JP2003296454A - Dosing management system by portable terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constantly manage dosing to a patient taking a prescribed drug irrelevant to a time and a place and to exchange various types of information on the dosing drug. <P>SOLUTION: This dosing management system comprises a server installed in a pharmacy and storing drug information having, at least, one of a dosing method, an attention, a side effect, and an interaction for every drug for each patient, and a portable terminal device possessed by the patient taking the prescribed drug. When a time of taking the drug comes, a notification urging the taking of the drug from the server to the portable terminal device by sound, or characters, or an image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug administration system which a pharmacy administers to patients who use prescription drugs, and notifies not only the usual drug administration guidance at the time of medication but also the patient every dose. It is a medication management system using a mobile terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A patient who has been examined at a medical institution such as a hospital or clinic is prescribed a drug by a doctor and given the drug at a pharmacy inside or outside the hospital.

The usage and dose of the drug vary depending on the product, and if not properly used, not only the effect cannot be expected, but it may be dangerous.

Further, since drugs usually have side effects, the doctor or pharmacist must appropriately explain to the patient not only the efficacy of the prescription drug but also the initial symptoms of possible side effects and coping with them. .

Therefore, conventionally, in order to allow the patient to correctly recognize drug information such as drug usage, side effects, and precautions, a drug instruction manual containing drug information is given to the patient and oral drug instruction is given. The practice is to allow patients to take proper medications and avoid risks while self-monitoring.

[0006]

However, when the patient is in the hospital, a nurse or the like can administer the drug to the patient at each time the drug is used and encourage the patient to use the drug, and the doctor can Although it is possible to check at any time to see if any side effects have occurred, make a mistake in the time of use or dose for each drug, especially if the patient is using multiple drugs in a busy daily life. Even if the drug was easy to use and its usage time was fixed, it was sometimes forgotten or the usage time was significantly shifted.

Moreover, many patients have side effects during administration.
Even if I hear explanations about precautions such as interactions with other drugs and foods, I gradually forget it and miss the signs of side effects because not all patients always pay attention to the medication instruction book. In some cases, it may cause serious symptoms by violating prohibited items.

[0008] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and for patients using prescription drugs,
It is intended to provide a system that can constantly administer medication regardless of time or place.

[0009]

Therefore, according to the present invention, drug information consisting of usage, dosage, etc. for each prescription drug for each patient installed in a pharmacy, precautions, side effects, interactions, etc. is stored. Server and a mobile terminal device owned by the patient who uses the prescribed drug, and when the drug usage time comes, the server notifies the mobile terminal device by voice or text or image that the drug should be used. Was sent to the system.

By contacting the mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone that the patient always carries with the drug at each use time of the drug, the drug can be used regardless of where the patient is, without forgetting the use time or making a mistake. Can be used.

[0011] In addition, how to take each prescription drug, precautions,
It is possible to call attention by notifying drug information such as side effects and interactions, and in particular, it is possible to call attention by distinguishing these information from normal information so as to be conspicuous. In addition, a server that stores drug information,
If an inquiry about the side effects of a drug that a patient who uses a prescribed drug possesses is sent to the patient's mobile terminal device, the patient will pay attention to whether there are signs of side effects and the pharmacy The side can grasp the patient's condition and promote the safety of the patient.

Further, if the medication history is registered in the patient information managed by the server by transmitting the fact that the patient has used the medicine to the server, the medication management will be thorough and the treatment progress of the patient, etc. Can be recorded accurately and in detail.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the present invention, in which a server 2 installed in a pharmacy and a mobile terminal device 3 such as a mobile phone held by an individual patient are capable of bidirectional communication via the Internet. There is. The communication network is not limited to the Internet, and may be, for example, a communication network unique to a mobile phone company or an existing telephone line.

Drug information 21 and patient information 22 are stored in the server 2. In the drug information 21, the drug usage such as usage and dose, precautions, side effects, appearance time of initial interaction with other drugs and foods including health foods, initial symptoms, etc. are registered. For each patient,
Age, sex, medical history, medical history, treatment progress, contact information of the mobile terminal device 3, and the like are registered.

The patient is the server 2 of his or her family pharmacy.
In addition, the patient number 22 such as the telephone number and the mail address of the mobile terminal device 3 such as a mobile phone that the user owns, and the medical history and the medical history are registered. Then, when the patient visits a medical institution and a doctor gives a prescription, the patient goes to the pharmacy to receive the drug.

When the pharmacist or the like inputs the patient name and the name of the prescription drug to the server 2 at the pharmacy, the control device calculates the drug usage and dose, and the patient's past medical history and drug history. Etc., the safety of the drug is checked. When the safety is confirmed, a drug is given to the patient, and various communications are transmitted to the mobile terminal device 3 held by the patient during the use period of the drug.

That is, at the time when the medicine is used, the characters and the medicine are displayed by voice from the server 2 of the pharmacy to the portable terminal device 3 of the patient through a telephone line or, for example, as shown in FIG. An image or the like showing a photograph is displayed on the display screen 31 to notify the type and amount of the medicine to be used.

Then, when the patient transmits to the server 2 that the drug has been used according to the instruction, the medication history of the patient is recorded in the patient information 22 in the server 2.

In addition, it is preferable to notify the patient of drug information such as precautions, dosing methods, side effects, and interactions of each drug to the patient by the same means or separately from the server 2, Further, at that time, for example, such important information is displayed in red and the normal drug information is displayed in black. (Not shown).

Further, although the time when side effects or interactions are likely to appear differs depending on the drug, according to the present invention, the server 2 transfers the patient's portable terminal device 3 in anticipation of the time when the side effect of the administered drug is likely to occur. , The inquiry items will be sent. Therefore, the patient himself / herself should pay attention to the presence or absence of the sign of the side effect, and when the side effect symptom appears, the pharmacy or medical institution side can promptly grasp the condition of the patient. Furthermore, regarding cautions such as contraindications in daily life and contraindications to the combined use of drugs, similar notices are also occasionally sent.

When the patient feels abnormal or anxious about the medicine, the mobile terminal device 3 can be used to make an inquiry to a pharmacy or a medical institution by e-mail or the like. If necessary, a pharmacist or doctor and a patient can directly talk with each other to ask a question or respond to an inquiry using a dedicated line or the like.

In this way, the medication management can be performed as in the case where the patient is hospitalized, and thus, for example, the elderly living alone, the patient having a busy daily life, or receiving home care. It is possible to reliably manage the medication of patients and the like. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the length of hospital stay and popularize day surgery.

Moreover, since the present invention is automatically performed by the server 2, it is possible to notify the user without trouble even if the user has to take the medicine at midnight, for example.

The server 2 of the pharmacy and the portable terminal device 3 of the patient may be one-way communication in which only the server 2 can communicate with the portable terminal device 3, but as described above, information can be exchanged bidirectionally. By enabling transmission, patient safety confirmation and care can be performed more reliably.

[0026]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when the time of use of a drug arrives, the pharmacy will contact the patient at any time of day or night, so that the patient can use the drug correctly without forgetting or mistakenly using the time. As a result, it is possible to increase the reliable therapeutic effect. Moreover, by using the mobile terminal device, the patient can receive the notification from the server wherever he is.

[0027] Further, by notifying the patient of important drug information such as precautions, dosing method, side effects, interactions, etc. of each drug, it is possible to call attention to these important information. It is possible to make the patient surely recognize by displaying or phonetically distinguishing from the drug information.

Further, by transmitting the inquiry about the side effect, the patient always pays attention to the symptom of the side effect, so that the symptom of the serious side effect is not overlooked.

Furthermore, if the patient can be informed of the use of the drug, inquiries, etc., more reliable medication management can be performed, and at the same time, the progress of treatment for each patient can be recorded in detail.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of reception of the mobile terminal device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 servers, 3 mobile terminal devices, 21 drug information, 22
Patient information, 31 display screen

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A server installed in a pharmacy, which stores drug information having at least one of a method of taking each prescription drug for each patient, precautions, side effects, interactions, etc., and a prescribed drug is used. A mobile terminal device held by a patient, and at the time of use of the medicine, the server sends a notification urging the use of the medicine by voice or characters or images to the mobile terminal device. A medication management system using mobile terminal devices. 2. The medication management system using a mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the notification includes medication information such as precautions, dosing methods, side effects, and interactions of each medication. 3. The medication management system using a mobile terminal device according to claim 2, wherein important items such as cautions in the drug information are displayed or notified separately from other drug information. 4. The medication management system using a mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein an inquiry regarding a side effect or interaction occurrence due to the drug is transmitted from the server to the mobile terminal device at any time. 5. The patient's medication history is recorded in the patient information managed for each patient in the server by the patient transmitting from the mobile terminal device to the server that the drug has been used. A medication management system using the portable terminal device according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4.