Pharmaceutical Transaction Support System, Server, and Pharmaceutical Transaction Support Method

Abstract

To enable a payment of a patient including a cash payment settlement method to be made easy regarding trade of medicines to be passed to the patient based on a prescription in medical institutions.SOLUTION: A server comprises: a pharmacy designation unit 45 that, with reference to a pharmacy related DB storage unit 40A storing stock information on a medicine for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, prepares a list of the dispensing pharmacies having a stock of a prescribed drug to show the list to a patient, and designates any of the dispensing pharmacies according to the selection operation from the patient who receives presentation; and a trade document generation unit 46 that generates data on a trade document about a medical institution purchasing the prescribed drug from the designated dispensing pharmacy. Processing of making the prescribed drug purchased from the dispensing pharmacy by the medical institution is carried out, and thus even when the prescribed drug is dispensed in the dispensing pharmacy and passed to the patient, the dispensing and passing the prescribed drug are enabled to be handled as in-hospital prescription in the medical institution, and a medicine fee is enabled to be collectively billed together with a medical treatment fee as a medical examination fee to the patient from the medical institution.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical transaction support system, a server, and a pharmaceutical transaction support method for supporting transactions of pharmaceuticals delivered to patients at a dispensing pharmacy based on prescriptions at medical institutions.

Background Art

[0002] Generally, a patient who has received a prescription at a medical institution receives the prescription drug at an off-campus dispensing pharmacy. At this time, the patient may wish to pick up the prescription drug at a desired dispensing pharmacy at a convenient date and time for himself / herself. Even when receiving a prescription through online medical treatment, the patient picks up the prescription drug at a desired dispensing pharmacy at a convenient date and time for himself / herself. However, the visited dispensing pharmacy does not always have the inventory of the pharmaceuticals described in the prescription. If there is no inventory of the prescription drug at the visited dispensing pharmacy, the patient has to go to another dispensing pharmacy again, which is very troublesome.

[0003] On the other hand, a system that enables a patient to search for a dispensing pharmacy having the inventory of the drug required by the patient is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The dispensing pharmacy information providing device described in this Patent Document 1 includes a dispensing pharmacy information storage means for storing the location information of the dispensing pharmacy and the pharmaceutical inventory information, an information processing means for identifying a dispensing pharmacy located on the route from the current location of the patient to the destination and having the pharmaceuticals in the prescription as inventory, and a processing result transmitting means for transmitting to the patient's mobile terminal a processing result showing the dispensing pharmacy identified by the information processing means on the map together with the route, so that the patient can search for and select a dispensing pharmacy having the inventory of the prescription drug.

[0004] In addition, when delivering pharmaceuticals at a dispensing pharmacy based on a prescription issued during medical treatment (including online medical treatment) at a medical institution, the patient usually pays for each of the medical treatment fee for the medical institution and the pharmaceutical fee for the dispensing pharmacy. Therefore, two payments have to be made, which is very troublesome.

[0005] Note that a system that enables the simplification of payments to medical institutions and dispensing pharmacies is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2). In the counter efficiency improvement system described in this Patent Document 2, invoice data is issued from both medical institutions and dispensing pharmacies to a settlement server, and each settlement is made by a method designated by the patient (an automatic settlement method using bank transfer, credit card, electronic money, etc.). By performing settlement by methods other than cash payment, it becomes possible to reduce the waiting time for accounting after examination at the medical institution of the patient and the waiting time for accounting after dispensing at the pharmacy. However, with the technology described in Patent Document 2, it is not possible to simplify cash payment.

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

[0007] The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and with regard to transactions of pharmaceuticals delivered to patients at dispensing pharmacies based on prescriptions at medical institutions, the object is to simplify the payment of patients including the settlement method of cash payment.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0008] In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, with reference to a pharmacy-related database storing inventory information of pharmaceuticals for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, a list of dispensing pharmacies having in stock the prescription drugs prescribed at the medical institution is created and presented to the patient. When any dispensing pharmacy is designated in response to a selection operation from the patient who has received the presentation, data of transaction documents regarding the purchase of prescription drugs by the medical institution from the designated dispensing pharmacy is generated.

Effects of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention configured as described above, even if a prescription drug is dispensed at a pharmacy and delivered to a patient, since the process of treating the prescription drug as being purchased by a medical institution from the pharmacy is carried out, it becomes possible to treat it as an in-hospital prescription in the medical institution, and it becomes possible to bill the patient for the medical expenses together with the examination fee from the medical institution as a lump sum for the medical treatment fee. For this reason, the patient only needs to make a payment to the medical institution and does not need to make a payment to the pharmacy where the prescription drug is received. That is, it only requires one payment. Thus, according to the present invention, with regard to the transaction of pharmaceuticals delivered to a patient at a pharmacy based on a prescription at a medical institution, it is possible to simplify the payment by the patient, including the method of cash settlement.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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[0011] (First Embodiment) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of a pharmaceutical transaction support system according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the pharmaceutical transaction support system according to the first embodiment supports the transaction of pharmaceuticals delivered to patients at a dispensing pharmacy based on a prescription at a medical institution, and includes a medical institution terminal 1 used at a medical institution, a pharmacy terminal 2 used at a dispensing pharmacy, a patient terminal 3 used by a patient who has received medical treatment at a medical institution, and a server 4. Here, the medical treatment referred to here may be performed within the hospital of the medical institution or may be online medical treatment.

[0012] The medical institution terminal 1, the pharmacy terminal 2, and the patient terminal 3 are each constituted by a personal computer, a tablet, or a smartphone. The medical institution terminal 1 exists for each of a plurality of medical institutions, the pharmacy terminal 2 exists for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, and the patient terminal 3 exists for each of a plurality of patients. The server 4 is connected to the medical institution terminal 1, the pharmacy terminal 2, and the patient terminal 3 via a communication network 5 such as the Internet or a mobile phone network, respectively. The server 4 executes processing for supporting the transaction of pharmaceuticals delivered to patients at a dispensing pharmacy based on a prescription at a medical institution in cooperation with the medical institution terminal 1, the pharmacy terminal 2, and the patient terminal 3.

[0013] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the server 4. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the medical institution terminal 1. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the pharmacy terminal 2. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the patient terminal 3. Hereinafter, the functions of the pharmaceutical transaction support system according to the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

[0014] As shown in FIG. 2, the server 4 according to the first embodiment includes, as functional components, a pharmacy information management unit 41, a prescription information acquisition unit 42, a confirmation information issuance unit 43, a confirmation information acquisition unit 44, a pharmacy designation unit 45, a transaction document generation unit 46, and a transaction document providing unit 47. Further, the server 4 according to the first embodiment includes, as a storage medium, a pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A.

[0015] The above functional blocks 41 to 47 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and software. For example, when configured by software, the above functional blocks 41 to 47 are actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and are realized by the operation of a program stored in a storage medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 3, the medical institution terminal 1 according to the first embodiment includes, as functional components, a prescription information providing unit 11 and a transaction document acquisition unit 12. These functional blocks 11 to 12 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP, and software. For example, when configured by software, the above functional blocks 11 to 12 are actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and are realized by the operation of a program stored in a storage medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory.

[0017] As shown in FIG. 4, the pharmacy terminal 2 according to the first embodiment includes, as a functional configuration, an inventory drug information providing unit 21 and a transaction document acquisition unit 22. These functional blocks 21 to 22 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP, and software. For example, when configured by software, the functional blocks 21 to 22 are actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and are realized by the operation of a program stored in a storage medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory.

[0018] As shown in FIG. 5, the patient terminal 3 according to the first embodiment includes, as a functional configuration, a confirmation information acquisition unit 31, a pharmacy selection unit 32, and a confirmation information providing unit 33. These functional blocks 31 to 33 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP, and software. For example, when configured by software, the functional blocks 31 to 33 are actually configured with a computer's CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and are realized by the operation of a program stored in a storage medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory.

[0019] The inventory drug information providing unit 21 of the pharmacy terminal 2 provides inventory drug information including drug inventory information and selling price information to the server 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the inventory drug information provided by the inventory drug information providing unit 21. As shown in FIG. 6, the inventory drug information includes a pharmacy ID that can uniquely identify the dispensing pharmacy, inventory information of the name (drug name) and inventory quantity of the drugs in stock at the dispensing pharmacy, and selling price information of the drugs. The selling price of the drug is an amount arbitrarily set by the dispensing pharmacy, and an amount including the drug fee, dispensing fee, and medication guidance fee is set. Note that the server 4 collects various information related to the dispensing pharmacy, such as the name and address of the dispensing pharmacy, in advance from the pharmacy terminals 2 of each dispensing pharmacy, and associates this pharmacy information with the pharmacy ID and manages it as a pharmacy master database.

[0020] Note that FIG. 6 is an example of inventory pharmaceutical product information, and may include other information. For example, instead of or in addition to the pharmaceutical product name, unique code information assigned to each pharmaceutical product may be used. Also, instead of or in addition to the pharmacy ID, pharmacy information may be used.

[0021] The inventory pharmaceutical product information providing unit 21 monitors, for example, the stored content of a pharmacy internal database (not shown) that stores inventory information, and each time a change occurs in the inventory information, provides the server 4 with inventory pharmaceutical product information including the changed inventory information. Note that when providing the inventory pharmaceutical product information to the server 4 in response to a change in the inventory information, if there is no change in the selling price information of the pharmaceutical product compared to before, inventory pharmaceutical product information not including the selling price information may be provided. Alternatively, inventory pharmaceutical product information including the pharmacy ID and the inventory information and not including the selling price information, and inventory pharmaceutical product information including the pharmacy ID and the selling price information and not including the inventory information may be provided to the server 4 asynchronously, and while providing inventory pharmaceutical product information including the inventory information in response to a change in the inventory information, inventory pharmaceutical product information including the selling price information may be provided in response to a change in the selling price information.

[0022] The pharmacy information management unit 41 of the server 4 acquires inventory pharmaceutical product information including the inventory information and the selling price information of the pharmaceutical product from the pharmacy terminal 2, and stores and manages the inventory pharmaceutical product information in the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies. As described above, each time a change occurs in the inventory information of the pharmaceutical product in the pharmacy terminal 2, inventory pharmaceutical product information including the changed inventory information is provided from the pharmacy terminal 2 to the server 4, so the latest inventory information of the pharmaceutical product is stored in the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies. Similarly, each time a change occurs in the selling price information of the pharmaceutical product in the pharmacy terminal 2, inventory pharmaceutical product information including the changed selling price information is provided from the pharmacy terminal 2 to the server 4, so the latest selling price information of the pharmaceutical product is stored in the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies.

[0023] The prescription information providing unit 11 of the medical institution terminal 1 provides the server 4 with prescription information including identification information of pharmaceuticals (hereinafter referred to as prescription drugs) prescribed as a result of medical treatment for a patient in the medical institution, and cost information of medical treatment fees including examination fees and pharmaceutical costs. Here, the pharmaceutical cost includes costs such as pharmaceutical fees, dispensing fees, and medication guidance fees, which are set in the medical institution. For example, assuming that the medical institution delivers prescription drugs to a patient at the in-hospital pharmacy, the amount in this case is set as the pharmaceutical cost, and the amount obtained by adding the examination fee to it is set as the medical treatment fee. That is, the medical treatment fee included in the prescription information provided by the medical institution is the amount to be billed to the patient when the medical institution conducts medical treatment and delivers prescription drugs in the hospital.

[0024] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the prescription information provided by the prescription information providing unit 11. As shown in FIG. 7, the prescription information includes an institution ID that can uniquely identify the medical institution, patient information that can identify the patient to whom the prescription drug is delivered, the name (drug name) and prescribed amount of the prescribed pharmaceutical, and the medical treatment fee (an amount that includes both the examination fee and the pharmaceutical cost). As patient information, for example, the patient's name can be used. Instead of or in addition to the patient name, other information (for example, the patient ID assigned to the patient, the patient's date of birth, gender, address, etc.) may be used. Note that the server 4 collects various types of information related to medical institutions, such as the name and address of the medical institution, in advance from the medical institution terminals 1 of each medical institution, and manages these medical institution information in association with the institution ID as a medical institution master database.

[0025] Note that FIG. 7 is an example of prescription information, and it may include other information. For example, in FIG. 7, the drug name is used as the identification information of the prescription drug, but instead of or in addition to this, unique code information assigned to each pharmaceutical, etc. may be used. Further, information necessary for providing medication guidance may be included. Also, instead of or in addition to the institution ID, medical institution information may be used.

[0026] When the medical treatment for a patient is completed and the information shown in FIG. 7 is input by a medical staff member each time, the prescription information providing unit 11 provides the server 4 with the prescription information including the input information. The prescription information acquisition unit 42 of the server 4 acquires the prescription information provided from the medical institution terminal 1.

[0027] When the prescription information acquisition unit 42 acquires the prescription information from the medical institution terminal 1, the confirmation information issuing unit 43 generates confirmation information in place of the prescription form and issues it to the patient terminal 3. The confirmation information includes, for example, information such as a confirmation document and a confirmation number for confirming the patient himself / herself. The confirmation document is generated using the patient information included in the prescription information. The confirmation number may be a number arbitrarily assigned by the confirmation information issuing unit 43. The confirmation information issuing unit 43 stores the issued confirmation information in a storage medium in association with the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition unit 42.

[0028] The confirmation information acquisition unit 31 of the patient terminal 3 acquires the confirmation information provided from the server 4 and stores it in the storage medium of the patient terminal 3. The confirmation information stored in the patient terminal 3 can be displayed on the display of the patient terminal 3 at any time according to the operation of the patient terminal 3 by the patient. Thereby, the patient can confirm the content of the confirmation information issued by the server 4. After the desired dispensing pharmacy is selected by the pharmacy selection unit 32 as described later, the confirmation information providing unit 33 provides the server 4 with the confirmation information acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 31 and stored in the storage medium according to the operation of the patient terminal 3 by the patient. At this time, the patient may specify the desired receipt date and time of the prescription drug and provide the confirmation information together with this receipt date and time information.

[0029] The confirmation information acquisition unit 44 of the server 4 acquires confirmation information from the patient terminal 3. The confirmation information acquired here may be only the confirmation number. Or, both the confirmation document and the confirmation number may be acquired. The timing at which the confirmation information acquisition unit 44 acquires the confirmation information is after the dispensing pharmacy that performs dispensing according to the prescription information is designated by the pharmacy designation unit 45 in response to the patient's selection operation. That is, in the present embodiment, the patient can select the dispensing pharmacy that dispenses the prescription drug. After the patient selects a desired dispensing pharmacy by operating the patient terminal 3, the patient transmits the confirmation information as information for personal confirmation to the server 4, and this is acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44.

[0030] When the pharmacy designation unit 45 receives a list presentation request from the patient terminal 3 after the prescription information acquisition unit 42 acquires the prescription information from the medical institution terminal 1, the pharmacy designation unit 45 refers to the pharmacy-related database in the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the prescription drug indicated by the prescription information and present the selling price equal to or lower than the drug price indicated by the prescription information as the selling price of the prescription drug in the selling price information, and presents the list to the patient terminal 3. Then, the pharmacy designation unit 45 designates one of the dispensing pharmacies in the list as the dispensing target pharmacy in response to the selection operation on the patient terminal 3 by the patient who has received the presentation of the list.

[0031] That is, referring to the drug name and inventory quantity included in the inventory drug information shown in FIG. 6, the dispensing pharmacies with inventory sufficient to satisfy the drug name and prescription quantity included in the prescription information shown in FIG. 7 are regarded as the dispensing pharmacies that satisfy the first condition. Also, referring to the selling price information of the drugs included in the inventory drug information shown in FIG. 6, the dispensing pharmacies whose selling price is equal to or lower than the drug price included in the prescription information shown in FIG. 7 are regarded as the dispensing pharmacies that satisfy the second condition. The pharmacy designation unit 45 extracts one or more dispensing pharmacies that satisfy both the first condition and the second condition from the pharmacy-related database in the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, creates a list of the one or more dispensing pharmacies, and presents the list to the patient terminal 3.

[0032] The pharmacy selection unit 32 of the patient terminal 3 transmits a request for presenting a list of dispensing pharmacies to the server 4 according to the operation of the patient terminal 3 by the patient. This list presentation request includes patient information, and the pharmacy designation unit 45 can specify the corresponding prescription information based on this patient information. The pharmacy selection unit 32 displays the list of dispensing pharmacies provided by the pharmacy designation unit 45 of the server 4 on the display in response to the transmission of the list presentation request, and allows the patient to select one of the dispensing pharmacies. When the patient selects one of the dispensing pharmacies from the list presented to the patient terminal 3 in this way, the pharmacy selection unit 32 notifies the pharmacy designation unit 45 of the server 4 of the selection result.

[0033] The pharmacy designation unit 45 designates the dispensing pharmacy selected by the patient from the list as the pharmacy that performs dispensing according to the prescription information in accordance with the notification from the pharmacy selection unit 32. In this embodiment, since a list of dispensing pharmacies having the stock of prescription drugs is presented and the patient is allowed to select, it is not necessary to check the stock for the dispensing pharmacy designated through the selection. Therefore, redundant procedures such as stock confirmation and re-designation when there is no stock can be omitted.

[0034] In addition, as a second condition when the pharmacy designation unit 45 extracts a dispensing pharmacy, an example using the condition that the selling price of the pharmaceutical product presented by the dispensing pharmacy is equal to or lower than the pharmaceutical product price set by the medical institution as part of the medical treatment fee has been described, but it is not limited to this. For example, the pharmacy designation unit 45 may refer to the pharmacy-related database in the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, create a list of one or more dispensing pharmacies that have the stock of the prescription drug indicated by the prescription information and present the selling price closest to the pharmaceutical product price indicated by the prescription information and equal to or lower than the pharmaceutical product price as the selling price information, and present it to the patient terminal 3. Instead of the selling price closest to the pharmaceutical product price, the lowest selling price may be used as the search condition.

[0035] As another example, in addition to the first condition and the second condition, another condition may be used. For example, the pharmacy designation unit 45 refers to the pharmacy-related database in the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, has the stock of the prescription drug indicated by the prescription information, and presents, as the selling price of the prescription drug, a selling price equal to or lower than the medical expense indicated by the prescription information in the selling price information. The pharmacy designation unit 45 searches for dispensing pharmacies that satisfy the first condition and the second condition, and among the searched dispensing pharmacies, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that further satisfy the third condition of being within a predetermined distance from the point designated by the patient or within the area designated by the patient, and presents the list to the patient terminal 3.

[0036] Regarding the third condition, for example, map information is displayed on the patient terminal 3 so that the patient can designate a desired point or area on the map information. When the patient taps or clicks on a desired point, the pharmacy designation unit 45 refers to the addresses in the pharmacy master database, extracts dispensing pharmacies existing within a predetermined distance from the designated point, and creates a list. If the home is designated as the desired point, a list of dispensing pharmacies around the home can be obtained among the dispensing pharmacies that satisfy the first condition and the second condition. Also, when the patient designates a desired area on the map information, the pharmacy designation unit 45 extracts dispensing pharmacies existing within that area and creates a list. Note that the method for the patient to designate a desired point or area is not limited to the examples given here.

[0037] After the dispensing pharmacy is designated by the pharmacy designation unit 45, when the confirmation information is acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44, the transaction document generation unit 46 generates data of transaction documents regarding the purchase of prescription drugs by the medical institution from the designated dispensing pharmacy. That is, after the patient selects a desired dispensing pharmacy from the presented list, the patient transmits the confirmation information previously acquired from the server 4 to the server 4. The transaction document generation unit 46 generates the data of the transaction documents on the condition that it is confirmed that the confirmation information acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44 belongs to the patient himself / herself specified by the patient information included in the prescription information corresponding to the confirmation information.

[0038] The transaction documents generated by the transaction document generation unit 46 are, for example, order documents indicating that a medical institution places an order for prescription drugs with a designated dispensing pharmacy. Instead of or in addition to this order document, an order receipt indicating that the designated dispensing pharmacy has received an order for prescription drugs from the medical institution may be generated. Here, the transaction document generation unit 46 uses, as the purchase amount of the pharmaceuticals included in the transaction documents, the amount indicated by the selling price information included in the inventory pharmaceutical information stored in the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A.

[0039] The transaction document providing unit 47 provides the data of the transaction documents generated by the transaction document generation unit 46 to the medical institution terminal 1 and the pharmacy terminal 2. For example, the transaction document providing unit 47 provides the data of the order receipt to the medical institution terminal 1 and provides the data of the order document to the pharmacy terminal 2 together with the prescription information. Here, the prescription information provided to the pharmacy terminal 2 is the information excluding the medical fee among the various types of information shown in FIG. 7. Note that the data of the order document and the data of the order receipt may be provided to both the medical institution terminal 1 and the pharmacy terminal 2.

[0040] The transaction document acquisition unit 12 of the medical institution terminal 1 acquires the data of the transaction documents provided from the server 4. The transaction document acquisition unit 22 of the pharmacy terminal 2 acquires the data of the transaction documents and the prescription information provided from the server 4. At the dispensing pharmacy, based on the prescription information acquired from the server 4, the dispensing of prescription drugs is performed, and the prescription drugs are delivered to the visiting patients. At this time, the dispensing pharmacy does not bill the patients for the drug costs. The billing for the drug costs is performed for the medical institution corresponding to the institution ID included in the prescription information acquired by the transaction document acquisition unit 22.

[0041] That is, in the present embodiment, since the data of the transaction documents assuming that the medical institution purchases prescription drugs from the dispensing pharmacy is generated and provided to the medical institution terminal 1 and the pharmacy terminal 2, even if the prescription drugs are dispensed at the dispensing pharmacy and delivered to the patient, they can be treated as in-hospital prescriptions at the medical institution, and it becomes possible to bill the patient for the medical fees together with the medical expenses including the drug costs as part of the medical treatment fees. For this reason, the patient only needs to pay the medical treatment fees (including the drug costs) to the medical institution, and there is no need to separately pay the drug costs to the dispensing pharmacy where the prescription drugs are received.

[0042] FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the server 4 according to the first embodiment configured as described above. The flowchart shown in FIG. 8 starts when the prescription information providing unit 11 of the medical institution terminal 1 transmits prescription information to the server 4. Note that the processing of the pharmacy information management unit 41 is sequentially executed asynchronously with the operations of the flowchart shown in FIG. 8.

[0043] First, the prescription information acquisition unit 42 acquires the prescription information provided from the medical institution terminal 1 (step S1). When the prescription information acquisition unit 42 acquires the prescription information, the confirmation information issuing unit 43 generates confirmation information in place of the prescription form and issues it to the patient terminal 3 (step S2). At this time, the confirmation information issuing unit 43 stores the issued confirmation information in the storage medium in association with the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition unit 42.

[0044] Next, the pharmacy designation unit 45 determines whether or not a list presentation request for dispensing pharmacies is received from the patient terminal 3 (step S3). If a list presentation request is received, the pharmacy designation unit 45 refers to the pharmacy-related database in the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the prescription drugs indicated by the prescription information and present a selling price equal to or lower than the drug cost indicated by the prescription information as the selling price of the prescription drug in the selling price information, and presents the list to the patient terminal 3 (step S4).

[0045] After that, the pharmacy designation unit 45 determines whether the patient has selected any of the dispensing pharmacies from the list of dispensing pharmacies presented to the patient terminal 3, that is, whether it has acquired the notification of the selection result from the patient terminal 3 (step S5). When the notification of the selection result is acquired from the patient terminal 3, the pharmacy designation unit 45 designates, according to the notification, the dispensing pharmacy selected by the patient from the list as the pharmacy that performs dispensing according to the prescription information (step S6).

[0046] Next, the transaction document generation unit 46 determines whether it has acquired confirmation information from the patient terminal 3 (step S7). When the confirmation information is acquired, it is determined whether the confirmation information belongs to the patient himself / herself specified by the patient information included in the prescription information corresponding to the confirmation information (step S8). Here, when it is determined that the confirmation information does not belong to the patient himself / herself who is the prescription target, the transaction document generation unit 46 performs error processing such as displaying an error message on the patient terminal 3 (step S9), and the process returns to step S7.

[0047] On the other hand, when it can be confirmed that the confirmation information belongs to the patient himself / herself who is the prescription target, the transaction document generation unit 46 generates data of a transaction document regarding the purchase of prescription drugs by the medical institution from the designated dispensing pharmacy (step S10). Then, the transaction document providing unit 47 provides the data of the transaction document generated by the transaction document generation unit 46 to the medical institution terminal 1 and the pharmacy terminal 2 (step S11). Thereby, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 is completed.

[0048] As described in detail above, in the first embodiment, referring to the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A that stores inventory information of pharmaceuticals for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, a list of dispensing pharmacies having the inventory of the pharmaceuticals prescribed at the medical institution is created and presented to the patient. In response to the selection operation from the patient who has received the presentation, when any dispensing pharmacy is designated, data of a transaction document regarding the purchase of prescription drugs by the medical institution from the designated dispensing pharmacy is generated.

[0049] According to the first embodiment configured as described above, even if a prescription drug is dispensed at a dispensing pharmacy and delivered to a patient, it can be treated as an in-hospital prescription at a medical institution, and it becomes possible to bill the patient for the medical expenses together with the examination fee as a lump sum medical treatment fee from the medical institution. For this reason, the patient only needs to make a payment to the medical institution and does not need to make a payment to the dispensing pharmacy where the prescription drug is received. That is, it only requires one payment. Thus, according to this embodiment, regarding the transaction of the drug delivered to the patient at the dispensing pharmacy based on the prescription at the medical institution, it is possible to simplify the payment by the patient, including the method of cash settlement.

[0050] In addition, in the above first embodiment, an example has been described in which when the confirmation information is acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44 after the dispensing pharmacy is designated by the pharmacy designation unit 45, the transaction document generation unit 46 generates the data of the transaction document. However, it is not limited to this. For example, when the confirmation information is acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44, the pharmacy designation unit 45 may create a list of dispensing pharmacies and present it to the patient terminal 3. Specifically, when the pharmacy selection unit 32 transmits a list presentation request to the server 4, the confirmation information is transmitted instead of the patient information. Then, the pharmacy designation unit 45 creates a list of dispensing pharmacies and presents it to the patient terminal 3 on the condition that it is confirmed that the confirmation information acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44 is that of the patient himself / herself indicated by the patient information included in the prescription information corresponding to the confirmation information. Note that this modification can be similarly applied to the second embodiment and its first modification described below.

[0051] (Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The second embodiment described below is particularly suitable for application when the drugs that the patient wishes to have prescribed, such as AGA (Androgenetic Alopecia: male pattern baldness) drugs, ED (Erectile Dysfunction: erectile dysfunction) drugs, pills, etc., are determined before the medical treatment.

[0052] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a pharmaceutical transaction support system according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the pharmaceutical transaction support system according to the second embodiment includes a medical institution terminal 1', a pharmacy terminal 2, a patient terminal 3', and a server 4'. In FIG. 9, components having the same functions as those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

[0053] FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the server 4'. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the medical institution terminal 1'. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the patient terminal 3'. Hereinafter, the functions of the pharmaceutical transaction support system according to the second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12. In FIGS. 10 to 12, those denoted by the same reference numerals as those shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 5 have the same functions, and thus redundant descriptions are omitted here.

[0054] As shown in FIG. 10, the server 4' according to the second embodiment further includes a medical institution information management unit 48, a pharmaceutical identification unit 49, and a medical institution presentation unit 50, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 2, as a functional configuration. Further, the server 4' according to the second embodiment further includes a medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 2, as a storage medium.

[0055] As shown in FIG. 11, the medical institution terminal 1' according to the second embodiment further includes a medical institution information providing unit 13, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 3, as a functional configuration. As shown in FIG. 12, the patient terminal 3' according to the second embodiment further includes a pharmaceutical selection unit 34, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 5, as a functional configuration.

[0056] The medical institution information providing unit 13 of the medical institution terminal 1' provides the target pharmaceutical information including the identification information of pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed through medical treatment to the server 4'. The identification information of pharmaceuticals is, for example, the pharmaceutical name, the unique code information assigned to each individual pharmaceutical, etc. The target pharmaceutical information includes, in addition to the identification information of pharmaceuticals, the institution ID that can uniquely identify the medical institution, the name of the medical institution, and the like. The medical institution information providing unit 13 provides the server 4' each time the target pharmaceutical information managed in the medical institution terminal 1' is updated by medical staff.

[0057] The medical institution information management unit 48 of the server 4' acquires the target pharmaceutical information from the medical institution terminal 1' and stores and manages the identification information of pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed for each of a plurality of medical institutions in the institution-related database of the medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B. As described above, each time there is a change in the target pharmaceutical information in the medical institution terminal 1', the changed target pharmaceutical information is provided from the medical institution terminal 1' to the server 4'. Therefore, in the institution-related database of the medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B, the identification information of pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies is kept in the latest state.

[0058] The pharmaceutical selection unit 34 of the patient terminal 3' selects the pharmaceutical that the patient desires to be prescribed according to the selection operation of the patient terminal 3' by the patient. The pharmaceutical identification unit 49 of the server 4' identifies the pharmaceutical desired by the patient according to the notification of the selection result provided from the patient terminal 3'.

[0059] For example, the drug selection unit 34 transmits a drug list display request to the server 4' according to the operation of the patient terminal 3' by the patient. Upon receiving this list display request, the drug identification unit 49 generates a list of drugs and provides it to the patient terminal 3'. The drugs provided as the list here are AGA drugs, ED drugs, pills, and the like. The drug selection unit 34 displays the list of drugs provided by the drug identification unit 49 of the server 4' on the display in response to the transmission of the list display request, and allows the patient to select any of the drugs. When the patient selects any drug from the list presented to the patient terminal 3' in this way, the drug selection unit 34 notifies the drug identification unit 49 of the server 4' of the selection result. The drug identification unit 49 identifies the drug selected by the patient from the list as the drug to be prescribed according to the notification from the drug selection unit 34.

[0060] Here, an example has been described in which the drug to be prescribed is identified by the patient selecting any one from the list of drugs provided from the server 4' to the patient terminal 3', but the identification method is not limited to this. For example, the two-dimensional code or barcode attached to the drug packaging or the like is read by the reader function of the patient terminal 3', and the read code information or its decoded information is transmitted to the server 4', so that the drug identification unit 49 can identify the drug to be prescribed based on this information. In this case, the drug selection unit 34 of the patient terminal 3' selects a drug using the two-dimensional code or barcode reading function of the patient terminal 3'.

[0061] When the drug is identified by the drug identification unit 49, the medical institution presentation unit 50 of the server 4' refers to the institutional-related database of the medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B, creates a list of medical institutions where the identified drug can be prescribed, and presents it to the patient terminal 3'. The patient can select a desired medical institution from the list of medical institutions presented and receive medical treatment.

[0062] According to the second embodiment configured as described above, when the pharmaceutical product that the patient wishes to obtain a prescription for is determined before the medical treatment, the patient terminal 3' acquires a list of medical institutions that provide medical treatment for which a prescription for that pharmaceutical product is possible from the server 4' and presents it to the patient, and the patient can select any of these medical institutions to receive medical treatment. Here, the list of medical institutions may include medical institutions capable of providing online medical treatment. In this way, the patient can easily search for medical institutions that provide online medical treatment and receive the delivery of the desired pharmaceutical product only through the online medical treatment of the selected medical institution.

[0063] Note that, as a first modification example of the second embodiment, the server 4” may be configured as shown in FIG. 13. The server 4” shown in FIG. 13 includes a prescription information acquisition unit 42”, a pharmacy designation unit 45”, a medical institution information management unit 48” and a medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B” instead of the prescription information acquisition unit 42, the pharmacy designation unit 45, the medical institution information management unit 48 and the medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B shown in FIG. 10.

[0064] The prescription information acquisition unit 42” acquires the prescription information provided from the medical institution terminal 1'. However, the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition unit 42” does not include the information on the medical treatment fee shown in FIG. 7. As will be described below, the medical institution information management unit 48” acquires the information on the medical treatment fee from the medical institution terminal 1' in advance and stores and manages it in the institution-related database of the medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B”.

[0065] That is, the medical institution information management unit 48” acquires from the medical institution terminal 1' the target pharmaceutical product information that further includes, in addition to the identification information of the pharmaceutical products that can be prescribed in the medical institution, the pharmaceutical product price information indicating the price of the pharmaceutical products that are planned to be billed to the patient together with the examination fee as part of the medical treatment fee, and stores and manages the identification information of the pharmaceutical products that can be prescribed and the pharmaceutical product price information for each of the plurality of medical institutions in the institution-related database of the medical institution-related DB storage unit 40B”.

[0066] The pharmacy designation unit 45” creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the stock of the prescribed drugs indicated by the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition unit 42” with reference to the institutional-related database of the institutional-related DB storage unit 40B” and the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, and present, as the selling price of the prescribed drugs, a selling price equal to or lower than the drug price indicated by the drug price information to the patient terminal 3’

[0067] That is, with reference to the drug names and stock quantities included in the stocked drug information shown in FIG. 6, a dispensing pharmacy with a stock sufficient to meet the drug names and prescribed quantities included in the prescription information shown in FIG. 7 is defined as a dispensing pharmacy that satisfies the first condition. Also, with reference to the selling price information of the drugs included in the stocked drug information shown in FIG. 6, a dispensing pharmacy whose selling price is equal to or lower than the drug price stored in the institutional-related database of the institutional-related DB storage unit 40B” is defined as a dispensing pharmacy that satisfies the second condition. The pharmacy designation unit 45” extracts one or more dispensing pharmacies that satisfy both the first condition and the second condition from the pharmacy-related database of the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A, creates a list of the one or more dispensing pharmacies, and presents it to the patient terminal 3’

[0068] Here, as in the second modification example shown in FIG. 14, when a drug is specified by the drug specifying unit 49, the medical institution presentation unit 50 creates a list of medical institutions that can prescribe the specified drug and presents it to the patient terminal 3’, and the pharmacy designation unit 45” may create a list of dispensing pharmacies that are candidates for dispensing the specified drug and present it to the patient terminal 3’. In this case, the pharmacy designation unit 45” determines the presence or absence of the stock of the prescribed drugs in each dispensing pharmacy based on the information of the drug specified by the drug specifying unit 49, rather than the information of the drugs included in the prescription information acquired by the prescription information acquisition unit 42”

[0069] In this second modification example, the information provided from the drug selection unit 34 to the drug identification unit 49 includes information on the desired prescribed dose in addition to the identification information of the drug. When the medical institution presentation unit 50 creates a list of medical institutions and presents it to the patient terminal 3', the pharmacy designation unit 45” refers to the pharmacy-related database in the pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40A based on the information provided from the patient terminal 3' to the drug identification unit 49, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies having the stock of the prescription drug, which is the drug identified by the drug identification unit 49, and presents it to the patient terminal 3', and designates any dispensing pharmacy according to the selection operation by the patient. In the second embodiment, since the drug that the patient wants to be prescribed is determined in advance, when selecting a medical institution that provides a medical treatment for which the drug can be prescribed, it is also possible to select the dispensing pharmacy from which the drug will be dispensed together.

[0070] In the case of the second modification example, before the patient receives medical treatment at a medical institution, the dispensing pharmacy where the drug will be dispensed is designated by the pharmacy designation unit 45”. Therefore, when confirmation information is obtained from the patient terminal 3' by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44, the operation of the pharmacy designation unit 45” is not executed. That is, after the dispensing pharmacy is designated by the pharmacy designation unit 45” before the patient receives medical treatment, when prescription information is provided from the medical institution terminal 1' to the server 4” in response to the patient receiving medical treatment, and the confirmation information issued to the patient terminal 3' by the confirmation information issuing unit 43 is obtained by the confirmation information acquisition unit 44, the transaction document generation unit 46 generates data of the transaction document.

[0071] In the above second embodiment and its modification examples, an example of presenting a list of drugs from the servers 4', 4” to the patient terminal 3' has been described, but it is not limited to this. For example, information on medical institutions for which the drug can be prescribed is recorded on the two-dimensional code or barcode attached to the drug package or the like, and when the code information is read by the reader function of the patient terminal 3', a list of medical institutions recorded in the read code information may be presented.

[0072] In the above-described first embodiment, second embodiment, and their modifications, in addition to the first condition of having the inventory of the prescribed drugs indicated by the prescription information, an example of creating a list of dispensing pharmacies that also satisfy the second condition that the selling price of the prescribed drugs presented by the dispensing pharmacy is equal to or lower than the medical expenses presented by the medical institution has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a list of dispensing pharmacies that satisfy only the first condition may be created. In this case, the list may include dispensing pharmacies where the selling price of the prescribed drugs presented by the dispensing pharmacy is higher than the medical expenses presented by the medical institution, and it is possible that such a pharmacy may be selected by the patient. Therefore, a modified condition that the selling price of the prescribed drugs presented by the dispensing pharmacy is equal to or lower than the medical expenses presented by the medical institution + an allowance of α, or a modified condition that the selling price of the prescribed drugs presented by the dispensing pharmacy - an allowance of β is equal to or lower than the medical expenses presented by the medical institution may be used.

[0073] In addition, each of the above-described first embodiment, second embodiment, and their modifications merely shows an example of implementation of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed in a limited manner by these. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist or main features thereof.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0074] 1,1’ Medical institution terminal 1 2,2’ Pharmacy terminal 3,3’ Patient terminal 4,4’,4” Server 40A Pharmacy-related DB storage unit 40B,40B” Medical institution-related DB storage unit 41 Pharmacy information management unit 42,42” Prescription information acquisition unit 43 Confirmation information issuance unit 44 Confirmation information acquisition unit 45,45” Pharmacy designation unit 46 Transaction document generation unit 47 Transaction document provision unit 48,48” Medical institution information management unit 49 Pharmaceutical Specific Part 50 Medical Institution Presentation Part

Claims

1. A system for supporting transactions among the above medical institution, the above dispensing pharmacy, and the above patient for prescription drugs dispensed at the dispensing pharmacy based on a prescription at the medical institution and delivered to the patient, a medical institution terminal used at the above medical institution, a pharmacy terminal used at the above dispensing pharmacy, a patient terminal used by the above patient, comprising a server connected to the above medical institution terminal, the above pharmacy terminal, and the above patient terminal via a communication network respectively, the above server, a pharmacy information management unit that acquires inventory drug information including the inventory information of drugs from the above pharmacy terminal, and stores and manages the inventory information of drugs in a pharmacy-related database for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies; a pharmacy designation unit that refers to the above pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies having the inventory of drugs related to the above prescription drug, presents it to the above patient terminal, and designates any one of the dispensing pharmacies in response to a selection operation by the patient who has received the presentation; and a transaction document generation unit that generates data of a transaction document regarding the purchase of the above prescription drug by the above medical institution from the designated dispensing pharmacy when the above dispensing pharmacy is designated by the above pharmacy designation unit. A pharmaceutical transaction support system characterized by the above.

2. The above server further comprises a prescription information acquisition unit that acquires prescription information including identification information of the above prescription drug, which is a drug prescribed at the above medical institution, from the above medical institution terminal, The above pharmacy designation unit refers to the above pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies having the inventory of drugs related to the prescription drug indicated by the above prescription information acquired by the above prescription information acquisition unit, presents it to the above patient terminal, and designates any one of the dispensing pharmacies in response to a selection operation by the patient who has received the presentation. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 1, characterized by the above.

3. The inventory drug information obtained by the pharmacy information management department from the pharmacy terminal further includes the selling price information of the drug in addition to the inventory information of the drug. The pharmacy information management department stores and manages the inventory information and selling price information of the drug in the pharmacy-related database for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies. The prescription information obtained by the prescription information acquisition department from the medical institution terminal further includes the cost information of the medical treatment fee, which includes the examination fee and the drug cost, in addition to the identification information of the prescribed drug. The pharmacy designation department refers to the pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the drug related to the prescribed drug indicated by the prescription information and present, as the selling price of the prescribed drug, a selling price equal to or lower than the drug cost indicated by the prescription information based on the selling price information, and presents the list to the patient terminal. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 2, characterized in that.

4. The pharmacy designation department refers to the pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the drug related to the prescribed drug indicated by the prescription information and present, as the selling price of the prescribed drug, a selling price that is equal to or lower than the drug cost indicated by the prescription information and is closest to the drug cost based on the selling price information, and presents the list to the patient terminal. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 3, characterized in that.

5. The pharmacy designation department refers to the pharmacy-related database, searches for dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the drug related to the prescribed drug indicated by the prescription information and present, as the selling price of the prescribed drug, a selling price equal to or lower than the drug cost indicated by the prescription information based on the selling price information, and among the searched dispensing pharmacies, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies existing within a predetermined distance from the location designated by the patient or within the area designated by the patient and presents the list to the patient terminal. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 3, characterized in that.

6. The server is When the prescription information acquisition department acquires the prescription information from the medical institution terminal, a confirmation information issuance unit that generates confirmation information in place of the prescription form and issues it to the patient terminal. further comprising a confirmation information acquisition unit that acquires the confirmation information from the patient terminal After the dispensing pharmacy is designated by the pharmacy designation unit, when the confirmation information is acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit, the transaction document generation unit generates data of the transaction document The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that

7. The server a confirmation information issuing unit that generates confirmation information in place of a prescription and issues it to the patient terminal when the prescription information acquisition unit acquires the prescription information from the medical institution terminal; further comprising a confirmation information acquisition unit that acquires the confirmation information from the patient terminal When the confirmation information is acquired by the confirmation information acquisition unit, the pharmacy designation unit creates a list of dispensing pharmacies and presents it to the patient terminal The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that

8. The server a medical institution information management unit that acquires target pharmaceutical information including identification information of pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed through medical treatment from the medical institution terminal, and stores and manages the identification information of pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed for each of a plurality of medical institutions in an institution-related database; a pharmaceutical identification unit that identifies the pharmaceuticals desired by the patient in response to a selection operation by the patient; further comprising a medical institution presentation unit that refers to the institution-related database and creates a list of medical institutions where the pharmaceuticals identified by the pharmaceutical identification unit can be prescribed and presents it to the patient terminal The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 1, characterized in that

9. The server further comprises a prescription information acquisition unit that acquires prescription information including identification information of the prescribed medicine, which is a medicine prescribed at the medical institution, and cost information of medical treatment fees including examination fees and medicine fees from the medical institution terminal The inventory pharmaceutical information obtained by the pharmacy information management department from the pharmacy terminal further includes the selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in addition to the inventory information of the pharmaceuticals. The pharmacy information management department stores and manages the inventory information and selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in the pharmacy-related database for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies. The pharmacy designating unit refers to the pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the pharmaceuticals related to the prescribed drugs indicated by the prescription information and present, as the selling price of the prescribed drugs, a selling price equal to or lower than the drug price indicated by the prescription information based on the selling price information, and presents the list to the patient terminal. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 8, characterized in that.

10. The server further includes a prescription information acquisition unit that acquires, from the medical institution terminal, prescription information including identification information of the prescribed drugs that are the pharmaceuticals prescribed at the medical institution and cost information of the medical treatment costs including the examination fee and the drug price. The target pharmaceutical information obtained by the medical institution information management department from the medical institution terminal further includes pharmaceutical price information indicating the pharmaceutical price to be billed to the patient together with the examination fee as part of the medical treatment costs in addition to the identification information of the pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed. The medical institution information management department stores and manages the identification information of the pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed and the pharmaceutical price information in the institution-related database for each of a plurality of medical institutions. The inventory pharmaceutical information obtained by the pharmacy information management department from the pharmacy terminal further includes the selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in addition to the inventory information of the pharmaceuticals. The pharmacy information management department stores and manages the inventory information and selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in the pharmacy-related database for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies. The pharmacy designating unit refers to the institution-related database and the pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the pharmaceuticals related to the prescribed drugs indicated by the prescription information and present, as the selling price of the prescribed drugs, a selling price equal to or lower than the pharmaceutical price indicated by the pharmaceutical price information based on the selling price information, and presents the list to the patient terminal. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 8, characterized in that.

11. When the pharmacy designation unit creates a list of the medical institutions by the medical institution presentation unit and presents it to the patient terminal, it refers to the pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies having the inventory of the pharmaceuticals specified by the pharmaceutical identification unit, presents it to the patient terminal, and designates any one of the dispensing pharmacies according to a selection operation by the patient. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 8.

12. The server further includes a prescription information acquisition unit that acquires prescription information including identification information of the prescribed medicine, which is the medicine prescribed at the medical institution, and cost information of the medical treatment fee including the examination fee and the medicine fee, from the medical institution terminal. The target pharmaceutical information acquired by the medical institution information management unit from the medical institution terminal further includes pharmaceutical price information indicating the medicine price to be billed to the patient together with the examination fee as a part of the medical treatment fee, in addition to the identification information of the pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed. The medical institution information management unit stores and manages the identification information of the pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed and the pharmaceutical price information in the institution-related database for each of a plurality of medical institutions. The inventory pharmaceutical information acquired by the pharmacy information management unit from the pharmacy terminal further includes the selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in addition to the inventory information of the pharmaceuticals. The pharmacy information management unit stores and manages the inventory information and the selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in the pharmacy-related database for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies. The pharmacy designation unit refers to the institution-related database and the pharmacy-related database, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the pharmaceuticals specified by the pharmaceutical identification unit and present a selling price equal to or lower than the medicine price indicated by the pharmaceutical price information as the selling price of the prescribed medicine according to the selling price information, and presents it to the patient terminal. The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 11, characterized in that.

13. The server is a prescription information acquisition unit that acquires prescription information including identification information of the prescribed medicine, which is the medicine prescribed at the medical institution, and cost information of the medical treatment fee including the examination fee and the medicine fee, from the medical institution terminal; A confirmation information issuing unit that generates confirmation information substituting for a prescription and issues it to the patient terminal when the prescription information acquisition unit acquires the prescription information from the medical institution terminal; It further includes a confirmation information acquisition unit that acquires the confirmation information from the patient terminal; After the dispensing pharmacy is designated by the pharmacy designation unit, when the confirmation information acquisition unit acquires the confirmation information, the transaction document generation unit generates the data of the transaction documents The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 12, characterized in that it is configured as described above.

14. The server is A confirmation information issuing unit that generates confirmation information substituting for a prescription and issues it to the patient terminal when the prescription information acquisition unit acquires the prescription information from the medical institution terminal; It further includes a confirmation information acquisition unit that acquires the confirmation information from the patient terminal; After the dispensing pharmacy is designated by the pharmacy designation unit, when the confirmation information acquisition unit acquires the confirmation information, the transaction document generation unit generates the data of the transaction documents The pharmaceutical transaction support system according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that it is configured as described above.

15. The transaction documents include an order form indicating that the medical institution orders the prescription drug from the designated dispensing pharmacy, and the pharmaceutical transaction support system according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

16. The transaction documents include an order receipt indicating that the designated dispensing pharmacy has received an order for the prescription drug from the medical institution, and the pharmaceutical transaction support system according to any one of claims 1 to 15.

17. A server that executes a process of supporting a transaction between the medical institution, the dispensing pharmacy, and the patient for a prescription drug dispensed at the dispensing pharmacy based on a prescription at the medical institution and delivered to the patient, Refer to the pharmacy-related database that stores the inventory information of pharmaceuticals for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, create a list of the dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the pharmaceuticals related to the prescription drug, and present it to the patient. A pharmacy specifying unit that specifies any one of the dispensing pharmacies in response to a selection operation from the presented patient; When the dispensing pharmacy is specified by the pharmacy specifying unit, a transaction document generation unit that generates data of a transaction document regarding the purchase of the prescription drug by the medical institution from the specified dispensing pharmacy. A server characterized by the above.

18. The pharmacy specifying unit refers to the pharmacy-related database that further stores the selling price information of the pharmaceuticals in addition to the inventory information of the pharmaceuticals for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, has the inventory of the pharmaceuticals related to the prescription drug, and the selling price of the prescription drug is the selling price information that is less than or equal to the pharmaceutical cost presented by the medical institution. Create a list of dispensing pharmacies presenting the selling price and present it to the patient. The server according to claim 17, characterized in that.

19. A method for assisting a transaction between the medical institution, the dispensing pharmacy, and the patient for a prescription drug dispensed at the dispensing pharmacy based on a prescription at the medical institution and delivered to the patient, A first step in which a pharmacy specifying unit of a computer refers to a pharmacy-related database that stores inventory information of pharmaceuticals for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the pharmaceuticals related to the prescription drug, and presents it to the patient, and specifies any one of the dispensing pharmacies in response to a selection operation from the presented patient; A second step in which a transaction document generation unit of the computer generates data of a transaction document regarding the purchase of the prescription drug by the medical institution from the specified dispensing pharmacy when the dispensing pharmacy is specified by the pharmacy specifying unit. A pharmaceutical transaction support method characterized by the above.

20. The pharmacy designation unit refers to the pharmacy-related database that stores, for each of a plurality of dispensing pharmacies, in addition to the inventory information of the above-mentioned pharmaceuticals, the selling price information of the above-mentioned pharmaceuticals, creates a list of dispensing pharmacies that have the inventory of the above-mentioned prescription drugs and whose selling prices of the prescription drugs are lower than the pharmaceutical costs presented by the above-mentioned medical institution based on the above-mentioned selling price information, and presents the list to the above-mentioned patient. The method for supporting pharmaceutical transactions according to claim 19, characterized in that.

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