Drug delivery support system, drug delivery support method, and drug delivery support device

Abstract

The goal is to allow patients to receive their prescription medications at their preferred pharmacy as much as possible, without having to perform any complicated procedures. [Solution] When a patient requests dispensing at a specific pharmacy, the application reception unit 107 checks whether the pharmacy has the necessary medications in stock. If it determines that the medications are in stock, the application is accepted. However, if it determines that the pharmacy does not have the medications in stock, the unit checks whether the medications can be obtained from the stock of another pharmacy that meets certain conditions in relation to the pharmacy. If it determines that the medications can be obtained, the application is also accepted. This ensures that applications are accepted at the pharmacy to which the patient requested dispensing, whether the pharmacy has the medications in stock or not, allowing the patient to receive their prescription medication at their preferred pharmacy.

Claims

1. An application acquisition unit that acquires a request for dispensing at a specific pharmacy identified by the patient, along with prescription information recorded on the prescription, Based on the prescription information obtained by the application acquisition unit and inventory information indicating the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug are in stock at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are in stock at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit accepts the application obtained by the application acquisition unit. However, if it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are not in stock at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug can be procured from the inventory of the aforementioned other dispensing pharmacy, based on inventory information indicating the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at other dispensing pharmacies that meet certain conditions in relation to the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals can be procured from the inventory of the aforementioned other dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit accepts the application obtained by the application acquisition unit. In relation to the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one, the other dispensing pharmacy that satisfies the above-mentioned prescribed conditions is a related dispensing pharmacy belonging to the same group as the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one, and is located within a prescribed distance from the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one. The above application reception department uses a map database to search for affiliated pharmacies within a specified distance from the above-mentioned pharmacy, and based on the inventory information showing the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at the found affiliated pharmacies, it checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug are in stock at the affiliated pharmacies. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are in stock at the affiliated pharmacies, it determines that the pharmaceuticals can be procured from the inventory of the affiliated pharmacies. A drug dispensing support system characterized by the following:

2. The drug delivery support system according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the application receiving unit determines that the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug can be procured from the inventory of the affiliated pharmacy, the unit further determines whether the first pharmacy will procure the pharmaceuticals from the affiliated pharmacy, and if it is determined that the pharmacy will procure them, the unit accepts the application received by the application acquisition unit as an application to the first pharmacy, while if it is determined that the pharmacy will not procure them, the unit transfers the application received by the application acquisition unit to the affiliated pharmacy.

3. The drug dispensing support system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pharmacy search unit that, when the application acceptance unit determines that the drug necessary for dispensing the above-mentioned prescription drug is not in stock at the above-mentioned dispensing pharmacy and is not available from the stock of any of the above-mentioned other dispensing pharmacies, prompts the patient to enter their desired conditions, searches for a dispensing pharmacy that meets the entered desired conditions and has the drug necessary for dispensing the above-mentioned prescription drug in stock, and presents the search results to the patient.

4. The first step involves the computer's application acquisition unit acquiring a prescription application for a specific pharmacy identified by the patient, along with the prescription information recorded on the prescription. The above computer's application receiving unit has a second step in which, based on the prescription information obtained by the application acquisition unit and inventory information indicating the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at the above-mentioned pharmacy, it checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug are in stock at the above-mentioned pharmacy. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are in stock at the above-mentioned pharmacy, it accepts the application obtained by the application acquisition unit. On the other hand, if it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are not in stock at the above-mentioned pharmacy, it checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug can be procured from the inventory of the above-mentioned other pharmacy, based on inventory information indicating the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at other pharmacy that meet certain conditions in relation to the above-mentioned pharmacy. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals can be procured from the inventory of the above-mentioned other pharmacy, it accepts the application obtained by the application acquisition unit. In relation to the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one, the other dispensing pharmacy that satisfies the above-mentioned prescribed conditions is a related dispensing pharmacy belonging to the same group as the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one, and is located within a prescribed distance from the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one. The above application reception department uses a map database to search for affiliated pharmacies within a specified distance from the above-mentioned pharmacy, and based on the inventory information showing the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at the found affiliated pharmacies, it checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug are in stock at the affiliated pharmacies. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are in stock at the affiliated pharmacies, it determines that the pharmaceuticals can be procured from the inventory of the affiliated pharmacies. A method for supporting drug delivery characterized by the following features.

5. An application acquisition unit that acquires a request for dispensing at a specific pharmacy identified by the patient, along with prescription information recorded on the prescription, Based on the prescription information obtained by the application acquisition unit and inventory information indicating the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug are in stock at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are in stock at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit accepts the application obtained by the application acquisition unit. However, if it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are not in stock at the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug can be procured from the inventory of the aforementioned other dispensing pharmacy, based on inventory information indicating the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at other dispensing pharmacies that meet certain conditions in relation to the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals can be procured from the inventory of the aforementioned other dispensing pharmacy, the application acceptance unit accepts the application obtained by the application acquisition unit. In relation to the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one, the other dispensing pharmacy that satisfies the above-mentioned prescribed conditions is a related dispensing pharmacy belonging to the same group as the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one, and is located within a prescribed distance from the aforementioned dispensing pharmacy one. The above application reception department uses a map database to search for affiliated pharmacies within a specified distance from the above-mentioned pharmacy, and based on the inventory information showing the inventory status of pharmaceuticals at the found affiliated pharmacies, it checks whether the pharmaceuticals necessary for dispensing the prescription drug are in stock at the affiliated pharmacies. If it is determined that the pharmaceuticals are in stock at the affiliated pharmacies, it determines that the pharmaceuticals can be procured from the inventory of the affiliated pharmacies. A drug dispensing support device characterized by the following features.

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