Medicine information output system, server, and program

Abstract

To easily grasp a change in a delivery situation of medicine.SOLUTION: A medicine envelop for storing medical products is constituted in a bag shape by bonding a prescribed part of a rectangular sheet. One part of the sheet is provided with a display region for displaying medicine information including medicine change display for indicating a change of medicine or dosage and usage change display for indicating a change in dosage and usage, and adhesive agent attachment regions for indicating regions where an adhesive agent should be applied on four peripheral edge parts of the rear face on which the one part is provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a medicine information output system, a server, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Traditionally, when a patient brings a prescription issued by a hospital or clinic to a pharmacy, the pharmacy will dispense the medications listed on the prescription to the patient, and in some cases will also provide a drug information sheet containing a description of the medication. In order for pharmacies to create such drug information documents, with the recent development of information processing technology, a computer equipped with a database that stores drug descriptions and photos has been introduced, and when the pharmacy staff inputs the prescription information into the computer, the computer creates a drug information document for the prescribed drug. Such drug information documents are useful for patients to understand the drug information, including how to take the drug. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system for printing out a drug instruction manual that includes the name and photo of the issued drug as well as a calendar showing the time and amount of drug to be used. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2001-47773 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, with such drug instructions (documented drug information), even if there have been changes between the contents of the drug dispensed in the past and the contents of the drug dispensed this time, it has been difficult to grasp the changes.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily grasp changes in the contents of delivered medicines. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, one embodiment of the medicine bag of the present invention is a medicine bag for storing medicine, which is formed into a bag shape by gluing together certain parts of a rectangular piece of paper, and is characterized in that one area of ​​the paper is provided with a display area for displaying medicine information including a medicine change indication indicating that the medicine has been changed or a dosage and administration change indication indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed, and an adhesive attachment area indicating an area for attaching adhesive is provided around the four peripheral edges of the back surface on which the one area is provided.

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a drug information output device of one embodiment of the present invention comprises a prescription storage means for storing information on a patient's prescription, and a drug information output means for outputting drug information data including a drug change indication indicating that the drug has been changed or a dosage and administration change indication indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed based on changes between the prescription information and information on a prescription older than the prescription.

[0008] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a program of one aspect of the present invention causes a computer to execute the steps of storing information about a patient's prescription, and generating drug information data including a drug change indication indicating that the medication has been changed or a dosage and administration change indication indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed based on changes between the prescription information and information about an older prescription than the prescription. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, changes in the contents of delivered medicines can be easily grasped. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of a medicine supply operation. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a medicine information output device. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 shows a prescription database in the storage unit. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a drug database in a storage unit. [Diagram 5] 13 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the medicine information output device. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of drug information output by a drug information output device. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of drug information that has been output conventionally. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of drug information output by a drug information output device. [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of drug information output by a drug information output device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0012] The application scene of the drug information document output by the drug information output device 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the drug supply work in a pharmacy. Figure 1(1) shows the flow of each task, and Figure 1(2) shows the content of each task. Referring to Figure 1 (1), the drug delivery work consists of a series of steps, such as accepting a prescription from a patient at the counter, dispensing the drug according to the prescription, and providing the drug to the patient at the counter if the final audit finds that the dispensing is appropriate. As an example, such drug delivery work can be composed of the tasks shown in Figure 1 (2), namely, "reception," "medical history confirmation," "prescription audit," "collection of patient information," "dispensing design," "explanation of medication," "dispensing decision," "dispensing," "final audit," and "drug delivery accounting." Some of these tasks can be carried out independently of each other. In this embodiment, the output of the drug information document is performed during the operation of "drug delivery accounting". For example, among the operations constituting the drug provision work, the receptionist of the pharmacy accepts prescription information in "reception", and among the operations, the pharmacist performs "patient information collection", "dispensing", "drug delivery accounting", "medicinal history confirmation", "prescription audit", "dispensing design", "medication explanation", "dispensing decision", and "final audit". After it is determined that there is no problem in dispensing the prescribed drug, the drug information document is output in "drug delivery accounting". In the operation of "drug delivery accounting", the drug information document created by outputting the drug information is delivered to the patient when the pharmacist delivers the drug.

[0013] [Configuration of drug information output device 10] The drug information output device 10 of the present invention is a device used by persons in charge of each task constituting the drug supply business.

[0014] The drug information output device 10 is intended to provide multifaceted support for drug provision operations in pharmacies, and is a general-purpose personal computer equipped with a control unit 11 for performing various calculation processes, a memory unit 12 for storing various information, an input unit 13 realized by a keyboard, a touch panel, etc., and a display unit 14 with a display. The drug information output device 10 is connected to a printer 20 by wire or wirelessly. Various programs are installed in the drug information output device 10, and the control unit 11 operates according to these programs to perform a drug information output function unique to the present invention in addition to a receipt computer function and a drug history management function. This drug information output function is a function that, when a person in charge inputs prescription information from the input unit 13 into the drug information output device 10, detects changes between the information of the accepted prescription and the information of past prescriptions, and outputs drug information data indicating the changes.

[0015] In addition, outputting refers to sending drug information data from the drug information output device to a device other than the drug information output device, and includes printing the drug information on the printer 20 based on the drug information data to create a drug document, displaying the drug information on a display unit 14 such as a display, and transmitting the drug information data to another terminal via a wired or wireless communication line. In addition, a drug information document refers to a document that contains explanations for reference when taking a drug that is provided together with the drug when the drug is dispensed at a pharmacy, and includes a sheet of paper, a sticker, or a drug bag that contains the drug, on which explanations for reference when taking the drug are provided. Drug information refers to the explanatory information that is provided in the drug information document and that is reference when taking the drug.

[0016] [Functional configuration of drug information output device 10] Next, the functional configuration of the medicine information output device 10 for achieving the medicine information output function will be described with reference to FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the functional configuration of the drug information output device 10. In performing the drug information output function, the control unit 11 of the drug information output device 10 functions as a prescription reception unit 111, a drug change specification unit 112, a change type specification unit 113, a usage change specification unit 114, and a drug information output unit 115. In addition, the storage unit 12 is provided with a prescription database 121 and a drug database 122.

[0017] The prescription receiving unit 111 receives prescription information as prescription information from the input unit 13. The prescription receiving unit 111 stores the received prescription information in the prescription database 121. Specifically, the prescription reception unit 111 receives prescription information when a pharmacy receptionist in charge of the counter receives a prescription from a patient and inputs the contents of the prescription through the input unit 13. The prescription reception unit 111 stores the received prescription information in the prescription database 121 in association with the reception date and time and information identifying the patient. The prescription information may be accepted in various ways. For example, an image of the prescription may be obtained from a scanner and the prescription information may be accepted based on the obtained image, or the prescription information may be accepted by receiving it via a wired or wireless communication line.

[0018] Here, the prescription database 121 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the contents stored in the prescription database 121. The prescription database 121 is a database that stores information on accepted prescriptions, and is used for the receipt computer function and the medical history management function, and is also used in the medical information output function to identify changes in medicines in the medicine change identification unit 112 and the usage change identification unit 114, which will be described later. The prescription database 121 stores a prescription ID that identifies the prescription, information that identifies the patient, a receipt date that indicates the date and time that the prescription was received, a prescribed drug that indicates the drug listed on the prescription, and dosage and administration information that indicates when and how much of the prescribed drug should be taken.

[0019] Returning to FIG. 2, the medication change identification unit 112 compares prescription information received by the prescription receiving unit 111 with prescription information for a predetermined period of time in the past to identify a change in medication. Specifically, the medication change identifying unit 112 extracts prescription information for a predetermined period of the past associated with a patient for whom the prescription is intended, based on the prescription information accepted by the prescription accepting unit 111, from the prescription database 121. Then, the medication change identifying unit 112 identifies a change in medication between the prescription information accepted by the prescription accepting unit 111 and the extracted prescription information for the predetermined period of the past.

[0020] For example, when the prescription receiving unit 111 receives a prescription for patient "A" on December 15th, the medication change identifying unit 112 extracts prescription information corresponding to prescription ID "001001" from the prescription database 121. The prescription information corresponding to prescription ID "001001" is prescription information for the past month associated with patient "A" for whom the received prescription is applicable. Then, the medication change identifying unit 112 compares the received prescription information (tablets E, F, capsule C, and D) with past prescription information (tablets A, B, C, and D), and identifies that tablets E, F, and capsule C have been added to the prescription and tablets A, B, and C have been removed from the prescription as medication changes.

[0021] Also, for example, when the prescription receiving unit 111 receives a prescription for patient "C" on December 15th, the medication change identifying unit 112 extracts prescription information corresponding to prescription ID "001003" from the prescription database 121. The prescription information corresponding to prescription ID "001003" is prescription information for the past month associated with patient "C" for whom the received prescription is intended. Then, the medication change identifying unit 112 compares the received prescription information (tablet A, tablet B, tablet G) with past prescription information (tablet A, tablet B, tablet C) and identifies the changes that tablet G has been added to the prescription and tablet C has been removed from the prescription.

[0022] It should be noted that a specified period of time in the past refers to a period during which it is desirable for a patient to be fully aware of and have the change in prescription firmly established in their memory, and during which it is desirable to clearly indicate the change in prescription to the patient; in this embodiment, prescription information for one month is extracted.

[0023] The change type identifying unit 113 classifies the changes in medication identified by the medication change identifying unit 112 into change types. Specifically, the change type identification unit 113 refers to the drug database 122 to extract drug information (trade name, generic name, pharmacological classification name, efficacy, effects, etc.) for the drug changes identified by the drug change identification unit 112, and if the extracted drug information is common, it matches the added drug with the removed drug, and classifies the change type according to whether or not there is a match and the content of the match.

[0024] Here, the change type of the drug refers to a type indicating how the change of the drug in the prescription is displayed in the drug information. In this embodiment, the change type of the drug is classified into "change" in which the added drug and the removed drug are associated with each other, and "addition" and "deletion" in which the added drug and the removed drug are not associated with each other. The "change" is classified into "dosage form change" in which the added drug and the removed drug have the same trade name but different dosage form, "generic change" in which the trade name is different between the added drug and the removed drug and the generic name is the same, and "ingredient change" in which the trade name and generic name are different and the pharmacological classification name or efficacy / effect is the same.

[0025] For example, if a change in medication occurs when E tablets, F tablets, and C capsules are added to a prescription and A tablets, B tablets, and C tablets are removed from the prescription, C capsules and C tablets, which have the same brand name but different dosage forms, are considered a "change" or "dosage form change." Additionally, E tablets and A tablets, which have different brand names but the same generic name, are considered a "change" or "generic change." Additionally, F tablets and B tablets, which have different brand names and generic names but the same pharmacological classification, are considered a "change" or "ingredient change."

[0026] That is, the change type specifying unit 113 associates the added drug with the excluded drug, and classifies the added drug that is not associated, the excluded drug that is not associated, or the combination of the associated added drug and excluded drug into one of "addition", "deletion", or "change". Then, when the change type specifying unit 113 classifies the combination of the added drug and the excluded drug into "change", it further classifies the association into "dosage type change" when the brand names are the same but the dosage forms are different, "generic change" when the brand names are different and the generic names are the same, and "ingredient change" when the brand names and generic names are different and the therapeutic category name or efficacy and effect are the same.

[0027] The drug database 122 will now be described with reference to FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the contents stored in the drug database 122. The drug database 122 is a database that stores information about drugs, and is mainly composed of information derived from package inserts issued by drug supply companies. The drug database 122 is used when the change type identification unit 113 classifies the change type of drugs, and is also used to refer to the drug information output by the drug information output unit 115, etc. The drug database 122 stores a drug ID that identifies the drug, a trade name that indicates the trade name of the drug, a general name that indicates the general name of the drug's ingredients, a pharmacological classification name that indicates the medicinal effect of the drug, and efficacy and effects that indicate what disease the drug is effective against.

[0028] Returning to Figure 2, the usage change identification unit 114 compares the prescription information accepted by the prescription acceptance unit 111 with prescription information for a specified period of the past to identify whether there has been a change in usage or dosage for the same drug. Specifically, the usage change identifying unit 114 extracts prescription information for a predetermined period of the past associated with a patient for whom the prescription is intended, from the prescription database 121, based on the prescription information received by the prescription receiving unit 111. Then, the usage change identifying unit 114 identifies that there has been a change in the dosage and administration of the same drug between the prescription information received by the prescription receiving unit 111 and the extracted prescription information for the predetermined period of the past.

[0029] For example, when the prescription receiving unit 111 receives a prescription for patient "B" on December 15th, the usage change identifying unit 114 extracts prescription information corresponding to prescription ID "001002" from the prescription database 121. The prescription information corresponding to prescription ID "001002" is prescription information for the past month associated with patient "B" for whom the received prescription is intended. Then, the medication change identification unit 112 compares the information of the received prescription (tablet A (morning 1), tablet B (morning 2, afternoon 2, evening 2), tablet C (morning 1, evening 1), tablet D (morning 1, afternoon 1, evening 1)) with the information of the past prescription (tablet A (morning 1), tablet B (morning 1, evening 1), tablet C (morning 1, evening 1), tablet D (morning 1, afternoon 1, evening 1)), and identifies that the dosage of tablet B has changed from "morning 1, evening 1" to "morning 2, afternoon 2, evening 2."

[0030] The drug information output unit 115 outputs drug information in a different expression format based on the identified change in the prescription. Specifically, the drug information output unit 115 generates drug information data including a drug change indication indicating that the drug has been changed based on the identified change in the prescription or a dosage and administration change indication indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed. The drug information output unit 115 performs output based on the generated drug information data, and for example, the drug information output unit 115 outputs the drug information data to the printer 20 to print it.

[0031] [Processing of drug information output device 10] Next, the process of the medicine information output device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of processing by the medicine information output device 10. As shown in FIG. The processing of the medicine information output device 10 is started when the receptionist of the pharmacy accepts a predetermined operation to start the processing. When the processing of the medicine information output device 10 is started, the prescription acceptance unit 111 of the medicine information output device 10 accepts prescription information by the receptionist of the pharmacy inputting the prescription information from the input unit 13 (step S1). The prescription acceptance unit 111 stores the accepted prescription information in the prescription database 121 (step S2).

[0032] Following step S2, the drug change identification unit 112 of the drug information output device 10 extracts past prescription information associated with the patient for whom the prescription received by the prescription receiving unit 111 in step S1 is a target from the prescription database 121 (step S3). Then, the drug change identification unit 112 identifies a change in drug between the prescription information received by the prescription receiving unit 111 and the extracted prescription information for a predetermined period of time in the past (step S4).

[0033] Next, the change type identifying unit 113 checks whether the medication change identifying unit 112 has identified a medication change, and if the medication change identifying unit 112 has identified a medication change, proceeds to step S6 to classify the change type. Also, the change type identifying unit 113 checks whether the medication change identifying unit 112 has identified a medication change, and if the medication change identifying unit 112 has not identified a medication change, proceeds to step S7 without classifying the change type (step S5). Then, when the medication change identifying unit 112 identifies a medication change, the change type identifying unit 113 extracts medication information (brand name, generic name, therapeutic category name, efficacy, effects, etc.) by referring to the medication database 122. When the extracted medication information is common, the change type identifying unit 113 associates the added medication with the removed medication, and classifies the change type according to the presence or absence of association and the contents of the association (step S6).

[0034] Next, the usage change identification unit 114 compares the prescription information accepted by the prescription acceptance unit 111 with prescription information for a specified period of the past to identify that there has been a change in the usage and dosage of the same drug (step S7).

[0035] Next, the drug information output unit 115 generates drug information data including a drug change indication indicating that the drug has been changed based on the identified prescription change or a dosage and administration change indication indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed (step S8).

[0036] Here, an example of a drug information document output based on drug information data generated by the drug information output unit 115 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a drug document that is output based on drug information data that is generated when a change in drugs occurs between a received prescription and a past prescription and the drugs are associated with each other. The drug information sheet is composed of V1, which is a section where a description and photo of the drug to be dispensed are shown, V2, which is a section where the drug and dosage before any changes occurred are shown, and V3, which is a section where the dosage of the drug is shown.

[0037] V1 includes columns E1, F1, and C1, which show the names, explanations, and photos of E tablets, F tablets, and C capsules, respectively. The explanations are composed of a general explanation of the drug extracted from the drug database 122 and a different part for each change type that explains the content of the change. For example, the explanation in column E1 is composed of a general explanation part saying "It is a drug to lower cholesterol..." and a part explaining the content of the change from A tablets to E tablets saying "It is an inexpensive drug with the same ingredients as A tablets."

[0038] In addition, the section explaining the change differs for each change type. For example, in the E1 column, an explanation is generated that corresponds to the change type of "generic change" such as "It is a cheaper medicine with the same ingredients as Tablet A." The explanation that corresponds to the change type of "generic change" is composed of the name of the previous drug and a statement indicating that the ingredients are the same but the price is cheaper. For example, in the F1 field, an explanation corresponding to the change type of "ingredient change" is generated as "This medicine is more effective than Tablet B." The explanation corresponding to the change type of "ingredient change" is composed of the previous name of the drug and a description indicating that there is a difference in efficacy or safety. For example, in the C1 field, an explanation corresponding to the change type of "dosage form change" is generated as "From tablets to capsules." The explanation corresponding to the change type of "ingredient change" is composed of a description indicating the previous dosage form of the drug and the new dosage form of the drug.

[0039] V2 is presented in such a way that column A1, which shows a photograph of tablet A, an excluded drug corresponding to tablet E shown in E1, is clearly positioned to correspond to E1, column B1, which shows a photograph of tablet B, an excluded drug corresponding to tablet F shown in F1, is clearly positioned to correspond to F1, and column C2, which shows a photograph of tablet C, an excluded drug corresponding to capsule C shown in C1, is clearly positioned to correspond to C1, making the changes in medication clear.

[0040] V3 shows the dosage of E tablets, F tablets, C capsules, and D tablets. In the V3 column, the dosage is shown in order from the left column to the right, showing how much to take in the morning, afternoon, and evening. For example, the row for D tablets in V3 shows that one tablet should be taken in the morning, one tablet at noon, and one tablet in the evening.

[0041] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional drug information document (FIG. 7(1)) that would be provided if the present invention were not applied when dispensing the drug shown in FIG. 6, and a drug information document (FIG. 7(2)) that was provided during the previous visit to dispense the drug shown in FIG. 6. The drug information sheet shown in Figure 7(1) shows the drugs to be dispensed (E tablets, F tablets, C capsules, D tablets) and provides an explanation of each drug. However, the drug information sheet in Figure 7(1) does not allow the patient to understand at a glance how the drug has changed since the previous time. Therefore, even if the patient has been able to take the drug habitually, the drug may change and the patient may not be able to understand the correspondence between the drug that was habitually taken and the new drug, which may result in the patient forgetting to take the drug or taking the wrong drug. When a patient tries to understand how the medicine has changed, he or she cannot understand the change in the medicine unless he or she compares the currently issued medicine information document shown in Figure 7(1) with the previously issued medicine information document shown in Figure 7(2). Even if the patient compares the currently issued medicine information document shown in Figure 7(1) with the previously issued medicine information document shown in Figure 7(2), for example, if the patient does not compare the explanation, such as "This is a medicine to lower cholesterol," he or she may not understand that tablet A has changed to tablet E, and may forget to take the medicine or take the wrong medicine. Specifically, when a generic or ingredient is changed, the patient may take the remaining medicine before the prescription change and the medicine after the prescription change at the same time, which may cause a change in the patient's physical condition. Therefore, there is a need for a system that can easily output drug information so that patients can easily understand changes in the status of drug delivery, as in the present invention. The output drug information functions as a tool for proper use of medicines.

[0042] FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a medication information document output based on medication information data generated when a change in medication occurs between a received prescription and a past prescription and the medications cannot be matched. Column G1 shows a description and a photo of the added medication, G tablets, and column G2 shows the word "new" indicating that it has been newly added. In addition, the C3 column displays tablet C, which is an excluded drug, and the C3 column is displayed with an "X" to make it clear that tablet C has been excluded and there is no drug that corresponds to tablet C.

[0043] FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a drug information document output based on drug information data generated when a change in dosage and administration occurs between a received prescription and a past prescription. Column B2 shows the dosage instructions for Tablet B, indicating that 2 tablets should be taken in the morning, 2 tablets at noon, and 2 tablets in the evening.

[0044] Returning to FIG. 5, the medicine information output unit 115 outputs based on the generated medicine information data (for example, by printing on the printer 20) (step S9), and the process ends.

[0045] In this embodiment, the medicine information document printed in step S9 is configured as a medicine envelope, which is a bag for storing medicines when the medicines are delivered. Specifically, in this embodiment, the drug information document is a rectangular sheet of paper with a vertical dashed line printed in the center of the sheet. The drug information document has a display area on either side of the dashed line where drug information is displayed, including a drug change indication indicating that the drug has been changed or a dosage and administration change indication indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed. An adhesive attachment section is printed on the four periphery edges of the back side of the side on which the dashed line and drug information are displayed. The medicine information document configured as a medicine bag is folded in a mountain fold along the broken line and pasted together by applying adhesive to the adhesive application part to form a bag. The medicine information document configured as a medicine bag contains medicines corresponding to the medicine information and is delivered to the patient by the pharmacy staff.

[0046] The present embodiment has been described above. According to such a drug information output device 10, based on the change between the prescription information and the past prescription information, it is possible to easily output drug information including a drug change indication (A1, B1, C2, G2, etc.) indicating that the drug has been changed or a dosage and administration change indication (B2, etc.) indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed, so that the patient can easily grasp the change in the drug delivery situation.

[0047] Furthermore, according to the medication information output device 10, when the changes include added medications and removed medications, the added medications are matched with the removed medications, and which medications have changed to which medications are automatically reflected in the medication information, so that medication information containing medication change indications can be easily output, enabling patients to easily understand changes in the medication dispensing status.

[0048] Furthermore, according to the drug information output device 10, when the changes include added and removed drugs, the added and removed drugs are matched, and drug information can be easily output indicating that this corresponds to a change in dosage form, generic change, or ingredient, making it possible for the patient to easily understand what changes have occurred in the medication.

[0049] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Furthermore, the effects described in the present embodiment are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment.

[0050] In addition, in this embodiment, the medication information is configured as a medication bag, but this is not limited to this as long as there is an area for displaying the medication information. For example, it may be a sheet of paper on which only the medication information is printed, or it may be a sticker with an adhesive surface on the side opposite the side on which the medication information is displayed.

[0051] In addition, in this embodiment, the medication change identification unit 112 is configured to extract prescription information for one month as the specified past period, but the period is not limited to one month and may be set as an appropriate period as long as the patient can fully recognize the changes in the prescription. Furthermore, such a specified past period may be set to a different period for each patient and each drug. For example, a longer period of six months may be set for elderly patients, as it generally takes time for them to fully recognize changes in their medication, whereas a shorter period of two weeks may be set for drugs for acute illnesses, as they are generally taken for a short period of time and become accustomed to the medication, and it does not take long for them to fully recognize changes in their medication.

[0052] In addition, in the present embodiment, the drug information including either a drug change display indicating that the drug has been changed or a dosage and administration change display indicating that the dosage and administration has been changed is exemplified, but the drug information output by the drug information output unit 115 is not limited to this and may include both a drug change display and a dosage and administration change display. In order to include both a drug change display and a dosage and administration change display, the drug information output unit 115 may display the drug change display and the dosage and administration change display in a reduced size so that the proportion of the drug information that is occupied by the drug change display and the dosage and administration change display is not too large.

[0053] The present invention can also be applied to a terminal device having the functional configuration shown in Fig. 2. In this case, having the functional configuration shown in Fig. 2 includes not only installing software that realizes the functional configuration in the terminal device, but also allowing the terminal device to use software installed in a specific server via a network. In other words, the present invention can also be applied to so-called ASP services that provide business applications to customers via the Internet.

[0054] The above-described series of processes can be executed by hardware or software. In other words, the functional configuration in Fig. 2 is merely an example and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient for a computer to have a function capable of executing the above-mentioned series of processes as a whole, and the type of functional block used to realize this function is not particularly limited to the example in Fig. 2. Furthermore, one functional block may be configured as a single piece of hardware, a single piece of software, or a combination of both.

[0055] When the series of processes is executed by software, the program constituting the software is installed into a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium. The computer may be a computer built into dedicated hardware, or may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, such as a general-purpose personal computer. [Explanation of symbols]

[0056] 10. Drug information output device 11 Control section 111 Prescription Reception Department 112 Drug Change Identification Department 113 Change type identification part 114 Usage change specific section 115 Drug information output unit 12 Storage section 121 Prescription Database 122 Drug Database 13 Input section 14 Display section 20 Printing machine

Claims

1. A prescription information acquisition means for acquiring prescription information of a patient; A medical history information acquisition means for acquiring information regarding the medical history of the patient; An identification means for identifying a change in a prescribed drug in the prescription information based on a drug indicated in the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition means and a past medical history of the patient acquired by the medical history information acquisition means; A change content determination means for determining the content of the change in the medicine identified by the identification means; a drug information output means for outputting information about the prescribed drug of the patient, the information including the change in the drug identified by the identification means and the content of the change in the drug determined by the change content determination means; A drug information output system comprising:

2. 2. The medicine information output system according to claim 1, wherein the specifying means specifies, as the change to the medicine, that a medicine has been added or that a medicine has been deleted.

3. The drug information output system described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the change content determination means determines, as the content of the change to the drug, at least one of the following: a change in the drug dosage form, a change to a drug with a different sales name but the same generic name, and a change to a drug with a different sales name and generic name but the same pharmacological classification name or efficacy.

4. The drug information output system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the drug information output means outputs, as information regarding the patient's prescribed drugs, information that corresponds to the change in the drug and information explaining the content of the change in the drug.

5. The drug information output system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the identification means compares the drugs indicated in the prescription information with the drugs indicated in the patient's prescription information for a specified period of time in the past to identify changes in the prescribed drugs.

6. A prescription information acquisition means for acquiring prescription information of a patient; A medical history information acquisition means for acquiring information regarding the medical history of the patient; An identification means for identifying a change in a prescribed drug in the prescription information based on a drug indicated in the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition means and a past medical history of the patient acquired by the medical history information acquisition means; A change content determination means for determining the content of the change in the medicine identified by the identification means; a drug information output means for outputting information about the prescribed drug of the patient, the information including the change in the drug identified by the identification means and the content of the change in the drug determined by the change content determination means; A drug information output device comprising:

7. A server configured to be able to communicate with a terminal device via a network, A prescription information acquisition means for acquiring prescription information of a patient; A medical history information acquisition means for acquiring information regarding the medical history of the patient; An identification means for identifying a change in a prescribed drug in the prescription information based on a drug indicated in the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition means and a past medical history of the patient acquired by the medical history information acquisition means; A change content determination means for determining the content of the change in the medicine identified by the identification means; a drug information output means for outputting information on the prescribed drug of the patient, including the change of the drug identified by the identification means and the content of the change of the drug determined by the change content determination means, to the terminal device; A server comprising:

8. On the computer, A prescription information acquisition function that acquires patient prescription information; A medical history information acquisition function for acquiring information regarding the medical history of the patient; A specification function for specifying a change in a prescribed drug in the prescription information based on a drug indicated in the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition function and a past medical history of the patient acquired by the medical history information acquisition function; A change content determination function that determines the content of the change in the drug identified by the identification function; a drug information output function that outputs information about the patient's prescribed drug, including the change in the drug identified by the identification function and the content of the change in the drug determined by the change content determination function; A program for realizing the above.

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