NL1010742C2 - Time registration system for the healthcare sector. - Google Patents

Description

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Time registration system for the healthcare sector.

The invention relates to a method and a system for recording working hours in the home care sector.

10 Because the care staff in the home care sector or comparable sectors are rather ambulatory and do not come into daily contact with the management of this form of service, there is a need for a time registration system with which the working hours can be recorded for optimal planning and enable accountability for these activities.

The present invention aims to provide a solution to this. For this purpose, according to the invention, the nursing staff is provided with a so-called data logger, for instance in the form of a key ring, in order to record the date and the times of arrival and departure per care worker. In order to simplify the recording of these times and to make this operation possible only at the home of the person being cared for, the data logger according to the invention is provided with a receiver circuit, with which a contactless radio-frequency identification label can be read, which is, for example, inextricably connected. with the log, which is present at the care-provider and in which the findings and actions are recorded by the 30 nursing staff. Furthermore, for recording the above times, the data logger must also be provided with a date and time clock and with a memory element to store this information together with the identity of the contactless radio-frequency identification label with the person being cared for.

The information collected in the data logger can, for example, be transferred at the end of the working day 10107421 -2- to a central information processing system, where this information is collected and used for recording working hours and the associated work schedules as well as for generating management information .

5 To distinguish between the times of coming and going, the data logger can be equipped with two buttons. A "come" button activating the receiver circuit present in the data logger to read the contactless radio frequency identification label and associate the identification number of this label with the time of coming and a "go" button to also enter the receiver circuit. and associate the tag identification number with the time of going.

In order not to require additional buttons on the data-15 logger, the date and time clock is not set with the actual date and time, but the data logger uses a relative date and time. The actual times of coming and going are calculated from the relative dates and times recorded in the data-20 logger and the actual date and time at the time of transfer of information to the central information processing system.

Of course it is also possible to execute the data logger with only one button, with which both the time of 25 and the time of going are recorded.

The nature of the work carried out by the nursing staff at the home of the care worker can be deduced from the identity of the care worker, because the care worker has a predetermined care requirement. Sometimes the nature of the work to be performed can also be deduced from the identity of the nurse, because the nurses have individual specialties, or a combination of both. By also giving the data logger a unique identification number 35 and linking it to the identity of the nurse, the central information processing system can to some extent be used to determine which activities have been carried out for the person being cared for.

To enable better recording of these activities and also to pass on instructions to colleagues, the data logger can optionally be equipped with a microphone, a digitizing circuit and a larger memory element per person, except the date and times of also come and go to capture a limited amount of narration. This spoken information can also be transferred to the central information processing system.

The transfer of all information collected in the data logger can be transferred, for example daily, by telephone to the central information processing system using a modem function built into the data logger. In order to limit the duration of the transfer, this transfer via the telephone connection to the central information processing system is preferably analog instead of digital and the information here is digitized again for storage in the memory of the central information processing system. In this way, no additional device is required for the transmission of the information.

If all information has been correctly transferred to the central information processing system, the information can be removed from the data logger, so that it is again ready for storing new information.

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Claims (10)

1. A method and a system for recording 5 working hours of nursing staff, who are ambulatory work in the home care sector, or comparable sectors, characterized in that each nurse carries a handy data logger, with which every cared, at arrival and departure a contactless radio-10 frequent identification label is read, in order to register the arrival time and the departure time in the data logger, which is equipped with a date and time clock and a memory element to record this information and a later date, for example at the end of the working day, to be transferred by telephone to a central information processing system, where this information is collected and used, for example, for recording working hours and the associated planning and accounting of these 20 activities, as well as for generating management information. 2. A method and a system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the contactless radio-frequency identification label is linked to the location of the person being cared for, for example by inseparably attaching this identification label. to the log book, which is kept by the person being cared for, in which activities and findings are recorded. A method and a system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or both of the previous claim (s), characterized in that the data logger is provided with a "come" button to record the arrival time, as well as a "go" button to record the time of departure. -5- A method and system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the previous claim (s), characterized in that the data logger is provided with only one button to determine both the time of arrival and the time of departure. to lay. A method and system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the preceding claim (s), characterized in that the date and time clock in the data logger is not set with the actual date and time, but that the actual dates and times of coming and going are calculated from the relative data and times 15 as recorded in the data logger and the actual date and time at the time of the transfer of information to the central information processing system. A method and a system for recording 20 working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the previous claim (s), characterized in that the nature of the activities performed in the care performed, is derived from the central information processing system. identity of the person being cared for, because this person has a pre-determined care requirement. A method and a system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the preceding claim (s), characterized in that the nature of the work performed in the care performed is derived by the central information processing system. specialty of the nurse, the identity of which is linked to the identification number 35 of the data logger of the relevant nurse. 'ï 01 07 4 2λ -6- A method and a system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the previous claim (s), characterized in that the data logger is provided with a larger memory element, 5 in which per nurse, except the date and time a limited amount of spoken text can also be recorded by means of a microphone and a digitizing circuit, which is also transferred to the central information processing system. A method and a system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the previous claim (s), characterized in that the data logger for establishing the connection to the central information processing system is provided with a modem. , which allows the digital information to be transferred by telephone, so that no additional equipment is required for this transfer. 20 A method and system for recording working hours of ambulatory nursing staff according to one or more of the previous claim (s), characterized in that the collected information is removed from the data logger after the transfer of this information to the central information processing system has taken place, after which the data logger is again ready to store new information. • vi ü / 4 2¾ COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) REPORT ON NEWNESS RESEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL TYPE IDENTIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL APPLICATION Characteristic of the applicant or of the authorized representative A3 / SK Dutch application no. "NEDAP" Date of the request for an examination of international type Granted by the International Research Authority of the USA) to the request for an examination of international type No SN 32232 EN I. CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBJECT (under different classifications, all specify classification symbols) According to International Classification (IPC) Int. Cl.6; g 07 C 1/02 II. FIELD OF TECHNIQUE EXAMINED _ Minimum Documentation Examined Classification System Classification Symbols Int. Cl.6 G 07 C, G 06 F Documentation examined other than minimum documentation to the extent that such documents are included in the areas investigated ill · 1 1 NO INVESTIGATION POSSIBLE FOR CERTAIN CONCLUSIONS (comments on supplementary sheet) IV. I I LACK OF UNITY OF INVENTION (comments 0p supplemental sheet // Form PCT / ISA / ZOKj) 07.1979