Cooperation system

Abstract

To establish close cooperation between a doctor, a pharmacist, and a patient to improve the quality of medical treatment of the patient.SOLUTION: A cooperation system 10 includes: a terminal for a patient 20 that is used by a patient U; a terminal for a doctor in charge 30 that is used by a doctor in charge D; a terminal for a pharmacist 40 that is used by a pharmacist P; and a control unit 50 that establishes a data communication environment between the terminal for a patient 20 and the terminal for a pharmacist 40 and between the terminal for a doctor in charge 30 and the terminal for a pharmacist 40, and controls the entire system 10, and the control unit 50 provides a learning tool for learning about the disease of the patient U to the terminal for a pharmacist 40. This enables the pharmacist P to perform operations to support the patient U with deep knowledge about the disease of the patient even if the patient U has an incurable disease, which allows the pharmacist P to establish close cooperation among the three and allows the improvement in the quality of the medical treatment of the patient U.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a cooperation system among a patient, the doctor in charge of this patient, and a pharmacist.

Background Art

[0002] The work of a pharmacist, who is an expert in medicine, includes, for example, dispensing medicine based on a prescription, selling various pharmaceuticals, and also patient support work such as explaining to patients about taking medicine and providing consultations. Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose systems for assisting some of such work of pharmacists.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] Here, for example, when referring to the case where a patient's disease is a rare disease, unlike diseases that many patients suffer from, in rare disease treatment, due to the rarity of patients and the high specialty of treatment, etc., medical cooperation is particularly important, and communication regarding changes in treatment policies and drugs is essential for improving the quality of medical treatment. Also, in some cases, rare disease treatment is increasingly being carried out on an outpatient basis rather than in the hospital, and out-of-hospital dispensing pharmacies need to try to predict the disease name and understand the disease state from the prescriptions received from patients and their families. However, for rare and highly specialized diseases such as rare diseases, it is very difficult to predict the disease name and understand the disease state. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its object is to closely cooperate among doctors, pharmacists, and patients to improve the quality of medical treatment for patients.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0005] (Aspect of the Invention) The following aspects of the invention illustrate the configuration of the present invention and are described separately for each item in order to facilitate the understanding of various configurations of the present invention. Each item does not limit the technical scope of the present invention. Therefore, even when some of the components of each item are replaced, deleted, or other components are further added while taking into consideration the best mode for carrying out the invention, they may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0006] (1) A cooperation system among a patient, the attending physician of the patient, and a pharmacist, comprising a patient terminal used by the patient, an attending physician terminal used by the attending physician, a pharmacist terminal used by the pharmacist, establishing a data communication environment for transmitting and receiving information between the patient terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and between the attending physician terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and a control unit for controlling the entire system, wherein the control unit provides a learning tool for learning about the disease suffered by the patient to the pharmacist terminal.

[0007] The cooperation system described in this section includes a patient terminal, a responsible medical terminal, a pharmacist terminal, and a control unit. The patient terminal is used by the patient to input information from the patient and output information to the patient. Similarly, the responsible medical terminal is used by the patient's attending physician to input information from the attending physician and output information to the attending physician. The pharmacist terminal is used by the pharmacist in charge of the patient to input information from the pharmacist and output information to the pharmacist. The control unit controls the entire system and establishes the data communication environment between the above-mentioned terminals. That is, the control unit establishes a data communication environment between the patient terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and between the responsible medical terminal and the pharmacist terminal so that various information can be transmitted and received between them. For this reason, the pharmacist exchanges information related to the patient and medication through this system, and the patient's attending physician exchanges information about the medications prescribed to the patient and the diseases the patient is suffering from. Therefore, the pharmacist can accurately grasp the patient's disease name and condition from the information obtained from the attending physician.

[0008] Furthermore, the control unit is configured to provide a learning tool for learning about the disease the patient is suffering from to the pharmacist terminal. For this reason, the pharmacist can deepen their knowledge about the patient's disease by using the learning tool provided to the pharmacist terminal. As a result, even if the patient's disease is a rare disease, the pharmacist can, with enhanced knowledge of the rare disease, provide support services such as medication for the patient while receiving advice from the attending physician as needed. Therefore, without the need for the attending physician and the patient to communicate directly, the cooperation among the three parties is closely carried out with the pharmacist as the center, and the quality of the patient's medical treatment is improved.

[0009] (2) In the above (1), the control unit provides a screen for the patient to select a pharmacy where the patient requests a prescription from among a plurality of pharmacies, together with the information of each of the plurality of pharmacies, to the patient's patient terminal. When the pharmacy is selected by the patient, a data communication environment is established between the pharmacist terminal operated by the pharmacist belonging to the selected pharmacy and the patient terminal, and a data communication environment is established between the pharmacist terminal operated by the pharmacist belonging to the selected pharmacy and the doctor terminal operated by the patient's attending doctor. A cooperation system.

[0010] The cooperation system described in this item is one in which the control unit provides a screen for the patient to select a pharmacy where the patient requests a prescription from among a plurality of pharmacies to the patient's patient terminal. At this time, it is provided to the patient terminal together with the information of each of the plurality of candidate pharmacies. The information of each such pharmacy may include, for example, the location of the pharmacy, the experience and knowledge of the pharmacists belonging to the pharmacy, and the like. As a result, the patient can select a pharmacy where a pharmacist familiar with the disease the patient is suffering from belongs or a pharmacy located in a place where the patient can easily go while comparing the information of each pharmacy.

[0011] Then, when the pharmacy is selected by the patient via the above screen, the control unit establishes the following data communication environment between terminals. That is, the control unit establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal operated by the pharmacist belonging to the selected pharmacy and the patient terminal of the patient who selected the pharmacy. At the same time, the control unit also establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal operated by the pharmacist belonging to the selected pharmacy and the doctor terminal operated by the attending doctor of the patient who selected the pharmacy. As a result, various information is exchanged between the pharmacist of the pharmacy selected by the patient, the patient, and the patient's attending doctor, realizing an environment with a high degree of freedom for the patient to select from a plurality of pharmacies, while enabling seamless cooperation among the three parties.

[0012] (3) In the above item (1), the control unit is a cooperation system in which information regarding the disease of the patient in charge of the attending physician and / or information regarding the patient himself / herself is registered via the attending physician's terminal, and the registered information regarding the disease and / or the information regarding the patient himself / herself is provided to the pharmacist's terminal. In the cooperation system described in this item, information regarding the disease of the patient in charge of the attending physician and / or information regarding the patient himself / herself is registered with the control unit via the attending physician's terminal operated by the attending physician. Then, the control unit provides the information regarding the disease and / or the information regarding the patient himself / herself registered by the attending physician to the pharmacist's terminal operated by the pharmacist in charge of that patient. Such information may include information such as the name of the disease of the patient in charge, therapeutic drugs other than those prescribed in prescriptions such as injection drugs administered within a medical institution, and the characteristics of the patient. As a result, the pharmacist can view various information about the disease and the patient as described above at any time as needed without having to separately ask the attending physician.

[0013] (4) In the above item (1), when the use of the system is started by the patient, the control unit receives the basic information of the patient from the attending physician of the patient via the attending physician's terminal and receives the basic information of the patient himself / herself from the patient via the patient's terminal. When the basic information of the patient input by the attending physician matches the basic information of the patient himself / herself input by the patient, the control unit approves the use of the system by the patient. The cooperation system described in this section imposes the following restrictions when a patient starts using this system. That is, first, the basic information of the patient who starts using the system is input to the control unit from the patient's attending physician via the attending physician's terminal, and then the basic information of the patient himself / herself is input to the control unit from the patient who starts using the system via the patient's terminal. Upon receiving these inputs, the control unit approves the patient's use of this system when the basic information of the patient input from the attending physician matches the basic information of the patient himself / herself input from the patient. Such restrictions aim to prevent input errors in the patient's basic information, prevent unauthorized use or impersonation by a third party, and prevent pranks.

[0014] (5) In the above item (1), when new information is transmitted from the patient to the pharmacist's terminal via the patient's terminal and when new information is transmitted from the attending physician to the pharmacist's terminal via the attending physician's terminal, the control unit sends a notification to the pre-registered contact information of the pharmacist. When new information is transmitted from the pharmacist to the patient's terminal via the pharmacist's terminal, the control unit sends a notification to the pre-registered contact information of the patient. When new information is transmitted from the pharmacist to the attending physician's terminal via the pharmacist's terminal, the control unit sends a notification to the pre-registered contact information of the attending physician. A cooperation system that sends notifications.

[0015] The cooperation system described in this section is designed such that when new information is transmitted, a notification is sent, taking into account the fact that the patients, attending physicians, and pharmacists who use this system have different business patterns and life patterns. Specifically, when new information is transmitted from a patient to a pharmacist's terminal via a patient terminal, or when new information is transmitted from an attending physician to a pharmacist's terminal via an attending physician terminal, the control unit sends a notification to the pre-registered contact information of the pharmacist. Furthermore, when new information is transmitted from a pharmacist to a patient terminal via a pharmacist terminal, the control unit sends a notification to the pre-registered contact information of the patient, and when new information is transmitted from a pharmacist to an attending physician terminal via a pharmacist terminal, the control unit sends a notification to the pre-registered contact information of the attending physician. As a result, patients, attending physicians, and pharmacists can immediately grasp that new information has been transmitted to them and can confirm the information at a convenient timing for themselves, thus preventing the omission of confirmation of new information.

[0016] (6) In the above item (1), the control unit functions to transmit and receive messages, images, and stamps between the patient terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and between the attending physician terminal and the pharmacist terminal. The cooperation system described in this section is such that the control unit handles messages, images, and stamps as the formats of information transmitted and received between the patient terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and between the attending physician terminal and the pharmacist terminal. As a result, information is exchanged in a format suitable for the content of each piece of information, so that the content to be conveyed by each piece of information is clearly transmitted.

Advantages of the Invention

[0017] Since the present invention is configured in this way, it is possible to closely cooperate among physicians, pharmacists, and patients, and it is possible to improve the quality of patient care.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0019] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, throughout the drawings, the same parts or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals. Also, detailed descriptions of the same parts or corresponding parts as the prior art are omitted. FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a cooperation system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention for cooperating a patient, the attending physician of this patient, and a pharmacist. Note that the configuration of the cooperation system 10 is not limited to the block diagram of FIG. 1, and for example, depending on the situation, etc., a configuration in which some of the components shown in FIG. 1 are deleted, changed, or appropriately added may be used.

[0020] As shown in FIG. 1, the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a patient terminal 20, an attending physician terminal 30, a pharmacist terminal 40, and a control unit 50, and these are connected to each other via a network N. The patient terminal 20 is operated by a patient U and is usually provided for each patient U. Therefore, in the embodiment of FIG. 1 where use by a plurality of patients U is assumed, a plurality of patient terminals 20 are connected. Information is input to the patient terminal 20 from the patient U, and information input from the pharmacist terminal 40 and information transmitted from the control unit 50 are output from the patient terminal 20 to the patient U. Examples of the device used as the patient terminal 20 include a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, and the like. Each patient U suffers from some disease, and in this embodiment, although not limited thereto, it is assumed that the patient suffers from a refractory disease such as inflammatory bowel disease. Here, the patient U may include a family member of the patient U who operates the patient terminal 20 on behalf of the patient U.

[0021] The attending medical terminal 30 is operated by the attending doctor D in charge of each of the above-mentioned patients U, and is usually provided for each attending doctor D. Therefore, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, a plurality of attending medical terminals 30 used by a plurality of attending doctors D corresponding to a plurality of patients U are connected. Information is input to the attending medical terminal 30 from the attending doctor D, and information input from the pharmacist terminal 40 and information transmitted from the control unit 50 are output from the attending medical terminal 30 to the attending doctor D. Examples of the devices constituting the attending medical terminal 30 include a tablet computer, a personal computer, and a dedicated terminal. Here, the attending doctor D only needs to be a doctor in charge of the patient U, and may be, for example, a primary care doctor or a group of doctors in charge. Also, in FIG. 1, the image of the state where the attending doctor D is in charge of the patient U is indicated by a dashed arrow from the attending doctor D to the patient U.

[0022] The pharmacist terminal 40 is operated by the pharmacist P. In FIG. 1, the pharmacist terminal 40 is shown for each pharmacist P, and all of them are connected to the network N. However, since the pharmacist P in FIG. 1 is an image of the pharmacist P belonging to the pharmacy 44, the same pharmacist terminal 40 may be shared among the pharmacists P belonging to the same pharmacy 44. That is, at least one pharmacist terminal 40 may be provided in each pharmacy 44. Information is input to the pharmacist terminal 40 from the pharmacist P, and information input from the patient terminal 20 and the attending medical terminal 30 and information transmitted from the control unit 50 are output from the pharmacist terminal 40 to the pharmacist P. For the pharmacist terminal 40, for example, a tablet computer, a personal computer, a dedicated terminal, etc. are used. The pharmacy 44 shown in FIG. 1 is a candidate pharmacy 44 for which dispensing is requested by the patient U as described later, and one or more pharmacists P belong to each pharmacy 44.

[0023] The control unit 50 is responsible for controlling the entire cooperation system 10 and executes various controls for this purpose. Such controls include, for example, approval at the start of use by the patient U, establishment of the data communication environment between terminals, provision of a learning tool to the pharmacist terminal 40, provision of a pharmacy selection screen to the patient terminal 20, disclosure of registered information, notification at the time of sending new information, and the like. Details of these controls will be described in detail later. Although the control unit 50 is illustrated as one component in FIG. 1, it may be configured by combining a plurality of arbitrary hardware such as a server or a computer. Furthermore, the software assigned to each hardware may be arbitrary as long as it can satisfy each function required for the control unit 50. In addition, the control unit 50 may include an administrator terminal used by an administrator of the cooperation system 10 or the like, and various settings and inputs for system control may be performed via this administrator terminal.

[0024] Note that each of the patient terminal 20, the responsible medical terminal 30, and the pharmacist terminal 40 starts to be used in the cooperation system 10 by accessing a dedicated website via a web browser or starting a dedicated application installed in advance. On the other hand, the network N may be any network capable of transmitting and receiving information, and includes the Internet, an intranet, a dedicatedly constructed network, a cloud network, and the like, and these may be realized by wire and / or wirelessly.

[0025] Next, the basic processing using the cooperation system 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described along the flow of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2. Refer to FIG. 1 as appropriate for the configuration of the cooperation system 10. Note that the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 shows an example for explaining the processing using the cooperation system 10, and the processing using the cooperation system 10 is not limited to the flowchart of FIG. 2. That is, the processing using the cooperation system 10 may be, for example, a flowchart in which some of the steps shown in FIG. 2 are deleted, changed, or appropriately added, or a flowchart in which the order is changed, depending on the configuration and situation of the cooperation system 10 or the like.

[0026] S10 (Patient Account Creation): The attending doctor D inputs necessary information to the control unit 50 via the attending doctor's terminal 30 so that patient U, for whom the attending doctor issues prescriptions, can use the cooperation system 10, and creates an account for that patient U. Note that the attending doctor D has an account created for himself or herself in advance by requesting the system administrator or the like, and is assumed to be in a state where the cooperation system 10 can be used. S20 (Patient Basic Information Input): The attending doctor D inputs basic information including the name of patient U, etc. as information necessary for creating an account for patient U to the control unit 50 via the attending doctor's terminal 30. Further, as far as possible, information regarding the disease of patient U and information other than the basic information about patient U are also input and registered. These information include, for example, the name of the disease that patient U is suffering from, therapeutic drugs administered to patient U other than the drugs in the prescription (such as injection drugs administered in the hospital), special notes (characteristics of patient U, etc.).

[0027] S30 (QR Code Generation): In response to the inputs in S10 and S20 above, the control unit 50 generates, in this embodiment, a QR code (registered trademark) for issuing a patient account unique to each patient U. At this time, a code other than the QR code may be generated. Then, the attending doctor D prints the QR code or the like and hands it over to patient U. S40 (QR Code Reading): Patient U reads the QR code handed over in S30 above via the patient terminal 20 and accesses the page for patient account registration generated by the control unit 50.

[0028] S50 (Basic Information Input): Patient U inputs basic information including his or her own name, etc. from the patient terminal 20 on the page for patient account registration. S60 (Basic Information Verification): The control unit 50 determines whether the basic information of patient U input by the assigned doctor D in S20 matches the basic information of patient U input by patient U in S50. If it is determined that they match (YES), the process proceeds to S70. If it is determined that they do not match (NO), the process returns to S50 to prompt patient U to input the correct basic information. Note that since the basic information of patient U input by the assigned doctor D in S20 may be incorrect, in this case, the assigned doctor D may be contacted to prompt the input of correct basic information.

[0029] S70 (Patient Account Approval): Since it is determined in S60 that the basic information of patient U input by the assigned doctor D matches the basic information of patient U input by patient U, the control unit 50 officially registers the account of that patient U and approves the use of the cooperation system 10 by that patient U. As a result, patient U can use the cooperation system 10. That is, until it is determined in S60 that the correct basic information has been input, the account of patient U is not registered, and patient U cannot use the cooperation system 10.

[0030] S80 (Pharmacy List Display): Patient U who has started using the cooperation system 10 inputs an operation to display the pharmacy list on the patient terminal 20. In response to this, the control unit 50 provides and displays a list of pre-registered pharmacies 44 on the patient terminal 20. At this time, the information of each pharmacy 44 included in the list is also provided simultaneously so that the information of each pharmacy 44 can be viewed from the patient terminal 20. Such information of each pharmacy 44 may include various information for differentiating each pharmacy 44, such as the location of the pharmacy 44 and the diseases that the pharmacist P belonging to the pharmacy 44 can handle. Note that the list of pharmacies 44 presented to the patient terminal 20 may display only the pharmacies 44 narrowed down by some condition, such as pharmacies 44 that can handle the disease of patient U who is performing the operation.

[0031] S90 (Pharmacy Selection): The patient U selects a pharmacy 44 to which a dispensing request is to be made from the list of pharmacies 44 displayed in S80 above. The selection result is transmitted from the patient terminal 20 to the control unit 50. S100 (Communication Environment Establishment): Upon receiving the selection of the pharmacy 44 in S90 above, the control unit 50 establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal 40 operated by the pharmacist P belonging to the selected pharmacy 44 and the patient terminal 20 of the patient U who made the selection. Further, a data communication environment is established between the pharmacist terminal 40 operated by the pharmacist P belonging to the selected pharmacy 44 and the attending physician terminal 30 operated by the attending physician D of the patient U who made the selection. By establishing the communication environment here, various information can be transmitted and received between the patient terminal 20 and the pharmacist terminal 40, and between the attending physician terminal 30 and the pharmacist terminal 40. Some of this will be described hereinafter.

[0032] S110 (Communication Start between Patient and Pharmacist): By establishing the communication environment in S100 above, the patient U and the pharmacist P can communicate with each other. In this embodiment, the control unit 50 generates a chat room that can be participated in from the patient terminal 20 and the pharmacist terminal 40. In this chat room, messages, images, stamps, etc. can be transmitted and received. For example, FIG. 3 shows an example of a chat screen 70, and an image of a message 72 transmitted from the pharmacist terminal 40, a message 74 transmitted from the patient terminal 20, and a stamp 78 transmitted from the patient terminal 20 are illustrated. Further, in the chat room of this embodiment, chatting can be performed while selecting a chat topic. For example, when the patient U selects a topic, examples of topics include "Prescription Sending" and "Others". Also, when the pharmacist P selects a topic, examples of topics include "Medication Follow-up" and "Others". By using such a chat room, the patient U can receive various supports regarding medication, etc., and the pharmacist P can provide information obtained from the attending physician D to the patient U from the perspective of the pharmacist P, or can hear about the medication status, etc. from the patient U.

[0033] Note that the pharmacist P shall create his / her own account in advance by asking the system administrator or the like, and the linked system 10 shall be in a usable state. Also, the pharmacist P who participates in the chat using the pharmacist terminal 40 may be any pharmacist P belonging to the pharmacy 44 selected in S90 above. S120 (New information determination): The control unit 50 determines whether new information (such as the above-described message) has been transmitted from the patient U to the pharmacist P or from the pharmacist P to the patient U in a chat room or the like. When it is determined that new information has been transmitted (YES), the process proceeds to S130. When it is determined that no new information has been transmitted (NO), this monitoring is continued until new information is transmitted.

[0034] S130 (Notification transmission): The control unit 50 transmits a notification indicating that new information has been transmitted to a predetermined contact according to the transmission destination of the new information. That is, when new information is transmitted from the patient U to the pharmacist terminal 40 via the patient terminal 20, a notification is transmitted to the pre-registered contact of the pharmacist P. Also, when new information is transmitted from the pharmacist P to the patient terminal 20 via the pharmacist terminal 40, a notification is transmitted to the pre-registered contact of the patient U. In this embodiment, the notification is assumed to be an e-mail, but another notification such as a push notification may be used. The contact information of the patient U or the pharmacist P, which is the transmission destination of the notification, shall be obtained at the time of account registration of the patient U or the pharmacist P or the like, and these contact information are not limited to the patient terminal 20 or the pharmacist terminal 40, and may be different terminals. After transmitting the notification, the process returns to S120 above to start monitoring new information transmission again. Note that when new information is transmitted from the other party during the chat between the patient U and the pharmacist P in the chat room, it can be grasped immediately by looking at the chat screen, so it may not be necessary to send a notification informing of the transmission of new information.

[0035] S140 (Communication start between the attending physician and the pharmacist): By establishing the communication environment in S100 above, the attending physician D and the pharmacist P can communicate with each other. In this embodiment, the control unit 50 generates a chat room that can be joined from the attending physician's terminal 30 and the pharmacist's terminal 40. In this chat room, similar to those of the patient U and the pharmacist P, messages, images, stamps, etc. can be sent and received. Furthermore, in the chat room of this embodiment, chatting can be carried out while selecting a chat topic. For example, when the attending physician D selects a topic, examples of topics include "Needs attention", "Information sharing", "Others", etc. Also, when the pharmacist P selects a topic, examples of topics include "Inquiry", "Information sharing", "Others", etc. Using such a chat room, the attending physician D can exchange information regarding the patient U, such as the patient U's treatment status in the hospital, within the possible range. Also, the pharmacist P can provide the information obtained from the patient U to the attending physician D from the perspective of the pharmacist P or seek advice from the attending physician D.

[0036] S150 (New information determination): The control unit 50 determines whether new information (such as the above-mentioned messages, etc.) has been sent from the attending physician D to the pharmacist P or from the pharmacist P to the attending physician D in the chat room or the like. And when it is determined that new information has been sent (YES), the process proceeds to S160, and when it is determined that no new information has been sent (NO), this monitoring is continued until new information is sent. S160 (Notification sending): The control unit 50 sends a notification indicating that new information has been sent to a predetermined contact according to the destination of the new information. That is, when new information is sent from the attending physician D to the pharmacist's terminal 40 via the attending physician's terminal 30, a notification is sent to the pre-registered contact of the pharmacist P. Also, when new information is sent from the pharmacist P to the attending physician's terminal 30 via the pharmacist's terminal 40, a notification is sent to the pre-registered contact of the attending physician D.

[0037] Similar to S130 above, in this embodiment, the notification is assumed to be an email, but it may be another type of notification such as a push notification. The contact information of the attending physician D, who is the recipient of the notification, shall be obtained at the time of the attending physician D's account registration or the like, and the contact information is not limited to the attending physician's terminal 30 and may be a different terminal. Also, the contact information of the pharmacist P may be the same as that mentioned in S130 above. After sending the notification, return to S150 above and start monitoring for new information transmission again. Note that, similar to S130 etc. in this regard, when new information is sent from the other party while the attending physician D and the pharmacist P are chatting in the chat room, it can be grasped immediately by looking at the chat screen, so it may not be necessary to send a notification informing of the transmission of new information.

[0038] S170 (Learning tool display): In response to an operation at an arbitrary timing from the pharmacist's terminal 40 by the pharmacist P, the control unit 50 provides a learning tool for learning about the disease that the patient U is suffering from to the pharmacist's terminal 40. In this embodiment, a video is provided and displayed as the learning tool. Such videos include, for example, those in which the attending physician D etc. give lectures on the characteristics and precautions of the medicine prescribed to the patient U, the prescribing intention of that medicine, etc. Note that as long as the pharmacist P can learn about the disease of the patient U, the content of the video is arbitrary, and a learning tool other than the video may be provided.

[0039] S180 (Disease information and patient information display): In response to an operation at an arbitrary timing from the pharmacist P via the pharmacist's terminal 40, the control unit 50 provides and displays the information registered in S180 above on the pharmacist's terminal 40. The operation input and information display by the pharmacist P may be enabled from the chat screen etc. between the pharmacist P and the attending physician D, and thus the information cannot be viewed by the patient U.

[0040] In addition to the functions described above, the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention may have various functions. Such functions may include an account modification function for the patient U, the attending doctor D, and the pharmacist P, a function for transmitting files other than images, a function for searching chat messages, a function for searching pharmacies 44, a function for searching for the patient U, and a function for automatically transmitting messages according to topics and the like. Also, there may be a plurality of chat rooms available on each terminal at the same time, and separate chat rooms may be generated for each chat partner, each user of each terminal, and each topic, etc.

[0041] Now, according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration, the following operational effects can be obtained. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a patient terminal 20, an attending doctor terminal 30, a pharmacist terminal 40, and a control unit 50. The patient terminal 20 is used by the patient U and is for inputting information from the patient U and outputting information to the patient U. Similarly, the attending doctor terminal 30 is used by the attending doctor D of the patient U and is for inputting information from the attending doctor D and outputting information to the attending doctor D. The pharmacist terminal 40 is used by the pharmacist P in charge of the patient U and is for inputting information from the pharmacist P and outputting information to the pharmacist P.

[0042] The control unit 50 controls the entire cooperation system 10 and establishes the above-described data communication environment between the terminals (see S100 in FIG. 2). That is, the control unit 50 establishes a data communication environment between the patient terminal 20 and the pharmacist terminal 40 and between the attending doctor terminal 30 and the pharmacist terminal 40 so that various information is transmitted and received between them. For this reason, the pharmacist P can communicate with the patient U about information related to taking medicine and the like via the cooperation system 10, and can also communicate with the attending doctor D of the patient U about information such as the medicine prescribed to the patient U and the disease the patient U is suffering from. Therefore, the pharmacist P can accurately grasp the disease name and condition of the patient U from the information obtained from the attending doctor D.

[0043] Furthermore, the control unit 50 is configured to provide a learning tool for learning about the disease that patient U is suffering from to the pharmacist terminal 40 (see S170 in FIG. 2). For this reason, pharmacist P can deepen the knowledge about patient U's disease by using the learning tool provided to the pharmacist terminal 40. As a result, even if patient U's disease is a rare disease, for example, pharmacist P can perform support work such as medication for patient U while deepening the knowledge about the rare disease and receiving advice from the attending physician D as needed. Therefore, it is possible to closely carry out the cooperation among the three parties centered on pharmacist P without the need for direct communication between the attending physician D and patient U, and the quality of medical treatment for patient U can be improved.

[0044] In addition, the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is such that the control unit 50 provides a screen for selecting a pharmacy 44 where patient U requests dispensing from among a plurality of pharmacies 44, and at this time, provides it to the patient terminal 20 of patient U together with the information of each of the plurality of pharmacies 44 as selection candidates (see S80 in FIG. 2). Such information of each pharmacy 44 may include, for example, the location of the pharmacy 44, the experience and knowledge of the pharmacist P belonging to the pharmacy 44, and the like. As a result, patient U can select a pharmacy 44 where a pharmacist P who is familiar with the disease that patient U is suffering from belongs, or a pharmacy 44 that is in a convenient location for patient U while comparing the information of each pharmacy 44.

[0045] Then, when the pharmacy 44 is selected by the patient U via the above-described screen (see S90 in FIG. 2), the control unit 50 establishes the following data communication environment between the terminals (see S100 in FIG. 2). That is, the control unit 50 establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal 40 operated by the pharmacist P belonging to the selected pharmacy 44 and the patient terminal 20 of the patient U who selected the pharmacy 44. At the same time, the control unit 50 also establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal 40 operated by the pharmacist P belonging to the selected pharmacy 44 and the doctor terminal 30 operated by the doctor D in charge of the patient U who selected the pharmacy 44. As a result, various information can be exchanged between the pharmacist P of the pharmacy 44 selected by the patient U, the patient U, and the doctor D in charge of the patient U, and while realizing an environment with a high degree of freedom in which the patient U can select from a plurality of pharmacies 44, it is possible to perform cooperation among the three parties without any problems.

[0046] Furthermore, in the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, information regarding the disease of the patient U in charge of the doctor D and / or information regarding the patient U himself / herself is registered with the control unit 50 via the doctor terminal 30 operated by the doctor D in charge (see S20 in FIG. 2). Then, the control unit 50 provides the information regarding the disease and / or the information regarding the patient U himself / herself registered by the doctor D to the pharmacist terminal 40 operated by the pharmacist P in charge of the patient U (see S180 in FIG. 2). Such information may include information such as the disease name of the patient U in charge, therapeutic drugs other than those prescribed in prescriptions such as injection drugs administered within a medical institution, and the characteristics of the patient U. As a result, the pharmacist P can browse various information regarding the disease and the patient U as described above at any time as needed without having to separately ask the doctor D.

[0047] In addition, the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention imposes the following restrictions when patient U starts using the cooperation system 10. That is, first, the basic information of patient U who starts using is input from the attending physician D of patient U to the control unit 50 via the attending physician's terminal 30 (see S20 in FIG. 2). After that, the basic information of patient U himself / herself is input from patient U who starts using to the control unit 50 via the patient's terminal 20 (see S50 in FIG. 2). Upon receiving these inputs, the control unit 50 approves the use of the cooperation system 10 by patient U when the basic information of patient U input from the attending physician D matches the basic information of patient U himself / herself input from patient U (see S60 and S70 in FIG. 2). By such restrictions, it is possible to prevent input errors of the basic information of patient U, prevent unauthorized use and impersonation by a third party, and prevent pranks.

[0048] In addition, the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention takes into account that there are different business patterns and life patterns among patient U, attending physician D, and pharmacist P who use this system 10, and is configured to send a notification when new information is transmitted (see S130 and S160 in FIG. 2). Specifically, when new information is transmitted from patient U to the pharmacist's terminal 40 via the patient's terminal 20, and when new information is transmitted from the attending physician D to the pharmacist's terminal 40 via the attending physician's terminal 30, the control unit 50 sends a notification to the pre-registered contact of pharmacist P. Furthermore, when new information is transmitted from pharmacist P to the patient's terminal 20 via the pharmacist's terminal 40, the control unit 50 sends a notification to the pre-registered contact of patient U, and when new information is transmitted from pharmacist P to the attending physician's terminal 30 via the pharmacist's terminal 40, the control unit 50 sends a notification to the pre-registered contact of attending physician D. As a result, patient U, attending physician D, and pharmacist P can immediately grasp that new information has been transmitted to themselves, and can confirm the information at a convenient timing for themselves, so it is possible to prevent omission of confirmation of new information.

[0049] Moreover, in the cooperation system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, as the format of information transmitted and received between the patient terminal 20 and the pharmacist terminal 40 and between the assigned medical terminal 30 and the pharmacist terminal 40, the control unit 50 handles messages, images, and stamps. Thereby, since information can be exchanged in a format suitable for the content of each piece of information, it becomes possible to clearly convey the content to be conveyed by each piece of information.

Explanation of Signs

[0050] 10: Cooperation system, 20: Patient terminal, 30: Assigned medical terminal, 40: Pharmacist terminal, 44: Pharmacy, 50: Control unit, U: Patient, D: Assigned doctor, P: Pharmacist

Claims

1. A cooperation system among a patient, the attending physician of the patient, and a pharmacist, comprising: a patient terminal used by the patient; an attending physician terminal used by the attending physician; a pharmacist terminal used by the pharmacist; a control unit that establishes a data communication environment for transmitting and receiving information between the patient terminal and the pharmacist terminal and between the attending physician terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and controls the entire system; wherein the control unit provides a learning tool for learning about the disease suffered by the patient to the pharmacist terminal.

2. The control unit: provides a screen for selecting a pharmacy where the patient requests dispensing from among a plurality of pharmacies, together with information on each of the plurality of pharmacies, to the patient terminal of the patient; when the pharmacy is selected by the patient, establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal operated by the pharmacist belonging to the selected pharmacy and the patient terminal, and establishes a data communication environment between the pharmacist terminal operated by the pharmacist belonging to the selected pharmacy and the attending physician terminal operated by the attending physician of the patient. The cooperation system according to claim 1, characterized in that

3. The control unit provides information on the disease of the patient in charge of the attending physician and / or information on the patient himself / herself registered via the attending physician terminal to the pharmacist terminal. The cooperation system according to claim 1, characterized in that

4. When the use of the system is started by the patient, the control unit inputs the basic information of the patient from the attending physician of the patient via the attending physician terminal, and inputs the basic information of the patient himself / herself from the patient via the patient terminal. When the basic information of the patient input from the attending physician and the basic information of the patient himself / herself input from the patient match, the control unit approves the use of the system by the patient. The cooperation system according to claim 1, characterized in that

5. The control unit: when new information is transmitted from the patient to the pharmacist terminal via the patient terminal and when new information is transmitted from the attending physician to the pharmacist terminal via the attending physician terminal, sends a notification to the pre-registered contact of the pharmacist. When new information is transmitted from the pharmacist to the patient terminal via the pharmacist terminal, a notification is sent to the pre-registered contact information of the patient. The cooperation system according to claim 1, characterized in that when new information is transmitted from the pharmacist to the responsible medical terminal via the pharmacist terminal, a notification is sent to the pre-registered contact information of the responsible doctor.

6. The control unit functions to transmit and receive messages, images, and stamps between the patient terminal and the pharmacist terminal, and between the responsible medical terminal and the pharmacist terminal. The cooperation system according to claim 1.

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