JP2010225019A - Medicine information management device, medicine information management method and medicine information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine information management device supplying medicine information, and an allergy history or the like of a predetermined medicine to a mobile terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The medicine information management device includes: a medicine information storage part 101 previously storing the medicine information including an image representing a shape, dosage time, effect, and a caution sentence of each of a plurality of kinds of medicines; a prescription medicine storage part 102 receiving input of information on the kind of the medicine prescribed to a patient, and storing the information on the kind of the medicine; a case history information storage part 103 storing case history information of the patient including the history or the like of an allergy of the patient; and a patient information provision part 104 receiving a request to supply information about the patient from the mobile terminal 001, referring to the prescription medicine storage part 102, the medicine information storage part 101, and the case history information storage part 103, and outputting the medicine information of the medicine prescribed to the patient and the case history information of the patient to the mobile terminal 001. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drug information management device, a drug information management method, and a drug information management system that manage drug information of a prescribed drug, a patient's allergy history, and the like.

  A patient receives an explanation of drug information prescribed in a drug pharmacy or hospital orally by a doctor or a pharmacist. Recently, a paper on which medicine information is printed may be handed over. However, even if the drug information is transmitted verbally, it is difficult to recognize it correctly, and it is more difficult to store the information. Even when paper is received, it is often lost or forgotten to carry, and in such a case, it is difficult to use the drug information.

  In addition, when there are many chronic illnesses such as elderly people, it is often necessary to visit a plurality of hospitals, and it is necessary for the patient to explain the medicine prescribed at other hospitals. In addition, for patients taking health foods other than medicines and allergies, it is necessary for patients to explain to doctors and the like. In such a case, if there are many drugs being taken or if the patient is an elderly person, it is difficult for the patient to accurately convey drug information and allergy information to the doctor, and a smooth examination is performed. It has become difficult.

  Furthermore, after the patient receives the medicine, the individual patient will take care of taking the medicine, etc., and there is a risk of forgetting to drink or forgetting which medicine to take during the time of taking. In addition, when a similar shaped medicine is included in the prescribed medicine, there is a risk of taking the wrong time zone or amount.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for notifying medication information according to the body condition of a user (see, for example, Patent Document 1), a technique for registering and transmitting a notification mail for taking a medicine and a notification mail for a visit (for example, see Patent Document 2). ), A technique for notifying e-mails of medicines (see, for example, Patent Document 3), a medicine taking notice and taking history management technique (for example, see Patent Document 4), a drug prescribed to a patient There has been proposed a technique (see, for example, Patent Document 5) for providing the correct knowledge.

JP 2007-181149 A JP 2007-122183 A JP 2007-026254 A JP 2004-062513 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-056772

  However, in the techniques of Patent Documents 1 to 4, the main purpose is to notify the medication time taken, and it is difficult to convey accurate drug information to the patient. In the technique of Patent Document 5, it is possible to give accurate information on a prescribed medicine to a patient. However, since the information is transmitted on paper, the patient can easily and accurately provide information on the prescribed medicine. It is difficult to manage.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a drug information management technique capable of supplying drug information of a drug prescribed to a patient, a patient's allergy history, and the like to a portable terminal held by the patient. It is said.

  In order to achieve the above object, the drug information management device according to claim 1 stores drug information including a plurality of types of drugs, including images representing shapes, taking time, efficacy, and precautionary statements in advance. Storage means; prescription drug storage means for receiving information on the type of drug prescribed to the patient and storing the information on the type of drug; and storing patient history information including a history of allergy of the patient Medical history information storage means to be received and a request for supplying information on a specific patient from a portable terminal, refer to the prescription drug storage means, the drug information storage means, and the medical history information storage means, and to the specific patient Patient information providing means for outputting the medicine information of the prescribed medicine and the medical history information of the specific patient to the portable terminal.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medicine information management method comprising: a medicine information storing step for storing medicine information including a shape image, a taking time, an effect, and a word of caution for a plurality of kinds of medicines; A prescription drug storage stage that receives information on the type of drug and stores information on the type of the drug, a medical history information storage stage that stores patient history information including a history of allergy of the patient, and a specific patient A request receiving step for receiving a supply request for information from a portable terminal, a prescription drug acquiring step for acquiring information on the type of drug prescribed to the specific patient, and drug information of the drug prescribed to the specific patient. Drug information acquisition stage to acquire, medical history information acquisition stage to acquire medical history information of the specific patient, drug information of the medicine prescribed for the specific patient and medical history information of the specific patient to the portable terminal Patient to output Is characterized in that it has an information providing step, the.

  The medicine information management system according to claim 9 is a medicine information management system comprising a medicine information management device and a portable terminal connected via a network, and the medicine information management device includes a plurality of types of medicine information management devices in advance. Drug information storage means for storing drug information including an image representing the shape of the drug, taking time, efficacy, caution wording, and information on the type of drug prescribed to the patient. Prescription drug storage means for storing information, medical history information storage means for storing patient history information including the history of allergy of the patient, and drug information of the prescribed drug based on patient identification information A program transmitting means for acquiring an information acquisition program for acquiring the medical history information from the prescription drug storage means and the prescription drug management information and acquiring the medical history information from the medical history information storage means; The portable terminal includes: a program execution unit that receives the information acquisition program and executes the program; a patient information output unit that outputs the patient identification information to the drug information management device; and the prescribed And information acquisition means for acquiring drug information of the drug and the medical history information.

  The medicine information management apparatus according to claim 1, the medicine information management method according to claim 7, and the medicine information management system according to claim 9, wherein information on medicines prescribed by the patient in the portable terminal and patient medical history are provided. It is a configuration for sending information. Thus, the patient can acquire accurate information on the drug and can self-manage the drug information and his / her medical history information accurately and easily with his / her portable terminal. In addition, by presenting his / her mobile terminal to doctors at other hospitals, it is possible to accurately transmit information on medicines prescribed at present and in the past and his / her medical history information to doctors.

Block diagram of drug information management apparatus according to the present invention Configuration diagram of drug information management system according to the present invention Illustration of an example of a medicine master table Illustration of an example prescription drug table Illustration of an example patient information table The figure of the flowchart of provision of the prescription medicine and the medical history information to the portable terminal of the medicine information management device according to the first embodiment, and the reference of the information by the patient Diagram of flowchart for automatic registration of similar drugs Diagram of flowchart for providing information on similar drugs Illustration of an example of an email and attached file prompting a patient to take a medicine

[First Embodiment]
The drug information management device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions of a medicine information management apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

  In the medicine information management system according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of medicine information management apparatuses 100a, 100b, and 100c (hereinafter simply referred to as “drug information management apparatus 100” when they are not distinguished). A drug information management device 100 is arranged. Each medicine information management apparatus 100 is connected to the server 200 via a network so that they can communicate with each other. Furthermore, each medicine information management apparatus 100 can communicate with the portable terminal 001 wirelessly. And, in the following description, for the convenience of explanation, each function unit directly transmits and receives data as shown in FIG. 1 for the convenience of explanation. Explain that you are doing.

  The portable terminal 001 is an apparatus (also referred to as a portable information terminal) that can transmit and receive information such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) and a cellular phone and is easy to carry. The portable terminal 001 includes a transmission unit 002 that transmits data and a reception unit 003 that receives data. The transmission unit 002 corresponds to the “information transmission unit” in the present invention, and the reception unit 003 corresponds to the “information reception unit” in the present invention. Further, the portable terminal 001 has a control unit 004 composed of a storage medium such as a CPU and a memory. This control unit 004 corresponds to the “program execution means” in the present invention. Data exchange in the portable terminal 001 is actually performed by the transmission unit 002 and the reception unit 003, but in the following description, it is not specified that the transmission unit 002 and the reception unit 003 are transmitting and receiving data. In addition, the operation of the program in the portable terminal 001 is actually controlled by the control unit 004, but this is not particularly described in the following description that the control unit 004 is executing the program.

  The drug information management apparatus 100 includes a drug information storage unit 101, a prescription drug storage unit 102, a medical history information storage unit 103, and a patient information provision unit 104 as shown in FIG.

  The medicine information storage unit 101 is configured by a storage medium such as a hard disk. The drug information storage unit 101 stores a drug master table in which drug information (drug name, efficacy, image, and the like) of each drug as shown in FIG. 3 is described. Here, FIG. 3 is a diagram of an example of the medicine master table. This medicine information storage unit 101 corresponds to “medicine information management means” in the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the JAN code 310, the drug name 320, the image file 330, the dose time 340, the dose number 350, the efficacy 360, and the caution wording 370 are described in the drug master table. Here, the JAN code 310 is a product identification code. The drug information storage unit 101 stores the information previously input by a drug manager such as a pharmacist (hereinafter simply referred to as “drug manager”). Here, in this embodiment, the medicine master table is input to the server 200 by the medicine manager, and the server 200 stores the medicine master table in advance. Each medicine information management device 100 downloads the medicine master table and stores the medicine information storage unit. 101 is stored in advance. However, this configuration may be another configuration, for example, a configuration in which a drug administrator directly inputs information to each drug information management apparatus 100, or is arranged in a drug management system in a hospital. The medicine information storage unit 101 may be arranged in a medicine management server, and a patient information providing unit 104 to be described later may refer to the medicine information storage unit 101 of the server each time.

  The prescription medicine storage unit 102 includes a storage medium such as a hard disk. The doctor who prescribed the medicine to the patient uses the input unit 106 provided in the user interface 105 to input information on the kind of medicine prescribed together with the identification information of the patient. The prescription drug storage unit 102 stores patient identification information input from the input unit 106 and information on the type of drug prescribed to the patient. In the present embodiment, the prescription drug storage unit 102 stores a prescription drug table that indicates correspondence between patient identification information and a prescription drug (hereinafter, also referred to as “prescription drug”) as shown in FIG. 4. Remember. FIG. 4 is an example of a prescription drug table. In the present embodiment, the prescription drug table includes a patient ID 410 as patient identification information, a disease name 420, a hospital name 430, and a prescription drug 440 as prescription drug identification information. Here, the prescription medicine 440 is described in the JAN code in this embodiment. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the disease name 420 and the hospital name 430 are added as supplementary information in order to improve the usability of the prescription drug type information, but these may be omitted, and at least patient identification information (patient ID 410). And prescription drug identification information (prescription drug 440). The prescription drug storage unit 102 corresponds to “prescription drug storage means” in the present invention.

  In the above description, the doctor who prescribes the drug has directly input information on the type of the prescription drug into the prescription drug storage unit 102. However, in practice, the doctor does not provide information on the HIS (Hospital Information System). The information on the type of prescription drug may be input, and the HIS information may be downloaded by the drug information management apparatus 100 and stored in the prescription drug storage unit 102. Moreover, the structure which uses the patient identification information and prescription medicine information which HIS has memorize | stored as the prescription medicine memory | storage part 102 may be sufficient.

  The medical history information storage unit 103 includes a storage area such as a hard disk. The doctor who examined the patient uses the input unit 106 to input the patient's medical history such as the patient's allergy history and infectious disease information. The medical history information storage unit 103 stores the medical history of the patient input from the input unit 106. In the present embodiment, the medical history information storage unit 103 has a patient information table as shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 5 is an example of a patient information table. In this embodiment, the patient information table includes a patient ID 510, name 520, date of birth 530, sex 540, infectious disease information 550, and allergy history 560 as patient identification information. However, patient information such as name 520, date of birth 530, and gender 540 has been added as supplementary information to improve the usability of patient information. In fact, this patient information table contains patient history and patient identification information. It is sufficient if the correspondence of is described. Furthermore, information on other illnesses such as past illnesses may be added to the patient's medical history. This medical history information storage unit 103 corresponds to “medical history information storage means” in the present invention.

  The patient information providing unit 104 receives from the portable terminal 001 a request for supplying patient information including patient identification information and information such as a medicine prescribed by the patient having the identification information and a medical history of the patient. Here, it is assumed that a patient ID is input as patient identification information.

  First, the patient information providing unit 104 searches the prescription drug storage unit 102 based on the input patient ID. And the patient information provision part 104 acquires the prescription medicine 440 which is the information of the kind of medicine prescribed to the patient who has the input patient ID.

  Next, the patient information providing unit 104 searches the drug information storage unit 101 based on the acquired prescription drug 440. The patient information providing unit 104 acquires the drug name 320 of the drug prescribed by the patient having the input patient ID, the image file 330, the dosing time 340, the number of doses 350, the efficacy 360, and the caution wording 370.

  Further, the patient information providing unit 104 searches the medical history information storage unit 103 based on the input patient ID. The patient information providing unit 104 acquires infectious disease information 550 and allergy history 560 of the patient having the input patient ID.

  The patient information providing unit 104 stores the acquired drug name 320, image file 330, dose time 340, number of doses 350, efficacy 360, caution wording 370, patient infection information 550, and allergy history 560. Send to. This patient information providing unit 104 corresponds to “patient information providing means” in the present invention.

  The portable terminal 001 receives from the patient information providing unit 104 the drug name 320, the image file 330, the dose time 340, the dose number 350, the efficacy 360, the caution wording 370, the patient infection information 550, and the allergy history 560. Remember. The patient can always use the portable terminal 001 to prescribe the drug name 320, the image file 330, the dose time 340, the number of doses 350, the indication 360, the precautionary wording 370, the self-infection information 550 and allergies. The history 560 can be referred to. Thus, in the portable terminal 001, the program for receiving, storing, and displaying the drug information and the medical history information from the patient information providing unit 104 corresponds to the “information acquisition program” in the present invention. Further, the information acquisition program may include a program for requesting supply of patient identification information and patient information from the portable terminal 001.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, provision of prescription drug and medical history information to the portable terminal 001 of the drug information management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment and a flow of referring to the information by the patient will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of provision of prescription drug and medical history information to the portable terminal 001 of the drug information management apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment and reference of the information by the patient.

  Step S001: The patient information providing unit 104 receives patient identification information from the patient using the portable terminal 001, and receives a request for supplying patient information including information on the prescription drug and medical history of the patient.

  Step S002: The patient information providing unit 104 searches the prescription drug storage unit 102 based on the input identification information of the patient, and acquires information on the type of prescription drug of the patient having the identification information.

  Step S003: The patient information providing unit 104 searches the drug information storage unit 101 based on the acquired prescription drug type information, and stores a drug name 320, an image file 330, a dose time 340, a dose number 350, an efficacy 360, and The drug information of the prescription drug such as the caution wording 370 is acquired.

  Step S004: The patient information providing unit 104 searches the medical history information storage unit 103 based on the input patient identification information, and acquires medical history information such as infectious disease information 550 and allergy history 560.

  Step S005: The patient information providing unit 104 transmits the acquired drug information and medical history information to the portable terminal 001.

  Step S006: The portable terminal 001 stores the received drug information and medical history information.

  Step S007: The patient operates the portable terminal 001 to refer to the medicine information of the medicine prescribed for him and his / her medical history information stored in the portable terminal 001.

  As described above, the medicine information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to transmit medicine information of a medicine prescribed by the patient and the medical history information of the patient to the portable terminal of the patient. As a result, the patient can store the drug information of the medicine prescribed for himself / herself in a portable terminal such as a mobile phone and can refer to it at any time, and easily manage the medicine information of the prescribed medicine and his / her medical history information. This makes it possible to reduce misjudgments such as accidental ingestion due to mishearing. In addition, by displaying an image, it is possible to acquire drug information of the drug more accurately.

(Modification)
Furthermore, a modified example of the medicine information management apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. The medicine information management apparatus according to this modification is provided with a function for inquiring medicines using images from a portable terminal. Therefore, in the following, the collation of medicines using images will be mainly described. The configuration of the medicine information management apparatus according to this modification also has the same configuration as that of the above-described embodiment.

  The patient captures an image of his / her medicine in the portable terminal 001. Specifically, when the mobile terminal 001 is a mobile phone with a camera, an image is captured by photographing the medicine with a camera attached to the mobile phone. Alternatively, an image of a medicine taken with a digital camera may be downloaded to a PDA or the like and used. Then, the patient uses the portable terminal 001 to transmit the medicine image to the medicine information management apparatus 100 together with the medicine inquiry request.

  The patient information providing unit 104 receives a medicine image from the portable terminal 001 together with a medicine inquiry request. The patient information providing unit 104 refers to the image file 330 (see FIG. 3) included in the medicine master table stored in the medicine information storage unit 101, and has the same image as compared with the received medicine image. Extract drug information of drugs. As an example of this image comparison, there is a method in which a ratio or arrangement of colors in an image is obtained and a medicine having the same color ratio or arrangement is determined as a medicine having the same image.

  Then, the patient information providing unit 104 transmits the extracted drug information of the drug to the portable terminal 001 that has transmitted the drug image.

  The patient confirms the drug information of the drug that has transmitted the image using the portable terminal 001.

  As described above, the drug information management apparatus according to this modification is configured to transmit drug information of a drug for which a patient has transmitted an image using a mobile terminal to the mobile terminal. As a result, the patient can easily obtain the drug information of the drug that he / she has, and it is possible to reduce a determination error such as accidental ingestion.

  Further, in the above modification example, the inquiry of the drug information by the image has been described. However, this may be configured such that the inquiry using other information can be performed. For example, the barcode printed on the return path of the prescription can be displayed on the portable terminal 001. The data may be read and transmitted to the patient information providing unit 104, and the patient information providing unit 104 may retrieve drug information based on the data and transmit the result to the portable terminal 001.

  Further, by attaching a barcode to the prescription bag and storing the identification information of the barcode in the prescription drug storage unit 102 together with the prescription drug, the bar code attached to the prescription bag can be used to The information providing unit 104 acquires prescription drug types from the prescription drug storage unit 102, acquires drug information of those prescription drugs from the drug information storage unit 101, and transmits the acquired drug information to the portable terminal 001. May be.

[Second Embodiment]
The drug information management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The drug information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the drug information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to receive and display the drug information of a prescribed drug stored in the mobile terminal and the self medical history information. Therefore, in the following, the configuration for obtaining and displaying information from the mobile terminal will be mainly described. A block diagram of the medicine information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is also shown in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, a patient information acquisition unit 109 represented by a dotted line in FIG. 1 is added. In the following description, functional units having the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment are assumed to have the same functions unless otherwise specified. Further, the drug information management system according to the present embodiment also has the configuration shown in FIG.

  In the following description, it is assumed that drug information and medical history information are transmitted from the drug information management apparatus 100a to the portable terminal 001, and the drug information management apparatus 100b receives the drug information and medical history information. Actually, transmission and reception of drug information and medical history information may be performed by any drug information management apparatus 100.

  The drug information management device 100a transmits drug information of a drug prescribed to a patient and patient medical history information to the portable terminal 001 as in the first embodiment.

  The patient identifies the patient's prescription drug type information and his / her medical history information using the portable terminal 001 in which the drug information of his / her prescription drug and his / her medical history information are stored. The information is input to the medicine information management apparatus 100b together with the information. Thus, in the portable terminal 001, the program for transmitting the drug information and the medical history information to the patient information acquisition unit 109 corresponds to the “information transmission program” in the present invention.

  The patient information acquisition unit 109 receives input of information on the type of medicine prescribed to the patient having the identification information and medical history information from the portable terminal 001 together with the identification information of the patient. The patient information acquisition unit 109 refers to the medical history information storage unit 103 and acquires the patient's personal information and medical history information such as name and date of birth. And the patient information acquisition part 109 receives the display request of the patient information using the input part 106 by a doctor, information on the kind of prescribed medicine and medical history information inputted from the portable terminal 001, and a medical history information storage part The medical history information acquired from 103 and the personal information of the patient are output to the display control unit 108. This patient information acquisition unit 109 corresponds to “patient information acquisition means” in the present invention.

  The display control unit 108 receives input of patient personal information and medical history information from the patient information acquisition unit 109. Then, the display control unit 108 causes the display unit 107 to display the patient's personal information, prescription drug type information, and medical history information. The doctor can grasp the patient's medical history and the type of medicine prescribed by checking the displayed information. The display control unit 108 corresponds to the “display control unit” in the present invention, and the display unit 107 corresponds to the “display unit” in the present invention.

  As described above, in the drug information management device according to the present embodiment, information on the type of drug prescribed to a patient delivered by a certain drug information management device and medical history information of the patient are acquired by another drug information management device. It is the structure which can be done. This makes it possible for doctors and pharmacists who examine patients to check the medications prescribed by other medical facilities (hospitals, pharmacies, etc.) and the patient's medical history, enabling accurate and smooth transmission of information, and more accurate Diagnosis is possible.

[Third Embodiment]
The drug information management device according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The drug information management apparatus according to this embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that, when a similar drug is prescribed, a warning about the similar drug is transmitted to the mobile terminal. Therefore, in the following, a configuration for notification of warnings for similar drugs will be mainly described. A block diagram of the medicine information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is also shown in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, a warning output unit 110 and a similar medicine storage unit 111 represented by a dotted line in FIG. 1 are added. In the following description, functional units having the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment are assumed to have the same functions unless otherwise specified. The function according to the present embodiment can be added to both the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

  The similar medicine storage unit 111 includes a storage medium such as a hard disk. The similar medicine storage unit 111 stores information on combinations of medicines having similar shapes. Specifically, the similar drug storage unit 111 refers to similar drugs such as one group in which the A drug, the B drug, and the C drug are similar to each other (hereinafter referred to as “similar group”). ) Every time. Furthermore, the similar medicine storage unit 111 stores, for each similar group, how to distinguish individual medicines included in the similar group. This similar medicine storage unit 111 corresponds to “similar medicine storage means” in the present invention.

  Registration of similar drugs can also be performed automatically. In that case, a similar drug determination unit 112 is provided, and a threshold value is stored in advance in the similar drug determination unit 112, and whether or not the error is within the threshold value compared with the already registered image. Registration can be done. Here, automatic registration of similar drugs will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of automatic registration of similar medicines.

  An operator such as a medicine manager images a medicine to be registered (hereinafter referred to as “registered medicine”) using a digital camera or the like, and stores an image of the registered medicine in the medicine information storage unit 101 (S101). At this time, the operator designates an image range in the registered image.

  The similar medicine determination unit 112 compares the registered medicine image with an image of another medicine that has already been stored (S102). This comparison creates a bitmap table that is a statistic of the color placed at each bit within a specified range in a registered image, and there are errors in each bitmap table (some bits have different colors). Or the like).

  The similar medicine determination unit 112 determines whether or not the error calculated for the threshold value stored in advance exceeds (S103). If it exceeds the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S104. If the threshold value is not exceeded, the process ends.

  The similar medicine determination unit 112 stores the medicine having an image that does not exceed the threshold in the similar medicine storage unit 111 so as to be in the same similar group as a similar medicine (S104).

  The warning output unit 110 acquires information on the type of medicine prescribed to the patient from the patient information providing unit 104. Then, the warning output unit 110 searches the similar medicine storage unit 111 based on the medicine prescribed for the patient, and determines whether there is a medicine included in the same similar group among the medicines prescribed for the patient. . Then, when there are drugs included in the same similar group among the drugs prescribed to the patient, a warning that the prescribed drug is similar and to be warned is transmitted to the portable terminal 001. . Further, the warning output unit 110 obtains how to distinguish the prescribed similar medicines from the similar medicine storage unit 111, and transmits information on how to distinguish the medicines to the portable terminal 001.

  Here, in this embodiment, in order to make it easy for a patient to identify a drug, information on how to identify similar drugs is transmitted. However, if only a patient's attention is to be transmitted, only a warning is transmitted. It may be configured.

  As described above, the medicine information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to notify a warning when a medicine having a similar shape is prescribed to a patient and transmit a medicine discrimination method. This makes it possible to prevent accidental ingestion of similar drugs.

(Modification)
In the registration of the similar medicine described above, the similar medicine determination unit 112 may store information that there is a similar medicine in the medicine information storage unit 101. When information on the presence or absence of similar drugs is registered in the drug information storage unit 101, the drug information management apparatus 100 is used when the patient introduces the drug information of the drug as described in the modification in the first embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to provide information on similar drugs to the portable terminal 001. Therefore, provision of information on similar drugs will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of providing information on similar drugs.

  As described in the modification of the first embodiment, the patient uses the portable terminal 001 to transmit drug identification information (such as an image) to the patient information providing unit 104 and transmit a drug inquiry request. The patient information providing unit 104 receives the medicine inquiry request and searches the medicine information storage unit 101 based on the medicine identification information (S201).

  The patient information providing unit 104 determines whether there is information that there is a similar drug in the drug information of the searched drug (S202). At this time, if there is no information that there is a similar medicine, the process proceeds to step S204, and if there is information that there is a similar medicine, the process proceeds to step S203.

  The patient information providing unit 104 searches the similar drug storage unit 111 and acquires information on a drug similar to the drug for which inquiry has been supplied (S203).

  The patient information providing unit 104 transmits the drug information of the drug requested to be inquired and the similar drug information to the portable terminal 001 when the drug includes a similar drug (S204).

  In this way, when a drug is inquired, the patient can acquire information on a similar drug, thereby preventing accidental ingestion and misunderstanding of the patient.

[Fourth Embodiment]
The drug information management device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The drug information management device according to the present embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that it has a configuration for managing the medication taking time. Therefore, in the following, a configuration for performing administration time management will be mainly described. A block diagram of the medicine information management apparatus according to the present embodiment is also shown in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, the administration time management unit 113 represented by the dotted line in FIG. 1 is added. In the following description, functional units having the same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment are assumed to have the same functions unless otherwise specified. The function according to the present embodiment can be added to any of the first to third embodiments.

  The medication time management unit 113 has a timer inside. In addition, the taking time management unit 113 has an information transmission function for transmitting information. In the present embodiment, the taking time management unit 113 has a mail function. In addition, the taking time management unit 113 stores a sentence that encourages taking.

  The medication time management unit 113 acquires information on the destination of information such as patient identification information, the address of the portable terminal 001, and the type of prescription drug from the patient information providing unit 104.

  Then, the medication time management unit 113 refers to the medication master table stored in the medication information storage unit 101 based on the acquired information on the type of the prescribed medication, and determines the medication time 340 (see FIG. 3) of the prescribed medication. Obtain from the drug master table. Then, the medication time management unit 113 stores the medication time 340 of each prescription drug together with the acquired patient identification information and address. Here, the patient can change the dose time stored in the dose time management unit 113 using the portable terminal 001. Specifically, the medication identification information and the medication time are transmitted together with the patient identification information, and the medication time update unit 113 sends the medication time update command, so that the medication time management unit 113 receives the information and stores the stored patient's information. Based on the identification information and the drug identification information, the stored dose time is updated to the input dose time.

  After that, the medication time management unit 113 adds the name of the medication to the stored text for encouraging medication when the medication time of the prescription medication acquired based on the timer it possesses is acquired, and acquires the mobile terminal 001 Send an email to the address. As an example of this mail, there is a mail and an attached file as shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example of an e-mail and an attached file prompting the patient to take a medicine. In the present embodiment, the medication time management unit 113 adds a medicine image and an effect to a mail for transmission so that the patient can easily understand. However, the content of this email may be anything as long as it prompts the patient to take medicine.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the medication time management unit 113 stores in advance the time limit for taking medication. Then, the dose time management unit 113 transmits an email with a content prompting the patient to address the portable terminal 001 of the patient again if there is no reply from the patient within the time limit after the email is sent to the patient. To do. This dosing time managing unit 113 corresponds to “dosing time managing means” in the present invention.

  Here, in this embodiment, in order to make sure that the patient's prescription medication is taken, the time limit is set as described above, and the notification for prompting the dose is retransmitted. Works without it.

  As described above, the drug information management device according to the present embodiment is configured to perform notification that prompts the user to take a prescription drug at the time of taking. Thereby, it is possible to reduce mistakes such as forgetting to drink a drug or accidental ingestion.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, a program that provides patient information that operates on the drug information management apparatus 100, a program that responds to drug inquiries, a program that issues a warning for similar drugs, and a program that manages dosing time, The configuration may be such that it can be downloaded from the server 200 in FIG. Further, in the embodiment described above, a program for downloading patient information, a program for uploading patient information to the medicine information management apparatus 100, a program for inquiring about medicine, and a change in taking time, which operate on the portable terminal 001. The program to be executed may be downloaded from the server 200.

  Furthermore, each medicine information management apparatus 100 may download a program that operates on the portable terminal 001 from the server 200, and the programs may be transmitted from each medicine information management apparatus 100 to the portable terminal 001. The function of transmitting this program corresponds to the “program transmitting means” in the present invention. Here, the program operating on the portable terminal 001 includes an information acquisition program for acquiring drug information and medical history information from the drug information management device 100, and information for transmitting drug type information and medical history information to the drug information management device 100. There is a transmission program.

  Alternatively, the medicine information, prescription medicine type information, and patient medical history information described above may be downloaded to the portable terminal side of the patient, and the portable terminal may be used as a medicine information management apparatus.

001 portable terminal 002 transmitting unit 003 receiving unit 004 control unit 100 drug information management apparatus 101 drug information storage unit 102 prescription drug storage unit 103 medical history information storage unit 104 patient information providing unit 105 user interface 106 input unit 107 display unit 108 display control unit 109 Patient Information Acquisition Unit 110 Warning Output Unit 111 Similar Drug Storage Unit 112 Similar Drug Determination Unit 113 Dosing Time Management Unit

Claims (10)

Drug information storage means for storing drug information including an image representing the shape of a plurality of types of drugs in advance, taking time, efficacy, and caution wording;
Prescription drug storage means for receiving information on the type of drug prescribed to the patient and storing the information on the type of drug;
Medical history information storage means for storing patient medical history information including a history of allergy of the patient,
A supply request for information on a specific patient is received from a portable terminal, the prescription drug storage means, the drug information storage means, and the medical history information storage means are referred to, and drug information of a drug prescribed for the specific patient and Patient information providing means for outputting the medical history information of the specific patient to the mobile terminal;
A drug information management apparatus comprising: The patient information providing means receives an input of an image representing the shape of a medicine from the portable terminal, compares the inputted image with the image stored in the medicine information storage means, and the images match. Outputting the drug information of the drug
The drug information management device according to claim 1. Similar drug storage means for storing information on the types of similar drugs having similar shapes in advance;
The similar medicine storage means is searched based on the information on the kind of medicine prescribed for the specific patient, and if the similar medicine is included in the prescribed medicine, the mobile terminal is warned. Warning output means for outputting
The drug information management device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising:   Based on the information on the type of prescribed medicine, the clock is acquired, the taking time of the prescribed medicine is acquired from the medicine information storage means, and the portable terminal is encouraged to take the medicine during the taking time The medication information management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a taking time management means for outputting a notification.   The taking time management means includes a notification acquisition means for receiving a notification of taking from the mobile terminal, and stores in advance a time limit for receiving the notification of taking after the notification for prompting the taking, In a case where the notification that the medication has been taken is not received from the specific mobile terminal while the time limit has elapsed since the notification that prompts the user to take is output to the specific mobile terminal, the notification that prompts the user to take again is received. The medicine information management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the medicine information management apparatus outputs to a terminal. Patient information acquisition means for receiving identification information of a medicine used by a patient from the portable terminal and the medical history information of the patient;
Display control means for causing the display means to display information on the medicine used and the medical history information;
The drug information management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: Drug information storage stage for storing drug information including images representing shapes, taking times, effects, and caution statements of multiple types of drugs,
A prescription drug storage stage for receiving information on the type of drug prescribed to the patient and storing the information on the type of drug;
A history information storage stage for storing patient history information including a history of allergies of the patient;
A request reception stage for receiving a request for supplying information on a specific patient from a mobile terminal;
A prescription drug acquisition step of acquiring information on the type of drug prescribed to the specific patient;
A drug information acquisition step of acquiring drug information of a drug prescribed to the specific patient;
Medical history information acquisition step for acquiring medical history information of the specific patient;
A patient information providing step of outputting the drug information of the drug prescribed to the specific patient and the medical history information of the specific patient to the mobile terminal;
A drug information management method comprising: Receiving an image representing the shape of the medicine from the mobile terminal; and
A drug information output step of comparing the input image with the stored image and outputting the drug information of the drug with the matching image;
The drug information management method according to claim 7, further comprising: A drug information management system comprising a drug information management device and a mobile terminal connected via a network,
The drug information management device comprises:
Drug information storage means for storing drug information including an image representing the shape of a plurality of types of drugs in advance, taking time, efficacy, and caution wording;
Prescription drug storage means for receiving information on the type of drug prescribed to the patient and storing the information on the type of drug;
Medical history information storage means for storing patient medical history information including a history of allergy of the patient,
An information acquisition program for acquiring drug information of the prescribed drug from the prescription drug storage means and the prescription drug management information and acquiring the medical history information from the medical history information storage means based on patient identification information A program transmission means for transmitting to a mobile terminal,
The portable terminal is
Program execution means for receiving the information acquisition program and executing the program;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information of the patient to the medicine information management device;
Information acquisition means for acquiring drug information of the prescribed drug and the medical history information,
A drug information management system characterized by that. The drug information management system includes a plurality of drug information management devices that are not connected to each other.
The program transmission means transmits an information transmission program for transmitting the prescription drug type information acquired by the portable terminal and the medical history information to the drug information management device to the portable terminal,
The program execution means receives the information transmission program, executes the information transmission program in the portable terminal, and stores information on the type of medicine prescribed and the medical history information via the information transmission means. Send to the information management device,
The drug information management system according to claim 9.

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