Medication support system, medication support method and medication support program

Abstract

To provide a medication support system capable of delivering medications even to foreign countries, by taking into account factors such as medication regulations in delivery destinations such as foreign countries.SOLUTION: A medication support system includes a receiving unit for receiving information described in a prescription from a patient-side terminal, an information generating unit for generating dispensing data representing medications on the basis of the information described in the prescription, an auditing unit for auditing the dispensing data, and an instruction unit for issuing an instruction to deliver prescribed medicines consisting of the medications to the patient.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical support system, a pharmaceutical support method, and a pharmaceutical support program for a pharmacist to remotely perform a dispensing act and deliver the dispensed prescription drug to a patient when the patient attempts to obtain a prescription drug via the Internet.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, patients brought a prescription to a pharmacy, and a pharmacist performed a dispensing act on-site based on the prescription. With the spread of the Internet, an increasing number of pharmacists are now performing dispensing acts online and delivering the dispensed prescription drugs to the patients' addresses.

[0003] The dispensing support system disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a function of remotely auditing a dispensing act by collating dispensing information generated based on an image of a prescription with the prescription information described in the prescription, and enables reduction of the work burden on pharmacists.

[0004] In addition, the prescription drug order management system disclosed in Patent Document 2 includes an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of data such as data indicating the content of a prescription, a medication guidance data generation unit, a storage unit that stores various data, and a medication guidance management unit that manages the execution status of medication guidance. The prescription drug order management system acquires information indicating the content of a prescription and the application information of a patient, and generates it as order data. Further, the prescription drug order management system generates information such as the execution date and time of remote medication guidance to the patient based on the order data and transmits it to the responsible pharmacist. In this case, since the responsible pharmacist can provide remote medication guidance to the patient at a predetermined execution date and time, it enables reduction of the work load of the pharmacy.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] However, the systems described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 disclose only remote dispensing acts in the country. When attempting to deliver a dispensed prescription drug to a delivery destination in a foreign country, there is a possibility that the drug cannot be delivered to the foreign country due to factors such as drug regulations in the foreign country.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a drug support system, a drug support method, and a drug support program that can deliver drugs even in a foreign country, taking into account factors such as drug regulations at a delivery destination such as a foreign country.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0008] As one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a receiving unit that receives information described in a prescription from a patient-side terminal, an information generation unit that generates dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription, an auditing unit that audits the dispensing data, and an instruction unit that issues an instruction to deliver a prescription drug composed of the drug to the patient.

[0009] In the above drug support system, a situation acquisition unit that acquires an identifier of a drug regulated at a delivery destination to which the prescription drug is to be delivered as regulation data is provided. The information generation unit generates dispensing data by associating the drug described in the prescription with the identifier of the drug. The auditing unit determines that the dispensing data is valid if none of the identifiers of the drugs indicated in the dispensing data are included in the identifiers of the drugs included in the regulation data. When it is determined that the dispensing data is valid, the instruction unit may issue a delivery instruction. When the information included in the patient's personal information input from the patient terminal and the information included in the personal information described in the prescription input from the patient terminal are exactly the same, the audit department determines that the patient is legitimate as a user. When it is determined that the patient is legitimate, the instruction department may issue a delivery instruction. In the above drug support system, when the audit department determines that the dispensing data is legitimate and also determines that the user is legitimate, a calculation unit that generates information including the dispensing data as qualified drug display information, and an identification code for identifying a plurality of pieces of information are associated with the information including the qualified drug display information, and an identification code generation unit that generates identification information that can display information related to the prescribed drug by causing the patient terminal to identify it may be provided.

[0010] A drug support method in which a computer executes a reception step of receiving information described in a prescription from a patient terminal, an information generation step of generating dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription, an audit step of auditing the dispensing data, and an instruction step of issuing a delivery instruction for a prescribed drug consisting of the drug to the patient.

[0011] A drug support program that causes a computer to realize a reception function of receiving information described in a prescription from a patient terminal, an information generation function of generating dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription, an audit function of auditing the delivery destination of the dispensing data, and an instruction function of issuing a delivery instruction for a prescribed drug consisting of the drug to the patient.

Advantages of the Invention

[0012] According to one embodiment of the present application, the drug support system according to the present invention audits whether the prescribed drug can be delivered to the delivery destination. Therefore, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide the patient with a prescribed drug suitable for the delivery destination.

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0014] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the drug support system 10 according to the present invention will be described with reference to each drawing. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. In addition, some of the components that are not important for explanation in each drawing are omitted from the display.

[0015] <Overview> FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a drug support system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the drug support system 10 according to the present embodiment, an intermediate terminal 100, a patient-side terminal 200, and a pharmacist-side terminal 300 are communicably connected via the Internet NW.

[0016] The intermediate terminal 100 can receive various information (for example, information that can identify a patient's individual or drug information described in a prescription) from the patient-side terminal 200 and transmit it to the pharmacist-side terminal 300. Further, the intermediate terminal 100 can audit information regarding the personal information of the patient transmitted from the patient-side terminal 200 and can audit various information (for example, including drug information) transmitted from the pharmacist-side terminal 300.

[0017] The audit in the present invention refers to determining whether there is justification by collating information. Here, if there is justification, it may indicate that there is no problem with the audit target. Also, the audit in the present invention may at least include any one of (i) auditing the content of the prescription, (ii) auditing whether the owner of the prescription for applying for the drug is the person himself / herself, (iii) auditing whether the drug prescribed based on the prescription is described at the delivery destination, (iv) auditing whether the drug prescribed based on the prescription is correct, (v) auditing whether the dispensing act by the pharmacist is correct. In addition, if it is determined that there is no justification in at least one of the above (i) to (v), it may be considered that the prescription drug cannot be delivered to the patient. Here, as a criterion for determining whether the drug is justified, that is, whether the drug is regulated, it includes various rules that can regulate drugs such as laws, orders, cabinet orders, regulations, etc. in each country (hereinafter referred to as pharmaceutical regulations, etc.), and for example, it may include laws related to the import / export act of drugs. The drug support system 10 can conduct an audit based on the pharmaceutical regulations, etc. of the country of the patient who is the delivery destination. As an example, if the drug contained in the prescription drug is not regulated based on the pharmaceutical regulations, etc., it may be considered that the prescription drug can be delivered to the patient. Conversely, if the drug contained in the prescription drug is regulated based on the pharmaceutical regulations, etc., it may be considered that the prescription drug cannot be delivered to the patient.

[0018] The intermediate terminal 100 can generate a dedicated account for the patient based on information that can identify the patient's individual (for example, it may be, but is not limited to, the insurer number, date of birth, gender, email address, phone number), and grant the patient the right to use the drug support system 10. As an example, the patient may input his / her personal information on the patient-side terminal 200, and the patient-side terminal 200 may transmit the personal information input by the patient to the intermediate terminal 100. After generating a dedicated account for the patient based on the patient's personal information, the intermediate terminal 100 may transmit the dedicated account for the patient to the patient-side terminal 200.

[0019] Also, the intermediate terminal 100 may determine whether the account owner and the prescription owner are the same by collating the personal information of the account owner and various information described in the prescription, and may audit identity theft of patients, or may audit the dispensing actions of pharmacists (for example, whether the dispensing actions of pharmacists are improper).

[0020] The patient-side terminal 200 can associate information (for example, but not limited to, the insurer number, date of birth, gender, phone number, information regarding the drug) described in the prescription input by the patient with a dedicated account of the patient and transmit it to the intermediate terminal 100. Also, there are no restrictions on the means for inputting information, and the patient may manually input various information described in the prescription, or may input it by taking a photo of the prescription and uploading the photo to the patient-side terminal 200.

[0021] Note that the prescription according to the present invention may be obtained by the patient from a doctor at a hospital, or may be obtained from a doctor online. Also, when the patient has an online consultation, the doctor may send an electronic file of the prescription (for example, a photo of the prescription, or a copy of the prescription) to the patient's email address, or may send the original prescription to the patient's address.

[0022] The pharmacist-side terminal 300 can receive input of various information from the pharmacist. The pharmacist-side terminal 300 can obtain information from the intermediate terminal 100. For example, it can obtain passing data including patient information and information regarding the drug. The pharmacist can confirm the information regarding the drug included in the passing data on the pharmacist-side terminal 300 and perform a dispensing action.

[0023] <Configuration> <Intermediate Terminal 100> Next, an intermediate terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The intermediate terminal 100 may include a receiving unit 110, a calculating unit 120, an information processing unit 130, an information generating unit 140, a storage unit 150, a transmitting unit 160, and an instructing unit 170. The intermediate terminal 100 is typically a computer system, and its functions are realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a GPU (Central Processing Unit), etc. Note that FIG. 2 is an example, and the configuration of the intermediate terminal 100 is not limited to that shown.

[0024] The receiving unit 110 can receive various information from the patient-side terminal 200 and the pharmacist-side terminal 300. For example, the receiving unit 110 can receive the patient's personal information and the information described in the prescription from the patient-side terminal 200. Also, the various information received by the receiving unit 110 may be stored in the storage unit 150 as unprocessed information.

[0025] The calculating unit 120 can calculate various costs related to the prescription of drugs. Also, the calculating unit 120 may add some or all of the various costs and calculate the total amount of some or all of them. Here, the various costs may include the cost of the drugs described in the patient's prescription, the cost required for the delivery of the prescription drugs (hereinafter referred to as shipping fee), the dispensing fee due to the pharmacist's dispensing action, and the fee for using the drug support system 10. Also, the calculating unit 120 may be communicably connected to a receipt computer system (hereinafter referred to as a recepcon) and request the recepcon to calculate various costs (for example, medical fees, etc.). Here, the receipt computer system is a computer system that creates a "receipt (medical fee statement)" in order to claim medical fees for the payment period of a medical facility or a health insurance association, etc.

[0026] The information processing unit 130 can include a situation acquisition unit 131, an auditing unit 132, a personal information acquisition unit 133, and a prescription information identification unit 134. The information processing unit 130 may have a function of determining whether the prescription owner is the person himself / herself, whether the drug contained in the prescription drug is regulated by overseas pharmaceutical regulations, etc., and whether the pharmacist's dispensing act follows a certain prescription.

[0027] The situation acquisition unit 131 can acquire various information. Here, the acquired various information may include pharmaceutical regulations, etc. of the delivery destination of the prescription drug, environmental information of the delivery destination of the prescription drug (for example, information that may affect the storage of the prescription drug such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, light irradiation, etc.). Further, the situation acquisition unit 131 may identify a drug regulated based on pharmaceutical regulations, etc. of the delivery destination of the prescription drug, and link the identifier of the drug as regulated data. The identifier used as the identifier of the drug is not limited, and the situation acquisition unit 131 can attach a unique identifier to each drug based on information that can identify the drug such as a medical drug search number. As an example of acquiring pharmaceutical regulations, etc. of the delivery destination, when a patient in country A transmits prescription information to a pharmacist in country B, the situation acquisition unit 131 may automatically acquire the pharmaceutical regulations, etc. of country A, which is the country corresponding to the IP address when the receiving unit 110 receives the patient's transmission IP address (Internet Protocol Address). Further, the situation acquisition unit 131 may acquire pharmaceutical regulations, etc. of each country in advance and store them in the storage unit 150. The situation acquisition unit 131 may identify the patient's IP address and directly acquire regulated data based on the patient's transmission IP address from the storage unit 150. Further, together with the acquisition of pharmaceutical regulations, etc., the situation acquisition unit 131 may acquire and link the identifier of the drug regulated based on the pharmaceutical regulations, etc. as regulated data.

[0028] Based on the information described in the prescription received by the receiving unit 110, the auditing unit 132 can collate and audit the dispensing data indicating the drug generated by the information generation unit 140 with the regulatory data. Here, the dispensing data is generated by associating the drug described in the prescription with an identifier. If at least one of the identifiers of the drugs indicated in the dispensing data is included in the identifiers of the drugs included in the regulatory data, it may be determined that the prescription drug cannot be delivered to the patient.

[0029] The auditing unit 132 may also audit the prescription drug itself dispensed by the pharmacist. As the auditing of the prescription drug, for example, the auditing unit 132 may audit the dispensing act of the pharmacist. In this case, the auditing unit 132 has a photographing function for photographing the dispensing act of the pharmacist, and when the pharmacist is dispensing, it photographs and audits the acts such as the confirmation, weighing, mixing, and checking of the medicine bag or medicine label of the drug. The photographed video and the prescription may be stored in the storage unit 150 as auditing data and audited by the auditing unit 132, or may be transmitted to an external terminal that can audit the dispensing act of the pharmacist as auditing data and audited by the external terminal. The auditing of the dispensing act of the pharmacist may be to audit whether the dispensing act of the pharmacist complies with the local pharmacist law. If at least any one of the aforementioned dispensing acts violates the pharmacist law, the auditing unit 132 may determine that the dispensed prescription drug is unjustified.

[0030] The personal information acquisition unit 133 can extract and acquire the patient's personal information from the unprocessed information stored in the storage unit 150. As an example, the personal information acquisition unit 133 can acquire the personal information of the patient (for example, it may include, but is not limited to, the patient's personal phone number, email address, insurer number, address, etc.) input when creating a patient account, and the information generation unit 140 may generate a dedicated account for the patient based on the personal information of the patient. The personal information acquisition unit 133 may acquire information that can identify the individual of the account owner (for example, it may include, but is not limited to, the patient's personal phone number, email address, insurer number, etc.) as information that cannot be changed, and may also acquire information that cannot identify the individual of the account owner (for example, it may include, but is not limited to, gender, location, age, etc.) as information that can be changed. Thereby, even when the location is changed due to the patient's move or the like, the information related to the account owner can be freely changed.

[0031] Figure 3 is an example of a data table showing information related to a dedicated account for a patient generated based on the personal information extracted by the personal information acquisition unit 133. The personal information acquisition unit 133 can acquire information that identifies the individual of the account owner from the personal information received by the reception unit 110. The data table DT100 may include, but is not limited to, information such as "patient name", "insurer number", "date of birth", "gender", "email address", and "phone number".

[0032] The prescription information identification unit 134 can extract and obtain the information described in the prescription from the unprocessed information stored in the storage unit 150. Further, the prescription information identification unit 134 may further identify various information described in the prescription and classify and obtain it into prescription owner information and drug information. The prescription information identification unit 134 can, for example, identify various information described in the prescription and classify and obtain it into prescription owner information indicating the personal information of the prescription owner and drug information including the drug name and dosage. As an example, the prescription information identification unit 134 may use morphological analysis to recognize the patient's name and the insurer number of a predetermined number of digits described in the prescription and obtain it as prescription owner information. Based on the received information, the prescription information identification unit 134 may obtain information that can identify the individual of the prescription owner (for example, it may include, but is not limited to, the patient's personal phone number, email address, insurer number, etc. described in the prescription) as the personal information of the prescription owner, and obtain information that cannot identify the individual of the prescription owner (for example, it may include, but is not limited to, gender, age, etc.) as not being the personal information of the prescription owner. Also, the drug information may be directly stored in the storage unit 150.

[0033] Further, the prescription information identification unit 134 may be provided with a function of recognizing the image of the prescription. As an example, when uploading the image of the prescription, the prescription information identification unit 134 can classify and identify the information described in the prescription from the image of the prescription into prescription owner information indicating the identity of the prescription owner and drug information including the drug name and dosage. For example, the prescription information identification unit 134 may identify the insurer number in the image of the prescription and obtain it as the identity information of the prescription owner. Other information that cannot identify the identity of the prescription owner may be deleted without being stored in the storage unit 150 after the image is obtained. In addition, when the prescription is in a foreign language, the information processing unit 130 may further be provided with a translation unit, and after being obtained by the prescription information identification unit 134, the foreign language part included in the prescription photo may be translated into a language that can be understood by the pharmacist.

[0034] Figure 4 is an example of a data table showing information obtained from the prescription extracted by the prescription information identification unit 134. The data table DT200 may include information such as "patient name", "phone number", "date of birth", "country where the prescription was obtained", and "drug information" described in the prescription, but is not limited thereto.

[0035] After the personal information acquisition unit 133 and the prescription information identification unit 134 have acquired patient information (personal information of the account owner and personal information of the prescription owner), the auditing unit 132 can audit the identity of the patient. As an example, when account owner A inputs various information (which may include, for example, the name of patient B, the insurance number, the drug name, the drug dosage, etc.) described in the prescription of patient B (the prescription owner) in the drug support system 10, the drug support system 10 compares the personal information (which may include, for example, the insurance number and the name of the insurance company) of account owner A with the personal information (which may include, for example, the insurance number and the name of the insurance company) described in the input prescription of patient B based on the personal information of account owner A, and may determine whether the account owner and the prescription owner are the same. Also, the drug support system 10 may connect to the database of medical institutions in the patient's country. In this case, after obtaining connection permission from the medical institutions in the country of residence, the drug support system 10 searches the database of medical institutions in the country of residence of patient B using the personal information (which may include, for example, the insurance number and the name of the insurance company) of account owner A as a keyword, and determines whether there is a prescription record of account owner A. If there is a prescription record of account owner A, the various information (which may include, for example, the drug name and the drug dosage) included in the record is compared with the various information described in the prescription of patient B. If the various information does not match, it may be determined that account owner A and patient B described in the prescription are not the same.

[0036] When the drug described in the prescription complies with pharmaceutical regulations and other regulations, and the prescription owner and the account owner are the same person, the auditing department 132 may recognize the dispensing data as qualified data. Further, the drug support system 10 is connected to a rece-con conforming to the dispensing system prescription IF sharing specification (NSIPS (registered trademark): New Standard Interface of Pharmacy-system Specifications), and may transmit the qualified data to a dispensing system such as a dispensing inspection system or a tablet / powder automatic packaging machine, and generate a sharing specification for dispensing.

[0037] In addition, the calculation unit 120 may associate the calculated total amount with the qualified data and use it as qualified drug display information. The qualified drug display information may not include the total amount.

[0038] The information generation unit 140 may include a medication guidance information generation unit 141 and an identification code generation unit 142. The information generation unit 140 may generate medication guidance information and an identification code for identifying various types of information stored in the storage unit 150. The information generation unit 140 may generate dispensing data by associating the drug described in the prescription with an identifier of the drug.

[0039] The medication guidance information generation unit 141 can generate information related to the prescription of prescription drugs. As an example, in the storage unit 150, information to be conveyed to the patient at the time of prescribing the drug is pre-stored in association with the drug contained in the prescription drug. When the drug to be prescribed is identified, the medication guidance information generation unit 141 may generate information to be conveyed to the patient at the time of prescribing the drug. For example, the medication guidance information generation unit 141 may generate information such as "Please take this prescription drug before or after meals at the same time every day." and "Please avoid consuming alcohol while taking this prescription drug." When a pharmacist inputs, at the pharmacist terminal 300, matters to be noted at the time of prescription, such as the type of each drug, dosage, efficacy of the dispensed prescription drug, method of administration, administration guidance, and precautions, the medication guidance information generation unit 141 may generate medication guidance information based on the information input by the pharmacist. Also, various information generated in the medication guidance information generation unit 141 may be associated with the qualified drug display information and provided as patient-provided information. The patient-provided information may not include various information generated in the medication guidance information generation unit 141.

[0040] The patient-provided information may be displayed in multiple languages. In this case, the information processing unit 130 further includes a translation unit, and the translation unit can translate the patient-provided information into multiple languages. For example, when the language of the patient-provided information is English and the pharmacist is Japanese, the translation unit can translate the English version of the patient-provided information into Japanese. Here, the obtained Japanese version of the patient-provided information and the English version of the patient-provided information may be stored as a set. The translated text (that is, the text obtained by translating the patient-provided information into a foreign language based on the patient-provided information) may be freely adjusted according to the nationality of the patient and the delivery destination of the prescription drug.

[0041] The identification code generation unit 142 can generate a code for identifying the patient-provided information and generate identification information in association with the patient-provided information. The identification code may be a barcode (one-dimensional code) or a QR code (registered trademark) (two-dimensional code), but is not limited thereto and may be a character code. After generating the identification code, the identification code generation unit 142 may associate the identification code with the patient-provided information. The patient can confirm the patient-provided information by reading the identification code.

[0042] The identification information can include patient information, drug information, dispensing data, passing data, total amount, approved drug display information, dosage guidance information, patient-provided information, and an identification code, and the patient can obtain various information regarding the prescription drug using the identification code.

[0043] FIG. 5 shows an example of the identification information generated by the identification code generation unit 142. In the data table DT300 shown in FIG. 5, as such, the identification information includes, but is not limited to, an identification code, patient name, deliverability, dosage guidance information, information regarding the prescription, shipping fee, and total amount. The identification code generated by the identification code generation unit 142 is transmitted to the patient-side terminal 200 by the transmission unit 160 and displayed on the patient-side terminal 200, whereby the patient can read the identification code on the patient-side terminal 200. As an example, when patient 1 reads code 1 which is the identification code, “Patient Name_1, Mail Delivery Available, Dosage Guidance (1) and Dosage Guidance (2), Drug Name 1, Drug Dosage 1, Drug Cost 1, Shipping Fee 1, and Total Amount 1” may be displayed on the patient-side terminal 200.

[0044] The storage unit 150 is a recording medium that stores various programs and various data required in the intermediate terminal 100. The storage unit 150 is realized by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), a flash memory, etc., but is not limited thereto. The storage unit 150 may include, for example, a flash memory, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), etc.

[0045] The transmission unit 160 can transmit various information to the patient-side terminal 200 and the pharmacist-side terminal 300. The transmission unit 160 may transmit, for example, a digital delivery note including identification information and a prescription to the patient-side terminal 200. Thereby, the patient can confirm the identification information while referring to the prescription on the patient-side terminal 200.

[0046] The instruction unit 170 can issue a delivery instruction to the pharmacist-side terminal 300.

[0047] <Operation and display screen example> Next, an embodiment of the medicine support system 10 according to the present invention will be described based on a flowchart and a data table. FIG. 6 is an example of a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the intermediate terminal 100, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0048] First, various information is received from the patient terminal 200 (S101). The audit unit 132 audits whether the personal information input by the patient from the patient terminal 200 matches the personal information described in the prescription input by the patient (S102). If at least one of the information included in the personal information input by the patient and the information included in the personal information described in the prescription input by the patient does not match, the audit unit 132 determines that the patient who input from the patient terminal 200 or the individual described in the prescription is not a legitimate user and lacks legitimacy (NO in S102), and terminates the operation of the intermediate terminal 100. If the information included in the personal information input by the patient and the information included in the personal information described in the prescription input by the patient completely match, the audit unit 132 determines that the patient who input from the patient terminal 200 and the individual described in the prescription are the same and have legitimacy as a user (YES in S102), and proceeds to the next step.

[0049] The information generation unit 140 generates dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription input from the patient terminal 200 (S103). The situation acquisition unit 131 acquires the pharmaceutical regulations and the like of the delivery destination of the prescription drug, recognizes and identifies the drugs regulated based on the pharmaceutical regulations and the like of the delivery destination of the prescription drug, and associates them as regulatory data by associating them with the identifiers of the drugs (S104). The audit unit 132 collates and audits the dispensing data with the regulatory data (S105). If at least one of the identifiers of the drugs indicated in the dispensing data is included in the identifiers of the drugs included in the regulatory data, the audit unit 132 determines that the dispensing data lacks legitimacy (NO in S105), and terminates the operation of the intermediate terminal 100.

[0050] If none of the identifiers of the drugs shown in the dispensing data are included in the identifiers of the drugs included in the regulatory data, the auditing unit 132 determines that the dispensing data is legitimate, certifies the dispensing data as qualified data (YES in S105), and proceeds to the next step. The auditing unit 132 audits the dispensing actions of the pharmacist (S106). If the auditing unit 132 determines that the dispensing actions of the pharmacist are not legitimate (NO in S106), the operation of the intermediate terminal 100 ends. If the auditing unit 132 determines that the dispensing actions of the pharmacist are legitimate (YES in S106), it proceeds to the next step.

[0051] Then, the calculation unit 120 calculates the total amount (S107). The calculation unit 120 generates qualified drug display information by associating the total amount with the qualified data (S108).

[0052] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation in which the intermediate terminal 100 generates identification information. Note that FIG. 7 is an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[0053] First, the medication guidance information generation unit 141 generates medication guidance information regarding the dispensed prescription drugs (S201).

[0054] Next, the medication guidance information generation unit 141 associates the medication guidance information generated by the medication guidance information generation unit 141 with the qualified drug display information (S202) and generates it as patient-provided information (S203).

[0055] Thereafter, the identification code generation unit 142 generates an identification code for identifying the patient-provided information (S204). The identification code generation unit 142 associates the generated identification code with the patient-provided information (S205) and generates it as identification information (S206).

[0056] Here, the medication guidance information may include a video in which the pharmacist conducts medication guidance or the like, and this video may be transmitted from the pharmacist-side terminal 300.

[0057] Also, when the auditing department 132 determines that there is no justifiability, before terminating the operation of the intermediate terminal 100, the auditing department 132 may generate information indicating that processes such as "delivery not possible" and "dispensing not possible" have been interrupted, and transmit it to the patient-side terminal 200. The auditing department 132 may generate information such as "delivery not possible" and "dispensing not possible" as claim rejection information by associating it with identification codes, the patient's personal information, and information related to the prescription. As a result, the patient can grasp the situation where they cannot obtain the prescription drug.

[0058] In addition, when it is determined that there is no justifiability, it may be assumed that the patient can transmit a request for reconfirmation to the intermediate terminal 100. In this case, the intermediate terminal 100 may transmit the patient's request to the pharmacist-side terminal 300. The pharmacist may reconfirm the information included in the identification information in response to the patient's request on the pharmacist-side terminal 300, and in the case of a pharmacist's incorrect response or insufficient explanation, etc., it may be possible to perform the process again, and it may be possible for the pharmacist to add a more detailed explanation to the identification information, but it is not limited to this.

[0059] When receiving a remittance instruction for the prescription drug from the patient-side terminal 200, the instruction unit 170 transmits a command to deliver the prescription drug to the pharmacist-side terminal 300. At this time, information necessary for delivery may also be transmitted to the pharmacist-side terminal 300. The pharmacist may package the prescription drug in response to the command and then deliver it to the address described in the patient's dedicated account.

[0060] In addition, in the command to deliver the prescription drug, a list of information related to settlement information (for example, a delivery note or receipt) and data of an information label describing the delivery destination information may be transmitted to the pharmacist-side terminal 300, and a command to print these data may also be transmitted. In this case, the pharmacist may deliver the prescription drug, the information list, and the information label to the patient's address according to the command.

[0061] <Supplementary Note> Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Hereinafter, various modifications and mountable functions will be described.

[0062] (1) In the above embodiment, after creating a patient-specific account, the medication support system 10 may send a notification of account creation completion to the patient-side terminal 200. As an example, after the patient creates an account, the medication support system 10 sends a notification of account creation completion to the patient's phone number or email address. At this time, the notification of account creation completion may not include the patient's personal information.

[0063] (2) In the above embodiment, information regarding the patient-specific account may be stored in an external server by the medication support system 10. As an example, the medication support system 10 may be connected to a NAS server (Network Attachment Storage). After the patient inputs their personal information and the like into the medication support system 10, the medication support system 10 sends the personal information to the NAS server. Thereafter, the NAS server may automatically distribute, by email or short message, the URL of the storage destination for storing various types of information for the patient in accordance with the creation of a patient information folder. When the patient attempts to reconfirm their personal information, their personal information may be automatically displayed after clicking on the URL of the storage destination. Also, the owner of the medication support system 10 can manage the information regarding the patient-specific account in the NAS server.

[0064] (3) In the above embodiment, the drug support system 10 may store the patient's medication history. As an example, after various processes of the intermediate terminal 100 are executed, the patient's medication history or medication guidance information may be stored in the storage unit 150 or the NAS server. When suffering from the same disease, the patient may search for the existing medication history and take the prescription drugs while referring to the medication history and medication guidance information. As another example, the patient's medication history before using the drug support system 10 may be stored in the storage unit 150 or the NAS server. After obtaining connection permission from a medical institution in the patient's country of residence, the drug support system 10 is connected to the database of the medical institution in the patient's country of residence. The drug support system 10 may extract the patient's medication history from the medical institution's database based on the patient's personal information, especially the patient's name and insurer number, and store it in the storage unit 150 or the NAS server. Also, the patient may manually input the previous medication history into the drug support system 10 and store it in the storage unit 150 or the NAS server. In this case, the patient may freely check the medication history associated with the patient's dedicated account on the patient terminal 200.

[0065] (4) In the above embodiment, the drug support system 10 may be connected to a generative AI-based program and automatically obtain medication guidance. As an example, when there is insufficient medication guidance information from a pharmacist, the patient may talk to the generative AI-based program connected to the drug support system 10 to obtain the medication guidance information for the prescription drug in a question-and-answer form.

[0066] (5) In the above embodiment, when the drug support system 10 is connected to the generative AI-based program, it may generate advice for the patient's health based on the medication guidance information for the prescription drug. As an example, in the case of low back pain, the drug support system 10 may generate advice such as "Avoid strenuous postures!" and "Please manage stress properly" and send it to the patient terminal 200.

[0067] (6) In the above embodiment, the drug support system 10 may be connected to an external terminal that generates an identification code. As an example, the information generation unit 140 may further include an identification code storage unit. The identification code generation unit 142 may obtain identification codes such as QR codes from the external terminal and store those identification codes in the identification code storage unit.

[0068] (7) In the above embodiment, the drug support system 10 may provide an online medical treatment system. As an example, the patient-side terminal 200 and the pharmacist-side terminal 300 are equipped with a camera function, and the pharmacist may provide explanations of dispensing and instructions for taking prescription drugs to the patient through online diagnosis.

[0069] (8) In the above embodiment, the drug support system 10 may further include an inquiry form input unit. As an example, the patient may input the information described in the inquiry form obtained from the hospital or pharmacy into the inquiry form input unit on the patient-side terminal 200. Also, the method of inputting the inquiry form is not limited. The patient may manually input the information described in the inquiry form into the inquiry form input unit, or the inquiry form input unit may further have a text recognition display function. After the patient takes a photo of the inquiry form and uploads the photo to the inquiry form input unit, the inquiry form input unit may read the information described in the inquiry form photo. The information obtained from the inquiry form input unit is stored in the storage unit 150, so the patient may reconfirm the photo of the inquiry form or the information described in the inquiry form linked to the patient's dedicated account on the patient-side terminal 200.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0070] 10 Drug support system 100 Intermediate terminal 200 Patient-side terminal 300 Pharmacist-side terminal 110 Receiver 120 Calculation unit 130 Information processing unit 131 Situation acquisition unit 132 Audit unit 133 Personal information acquisition unit 134 Prescription information identification unit 140 Information generation unit 141 Medication guidance information generation unit 142 Identification code generation unit 150 Memory unit 160 Transmission unit 170 Instruction unit

Claims

1. a receiving unit that receives information described in a prescription from a patient-side terminal; an information generation unit that generates dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription; an auditing unit that audits the dispensing data; and an instruction unit that issues an instruction to deliver a prescription drug composed of the drug to a patient. A drug support system.

2. The drug support system includes a situation acquisition unit that acquires, as regulation data, an identifier of a drug regulated at a delivery destination to which the prescription drug is delivered, the information generation unit generates dispensing data by associating the drug described in the prescription with an identifier of the drug, the auditing unit determines that the dispensing data is valid if none of the identifiers of the drugs indicated in the dispensing data are included in the identifiers of the drugs included in the regulation data, and when it is determined that the dispensing data is valid, the instruction unit issues the delivery instruction. The drug support system according to claim 1.

3. The auditing unit determines that the patient is legitimate as a user when information included in the personal information of the patient input from the patient-side terminal and information included in the personal information described in the prescription input from the patient-side terminal are exactly the same, and when it is determined that the patient is legitimate as a user, the instruction unit issues the delivery instruction. The drug support system according to claim 1.

4. The drug support system includes an arithmetic unit that, when the auditing unit determines that the patient is legitimate as a user when information included in the personal information of the patient input from the patient-side terminal and information included in the personal information described in the prescription input from the patient-side terminal are exactly the same, and when the auditing unit determines that the dispensing data is valid, generates information including the dispensing data as qualified drug display information; and an identification code generation unit that associates an identification code for identifying a plurality of pieces of information with the information including the qualified drug display information and generates identification information that can display information about the prescription drug by causing the patient-side terminal to identify it. The drug support system according to claim 2.

5. A computer performs a receiving step of receiving information described in a prescription from a patient-side terminal; a generating step of generating dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription; An auditing step of auditing the dispensing data, and an instructing step of issuing an instruction to deliver a prescription drug composed of the drug to a patient, are executed Drug support method.

6. On a computer, a receiving function of receiving information described in a prescription from a patient-side terminal, a generating function of generating dispensing data indicating a drug based on the information described in the prescription, an auditing function of auditing the dispensing data, and an instructing function of issuing an instruction to deliver a prescription drug composed of the drug to a patient are realized Drug support program.

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