US-12620479-B2 - Information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium

US12620479B2US 12620479 B2US12620479 B2US 12620479B2US-12620479-B2

Abstract

In information processing device, the information acquisition means acquires patient information, medical professional information, and environment information. The treatment order determination means determines an order of treatment of the patients for each medical professional based on the patient information, the medical professional information, and the environment information.

Inventors

Masahiro Hayashitani
Shuhei NOYORI
Yusuke Ito
Eiji YUMOTO
Takeshi Hasegawa
Yuki Kosaka
Kosuke Nishihara
Yutaka Uno
Yuan Luo
Kenji Araki
Makoto Yasukawa

Assignees

NEC CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20230727
Priority Date: 20220729

Claims (13)

1 . An information processing device comprising: a memory configured to store instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: communicate data among a plurality of terminals of hospital staff in a hospital and sensors sensing biomedical information from each of a plurality of patients; acquire, based on wirelessly communicating the data, patient information from each of the plurality of patients in the hospital, medical professional information, and environment information, and acquiring the patient information comprises obtaining the patient information from any of one or more thermographic cameras, installed in one or more hospital rooms in which the plurality of patients are located, and a plurality wristband devices each worn by ones of the plurality of patients, the patient information indicating locations of the ones of the plurality of patients, disquiet scores and behaviors of the plurality of patients and biomedical information indicating at least body temperatures of the ones of the plurality of patients, the sensors comprising the any of the one or more thermographic cameras and the plurality of wristband devices; and determine and control one or more display devices to output of a display of disquiet of any of the patients and an order of treatment of the patients for each of medical professionals based on total costs associated with the patients and the medical professionals, the total costs being calculated from patient costs based on the patient information, medical professional costs based on the medical professional information, and weightings based on the environment information, the medical professionals being ones of the hospital staff, the medical professional information includes length of services and skill levels of the medical professionals, wherein the environment information represents whether a network failure has been detected and any of patient names, types of rooms of the hospital, and proximities of each of the medical professionals to each of the plurality of patients, the types of the rooms of the hospital comprising an intensive care unit (ICU), a high care unit (HCU), and a general ward, and the network failure represents a failure to convey data among any of the information processing device, the one or more thermographic cameras, the plurality of wristband devices, and terminals of the medical professionals.
2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output the order of treatment of the patients to a terminal device of at least one of the medical professionals, the terminal device comprising one of the display devices.
3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the environment information includes hospital room information.
4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the environment information includes access information between the patients and the medical professionals.
5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors calculate costs based on the patient information and the medical professional information, calculates weights based on the environment information, and determines the order of treatment of the patients for each of the medical professionals based on the costs and the weights.
6 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors output the order of treatment of the patients for each of the medical professionals.
7 . The information processing device according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors output the order of treatment of the patients who will be treated by another medical professional.
8 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors output the order of treatment of the patients who will be treated by the medical professionals to a terminal device of an administrator, the terminal device comprising one of the display devices.
9 . An information processing method comprising: communicating data among a plurality of terminals of hospital staff in a hospital and sensors sensing biomedical information from each of a plurality of patients; acquiring, based on wirelessly communicating the data, patient information, medical professional information from each of the plurality of patients in the hospital, and environment information, and acquiring the patient information comprises obtaining the patient information from any of one or more thermographic cameras, installed in one or more hospital rooms in which the plurality of patients are located, and a plurality wristband devices each worn by ones of the plurality of patients, the patient information indicating locations of the ones of the plurality of patients, disquiet scores and behaviors of the plurality of patients and biomedical information indicating at least body temperatures of the ones of the plurality of patients, the sensors comprising the any of the one or more thermographic cameras and the plurality of wristband devices; and determining and controlling one or more display devices to output of a display of disquiet of any of the patients and an order of treatment of the patients for each of medical professionals based on total costs associated with the patients and the medical professionals, the total costs being calculated from patient costs based on the patient information, medical professional costs based on the medical professional information, and weightings based on the environment information, the medical professionals being ones of the hospital staff, the medical professional information includes length of services and skill levels of the medical professionals, wherein the environment information represents whether a network failure has been detected and any of patient names, types of rooms of the hospital, and proximities of each of the medical professionals to each of the plurality of patients, the types of the rooms of the hospital comprising an intensive care unit (ICU), a high care unit (HCU), and a general ward, and the network failure represents a failure to convey data among any of the information processing device, the one or more thermographic cameras, the plurality of wristband devices, and terminals of the medical professionals.
10 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program which causes a computer to execute processing of: communicating data among a plurality of terminals of hospital staff in a hospital and sensors sensing biomedical information from each of a plurality of patients; acquiring, based on wirelessly communicating the data, patient information from each of the plurality of patients in the hospital, medical professional information, and environment information, and acquiring the patient information comprises obtaining the patient information from any of one or more thermographic cameras, installed in one or more hospital rooms in which the plurality of patients are located, and a plurality wristband devices each worn by ones of the plurality of patients, the patient information indicating locations of the ones of the plurality of patients, disquiet scores and behaviors of the plurality of patients and biomedical information indicating at least body temperatures of the ones of the plurality of patients, the sensors comprising the any of the one or more thermographic cameras and the plurality of wristband devices; and determining and controlling one or more display devices to output of a display of disquiet of any of the patients and an order of treatments of the patients for each of medical professionals based on total costs associated with the patients and the medical professionals, the total costs being calculated from patient costs based on the patient information, medical professional costs based on the medical professional information, and weightings based on the environment information, the medical professionals being ones of the hospital staff, the medical professional information includes length of services and skill levels of the medical professionals, wherein the environment information represents whether a network failure has been detected and any of patient names, types of rooms of the hospital, and proximities of each of the medical professionals to each of the plurality of patients, the types of the rooms of the hospital comprising an intensive care unit (ICU), a high care unit (HCU), and a general ward, and the network failure represents a failure to convey data among any of the information processing device, the one or more thermographic cameras, the plurality of wristband devices, and terminals of the medical professionals.
11 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the patient information is obtained at least from the plurality of wristband devices and further indicates any of heart rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, and perspiration amounts of the ones of the plurality of patients.
12 . The information processing device according to claim 11 , wherein the patient information obtained from the plurality of wristband devices indicates each of heart rates, respiratory rates, blood pressures, and perspiration amounts of the ones of the plurality of patients.
13 . The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein the environment information further represents each of patient names, the types of rooms of the hospital, and the proximities of each of the medical professionals to each of the plurality of patients.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a determination of patient's treatment order. BACKGROUND ART In medical facilities such as hospitals, disquiet may occur in patients. Disquiet is the state of confusion associated with the occurrence of delirium or the like that may occur in a patient. Problem behaviors such as self-extubation, overturning, and falling occur when an inpatient becomes disquiet, which increases the risk of delayed treatment and injury. Patent Document 1 proposes a mechanism for estimating countermeasure information by detecting indications of disquiet in advance. PRECEDING TECHNICAL REFERENCES Patent Document Patent Document 1: International Publication No. WO2019/073927 SUMMARY Problem to be Solved by the Invention However, in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of patients becomes disquiet, a patient's treatment order, such as from which patient to treat, has not been considered. It is an object of the present disclosure to provide an information processing device capable of efficiently treating patients by determining a patient's treatment order. Means for Solving the Problem According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device comprising: an information acquisition means configured to acquire patient information, medical professional information, and environment information; anda treatment order determination means configured to determine an order of treatment of patients for each medical professional based on the patient information, the medical professional information, and the environment information. According to another example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising: acquiring patient information, medical professional information, and environment information; anddetermining an order of treatment of the patients for each medical professional based on the patient information, the medical professional information, and the environment information. According to still another example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium recording a program which causes a computer to execute processing of: acquiring patient information, medical professional information, and environment information; anddetermining an order of treatments of the patient for each medical professional based on the patient information, the medical professional information, and the environment information. Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently treat patients by determining a patient's treatment order. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a patient's treatment order presentation system according to a first example embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server. FIG. 3A is a block diagram showing a configuration of a patient terminal, and FIG. 3B is a block diagram showing a configuration of a medical professional terminal. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the server. FIG. 5 is an example of a data structure of a patient information storage unit. FIG. 6 is an example of a data structure of a medical professional information storage unit. FIG. 7 is an example of a data structure of an environment information storage unit. FIG. 8 is an example of a total cost. FIGS. 9A and 9B are examples of displaying information transmitted by the server. FIG. 10 is another example of displaying information transmitted by the server. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a treatment order determination processing according to the first example embodiment. FIGS. 12A and 12B are other examples of displaying information transmitted by the server. FIG. 13 is another example of displaying information transmitted by the server. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information processing device according to a second example embodiment. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of processing in the second example embodiment. EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS First Example Embodiment [System Configuration] FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a patient's treatment order presentation system to which an information processing device according to the present disclosure is applied. The patient's treatment order presentation system 1 includes a server 100, patient terminals 200, medical professional terminals 300, and an administrator terminal 400. The server 100 is connected to a database 115. The server 100 is an example of the information processing device. The server 100 and the patient terminal 200 can communicate wirelessly. The server 100 and the medical professional terminal 300 can communicate wirelessly. The server 100 and the administrator terminal 400 can communicate wirelessly. In addition, it is assumed that there are multiple patient terminals 200 and multiple medical professional terminals 300. The server 100 determines medical professionals to treat disqu