JPH09312865A - Hospital information notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the hospital information notice system in which calling or information notice is attained for patients or persons engaged in medical jobs even when they are resident in any place. SOLUTION: Radio terminal equipments 13a, 13b receiving a signal sent from a transmitter side via a public line 11 and informing a fact of reception of the signal or information corresponding to the signal to a person carrying the terminal equipment are provided to patients or persons engaged in medical jobs. Then the public line 11 and the radio calling terminal equipments 13a, 13b are used to make calling or information notice to the patients or persons engaged in medical jobs.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hospital information notifying system capable of calling or notifying a patient, a doctor or the like of information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been a common practice for a patient at a hospital to wait for a long time after receiving a patient's turn at each place of consultation, accounting, and pharmacy. Therefore, the patient is called by the voice guidance by the speaker or the electronic bulletin board, but in addition to not knowing how long to wait in the process of each department, the name may be called while leaving the seat for a while and the order may be delayed. Therefore, patients are in each department,
Being around electronic bulletin boards, etc., it is necessary to always pay attention to voice guidance and electronic bulletin boards.

In addition, the doctor notifies the doctor when he or she requests an examination from the examination room to another examination room, a request for an examination from a specialist doctor, or an emergency examination request from the examination room to the interpretation room. In some cases, hospitals that have a hospital information system or PACS may move or specify examinations on the screen. However, hospitals that do not have a hospital information system or PACS generally use telephones for examinations. The request from the doctor is sent to the doctor.

[0004]

However, it is not always possible for a hospital to notify a patient or a doctor to a doctor in a hospital, and only when the notified party is in a predetermined place. It is possible, and notification may take time if you are not in the prescribed place. Therefore, the patient needs to wait for a long time at a predetermined place, but waiting for a long time without knowing how long the patient waits at the same place requires patience.

[0005] In hospitals where a hospital information system or PACS is installed, there are cases where examinations are moved or designated on the screen, but if you are away from your desk you can move the examinations unless you look at the screen. I cannot know the designation of the inspection. Further, in the case where a specific doctor is urgently required to see it, if the specific doctor is not present in a predetermined place, it may not be possible to promptly notify the emergency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a hospital information notifying system capable of calling or notifying information regardless of where the patient or medical staff is. To aim.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is to receive a signal transmitted from a transmitting side through a communication line or to carry out a portable reception for notifying information corresponding to the signal. The gist is that the means is carried by the patient, the medical staff, or the like, and the patient or the medical staff, etc. is called or notified by using the portable receiving means.

In the hospital information notification system according to claim 1, the portable receiving means is passed to the patient or the medical staff, and the signal transmitted from the transmitting side through the communication line is received by the portable receiving means. Then, the reception of this signal or information corresponding to this signal is notified to the patient or medical staff by the portable receiving means. Therefore, it is possible to call or notify the information regardless of where the patient or medical staff is.

According to the invention of claim 2, a terminal installed in each department in the hospital or a pharmacy outside the hospital for managing hospital information is connected to this terminal and the communication line. And a portable receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitting side through the communication line and notifying that the signal has been received or information corresponding to this signal. A patient or a medical staff possesses the portable receiving means, and calls or informs the patient or the medical staff from the terminal through the connecting means, the communication line and the portable receiving means. The point is to do.

According to another aspect of the hospital information notification system of the present invention, the terminal manages the hospital information, the connecting means connects the terminal and the communication line, and the terminal sends information to the communication line. The signal is transmitted, and the portable receiving means receives the signal transmitted from the transmitting side through the communication line, and notifies the wearer of the reception of this signal or the information corresponding to this signal. Then, the portable receiving means is handed over to the patient or medical staff, and the terminal or the medical personnel is called or notified from the terminal through the connecting means, the communication line and the portable receiving means. . Therefore, it is possible to call or notify the information regardless of where the patient or medical staff is.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a hospital information notification system according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the hospital information notification system 1 includes a central processing unit 3, an in-hospital LAN 5, a reception terminal 7a as a terminal, an examination room terminal 7b, an examination room terminal 7c, and an accounting terminal 7d.
And a pharmacy terminal 7e and a modem 9b as a connecting means,
9c, 9d, 9e, a public line 11 as a communication line, and a radio call terminal (pager, so-called pager) 13a, 13 as a portable receiving means.
b.

In this embodiment, a medical staff such as a patient or a doctor can be called by using the radio calling terminals 13a and 13b, and the call can be notified regardless of where the patient or the doctor is. It was done like this. In the hospital information notification system 1 of this embodiment, the examination room terminal 7
b, the examination terminal 7c, the accounting terminal 7d, and the pharmacy terminal 7e are used to call patients, doctors, etc. using the radio calling terminals 13a and 13b.

The central processing unit 3 has a database,
The examination history and examination history of each patient, accounting information for accounting, and prescription information for prescription are stored in the database. Further, the central processing unit 3 temporarily holds the medical examination information transmitted from the medical examination room terminal 7b and adds it to the medical examination history. Further, the central processing unit 3 has an inspection room terminal 7c.
The inspection information sent from is temporarily stored and added to the inspection history. Further, in the central processing unit 3, the accounting / prescription information sending command is issued to the examination room terminal 7b or the examination room terminal 7
When sent from c, the medical examination information and examination information that are temporarily stored are sent to the accounting terminal 7d and the pharmacy terminal 7e as accounting information and prescription information.

The in-hospital LAN 5 is wired to each department in the hospital, and has a central processing unit 3, a reception terminal 7a, and an examination room terminal 7.
b, examination room terminal 7c, accounting terminal 7d, pharmacy terminal 7e are connected, medical examination / inspection history sending command, medical examination history information, medical examination information, accounting / prescription information sending command, medical examination history information, examination information, financial information, accounting It serves as a communication path for end information, prescription information, drug delivery end information, and the like.

The reception terminal 7a is installed at the reception of the hospital,
As shown in FIG. 2, a transmission / reception unit 21 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the central processing unit 3, a display unit 23 for displaying information and the like transmitted from the central processing unit 3, and an input unit 25 for inputting a patient name and the like. The storage unit 27 stores information transmitted from the central processing unit 3, the transmission / reception unit 21, the display unit 23, the input unit 25, and the control unit 29 that controls the operations of the storage unit 27. Is done.

The examination room terminal 7b is installed in the examination room, and has a transmitting / receiving section 21, a display section 23, an input section 25, a storage section 27, and a control section 29, like the reception terminal 7a. Medical examination information indicating whether or not the visit has been made is input. Also,
The examination room terminal 7b transmits a calling signal to the radio calling terminals 13a and 13b. Although only one examination room terminal 7b is shown in FIG. 1, a hospital having a plurality of examination rooms has a plurality of examination room terminals 7b.

The examination room terminal 7c is installed in the examination room and has a transmission / reception section 21, a display section 23, an input section 25, a storage section 27, and a control section 29, like the reception terminal 7a. Inspection information or the like indicating whether or not the inspection is performed is input. Also,
The examination room terminal 7c transmits a calling signal to the radio calling terminals 13a and 13b. Although only one examination room terminal 7c is shown in FIG. 1, a hospital having a plurality of examination rooms also has a plurality of examination room terminals 7c.

The accounting terminal 7d is installed in the accounting room, and like the reception terminal 7a, the transmitting / receiving section 21, the display section 23 and the input section 2 are provided.
5, the storage unit 27, and the control unit 29, and the central processing unit 3
An accounting statement or the like is created based on the accounting information transmitted from. In addition, the accounting terminal 7d is a radio calling terminal 13a,
A call signal is transmitted to 13b.

The pharmacy terminal 7e is installed in the pharmacy, and similar to the reception terminal 7a, the transmitting / receiving unit 21, the display unit 23, and the input unit 25.
It has a storage unit 27 and a control unit 29, and creates a prescription based on the prescription information transmitted from the central processing unit 3. Further, the pharmacy terminal 7e is the radio calling terminals 13a, 13b.
Send a call signal to. The pharmacy terminal 7e is
It may be installed not only in the pharmacy inside the hospital but also in the pharmacy outside the hospital.

The modems 9b, 9c, 9d and 9e are used as an examination room terminal 7b, an examination room terminal 7c, an accounting terminal 7d and a pharmacy terminal 7.
The call command issued from e is modulated and transmitted to the public line 11. If the call command issued from the examination room terminal 7b, the examination room terminal 7c, the accounting terminal 7d, and the pharmacy terminal 7e can be modulated and transmitted to the public line 11, the modem need not be used. Further, it may be provided in each of the examination room terminal 7b, the examination room terminal 7c, the accounting terminal 7d, and the pharmacy terminal 7e.

The public line 11 is used as a communication line and is connected with modems 9b, 9c, 9d and 9e. The communication line is not limited to the public line, and other communication lines such as a wireless LAN may be used.

When the radio calling terminal 13a is delivered to the patient at the reception of the hospital, a calling signal is issued from the examination room terminal 7b, and a signal corresponding to this is sent from the transmitting station connected to the public line 11. , "Medical examination" is displayed corresponding to this signal. In addition, the radio calling terminal 1
When the call signal is issued from the examination room terminal 7c and the signal corresponding to this call signal is transmitted from the transmitting station connected to the public line 11, 3a responds to this signal by, for example, "inspection". indicate. Further, when the call signal is issued from the accounting terminal 7d and the signal corresponding to this call signal is transmitted from the transmitting station connected to the public line 11, the radio call terminal 13a is associated with this signal, for example, " Please make a payment. "Is displayed. Further, when the paging signal is output from the pharmacy terminal 7e and the signal corresponding to this paging signal is transmitted from the transmitting station connected to the public line 11, the radio paging terminal 13a responds to this signal by, for example, " The drug is ready "is displayed.

When the radio calling terminal 13b is handed to a doctor, a consultation room terminal 7b outputs a calling signal, and a signal corresponding to the calling signal is transmitted from a transmitting station connected to the public line 11, Corresponding to the signal, for example, "it is urgent, please come to the examination room" is displayed. Further, the radio calling terminal 13b is the examination room terminal 7c.
When a call signal is issued from, and a signal corresponding to this call signal is transmitted from the transmitting station connected to the public line 11, for example, "emergency. Please come to the examination room." indicate.

As the radio call terminals 13a and 13b, a combination of an arbitrary simple mobile phone, a mobile phone, a portable information terminal and the like and a portable terminal may be used. Next, the operation of the hospital information notification system 1 of the present embodiment will be described separately for calling a patient and calling a doctor. First, the operation of calling a patient will be described with reference to FIG. First, the patient deposits the radio calling terminal 13a in exchange for a medical examination ticket at the reception of the hospital. After the patient deposits the radio calling terminal 13a, the radio calling terminal 13 is used to make a call for consultation, examination, accounting, or drug delivery.
Since it is held in a, you may be in a place other than the waiting room.

On the other hand, when the operator of the reception terminal 7a receives the information, the patient ID, the department name, and the radio calling terminal NO. Is input from the input unit 25 of the reception terminal 7a. Patient ID, department name, wireless calling terminal NO. When the input is made, the reception terminal 7a determines that the patient ID, the department name, the wireless calling terminal NO.
An instruction to send a medical examination / inspection history to which is added is sent to the central processing unit 3. The operator of the reception terminal 7a performs this operation each time the patient receives the reception.

When the medical examination / inspection history sending command is transmitted, the central processing unit 3 reads out the medical examination history corresponding to the patient ID added to the medical examination / inspection history sending command from the database, and examines the medical examination history. Examination room terminal 7 of the examination room corresponding to the clinical department added to the inspection history sending command
It is sent to b as medical examination history information.

When the medical examination history information is transmitted from the central processing unit 3, the medical examination room terminal 7b stores the medical examination history information in the storage unit 27 in the order of transmission. And the examination room terminal 7
The operator of b causes the wireless calling terminal 13a to transmit a calling signal using the consultation room terminal 7b in the order in which the diagnosis history information is stored. For example, the radio calling terminal NO. The call number of the wireless calling terminal is stored in the storage unit 37, the cursor is moved to the position of the patient name in the corresponding examination history information information on the screen of the display unit 23, and the key for transmitting the call signal is pressed. When the radio calling terminal NO. Be sure to send the call signal by the call number of.

When the call signal is transmitted from the examination room terminal 7b, the corresponding radio call terminal 13a receives the call signal and displays the sentence (information) "examination" corresponding to the call signal. As a result, the patient knows that it is the order of examination and moves to the examination room.

After that, the doctor makes a medical examination. Then, the doctor inputs the medical examination information indicating the medical examination contents to the input unit 25 of the medical examination room terminal 7b.
Enter from. At this time, if it is necessary to take out the medicine, the prescription information is added to the examination information and input. Further, when an examination by an X-ray diagnostic apparatus, an X-ray CT apparatus or the like is necessary, information indicating that is added to the examination information and input, and when the examination is unnecessary, a key indicating the end of examination is pressed. In addition, when the medical examination is not performed after the examination, the key indicating the end of the medical examination is similarly pressed.

When the examination information is input, the examination room terminal 7b
Transmits the medical examination information to the central processing unit 3. Also,
When the key indicating the end of examination is pressed, the examination room terminal 7b transmits an accounting / prescription information sending command to the central processing unit 3.

When the medical examination information is transmitted, the central processing unit 3
Holds the medical examination information temporarily and adds it to the medical examination history information. At this time, when the information indicating that the examination is to be performed is added to the examination information, the central processing unit 3 reads out the examination history corresponding to the patient from the database and transmits the examination history to the examination room terminal 7c, and the patient name Inspection type,
An inspection list showing inspection sites and the like is created and temporarily stored.

When the inspection history information is transmitted, the inspection room terminal 7
Similarly to the examination room terminal 7b, the c stores the examination history information in the storage unit 27 in the order of transmission. Then, the operator of the inspection room terminal 7c transmits an inspection list request to the central processing unit 3 using the inspection room terminal 7c, and thereby uses the inspection room terminal 7c in the order of the inspection list transmitted from the central processing unit 3. The radio calling terminal 13a is caused to transmit a calling signal. This transmission of the calling signal is performed in the same manner as the transmission of the calling signal at the examination room terminal 7b. The laboratory terminal 7
The operator of c may transmit the call signal in the order of storage of the inspection history stored in the storage unit 27 of the inspection room terminal 7c.

When the calling signal is transmitted from the inspection room terminal 7c, the corresponding wireless calling terminal 13a receives the calling signal and displays the sentence (information) "inspection" corresponding to the calling signal. By this, the patient knows that it is the order of the examination and moves to the examination room.

The inspector is the inspection list and the inspection room terminal 7
The inspection is performed by referring to the inspection history stored in the storage unit 27 of c, and the inspection information indicating the inspection content is input from the input unit 25 of the inspection room terminal 7c. When the inspection information is input, the inspection room terminal 7c transmits the inspection information to the central processing unit 3.

When the inspection information is transmitted, the central processing unit 3
Holds the inspection information temporarily and adds it to the inspection history information. At this time, if the accounting / prescription information sending command has not been sent from the examination room terminal 7b, the information indicating the end of the examination is sent to the examination room terminal 7b for another examination.

When the information indicating the end of the examination is transmitted, the operator of the examination room terminal 7b again calls the patient by radio call terminal 13a.
To call the doctor's office. Then, the medical examination is performed again. Then, when the medical examination is completed, the doctor inputs the medical examination information from the input unit 25 of the medical examination room terminal 7b, when prescribing the medicine, the prescription information is input, and the key indicating the medical examination end is pressed.

When the examination information is input, the examination room terminal 7b
Transmits the medical examination information to the central processing unit 3. Also,
When the key indicating the end of examination is pressed, the examination room terminal 7b transmits an accounting / prescription information sending command to the central processing unit 3.

On the other hand, when the accounting / prescription information transmission command is transmitted from the examination room terminal 7b, the central processing unit 3 transmits the temporarily held examination information as accounting information to the accounting terminal 7d. When the prescription information is added to the medical examination information, the prescription information is transmitted to the pharmacy terminal 7e.

When the accounting information is transmitted, the accounting terminal 7d
The accounting information is stored in the storage unit 27 in the order of transmitting the accounting information, and an unaccounted-for patient list as shown in FIG. 4A is created based on the accounting information and stored in the storage unit 27.

The operator of the accounting terminal 7d uses the accounting terminal 7d to create an accounting statement in the order of the unaccounted-for patient list based on the accounting information, and then causes the wireless calling terminal 13a to transmit a calling signal.

This unaccounted-for patient list is shown, for example, in FIG.
As shown in (a), the patient name, the department name of the examination room,
Radio calling terminal NO. Consisting of On this unaccounted-for patient list, move the cursor to the corresponding patient name and press a predetermined key. Accordingly, the accounting terminal 7d creates an accounting statement as shown in FIG. 4B based on the medical examination information and the examination information and displays it on the monitor of the display unit 23. The operator confirms this accounting statement, moves the cursor to "confirm", and presses a predetermined key. As a result, the accounting terminal 7d becomes the modem 9
A calling signal is transmitted to the wireless calling terminal 13a via d.

When the calling signal is transmitted from the accounting terminal 7d, the corresponding wireless calling terminal 13a receives the calling signal and displays the text (information) "Please check" corresponding to the calling signal. By this, the patient knows that it is the order of accounting and moves to the accounting window to carry out the accounting.

Further, when the transaction is completed, the operator of the transaction terminal 7d presses the key indicating the transaction end. As a result, the accounting terminal 7d deletes the corresponding item from the unaccounted-for patient list and transmits the accounting end information to the central processing unit 3. As a result, the central processing unit 3 adds the information indicating that the transaction has been completed to the medical examination history information.

When the prescription information is transmitted, the pharmacy terminal 7e stores the prescription information in the storage unit 27 in the order of transmitting the prescription information.
A list of undelivered patients similar to the unaccounted-for patient list shown in FIG. 4A is created based on the prescription information and stored in the storage unit 27.

Then, the operator of the pharmacy terminal 7e uses the pharmacy terminal 7e to cause the radio calling terminal 13a to transmit a calling signal in the order of the undelivered patient list. When the calling signal is transmitted from the pharmacy terminal 7e, the corresponding wireless calling terminal 13a receives the calling signal and displays the sentence (information) "medication completed" corresponding to the calling signal. As a result, the patient knows that the medicine has been prepared and moves to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine.

When the medicine delivery is completed, the operator of the pharmacy terminal 7e presses a key indicating the completion of the medicine delivery. Thereby, the accounting terminal 7d deletes the corresponding one from the drug undelivered patient list and transmits the drug delivery end information to the central processing unit 3. As a result, the central processing unit 3 adds information indicating that the medicine has been delivered to the examination history information. The pharmacy may be inside the hospital or outside the hospital. If you have a pharmacy outside the hospital,
It is easy to understand by displaying on the radio calling terminal 13a that "a medicine has been prepared outside the hospital". And
After the examination, examination, checkout, and drug collection are completed, the patient returns the radio calling terminal 13a to the reception desk and receives the examination ticket. Thus, no matter where the patient is, the examination room terminal 7b, the examination room terminal 7c, the accounting terminal 7d, the pharmacy terminal 7e.
In the case where each of the terminals has its turn, the call is notified by the wireless calling terminal 13a.

Next, the operation for calling a doctor will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, here, as shown in FIG.
The operation when a specific doctor is called from the examination room 1 in a hospital having two examination rooms 1 and 2 will be described. Also, FIG.
As shown in Fig. 2, the inspection room 1 has the inspection room 1 terminal 7c-1 installed therein, and the inspection room 2 has the inspection room 2 terminal 7c-2 installed therein. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a modem 9c-1 is connected to the examination room 1 terminal 7c-1, and a modem 9c-2 is connected to the examination 2 terminal 7c-2. Further, it is handed to each doctor in advance to the wireless calling terminal, and the doctor's name and the wireless calling terminal NO. Create a doctor master list that describes

In this state, the inspector is in the inspection room 1 terminal 7c-1.
To send a test list request to the central processing unit 3. As a result, the central processing unit 3 transmits the examination list as shown in FIG. 6 to the examination room 1 terminal 7c-1.

The inspector performs inspections in the order of the transmitted inspection list. At this time, if the doctor wants to see a specific doctor in an emergency examination, the examiner wirelessly calls the specific doctor from the examination room 1 terminal 7c-1 via the modem 9c-1.
Call using.

When calling a specific doctor, for example, when the cursor is moved to the urgent patient name on the screen of the examination list shown in FIG. 6 and a predetermined key of the examination room 1 terminal 7c-1 is pressed, As shown in FIG. 7A, the examination request information for calling a specific doctor is displayed, which is urgent, patient name, medical department, examination type, examination site, and the like. Then, when the cursor is moved to "call doctor" on the screen and a predetermined key is pressed, a master list of doctors as shown in FIG. 7B is displayed. After that, when the cursor is moved to the desired doctor name and a predetermined key is pressed, a call signal is transmitted to the radio call terminal 13b of the specific doctor via the modem 9c-1.

Here, for example, when a predetermined key is pressed at the doctor Saburo Doctor on the screen as shown in FIG. 7B, the examination room 1 terminal 7c-1 is connected to the doctor Saburo via the modem 9c-1. A calling signal is transmitted to the teacher's wireless calling terminal 13b.
When the call signal is transmitted from the examination room terminal 7c-1, the radio call terminal 13b of Dr. Saburo, as shown in FIG. 8, shows the text (information) corresponding to the call signal "It is urgent. Please leave it to Exam Room 1. "
Is displayed. This allows Dr. Saburo to know that he is being called urgently from inspection room 1.

As shown in FIG. 8, the inspection room 1 and the inspection room
If you want to call the doctor in the examination room 1 to the examination room 2 when the 2 and 2 are connected via the email system 31 so that you can send and receive e-mail, use the email system 31. You may make it notify by e-mail of a call.

Also, the case where the doctor is called using the terminal 7c-1 of the examination room 1 has been described as an example, but the examination room 2
When calling a doctor using the terminal 7c-2, or when calling a doctor from the examination room terminal, accounting terminal, or pharmacy terminal, which is not shown in FIG. 5, the doctor is called using the examination room 1 terminal 7c-1. The same is done as in the case.

Thus, no matter where the doctor is,
The call notification is performed by the radio calling terminal 13b from each of the examination room terminal 7b, the examination terminal 7c, the accounting terminal 7d, and the pharmacy terminal 7e. Here, the case of calling a doctor has been described as an example, but the same can be applied to the case of calling another medical staff. in this case,
The wireless calling terminal 13b is handed to each medical worker in advance, and the wireless calling terminal NO. Make a master list of health care professionals.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the call of the patient or the doctor is made using the radio call terminals 13a and 13b, the call can be notified regardless of the location of the patient or the doctor. it can. In addition, since it is possible to notify the call of patients, doctors, etc. at terminals that perform operations such as reception, consultation room, examination room, accounting, pharmacy, operations of each terminal operator (hospital staff, medical staff) Processing time is reduced. Further, since the patient is called by the wireless calling terminal 13a, there is no need to pay attention to the microphone and the electronic bulletin board, there is a sense of security, and the patient can move freely in or near the hospital. You can

In this embodiment, when calling a patient or a doctor, the call notification is given by displaying a simple sentence from the radio calling terminals 13a and 13b, but the present invention is not limited to this. , Numbers and symbols may be displayed, and not only the text, numbers and symbols may be displayed, but also notification may be made by sound, light or vibration.

Further, although the present embodiment is applied to the case of calling a patient, a doctor or the like, the present invention is not limited to this, and in the case of notifying information, for example, the patient is referred to each consultation room. Notification of waiting time at
It can also be applied to cases such as notification of surgery time.

Furthermore, although the present embodiment has been described by taking the case of medical examination as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and the hospital information notifying system of the present embodiment is used even when the patient comes to pick up only the medicine. 1 can be applied.

[0059]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the portable receiving means is passed to the patient or the medical staff, and the signal transmitted from the transmitting side through the communication line is received by the portable receiving means. Since the portable receiving means notifies the patient or the medical staff that the signal has been received or the information corresponding to the signal is received by the means, It is possible to call or notify information even when you are there.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the portable receiving means is handed over to the patient or the medical staff, and the terminal or the medical staff through the connecting means, the communication line and the portable receiving means from the terminal. However, since the call or the information notification is made, it is possible to call or notify the information regardless of where the patient or the medical staff is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a hospital information notification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configurations of a reception terminal, an examination room terminal, an examination room terminal, an accounting terminal, and a pharmacy terminal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a patient call operation of the hospital information notification system shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an unaccounted-for patient list and a screen displayed after confirmation of the unaccounted-for patient list.

5 is a diagram for explaining a doctor's calling operation of the hospital information notification system shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an inspection list.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing examination request information and a doctor master list.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing information displayed on a radio call terminal of a doctor for making a call notification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hospital Information Notification System 3 Central Processing Unit 5 Hospital LAN 7a Reception Terminal 7b Examination Room Terminals 7c, 7c-1, 7c-2 Examination Room Terminal 7d Accounting Terminal 7e Pharmacy Terminal 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9c-1, 9c-2 Modem 11 Public line 13a, 13b Radio calling terminal 21 Transmitting / receiving section 23 Display section 25 Input section 27 Storage section 29 Control section 31 Electronic mail system

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A patient, a medical staff or the like has a portable receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted from a transmitting side through a communication line or notifying information corresponding to the signal,
A hospital information notification system characterized by calling or notifying information to the patient or medical staff using a portable receiving means. 2. A connection that is installed in each department in a hospital or a pharmacy outside a hospital and manages hospital information, and connects this terminal to a communication line and transmits information from the terminal to the communication line. Means for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitting side through the communication line, and notifying that the signal has been received or information corresponding to the signal, the portable receiving means A hospital characterized in that the patient or the medical staff possesses the means, and calls or informs the patient or the medical staff from the terminal through the connection means, the communication line and the portable receiving means. Information notification system.