JP2002140432A - Pharmacy supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pharmacy supporting system for supporting the sale processing of medicine or the issue of a receipt based on a prescription mainly for a medicine preparing pharmacy. SOLUTION: When a customer brings a prescription 5 to a pharmacy 1 in order to request medicine preparation, the pharmacy 1 inputs the contents of the prescription 5 to terminal equipment 6. The contents are transmitted via a network 4 to a host computer 3 as prescription information 11. The host computer 3 processes the prescription information 11 by a medicine sale processing supporting means 7. The terminal equipment 6 of the pharmacy 1 generates the image of a delivery slip or receipt related with the prescribed medicine according to information 13 for selling medicine returned to the terminal equipment 6. While the price of medicine is extremely frequency revised, it is always updated to the latest one at the host computer 3 side so that it is possible to always sell the medicine at the latest price of medicine. Also, a service providing side only allows the host computer to update the price of medicine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pharmacy support system for mainly assisting a dispensing pharmacy in selling a drug based on a prescription and issuing a receipt.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As the concept of drug separation has advanced, a system in which a pharmacy independent of a hospital sells medicine to patients based on a prescription issued by the hospital has become widespread. These pharmacies receive a prescription from a patient customer,
Make necessary dispenses and sell to customers. The medicine prescribed at this time is subjected to complicated drug price calculation processing in order to be covered by health insurance and the like. Then, submit a receipt to the social insurance office on a regular basis. In order to support such complicated work, it is common practice to install a computer dedicated to selling medicines for preparing a receipt in a pharmacy.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems to be solved. In order to improve the health insurance system, drug prices are frequently revised. If there is a drug price revision, the pharmaceutical sales business cannot be carried out smoothly unless the revised data is input to a computer dedicated to drug sales in a pharmacy. In the event of a drug price revision, the computer service company will quickly create the necessary correction data,
Send to pharmacy. However, even if a system for transmitting correction data using a floppy (registered trademark) disk or downloading correction data through a network is adopted, it is difficult to prevent any trouble from occurring. For this reason, there has been a problem that the service company is imposed a very heavy burden, and the work for revising the drug price becomes extremely complicated.

[0004]

The present invention employs the following structure to solve the above problems. <Configuration 1> A terminal device arranged at a pharmacy that sells medicines based on the contents of a prescription, and a host computer connected to the terminal device via a network, wherein the host computer receives input from the terminal device. Receiving the prescription information recorded in the prescription, and generating drug sales information including drug information to be prescribed and a drug price included in the prescription information, and returning the same to the terminal device. A pharmacy support system, comprising: a support unit; and a storage device that stores a database in which the prescription information is stored together with information specifying a pharmacy that owns the corresponding terminal.

[0005] The terminal device may be a computer capable of printing a statement for sales of medicines, a receipt and a receipt at a pharmacy. The prescription may be paper, a magnetic card or a memory card. The prescription is issued by a doctor, and the prescription information records at least a patient name and a prescription drug name. In the drug sales information returned from the host computer to the pharmacy, for example, the name of the drug to be sold and the drug price are described. At the same time the receipt image is included. Thus, if the pharmacy transmits the prescription information included in the prescription to the host computer, the pharmacy receives a reply of information necessary for selling the drug, and can always sell the drug at the latest drug price.

<Structure 2> In the pharmacy support system according to Structure 1, when the drug sales processing support means receives the prescription information and generates the drug sales information, the drug sales processing support means refers to the database to check the prescription. A pharmacy support system, which extracts a list of past prescription medicines of a requesting patient and returns the prescription medicine list to the terminal device together with the medicine sales information.

[0007] The drug sales information returned to the pharmacy can include additional information on the interaction of each drug together with the drug list. As a result, it is possible to select and sell a drug having no problem in terms of interaction in consideration of the patient's past prescription drugs, or to alert the patient.

<Configuration 3> In the pharmacy support system according to Configuration 1, the drug sales processing support means generates drug demand information based on prescription information stored in the database. Support system.

By providing drug demand information to pharmacies in a timely manner,
Available for purchasing and sales management.

<Structure 4> In the pharmacy support system according to Structure 3, the POV of a general pharmacy is stored in the database.
A pharmacy support system characterized by storing drug sales record information relating to a drug sold at an S terminal, and including the drug sales record information in the demand information.

[0011] The demand information includes, for example, information on drugs that are currently frequently used and drugs that are no longer used. This information is provided to pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies, and is used as research and development and production planning information for drugs, and at the same time, can be used as management information for purchasing and selling.

<Structure 5> In the pharmacy support system according to Structure 1, based on the prescription information stored in the database, claim information for claiming insurance for each pharmacy is generated and returned to the terminal device. A pharmacy support system, characterized in that:

Conventionally, prescription information is managed for each pharmacy,
The reception was edited and printed, but this was done on the host computer side to reduce the number of pharmacies.

<Structure 6> In the pharmacy support system described in Structure 1, based on the prescription information stored in the database, claim information for claiming a claim for each pharmacy is generated and acquired from the claimant. A pharmacy support system, wherein after checking the receipt based on the inspection information, the receipt information is transmitted to the insurance claimant.

By extending the function of editing the receipt of the host computer, it can also be used as a system for checking the contents of the receipt. By performing the inspection work for the claim of the insurance claimant, the trouble of the insurance claimant can be reduced. The receipt may be printed and sent out on a paper basis, or may be sent electronically via a network.

<Structure 7> In the pharmacy support system described in Structure 3, the drug demand information includes information on the type of drug obtained by summing up prescription information of prescriptions created by doctors of hospitals near each pharmacy. A pharmacy support system, characterized in that:

The prescription information of a hospital near each pharmacy is very valuable information for each pharmacy. If stock management is performed based on the prescription information including the type of the drug and the tendency of the drug that is required to be dispensed in the future, proper inventory management becomes possible.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below using specific examples. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a pharmacy support system of the present invention. The illustrated pharmacy 1 is connected to a host computer 3 via a network 4. The host computer 3 is located at a service company that operates the drug support system. In pharmacy 1,
A communication terminal device 6 and a printer 9 are arranged. The terminal device 6 may have the functions of a general personal computer. A printing control program for printing a receipt and a receipt using the printer 9 is installed in the terminal device 6. On the side of the host computer 3, a drug sales processing support means 7 and a storage device 8 are provided. The storage device 8 stores a database 10 for supporting drug sales processing. Here, for example, data in which the prescription information 11 is arranged and recorded for each pharmacy 12 is included.

In such a system, when a customer comes to the pharmacy 1 with a prescription 5 and requests for dispensing, the pharmacy 1 inputs the contents of the prescription 5 to the terminal device 6. This content is transmitted to the host computer 3 through the network 4 as the prescription information 11. In the host computer 3, the prescription information 11 is processed by the drug sales processing support means 7 to generate drug sales information 13. Here, the name of the medicine to be dispensed 14, the medicine price 15, and the like are included. Based on the drug sales information 13 returned to the terminal device 6, the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy 1 generates an image of a delivery note or a receipt for the prescribed drug. This is printed by the printer 9 and handed to the customer.

In this way, the pharmacy 1 sells medicines. In addition, a prescribed receipt must be submitted to the social insurance office, for example, once a month. Conventionally, a computer provided in the pharmacy 1 edits and prints such a receipt. In this system, all prescription information is stored in the host computer 3
, And the host computer 3 generates the receipt information 16 at the required timing at the required timing and transmits it to the pharmacy 1. The receipt information 16 is edited into a predetermined image by the terminal device 6 and printed by the printer 9.
The pharmacy 1 may submit this receipt to a social insurance office (National Health Insurance Federation or Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund). The above is the outline of the system of the present invention. In the following description, the drug sales processing support means means
It refers to a system that supports drug prescription processing and dispensing processing. In addition, the drug sales information includes drug prescribing information and dispensing information.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing actual examples of various documents printed by the printer 9 of the pharmacy 1. (A) shows an image of a receipt issued by the pharmacy 1. Receipt 20 shown
Is filled with a prescription drug name 14 and a drug price 15. As already explained, drug prices are revised very frequently. Such information is constantly updated on the host computer 3 side, and this information is used as the drug sales information 13.
Is returned to the pharmacy 1. Therefore, the dispensed medicine can be sold to the customer at the latest price. Also, since the service provider only needs to update the drug price to the host computer, the burden of data processing accompanying the drug price update is greatly reduced.

FIG. 2B shows an example of information additionally issued when selling a medicine. This is the medicine list 22 prescribed in the past by the customer who brought the prescription 5. That is, such a list is provided so that the pharmacy can determine whether the medicine dispensed this time has an interaction with the medicine used by the customer in the past. Further, when the host computer 3 can automatically perform the predetermined judgment processing, a notice 23 is issued as shown in FIG. That is, the reciprocal relationship and interaction of the prescription drug names included in the drug list 22 are determined, and the printed contents are provided to the pharmacy 1.

Before selling the dispensed medicine to the customer, the pharmacy 1 looks at such medicine list 22 and notice 23,
We can give necessary advice to customers. Traditionally, it is not impossible to do this for customers who always come to their store, but for customers who purchase medicines at different stores for each prescription, such control is not possible. could not. However, if the host computer 3 purchases a drug at a pharmacy that provides and manages services, the prescription drug list 22 can be created collectively even if the customer purchases a drug at a different pharmacy. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately manage such drug interactions.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the database 10 stored in the storage device 8 of the host computer 3 and the demand information generated thereby. Database 1
As shown in FIG. 5, various information such as a customer name, customer information, a prescription drug name, a prescription date, a dispensing pharmacy, a prescribing clinic, and an address of a clinic can be recorded and accumulated in 0. Such information can be used not only for drug sales information but also for various purposes. For example, when a dispensing pharmacy manages medicines to be purchased, it receives demand information 24 as shown in FIG. This is information on, for example, what kind of medicine is sold and how much is sold in the district where the corresponding pharmacy is enrolled. Based on this information, the dispensing pharmacy purchases and prepares the necessary medicines so that they are not out of stock. As a result, it is possible to purchase the necessary amount of the medicine in an appropriate amount and to carry out the business efficiently. Of course, by obtaining information on other districts and nationwide information, it will be possible to determine future business policies and the like.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an information transmission / reception operation between a specific pharmacy and a host computer. It is assumed that time elapses from the top to the bottom of the figure. The scale of the time axis is arbitrary. The pharmacy terminal device 6 transmits the prescription information 11 to the host computer 3 each time there is a request from a customer to purchase a medicine. The host computer 3 analyzes this, generates the drug sales information 13 and returns it to the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy. Thereby, the printer 9 of the pharmacy issues a receipt 20. Such a process is repeated each time a customer visits a pharmacy. And for a certain period, for example, every other month,
The host computer 3 generates the receipt information 16 and transmits it to the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy.

In the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy, the receipt information 16
Is printed in the format specified by the social insurance office, and a receipt 16a is issued. Further, the host computer 3 generates and transmits the sales medicine demand information 25 to the pharmacy terminal device 6 at the request of the pharmacy or automatically at regular intervals. In this case, the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy prints the business information 24 in a certain format using an application program prepared in advance. In this way, the pharmacy can utilize the business information 24 for inventory management and the like. In addition, information 26 on the prescription medicine issued by the nearby doctor at a predetermined timing from the host computer 3.
Is provided. This keeps track of the prescriptions of nearby doctors,
For example, when a new drug is released, it is possible to grasp the tendency of whether the number of cases of prescribing a new drug is increasing or whether to prescribe a medicine as before. This makes it possible to schedule the next medicine to be purchased.

In the above example, various information is transmitted by the host computer to support the dispensing pharmacy. However, when the prescription information and the like as described above are stored in the host computer, the prescription information and the like can be used in various fields. Also, in the above example, prescription information is collected from the dispensing pharmacy, but by collecting sales information on drugs other than drugs sold in general pharmacies, it is possible to collect comprehensive demand information on drugs. Becomes possible.

FIG. 5 is a schematic system diagram showing various uses of the above system. As described above, the host computer 3 shown in the figure provides drug sales information and receipt information instead of acquiring the prescription information 11 from the dispensing pharmacy 1B, for example. On the other hand, both the dispensing pharmacy 1B that receives the service of the host computer 3 and the dispensing pharmacies 1A and 1C that do not receive the service periodically submit a receipt to the social insurance office 30. This receipt is checked at the social insurance office 30, and various calculation operations for insurance procedures are performed.

Checking the contents of the receipt at the social insurance office 30 is very complicated. If the receipt editing function of the host computer is utilized, it is possible for the host computer 3 to perform a check of the contents of the receipt on behalf of the host computer 3. That is, the receipt data 41 is received from the social insurance office 30 through, for example, a network, and the reception data 41 is received by the host computer 3.
Check the contents of

The drug sales processing support means 7 (FIG. 1) of the host computer 3 has a function of generating the receipt information 16 checked from various viewpoints. Using this function, it is possible to check the receipt data. The checklist is provided to the social insurance office 30, which alleviates the social security office 30's receipt inspection work. The demand information 24 generated by the host computer 3 and provided to the dispensing pharmacy can also be provided to the drug manufacturer 32. This allows the drug maker 32
It is also possible to make a development plan and a production expansion plan for a high demand drug. Hospital 31
, Information about drugs prescribed in various hospitals can be provided for medical use.

All of such information can be included in the database 10 of the storage device 8 of the host computer 3 and used. In a general pharmacy 33 different from the dispensing pharmacy, various products including drugs are sold using the POS system 34. From the POS system 34, it becomes possible for the host computer to acquire information on commercially available drugs sold at the general pharmacy 33. The drug sales record information 42 has the same meaning as the prescription information received from the dispensing pharmacy, and by integrating them and recording them in the database 10, it is possible to collect comprehensive demand information on the drugs.
This information can be provided not only to the drug manufacturer 32 and the hospital 31, but also to the dispensing pharmacy 1B and the general pharmacy 33. This makes it possible to assist the business plan in the general pharmacy 33.

In some cases, the dispensing pharmacy 1C also sells over-the-counter drugs like the general pharmacy 33. There is also a case where a general pharmacy 33 such as a drug store dispenses. In such a case, if the sales result information of the POS system that sells over-the-counter medicines is transferred to the dispensing terminal device,
The host computer can acquire the sales result information of the POS system together with the prescription information through the terminal device. When operating a pharmacy support system as described above with a dispensing pharmacy as a customer, only dispensing pharmacies are targeted for service and data collection, and when the dispensing pharmacy sells over-the-counter medicines, simultaneously collect sales performance information It is practical to adopt a system that uses the system.

As described above, in the system of the present invention, prescribing information in the dispensing pharmacy can be intensively collected on the host computer 3 side, and can be managed in the form of a database. Can be performed collectively. In addition, since processing corresponding to frequently changed drug prices can be performed only on the host computer side, complicated work such as sending data for drug price revision correspondence to dispensing pharmacies is unnecessary. Also, in the pharmacy, the host computer side can collectively perform various business operations for drug sales processing, so that pharmacy management is facilitated. At the same time, the information thus accumulated in the database can be used as it is in hospitals, drug manufacturers and general pharmacies for selling and developing drugs or managing prescriptions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a pharmacy support system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing actual examples of various documents printed by a printer 9 of a pharmacy 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of contents of a database 10 stored in a storage device 8 of a host computer 3 and demand information generated thereby.

FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing a specific information transmission / reception operation between a pharmacy and a host computer.

FIG. 5 is a system schematic diagram showing various uses of the system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pharmacy 3 Host computer 4 Network 5 Prescription 6 Terminal device 7 Drug sales processing support means 8 Storage device 9 Printer 10 Database 11 Prescription information 13 Drug sales information 16 Reception information

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device arranged at a pharmacy that sells medicines based on the contents of a prescription, and a host computer connected to the terminal device via a network, wherein the host computer includes: Receiving prescription information recorded in the input prescription, generating drug sales information including drug information to be prescribed and a drug price contained in the prescription information, and drug sales replying to the terminal device A pharmacy support system comprising: processing support means; and a storage device that stores a database that stores the prescription information together with information specifying a pharmacy that owns the corresponding terminal. 2. The pharmacy support system according to claim 1, wherein the drug sales processing support means requests the prescription by referring to the database when receiving the prescription information and generating the drug sales information. A pharmacy support system, wherein a list of past prescription drugs of a patient who has been extracted is extracted, and this prescription drug list is returned to the terminal device together with the drug sales information. 3. The pharmacy support system according to claim 1, wherein the drug sales processing support means generates drug demand information based on prescription information stored in the database. system. 4. The pharmacy support system according to claim 3, wherein the database stores drug sales performance information on drugs sold at POS terminals of general pharmacies, and the demand information includes the drug sales result information. A pharmacy support system characterized by including sales performance information. 5. The pharmacy support system according to claim 1, wherein, based on the prescription information stored in the database, claim information for claiming a claim for each pharmacy is generated and returned to the terminal device. Pharmacy support system characterized by the following. 6. The pharmacy support system according to claim 1, wherein, based on the prescription information accumulated in the database, claim information for claiming the insurance for each pharmacy is generated, and the check information obtained from the claimant is obtained. A pharmacy support system, wherein after checking the receipt based on the usage information, the receipt information is transmitted to the insurance claimant. 7. The pharmacy support system according to claim 3, wherein the drug demand information includes information on the type of drug obtained by summing up prescription information of a prescription created by a doctor at a hospital near each pharmacy. Pharmacy support system characterized by the following.