Laboratory work management system, work management server, and work management method

Abstract

The invention assists with communication between laboratory technicians, and promotes cooperation between the laboratory technicians. For this purpose, the invention involves, in response to an alarm from an automated analysis device: estimating, on the basis of sensor data 203A regularly transmitted from the first mobile device, a status, including a location and an action, of a first laboratory technician holding a first mobile device 102A that has been registered for a planned handler; estimating, on the basis of sensor data 205B regularly transmitted from the second mobile device, a status, including a location and an action, of a second laboratory technician holding a second mobile device 102B that has been registered for a helper; and identifying a handler for resolving the alarm of the automated analysis device on the basis of the statuses that the first laboratory technician and the second laboratory technician immediately before a timing where the alarm of the automated analysis device was resolved.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a laboratory operation management system, an operation management server, and an operation management method that support communication between laboratory technicians in a laboratory that uses automatic analyzers for spectroscopic analysis, optical emission analysis, chromatographic analysis, mass spectrometry, and the like. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, the shortage of hospital specialists such as doctors and nurses has become a serious problem due to harsh working conditions and the difficulty of interacting with patients. Improving motivation is important for both the organizations that provide medical care and the patients who receive medical care (Non-Patent Document 1).

[0003] Even medical technicians, who are one of the hospital professionals, are very busy with the task of measuring samples using automatic analyzers. In the laboratory, multiple medical technicians work together to help each other, but it is difficult to know who needs help in the laboratory. Furthermore, even if you help a medical technician, you are not necessarily appreciated. In such an environment, it is difficult to encourage mutual help and to improve the motivation of medical technicians.

[0004] For example, the intra-organization communication system in Patent Document 1, which is a system aimed at improving motivation, includes a coin presenting means for presenting a specific virtual coin selected from multiple types of virtual coins to show gratitude, a coin acquiring means for acquiring virtual coins, an acquired number storage means for storing the number of virtual coins acquired by each person or department, and an acquired number display means for displaying the number of virtual coins acquired by each person or department. By systematizing "thank you" through virtual coins, gratitude can be easily conveyed, which has the effect of motivating people and revitalizing the organization.

[0005] Furthermore, as a system for reducing the burden on inspectors at testing facilities, for example, the system in Patent Document 2 allows communication at any time via communication means between a testing facility that performs analysis using an automatic analyzer etc. and a service company that performs service work such as analysis, diagnosis, and maintenance inspection, by obtaining data such as the operating status of the automatic analyzer in real time via a communication line. Since the service company remotely supports analysis preparation work and equipment shutdown work on behalf of the inspectors, the inspectors are relieved from these workloads. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] JP 2017-102891 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2004-028670 A [Non-patent literature]

[0007] [Non-Patent Document 1] Yukiyo Iwata, Mami Uemura, Masahiro Konomi, Yayoi Nagai, Katsuhiko Higashiyama, "A Study on the Motivation of Medical Professionals and Its Determinants - Focusing on a Comparative Analysis of Occupations -", ​​Shodai Business Review 2(2), 225-235, March 2013, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Hyogo Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] Patent Document 1 discloses that user A presents a coin to user B to show gratitude, and Patent Document 2 discloses that when a problem cannot be resolved by remote support, a serviceman at the nearest inspection facility is contacted for a quick response. That is, in these systems, the other party is directly specified or selected according to a simple condition such as the nearest location, and then the other party is helped or gratitude is conveyed.

[0009] However, in general, in a laboratory, unless a technician makes it clear that he or she is in trouble, other technicians often do not know whether or not they need help. Not only alarms that require high skill and experience to deal with, but also simple alarms from an automatic analyzer (for example, low reagent level) can cause problems when the technician is too busy with other tasks to deal with them. In this way, because technicians in the laboratory who are in trouble are not known to other technicians (they are not visible), there are many situations in which mutual help is not promoted even if there is a technician who is able to help.

[0010] Furthermore, if a technician falsely declares that he or she has worked to resolve the device alarm, the system would use that false declaration as is in the evaluation, which could lead to a malicious technician hindering the promotion of mutual assistance.

[0011] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and its purpose is to provide a system that improves the motivation of laboratory technicians by promoting mutual cooperation through a list display (visualization) of the status of each automatic analyzer and the status of the person scheduled to respond to the alarm, and further by correlating changes in the equipment status with the status of the laboratory technicians, making it possible to evaluate the laboratory technicians who actually resolve equipment alarms. [Means for solving the problem]

[0012] A laboratory operation management system as one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of automatic analyzers that are installed in a laboratory and analyze biological samples, a mobile device carried by each of the laboratory technicians working in the laboratory, and an operation management server that includes a data storage unit, a notification unit, a status estimation unit, and a person to be handled identification unit, The data accumulation unit accumulates in the storage device device status data indicating the device status periodically transmitted from each of the multiple automatic analyzers, and the notification unit issues a response request to the mobile device when the device status indicated by the device status data transmitted from the first automatic analyzer indicates that an alarm is occurring, and the status estimation unit estimates a status including the location and actions of a first laboratory technician holding the first mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the first mobile device that has been registered as a scheduled responder in response to the response request from the notification unit, and accumulates the estimated status in the storage device, and the notification unit continues to use the device status data transmitted from the first automatic analyzer even after the scheduled responder is registered. If the device status indicated by the notification unit remains in an alarm state for a predetermined period of time or more, a help request is made to the mobile device, and the status estimation unit estimates a status including the location and activity of a second laboratory technician holding the second mobile device based on the sensor data periodically transmitted from the second mobile device that has registered as a helper in response to the help request from the notification unit and stores the estimated status in a storage device, and the responder identification unit identifies a person to respond to the resolution of the alarm of the first automatic analyzer based on the status of the first laboratory technician and the status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the alarm of the first automatic analyzer is resolved, which are stored in the storage device. Effect of the Invention

[0013] The present invention supports communication between medical technicians and promotes mutual assistance between medical technicians. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0014] [Figure 1A] 1 is a configuration example of a laboratory operation management system. [Figure 1B] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the business management server. [Diagram 2] 1 is an example of a processing sequence of a laboratory operation management system. [Diagram 3] 13 is a flowchart showing an example of processing by the device status / responder list display terminal; [Figure 4]13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing by a business management server. [Diagram 5] 13 is an example of a device status / responder list display terminal screen. [Figure 6] 1 is an example of a mobile device screen. [Figure 7] 13 is a configuration example of a device status management table. [Figure 8] 13 is a configuration example of a user status management table. [Figure 9] 13 is a configuration example of a point management table. [Figure 10] 13 is an example of a screen of a business analysis terminal. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0015] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0016] FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a laboratory work management system according to the present embodiment. This system is constructed on a laboratory basis. A plurality of automatic analyzers 101 are devices that perform biochemical or immunological analysis of samples such as blood and urine, and photochemically or electrically detect reactions that occur between trace substances to be analyzed in the samples and components of test reagents. A plurality of mobile devices 102 are devices that include a sensor that detects the position and status of a laboratory technician holding the mobile device, and an input unit that registers and instructs a person scheduled to handle or help a task of resolving an alarm of the automatic analyzer. Examples of sensors include GPS, Bluetooth Low Energy, and an acceleration sensor. Examples of input units include buttons, touch panels, voice recognition devices, and gesture recognition devices. Examples of devices that include these devices include smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and headsets.

[0017] The device status / responder list display terminal 103 is a terminal that displays a list of the device status for each automatic analyzer 101 and the person scheduled to respond when an alarm occurs. For example, it is placed in a place in the examination room where it is easily visible to the laboratory technician. The work management server 104 is a server that accumulates log data such as the date and time when the automatic analyzer 101 status change occurred, the contents of the device status, the person scheduled to respond when an alarm occurs, and the person providing help, and manages the work of the laboratory technicians. It also manages points to be given to the helpers. The work analysis terminal 105 is a device that analyzes the data accumulated in the work management server 104 to analyze the work situation of each laboratory technician (such as the number of alarm responses and help requests by time period) and the status of the automatic analyzer (such as a daily total of the total time the device was stopped due to the occurrence of an alarm in one day). These devices are communicably connected via a wired network 106 and a wireless access point 107.

[0018] Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a processing sequence of the laboratory work management system. The automatic analyzer 101 periodically transmits device status data 201 to the work management server 104 and the device status / responder list display terminal 103 (S201). For example, every 5 seconds, the automatic analyzer 101 transmits device status data 201 indicating the device status, such as on standby, analyzing, alarm occurring (including the contents of the alarm), under maintenance, or stopped. In Fig. 2, communications that are periodically executed are indicated by dashed lines. For example, assume that the automatic analyzer A transmits device status data 201A indicating that an alarm is occurring. The laboratory technician A can recognize that the automatic analyzer A is experiencing an alarm on the mobile device 102A that he owns, and can register a person scheduled to respond. For example, if medical technician A carrying mobile device A decides to handle the alarm of automatic analyzer A, medical technician A registers the person to be handled by pressing an alarm handling button for the alarm of automatic analyzer A displayed on the GUI of mobile device A or by inputting voice from a headset saying, "Medical technician A will handle the alarm of automatic analyzer A" (S202). The registration of the person to be handled is performed in the business management server 104 and the device status / responder list display terminal 103.

[0019] After the person who is scheduled to respond is registered, the mobile device 102A of the person who is scheduled to respond periodically transmits the sensor data 203A of the person who is scheduled to respond to the service management server 104 and the terminal 103 that displays the list of equipment status and responders (S203). The service management server 104 and the terminal 103 that displays the list of equipment status and responders estimate the status of the person who is scheduled to respond from the received sensor data 203A. Here, it is assumed that the server 104 and the terminal 103 perform the status of the person who is scheduled to respond independently, but the server 104 may perform the estimation and transmit the estimation result to the terminal 103. If the person who is scheduled to respond (technologist A) does not start the work to resolve the alarm for a certain period of time or more, another technician (for example, technician B) can register a helper using his / her own mobile device 102 (S204). After the helper is registered, the sensor data 205B of the helper is periodically transmitted to the service management server 104 (S205). The service management server 104 compares the status change read from the device status data 201A of the automatic analyzer A with the status read from the sensor data 203A of the person scheduled to handle the problem and the sensor data 205B of the helper, and determines who performed the work that caused the device status of the automatic analyzer A to return to normal from an abnormal state (S206). The service management server 104 accumulates the log data, and when it is determined that the helper (technologist B) handled the alarm corresponding to the automatic analyzer A, it calculates and gives the number of points to the helper (S207). After that, it transmits a work completion notification to the mobile device 102A of the person scheduled to handle the problem (technologist A) and the device status / helper list display terminal 103 (S208, S209). It also transmits a point allocation notification to the mobile device 102B of the helper (technologist B) (S210).

[0020] Next, an example of processing of the device status / responder list display terminal 103 will be described with reference to the flowchart of Fig. 3. First, the display screen is initialized (S301).

[0021] 5 shows an example screen of the device status / responder list display terminal 103. Screen 500 displays device name 501, device status 502, scheduled responder 503, scheduled responder status 504, elapsed time 505, and helper 506 for each automatic analyzer 101. Note that elapsed time 505 indicates the time that has elapsed since device status data 201 indicating that an alarm is occurring was first received from the device.

[0022] Next, it is checked whether a certain time has passed since the previous check (for example, every 5 seconds) (S302), and if not, the following process is performed. When device status data 201 is received from the automatic analyzer 101 (S305), the device status 502 of the corresponding device is updated (S306). When an instruction to register a person scheduled to handle is received from the mobile device 102 (S307), the person scheduled to handle 503 of the corresponding device is updated (S308).

[0023] FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen of the mobile device 102. The screen 600 displays a list 601 of device names and device statuses that require help. Here, a device that requires help is a device for which a person who is scheduled to respond has not started work to resolve the alarm for a certain period of time or more. A help button 603 is displayed for each device, and by pressing this button, the holder of the mobile device 102 can register as a helper for that device. Similarly, the screen 600 displays a list 602 of device names and device statuses that require alarm responses. A response button 604 is displayed for each device, and by pressing this button, the holder of the mobile device 102 can register as a person who is scheduled to respond to that device. The issuance of response requests or help request displays for these mobile devices 102 is controlled by the business management server 104.

[0024] When a registration instruction for a helper is received from the mobile device 102 (S309), the helper 506 of the corresponding device is updated (S310). When sensor data 203 is received from the mobile device 102 of the person who is expected to help (S311), the status of the person who is expected to help is determined from the sensor data 203 (S312), and the person who is expected to help status 504 of the corresponding device is updated (S313). For example, if the sensor data 203 is GPS coordinate data, the location of the person who is expected to help in the hospital or the examination room can be determined from the coordinates. If the sensor data is beacon reception data such as Bluetooth Low Energy, the location of the person who is expected to help can be determined from the beacon ID. If the sensor data is acceleration sensor data, it can be determined from the acceleration whether the person is walking or standing still. If the sensor data is acceleration sensor data attached to the arm, the content of the work, such as reagent replacement or nozzle adjustment, can be determined from the acceleration.

[0025] When a task completion notice is received from the service management server 104 (S314), the device status 502 of the corresponding device is updated (S315). Furthermore, the corresponding device's scheduled person 503, scheduled person status 504, elapsed time 505, and helper 506 are updated to be blank. When the system administrator inputs an end instruction command (S316), this processing program is terminated.

[0026] If a certain amount of time has passed since the previous check in step S302, it is checked whether there is an item to be highlighted on screen 500 (FIG. 5) (S303), and if there is a corresponding item, the corresponding item of the device is highlighted (S304) to attract the attention of the medical technician or the medical technician work manager. For example, when a certain amount of time has passed since the scheduled responder was registered and the device status remains in alarm, or when a certain amount of time has passed since the alarm occurred and no scheduled responder has been registered, e.g., elapsed time 505 is highlighted. Possible methods of highlighting include displaying the line in a conspicuous color, flashing, or making the displayed characters larger.

[0027] Next, a processing example of the service management server 104 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4. Also, a functional block diagram of the service management server 104 is shown in FIG. 1B. The service management server 104 includes a processing device (processor) and a storage device. The functions of the service management server 104 are realized by the processing device (processor) executing a program stored in the storage device 400. The physical configuration of the service management server 104 may be a single server, or any part of the processing device and storage device may be multiple servers connected via a network. Also, functions equivalent to all or part of the functions configured by software may be realized by hardware such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).

[0028] FIG. 1B shows the service management server 104 as a functional block diagram, focusing on its functional features. The functional blocks include a data storage unit 301, a notification unit 302, a status estimation unit 303, and a person who responds to a request for help. The data storage unit 301 stores data from the automatic analyzer 101 and the mobile device 102 in the storage device 400. The notification unit 302 controls the display of the mobile device 102 as described in FIG. 6 so as to request a medical technician to respond or to help. The timing at which the notification unit 302 controls the display of the mobile device 102 should be consistent with the update of the display of the device status / person who responds to a request for help, and it is desirable to match the timing of updating the device status 502 (S306) for the request for response, and the timing of highlighting (S304) for the request for help, because the person who is scheduled to respond has been registered but the device status has continued to be in alarm for a predetermined period or more. The status estimation unit 303 estimates the status of the medical technician who holds the mobile device based on the sensor data from the mobile device 102. The estimated status includes the location and action of the laboratory technician. The responder identification unit 304 identifies the laboratory technician who actually performed the work to resolve the alarm of the automatic analyzer.

[0029] The storage device 400 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD), and stores data necessary for system processing and data obtained as a result of processing. The details of this data will be described later.

[0030] When device status data 201 is received from the automatic analyzer 101 (S401), the data accumulation unit 301 accumulates the device status data in a device status management table 700 (step 402). Fig. 7 shows an example of the configuration of the device status management table 700. The device status management table 700 is a list including a date and time 701, a device name 702, and a device status 703. The device status 703 stores information such as in operation, stopped, undergoing maintenance, undergoing calibration, and alarm occurring, which is obtained from the device status data 201. If an alarm occurs, the content of the alarm (e.g., "out of reagent") is also stored.

[0031] When sensor data 203, 205 is received from the mobile device 102 (S403), the data accumulation unit 301 accumulates the data in the sensor data memory unit 410, and the status estimation unit 303 determines the status of the technician based on the sensor data 203, 205 (S410) and accumulates the data in the user status management table 800 (S404).

[0032] 8 shows an example of the configuration of a user status management table 800. The user status management table 800 is a list including date and time 801, user name 802, user location 803, and user action 804. The user location 803 stores the user's location determined using sensor data. The user action 804 stores the user action determined using sensor data.

[0033] Next, it is checked whether a certain time has passed since the previous check (for example, every 5 seconds) (S405), and if not, the following process is performed. When the system administrator inputs an end instruction command (S406), this processing program is terminated. If a certain time has passed since the previous check in step S405, the responder identification unit 304 performs correspondence between the device status change and the user status (S407). That is, using the data in the device status management table 700 and the user status management table 800, it is checked whether there is a device whose device status has changed from alarm occurring to operating, and whether there is a new user who performed work on the device to resolve the alarm just before the time period of the change. For example, if there is data that the status of the automatic analyzer A has changed from alarm occurring (reagent out) to operating at 11:00, it is checked whether there is a record in which the user position 803 is close to "device A" and the user action 804 is reagent replacement during the time period from 10:50 to 11:00, and if there is, the user name 802 is extracted. If such a user is found, it is checked whether the user is a person scheduled to respond, and if not, points are given to the user and recorded in the points management table 900 (S408).

[0034] 9 shows an example of the configuration of a points management table 900. The points management table 900 is a list of rows each consisting of a date and time 901, a user name 902, an assigned point 903, and help details 904 given when the points were assigned. The help details 904 stores information about what task was performed as a response to what device and device state, and who was helped.

[0035] As a method of awarding points, the more difficult it is to resolve the alarm, the more points may be awarded. Also, the shorter the time from alarm occurrence to resolution, the more points may be awarded. Also, depending on the time period of the work, for example, if it is in the morning when technicians are busy, the points may be increased. Also, when it is determined that multiple technicians have performed the work, the points may be distributed to the multiple technicians.

[0036] 10 shows an example screen of the work analysis terminal 105. Screen 1000 shows the number of alarm responses and help requests for each time period for a certain medical technician (for example, Mr. Kawasaki) in a stacked bar graph. The work analysis terminal 105 can display tables and graphs of various analysis results by acquiring the points management table 900 in the work management server 104 and tabulating and processing the data.

[0037] In the above embodiment, an example of determining whether a task is completed using sensor data has been described, but the sensor data is not limited to the exemplified sensors, and any data that is not simply self-reported but can objectively indicate the completion of the task may be used as the sensor data. For example, a worker uses a mobile device 102 to take a picture of the device after the task is completed and transmits the picture to a server. The server side may perform image analysis of the picture to determine whether the alarm state has been resolved.

[0038] In the above embodiment, the method of registering the person to be helped or the helper is described as pressing a button displayed on a smartphone or the like, but the method is not limited to this, and the person to be helped or the helper may be registered by other methods. For example, if the person says "I will help you," the content of the speech may be recognized by speech recognition, and the person may be registered as the person to be helped. Alternatively, a keyword such as "help" may be extracted from a text chat, and the person may be registered as a helper. Furthermore, registration is not limited to the person himself, and another person (for example, the supervisor of the medical technician) may register the person.

[0039] According to the above embodiment, the status of each automatic analyzer, the person scheduled to handle the problem, and their status are displayed in a list on the device status / person-list display terminal 103, so that the medical technician can see at a glance which device is in an abnormal state and whether the person scheduled to handle the problem is likely to be able to handle it. When the person scheduled to handle the problem is unable to do so, a medical technician who has the time to help can handle the problem instead, which promotes mutual cooperation between medical technicians. Furthermore, by matching the change in device status with the status of the medical technician, it is estimated from objective data which task actually resolved the abnormal state of the device, so that the medical technician who actually performed the task of resolving the alarm can be properly evaluated. [Explanation of symbols]

[0040] 101...automatic analysis device, 102...mobile device, 103...device status / responder list display terminal, 104...business management server, 105...business analysis terminal, 106...wired network, 107...wireless access point, 201...device status data, 203, 205...sensor data, 301...data accumulation unit, 302...notification unit, 303...status estimation unit, 304...responder identification unit, 400...storage device, 410...sensor data storage unit, 500, 600, 1000...screen, 501...device name, 502...device Status, 503...scheduled responder, 504...scheduled responder status, 505...elapsed time, 506...helper, 601, 602...list, 603...help button, 604...response button, 700...device status management table, 701...date and time, 702...device name, 703...device status, 800...user status management table, 801...date and time, 802...user name, 803...location, 804...action, 900...points management table, 901...date and time, 902...user name, 903...assigned points, 904...help content.

Claims

1. A number of automated analyzers are installed in the examination room to analyze biological samples, A mobile device held by each of the laboratory technicians working in the laboratory; a service management server including a data storage unit, a notification unit, a status estimation unit, and a responder identification unit; the data storage unit stores in a storage device device status data indicating an apparatus status periodically transmitted from each of the plurality of automated analyzers; the notification unit, when the apparatus status indicated by the apparatus status data transmitted from the first automated analyzer indicates that an alarm is occurring, requests the mobile device to take action; the status estimation unit estimates a status including a location and an action of a first laboratory technician holding the first mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the first mobile device that has been registered as a scheduled technician in response to a response request from the notification unit, and stores the status in the storage device; the notification unit, when the device status indicated by the device status data transmitted from the first automated analyzer remains in an alarm state for a predetermined period of time or more even after the registration of the person to be handled, requests help from the mobile device; the status estimation unit estimates a status including a location and an action of a second laboratory technician holding the second mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the second mobile device that has been registered as a helper in response to a help request from the notification unit, and stores the status in the storage device; the responder specifying unit specifies a responder for resolving the alarm of the first automated analyzer based on a status of the first laboratory technician and a status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the timing when the alarm of the first automated analyzer is resolved, the status being stored in the storage device; A laboratory operation management system characterized by the above.

2. In claim 1, When the responder specifying unit specifies that the person who responded to resolve the alarm of the first automated analyzer is the second laboratory technician, the responder specifies that the second laboratory technician is the responder. A laboratory operation management system characterized by the above.

3. In claim 1, the responder identification unit identifies a responder for resolving the alarm of the first automated analyzer by comparing the work content for resolving the alarm of the first automated analyzer and the status of the first laboratory technician and the status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the alarm of the first automated analyzer is resolved; A laboratory operation management system characterized by the above.

4. In claim 1, Equipped with a display terminal, the display terminal displays an apparatus status indicated by the latest apparatus status data from the plurality of automatic analyzers; When the device status indicated by the device status data is that an alarm is occurring, the time elapsed since the device status data indicating that an alarm is occurring was first received is displayed; When the elapsed time satisfies a predetermined condition, the information about the automated analyzer is highlighted. A laboratory operation management system characterized by the above.

5. In claim 4, when a patient is registered, the display terminal displays, as information on the automated analyzer, the name of the technician who registered the patient and the status of the technician; When a helper is registered, the display terminal displays the laboratory technician who registered the helper as information about the automatic analyzer. A laboratory operation management system characterized by the above.

6. In claim 5, the display terminal highlights the information of the automatic analyzer when a certain period of time has passed since the scheduled attendant was registered and the device status of the automatic analyzer has remained in an alarm state for a predetermined period of time or more, or when a predetermined period of time has passed since the device status data indicating that an alarm is being generated was initially received and the scheduled attendant has not been registered. A laboratory operation management system characterized by the above.

7. A service management server that manages the services of laboratory technicians working in a laboratory where multiple automated analyzers for analyzing biological samples are installed, A data storage unit; A notification unit; A status estimation unit; A responder identification unit, the data storage unit stores in a storage device device status data indicating an apparatus status periodically transmitted from each of the plurality of automated analyzers; the notification unit, when the apparatus status indicated by the apparatus status data transmitted from the first automated analyzer indicates that an alarm is occurring, requests a response from the mobile device carried by each of the laboratory technicians; the status estimation unit estimates a status including a location and an action of a first laboratory technician holding the first mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the first mobile device that has been registered as a scheduled technician in response to a response request from the notification unit, and stores the status in the storage device; the notification unit, when the device status indicated by the device status data transmitted from the first automated analyzer remains in an alarm state for a predetermined period of time or more even after the registration of the person to be handled, requests help from the mobile device; the status estimation unit estimates a status including a location and an action of a second laboratory technician holding the second mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the second mobile device that has been registered as a helper in response to a help request from the notification unit, and stores the status in the storage device; The responder identification unit is a business management server that identifies a person to respond to the resolution of the alarm of the first automatic analyzer based on the status of the first laboratory technician and the status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the alarm of the first automatic analyzer, which is stored in the storage device, is resolved.

8. In claim 7, The business management server, when the responder identification unit identifies that the person who responded to resolve the alarm of the first automatic analyzer is the second laboratory technician, awards points to the second laboratory technician.

9. In claim 7, The responder identification unit is a business management server that identifies a person to respond to resolving the alarm of the first automatic analyzer by comparing the work content for resolving the alarm of the first automatic analyzer and the status of the first laboratory technician and the status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the alarm of the first automatic analyzer is resolved.

10. A task management method for managing the tasks of a laboratory technician working in a laboratory in which a plurality of automated analyzers for analyzing biological samples are installed, using a task management server including a data storage unit, a notification unit, a status estimation unit, and a responder identification unit, comprising: the data storage unit stores in a storage device device status data indicating an apparatus status periodically transmitted from each of the plurality of automated analyzers; the notification unit, when the apparatus status indicated by the apparatus status data transmitted from the first automated analyzer indicates that an alarm is occurring, requests a response from the mobile device carried by each of the laboratory technicians; the status estimation unit estimates a status including a location and an action of a first laboratory technician holding the first mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the first mobile device that has been registered as a scheduled technician in response to a response request from the notification unit, and stores the status in the storage device; the notification unit, when the device status indicated by the device status data transmitted from the first automated analyzer remains in an alarm state for a predetermined period of time or more even after the registration of the person to be handled, requests help from the mobile device; the status estimation unit estimates a status including a location and an action of a second laboratory technician holding the second mobile device based on sensor data periodically transmitted from the second mobile device that has been registered as a helper in response to a help request from the notification unit, and stores the status in the storage device; The business management method in which the responder identification unit identifies a person to be responsible for resolving the alarm of the first automatic analyzer based on the status of the first laboratory technician and the status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the alarm of the first automatic analyzer, which is stored in the storage device, is resolved.

11. In claim 10, a task management method in which, when the responder identification unit identifies that the person responsible for resolving an alarm of the first automatic analyzer is the second laboratory technician, the responder identification unit awards points to the second laboratory technician.

12. In claim 10, The business management method in which the responder identification unit identifies a person to respond to resolving the alarm of the first automatic analyzer by comparing the work content for resolving the alarm of the first automatic analyzer and the status of the first laboratory technician and the status of the second laboratory technician immediately before the alarm of the first automatic analyzer is resolved.

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