JP2014083057A - Medication management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medication management system which enables a manager to manage whether a patient have taken medicines and to efficiently prepare the medicine.SOLUTION: The medication management system comprises: a medicine housing device 10 arranged for each patient; a storage unit for storing medication information containing the types, the quantities, and the medication times of the medicines to be taken by the patient for each medicine housing device 10; medication detection means for detecting whether the patient has taken medicines housed in the medicine housing device 10; and a main terminal 20 and a portable terminal 30 provided on the side of the manager. The medication information stored in the storage unit and medication detection result information obtained by the medication detection means are outputted from the main terminal 20 and the portable terminal 30, so that it is easy to check with the terminals on the side of the manager whether the patient has taken the medicines, and it is also easy to check with the terminals the medication information containing the types, the quantities, and the medication times of the medicines housed in the medicine housing device 10.

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a medication management system for performing medication management such as prevention of forgetting to take a drug or prevention of wrong medication for a patient who needs to take a medication, for example, in a medical facility such as a hospital, a nursing facility, a home, or the like. Is.

  In general, in hospitals and other medical facilities that require medication, nurses take the medicine prepared for each patient to the patient and instruct them to take it at a fixed time. doing. However, there is a problem that patients cannot forget to take the medicine, or intentionally neglected to take the medicine, so that the patient cannot be thoroughly taken and effective treatment cannot be performed. On the other hand, since it is necessary to give medication to many inpatients in hospitals, it is difficult for nurses to check the medication status of each patient, and there is a problem that it is not possible to instruct them to take medication at a fixed time. It was.

  Therefore, conventionally, a medicine box having a medicine storage part for storing medicine and an open / close sensor for detecting opening and closing of the medicine storage part is arranged for each patient, and whether or not the medicine has been taken at a preset medication time. It is known that a patient's medication can be managed by detecting this with an open / close sensor of a medicine storage unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-310715 A

  By the way, in the conventional example, when the medicine is not taken at the time of taking the medicine, the patient is notified by an alarm so as to prompt the patient to take the medicine, but whether the patient actually took the medicine or not There was a problem that management could not be performed and eventually it was necessary to rely on self-management. In addition, it is necessary to put medicines prepared for each patient in the medicine box every day, but since the types and quantities of medicines differ from patient to patient, preparation of medicines in the medicine box is complicated in hospitals with many patients. There was also the problem of becoming.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to allow the administrator to manage whether or not the patient has taken the medicine and to prepare the medicine by the administrator. The object is to provide a medication management system capable of efficiently performing work.

  In order to achieve the above object, the medication management system of the present invention provides a medication storage device arranged for each medication recipient, and medication information including the type, quantity and medication time of the medication taken by the medication medication for each medication storage device. Storage means for storing information, input means for inputting the medication information stored in the storage means for each medicine storage device, medication detection means for detecting whether or not the medicine of the medicine storage device has been taken, and medication An administrator-side terminal provided on the administrator side for managing the patient's medication, and output means capable of outputting the medication information stored in the storage means and the medication detection result information of the medication detection means to the administrator-side terminal It has.

  Thereby, it is detected by the medication detection means whether or not the medicine of the medicine storage device has been taken, and the medication detection result information is output from the administrator side terminal, so the medication person has taken the medicine. It is possible for the administrator to manage whether or not. In addition, since medication information including the type, quantity, and medication time of the medicine taken by the medication person is output from the administrator side terminal, confirmation of medication information of the medicine stored in the medicine storage device is facilitated.

  According to the present invention, the administrator can easily perform management of whether or not the patient has actually taken the medicine, so it can effectively guide the patient who did not take the medicine, You can prevent forgetting to take medicine. In addition, since the administrator can easily check the medication information including the type, quantity and time of medication stored in the medicine storage device, the administrator can efficiently prepare the medicine. It is also possible to prevent erroneous medication.

The block diagram of the medication management system which shows one Embodiment of this invention Block diagram of medicine storage device Block diagram of medicine storage device, main terminal and portable terminal The flowchart which shows operation | movement of a 1st control part. Operation explanatory diagram of medicine storage device Operation explanatory diagram of medicine storage device Operation explanatory diagram of medicine storage device The block diagram of the medication management system which shows other embodiment of this invention

  1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a medication management system for managing medication for hospitalized patients.

  This medication management system includes a medicine storage device 10 arranged for each medication taker (patient) taking medication 1, a main terminal 20 as a manager side terminal installed at a predetermined location in a hospital, and management Mobile terminal 30 as another administrator side terminal that can be carried by a person.

  The medicine storage device 10 includes a medicine tray 11 for containing the medicine 1 packaged, a medicine carry-out section 12 for carrying out the medicine 1 in the medicine tray 11, and a medicine receiving section 13 for receiving the contents 1a taken out from the medicine 1. The medicine shell receiving part 14 for receiving the medicine shell 1b of the medicine 1 from which the contents 1a are taken out, and the medicine shell collecting part 15 for collecting the medicine shell 1b from the medicine shell receiving part 14 are arranged in the hospital room 2 of the hospital. Has been.

  The inside of the medicine tray 11 is partitioned into a plurality of storage parts 11a, and each storage part 11a stores medicines 1 to be taken before morning, noon, evening, and before going to bed as medicines for one day. Yes. The medicine tray 11 is provided so as to be freely inserted into and withdrawn from the medicine storage device 10, and is loaded into the tray receiver 11 b of the medicine storage device 10. A well-known RFID tag 11c is attached to the medicine tray 11, and a well-known tag reader 11c that reads information stored in the RFID tag 11b is provided to the tray receiver 11b. In this case, the RFID tag 11c of the medicine tray 11 stores the identification information (ID) of the medicine storage device 10 in which the medicine tray 11 is used. The alarm is output by the buzzer that does not.

  The medicine carry-out unit 12 has a carry-out port 12a through which the medicine 1 is carried out, and is configured to carry out the medicine 1 in the medicine tray 11 to the carry-out port 12a for each storage unit 11a.

  The medicine receiving portion 13 is formed in a tray shape and is provided to temporarily receive the contents 1 a taken out from the medicine 1.

  The medicine shell receiving portion 14 is formed in a saucer shape and receives the medicine shell 1b of the medicine 1 from which the contents 1a are taken out. In this case, the medicine shell receiver 14 discharges the medicine shell 1b by opening and closing the bottom surface, for example. Further, the medicine shell receiver 14 is provided with a medicine shell sensor 14a for detecting the medicine shell 1b, and the medicine shell sensor 14a detects the presence or absence of the medicine shell 1b by a known optical sensor or weight sensor, for example. ing.

  The medicine shell collecting part 15 is formed so as to be able to receive the medicine shell 1b discharged from the medicine shell receiving part 14, and collects the medicine shell 1b of the medicine 1 already taken.

  In addition, the medicine storage device 10 includes a transceiver 16 that transmits and receives signals to and from the portable terminal 30 wirelessly, such as infrared communication, and a storage unit that stores medication information including the type, quantity, and time of medication taken by the medication recipient. 17 and a first control unit 18 that controls the operation of the medicine storage device 10.

  The main terminal 20 is composed of, for example, a stationary personal computer, and is installed in, for example, a nurse station 3 and a pharmacy 4 in a hospital. The main terminal 20 includes a transceiver 21 that transmits and receives signals to and from the portable terminal 30 wirelessly, such as infrared communication, and a storage unit 22 that stores medication information including the type, quantity, and time of medication taken by the drug taker. An input unit 23 for inputting medication information stored in the storage unit 22 for each medicine storage device 10, an output unit 24 capable of outputting the information stored in the storage unit 22 for each medicine storage device 10, and a main terminal. And a second control unit 25 for controlling the operation of 20. In this case, the output unit 24 includes a screen output device of a display device, a printer, or the like. Further, the main terminal 20 of the nurse station 3 and the main terminal 20 of the pharmacy 4 are connected to each other through a network line or the like, and are synchronized so that the information stored in the storage unit 22 matches each other.

  The portable terminal device 30 is composed of, for example, a mobile or tablet personal computer, and is carried by, for example, a plurality of nurses in a hospital. The portable terminal 30 stores the medication information including the type, quantity, and medication time of the medicine taken by the drug taker, and the transceiver 31 that transmits and receives signals to and from the main terminal 20 and the medicine storage device 10 by radio such as infrared communication. The storage unit 32, the input unit 33 for inputting the medication information stored in the storage unit 32 for each medicine storage device 10, and the output unit 34 for outputting the information stored in the storage unit 32 for each medicine storage device 10. And a third control unit 35 that controls the operation of the mobile terminal 30. In this case, the output unit 24 includes a screen output unit of the mobile terminal 30.

  In the medication management system configured as described above, medication information including the type, quantity, and medication time of medication taken by the medication recipient is input to the main terminal 20 of the nurse station 3 for each medication storage device 10. It is stored in the storage unit 22 of the terminal 20. In this case, since the main terminal 20 of the nurse station 3 is synchronized with the main terminal 20 of the pharmacy 4, the medication information of each main terminal 20 is consistent with each other. Moreover, the medication information for each medication taker is managed by the ID assigned to each medication storage device 10.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 30 is carried by a nurse and used for preparation work for medicines stored in the medicine storage device 10. That is, the medication information of the main terminal 20 of the nurse station 3 is taken into the mobile terminal 30 by wireless communication and stored in the storage unit 32 of the mobile terminal 30 by the nurse carrying the mobile terminal 30. Since the same medication information is stored in the main terminal 20 of the pharmacy 4, the medication information can be taken into the portable terminal 30 from the main terminal 20 of the pharmacy 4.

  Next, the medication information for each patient is output from the main terminal 20 of the pharmacy 4, and the medicine 1 is stored in the medicine tray 11 for each patient based on the medication information. At that time, by displaying the medication information on the output unit 34 of the portable terminal 30, the medicine 1 can be stored in the medicine tray 11 while looking at the portable terminal 30. Thus, the medicine tray 11 in which the medicine 1 is stored is conveyed to the nurse station 3.

  Next, the nurse takes the medicine tray 11 to the medicine storage device 10 of the drug taker, and the medicine tray 11 is loaded into the medicine storage device 10 of the medicine taker. At that time, if the ID of the RFID tag 11c of the medicine tray 11 read by the tag reader 11c of the medicine storage device 10 does not coincide with the ID of the medicine storage device 10, an alarm is output. The tray 11 is not loaded by mistake. Subsequently, the medication information of the portable terminal 30 is transmitted to the medicine storage device 10 by wireless communication by the nurse. Thereby, the medication information of the portable terminal 30 is stored in the storage unit 17 of the medicine storage device 10, and the setting of the medicine storage device 10 is completed. At that time, by displaying the medication information of the medicine storage device 10 on the output unit 34 of the portable terminal 30, for example, the type of medicine can be confirmed by an image. Moreover, as will be described later, it is also possible to confirm the medication result of the previous day by the medication recipient. Furthermore, for example, when changing the medication time, the medication information can be rewritten by the input unit 33 of the portable terminal 30.

  Here, operation | movement of the 1st control part 18 at the time of a medication person taking the medicine 1 of the medicine storage device 10 is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, when the medication information of the mobile terminal 30 is received as described above (S1), the medication information of the mobile terminal 30 is stored in the storage unit 17 (S2). Next, when the medication time set in the medication information is reached (S3), the medication 1 is carried out from the storage portion 11a of the medication tray 11 corresponding to the medication time to the carry-out port 12a by the medicine carry-out portion 12 as shown in FIG. (S4), and the timer starts measuring a predetermined time T (for example, 30 minutes) (S5). Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the drug taker takes out the medicine 1 from the carry-out port 12 a, puts the contents 1 a of the medicine 1 into the medicine receiving portion 13, and puts the medicine shell 1 b into the medicine shell receiving portion 14. The content 1a of the medicine 1 in the medicine receiving part 13 is taken. At this time, if the medicine shell sensor 14a detects that the medicine shell 1b has been inserted into the medicine shell receiving portion 14 before the time T has elapsed (S6), it is assumed that the patient has taken medicine 1. The medication detection result is “medicine present” (S8). Next, as shown in FIG. 7, after the drug shell 1b is discharged by the drug shell receiving unit 14 and collected in the drug shell collecting unit 15 (S9), the medication detection result is stored in the storage unit 17 (S10). In Steps S6 and S7, if the time T has elapsed without detecting that the medicine shell 1b has been inserted into the medicine shell receiving portion 14, it is determined that the medicine person has not taken the medicine 1 The detection result is “no medication” (S11), and the medication detection result is stored in the storage unit 17. And it returns to the said step S3, and when the next medication time comes, the operation | movement of said step S3-S11 is performed again. As described above, the process of determining whether or not the drug shell 1b has been inserted into the drug shell receiving part 14 before the time T has elapsed is to detect whether or not the drug taker has taken the drug 1. It constitutes a detection means.

  Next, when the time for taking one day of medicine elapses, for example, in the morning of the next day, a new medicine is stored in the medicine storage device 10 by the nurse using the portable terminal 30 as described above. At this time, when the medication information of the mobile terminal 30 is transmitted to the medicine storage device 10, the medication information of the mobile terminal 30 is stored in the storage unit 17 of the medicine storage device 10 and also stored in the storage unit 17 of the medicine storage device 10. The stored medication detection result information for the previous day is transmitted to the mobile terminal 30 and the medication detection result is displayed on the output unit 34 of the mobile terminal 30. Thereby, since the nurse can confirm the medication detection result of the previous day in front of the drug taker, he / she can be directly instructed not to neglect the drug when he / she is not taking the drug. Further, when the nurse returns to the nurse station 3, the medication detection result information read from the medicine storage device 10 to the portable terminal 30 is transmitted from the portable terminal 30 to the main terminal 20 of the nurse station 3, thereby taking the medication. The detection result information is stored in the storage unit 22 of the main terminal 20, and the medication detection result information can be shared by the main terminal 20 and the other mobile terminal 30.

  As described above, according to the medication management system of the present embodiment, the medicine storage device 10 arranged for each patient, and the medication information including the type, quantity, and time of medication taken by the user are shown. Storage units 17, 22, and 32 that are stored for each drug, input units 23 and 33 that input medication information stored in the storage units 17, 22, and 32 for each drug storage device 10, and medication in the drug storage device 10 Medication detection means for detecting whether or not a person has taken, and an administrator-side terminal provided on the administrator side for managing the medication of the patient, and stored in the storage units 17, 22, 32 Because the information and the medication detection result information of the medication detection means are output from the administrator side terminal, it is possible to confirm whether the user has taken the medicine by the administrator side terminal, the administrator side To manage medication easily and reliably It can be. Thereby, guidance to a patient who has not taken medicine can be effectively performed, and prevention of forgetting to take medicine can be achieved. In addition, since it is possible to check medication information including the type, quantity, and medication time of the medicine stored in the medicine storage device 10 by the administrator side terminal, it is possible to efficiently prepare the medicine and It is also possible to prevent medication.

  Moreover, the portable terminal 30 which an administrator can carry as an administrator side terminal is provided, and while the memory | storage part 17 and a medication detection means are provided in the medicine storage device 10, the memory | storage part 32 and the output part 34 are provided in the portable terminal 30. Since the medicine storage device 10 and the portable terminal 30 are configured to be able to transmit and receive medication information and medication detection result information wirelessly, administrators such as nurses and doctors can manage medication using the portable terminal 30. It can be performed easily and is extremely advantageous when used in a large-scale facility such as a hospital.

  Furthermore, the main terminal 20 installed in a predetermined place as an administrator side terminal is provided, and the main terminal 20 is provided with a storage unit 22, an input unit 23, and an output unit 24, and the main terminal 20 and the portable terminal 30 are provided. Since it is configured to be able to send and receive medication information and medication detection result information wirelessly, administrators such as nurses, doctors, and pharmacists can manage medication using the main terminal 20 installed in the nurse station 3 or the pharmacy 4 This is very advantageous when used in a large-scale facility such as a hospital.

  FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and the same components as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The medication management system shown in the figure includes a notification device 40 as a so-called nurse call. The notification device 40 is disposed in the nurse station 3 and connected to a call switch 41 provided for each patient in the hospital room 2 via a wiring 42. That is, when the patient in the hospital room 2 presses the call switch 41, the notification device 40 of the nurse station 3 rings and calls the nurse.

  In the present embodiment, the medicine storage device 10 is connected to the notification device 40 via the wiring 42, and when the medication detection means detects that the medicine has not taken the medicine in the medicine storage device 10, the notification is made. The device 40 is activated. Specifically, in the operation steps S6 and S7 of the first control unit 18, when the time T has elapsed without detecting that the drug shell 1b has been inserted into the drug shell receiving unit 14, the notification device 40 is used. Add processing to activate.

  Thereby, when it is determined that the drug taker has not taken the medicine 1, a nurse call is made by the notification device 40, so that the called nurse can promptly take the medicine.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Drug, 2 ... Hospital room, 3 ... Nurse station, 4 ... Pharmacy, 10 ... Medicine storage device, 17 ... Memory | storage part, 20 ... Main terminal, 22 ... Memory | storage part, 23 ... Input part, 24 ... Output part, 30 ... mobile terminal, 32 ... storage unit, 33 ... input unit, 34 ... output unit, 40 ... notification device.

Claims (4)

A medicine storage device arranged for each patient;
Storage means for storing medication information including the type, quantity and time of medication taken by the drug taker for each medicine storage device;
Input means for inputting medication information stored in the storage means for each medicine storage device;
A medicine detection means for detecting whether or not a medicine person has taken the medicine in the medicine storage device;
An administrator-side terminal set up on the administrator's side that manages the medication of the patient,
A medication management system comprising: medication information stored in the storage means and medication detection result information of the medication detection means to output to the administrator side terminal. A portable terminal that can be carried by an administrator as the administrator-side terminal,
While providing the storage means and the medication detection means in the medicine storage device, provided the storage means and display means in a portable terminal,
The medication management system according to claim 1, wherein the medication storage device and the portable terminal are configured to be able to transmit and receive medication information and medication detection result information wirelessly. A main terminal installed in a predetermined place as the administrator side terminal,
The main terminal is provided with the storage means, input means and display means,
The main terminal and the mobile terminal are configured to be able to send and receive medication information and medication detection result information wirelessly. The mobile terminal is configured to read medication information wirelessly from a centralized terminal. The medication management system according to claim 2. The medication management system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a notifying means for notifying a predetermined place that the medicine in the medicine storage device has not been taken by a medication person.

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