recording media such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

The operation detection unit 11 detects an operation on the touch panel of the input terminal 1 by a staff member. That is, the operation detecting unit 11 detects each of the series of operations described in FIG. 2, and detects the operation details such as what kind of operation was performed.

The screen control unit 19 controls the display of the various screens shown in FIG. 2 based on the detection results of various operations by the operation detection unit 11 and the detection results of timeouts by the timeout detection unit 16. Note that the screen transition based on the timeout detection result by the timeout detection unit 16 will be described later.

The timer 12 measures the elapsed time from the time when an operation to input part of the information of the care record is performed. In this embodiment, when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on any name button 201 on the staff selection screen in FIG. When the name of the staff member (an example of staff information that can identify the staff member) is input, measurement of elapsed time starts. Note that when the return button 202 is touched, the timer 12 resets the elapsed time to zero, and resumes measuring the elapsed time when any name button 201 is touched again. After starting the measurement of the elapsed time, the timer 12 starts measuring the elapsed time when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on the response screen (area other than the back button 202) in FIG. 2(3). finish.

The information input unit 13 inputs information related to care records (hereinafter referred to as record information) according to the operation content detected by the operation detection unit 11, and sequentially stores the input record information in the record information temporary storage unit 10. To go.

That is, when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on the standby screen shown in FIG. The name of the person requiring care, which has been set in advance, is input and stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10. Furthermore, when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on any name button 201 on the staff selection screen shown in FIG. In addition to inputting the name, the date and time when the timer section 12 started measuring elapsed time is inputted as the start date and time of the nursing care action, and these are stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10.

Furthermore, when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on the response screen shown in FIG. This is input and stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10. Furthermore, when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on the small item button 205 on the small item selection screen shown in FIG. is stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10. In addition, when the operation detection unit 11 detects the touch of the completion button 208 on the key input screen shown in FIG. The contents are input and stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10.

When the touch of any name button 201 is detected by the operation detection unit 11 on the staff selection screen shown in FIG. When the staff information input unit 13 inputs the staff information stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10, the information input unit 13 inputs the identification information ( The management device 2 is notified along with the room number). Note that the staff ID associated with the staff name may be notified as the staff information. Further, as the identification information of the room RM, the name of the care recipient residing in the room RM may be notified.

Here, the staff information notification unit 14 notifies the management device 2 of the staff information together with the identification information of the room RM after a predetermined time after the touch of the name button 201 is detected by the operation detection unit 11. If the operation detection unit 11 detects that the return button 202 is touched within a predetermined time after the name button 201 is touched, the information input unit 13 inputs the staff information and nursing care information corresponding to the name button 201 that was touched for the first time. The start date and time of the act are deleted from the recorded information temporary storage section 10, and the staff information corresponding to the second touched name button 201 and the start date and time of the care act are stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10 again. The staff information notification unit 14 does not notify the management device 2 of the staff information etc. corresponding to the name button 201 touched for the first time, and waits a predetermined time after the touch of the name button 201 is detected again by the operation detection unit 11. , notifies the management device 2 of staff information and the like corresponding to the name button 201 touched for the second time. By doing this, it is possible to prevent staff information from being notified to the management device 2 even if the staff touches the name button 201 by mistake.

The registration operation detection unit 15 detects that an operation instructing registration of a nursing care record has been performed based on the detection result of the operation by the operation detection unit 11, that is, the registration button is pressed on the corresponding record confirmation screen shown in FIG. 2 (7). It is detected that 211 has been touched. The timeout detection unit 16 detects that the elapsed time measured by the clock unit 12 has reached the timeout time and a timeout has occurred. The timeout period is, for example, one hour. This is longer than the time required for the nursing care action that is expected to take the longest time.

As described above, the timer 12 finishes measuring the elapsed time when the operation detection unit 11 detects a touch on the response screen shown in FIG. If the user forgets to touch the screen (that is, forgets to input the nursing care action), a timeout will occur one hour after the start of elapsed time measurement, and this will be detected by the timeout detection unit 16. On the other hand, if the staff member does not forget to input the caregiving action after finishing the caregiving action, the registration operation detection unit 15 detects that the operation to instruct the registration of the care record was performed by touching the registration button 211. .

When the registration operation detection section 15 detects that an operation (touching the registration button 211) that instructs registration of a care record has been performed, or when the elapsed time measured by the clock section 12 is detected, the registration request section 17 When the timeout detection section 16 detects that the timeout period has been reached and a timeout has occurred, the information of the care record input up to that point, that is, the information stored in the record information temporary storage section 10 at that point. The record information is sent to the management device 2 to request registration.

When the registration operation detection unit 15 detects a touch on the registration button 211, at that point, the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 stores the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, the content of the caregiving action, the start date and time of the caregiving action, and The end date and time are memorized. The registration requesting unit 17 sends the information stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 to the management device 2 as information related to care records and requests that the information be registered.

On the other hand, if the timeout detection section 16 detects that a timeout has occurred, the recorded information temporary storage section 10 at that point stores the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, and the start date and time of the caregiving action. . The registration requesting unit 17 sends the information stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 to the management device 2 as information related to care records and requests that the information be registered.

The forced timeout section 18 forcibly performs a timeout in response to an instruction from the management device 2. The case in which a forced timeout instruction is sent from the management device 2 will be described later, but the timing at which this forced timeout instruction is sent is when the timer 12 starts measuring elapsed time. This timing is earlier than the time when the timeout period is reached. In other words, this is the timing before the elapsed time reaches one hour.

When the forced timeout unit 18 forces a timeout, the timeout detection unit 16 detects this. When a timeout is forcibly performed by the forced timeout section 18, the registration requesting section 17 receives the recorded information input up to that point (recorded information stored in the recorded information temporary storage section 10 at the time of the forced timeout). is sent to the management device 2 to request registration. In this case as well, the recorded information stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 is the name of the staff member and the start date and time of the caregiving action.

When the timeout detection unit 16 detects a timeout (a timeout when the elapsed time reaches the timeout time and a forced timeout performed by the forced timeout unit 18), the screen control unit 19 performs the process shown in FIG. 2 (3). Control is performed to transition from the response screen to the standby screen shown in FIG. 2(1).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the management device 2 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the management device 2 of this embodiment has a staff information reception section 21, a staff information temporary storage section 22, a registration request reception section 23, a determination section 24, a timeout instruction section 25, and a record storage section 25 as a functional configuration. 26. The management device 2 also includes a care record storage section 20 as a storage medium.

Each of the functional blocks 21 to 26 described above can be configured by hardware, DSP, or software. For example, when configured by software, each of the functional blocks 21 to 26 is actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is realized by operating a program stored in the RAM or ROM. Note that the program may be stored in other recording media such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

The staff information receiving section 21 receives the staff information and the identification information of the room RM transmitted by the staff information notifying section 14 of the input terminal 1, and temporarily stores them in the staff information temporary storage section 22. The registration request receiving unit 23 receives a nursing care record registration request transmitted by the registration requesting unit 17 of the input terminal 1 . The registration request receiving unit 23 deletes the information stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22 when receiving the nursing care record registration request.

After the staff information receiving unit 21 receives the staff information from the input terminal 1 together with the identification information of one room RMi (i=1, 2, . . . ), the determining unit 24 determines whether the staff information is identified by the staff information. Before the registration request reception unit 23 receives a request to register the recorded information regarding the staff member, the staff information of the same staff member is sent to another room RMj (j=1, 2, . . . , j≠i). It is determined whether the staff information receiving unit 21 has received the identification information together with the identification information.

Here, the determination unit 24 determines whether certain staff information and identification information of one room RMi are stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22, and before the registration request reception unit 23 receives the registration request for recorded information. Whether or not the same staff information and identification information of another room RMj are additionally stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22 (that is, before the information stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22 is deleted) Determine whether This is because a certain staff member touches the name button 201 on the input terminal 1 of room RMi, performs caregiving for the care recipient in that room RMi, and then forgets to input the remaining care records. After that, before the elapsed time measured on input terminal 1 of room RMi reaches the timeout time, the same staff member moves to another room RMj and uses input terminal 1 of that room RMj. This corresponds to a case where the name button 201 is touched.

When the determination unit 24 determines that the above case applies, the timeout instruction unit 25 instructs the input terminal 1 in one room to perform a forced timeout. That is, in the above example, the timeout instruction unit 25 instructs the input terminal 1 of the room RMi to perform a forced timeout by transmitting a timeout instruction signal.

The record storage unit 26 stores the record information requested to be registered by the registration request unit 17 of the input terminal 1 in the care record storage unit 20 as a history of care records. Here, if the elapsed time measured by the clock unit 12 reaches the timeout time and a timeout occurs, and if the forced timeout unit 18 performs a forced timeout before the elapsed time reaches the timeout time, The recorded information requested to be registered by the registration requesting unit 17 of the input terminal 1 is the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, and the start date and time of the caregiving action. The record storage unit 26 stores this information in the care record storage unit 20 as a history of care records.

On the other hand, if the registration button 211 is touched on the correspondence record confirmation screen shown in FIG. are the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, the content of the caregiving action, the start date and time of the caregiving action, and the end date and time of the caregiving action. The record storage unit 26 stores this information in the care record storage unit 20 as a history of care records.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the input terminal 1 configured as described above. The flowchart shown in FIG. 5 starts when the standby screen shown in FIG. 2(1) is touched.

When the standby screen is touched, first, the information input unit 13 inputs the name of the care recipient set on the input terminal 1, and stores this in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 (step S1). Next, after the standby screen is touched, the operation detection unit 11 determines whether any name button 201 is touched on the staff selection screen shown in FIG. 2(2) (step S2). If the touch of the name button 201 is not detected by the operation detection unit 11, the determination in step S2 is continued.

On the other hand, if the operation detection section 11 detects a touch on any of the name buttons 201, the time measurement section 12 starts measuring the elapsed time (step S3). In addition, the information input unit 13 inputs the name of the staff member corresponding to the touched name button 201, and also inputs the start date and time of elapsed time measurement as the start date and time of the nursing care action, and inputs these into the recorded information temporary storage unit 10. (Step S4).

Next, the timeout detection unit 16 determines whether or not the elapsed time measured by the clock unit 12 has reached the timeout time and a timeout has occurred (step S5). Here, if the timeout detection unit 16 determines that a timeout has occurred, the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, if the timeout detection unit 16 determines that the timeout period has not yet been reached, the timeout detection unit 16 determines whether a forced timeout has been performed by the forced timeout unit 18 (step S6). Here, if the timeout detection unit 16 determines that a forced timeout has occurred, the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, if the timeout detection unit 16 determines that the forced timeout period has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S7.

In step S7, the operation detection unit 11 determines whether or not the response screen shown in FIG. 2(3) has been touched. When the touch on the response screen is detected by the operation detection unit 11, the time measurement unit 12 finishes measuring the elapsed time (step S8). Further, the information input unit 13 inputs the end date and time of the measurement of the elapsed time as the end date and time of the nursing care action, and stores this in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 (step S9).

Thereafter, the operation detection unit 11 performs an operation of inputting the details of the nursing care action, that is, an operation of touching any of the small item buttons 205 on the small item selection screen in FIG. It is determined whether an operation of touching the completion button 208 on the key input screen has been performed (step S10). When these operations are detected by the operation detection unit 11, the information input unit 13 inputs the content of the nursing care action corresponding to the detected operation, and stores this in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 (step S11). .

Next, the operation detection unit 11 determines whether the registration button 211 is touched on the correspondence record confirmation screen of FIG. 2(7) (step S12). If the touch of the registration button 211 is not detected by the operation detection unit 11, the process returns to step S10. Here, when an operation for additionally inputting the content of the caregiving action is performed, the content of the additional caregiving action is also stored in the recorded information temporary storage part 10 by the information input section 13 (step S11). On the other hand, if the touch of the registration button 211 is detected by the operation detection unit 11 in step S12, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the registration requesting unit 17 sends the recorded information currently stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 to the management device 2 and requests it to be registered. That is, when the process advances from step S12 to step S13, the registration requesting unit 17 collects the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, the content of the caregiving act, and the caregiving act stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 at that time. The start date and time and end date and time are sent to the management device 2 to request registration. On the other hand, when the process proceeds from step S5 or step S6 to step S13, the registration requesting unit 17 sends the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, and the start date and time of the caregiving action stored in the recorded information temporary storage unit 10 at that time. is sent to the management device 2 to request registration. As a result, the operation of the input terminal 1 shown in FIG. 5 ends.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the management device 2 according to this embodiment. The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is always executed while the management device 2 is powered on.

First, the staff information receiving unit 21 determines whether or not the staff information and the identification information of the room RM transmitted from the input terminal 1 have been received (step S21). If the staff information receiving unit 21 has not received the staff information and the identification information of the room RM, the process proceeds to step S25.

On the other hand, when the staff information receiving unit 21 receives the staff information and the identification information of the room RM, it stores this in the staff information temporary storage unit 22 (step S22). At this time, the determination unit 24 determines whether the same staff information corresponds to additional storage (step S23). That is, in a state where certain staff information and identification information of one room RMi are stored in the staff information temporary storage section 22, the determination unit 24 determines that the same staff information and identification information of another room RMj are stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22. It is determined whether the information has been additionally stored in the storage unit 22.

Here, if the determining unit 24 determines that the same staff information is not additionally stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22, the process proceeds to step S25. On the other hand, if the determination unit 24 determines that the same staff information corresponds to the situation where the same staff information is additionally stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22, the timeout instruction unit 25 indicates that the staff information has already been temporarily stored before the staff information etc. are additionally stored. The input terminal 1 of the one room indicated by the identification information of the room RMi stored in the storage unit 22 is instructed to perform a forced timeout (step S24). After that, the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S<b>25 , the registration request receiving unit 23 determines whether a nursing care record registration request transmitted from the input terminal 1 has been received. If the registration request receiving unit 23 has not received the nursing care record registration request, the process returns to step S21. On the other hand, when the registration request receiving unit 23 receives a request for registering a care record, the registration request receiving unit 23 deletes the staff information and the identification information of the room RM stored in the staff information temporary storage unit 22 (step S26 ). Furthermore, the record storage unit 26 stores the record information received by the registration request receiving unit 23 along with the registration request in the care record storage unit 20 as a history of care records (step S27). After that, the process returns to step S21.

As explained in detail above, in this embodiment, when an operation is performed to input part of the information (staff member's name) of the nursing care record on the input terminal 1 installed in each room RM of the nursing care facility, the progress If time measurement is started and then an operation is performed to instruct care record registration, or if the elapsed time reaches the timeout time and a timeout is detected, the record information entered up to that point is sent to the management device 2 and saved as a history.

According to this embodiment configured in this way, when a staff member enters the room, after touching the name button 201 and inputting the staff member's name into the input terminal 1, an operation to instruct the registration of a care record is not performed. When the timeout period is reached, some of the information input at the time of entering the room (the name of the care recipient, the name of the staff member, the start date and time of the care act) is transmitted to the management device 2 and saved as a history of care records. As a result, even if the staff forgets to input and register the remaining nursing care records when leaving the room after providing nursing care, at least some of the information will be saved in the management device 2 as a history of nursing care records. You will be able to do this.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, after the staff information is input at the input terminal 1 of one room RMi and the time measurement unit 12 starts measuring the elapsed time, the care record is registered at the input terminal 1 of the one room RMi. Before an operation for instructing is performed, and before the elapsed time measured by the timer 12 reaches the timeout time and a timeout is detected, the input of one room RMi is performed at the input terminal 1 of the other room RMj. When the same staff information as that input from the terminal 1 is input, a forced timeout is performed at the input terminal 1 of the first room RMi.

By doing this, a certain staff member touches the name button 201 on the input terminal 1 of the first room RMi, leaves the first room RMi without forgetting to input the nursing care action, and then If the same staff member touches the name button 201 on the input terminal 1 of another room RMj before the elapsed time measured on the i input terminal 1 of A forced timeout is performed on the terminal 1, and the record information that was partially input on the input terminal 1 of the first room RMi is transmitted to the management device 2 and stored as a history. As a result, the unnecessary measurement of elapsed time is stopped on the input terminal 1 of the first room RMi, and the recorded information inputted so far on the input terminal 1 of the first room RMi is transferred to the management device 2. It can be saved as a record history. Furthermore, the handling screen shown in FIG. 2(3) can be returned to the standby screen shown in FIG. 2(1) without waiting for the elapsed time to reach the timeout time.

Note that in the above embodiment, an example has been described in which measurement of elapsed time is started when any name button 201 is touched on the staff selection screen in FIG. 2(2), but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the timer 12 may start measuring the elapsed time when the standby screen in FIG. 2(1) is touched.

In addition, the above-mentioned embodiments are merely examples of implementation of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed to be limited thereby. That is, the present invention may be embodied in various forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics.

1 Input terminal 2 Management device 10 Recorded information temporary storage unit 11 Operation detection unit 12 Time measurement unit 13 Information input unit 14 Staff information notification unit 15 Registration operation detection unit 16 Timeout detection unit 17 Registration request unit 18 Forced timeout unit 19 Screen control unit 20 Nursing care record storage section 21 Staff information reception section 22 Staff information temporary storage section 23 Registration request reception section 24 Judgment section 25 Timeout instruction section 26 Record storage section

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Input terminals installed in each room of the facility and used by staff to manually enter care records or nursing records;
a management device connected to the input terminal via a communication network and storing care records or nursing records sent from the input terminal as a history;
The above input terminal is
a timer unit that starts measuring elapsed time when an operation to manually input the nursing record or part of the information in the nursing record is performed;
If an operation instructing the registration of record information of the nursing record or nursing record is performed, and the elapsed time measured by the timer without the operation instructing the registration of the record information is performed, the elapsed time reaches the timeout period. and a registration request unit that requests the management device to transmit and register the record information manually inputted up to that point when a timeout is detected.
The above management device is
comprising a record storage unit that stores the record information requested to be registered by the registration request unit as a history of the nursing record or nursing record ;
The above time-out period is longer than the time required for the nursing care action or nursing action that is expected to take the longest time among the caregiving actions or nursing actions performed by the above staff.
A record management system characterized by: Input terminals installed in each room of the facility and used by staff to enter care records or nursing records;
a management device connected to the input terminal via a communication network and storing care records or nursing records sent from the input terminal as a history;
The above input terminal is
a timer unit that starts measuring elapsed time when an operation is performed to input staff information that can identify the staff member as part of the nursing care record or nursing record ;
a staff information notification unit that notifies the management device of the staff information together with identification information of the room where the staff information is input when the staff information is input ;
If an operation instructing the registration of the nursing care record or nursing record is performed, and if the elapsed time measured by the timer reaches the timeout time and a timeout is detected, the information entered up to that point. a registration requesting unit that requests recording information to be sent to the management device and registered;
and a forced timeout section that forcibly times out in response to instructions from the management device,
The above management device is
a record storage unit that stores the record information requested to be registered by the registration request unit as a history of the nursing record or the nursing record;
After receiving the above-mentioned staff information together with the identification information of one room from the above-mentioned input terminal, and before receiving the registration request of the above-mentioned recorded information regarding the staff member specified by the above-mentioned staff information, the above-mentioned staff information of the same staff member is sent to another room. a timeout instruction section that instructs the input terminal in the first room to perform a forced timeout when the input terminal is received together with the identification information of the first room;
The registration requesting unit is characterized in that, when a timeout is forcibly performed by the forced timeout unit, the registration requesting unit sends the record information input up to that point to the management device to request registration. Records management system. 2. The staff information notification unit notifies the management device of the staff information together with identification information of the room where the staff information has been input after a predetermined period of time after the staff information is input. The record management system described in . An input terminal used by staff to manually input care records or nursing records,
a timer unit that starts measuring elapsed time when an operation to manually input the nursing record or part of the information in the nursing record is performed;
If an operation instructing the registration of record information of the nursing record or nursing record is performed, and the elapsed time measured by the timer without the operation instructing the registration of the record information is performed, the elapsed time reaches the timeout period. and a registration request unit that requests the management device to transmit and register the record information manually inputted up to that point when a timeout is detected .
The above time-out period is longer than the time required for the nursing care action or nursing action that is expected to take the longest time among the caregiving actions or nursing actions performed by the above staff.
An input terminal characterized by: