Veterinary medicine prescription sales device and veterinary medicine prescription sales program

Abstract

To provide a veterinary drug prescription selling system which allows veterinarians at animal hospitals to get not only the issuance commission of a prescription, but also the prescribed consideration of a prescribed pharmaceutical while eliminating the inventory risk borne by the veterinarians.SOLUTION: A veterinary drug selling system according to the present invention is a veterinary drug selling apparatus to sell pharmaceuticals according to a user order. The veterinary drug prescription selling apparatus has: storage means for storing pharmaceutical information including the prescription price and wholesale price of the pharmaceutical; prescription acquisition means for acquiring prescription data including the identifier of the prescription issued by a veterinarian; order accepting means for accepting order information of the pharmaceutical including the identifier of the prescription; order notification means for notifying pharmaceutical wholesalers of the order information; and prescription consideration calculating means for calculating the difference between the prescription price and the wholesale price of the pharmaceutical as the consideration paid to the veterinarian.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an animal medicine prescription sales device and an animal medicine prescription sales program. Regarding. [Background technology]

[0002] Traditionally, animal hospitals (veterinarians) treating pet animals such as dogs and cats usually dispense medicines in-house and prescribe them directly to owners at the time of payment, without the need for prescriptions or animal drug instructions. In this case, the animal hospital needs to purchase the medicines in advance from pharmaceutical wholesalers and keep them in stock, but in the case of animal drugs, the animal hospital is free to set the prescription price, so in some cases it is more profitable for the animal hospital to prescribe the medicines directly to owners, even if there is an inventory risk involved.

[0003] On the other hand, in the case of animal hospitals that do not stock pharmaceuticals, veterinarians issue and hand over prescriptions and animal drug instructions to pet owners. The pet owner purchases the prescribed pharmaceuticals at a pharmacy or other such location in exchange for the prescription or animal drug instructions. The animal hospital does not receive any revenue from prescribing pharmaceuticals, and can only receive fees for issuing prescriptions and animal drug instructions, but has the advantage of not needing to stock pharmaceuticals. However, since there are very few pharmacies that stock animal pharmaceuticals, including prescription-only pharmaceuticals, the method of veterinarians issuing prescriptions is not widespread in veterinary care for pets.

[0004] In light of this background, remote medical care (online medical care) has begun to spread in veterinary medicine in recent years. Traditionally, owners and pets would visit a veterinary clinic and a veterinarian would examine the pet directly, but in recent years, this has diversified. For example, in the form of online medical care, owners and pets do not visit a veterinary clinic, and veterinarians diagnose the pet via a designated remote medical care system. In particular, in the case of industrial animals such as cows, pigs, horses, and chickens, diagnoses are sometimes made over the phone from farms or producers, which is also a form of online medical care.

[0005] Here, in online medical care, when a veterinarian diagnoses an animal and determines that medication is necessary, the veterinarian cannot directly hand the medicine to the owner and prescribe it, nor can he or she hand over the prescription or veterinary drug instructions required to purchase prescription-based medicines at a pharmacy to the owner. For this reason, in online medical care, the veterinarian may send the veterinary drug instructions issued by the veterinarian to the farm or producer and the pharmaceutical wholesaler by fax, or electronically send the prescription or veterinary drug instructions data to the owner by email, etc. In the case of industrial animals, the pharmaceutical wholesaler then directly delivers the medicine to the farm or producer by courier or mail, and mail sales are carried out. In the case of pet owners, it is legally permitted to purchase the prescribed medicines at a nearby pharmacy in exchange for the printed prescription or veterinary drug instructions, for example. Furthermore, with the recent widespread use of the Internet, it is now legally possible for pet owners to purchase prescribed medicines from online drug prescription sites without even going outside, in exchange for submitting an electronic prescription or veterinary drug instructions. However, as mentioned above, there are still few veterinary clinics that actively promote this system, as there is little benefit in terms of revenue for the clinic.

[0006] As a related technique, for example, Patent Document 1 describes a prescription drug sales system that enables a user to purchase drugs written on an electronic prescription by electronic commerce via the Internet. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0007] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5801015 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] As remote medical care (online medical care) becomes more widespread in the future, it is expected that the method of purchasing medicines will become mainstream via the Internet, but on the other hand, this will mean that veterinary clinics will lose the opportunity to earn revenue from the prescription sales of medicines. In other words, the problem is that veterinary clinics will only receive fees for issuing prescriptions and veterinary drug instructions, and will no longer be able to effectively utilize their right to freely set prescription prices for veterinary drugs in their management.

[0009] The present invention has been proposed in consideration of the above points, and one object of the present invention is to provide an animal drug prescription and sales system that enables veterinarians at animal hospitals to eliminate inventory risk while receiving not only fees for issuing prescriptions and animal drug instructions, but also payment for the sale of prescribed drugs. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] In order to solve the above problems, the veterinary medicine prescription and sales device of the present invention is an veterinary medicine prescription and sales device that prescribes and sells medicines in accordance with user orders, and has a storage means for storing medicine information including the prescription price of the medicine and the veterinary hospital delivery price from the wholesale distributor, a prescription or veterinary medicine instruction acquisition means for acquiring prescription or veterinary medicine instruction data including an identifier of the prescription or veterinary medicine instruction issued by a veterinarian, an order receiving means for receiving order information for the medicine including the identifier of the prescription or veterinary medicine instruction, an order notification means for notifying a pharmaceutical wholesale distributor of the order information, and a sales price calculation means for calculating the difference between the sales price of the medicine and the veterinary hospital delivery price from the wholesale distributor as the consideration to be paid to the veterinarian.

[0011] In addition, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the veterinary drug prescription sales program of the present invention causes a computer to function as a storage means for storing pharmaceutical information including the prescription price and wholesale price of the pharmaceutical, a prescription or veterinary drug instruction acquisition means for acquiring prescription or veterinary drug instruction data including an identifier of the prescription or veterinary drug instruction issued by a veterinarian, an order receiving means for receiving order information for the pharmaceutical including the identifier of the prescription or veterinary drug instruction, an order notification means for notifying a pharmaceutical wholesaler of the order information, and a sales price calculation means for calculating the difference between the sales price of the pharmaceutical and the delivery price to the veterinary hospital from the wholesaler as the price to be paid to the veterinarian. Effect of the Invention

[0012] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a veterinarian at an animal hospital can eliminate inventory risk and can receive not only fees for issuing prescriptions and animal drug instructions, but also payment for the sale of prescribed drugs. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network configuration of an animal medicine prescription and sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the role relationships between a pharmaceutical wholesaler, an animal hospital, and a user according to the embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a management server according to the present embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a software configuration of a management server according to the present embodiment. [Diagram 5] 3A to 3C are diagrams illustrating examples of data configurations of a wholesale distributor management DB, a veterinary clinic management DB, and a user management DB according to the present embodiment. [Figure 6] 3 is a diagram showing an example of data configuration of a wholesale distributor's pharmaceutical DB and a veterinary clinic's sales pharmaceutical management DB according to the embodiment; FIG. [Figure 7] 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration of a prescription management DB according to the present embodiment. FIG. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration of an order / sales management DB according to the present embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an online shop management screen in the veterinary clinic management screen according to the embodiment. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a pharmaceutical purchase screen on an animal pharmaceutical prescription site according to the present embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an order confirmation screen in the pharmaceutical wholesaler management screen according to the embodiment. [Figure 12] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a product sales record screen on the veterinary clinic management screen according to the embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. <System configuration> (Network Configuration) Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network configuration of an animal medicine prescription sales system according to this embodiment. The animal medicine prescription sales system 100 in Fig. 1 includes a management server 10, a pharmaceutical wholesaler terminal 20, a veterinary clinic terminal 30, and a keeper's user terminal 40, which are connected via a network 50.

[0015] The management server 10 is a server device related to the prescription and sale of veterinary medicines. The management server 10 manages and operates veterinary medicine prescription sites (also called sales sites or online shops) operated by each veterinary clinic on the Internet, and sells veterinary medicines to general users (pet owners or producers). The management server 10 also has a function for creating prescriptions and veterinary medicine instructions (hereinafter collectively referred to as prescriptions) issued by veterinary clinics (veterinarians), and a function for processing payments to veterinary clinics according to the prescription price of veterinary medicines purchased.

[0016] The pharmaceutical wholesale distributor terminal (hereinafter also simply referred to as distributor terminal) 20 is, for example, a smartphone, tablet terminal, or personal computer, and is an information terminal that allows the pharmaceutical wholesale distributor (hereinafter also simply referred to as distributor) to access the management server 10.

[0017] The animal hospital terminal (hereinafter also simply referred to as the hospital terminal) 30 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer, and is an information terminal that allows a veterinarian at the animal hospital to access the management server 10.

[0018] The user terminal 40 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer, and is an information terminal for general users (pet owners or pet farmers) to access the management server 10.

[0019] In order to access the management server 10, the provider terminal 20, the hospital terminal 30, and the user terminal 40 have a predetermined application program (a general-purpose web browser or a dedicated application) installed in advance.

[0020] The network 50 is a communication network including wired and wireless networks, and includes, for example, the Internet, a public line network, WiFi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and the like.

[0021] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the role relationships between a pharmaceutical wholesaler, an animal hospital, and a user according to this embodiment.

[0022] A pharmaceutical wholesaler is a pharmaceutical wholesaler that is positioned between pharmaceutical manufacturers and veterinary clinics in the process of veterinary drug distribution. Pharmaceutical wholesalers are required to obtain a license for pharmaceutical wholesale sales from the local government with jurisdiction at the prefectural level. Pharmaceutical manufacturers that have obtained a wholesale sales license are also treated as pharmaceutical wholesalers.

[0023] A veterinary clinic is a hospital facility where veterinarians diagnose and treat animals (such as household pets and industrial animals). Conventionally, veterinarians provide medical care (examination and treatment) by having owners and their pets visit the clinic and the veterinarian examine the pet directly, but it is also possible for veterinarians to provide medical care for animals via a designated remote medical treatment system, for example, in the form of remote medical treatment (online medical treatment), without the owner and the pet having to visit the clinic.

[0024] Here, in online medical consultations, when a veterinarian diagnoses an animal and determines that medication is necessary, the veterinarian cannot directly hand the medicine to the owner, nor can he issue and hand over to the owner the prescription required to purchase the medicine at a pharmacy, etc. Therefore, in such cases, it was common for the animal hospital to mail the medicine from its stock to the owner, enclosing an invoice, and it was not common for veterinarians to issue prescriptions during online medical consultations for pets.

[0025] The management server 10 according to this embodiment has a function of creating prescriptions issued by animal hospitals (veterinarians) as described above. That is, when issuing a prescription, a veterinarian can log in to the management server 10 using the hospital terminal 30 and create and issue the prescription. Data of the issued prescription is stored on the management server 10.

[0026] When a prescription is issued by a veterinarian, the management server 10 sends to the user terminal 40 a notification email to encourage the purchase of the medicine, which includes, for example, at least, the URL of the veterinary clinic's online shop, identification code information (prescription ID, etc.) for identifying the prescription issued by the veterinarian, and prescription data (email attachment, etc.).

[0027] Furthermore, the veterinary clinic according to this embodiment has an individual veterinary clinic account on an animal medicine prescription site (also called an online shop) and prescribes medicines. After receiving the notification email, the pet owner logs into the online shop of the veterinary clinic using the user terminal 40, inputs the prescription ID on the medicine purchase screen, and purchases and pays for the medicine. When a medicine is purchased by the user (pet owner), the management server 10 transmits the medicine order to the trader terminal 20 of the pharmaceutical wholesaler. When the pharmaceutical wholesaler receives the medicine order, it carefully checks the contents of the prescription corresponding to the input prescription ID, and then ships the purchased medicine to the user (pet owner).

[0028] The roles of pharmaceutical wholesalers, veterinary clinics, and users are summarized as follows:

[0029] Veterinary clinic: Online medical examinations for animals, issuing prescriptions, operating a website for prescribing veterinary medicines and prescribing medicines User: Visits pets for medical examinations, purchases medicines from veterinary medicine prescription sites Pharmaceutical wholesaler: Shipping of purchased medicines

[0030] (Hardware configuration) 3 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of a management server according to this embodiment. The management server 10 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a read only memory (ROM) 12, a random access memory (RAM) 13, a hard disk drive (HDD) 14, and a communication device 15.

[0031] The CPU 11 executes various programs and performs arithmetic processing. The ROM 12 stores programs required at startup. The RAM 13 is a work area for temporarily storing the processing by the CPU 11 and storing data. The HDD 14 stores various data and programs. The communication device 15 communicates with other devices via a network 50.

[0032] (Software configuration) 4 is a diagram showing an example of the software configuration of the management server according to this embodiment. The management server 10 has a prescription price setting unit 101, a prescription issuing unit 102, a prescription issuing and notifying unit 103, an order receiving unit 104, an order notifying unit 105, a prescription cost calculation unit 106, and a memory unit 107 as main functional units.

[0033] The prescription price setting unit 101 has a function of setting the prescription price of a medicine to the prescription price input by a veterinarian at an animal hospital.

[0034] The prescription issuing unit 102 has a function of creating and issuing a prescription (electronic prescription) in response to an operational input by a veterinarian from the animal hospital terminal 30. The prescription issuing unit 102 includes a prescription acquiring unit that acquires prescription data including an identifier of the prescription issued by the veterinarian.

[0035] The prescription issuance notification unit 103 has a function of notifying the user terminal 40 of at least the drug prescription site and the prescription identifier when the veterinarian issues a prescription using the prescription issuance unit 102.

[0036] The drug sales unit 104 has a function of selling drugs at a drug prescription site on the Internet. The drug sales unit 104 includes an order receiving unit that receives drug order information including a prescription identifier from the user terminal 40 via the drug prescription site.

[0037] The order notification unit 105 has a function of notifying the vendor terminal 20 of order information.

[0038] The prescription fee calculation unit 106 has a function of calculating the difference between the prescription price and the wholesale price of the medicine as the fee to be paid to the veterinarian at the animal hospital.

[0039] The storage unit 107 stores information about each of the DBs. As will be described in detail later, each DB is, for example, a wholesale distributor management DB, a veterinary clinic management DB, a user management DB, a wholesale distributor drug DB, a veterinary clinic drug sales management DB, a prescription management DB, and an order sales management DB.

[0040] It goes without saying that each of these functional units is a functional unit according to the present invention, and the management server 10 also includes various other functional units necessary for providing the veterinary medicine prescription and sales function. Each functional unit is realized by a computer program and an application program executed on hardware resources such as the CPU, ROM, and RAM of the computer constituting the management server 10. These functional units may be read as "means," "module," "unit," or "circuit." Each DB of the memory unit 107 in the management server 10 may also be placed in an external storage device on the network 50. The computer programs and application programs may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.

[0041] (Each DB information) FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the wholesale distributor management DB, the veterinary clinic management DB, and the user management DB according to this embodiment.

[0042] The wholesaler management DB has data items such as the "wholesaler ID," "password," "email address," "wholesaler name," and "location" of pharmaceutical wholesalers. The "wholesaler ID" is a unique identifier assigned to each pharmaceutical wholesaler. The "wholesaler ID" and "password" are the ID and password used by the wholesaler to log in to the management server 10. The "email address," "wholesaler name," and "location" are the email address, wholesaler name, and location of the wholesaler, respectively.

[0043] The veterinary clinic management DB has data items such as the veterinary clinic's "veterinary clinic ID," "password," "email address," "veterinary clinic name," "location," "veterinarian name," "contract wholesaler ID," and "prescription site URL." The "veterinary clinic ID" is a unique identifier assigned to each veterinary clinic. The "veterinary clinic ID" and "password" are the ID and password used by the veterinary clinic (veterinarian, etc.) to log in to the management server 10. The "email address," "veterinary clinic name," "location," and "veterinarian name" are the veterinary clinic's email address, veterinary clinic name, location, and veterinarian name (e.g., the name of the head veterinarian), respectively.

[0044] Furthermore, the "contract wholesaler ID" is the wholesaler with whom the veterinary hospital has a pharmaceutical wholesale contract. The "prescription site URL" is the URL for accessing the veterinary medicine prescription site (online store) operated by the veterinary hospital. The user is notified by email or other means. The "prescription site URL" is, for example, in a domain under the jurisdiction of the management server 10, and the veterinary hospital can build an veterinary medicine prescription site on the management server 10.

[0045] The user management DB has data items such as the user's (owner's, etc.) "user ID," "password," "email address," "name," "address," "animal name," "animal species," and "age." The "user ID" is a unique identifier assigned to each user. The "user ID" and "password" are the ID and password that the user uses to log in to the management server 10. The "email address," "name," "address," "animal name," "animal species," and "age" are the user's email address, name, address, and the name, species, and age of their pets or farm animals, respectively.

[0046] The above data items are merely examples, and other items may be included as necessary.

[0047] 6 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the wholesale distributor drug DB and the veterinary clinic drug sales management DB according to this embodiment. The wholesale distributor drug DB has data items such as "wholesaler ID," "drug ID," "drug name," and "wholesale price." When a wholesaler registers the drug ID, drug name, and wholesale price of a drug that is sold at wholesale on management server 10 during initial setup registration, information on the drug is registered in the wholesale distributor drug management DB.

[0048] The veterinary clinic sales pharmaceutical DB has data items such as "veterinary clinic ID", "pharmaceutical ID", "pharmaceutical name", "prescription price", and "source wholesaler ID". When the veterinary clinic registers the pharmaceutical ID, pharmaceutical name, prescription price, and source wholesaler ID of the pharmaceutical prescribed on its own veterinary clinic's veterinary clinic prescription site from the management server 10 during initial setting registration, the information on the pharmaceutical is registered in the veterinary clinic sales pharmaceutical management DB. The veterinary clinic can freely set the prescription price of the pharmaceutical to be sold (free price). The source wholesaler ID is the wholesaler ID from which the pharmaceutical to be sold is purchased. Since different wholesalers handle different pharmaceuticals and the wholesale prices of the same pharmaceutical may differ, the veterinary clinic can arbitrarily select a source wholesaler for each pharmaceutical and arbitrarily set the prescription price based on the wholesale price of the source wholesaler. The source wholesaler may be selected from a prefecture where the source wholesaler obtained permission for pharmaceutical wholesale sales and the prefecture where the veterinary clinic is located are different.

[0049] 7 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the prescription management DB according to this embodiment. The prescription management DB has data items such as "prescription ID," "issuing veterinary clinic ID," "prescribed drug ID," "name of prescribed drug," "issue date," "expiration date," and "prescription data." Every time a veterinarian creates and issues a prescription from the management server 10, information about the prescription is registered in the prescription management DB.

[0050] "Prescription ID" is a unique identifier for a prescription issued by a veterinary clinic (veterinarian). "Issuing veterinary clinic ID" is the veterinary clinic ID of the veterinary clinic that issued the prescription. "Prescribed drug ID" is the drug ID of the drug being prescribed. "Prescribed drug name" is the name of the drug being prescribed. "Issue date" is the issue date of the prescription. "Expiration date" is the expiration date of the prescription (for example, within 4 days from the issue date). "Prescription data" is file data of the prescription issued by a veterinary clinic (veterinarian).

[0051] 8 is a diagram showing an example of the data configuration of the order and sales management DB according to this embodiment. The order and sales management DB has data items such as "order ID", "order date and time", "user ID", "prescription ID", "ordered drug ID", "ordered drug name", "prescription price", "quantity", "veterinary clinic ID", "supplier wholesaler ID", "wholesale price", and "amount paid to veterinary clinic". Every time a user purchases a drug from the veterinary drug prescription site on the management server 10, information on the purchase order is registered in the order and sales management DB.

[0052] "Order ID (order number)" is a unique identifier issued per order. "Order date and time" is the date and time the order was placed. "User ID" is the user ID of the user who placed the order. "Prescription ID" is the prescription ID of the prescription issued by the veterinary clinic (veterinarian) and is entered by the user when placing an order. "Ordered drug ID" is the drug ID of the drug ordered from the veterinary medicine prescription site. "Ordered drug name" is the name of the drug ordered from the veterinary medicine prescription site. "Prescription price" is the prescription price of the drug ordered from the veterinary medicine prescription site. It can also be said to be the selling price to the user from the veterinary clinic. "Quantity" is the quantity of the drug ordered.

[0053] "Veterinary Clinic ID" is the veterinary clinic ID of the veterinary clinic that operates the veterinary drug prescription site from which the drug was ordered. "Supplier Wholesaler ID" is the wholesaler ID of the supplier of the drug ordered from the veterinary drug prescription site. "Wholesale Price" is the drug sales price of the supplier wholesaler of the drug ordered from the veterinary drug prescription site. It can also be thought of as the purchase price from the veterinary clinic's side. "Veterinary Clinic Payment Amount" is the difference between "Prescription Price" and "Wholesale Price" multiplied by "Quantity" (("Prescription Price" - "Wholesale Price") x Quantity). This amount is paid to the veterinary clinic as compensation for prescribing and selling the drug.

[0054] <Screen example> (Online store management screen) 9 is a diagram showing an example of an online shop management screen in the animal hospital management screen according to this embodiment. As described above, an animal hospital can build its own animal medicine prescription site (online shop) on the management server 10. Specifically, when an animal hospital (veterinarian, etc.) builds an animal medicine prescription site, the animal hospital (veterinarian, etc.) uses the hospital terminal 30 to log in to the animal hospital management screen of the management server 10 and accesses a shop site creation screen. In addition, in conjunction with the creation of the shop site, the animal hospital (veterinarian, etc.) registers item products (medicines, etc.) to be prescribed on the animal medicine prescription site.

[0055] As shown in FIG. 9, when registering a product, a veterinary clinic first searches for and displays the "product" 1001 to be prescribed. Next, the veterinary clinic selects the "supplier wholesaler" 1002 of the product. In "supplier wholesaler" 1002, the veterinary clinic management DB (FIG. 5) is referenced, and the name of the wholesaler corresponding to the "contract wholesaler ID" (W001, W002) of the wholesaler with which the currently logged-in veterinary clinic (veterinary clinic ID: H001) has a contract is displayed in a selectable manner. If there is one contract wholesaler, it is displayed as "1", and if there are two, it is displayed as "2". When a wholesaler is selected in "supplier wholesaler" 1002, the pharmaceutical DB for wholesale distributors (FIG. 6) is referenced, and the wholesale price of the pharmaceutical corresponding to "product" 1001 among the pharmaceuticals handled by the selected wholesaler is displayed in "wholesale price" 1003. This is the wholesale price of the wholesaler.

[0056] Next, the veterinary clinic inputs and sets "prescription price" 1104 with reference to "wholesale price" 1003. Since different wholesalers handle different pharmaceuticals and the wholesale prices of the same pharmaceuticals may differ, the veterinary clinic can set the prescription price as it likes, taking into account the wholesale price of the supplier wholesaler. The difference between the prescription price and the wholesale price of the supplier wholesaler becomes the veterinary clinic's income, so it goes without saying that the higher the prescription price is set, the greater the veterinary clinic's income when the pharmaceutical is sold.

[0057] When "Add to sales items" 1005 is pressed, the animal ID of the veterinary clinic, the drug ID in "Product" 1001, the drug name, the prescribed price, and the supplier wholesaler ID in "Supplier wholesaler" 1002 are registered in the veterinary clinic drug sales database (Figure 6) as one of the items to be sold on the veterinary drug prescription site.

[0058] Note that the amount obtained by adding a certain percentage (e.g., 120%) to the "wholesale price" 1003 may be automatically input as the initial input value for "prescription price" 1104. Of course, since this is merely an initial input value, the veterinary clinic can change the initial input value as desired.

[0059] (Example of medicine purchase screen) FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a pharmaceutical purchase screen on the veterinary pharmaceutical prescription site according to this embodiment.

[0060] First, as a premise, a veterinarian performs online medical examination of an animal, and after the online medical examination, the animal hospital (veterinarian) uses the hospital terminal 30 to log in to the animal hospital management screen of the management server 10 and issues a prescription. The issued prescription is stored on the management server 10.

[0061] Furthermore, when a prescription is issued by the veterinarian, the management server 10 sends a notification email to the user terminal 40, which includes, for example, at least the URL of the veterinary medicine prescription site (online shop), the prescription ID of the prescription created by the veterinarian, and the prescription data. If a user has a prescription, they can purchase medicines at a nearby pharmacy or other medicine prescription sites on the Internet, so the notification email is important in the sense that it encourages the user to purchase medicines from the veterinary clinic's online shop. Therefore, it is advisable to further promote sales to the veterinary clinic's online shop by including, for example, advice and comments from the veterinarian or purchase benefits (coupons, etc.) in the notification email.

[0062] After receiving the notification email, the pet owner accesses the URL of the animal hospital's animal drug prescription website using the user terminal 40, and logs into the website using his / her user ID and password. As shown in Fig. 10, the pet owner searches for the prescribed "drug" 1101 on the drug purchase screen, enters "quantity" 1102 and the prescription ID listed in the notification email into "prescription ID" 1103, and purchases and pays for the prescribed drug (e.g., by credit card).

[0063] For example, by inputting a prescription ID immediately after logging in, the management server 10 may identify the prescription target medical product ID (FIG. 7) corresponding to the input prescription ID and transition directly to the purchase screen for the prescribed medicine. This can prevent the user from erroneously purchasing medicines that have not been prescribed. Similarly, the prescription ID may be included in the argument in the URL of the veterinary medicine prescription site (online shop).

[0064] When the purchase and payment of the medicine is completed, the order ID, order date and time, user ID, prescription ID, ordered medicine ID, ordered medicine name, sales price (prescription price), and quantity are registered as a new order record in the order sales management DB (Figure 8).In addition, the veterinary clinic ID of the veterinary clinic that operates the veterinary medicine prescription site where the medicine was ordered, the wholesaler ID of the wholesaler from which the ordered medicine was purchased, the wholesale price of the medicine, and the "veterinary clinic payment amount" are calculated and registered.

[0065] (Order confirmation screen) 11 is a diagram showing an example of an order confirmation screen in the pharmaceutical wholesaler management screen according to this embodiment. When a pharmaceutical purchase order is placed by a user (pet owner), the management server 10 transmits a pharmaceutical order notification, for example, by email, to the pharmaceutical wholesaler's trader terminal 20. When the pharmaceutical wholesaler receives the pharmaceutical order notification, it logs into the wholesaler management screen of the management server 10 and checks the order information 1201.

[0066] 11, if the ordered product is a prescription-only drug that requires a prescription (or instructions), a message 1202 will be displayed on the screen to alert the user. When the wholesaler clicks on "Prescription ID" 1203, a prescription data display screen (not shown) will be displayed, and the wholesaler will confirm whether the ordered drug is the same as the prescribed drug, and then ship the product to the user based on the shipping address information 1204.

[0067] The management server 10 may automatically check whether the ordered medicine and the prescribed medicine are the same. For example, when the ordered medicine ID of the ordered medicine and the prescription target medicine ID of the prescribed medicine match, the management server 10 can determine that the two medicines are the same.

[0068] (Product sales results screen) 12 is a diagram showing an example of a product sales record screen on the veterinary clinic management screen according to this embodiment. As described above, the management server 10 has a payment processing function according to the prescription price of the purchased veterinary medicine. Specifically, an animal clinic (veterinarian, etc.) can log in to the veterinary clinic management screen of the management server 10 using the hospital terminal 30 and access the product sales management screen.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 12, on the product sales management screen, the sales record of pharmaceuticals, etc. ordered and purchased from the veterinary medicine prescription site operated by the currently logged-in veterinary hospital (veterinary hospital ID: H001) is searched for and displayed for a specified period (e.g., July 2021) based on the order sales management DB (FIG. 8). As described above, the "veterinary hospital payment amount" for each order sale is the amount obtained by multiplying the difference between the "prescription price" and the "wholesale price" by the "quantity" (("prescription price" - "wholesale price") x quantity). Therefore, the "veterinary hospital payment total" 1301, which is the total amount of the "veterinary hospital payment amount" during the target period (e.g., July 2021), is paid to the veterinary hospital as compensation for the sale of the pharmaceutical.

[0070] <Summary> As described above, in the animal medicine prescription sales system 100 according to this embodiment, a veterinarian at an animal hospital issues a prescription after diagnosing an animal, and when an owner places a purchase order for the prescribed medicine on an animal medicine prescription site operated by the animal hospital, the medicine ordered is sent directly from the medicine wholesaler to the owner. In addition, the animal hospital can freely set the prescription price of the medicine sold on the animal medicine prescription site, and when the medicine is sold, the difference between the prescription price and the wholesale price of the medicine is paid to the veterinarian as compensation. This allows the veterinarian at the animal hospital to receive not only the prescription issuance fee but also the sales fee for the prescribed medicine while eliminating inventory risk.

[0071] Although the present invention has been described by showing specific examples according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is apparent that various modifications and changes can be made to these examples without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the claims. In other words, the details of the examples and the accompanying drawings should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

[0072] For example, the veterinary clinic itself does not have to operate the veterinary medicine prescription website. The notification email includes the URL of the veterinary medicine prescription website, which is the same for all veterinary clinics. However, since the prescription price is a free price for each veterinary clinic, the prescription price presented to the user on the veterinary medicine prescription website differs depending on the veterinary clinic that issued the notification email. A specific method is, for example, to include a veterinary clinic ID in the argument in the URL of the veterinary medicine prescription website, so that the management server 10 identifies the veterinary clinic and executes control to display the prescription price corresponding to the veterinary clinic on the user terminal 40. Also, if the argument in the URL includes a prescription ID, the management server 10 can identify the veterinary clinic based on the prescription ID.

[0073] The present invention can also be realized by supplying a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or device via a network or a recording medium, and having one or more processors in a computer of the system or device read and run the program. [Explanation of symbols]

[0074] 10 Management Server 20 Pharmaceutical wholesale distributor terminal 30 Veterinary Clinic Terminal 40 User terminal 50 Network 100 Animal medicine prescription sales system 101 Prescription Pricing Department 102 Prescription Issuance Department 103 Prescription Issuance Notification Department 104 Order Reception Department 105 Order Notification Department 106 Prescription Fee Calculation Department 107 Storage section

Claims

1. An animal medicine prescription and sales device that prescribes and sells medicines in response to user orders, A storage means for storing pharmaceutical information including prescription prices and wholesale prices of pharmaceuticals; a prescription obtaining means for obtaining prescription data including an identifier of a prescription issued by a veterinarian; an order receiving means for receiving order information for the medicine including an identifier of the prescription; an order notification means for notifying a pharmaceutical wholesaler of the order information; A prescription price calculation means for calculating the difference between the prescription price and the wholesale price of the pharmaceutical as a price to be paid to the veterinarian; An animal medicine prescription and sales device comprising:

2. a prescription price setting means for setting the prescription price of the medicine to the prescription price input by the veterinarian; 2. The animal drug prescription and sales device according to claim 1, further comprising:

3. A notification means for notifying a user of at least a pharmaceutical prescription site and an identifier of the prescription when the veterinarian issues the prescription; 2. The animal drug prescription and sales device according to claim 1, further comprising:

4. On the computer, A storage means for storing pharmaceutical information including prescription prices and wholesale prices of pharmaceuticals; a prescription obtaining means for obtaining prescription data including an identifier of a prescription issued by a veterinarian; an order receiving means for receiving order information for the medicine including an identifier of the prescription; an order notification means for notifying a pharmaceutical wholesaler of the order information; A prescription price calculation means for calculating the difference between the prescription price and the wholesale price of the pharmaceutical as a price to be paid to the veterinarian; Prescription drug sales program for animals to function as a system.

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