JP2002230169A - Nursing information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a nursing information management system capable of managing nursing information without taking care of a nurse. SOLUTION: An information transmitting unit which is attached to a care recipient or is provided at a position for distinguishing the care recipient from others, and which transmits identification information for distinguishing the care recipient to the outside in a non-contact manner, An information receiving unit that is attached and receives identification information when at a predetermined distance from the information transmitting unit;
Time measuring means for measuring the time when the information receiving unit and the information transmitting unit are at a predetermined distance.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a nursing information management system for managing nursing information of a care recipient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the nursing service (care service) for patients and caregivers, EBN (Evidence-Based Nursing) for scientifically analyzing nursing service, instead of the conventional empirical nursing, has attracted attention. In nursing work, qualitative enhancement and time enhancement, which are nursing contents, are important elements for nursing,
It is a challenge for the EBN to analyze the influence on the care recipient by these factors.

[0003] It is difficult to objectively evaluate the qualitative factors because there is subjective recognition by both the nurse and the care recipient. It is possible to objectively evaluate numerically based on the contents of nursing.

[0004]

However, it is troublesome and burdensome for the nurse to extract the nursing time for each patient from the nursing record and evaluate the time factor by performing statistical processing or the like. It will increase.

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide a nursing information management system capable of managing nursing information without the need for a nurse.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is characterized by having the following configuration.

(1) An information transmission unit which is attached to a care recipient or is provided at a position for distinguishing the care recipient from others, and which transmits identification information for distinguishing the care recipient to the outside in a non-contact manner, An information receiving unit attached to a person and receiving the identification information when the information transmitting unit is at a predetermined distance from the information transmitting unit, and measuring a time when the information receiving unit and the information transmitting unit are at the predetermined distance And a time measuring means.

(2) In the nursing information management system of (1), the information receiving unit has transmitting means for transmitting a radio wave of a predetermined frequency, and the predetermined distance means that the information transmitting unit transmits from the transmitting means. The distance is within a receivable range of radio waves.

(3) In the nursing information management system of (1), the information receiving unit has means for storing identification information for specifying a nurse attached to the information receiving unit, and the nursing information management system further includes the information. Identification information of the care recipient and the reception time received by the receiving unit,
And information processing means for calculating a nursing care time for the care recipient from the identification information of the nurse.

[0010] (4) An information transmission unit attached to the nurse, which wirelessly transmits identification information for identifying the nurse or the unit, and a location for distinguishing the care recipient from others. And an information receiving unit for receiving the identification information when the information transmitting unit is in a predetermined contact state, and timing means for measuring a time when the information receiving unit receives the identification information. And

(5) In the nursing information management system of (4), the information receiving unit has a detecting means for detecting that the information receiving unit has entered or exited a sick room or a predetermined area of the care recipient. Measures the elapsed time of receiving the identification information based on the detection result of the detection means.

(6) A first information transmission unit attached to the care recipient and wirelessly transmitting identification information for distinguishing the care recipient, and an identification attached to the care recipient and identifying the care recipient. A second information transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting information; and a second information transmitting unit provided at an appropriate place in a medical facility, receiving identification information from the first information transmitting unit and the second information transmitting unit, respectively, and establishing a predetermined contact state. And a time measuring means for measuring the time of the contact state between the two detected by the detecting means.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a nursing information management system according to the present invention.

<Embodiment 1> FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a nursing information management system. A and B are nurses, and C is a nurse. The care recipients A and B are provided with a wireless tag 1 which is a kind of wireless communication type storage medium, and the caregiver C is provided with a management box 10 for storing nursing information. Reference numeral 20 denotes an information processing apparatus including a computer provided in a separate room, which is capable of accumulating various data of a nurse stored in the management box 10 and performing statistical processing and the like.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a configuration of the wireless tag 1. Reference numeral 2 denotes a transmitting / receiving antenna 2. Reference numeral 3 denotes a memory in which identification information (for example, an ID number or the like) for identifying a care recipient is stored. Reference numeral 4 denotes a battery serving as a driving power source.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a receiving circuit for analyzing a radio wave received from the antenna 2, a transmitting circuit for transmitting the identification information stored in the memory 3 from the antenna 2, a tuning circuit for tuning to a received radio wave of a predetermined frequency, CPU (Cent
ral processing unit).

When the radio tag 1 receives a radio wave of a predetermined frequency by the antenna 2 (tunes to the radio wave of the predetermined frequency), the control unit 5 transmits the identification information stored in the memory 3 from the antenna 2 as a radio wave. Has become.

The nurse C has a management box 10 for managing patient information. FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the management box 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a transmitting / receiving antenna. 12 is a memory for storing nursing information, 13 is a battery serving as a driving power source, 14 is the current date and time,
This is a timer section for measuring nursing time. Memory 1
2 stores in advance identification information for identifying a nurse.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a receiving circuit for analyzing radio waves received from the antenna 11, and transmits a radio wave of a predetermined frequency to the antenna 11.
A transmission circuit for further transmitting, and a C for performing these controls
This is a control unit including a PU and the like. 16 is the management box 10
This is a switch unit including a plurality of switches provided outside. The switch unit 16 is provided with a switch for designating nursing contents (for example, rehabilitation, treatment, medication, etc.), a data transmission switch for transmitting various data stored in the memory 12 to the outside, and the like. Reference numeral 17 denotes an output unit for transmitting data to an external device such as a printer port or RS232C. Reference numeral 18 denotes an LED provided outside the management box 10. The LED 18 is lit while the radio wave from the wireless tag 1 is being received, and is used as a means for notifying the nurse that reception is being performed.

The operation of the nursing information management system having the above configuration will be described.

The nurse C approaches to the care recipient A to perform nursing. At this time, a radio wave of a predetermined frequency is constantly transmitted from the control box 15 attached to the nurse C by the control unit 15, and an inquiry is made by the radio wave. When the distance between the nurse C and the care receiver A approaches a predetermined distance (for example, 1 m), the radio wave is received by the antenna 2 provided on the wireless tag 1.

When a radio wave of a predetermined frequency is received by the antenna 2, while the radio wave of the predetermined frequency is being received, the control unit 5 of the wireless tag 1 makes the management box 10 detect that it is in a reception state. Is transmitted through the antenna 2. At the same time, the control unit 5 transmits the identification information (the ID number of the care recipient) stored in the memory 3 to the management box 10.

When the control box 10 receives the signal and the identification information from the wireless tag 1 through the antenna 11, the control unit 15 turns on the LED 18 to notify that the signal from the wireless tag 1 is being received, and to execute the timer. Part 14
To count the elapsed time from the start of reception.

The nurse C selects a nursing content by using a switch of the switch section 16 of the management box 10. Control unit 1
Numeral 5 stores the date and time of nursing, the contents of nursing, and the identification information of the care recipient in the memory 12 as information of the same group. When the nursing is completed, the nurse C is separated from the care receiver A by a predetermined distance, and the radio tag 1 does not receive the radio wave of the predetermined frequency from the management box 10, the control unit 5 of the radio tag 1 transmits a signal. Stop doing it. When the signal from the wireless tag 1 stops and the signal is no longer received from the antenna 11 of the management box 10, the control unit 15 turns off the LED 18 and notifies that the signal from the wireless tag 1 is not received.
At the same time, the control unit 15 stops counting the elapsed reception time by the timer unit 14, stores the elapsed time as the nursing time for the care recipient A in the memory 12, and ends the reception processing.

Next, the nurse C performs the same operation on the nurse B. When the nurse C approaches the nurse B within a predetermined distance to perform nursing, a radio wave transmitted from the management box 10 is received by the wireless tag 1 attached to the nurse B. When the radio wave transmitted from the management box 10 is received by the wireless tag 1 attached to the care recipient B, the control unit 5 of the wireless tag 1 notifies the management box 1 that it is in the receiving state.
A signal for causing the 0 side to detect is transmitted. At the same time, the control unit 5 transmits the identification information (the care recipient B
Is transmitted to the management box 10.

The nurse C confirms that the signal from the wireless tag 1 is received by the management box 10, and
In 6 specify the nursing content and perform nursing.

When the control unit 15 of the management box 10 detects that the identification information for identifying the care recipient is different from the previous one (the care recipient A), the control unit 15 converts the nursing information of the care recipient into a group different from the previous one. The information is stored in the memory 12.
While the signal from the wireless tag 1 is being received, the timer unit 14 counts the elapsed time.

When the nursing is finished, the nurse C is separated from the patient B by a predetermined distance, and the radio tag 1 no longer receives radio waves of a predetermined frequency, the control unit 5 of the radio tag 1 transmits a signal. Stop. When the signal from the wireless tag 1 is no longer received, the control unit 15 stops counting the elapsed reception time by the timer unit 14, stores the elapsed time in the memory 12 as the nursing time of the care recipient B, and ends the reception processing. .

After completing all nursing work, the nurse C
Connects the management box 10 and the information processing 20 through the output unit 18, and uses the data transmission switch of the switch unit 16 to store the nursing information of the care recipients A and B and the identification information of the nurse C ( (The ID number of the nurse C). The transmitted nursing information is deleted from the memory 12.

In this way, a nurse can create and manage nursing information without having to record it again in a nursing record after a nursing operation. In addition, since the nursing data is stored in the information processing device 20, various statistical operations can be easily performed, which can be useful for EBN and the like.

In the above embodiment, the management box and the wireless tag are worn by the nurse and the care recipient, respectively. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Good. For example, the wireless tag 1 can be attached to a bed of a care recipient.

In the embodiment, the wireless tag 1 emits a radio wave when receiving a predetermined frequency. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the wireless tag 1 always emits a radio wave. The management box 10 may receive it.

Further, in the embodiment, the radio waves are always emitted from the management box 10. However, the radio waves are emitted from the management box 10 at predetermined intervals (for example, at one-minute intervals), so that the consumption of the management box 10 is reduced. Power can also be reduced.

<Embodiment 2> Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 as Embodiment 2 and will be described below.

When the care recipient is in a private room (when there is only one care recipient in each room), a gate is provided at the entrance of the private room, and the nurse enters and leaves the private room. It is also possible to determine whether work is being performed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration when a gate is provided. In this case, the gate 30 is installed at the entrance of the room where the care recipient A is located. The gate 30 includes a transmitting / receiving antenna 31, a control unit 32, and a timer unit 3 as shown in FIG.
3, a memory 34, an output unit 35 and the like. The gate 30 transmits a radio wave of a predetermined frequency from an antenna 31. Two receiving antennas 31 are incorporated in parallel, and it is possible to distinguish between entering and leaving the room based on the passing direction.

When the nurse C carrying the wireless tag 1 passes through the gate to enter the room where the care recipient A is located, the wireless tag 1 receives a radio wave of a predetermined frequency and has identification information of the nurse C. Signal. When receiving the signal from the wireless tag 1, the control unit 32 provided in the gate 30 detects that the nurse C has entered the room, and the timer unit 33 counts the elapsed time since entering the room. At this time, the control unit 3
Reference numeral 2 indicates that the elapsed time is counted in the memory 34 without stopping the time measurement by the timer unit 33 even when the nurse C moves away from the gate 30 and the wireless tag 1 stops transmitting radio waves.

When the nurse C completes the nursing work of the care recipient A and passes through the gate 30 to leave the room, a radio wave is transmitted again from the wireless tag 1 and received by the gate 30 side. Control unit 32
When the signal from the wireless tag 1 is received again, the counting of the elapsed time by the timer unit 33 is stopped, and the elapsed time and the identification information of the nurse and the care recipient, the nursing date and time, the elapsed time and the like are stored in the memory 34. Store as nursing information. Thereafter, the data is transmitted to the information processing device 20 through the cable 36.

When it is desired to treat nursing contents as nursing information, a plurality of switches capable of designating each nursing content are provided at the gate 30, and the nursing contents are stored in the memory as nursing information based on the used switches. 34.

In the above embodiment, the gate 30 is provided with the timer section 33, the memory 34, and the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the gate 30 may simply receive the identification information of the nurse. It can be treated as a vessel.
In this case, the information processing device 20 is provided with a timer unit that records the time (entrance and exit) when the vehicle passes through the gate 30. When the nurse C enters the room through the gate 30, the entry time is recorded by the information processing device 20, and the gate 30 is re-entered.
Record the exit time as you exit through. Then, a configuration may be employed in which the staying time (nursing time) of the nurse C in the hospital room is obtained from the difference between the entering time and the leaving time. Also, instead of calculating the stay time from the difference between the entry time and the exit time, the time from entry to the exit may be measured.

Each of the care recipients A and B and the caregiver C is provided with a wireless tag 1 for transmitting the identification information, and a gate for receiving the identification information transmitted from the wireless tag 1 is provided in the hospital room. Not only at the entrance, but also at regular intervals in corridors and the like. This configuration is shown in FIG.

Gates 100a to 100d receive identification information from the wireless tag 1. Gates 100a to 10
0d is provided at a fixed interval at an entrance of a room, a corridor, or the like, and sets an area (cell) to be assigned to each gate. The gates 100a to 100d have two built-in receiving antennas in parallel so that it is possible to detect from which direction the nurses A and B and the cared person C come from.

For example, when the nurse C comes from the left side of the page and passes through the gate 100a, the gate 100a
Receives a signal from the wireless tag 1 attached thereto and transmits the signal to the information processing device 20. Thereby, the information processing device 20 recognizes that the nurse C is currently in the cell α. Nurse C goes further down the corridor and takes care of B
Enter the cell γ where there is. The wireless tag 1 is also attached to the care recipient B, and in the information processing device 20, the care recipient B
It is recognized that you are within.

The information processing device 20 has gates 100a to 10a
When the nurse C recognizes that the cell C has entered the cell γ from the signal transmitted from 0c, while the two (the care recipient B and the nurse C) are in the same cell, the time is measured as the nursing time, Remember that time.

As described above, since the contact time between the two is automatically measured without being conscious of the nursing time and the identification of the care recipient, the nursing information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 20 without being conscious of the burden of the nurse. It will be memorized.

<Embodiment 3> Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 as Embodiment 3 and will be described below.

The nurses D and E and the nurse F have radio transmitters 40a to 40c for specifying their current positions. The radio wave oscillators 40a to 40c emit radio waves of different wavelengths in order to identify an attendant. 41a-4
1i is a receiving antenna, and radio wave oscillators 40a to 40c
Receive radio waves. The receiving antennas 41a to 41i are installed at predetermined intervals (for example, at intervals of 5 m) in a corridor, a hospital room, or the like, so that radio waves transmitted from the radio wave oscillators 40a to 40c can be received anywhere. Further, in order to detect the exact positions of the nurse and the care recipient, it is preferable to mount three to four receiving antennas in the room.

Reference numeral 50 denotes an information processing device provided in a separate room. Reference numeral 51 denotes a position detection unit for determining the current position of the care recipient and the nurse. The position detecting unit has a receiving antenna 4 in advance.
Positions 1a to 41i and identification information are given, and the receiving antennas 41a to 41i are connected by a cable 42. 52 is a control unit, 53 is a memory, and 54 is a timer unit.

The operation of the nursing information management system having the above configuration will be described.

When the receiving antennas 41 a to 41 i receive radio waves transmitted from the radio wave oscillators 40 a to 40 c carried by the care recipients D and E and the caregiver F, the reception status is sent to the position detection unit 51 through the cable 42. In the information processing device 50, the position detection unit 51 uses the reception antennas 41a to 41a.
The positions of the radio wave oscillators 40a to 40c (the current positions of the caregiver F and the care receivers D and E) are specified based on the reception state from i.

The control unit 52 calculates the distance between the nurse F and the care recipients D and E based on the position information of each of the radio wave transmitters 40a to 40c obtained by the position detection unit 51. The control unit 52 determines that the distance between the nurse F and the care recipients D and E is a predetermined distance (for example, 1).
When approaching m), it is recognized that nursing work is being performed, and the timer unit 54 counts the elapsed time of the nursing work.
When the distance between the nurse F and the care recipients D and E is longer than a predetermined distance, the control unit 52 stops counting the elapsed time by the timer unit 54 and uses the elapsed time so far as identification information of the care recipient and the nurse. At the same time, it is stored in the memory 53 as nursing information.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, the approaching state of the nurse and the care recipient is detected by radio waves, and this is stored as the nursing work time. Can manage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a nursing information management system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system of the wireless tag 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the management box 10;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a nursing information management system according to a second embodiment in which a gate is provided at an entrance.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control system of a nursing information management system when a gate is used.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a nursing information management system according to a third embodiment in which a plurality of receiving antennas are provided.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modification of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wireless tag 2 Transmission / reception antenna 3 Memory 5 Control part 10 Management box 11 Transmission / reception antenna 12 Memory 14 Timer part 15 Control part 16 Switch part 20 Information processing device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information transmitting unit which is attached to a care recipient or is provided at a position for distinguishing a care recipient from others, and which transmits identification information for distinguishing the care recipient to the outside in a non-contact manner. An information receiving unit attached to the information transmitting unit and receiving the identification information when the information transmitting unit is at a predetermined distance from the information transmitting unit; and measuring a time when the information receiving unit and the information transmitting unit are at the predetermined distance. A nursing information management system, comprising: a timing unit. 2. The nursing information management system according to claim 1, wherein said information receiving unit has transmitting means for transmitting a radio wave of a predetermined frequency, and said predetermined distance is transmitted from said transmitting means by said information transmitting unit. A nursing information management system characterized by a distance within which radio waves can be received. 3. The nursing information management system according to claim 1, wherein said information receiving unit has means for storing identification information for specifying a nurse attached to said information receiving unit, and said nursing information management system further comprises said information receiving unit. A nursing information management system comprising information processing means for calculating a nursing care time for a nursing person from a nursing person's identification information and the receiving time of the nursing person received by the unit, and the nursing person's identification information. 4. An information transmitting unit attached to a nurse, wherein the information transmitting unit wirelessly transmits identification information for identifying the nurse or the unit, and a location for distinguishing the care recipient from others. , An information receiving unit for receiving the identification information when the information transmitting unit is in a predetermined contact state, and timing means for measuring a time when the information receiving unit receives the identification information. Nursing information management system. 5. The nursing information management system according to claim 4, wherein the information receiving unit has detecting means for detecting that the information receiving unit has entered or exited a sick room or a predetermined area of the care recipient. A nursing information management system, wherein an elapsed time of receiving the identification information is measured based on a detection result of the detection means. 6. A first information transmitting unit attached to a care recipient and wirelessly transmitting identification information for distinguishing the care recipient, and identification information attached to the nurse and distinguishing the care recipient And a second information transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting the identification information from the first information transmitting unit and the second information transmitting unit provided at an appropriate place in the medical facility. A nursing information management system, comprising: detecting means for detecting the presence of the object; and time measuring means for measuring the time of the contact state between the two detected by the detecting means.