Dispensing support system, dispensing support program

Abstract

To provide a dispensing support system capable of enhancing operation efficiency of an operator concerning medicine delivery to a plurality of medicine-taking persons, and a dispensing support program.SOLUTION: A dispensing support system (10) according to an invention comprises: an assignment processing unit (111) capable of assigning a plurality of times to take medicine to a single time of medicine delivery; and a packaging processing unit (112) which causes a packaging device (3) to execute a packaging operation of packaging a chemical product corresponding to a medicine-taking person with medicine packages by each time to take the medicine. The packaging processing unit (112) causes the packaging device (3) to execute the packaging operation in a mode where medicine packages corresponding to the medicine-taking persons are continuous with respect to an identical medicine delivery time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a dispensing support system for supporting the dispensing or distribution of medicines. [Background technology]

[0002] In hospitals, pharmacies, etc., a packaging device (see Patent Document 1) is sometimes used that packages medicines to be taken by a patient into medicine packets according to the time of administration. The medicines packaged by the packaging device are then transported to a facility such as a hospital or elderly care facility where the patient is staying, and are distributed to the patient by a medicine distributor such as a nurse. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-104077 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Meanwhile, workers such as drug dispensing staff or drug distribution staff may perform the task of collecting drugs to be distributed to a plurality of recipients according to a preset distribution period.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing support system and a dispensing support program that can improve the work efficiency of an operator in dispensing medicines to multiple recipients. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The dispensing support system of the present invention comprises an allocation processing unit capable of allocating multiple dosing times to one medication distribution time, and a packaging processing unit that causes a packaging device to perform a packaging operation to package medicines corresponding to users into medicine packets for each dosing time, and the packaging processing unit causes the packaging device to perform the packaging operation in a manner such that the medicine packets corresponding to multiple users for the same medication distribution time are consecutive.

[0007] The dispensing support program of the present invention is a dispensing support program that causes a processor to execute an allocation step of allocating multiple dosing times to one dispensing time, and a packaging step of causing a packaging device to perform a packaging operation of packaging medicines corresponding to users into medicine packets for each dosing time, wherein the packaging step causes the packaging device to perform the packaging operation in a manner such that the medicine packets corresponding to multiple users for the same dispensing time are consecutive. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, a dispensing support system and a dispensing support program are provided that can improve the work efficiency of an operator in dispensing medicines to multiple recipients. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a dispensing support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of the packaging device according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of medication distribution management information used in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of packaging form information used in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of medication group information used in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of the dispensing support process executed in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 11] FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of prescription data used in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 12] FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of packaging data used in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of packaging data used in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 14] FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a packaging result in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 15] FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a packaging result in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 16] FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a medication distribution sheet output by the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 17] FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a medication distribution sheet output by the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 18] FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed in the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 19] FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a container used together with the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 20] FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a container used together with the dispensing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings to help understand the present invention. Note that the following embodiments are examples of the present invention and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

[0011] [Pharmacy Support System 10] As shown in Fig. 1, a dispensing support system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dispensing support device 1, a dispensing machine 2, a packaging device 3, a printer 4, and an inspection support device 5. The dispensing support device 1, the dispensing machine 2, the packaging device 3, the printer 4, and the inspection support device 5 are connected to each other via a network N1, either wirelessly or via a wired connection, and various types of information can be transmitted and received. The network N1 may be a LAN, a WAN, the Internet, an intranet, or the like.

[0012] Furthermore, a host system 6 such as an electronic medical record system or a prescription input terminal that inputs prescription data to the dispensing support device 1 is connected via the network N1 to the dispensing support device 1. The dispensing support device 1 may be configured to be able to actively acquire the prescription data from the host system 6.

[0013] The prescription data includes information such as the issue date, order number, prescription classification (new, changed, etc.), prescription number, recipient ID, recipient name, recipient date of birth, drug identification information (drug name, JAN code, GS1 code, etc.), dosage form information (oral, topical, etc.), start date of administration, duration of administration, dosage, method of administration (including timing of administration), type of medical treatment (outpatient, hospitalized, institutionalized, etc.), medical department, and attending physician. The prescription data may also include information regarding the drug's packaging format and dispensing method, such as a packaging group. Examples of packaging formats include "tablets" indicating individual tablet packets and "tablets" indicating tablet packs. The contents of the prescription data listed here are merely examples, and the data may not include any of the above information, or may include other information not listed above.

[0014] For example, the dispensing support device 1, the dispensing equipment 2, the packaging device 3, the printing device 4, and the inspection support device 5 are arranged in a dispensing facility such as a pharmacy or a hospital where medicines are dispensed based on the prescription data. In another embodiment, the dispensing support device 1, the printing device 4, the upper system 6, etc. may be arranged outside the dispensing facility as long as they can be connected to the network N1.

[0015] The medicines dispensed at the dispensing facility based on the prescription data are delivered to a facility such as a hospital ward or a nursing home where multiple users who take the medicine reside. The users may be patients hospitalized in a hospital ward or residents of a nursing home. The facility is an example of a pre-set medication distribution group to which multiple users who take the medicines dispensed at the dispensing facility belong. The medication distribution group is not limited to the unit of the facility, but may be a unit such as a room or floor in the facility, or may be a unit such as an area or delivery route that includes the homes of multiple users.

[0016] [Pharmacy equipment 2] The dispensing devices 2 are used in the dispensing work of medicines at the dispensing facility. For example, each of the dispensing devices 2 is a PTP sheet dispensing device or a picking support device. For example, the PTP sheet dispensing device has multiple sheet cassettes containing PTP sheets or heat seals in which tablets are pre-packaged, and automatically dispenses the PTP sheets or heat seals from the sheet cassettes according to dispensing data input from the dispensing support device 1. The picking support device executes display processing of various information to support the pharmacist or technician in the work of assembling medicines, based on the dispensing data input from the dispensing support device 1.

[0017] [Dividing packaging device 3] 1 and 2, the packaging device 3 includes a control unit 31, a memory unit 32, an operation and display unit 33, a tablet dispensing unit 34, a tablet dispensing unit 35, an individual dispensing unit 36, a packaging unit 37, a packaging printer 38, and a code reading unit 39. The packaging device 3 is a type of dispensing equipment installed in the dispensing facility. The code reading unit 39 is a so-called barcode reader that can read drug identification information, such as a JAN code or GSI code, from a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code symbol.

[0018] Each of the tablet dispensing units 34 includes a tablet storage unit that is detachable from the mounting unit 341 of the packaging device 3, and is capable of dispensing a predetermined amount of a specific type of tablet that is predetermined and corresponds to that tablet dispensing unit 34. Each of the tablet dispensing units 35 includes a tablet storage unit that is detachable from the mounting unit 351 of the packaging device 3, and is capable of dispensing a predetermined amount of any type of tablet that is assigned to that tablet dispensing unit 35. The tablets dispensed from the tablet dispensing units 34 and 35 are supplied to the packaging unit 37.

[0019] The individual dispensing section 36 has a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix of, for example, multiple rows and columns, and is capable of supplying tablets in package units, such as tablets for the time of administration to be placed in each of the cells, to the packaging section 37 in units of the cells.

[0020] The packaging unit 37 performs a packaging operation to package tablets supplied from the tablet dispensing unit 34, the tablet dispensing unit 35, the individual dispensing unit 36, etc., into packets according to dosage periods, etc. For example, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 , the packaging unit 37 heats and melts a portion of a long medicine packaging sheet 80 loaded into the packaging unit 37, thereby forming multiple medicine packets 81 on the medicine packaging sheet 80. The packaging unit 37 then stores tablets for each dosage period in each medicine packet 81, seals the medicine packets, and outputs the medicine packaging sheet 80, in which each medicine packet 81 is formed continuously, as a packaging result. Note that for convenience of illustration, the medicine packaging sheet 80 is shown divided into multiple layers in FIGS. 14 and 15 , but the medicine packets 81 connected by the two-dot chain line are not separated but are formed continuously on the medicine packaging sheet 80.

[0021] Furthermore, the packaging section 37 forms perforations 82 between each of the medicine packets 81 to easily separate the medicine packets 81. Each medicine packet 81 is distributed to the user of the medicine packet 81 on a distribution date and at a distribution time corresponding to the date and time of administration of the medicine packet 81.

[0022] Meanwhile, workers such as drug dispensing staff or drug distribution staff may be tasked with grouping drugs to be distributed to multiple users according to a preset distribution time. In contrast, the dispensing support system 10 according to this embodiment can improve the work efficiency of workers in distributing drugs to multiple users.

[0023] More specifically, as another technique, when the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple recipients are arranged by recipient in the medicine packet sheet 80 output from the packaging device 3 as in the conventional method, for example, the medicine packet 81 corresponding to the medication delivery time for the first recipient is output, followed by the medicine packet 81 corresponding to the medication delivery time for the second recipient. In such a case, the efficiency of the work of grouping the medicine packets 81 for different recipients corresponding to the same medication delivery time decreases. In contrast, in the dispensing support system 10, when the packaging device 3 performs a packaging operation to package medicines corresponding to recipients into medicine packets 81 for each delivery time, the packaging operation is performed in a manner in which the medicine packets 81 containing medicines corresponding to multiple recipients for the same medication delivery time are consecutive (see FIGS. 14 and 15). This improves the efficiency of the worker in tasks such as grouping the medicine packets 81 by medication delivery time.

[0024] In this embodiment, the packaging device 3 will be described as packaging tablets as medicines, but it may also be a powder medicine packaging device that packages powder medicines. The powder medicine packaging device performs a packaging operation of distributing powder medicines input by an operator according to their dosage periods and packaging them in the medicine packets 81. The powder medicine packaging device may also be a fully automatic powder medicine packaging device that has a plurality of powder medicine cassettes and automatically dispenses powder medicines from the powder medicine cassettes and packages them in the medicine packets 81 according to their dosage periods. Furthermore, the packaging device 3 may be configured to be able to package tablets and powder medicines together in the medicine packets 81 according to their dosage periods.

[0025] The packaging printer 38 is capable of printing various information, such as the timing of taking the medicine packaged in the medicine package 81 and medicine package identification information (described later), on the medicine package 81 that packages the medicine in the packaging unit 37. The operation and display unit 33 includes a display unit such as an LCD monitor that displays various information, and an operation unit such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel that accepts user operations. The memory unit 32 is a non-volatile memory device that stores various control programs executed by the control unit 31, packaging data (described later) received from the dispensing support device 1, and the like.

[0026] The control unit 31 is equipped with a processor such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc., and uses the processor to execute processing in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM or the memory unit 32, thereby controlling the operation of the packaging device 3.

[0027] Specifically, the control unit 31 controls the tablet dispensing unit 34, the tablet dispensing unit 35, the individual dispensing unit 36, the packaging unit 37, etc., based on packaging data (described below) input from the dispensing support device 1, and executes packaging processing to package medicines to be taken by patients into medicine packets 81 according to the timing of administration. Furthermore, the control unit 31 outputs empty medicine packets 81 on which an inspection code including medicine packet sheet identification information that allows the medicine packet sheet 80 to be identified is printed by the packaging printer 38 at the beginning or end of a series of the medicine packet sheets 80.

[0028] Furthermore, in the packaging process, the control unit 31 uses the packaging printer 38 to print drug package information on the drug package 81, including recipient identification information, drug distribution location information, dosage time identification information, and drug package identification information.

[0029] The recipient identification information is a recipient name or recipient ID that can identify the recipient who takes the medicine contained in the medicine package 81. For example, the first medicine package 81 in FIG. 14 has the characters "Yuyama Ichiro" printed on it as the recipient identification information. The medication distribution location information is information that indicates the location where the medicine package 81 is to be distributed. For example, the first medicine package 81 in FIG. 14 has the characters "301-1" printed on it as the medication distribution location information, which is a combination of the room number "301" and bed number "1" where the recipient resides. The administration time identification information is information that can identify the date and time of administration of the medicine contained in the medicine package 81. For example, the first medicine package 81 in FIG. 14 has the characters "2020 / 4 / 1" printed on it as the administration time identification information.

[0030] The medicine package identification information is information that can identify the medicine package 81 output within a specific period preset by the packaging device 3, and is unique information for each specific period. The specific period may be set, for example, by hour, time zone, day, week, month, or year. The specific period may also be the period until the medication distribution group to be packaged in the packaging device 3 is switched. Specifically, in this embodiment, the medicine package identification information is a number that is assigned consecutively from a preset initial value for each specific period, such as every three months. For example, the first medicine package 81 in FIG. 14 has the characters "000001" written as the medicine package identification information. The medicine package identification information may not be a consecutive number, but may be information that is generated to be unique within the specific period based on a preset rule. For example, the medicine package identification information may be expressed as a combination of the machine number of the packaging device 3, date and time, etc.

[0031] [Printing device 4] The printing device 4 is a printer used to print a medication distribution sheet, etc., which will be described later, and may also be used to print prescription data, dispensing data, etc.

[0032] [Inspection Support Device 5] The inspection support device 5 is used to support the inspection work of a pharmacist who inspects whether or not the medicines contained in each medicine packet 81 after packaging by the packaging device 3 match packaging data described below. Note that this type of inspection support device 5 is also described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 6287844.

[0033] The inspection support device 5 includes a control unit 51, a memory unit 52, a photographing unit 53, an operation display unit 54, etc. The memory unit 52 is a non-volatile storage device that stores various control programs executed by the control unit 51, inspection results in the inspection support device 5, and images photographed by the photographing unit 53. The photographing unit 53 sequentially photographs images of each of the medicine packages 81 included in the medicine package sheet 80 inserted into the inspection support device 5. The operation display unit 54 includes a display unit such as an LCD monitor that displays various information, and an operation unit such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel that accepts user operations.

[0034] The control unit 51 is equipped with a processor such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc., and the processor executes various processes according to a control program stored in the ROM or the memory unit 52, etc., thereby controlling the operation of the inspection support device 5.

[0035] Specifically, the control unit 51 reads the inspection code printed on the first or last empty medicine package 81 on the medicine package sheet 80 from the image captured by the photographing unit 53, and acquires the medicine package sheet identification information from the inspection code. The control unit 51 also acquires packaging data (described below) from the dispensing support device 1 or the packaging device 3 and stores it in the memory unit 52. Based on the medicine package sheet identification information, the control unit 51 selects the packaging data corresponding to the medicine package sheet identification information as an inspection target. The control unit 51 may also select the packaging data to be inspected in response to a user operation. Based on the image of each medicine package 81 captured by the photographing unit 53, the control unit 51 executes an inspection process to compare at least one of the type and quantity of medicine in each medicine package 81 with the contents of packaging data (described below) corresponding to the medicine package sheet identification information. For example, the control unit 51 compares at least one of the type and quantity of medicine in each medicine package 81 with the data corresponding to each medicine package 81 in the packaging data, assuming that the order of the data corresponding to each medicine package 81 in the packaging data is the same as the order of the medicine packages 81 formed in sequence on the medicine package sheet 80.

[0036] Furthermore, the control unit 51 stores, in the memory unit 52, inspection information including the results of the inspection process for each of the medicine packages 81 and the captured images corresponding to each of the medicine packages 81, in association with the medicine package sheet identification information of the packaging data (described below) corresponding to each of the medicine packages 81 and the medicine package identification information corresponding to each of the medicine packages 81 in the packaging data. Thereafter, the control unit 51 can read the inspection information for each of the medicine packages 81 from the memory unit 52 and display it on the operation display unit 54 in response to a user operation. This allows a pharmacist to easily perform an inspection task of determining whether the tablet packaging results obtained by the packaging device 3 are appropriate by referring to the inspection information. Note that the manner in which the inspection information is stored is not limited to the method described here, as long as the control unit 651 can read and output the inspection information for any of the medicine packages 81. For example, even if the inspection information is stored in association with the medicine package sheet identification information and number information indicating the ordinal number of the medicine package 81 in the packaging data, and the number information is stored in association with the medicine package identification information in the packaging data, the control unit 51 can identify the number information corresponding to the medicine package identification information based on the medicine package sheet identification information and the medicine package identification information, and output the inspection information of the medicine package 81 corresponding to the number information. Note that the control unit 51 may read the medicine package identification information of each medicine package 81 from the captured image of that medicine package 81.

[0037] The control unit 51 can also transmit the inspection information and the medicine package identification information for each of the medicine packages 81 to the dispensing support device 1 and the packaging device 3. This allows, for example, the dispensing support device 1 to refer to the inspection information for each of the medicine packages 81, or the packaging device 3 to re-execute the packaging operation for each of the medicine packages 81 based on the inspection information.

[0038] [Dispensing support device 1] The dispensing support device 1 is a personal computer including a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an operation / display unit 13, and a drive unit 14. In this embodiment, the dispensing support device 1 alone may be regarded as an example of a dispensing support system according to the present invention. The packaging device 3 may acquire necessary information from the dispensing support device 1 and execute a dispensing support process described below. In this case, the packaging device 3 may be regarded as an example of a dispensing support system according to the present invention. The dispensing support device 1 and the packaging device 3 may cooperate to execute a dispensing support process described below. In this case, a system including the dispensing support device 1 and the packaging device 3 may be regarded as an example of a dispensing support system according to the present invention.

[0039] Note that the operations and displays of the dispensing support device 1 described in this embodiment may be performed by an operation device and a display device of a client terminal (not shown) that can communicate with the dispensing support device 1 via the network N1. In this case, the control unit 11 accepts user operations on the client terminal, executes various processes, and transmits various display data to the client terminal to display information. That is, the dispensing support device 1 and the client terminal may constitute a server-client system, and the client terminal may be used as an operation terminal for the dispensing support device 1.

[0040] The operation display unit 13 includes a display unit such as an LCD monitor that displays various information, and an operation unit such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel that accepts user operations. The drive device 14 is capable of reading the dispensing support program from a computer-readable recording medium 15, such as a CD, DVD, BD, or USB memory, on which the dispensing support program is recorded.

[0041] The storage unit 12 is a non-volatile storage device that stores various data and control programs such as the dispensing support program for causing the control unit 11 to execute the dispensing support process described below. The storage unit 12 also stores various information such as the prescription data acquired from the higher-level system 6, and dispensing data and packaging data generated by the control unit 11 based on the prescription data. The storage unit 12 also stores various databases such as a drug master and a recipient master, and the control unit 11 can edit the various databases through user operations.

[0042] The drug master contains information corresponding to each drug, such as drug name, JAN code, GS1 code, bottle code, classification (dosage form: powder, tablet, liquid, topical medicine, etc.), specific gravity, drug classification (ordinary medicine, poison, narcotic, powerful drug, antipsychotic, therapeutic drug, etc.), compounding variations, excipients, precautions, etc. The drug code, drug name, JAN code, GS1 code, etc. are examples of drug identification information that can identify a drug.

[0043] The recipient master includes information such as the recipient ID, recipient name, gender, age, address, medical history, family information, medical department, medication distribution group, and medication distribution location information for each recipient. The recipient ID or the recipient name is an example of recipient identification information that can identify the recipient. The medication distribution group is identification information for identifying a predetermined medication distribution unit such as a ward, facility, hospital room, or floor in which the recipient resides. The medication distribution location information is identification information for identifying location information such as the room and bed number in which the recipient resides to receive the medication. In addition to the recipient master, master information in which the recipient identification information is associated with the medication distribution group and the medication distribution location information may be stored in the storage unit 12.

[0044] The storage unit 12 also stores various types of information, such as medication distribution management information D1, packaging mode information D2, and medication distribution group information D3, in association with each medication group, and the control unit 11 can edit the various types of information through user operations. Note that the storage unit 12 may store the medication distribution management information D1 and the packaging mode information D2 that are common to a plurality of medication groups.

[0045] In the medication management information D1, as shown in Fig. 3, one or more dosing times are stored in association with each medication dispensing time. The dosing times include, for example, "before breakfast," "between breakfast," "after breakfast," "before breakfast," "between breakfast," "after lunch," "before lunch," "between lunch," "after breakfast," "after dinner," "before dinner," "between dinner," "after dinner," "before bedtime," "upon waking up (the same day)," "upon waking up (the next day)," "as-needed dose," and "external use." The medication dispensing time includes, for example, "morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "before bedtime." Furthermore, in the medication dispensing management information D1, an output order (packaging order) for the multiple medication dispensing times is set, and in the example shown in Fig. 3, the order of "morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "before bedtime," which are arranged from top to bottom in the medication dispensing management information D1, is set as the output order.

[0046] The taking time and the medication delivery time may include two or more types of time periods: a time period defined in relation to a meal, such as "after lunch," a time period defined in relation to the user's behavior, such as "before going to bed," and a time period defined by a time or time zone, such as "11:00" or "afternoon." For example, a plurality of taking times expressed by times, such as "11:00" and "3:00 PM," may be associated with a single medication delivery time, such as "11:00" or "afternoon." Furthermore, a plurality of taking times, such as "11:00" and "after lunch," may be associated with a single medication delivery time, such as "11:00."

[0047] The control unit 11 can set the correspondence between the medication intake time and the medication dispensing time in the medication dispensing management information D1 in response to a user operation. Specifically, in the medication dispensing management information D1 shown in Fig. 3, the "morning" medication intake time is associated with the medication intake times "before breakfast" and "after breakfast," and the "afternoon" medication intake time is associated with the medication intake times "before lunch" and "after lunch." Also, in the medication dispensing management information D1, the "evening" medication intake time is associated with the medication intake times "before dinner" and "after dinner."

[0048] In addition, medications corresponding to the "upon waking up" dosing period may be dispensed to the recipient together with medications corresponding to the "before going to bed" dosing period, which is the last dosing period one day before the dosing day to which the medication belongs. In response to this, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 11 can associate the "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" dosing periods with the "before going to bed" dosing period in the medication dispensing management information D1. That is, the control unit 11 can associate the "before going to bed" dosing period and the "upon waking up" dosing period, which are on different dosing days, with the same "before going to bed" dosing period. Thus, when the dosing period for each dosing period is identified based on the medication dispensing management information D1, for example, the "before going to bed" dosing period on April 1st is identified as the dosing period corresponding to the "before going to bed" dosing period on the dosing day of April 1st and the "upon waking up" dosing period on the following dosing day of April 2nd.

[0049] In the packaging mode information D2, as shown in Fig. 4, the medication distribution groups and packaging modes in the packaging operation executed by the packaging device 3 are stored in association with each other. The packaging modes include a first packaging mode and a second packaging mode in which the order of the medicine packets 81 on the medicine packet sheet 80 output by the packaging operation is different. The control unit 11 can set the association between the medication distribution groups and the packaging modes in the packaging mode information D2 in response to a user operation. Note that the dispensing support system 1 may be capable of executing either the first packaging mode or the second packaging mode.

[0050] The first packaging mode and the second packaging mode have in common the fact that the packaging operation is performed in a manner in which the medicine packets 81 corresponding to a plurality of users for the same medication dispensing time are consecutively arranged. In other words, in the first packaging mode and the second packaging mode, the packaging operation is performed in a manner in which the medicine packets 81 for different users and for the same medication dispensing time are consecutively arranged. On the other hand, the first packaging mode and the second packaging mode differ in the following points.

[0051] In the first packaging mode, the packaging operation is performed in such a manner that, for each distribution date, a medicine packet group in which the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple users for the same distribution time are consecutive is repeated for each distribution time. In other words, the packaging operation is performed in such a manner that a medicine packet group in which the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple users for the same distribution time are consecutive is repeated for each distribution time. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a packaging result when the packaging operation is performed in the first packaging mode. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, in a medicine packet group 801 corresponding to the distribution date (April 1, 2020), a medicine packet group 802 in which the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple users for each distribution time for that distribution date are consecutive is formed, and similarly, for the next distribution day and thereafter, a medicine packet group 802 in which the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple users for each distribution time for that distribution date are consecutively formed. In the first packaging mode, the packaging corresponding to the plurality of users who have the same drug distribution date and drug distribution time is executed in the order of the drug distribution position information previously set in the drug distribution group information D3, etc. In addition, in the first packaging mode, for example, as shown in Fig. 14, for the same user "Yuyama Ichiro", a plurality of drug packets 81 corresponding to "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" assigned to the same drug distribution time "before going to bed" may be consecutive.

[0052] In the second packaging mode, the packaging operation is performed in a manner in which, for each distribution time, a medicine packet group containing consecutive medicine packets corresponding to multiple users for the same distribution time is repeated on a distribution day basis. In other words, the medicine packets 81 corresponding to each user who needs to receive medication on that distribution time on that distribution day are packaged in order of the distribution time. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a packaging result when the packaging operation is performed in the second packaging mode. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, in the medicine packet group 811 corresponding to the first distribution time (morning), the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple users for each distribution day for that distribution time are packaged consecutively, and then, similarly, for the next distribution time, the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple users for each distribution day are packaged consecutively. Note that, in the second packaging mode, packaging corresponding to the multiple users who have the same distribution day and distribution time is performed in the order of the medicine distribution position information preset in the medicine distribution group information D3 or the like.

[0053] In the medication distribution group information D3, as shown in FIG. 5, the medication distribution group and the medication distribution location information belonging to the medication distribution group are stored in association with each other. For example, if the medication distribution group is a nursing home, the medication distribution location information is information indicating a room number in the nursing home and a bed number of a bed provided in the room corresponding to the room number. The control unit 11 can set the association between the medication group and the medication distribution location information in the medication distribution group information D3 in response to a user operation. In addition, in the medication distribution group information D3, the order of packaging corresponding to the multiple recipients with the same medication distribution date and medication distribution time can also be set based on the data order of the medication distribution location information.

[0054] The control unit 11 includes a processor such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and the processor executes various processes according to various control programs stored in the ROM or the memory unit 12, thereby controlling the operation of the dispensing support device 1.

[0055] Specifically, the control unit 11 includes various processing units such as an allocation processing unit 111, a packaging processing unit 112, a sheet output processing unit 113, and a shape change processing unit 114. The control unit 11 functions as the various processing units by executing various processes in accordance with the dispensing support program. Any one or more of the various processing units may be electronic circuits such as ASIC or DSP.

[0056] Based on the prescription data corresponding to the multiple recipients acquired from the host system 6 and the medication dispensing management information D1, the allocation processing unit 111 assigns the medication dates and medication times identified based on each prescription data to medication dispensing dates and medication dispensing times. For example, consider a case where the medication start date in the prescription data is April 1st, the medication times corresponding to the dosage in the prescription data are "upon waking up," "after breakfast," "after lunch," "after dinner," and "before bedtime," and the medication period is 7 days. In this case, the allocation processing unit 111 assigns the medication times "after breakfast," "after lunch," "after dinner," and "before bedtime," which correspond to the medication dates for the seven days from April 1st (the medication start date) to April 7th, to the medication times "morning," "after noon," "evening," and "before bedtime," which correspond to the medication dispensing days for the same days from April 1st to April 7th. Meanwhile, the allocation processing unit 111 assigns the medication dates and medication times to the medication dispensing dates and medication dispensing times based on preset conditions. Specifically, for the predetermined specific dosing time "upon waking up," the allocation processing unit 111 assigns the dosing times corresponding to the dosing dates from April 1 to April 7, which are the dosing start dates, to the dosing time "before going to bed," which corresponds to the dosing date from March 31 to April 6, which are the dosing dates. In this way, the allocation processing unit 111 can assign one or more dosing times to one or more dosing times. In particular, the allocation processing unit 111 can assign multiple dosing times, such as "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" that have different dosing dates, to a single dosing time, such as "before going to bed," that corresponds to the same dosing date, based on the dosing management information D1. The allocation processing unit 111 may be able to set, in advance for each dosing group, conditions for the specific dosing time, such as whether the dosing date is the day before the dosing date corresponding to the dosing time or the dosing date itself, in response to a user operation. Furthermore, the allocation processing unit 111 may be able to set any dosing time as the specific dosing time in response to a user operation. The specific dosing time, and the relationship between the dosing date and the dispensing date may be registered in the dispensing management information D1.

[0057] The packaging processing unit 112 determines the output order of the medicine packets 81 containing medicines for each of the administration periods corresponding to multiple recipients, based on the delivery dates and delivery periods assigned by the allocation processing unit 111, and causes the packaging device 3 to perform a packaging operation to output the medicine packets 81 in the output order. Specifically, the packaging processing unit 112 causes the packaging device 3 to perform a packaging operation in a manner in which the medicine packets 81 containing medicines corresponding to multiple recipients are consecutive, for each delivery period assigned by the allocation processing unit 111. More specifically, the packaging processing unit 112 generates packaging data for the packaging operation in the packaging device 3, based on prescription data corresponding to multiple recipients, and outputs the generated packaging data to the packaging device 3. As a result, the packaging device 3 performs the packaging operation in a manner in which the medicine packets 81 corresponding to the multiple recipients for the same delivery period are consecutive, based on the packaging data. The packaging data is data that allows the packaging device 3 to perform the packaging operation in accordance with the order of the plurality of medication distribution periods registered in the medication distribution management information D1.

[0058] Furthermore, the packaging processing unit 112 can register the medication distribution management information D1 indicating the correspondence between one or more of the administration times and the medication distribution times in response to a user operation. In particular, as described above, the packaging processing unit 112 can register, in the medication distribution management information D1, a plurality of administration times with different administration dates in association with the same medication distribution time.

[0059] The sheet output processing unit 113 outputs a medication distribution sheet in which information on the recipient, the drug, and the drug packaging form corresponding to the drug package 81 is arranged based on the packing execution order in the packing operation. For example, the sheet output processing unit 113 can output the medication distribution sheet to the printing device 4 to print it as a medication distribution sheet. The sheet output processing unit 113 can also transmit the medication distribution sheet to an information processing device or the like provided in the residential facility.

[0060] When the packaging operation is performed based on the prescription data corresponding to multiple recipients, the shape change processing unit 114 can change the packaging shape of the medicine in the packaging operation based on any of the prescription data and the information on the packaging shape of the medicine packet on the medication distribution sheet in response to user operation.

[0061] [Pharmacy support processing] An example of the procedure of the dispensing support process executed by the dispensing support system 10 will be described below with reference to Figure 6. The dispensing support process is executed by the control unit 11 when a predetermined user operation for executing the dispensing support program is performed on the dispensing support device 1. Note that the present invention may be understood as an invention of a dispensing support method that executes part or all of the processing procedures of the dispensing support process, or as an invention of the dispensing support program that causes a processor installed in the dispensing support device 1 or the like to execute the dispensing support method.

[0062] <Step S1> In step S1, the control unit 11 executes a selection process for selecting the medication distribution group to be processed in the dispensing support process in response to a user operation or the like. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 11 displays a selection screen P10 on the operation display unit 13, the selection screen P10 including an area A11 displaying a list of medication distribution groups that are candidates for processing in the dispensing support process. Then, the control unit 11 selects the medication distribution group to be processed in response to a selection operation by the user using the operation display unit 13. When the medication distribution group is selected in the area A11 of the selection screen P10, the control unit 11 displays a list of the prescription data corresponding to each of the recipients belonging to the medication distribution group in the area A12 of the selection screen P10. Furthermore, the control unit 11 may automatically select the medication distribution group as the processing target when a predetermined timing, such as a reservation time preset for each medication distribution group, arrives.

[0063] Incidentally, when the medical treatment type indicated in the prescription data input from the higher-level system 6 is outpatient, the control unit 11 automatically generates packaging data based on the prescription data and outputs it to the packaging device 3. On the other hand, when the medical treatment type indicated in the prescription data is not outpatient (for example, hospitalization or institutionalization), the control unit 11 puts the processing of the prescription data on hold. As a result, for prescription data in which the medical treatment type is hospitalization or institutionalization, it is possible to generate packaging data in units of the medication distribution group and start the packaging operation. Note that, as another embodiment, when the prescription data does not include information on the medication distribution group, the control unit 11 may automatically generate packaging data based on the prescription data and input it to the packaging device 3, and when the prescription data includes information on the medication distribution group, put the processing of the prescription data on hold.

[0064] <Step S2> In step S2, the control unit 11 determines whether a change in the dispensing method has been requested for any of the prescription data of the multiple recipients belonging to the medication distribution group selected in step S1. If it is determined that a change in the dispensing method has been requested (S2: Yes), the process proceeds to step S21, and if a change in the dispensing method has not been requested (S2: No), the process proceeds to step S3.

[0065] For example, when any of the prescription data is selected in the area A12 of the selection screen P10 and a user operation such as double-clicking is performed, the control unit 11 displays a details screen P20 showing details of the prescription data, as shown in FIG. 8. Thereafter, when the "Modify Prescription" operation key K21 is operated on the details screen P20, the control unit 11 determines that a change in the dispensing method of the prescription data has been requested. For example, the dispensing method includes the packaging form (sachet, heat, etc.) or a package group of drugs dispensed based on the prescription data. The package group is a group of drugs packaged in the same medicine packet 81 when the prescription data includes multiple drugs as prescription drugs.

[0066] <Step S21> In step S21, the control unit 11 changes the dispensing method for the prescription data selected as the target for changing the dispensing method in response to a user operation, and stores the changed dispensing method in the storage unit 12 in association with the prescription data. The control unit 11 then reflects the changed dispensing method in the packaging data generated in step S41 or S5, which will be described later, and in the medication distribution sheet generated in step S7, which will be described later. Step S21 is executed by the form change processing unit 114 of the control unit 11.

[0067] For example, in step S21, the control unit 11 displays a first change screen P30 for changing the prescription data, as shown in FIG. 9. Next, when a drug to be changed is selected on the first change screen P30 and a user operation, such as an operation key K31 or an operation area A31, for changing the packaging form is performed, the control unit 11 determines that the packaging form of the drug will be changed. Then, the control unit 11 displays a second change screen P40 for changing the packaging form, as shown in FIG. 10. Next, the control unit 11 changes the packaging form on the second change screen P40 by operating operation keys K41 to K44 for selecting the packaging form from "Sachet," "DTA," "Heat," and "Crush," or by selecting from a pull-down menu in the operation area A41. Thereafter, when the dispensing method change process is completed, the process returns to step S2. Furthermore, when a user operates the operation key K32 or operation area A32 to change the combined package group on the first change screen P30, a process for changing the combined package group is similarly executed.

[0068] <Step S3> In step S3, the control unit 11 determines whether or not to start dispensing for the medication group selected in step S1. If it is determined that dispensing should be started (S3: Yes), the process proceeds to step S31, and if it is determined that dispensing should not be started (S3: No), the process returns to step S2.

[0069] For example, when a user operates the operation key K11 for starting dispensing for the medication group selected on the selection screen P10 (see FIG. 7), the control unit 11 determines to start dispensing for the medication group. Alternatively, the control unit 11 may automatically determine to start dispensing when a specific timing such as a preset reservation time arrives.

[0070] <Step S31> In step S31, the control unit 11 assigns a medication dispensing date and a medication dispensing time to the medication taking date and the medication taking time specified based on each prescription data corresponding to the multiple recipients belonging to the medication dispensing group, based on the medication dispensing management information D1. The medication taking date is the day on which the recipient takes the drug, and the medication taking time is the time when the recipient takes the drug on the medication taking date. The medication dispensing date is the day on which a medication dispenser, such as a nurse, facility staff member, or pharmacist, who dispenses the drug to the recipient in a hospital or elderly care facility, dispenses the drug, and the medication dispensing time is the time when the medication dispenser dispenses the drug on the medication dispensing date. Step S31 is executed by the allocation processing unit 111 of the control unit 11.

[0071] For example, FIG. 11 shows prescription data D11, which is an example of the prescription data. The prescription data D11 shown in FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of the prescription data D11 expanded, and the data structure of the prescription data D11 is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. 11, the prescription data D11 is prescription data for 7 days from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7" corresponding to a recipient ID "100001" and a recipient name "Ichiro Yuyama," and the administration times included in the dosage instructions are "upon waking up," "after breakfast," "after lunch," "after dinner," and "before going to bed." The prescription number of the prescription data D11 is "10000000001." Furthermore, the drugs to be taken at the times "after breakfast," "after lunch," and "after dinner" are drugs M1, M2, and M3, the drug to be taken at the time "before going to bed" is drug M11, and the drug to be taken at the time "upon waking up" is drug M12. In this case, the control unit 11 assigns the administration times of "after breakfast," "after lunch," "after dinner," and "before bedtime" on each of the administration days from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7" to the administration times of "morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "before bedtime" on each of the administration days from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7" based on the administration management information D1. Also, the control unit 11 assigns the administration time of "upon waking up" on each of the administration days from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7" to the administration time of "before bedtime" on each of the administration days from "3 / 31" to "4 / 6" based on the administration management information D1. That is, the control unit 11 assigns "before bedtime" and "upon waking up," which are multiple administration times on different administration days, to "before bedtime," which is one administration time on the same administration day.

[0072] <Step S4> In step S4, the control unit 11 determines whether the packaging mode corresponding to the medication distribution group to be processed is the first packaging mode based on the packaging mode information D2. If it is determined that the packaging mode is the first packaging mode (S4: Yes), the process proceeds to step S5. If the packaging mode is the first packaging mode, it is determined that the packaging mode is not the first packaging mode (S4: No), and the process proceeds to step S41. In another embodiment, any packaging mode may be selectable from three or more packaging modes.

[0073] In the dispensing support process, if the prescription data of a patient included in the medication distribution group being processed includes a drug to be dispensed using the dispensing device 2, the control unit 11 generates dispensing data to be input to the dispensing device 2 based on the prescription data, and also executes a process to input the dispensing data to each of the dispensing devices 2, but detailed explanations thereof will be omitted here.

[0074] <Steps S5 and S41> In step S5, the control unit 11 generates packaging data corresponding to the first packaging mode based on the prescription data corresponding to multiple users belonging to the medication distribution group to be processed, the allocation result in step S31, and the medication distribution group information D3, and stores the generated packaging data in the storage unit 12. In addition, in step S41, the control unit 11 generates packaging data corresponding to the second packaging mode based on the prescription data corresponding to multiple users belonging to the medication distribution group to be processed, the allocation result in step S31, and the medication distribution group information D3, and stores the generated packaging data in the storage unit 12.

[0075] Furthermore, for prescription data corresponding to multiple recipients belonging to the medication distribution group for which changes to the dispensing method are stored in the memory unit 12, the control unit 11 reflects the changes to the dispensing method in the packaging data in steps S5 and S41. For example, the prescription data input to the dispensing support device 1 may indicate that the tablet packaging format is "single packet." Furthermore, the control unit 11 may automatically set the packaging format of the tablets included in the prescription data to "single packet" based on the prescription data and the recipient or medication distribution group corresponding to the prescription data. Thus, for tablets whose packaging format is "single packet," if the packaging format is changed from "single packet" to "heat" in step S21, the control unit 11 excludes the tablets from the packaging data creation targets. In this case, the control unit 11 changes the tablet packaging format to "heat" and includes it in the dispensing data input to, for example, the picking support device or the PTP sheet dispensing device. As a result, when dispensing is performed based on the prescription data, the tablets are dispensed in the "heat" packaging form without being packaged by the packaging device 3. In other words, the control unit 11 excludes tablets whose packaging form has been changed to "heat" from the tablets to be packaged by the packaging device 3.

[0076] FIG. 12 shows packaging data D12, which is an example of the packaging data generated by the control unit 11 when the packaging mode is the first packaging mode. The packaging data D12 shown in FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the expanded contents of the packaging data D12, and the data structure of the packaging data D12 is not limited to this. Each row of records in the packaging data D12 is data corresponding to one of the medicine packets 81. Furthermore, in the packaging data D12, the prescription number of the prescription data corresponding to each medicine packet 81 is associated with the record corresponding to the medicine packet 81. In the packaging data D12 shown in FIG. 12, for the medication delivery date of "4 / 1," data corresponding to multiple users named "Ichiro Yuyama," "Jiro Yuyama," "Saburo Yuyama," and "Shiro Yuyama" are arranged in order of medication delivery times: "morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "before bedtime." Next, for the medication delivery date of "4 / 2," data corresponding to multiple users named "Ichiro Yuyama," "Jiro Yuyama," "Saburo Yuyama," and "Shiro Yuyama" are arranged in order of medication delivery times: "morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "before bedtime." Here, data corresponding to multiple users named "Ichiro Yuyama," "Jiro Yuyama," "Saburo Yuyama," and "Shiro Yuyama" who correspond to the same medication delivery date and medication delivery time are arranged according to the data order in the medication delivery group information D3. Similarly, data corresponding to multiple users named "Ichiro Yuyama," "Jiro Yuyama," "Saburo Yuyama," and "Shiro Yuyama" are arranged in order of medication delivery times: "morning," "afternoon," "evening," and "before bedtime" for the medication delivery dates of "4 / 3" to "4 / 7." The package data D12 shown in FIG. 12 also includes, at the beginning, data corresponding to a user named "Ichiro Yuyama" whose medication delivery date is "3 / 31" and whose medication delivery time is "before bedtime." Although not shown in FIG. 12, the packaging data also includes other information such as the quantity of each medicine and the package group.

[0077] FIG. 13 shows packaging data D12, which is an example of the packaging data generated by the control unit 11 when the packaging mode is the second packaging mode. The packaging data D12 shown in FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the contents of the packaging data D12 expanded, and the data structure of the packaging data D12 is not limited to this. Each row of records in the packaging data D12 is data corresponding to one of the medicine packets 81. In the packaging data D12 shown in FIG. 13, first, for the "morning" medication distribution period, data corresponding to multiple users named "Ichiro Yuyama," "Jiro Yuyama," "Saburo Yuyama," and "Shiro Yuyama" is arranged in order by medication distribution date from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7." Next, for the "afternoon" medication distribution period, data corresponding to multiple users named "Ichiro Yuyama," "Jiro Yuyama," "Saburo Yuyama," and "Shiro Yuyama" is arranged in order by medication distribution date from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7." Here, data corresponding to multiple users named "Yuyama Ichiro," "Yuyama Jiro," "Yuyama Saburo," and "Yuyama Shiro" who correspond to the same medication date and medication time are arranged in the order of the data in the medication group information D3. Similarly, for the "evening" medication time, data corresponding to multiple users named "Yuyama Ichiro," "Yuyama Jiro," and "Yuyama Saburo" are arranged in order by medication date from "4 / 1" to "4 / 7." Furthermore, for the "before bedtime" medication time, data corresponding to multiple users named "Yuyama Ichiro," "Yuyama Jiro," and "Yuyama Saburo" are arranged in order by medication date from "3 / 31" to "4 / 7."

[0078] Furthermore, the control unit 11 associates each of the medicine packages 81 with a record in the packaging data D12 corresponding to that medicine package 81, and sets medicine package identification information capable of identifying that medicine package 81. Specifically, the control unit 11 assigns consecutive numbers equal in number to the total number of medicine packages 81 output in the packaging operation performed based on the packaging data D12, and sets each of the numbers as the medicine package identification information corresponding to each of the medicine packages 81. For example, in the example shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, 112 numbers "000001" to "000112," which is the total number of records in the packaging data D12 (total number of medicine packages 81), are assigned and associated with each record in the order of packaging in the packaging operation based on the packaging data. As a result, the packaging device 3 prints the medicine package identification information on the medicine package 81 based on the packaging data D12.

[0079] The control unit 11 then resets the consecutively assigned numbers as the medicine package identification information to an initial value such as "000001" at each predetermined specific period. That is, the control unit 11 does not reset the consecutively assigned numbers as the medicine package identification information until the specific period has elapsed. As a result, in the packaging data generated after the packaging data D12, consecutive numbers starting from "000113," which is the next number following "000112," the last medicine package identification information of the packaging data D12, are set as the medicine package identification information. Therefore, in the dispensing support system 10, the medicine package identification information is unique for each specific period as information for identifying the medicine package 81 packaged by the packaging device 3. In this way, the process of printing the medicine package identification information unique for each specific period on the medicine package 81 is executed by the control unit 11, and the control unit 11 is an example of a print processing unit of the present invention. The control unit 31 of the packaging device 3 that executes the process of printing the medicine package identification information on the medicine package 81 may be regarded as the print processing unit of the present invention. In another embodiment, the medicine package identification information may not be a sequential number, but may be a number, a letter, or a combination thereof that is unique within the specific period based on a preset rule. For example, the medicine package identification information may be expressed as a combination of the packing device 3 model number and date and time.

[0080] In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the packaging data is generated by the dispensing support device 1. However, in another embodiment, the prescription data may be input from the dispensing support device 1 to the packaging device 3, and the packaging data may be generated by the control unit 31 of the packaging device 3. Furthermore, the control unit 31 of the packaging device 3 may set the medicine package identification information, such as a serial number that is unique for each specific period, in a record corresponding to each medicine package 81 in the packaging data.

[0081] <Step S6> In step S6, the packaging data generated in steps S5 and S41 is input to the packaging device 3, and the packaging device 3 is caused to perform a packaging operation based on the packaging data. Steps S4 to S6 are executed by the packaging processing unit 112 of the control unit 11.

[0082] Specifically, if the packaging data corresponding to the first packaging mode has been generated in step S5, the control unit 31 in the packaging device 3 executes the packaging operation in the order of the drug package identification information in the packaging data, and the drug packages 81 are output in the order according to the first packaging mode. That is, in the packaging operation, for each drug delivery date, drug packages 81 corresponding to multiple recipients who require drug delivery at the same drug delivery time are packaged so that drug package groups each containing consecutive drug packages 81 are repeated for each drug delivery time. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, for drug package group 801 corresponding to the drug delivery date (April 1, 2020), drug package group 802 containing consecutive drug packages 81 corresponding to multiple recipients for each drug delivery time for that drug delivery date is formed. Similarly, for the next drug delivery date and thereafter, drug packages 81 corresponding to multiple recipients for each drug delivery time for that drug delivery date are formed consecutively. 14, in the last medicine packet group 802 on each of the medication distribution dates, the medicine packets 81 corresponding to the dosing times "before going to bed" and "upon waking up," which are assigned the medication distribution time "before going to bed," are formed consecutively. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 14, a medicine packet 81 for "before going to bed" for "Ichiro Yuyama," a medicine packet 81 for "upon waking up," a medicine packet 81 for "before going to bed" for "Jiro Yuyama," and a medicine packet 81 for "before going to bed" for "Saburo Yuyama," are formed in this order on the medicine packet sheet 80. This facilitates the task of separating the medicine packets 81 from the medicine packet group 811 and sequentially storing them in the storage unit 83, when a storage unit 83 such as a case that stores medicine packets 81 for multiple users corresponding to each combination of medication distribution date and medication distribution time is used for medication distribution, as shown in FIG. 19, for example. For example, a person in charge of dispensing medicine at the residence facility carries the storage unit 83 corresponding to each of the medication distribution periods within the residence facility at the timing of each of the medication distribution periods, and distributes the medicine packets 81 stored in the storage unit 83 to each user. Furthermore, the medicine packets 81 for the periods "before going to bed" and "when waking up" are assigned to the same medication distribution period of "before going to bed," and the medicine packets 81 for "before going to bed" and "when waking up" are formed consecutively in the medicine packet group 811, so that the work of storing the medicine packets 81 together in the storage unit 83 is also easy.Furthermore, if a person in charge of dispensing medicine distributes the medicine package 81 with a dosing time of "when waking up" while the person is asleep (before waking up), there is a risk of waking up the person, but if the medicine packages 81 with dosing times of "before going to bed" and "when waking up" are assigned to the same medicine distribution time of "before going to bed" and the medicine package 81 is distributed at the medicine distribution time of "before going to bed," the person will not be woken up while asleep (before waking up). Note that in Figure 19, the storage unit 83 is provided with individual storage units corresponding to each of the medicine distribution position information, but even if one individual storage unit is provided for each of the medicine distribution dates, the work of separating the medicine packages 81 from the medicine package group 811 in units of each combination of the medicine distribution date and the medicine distribution time and storing them sequentially in the storage unit 83 is similarly easy. Note that, here, as shown in Fig. 19, an example has been described in which the storage section 83 is independent for each of the drug delivery dates and drug delivery periods, but when the drug package 81 is output based on the packaging data corresponding to the first packaging mode, a storage section 83 shown in Fig. 20 and described below may be used. Furthermore, although not shown, the storage section 83 may be independent for each of the drug delivery dates, and each of the storage sections 83 may be provided with the individual storage sections corresponding to a plurality of the drug delivery periods.

[0083] Furthermore, if the packaging data corresponding to the second packaging mode has been generated in step S5, the control unit 31 in the packaging device 3 executes the packaging operation in the order of the medicine package identification information in the packaging data, and the medicine packages 81 are output in the order according to the second packaging mode. That is, in the packaging operation, for each medication delivery period, a medicine package group containing consecutive medicine packages 81 corresponding to multiple recipients who require medication at that medication delivery period is packaged so as to be repeated on a medication delivery day basis. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, in the medicine package group 811 corresponding to the first medication delivery period (morning), the medicine packages 81 corresponding to multiple recipients for each medication delivery day for that medication delivery period are successively formed, and similarly, for the next medication delivery period, the medicine packages 81 corresponding to multiple recipients for each medication delivery day are formed successively. 20, when a storage unit 84 such as a case is used that stores the medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple delivery dates for each delivery period, the work of separating the medicine packets 81 from the medicine packet group 811 and sequentially storing them in the storage unit 84 becomes easy. Also, the medicine packets 81 whose dosing periods are "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" are assigned to the same delivery period, "before going to bed," and the medicine packets 81 for "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" are formed consecutively in the medicine packet group 811, so that the work of storing the medicine packets 81 together in the storage unit 84 becomes easy. Note that in FIG. 20, the storage unit 84 is provided with individual storage units corresponding to each of the delivery position information, but even when one individual storage unit is provided for each delivery period, the work of separating the medicine packets 81 from the medicine packet group 811 for each delivery period and sequentially storing them in the storage unit 84 becomes easy. In addition, as shown in Figure 20, the storage section 83 is independent for each medication distribution period, and each storage section 83 is provided with individual storage sections corresponding to multiple medication distribution dates, but when the drug package 81 is output based on the packaging data corresponding to the second packaging mode, the storage section 83 shown in Figure 19 may also be used.Also, although not shown in the figures, the storage section 83 may be independent for each of the medication distribution dates, and each of the storage sections 83 may be provided with individual storage sections corresponding to multiple medication distribution periods.

[0084] <Step S7> In step S7, the control unit 11 generates a medication distribution sheet based on the prescription data, the dispensing data, the packaging data, the recipient master, the medication distribution group information D3, etc. corresponding to the multiple recipients belonging to the medication distribution group to be processed. Here, a medication distribution sheet P1, which is an example of the medication distribution sheet, will be described with reference to Figures 16 and 17.

[0085] Specifically, the control unit 11 generates the medication distribution sheet corresponding to each combination of medication distribution date and medication distribution time. Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the medication distribution sheet P1 in which the medication distribution date is "April 1st" and the medication distribution time is "morning", and Fig. 17 is a diagram showing an example of the medication distribution sheet P1 in which the medication distribution date is "April 1st" and the medication distribution time is "before going to bed". Note that illustration of the medication distribution sheet P1 in which the medication distribution time is "afternoon" and "evening" is omitted.

[0086] When the number of recipients is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, the control unit 11 outputs multiple pages of the medication distribution sheet for the same combination of medication distribution date and medication distribution time. The control unit 11 also generates a new page of the medication distribution sheet each time the combination of the medication distribution date and medication distribution time changes. When the medication distribution sheet is output in double-sided printing, the new page also includes switching from the front to the back of a single medication distribution sheet. A title area A10 containing information on the medication group, medication distribution date, and medication distribution time is arranged on each page of the medication distribution sheet.

[0087] Furthermore, the control unit 11 arranges, on each of the medication distribution sheets, the areas D21 and D22 corresponding to each of the medication distribution position information in an order according to a preset layout based on the medication distribution group information D3 and the recipient master. In the layout, the areas D21 and D22 corresponding to each of the medication distribution position information are arranged side by side based on the order of packaging in the packaging operation.

[0088] The area D21 includes the medication dispensing location information and identification information such as the name of the recipient corresponding to the medication dispensing location information. The area D22 also includes information such as the medication administration time of the recipient corresponding to the medication dispensing location information, medication identification information, the medication packaging format, and the medication dosage. The medication administration time displayed in the area D22 may be information that can identify the medication administration time in relation to the medication administration time in the title area A10. For example, if the medication administration time is "after breakfast" and the medication administration time in the title area A10 is "morning," the medication administration time in the area D21 may be "after a meal," as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17.

[0089] Furthermore, the control unit 11 sets the area D21 corresponding to the medication dispensing location information belonging to the medication dispensing group that does not have a recipient in an identifiable manner on each medication dispensing sheet. For example, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the control unit 11 sets the area D21 corresponding to the medication dispensing location information belonging to the medication dispensing group that has a recipient in an unshaded or white manner, and sets the area D21-1 corresponding to the medication dispensing location information "304-1" that has no recipient in an unshaded or grayed-out manner. This makes it easy to determine whether or not a recipient is present for each medication dispensing location information by referring to the medication dispensing sheet. Furthermore, it is possible to understand that the reason the medicine package 81 corresponding to the medication dispensing location information does not exist is because there is no recipient corresponding to the medication dispensing location information.

[0090] Furthermore, in each of the medication distribution sheets, there may be a case where a patient is present in the medication distribution location information belonging to the medication distribution group, but the medication package 81 to be dispensed corresponding to the medication distribution date and medication distribution time does not exist. In this case, the control unit 11 sets the area D21 corresponding to the medication distribution location information to the same form as the area D21 corresponding to the medication distribution location information in which the patient is present. Meanwhile, the control unit 11 displays the area D22 corresponding to the medication distribution location information blank. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the control unit 11 blanks the area D22-1 corresponding to the medication distribution location information of "304-2," for which there is no medication package 81 to be dispensed at the medication distribution time. This makes it possible to understand, by referring to the medication distribution sheet, that the reason the medication package 81 corresponding to the medication distribution location information does not exist is not because there is no patient corresponding to the medication distribution location information, but because there is a patient corresponding to the medication distribution location information, but because there is no medication for the patient to take at the medication time corresponding to the medication distribution time.

[0091] Furthermore, if changes to the dispensing method corresponding to the prescription data are stored in the storage unit 12 in step S21, the control unit 11 generates the medication distribution sheet based on the changes. For example, for tablets whose packaging form has been changed from "sachet" to "heat" in step S21, the control unit 11 changes the packaging form in the medication distribution sheet from "tablets" indicating individual tablets to "tablets" indicating heat tablets. Furthermore, for tablets whose packaging form has been changed from "heat" to "sachet" in step S21, the control unit 11 changes the packaging form in the medication distribution sheet from "tablets" indicating heat tablets to "tablets" indicating individual tablets.

[0092] <Step S8> In step S8, the control unit 11 outputs the medication distribution sheet generated in step S7. Specifically, the control unit 11 outputs print data of the medication distribution sheet to the printer 4 and causes the printer 4 to print the medication distribution sheet. The control unit 11 may also display the medication distribution sheet on the display device 14 or the like, or may transmit data of the medication distribution sheet to an external device such as a mobile terminal. Note that in steps S7 to S8, the output step of outputting the medication distribution sheet is executed by the sheet output processing unit 113 of the control unit 11.

[0093] In another embodiment, the control unit 11 may be capable of switching whether or not to output the medication distribution sheet in steps S7 to S8 in response to a user operation. For example, when the medication distribution group is selected in step S1, the control unit 11 switches whether or not to output the medication distribution sheet in response to a user operation. The control unit 11 may also be capable of outputting the medication distribution sheet automatically or in response to a user operation at a timing different from the timing at which the dispensing support process is executed.

[0094] As described above, in the dispensing support system 10, the packaging operation is performed in such a manner that medicine packets corresponding to multiple recipients are consecutively packaged for each dispensing period, thereby improving the efficiency of the worker's work in dispensing medicines to multiple recipients. For example, the worker can easily group medicine packets 81 corresponding to multiple recipients by dispensing period. Specifically, the worker can easily store each of the medicine packets 81 formed in the medicine packet group 811 sequentially by dispensing period in the storage unit 83 or the storage unit 84 shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 . Furthermore, in the dispensing support system 10, the medicine packets 81 corresponding to the administration periods "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" are assigned to the same dispensing period, "before going to bed," and the medicine packets 81 corresponding to "before going to bed" and "upon waking up" are consecutively formed in the medicine packet group 811. Therefore, the worker can easily store the medicine packets 81 together in the storage unit 84.

[0095] The following describes other functions of the dispensing support system 10. In addition, the following describes various functions based on the configuration of the dispensing support system 10, but these various functions are not limited to those based on the configuration according to the first embodiment, and may be applicable to conventional dispensing support systems, etc.

[0096] [Individual payment support function] For example, when the tablet dispensing unit 34 or 35 capable of dispensing tablets in the packaging operation of the packaging device 3 is not present, the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​may be used to dispense the tablets. In this case, the operator must insert tablets corresponding to each administration period into each cell provided in the individual dispensing unit 36. In particular, when the packaging operation is performed so that the drug packets 81 corresponding to each of multiple recipients for each administration period are consecutively arranged in units of the medication distribution group, as in the first packaging mode or the second packaging mode, tablets corresponding to different recipients must be inserted into each cell. This may reduce the efficiency of the operator's work of inserting tablets into each cell, or may result in human error. In response to this, the packaging device 3 is equipped with an individual dispensing support function that supports the operator in inserting tablets corresponding to different recipients into each cell of the individual dispensing unit 36.

[0097] First, in the packaging device 3, when the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​is used in the packaging operation for medicines corresponding to multiple recipients, the control unit 31 assigns multiple cells as destinations for the medicines corresponding to the multiple recipients. Specifically, the control unit 31 assigns destinations for the medicines corresponding to each of the medicine package identification information for which the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​is used in the packaging operation to each of the cells in the order of the medicine package identification information. In this way, the control unit 31 when executing the process of assigning destinations for the medicines to each of the cells is an example of an individual dispensing processing unit of the present invention.

[0098] Then, the control unit 31 causes the operation display unit 33 to display a message indicating that chemicals need to be added to the individual dispensing unit 36. Thereafter, the control unit 31 causes the operation display unit 33 to display the types and quantities of chemicals assigned to each of the cells in the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​in association with each cell. This allows the operator to easily grasp the types and quantities of chemicals to be added to each of the cells.

[0099] Furthermore, when the code reading unit 39 reads the medicine identification information from the code information written on the medicine box or PTP sheet, the control unit 31 verifies whether the medicine identification information matches any of the medicine identification information of the medicines currently to be dispensed into each of the cells of the individual dispensing unit 36. If the comparison results in a mismatch, the control unit 31 notifies the user of the error by displaying a preset error message, etc. On the other hand, if the comparison results in a match, the control unit 31 executes a position display process to display information indicating the positions of one or more cells assigned as the destination of the medicine corresponding to the medicine identification information on the operation display unit 33 or to light up a lighting unit, such as an LED (not shown), provided in the cell. The control unit 31 executing such a display process is an example of a dispensing display processing unit of the present invention. The control unit 31 may also display a list of medicine types assigned to each of the cells of the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​on the operation display unit 33 and execute the position display process when any of the medicine types is selected.

[0100] The control unit 31 can switch the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​between a first state in which medicines cannot be dispensed into the plurality of cells and a second state in which medicines can be dispensed into the plurality of cells. For example, the control unit 31 drives a drive unit (not shown) in the packaging device 3 to switch between the first state in which a cover member provided on the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​is open and the second state in which the cover member is closed. The control unit 31 can also drive a drive unit (not shown) in the packaging device 3 to switch between the first state in which the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​is exposed and the second state in which the individual dispensing unit 36 ​​is housed within the housing of the packaging device 3. Here, if the plurality of cells are assigned as destinations for medicines corresponding to different dispensing or dosing periods in the first state, the efficiency of the operator's work of dispensing medicines into each of the cells may decrease, or human error may occur.

[0101] In response to this, the control unit 31 may execute allocation by a method in which, in the first state, the plurality of cells are allocated as destinations for drugs corresponding to only one of the dosing times or dispensing times. For example, after allocating drugs corresponding to the dispensing time "morning" to the plurality of cells, even if there are unallocated cells in the individual dispensing unit 36, the control unit 31 does not allocate drugs corresponding to other dispensing times, such as "afternoon," to the unallocated cells. Note that drugs introduced into the plurality of cells at the timing of the first state are moved from the cells and temporarily stored in a storage unit, and are supplied from the storage unit when the packaging operation starts. Alternatively, the packaging operation may be started at the timing of the first state once, in which drugs corresponding to one dosing time or dispensing time that have been placed into the plurality of cells are packaged into the medicine packet 81, and then the packaging operation may be repeatedly started thereafter, in which the state transitions from the second state to the first state, and drugs corresponding to one dosing time or dispensing time that have been placed into the plurality of cells are packaged into the medicine packet 81 at the timing of the first state. As a result, the worker will place drugs corresponding to only one of the dosing times or dispensing times into the plurality of cells at each timing of the first state. This improves the efficiency of the worker's work of putting drugs into each of the cells, and reduces human error.

[0102] [Medication label output function] The packaging device 3 has a medication label output function that outputs a medication package 81A as a medication label on the medication package sheet 80, on which medication package group identification information that can identify each medication package group is printed.

[0103] Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, when the packaging operation is performed based on the packaging data corresponding to the first packaging mode, the control unit 31 outputs the empty medicine packet 81A between the medicine packets 81 at the timing when the distribution date changes. For example, in this embodiment, in the medicine distribution management information D1, the distribution time registered in the lowest row of the medicine distribution times ("before going to bed" in FIG. 3) is registered as the last distribution time of the distribution day, and the distribution time registered in the highest row of the medicine distribution times is registered as the first distribution time of the distribution day ("morning" in FIG. 3). The control unit 31 then determines the timing when the distribution date changes based on the medicine distribution management information D1. For example, when the medicine distribution management information D1 shown in FIG. 3 is used, the timing when the distribution time changes from "before going to bed" to "morning" is determined as the timing when the distribution date changes, and the medicine packet 81A is output between "before going to bed" and "morning." Furthermore, the control unit 31 uses the package printer 38 to print information such as text or an image indicating the medication distribution date before or after the change on the medicine package 81A. The control unit 31 executing the process for outputting the medicine package 81A as the medication distribution label in this manner is an example of the medicine package label output process of the present invention. In another embodiment, the control unit 31 may output the empty medicine package 81A at the timing when the medication distribution time changes, instead of or in addition to the timing when the medication distribution date changes, and print information such as text or an image indicating the medication distribution time before or after the change on the medicine package 81A.

[0104] Similarly, as shown in FIG. 15, when the packaging operation is performed based on the packaging data corresponding to the second packaging mode, the control unit 31 outputs the empty medicine package 81A between the medicine packages 81 at the timing when the medication dispensing time changes. The control unit 31 also uses the packaging printer 38 to print information such as text or an image indicating the medication dispensing time before or after the change on the medicine package 81A. As shown in FIG. 15, the control unit 31 may also print the period of the medication dispensing date corresponding to the medication dispensing time on the medicine package 81A. The control unit 31 executing the process for outputting the medicine package 81A as the medication dispensing label in this manner is an example of the medicine package label output process of the present invention. In another embodiment, the control unit 31 may output an empty medicine package 81A at the timing when the medicine distribution date changes, instead of or in addition to the timing when the medicine distribution period changes, and print information such as text or an image indicating the medicine distribution date before or after the change on the medicine package 81A.

[0105] As a result, by referring to the medicine package 81A output as the medicine distribution label, the worker can easily grasp the distribution date or the distribution time of each of the medicine packages 81 formed consecutively before or after the medicine package 81A. Therefore, the worker can efficiently perform work related to medicine distribution, such as grouping the medicine packages 81 corresponding to multiple users by the distribution date or the distribution time. Note that the control unit 31 may print other information, such as information indicating the medicine distribution group, on the medicine package 81A.

[0106] [Automatic packet separation function] An automatic winding device that automatically winds up the medicine packaging sheet 80 on which the medicine packages 81 output from the packaging device 3 are continuously formed may be used together with the packaging device 3. Note that the configuration of the automatic winding device is well known, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 6287844, and therefore will not be described here.

[0107] Incidentally, since the automatic winding device has a set upper limit on the number of medicine packets 81 that can be wound up, it is conceivable that the control unit 31 of the packaging device 3 executes a cutting process to cut the medicine packaging sheet 80 using a cutting unit (not shown) when the packaging operations of the upper limit number are performed consecutively. The control unit 31 executing the cutting process is an example of a cutting processing unit. In this case, the medicine packaging sheet 80 is cut at the timing when the total number of medicine packets 81 output in the packaging operations reaches the upper limit, so that the medicine packets 81 corresponding to the same patient that would normally be output consecutively may be discontinued and wound up as different medicine packaging sheets 80.

[0108] In contrast, in the packaging device 3, if the total number of medicine packets 81 output in the packaging operation executed continuously exceeds the upper limit number, and if the total number of medicine packets 81 corresponding to the same user reaches the upper limit number while multiple medicine packets 81 corresponding to the same user are being output continuously, the control unit 31 cuts the medicine packet sheet 80 between the medicine packet 81 corresponding to that user and the medicine packet 81 corresponding to the other user immediately before that user. In other words, if medicine packets 81 for the same user are output before and after the total number of medicine packets 81 reaches the upper limit number, the control unit 31 cuts the medicine packet sheet 80 before the medicine packet 81 corresponding to that user is output so that multiple medicine packets 81 for the same user do not overlap each other. For example, if the upper limit number is 400 and the medicine packets 81 corresponding to a specific user span the 400th to 401st consecutive packets in a series of the medicine packet sheets 80, the control unit 31 automatically cuts the medicine packet sheet 80 when the 399th medicine packet 81 is output. This prevents the medicine packets 81 corresponding to the same user, which would normally be output continuously, from being cut off midway.

[0109] In another embodiment, when the upper limit is 400, the medicine packets 81 corresponding to a specific user are formed as the 399th and 401st packets in a series of the medicine packet sheets 80, and the 400th packet is a medicine packet 81 for a user other than the specific user, the control unit 31 may automatically cut the medicine packet sheet 80 when the 398th medicine packet 81, which is just before the 399th packet, is output. Also, not limited to the unit of user, when there are successive medicine packets 81 corresponding to the same dosing date or the same dosing time, and the total number of medicine packets 81 output consecutively corresponding to the same dosing date or dosing time reaches the upper limit, the medicine packet sheet 80 may be cut when a medicine packet 81 corresponding to another user immediately before the user is output.

[0110] [Inspection result display function] As described above, in the inspection support device 5, the control unit 51 executes an inspection process that compares the type and quantity of drugs in the medicine packages 81 contained in the medicine package sheet 80 with the contents of the packaging data, and the inspection information is output as the inspection result of the inspection process. Note that the control unit 51 when executing the inspection process is an example of an inspection processing unit in the present invention. In particular, the inspection support device 5 may be equipped with an inspection result display function that searches for and displays the inspection information for any medicine package 81 in response to a user operation.

[0111] Specifically, the control unit 51 associates the medicine package identification information corresponding to each of the medicine packages 81 with the inspection information and stores them in the storage unit 52, on the assumption that the order of data corresponding to each of the medicine packages 81 in the package data is the same as the order of the medicine packages 81 formed on the medicine package sheet 80 inserted into the inspection support device 5. The control unit 51 also associates the medicine package sheet identification information or prescription identification information such as the prescription number corresponding to the package data to be compared in the inspection process with the medicine package identification information and the inspection information and stores them. The package data to be compared in the inspection process is identified by the control unit 51 in response to a selection operation by the user, or selected by the control unit 51 based on the inspection code read from the medicine package sheet 80. In another embodiment, the control unit 51 may acquire the drug package identification information of each drug package 81 printed at a predetermined position on the drug package 81 from the captured image of the drug package 81, and store the drug package identification information together with the prescription identification information corresponding to the drug package 81 in association with the inspection information for each drug package 81. When the drug package identification information is input by a user operation on the operation display unit 54, the control unit 51 searches for the inspection information of the drug package 81 corresponding to the drug package identification information and displays it on the operation display unit 54. This allows the user to easily refer to the inspection information corresponding to any drug package 81. In this manner, the control unit 51 when executing the inspection information display process is an example of an inspection display processing unit of the present invention. Note that a drug package number that can identify which package of the drug package 81 in the prescription data or packaging data corresponds to the prescription identification information may be associated with the inspection information. Alternatively, the prescription identification information may be associated with the drug package identification information, and the prescription identification information may be associated with the inspection information. In this case, the control unit 51 can identify the prescription identification information based on the medicine package identification information, and display the inspection information corresponding to the prescription identification information.

[0112] In this embodiment, the drug package identification information corresponding to the drug package 81 is unique information for each specific period. Therefore, when there is one specific period, the control unit 51 can identify one drug package 81 using only the drug package identification information. However, when there are multiple specific periods, it is not possible to identify one drug package 81 using only the drug package identification information. When prescription identification information or the like is input along with the drug package identification information, the control unit 51 can identify the drug package 81 that corresponds to the prescription identification information among the drug packages 81 corresponding to the drug package identification information and display the inspection information corresponding to that drug package 81. However, it requires the operator to take the time and effort of inputting the prescription identification information along with the drug package identification information.

[0113] In response to this, when the medicine package identification information is input, if there are multiple medicine packages 81 corresponding to the medicine package identification information, the control unit 51 may extract and display the inspection information corresponding to the newest medicine package 81 among the medicine packages 81. The newest medicine package 81 is the medicine package 81 that was last packaged in the packaging device 3 among the medicine packages 81 corresponding to the same medicine package identification information. Specifically, the inspection support device 5 stores the execution date and time of the packaging operation based on each of the packaging data in association with the respective packaging data. The control unit 51 then searches for the medicine package 81 corresponding to the medicine package identification information, and if there are multiple medicine packages 81, extracts the inspection information of the medicine package 81 corresponding to the medicine package identification information from the inspection information corresponding to the packaging data with the most recent execution date and time of the packaging operation. In another embodiment, the control unit 51 may search for the inspection information corresponding to the medicine package identification information in order from the packaging data with the most recent execution date and time of the packaging operation, and extract the first extracted inspection information as the inspection information corresponding to the latest medicine package 81. Note that information on the execution date and time of the packaging operation may be input to the inspection support device 5 from the packaging device 3, for example, or may be included in the inspection code read from the empty medicine package 81 formed on the medicine package sheet 80. Note that if there are multiple medicine packages 81 corresponding to the input medicine package identification information, the control unit 51 may identify one of the medicine packages 81 in response to a user operation to select one of the medicine packages 81, and extract and display the inspection information corresponding to that medicine package 81. Note that FIG. 18 is an example of an inspection display screen P50 on which the inspection information is displayed.

[0114] Furthermore, the control unit 51 can display the inspection information for one medicine package 81 corresponding to the medicine package identification information, and then, in response to a user operation, display the inspection information for another medicine package 81. Here, with reference to Fig. 18, an example of a method for switching the medicine package 81 for which the inspection information is to be displayed will be described.

[0115] 18, the inspection display screen P50 displays recipient identification information such as the recipient's name corresponding to the medicine package 81, medication distribution location information, dosing time, medication identification information such as the drug name, and the quantity of the drug, based on the package data. The inspection display screen P50 also displays a captured image P51 of the medicine package 81. Furthermore, the inspection display screen P50 displays information such as "OK" or "NG" indicating the suitability of the packaging of the medicine package 81 as an inspection result of the medicine package 81. Specifically, the inspection display screen P50 includes an area A51 in which the suitability of the number of medicines contained in the medicine package 81 is displayed, and an area A52 in which the suitability of the types of medicines contained in the medicine package 81 is displayed. In another embodiment, the areas A51 and A52 may not be separated, and the suitability of the medicines contained in the medicine package 81 may be displayed together. The inspection display screen P50 displays an operation unit K51 for switching the medicine package 81 for which the inspection information is to be displayed, and the control unit 51 sequentially changes the medicine package 81 for which the inspection information is to be displayed on the inspection display screen P50 in response to a first operation for operating the operation unit K51. For example, the operation unit K51 includes operation keys for switching the medicine package 81 to be displayed to the previous one, the next one, a predetermined number (two or more) before, a predetermined number (two or more) after, or the like.

[0116] An operation key K52 is also displayed on the inspection display screen P50. The control unit 51 switches the change order of the medicine packages 81 to be displayed in response to the operation of the operation unit K51 between the packaging order in the packaging operation (order of medicine package identification information) and the order of the dosing times corresponding to the same user.

[0117] Specifically, when the operation key K52 is displaying "Display Multiple Repeats of Patients," the control unit 51 changes the medicine packets 81 for which the inspection information is displayed on the inspection display screen P50 in accordance with the order of the medicine packets 81 on the medicine packet sheet 80 in response to operation of the operation unit K51. On the other hand, when the operation key K52 is operated, the control unit 51 switches the display of "Display Multiple Repeats of Patients" to "Display Prescription." When the operation key K52 is displaying "Display Prescription," the control unit 51 changes the target for which the inspection information is displayed on the inspection display screen P50 to another medicine packet 81 for the user corresponding to the medicine packet 81 currently being displayed in response to operation of the operation unit K51. In this way, the control unit 51 can switch the order of change when changing the inspection results of the target for display on the inspection display screen P50. This makes it possible to easily display the inspection information of the desired medicine packet 81 on the inspection display screen P50, thereby improving the work efficiency of the inspection work by the worker.

[0118] In addition, when the inspection information and the drug package identification information are transmitted from the inspection support device 5 to the packaging device 3 or the inspection support device 1, the control unit 31 of the packaging device 3 or the control unit 11 of the inspection support device 1 may display the inspection information for the drug package 81 corresponding to the drug package identification information on the inspection display screen P50 in response to input of the drug package identification information, and perform display processing similar to that of the control unit 51.

Claims

1. A system including a display processing unit that displays a captured image of one medicine package, The display processing unit The medicine package to be displayed can be changed in response to a first operation, In response to a second operation, the change order of the medicine packages to be displayed in response to the first operation is switched to the same order of the dosing periods corresponding to the users as the packing order on a medicine package sheet output in a packing operation in which medicines corresponding to users are packed into the medicine packages for each dosing period.

1. A system comprising: In the packaging operation, the medicine packets corresponding to different recipients for the same dosing period are packaged consecutively, The order of the dosing periods is the order in which the medicine packets corresponding to the respective dosing periods for the same recipient are consecutive. system.

2. the display processing unit displays the captured image, a first operation unit that accepts the first operation, and a second operation unit that accepts the second operation on the same screen. The system of claim 1 .

3. To the processor, a first step of displaying a captured image of one medicine packet; a second step of changing one of the medicine packages to be displayed in the first step in response to a first operation; a third step of switching, in response to a second operation, the change order of the medicine packages to be displayed in response to the first operation to the same order of the dosing periods corresponding to the users as the packing order on a medicine package sheet output in a packing operation in which medicines corresponding to users are packed into the medicine packages for each dosing period; A program for executing In the packaging operation, the medicine packets corresponding to different recipients for the same dosing period are packaged consecutively, The order of the dosing periods is the order in which the medicine packets corresponding to the respective dosing periods for the same recipient are consecutive. program.

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