JP2005124991A - Portable storage medium and dosage notification device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify the dosage of medicines corresponding to a mealtime of a patient. <P>SOLUTION: The patient stores regular mealtime zones of three meals (for example, a breakfast is from 8:00 to 8:30) in an own IC card 10. A dispensing pharmacy or the like dispenses based on prescription data stored in the IC card 10 and dosage regimen of the dispensed medicines is stored in the IC card 10. A control section 21 of the dosage notification device 20 reads the mealtime zones and the dosage regimen from the IC card 10 via a card interface (card I/F) and finds a dosing time from the mealtime zone. For example, when the breakfast time zone of the patient is from 8:00 to 8:30, the dosing time of the medicine to be taken 30 minutes after the breakfast, is 9:00. The control section 21 drives a notification section 28 at a time point of becoming nine o'clock, and notifies the dosage with a sound and a light. The control section 21 allows a display section 26 to display the name, the shape and the dose of the medicine to be taken and precautions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable storage medium such as an IC card in which information on the medication usage / dose and the like and the patient's individual meal time zone is recorded, and taking the medicine at the time of taking the medicine corresponding to the patient's meal time. The present invention relates to a medication notification device for notification.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus for notifying medicine taking at a set taking time by setting a medicine taking time in advance is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4). However, inputting the dose time is complicated, and there is a concern about input errors.

  Therefore, taking the medicine based on the interface in which the storage medium storing the medicine taking schedule is removable, the timer for measuring the time, the medicine taking schedule stored in the storage medium and the time measured by the timer. There has been proposed a portable medication notification device including a notification means for notification. In the storage medium, a patient name, a drug name, a medication date, and a medication time are recorded, and this storage medium is delivered to a patient or the like together with a drug in the medicine department (for example, see Patent Document 5).

Also, a medical system that reads out data on how to use the medicine according to the prescription based on the prescription data written in the patient's personal memory card (IC card) and informs that it is time to take the medicine. A terminal device has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 6).
JP 2001-198195 A JP 2001-141858 A JP 2000-217888 A JP-A-9-253172 JP 2003-230620 A JP 2000-99608 A

  When taking medicine, it is often specified based on a meal, for example, 30 minutes before a meal and 30 minutes after a meal. Meal time varies from patient to patient. For this reason, even if usage data such as before meals and after meals is recorded on an IC card or the like, it is not possible to notify the dose at the time corresponding to the meal time zone of each individual patient.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and it is intended to provide a portable storage medium and a medicine dosing notification device capable of notifying medicine taking at a time corresponding to the meal time of each individual patient. Objective.

  The portable storage medium of the present invention includes an area for storing information for identifying a patient, information on the type of medicine, usage and dosage, and information on meal times.

  In addition, the meal time zone information depends on the day of the week, so that the meal time zone can be changed depending on the day of the week.

  Moreover, the medicine dosage notification device of the present invention includes a writing means for writing information on meal times on a portable storage medium, and information on taking medicines within the medicine usage stored from the portable storage medium. And a reading means for reading out the information on the meal time zone, a calculation means for calculating the time of taking the medicine from the information on taking the medicine read out by the reading means and the information on the meal time zone, and the calculation means. An informing means for informing the user of taking the medicine at the calculated dosing time.

  The portable storage medium according to the present invention stores the time when the medicine is taken (for example, after a meal) and the meal time zone of the patient (for example, breakfast is from 8 to 8:30), so the time of taking corresponding to the meal time of the patient Can be notified.

  The medicine taking notification device according to the present invention can make a notice prompting the user to take medicine at a time corresponding to the meal time of the patient.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a prescription management system using a portable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present invention. The patient goes to the hospital with an IC card as a portable storage medium and is examined. The hospital writes prescription data on the patient's IC card. The patient goes to the pharmacy with an IC card in which prescription data is recorded. The pharmacy reads the prescription data from the IC card and dispenses it. The pharmacy records the usage, dosage, etc. on the IC card. The patient returns home and sets the IC card in the medication notification device (see FIG. 3) to confirm how to drink, schedule, and medication information. Since this prescription management system has one IC card for each person, it is easy to check for duplicate drugs and find side effects by drinking. A pharmacy does not require a large-scale system such as a server or a network, and can be constructed at a low cost. Since there is no data flow on the network, there is little risk of leaking drug history or medical history.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing information recorded on the portable storage medium according to the present embodiment. The memory area of the IC card 10 includes data 101 for identifying a patient such as a patient's name, sex, date of birth, address, telephone number, etc., examination data 102 including a hospital name, a doctor name, etc., a hospital name, a doctor name, etc. Prescription data 103, drug type (name), usage / dose data 104, drug explanation data 105, pharmacy, pharmacist data 106, patient meal time zone data 107, patient bedtime data 108, allergy history data 109 , Side effect history data 110, body temperature data 111, special mention data 112, and the like are stored. The drug type (name) and the usage / dose data 104 include data at the time of taking the drug such as 30 minutes after the meal.

  The examination data 102, prescription data 103, drug type (name), usage / dose data 104, drug explanation data 105, allergy history data 109, and side effect history data 110 are written in the hospital in principle. In principle, the pharmacy and pharmacist data 106 are written at the pharmacy. The patient specifying data 101, the meal time zone data 107, the bedtime data 108, and the body temperature data 111 are written by the patient himself / herself by using a medication dosing device in principle. However, the data 101 for identifying the patient by the patient's report, the meal time zone data 107, and the bedtime data 108 may be written in a hospital or a pharmacy. Data such as blood pressure may be recorded in the body temperature data 111. Each data includes date and time data for recording.

  The IC card 10 may be either a contact type or a non-contact type. The various data described above may be stored in various portable recording media such as a memory card, a memory stick, and an optical card.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the medication notification device according to the present embodiment. The medication notification device 20 is configured using a microcomputer system, and includes a control unit (CPU) 21, a ROM 22 storing a control program, a RAM 23 used as a work area, reading from the IC card 10, and A card interface unit (card I / F unit) 24 for writing to the IC card 10, an input unit 25 for performing an input operation, a display unit 26 for displaying various types of information related to various input screens and medications, It consists of a clock unit 27 with a calendar function, a notifying unit 28 for notifying medicine use by sound and / or light, and a power supply unit (not shown). The medication notification device 20 may be configured using an electronic notebook device, a mobile phone device, or the like. Portable storage media such as the medication notification device 20 and the IC card 10 may be written / read using short-range communication means such as radio waves and infrared rays.

  When the control unit 21 reads the patient's name from the IC card 10 via the card I / F unit 24, the control unit 21 displays the name on the display unit 26. The control unit 21 checks whether or not the meal time zone data 107 and the bedtime data 108 are registered in the IC card 10, and if they are not registered, causes the display unit 26 to display a screen for prompting input thereof. When the start time and end time are input for each of the three meals, and the bedtime is input, the control unit 21 displays a registration confirmation screen, and when a registration confirmation operation is input, Are written into the IC card 10 via the card I / F unit 24. The registered content can be confirmed or changed by performing a registered content confirmation operation. The meal time zone and bedtime may be set for each date and day of the week.

  The control unit 21 reads the usage / dose data 104 from the IC card 10 and checks whether there is a medicine to be taken at present. When there is no medicine to be taken, the control unit 21 displays that fact on the display unit 26.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of today's medicine schedule of the medication taking notification apparatus according to the present embodiment. When there is a medicine to be taken, the control unit 21 generates a display screen for a schedule of today's medicine shown in FIG. Below the display unit 26, there are provided a switch for switching the size of displayed characters, a switch for scrolling the display left and right and up and down, a switch for switching display contents, and the like. Note that these switches may have a transparent touch panel type configuration.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of a schedule of medicines for one week of the medication notification apparatus according to the present embodiment. When the display switching operation is performed, the control unit 21 generates a display screen for a plan for one week of medicine shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a remaining medicine display screen of the medicine taking notification apparatus according to the present embodiment. When the display switching operation is performed, the control unit 21 generates the remaining medicine display screen illustrated in FIG. 6 and causes the display unit 26 to display the display screen.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of the function of the medicine in the medicine dosage notification device according to the present embodiment. When the display switching operation is performed, the control unit 21 generates a display screen of the medicine function shown in FIG. Instead of sequentially switching the contents displayed on the display unit 26, a display screen selection menu may be displayed so that an arbitrary display screen can be selected and designated.

  The control unit 21 reads the meal time zone and bedtime of the patient from the IC card 10. The control unit 21 calculates the time when the patient takes the medicine from the time of taking the medicine specified by the usage / dose data 104, such as before meal, after meal, before going to bed, and the meal time zone and bedtime of the patient. For example, if there is a medicine to be taken 30 minutes after breakfast and the patient's breakfast time is from 8:00 to 8:30, the time when the patient takes the medicine is calculated as 9:00. And the control part 21 alert | reports taking of medicine through the alerting | reporting part 28 at the time of 9 o'clock. The notification unit 28 includes a notification sound output unit that outputs a voice message, music, and the like, and a notification light output unit that generates a flash (flash light) and the like. Inform.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a notification display screen when the medication notification device according to the present embodiment has reached time. Further, the control unit 21 generates a display screen for notification when the time shown in FIG. The patient can confirm the medicine to be taken, the volume, and the precautions by looking at the display screen.

  When the patient takes the medicine, the patient operates the medication confirmation key of the medication notification device 20. When the dose confirmation key is operated, the control unit 21 writes the dose date and time in the IC card 10. Thereby, the medication history and the remaining amount can be managed. If the dose confirmation key is not operated even after a predetermined time (for example, several minutes) has elapsed since the time when the medication was reported, the control unit 21 repeats the medication notification. For example, if the dosing confirmation key is not operated even after 30 minutes have passed since the first notification time, the control unit 21 determines that the dosing has not been performed, and writes the fact to the IC card 10.

  The medication notification device 20 has a function of recording body temperature, blood pressure, and the like. The patient selects a screen for inputting body temperature or the like from a menu screen or the like, and inputs measurement results such as body temperature or blood pressure. The input data such as body temperature and blood pressure are recorded on the IC card 10 in correspondence with the input date and time. In addition, the medication notification device 20 can display the body temperature, blood pressure, and the like recorded in the IC card 10 in a table format or a graph format.

It is a figure showing the whole prescription management system composition using a portable storage medium by one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the information recorded on the portable storage medium by this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the medication notification apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the schedule of today's medicine of the medication notification apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the schedule of the medicine for one week of the medication notification apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the remaining display screen of the medicine of the medication notification apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the function of the medicine of the medication notification apparatus by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the notification when the time of the medication notification apparatus by this Embodiment comes.

Explanation of symbols

10 IC Card 20 Drug Notification Device 21 Control Unit (CPU) (Calculation Unit)
24 Card interface (Card I / F)
25 Input unit 26 Display unit 27 Clock unit 28 Notification unit

Claims (3)

  A portable storage medium comprising an area for storing information for identifying a patient, information on a medicine type, usage and dosage, and information on a meal time zone.   The portable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the meal time zone information depends on a day of the week. A writing means for writing information about meal times on a portable storage medium;
Reading means for reading out information on taking medicine and information on the meal time zone among medicine usages stored from the portable storage medium;
Calculating means for calculating the time of taking medicine from the information when taking the medicine read by the reading means and the information of the meal time zone;
A medication notification device comprising: notification means for notifying the patient of medication at the time of medication calculated by the computation means.

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