JP2023107632A - Medicine preparation support system, control method, control program and device - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce a load on a pharmacist in the audit work.SOLUTION: A medicine preparation support system 100 comprises: medicine image generation means 30 which generates an image of a medicine 2; a medicine preparation information generation unit 42 which generates medicine preparation information on the basis of the image generated by the medicine image generation means 30; a medicine preparation information storage unit 43 which stores the medicine preparation information in association with patient information for audit; an information acquisition unit 44 which acquires prescription information associated with patient information corresponding to the patient information for audit from a prescription information storage unit 26 that stores prescription information generated based on a prescription 1 in association with the patient information related to the prescription 1; and an audit unit 45 which audits the medicine preparation by collating the medicine preparation information stored in the medicine preparation information storage unit 43 with the prescription information acquired by the information acquisition unit 44.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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Applied for the application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Publication example 1 Date January 26, 2021 Meeting name, venue Kyoto Prefecture, sponsored by Kyoto Sangyo 21 Public Interest Incorporated Foundation "Kyoto Star Creation Project" 2020 project Plan presentation (held online (zoom)) https://www. pref. kyoto. jp/sangyo-sien/news/sutar2020. html https://www. youtube. com/watch? v = q2uLRP3byBI (4:26-8:37) Publisher Miki Bito Details of the disclosed invention Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura invented at the 2020 business plan presentation of the “Star Creation Project from Kyoto” Dispensing support system with

There is an application for application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law Publication example 2 Date February 26, 2021 Meeting name, venue Kansai New Business Council “Kansai NBC New Business Awards 2020” Osaka Innovation Hub ( 7F, Knowledge Capital Tower C, Grand Front Osaka, 3-1 Ofukacho, Kita-ku, Osaka) http://www. nb-net. or. jp/award/2020. html https://youtu. be/JeL9qT1oojA (41:41-42:16) Publisher Miki Bito Contents of disclosed invention Miki Bito presented the dispensing support system invented by Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura at the "Kansai NBC New Business Award 2020". Published.

Applied for the application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law Published example 3 Date July 6, 2021 Meeting name, venue Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Osaka Foreign Business Promotion Center "Global Innovation Forum (GIF) 2021" Japan Representative Startup Selection Contest Final Judging” Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry 6th Floor Suehiro Room (2-8 Honmachibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka) https://www. osaka. cci. or. jp/event/seminar/202105/D22210706015. html Publisher Miki Bito Details of the disclosed invention Miki Bito presented the dispensing support system invented by Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura at the "Global Innovation Forum (GIF) 2021 Japan Representative Startup Selection Contest Final Judging Committee". Published.

Applied for application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law Publication example 4 Publication date and website date August 25, 2021 Address of publication and website Kyoto Shimbun morning edition dated August 25, 2021, No. page 13 https://www. kyoto-np. co. jp/articles/-/624453 Publisher The Kyoto Shimbun Co., Ltd. Details of the disclosed invention The Kyoto Shimbun Co., Ltd. published on page 13 of the Kyoto Shimbun morning edition dated August 25, 2021 and on the website at the above address. The dispensing support system invented by Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura was released on the Kyoto Shimbun website.

Applied for the application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Publication case 5 Date September 3, 2021 Meeting name, venue Kansai Research City Organization, Kyoto Sangyo 21, Kyoto Prefecture, Sponsored by the Next-Generation Industrial Human Resources Project Promotion Council to Open Up the Future of Kyoto “The 4th Seminar on Supporting Productivity Improvement by Introducing AI/loT/Robots” (held online (zoom)) https://www. kri. or. jp/contact/entry/20210903. html Publisher Miki Bito Contents of disclosed invention Miki Bito published the dispensing support system invented by Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura at the 4th Seminar on Supporting Productivity Improvement by Introducing AI/loT/Robots. .

There is an application for application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Law Publication example 6 Publication date October 11, 2021 Meeting name, venue Industry-Academia Collaboration Research Institute Co., Ltd., Kyoto Advanced Technology Research Institute Sponsored by "Medical DX Possibilities of New Markets - Providing New Value through Co-Creation with Venture Companies -” (online (zoom)) https://www. astem. or. jp/lifeinov/20211011seminar/8154. html Publisher Miki Bito Details of the disclosed invention Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura invented in "Possibilities of new markets brought about by medical DX-providing new value through co-creation with venture companies-" Dispensing support system with

Applied for the application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Publication example 7 Date October 28, 2021 Meeting name, venue Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Osaka Foreign Business Promotion Center Sponsored by "Global Innovation Forum Osaka (GIF)" 2021” (held online) https://gif. osaka. cci. or. jp/company/index. php? mode=show&seq=20 Publisher: Miki Bito Contents of disclosed invention Miki Bito published the dispensing support system invented by Miki Bito and Shinsuke Hanamura at "Global Innovation Forum Osaka (GIF) 2021".

The present invention relates to a system for assisting dispensing, and the like.

In order to reduce the work of pharmacists and improve the management of dispensing pharmacies, attempts have been made to introduce information technology into pharmacist operations or pharmacies. By way of example, US Pat. No. 6,200,000 discloses a system for identifying dispensed medications.

A system disclosed in Patent Literature 1 includes an imaging device that captures an image of a drug, and a drug identification unit that identifies the drug included in the captured image captured by the imaging device. The drug identification unit is an AI model created based on the learning data stored in the learning data storage unit, and outputs drug information corresponding to the captured image as input data. That is, the AI model is used to identify the drug contained in the input photographed image.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2021-124989

By the way, one of the tasks performed by the pharmacist is an inspection task of checking whether the type and amount of the drug are in accordance with the prescription. In this audit work, the pharmacist visually checks the prescription prepared by the doctor and the dispensed drug, and confirms whether the drug is dispensed according to the prescription. It's becoming

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, and its purpose is to reduce the burden on pharmacists in inspection work.

The technical problems described above can be solved by a dispensing assistance system or the like having the following configuration.

That is, the present invention is a dispensing assistance system for assisting dispensing by checking whether or not a medicine has been dispensed according to a prescription, comprising: a medicine image generating means for generating an image of the medicine; a dispensing information generating unit that generates dispensing information based on the generated image; a dispensing information storage unit that stores the dispensing information in association with audit patient information; and a prescription information generated based on the prescription. an information acquisition unit that acquires the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from the prescription information storage unit that stores the information linked to the patient information related to the prescription; an inspection unit that inspects the dispensing by comparing the stored dispensing information with the prescription information acquired by the information acquiring unit;

According to such a configuration, the pharmacist can inspect whether or not the medicine has been dispensed according to the prescription simply by photographing the dispensed medicine. Therefore, the burden on the pharmacist in inspection work can be reduced.

The dispensing support system further comprises prescription image generating means for generating an image of the prescription, and a prescription information generating section for generating the prescription information based on the image generated by the prescription image generating means, wherein the prescription The information storage unit may store the prescription information generated by the prescription information generation unit in association with the patient information related to the prescription.

According to such a configuration, a receptionist or a pharmacist at a dispensing pharmacy can generate prescription information simply by photographing a paper prescription using the prescription image generating means. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden on the receptionist and the dispensing pharmacist in the dispensing pharmacy. Further, since the prescription image and the drug image are stored in the system, troubles with the patient can be avoided.

It further comprises a prescription information generating unit that generates the prescription information based on the image sent from the patient-side information terminal, and the prescription information storage unit stores the prescription information generated by the prescription information generating unit in relation to the prescription. It may be stored in association with patient information.

According to such a configuration, since the prescription information is generated before the patient visits the dispensing pharmacy, dispensing can be started before the patient arrives at the dispensing pharmacy if the relevant laws and regulations permit. can be done. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time from when the patient arrives at the dispensing pharmacy to when he or she receives the medicine, thereby reducing the burden on the patient.

The information acquisition unit may acquire the prescription information from an electronic prescription server.

According to such a configuration, the work of generating prescription information at the dispensing pharmacy becomes unnecessary. Therefore, the burden on the receptionist and pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy can be further reduced.

The dispensing information generating section may generate the dispensing information by reading the code after detecting the code position in the image generated by the medicine image generating means.

According to such a configuration, the code can be read while the drug image remains. Therefore, troubles with customers can be avoided.

When the image generated by the drug image generating means does not contain a code or the code in the image generated by the drug image generating means is unreadable, the dispensing information generating section uses machine learning technology to The dispensing information may be generated by OCR.

According to such a configuration, dispensing information can be generated with high accuracy.

The prescription information generating unit may generate the prescription information by reading the code after detecting the code position in the image of the prescription.

According to such a configuration, the code can be read while the prescription image remains. Therefore, troubles with customers can be avoided.

The prescription information generator may generate the prescription information by OCR using a machine learning technique when there is no code in the image of the prescription or the code in the image of the prescription cannot be read.

According to such a configuration, dispensing information can be generated with high accuracy.

Viewed from another aspect, the present invention is a control method for a dispensing support system that includes drug image generating means for generating an image of a drug, and assists dispensing by auditing whether the drug has been dispensed according to a prescription. a dispensing information generating step of generating dispensing information based on the image generated by the medicine image generating means; a dispensing information storing step of storing the dispensing information in association with audit patient information; an information acquisition step of acquiring the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information generated based on the information linked to the patient information related to the prescription; and an inspection step of collating the dispensing information stored in the dispensing information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquiring unit to inspect the dispensing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control program for a dispensing support system, which includes drug image generating means for generating an image of a drug, and assists dispensing by checking whether the drug has been dispensed according to a prescription. a dispensing information generating step of generating dispensing information based on the image generated by the medicine image generating means; a dispensing information storing step of storing the dispensing information in association with audit patient information; an information acquisition step of acquiring the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information generated based on the information linked to the patient information related to the prescription; and an inspection step of collating the dispensing information stored in the dispensing information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquiring unit to inspect the dispensing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dispensing support apparatus for assisting dispensing by checking whether a drug has been dispensed according to a prescription, comprising drug image generating means for generating an image of the drug; a dispensing information generating unit that generates dispensing information based on the image generated by the image generating means; a dispensing information storage unit that stores the dispensing information in association with audit patient information; an information acquisition unit that acquires the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information obtained in association with the patient information related to the prescription; an inspection unit that checks the dispensing information stored in the information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquisition unit to inspect the dispensing.

According to such a configuration, the pharmacist can inspect whether or not the medicine has been dispensed according to the prescription simply by photographing the dispensed medicine using the medicine image generating means. Therefore, the burden on the pharmacist in inspection work can be reduced.

According to the present invention, the pharmacist can inspect whether or not the medicine has been dispensed according to the prescription simply by photographing the dispensed medicine. Therefore, the burden on the pharmacist in inspection work can be reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows roughly the structure of the dispensing assistance system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of prescription information and patient information stored in a prescription information storage unit shown in FIG. 1 ; FIG. FIG. 2 shows an example of dispensing information and audit patient information stored in the dispensing information storage unit shown in FIG. 1 ; FIG. 1. It is a flowchart of the process performed by the prescription information generation controller shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of processing executed by a dispensing-side controller shown in FIG. 1; FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a dispensing support system according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a dispensing assistance system according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(1. First embodiment)
First, as a first embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a dispensing assistance system will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG.
(1.1 Configuration of Dispensing Support System)

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a dispensing assistance system 100 according to the first embodiment. The dispensing support system 100 according to this embodiment is assumed to be used when a patient visits a dispensing pharmacy with a paper prescription 1 prepared by a doctor and submits the paper prescription 1 to the dispensing pharmacy.

At the dispensing pharmacy, the pharmacist dispenses the drug 2 according to the prescription 1 submitted by the patient. The pharmacist also inspects whether the drug 2 has been dispensed according to the prescription 1, and then gives the drug 2 to the patient. The dispensing support system 100 supports audits by pharmacists.

As is clear from FIG. 1, the dispensing support system 100 includes a prescription image generating means 10, a prescription information processing device 20, a drug image generating means 30, and an inspection processing device 40.

The prescription image generating means 10 and the drug image generating means 30 are, for example, information terminals (high-performance mobile phones (smartphones), tablet information terminals, etc.) equipped with cameras. The prescription image generating means 10 is operated, for example, by a receptionist or a pharmacist of a dispensing pharmacy. That is, when a receptionist or a pharmacist photographs the prescription 1 using the prescription image generating means 10, an image of the prescription 1 is generated. The drug image generating means 30 is operated by, for example, a pharmacist of a dispensing pharmacy. That is, when the pharmacist photographs the dispensed medicine 2, an image of the medicine 2 is generated. The prescription image generating means 10 and the drug image generating means 30 may be a common information terminal.

The prescription image generating means 10 and the drug image generating means 30 are provided with displays 11 and 31 for displaying results output from the prescription information processing device 20 and/or the inspection processing device 40, respectively. That is, the receptionist and/or pharmacist can confirm the results output from the prescription information processing device 20 and/or the inspection processing device 40 by confirming the displays 11 and 31 .

The prescription information processing apparatus 20 has functional units such as a prescription image storage unit 21, a prescription information generation unit 22, a prescription information storage unit 23, and the like. The prescription information processing device 20 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) as a processor, a read-only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM) as storage media, an input/output interface (I/O interface), etc., and a bus. It is an information processing apparatus configured to be connected via a network. A program (control program) for executing the functions of the prescription image storage unit 21, the prescription information generation unit 22, and the prescription information storage unit 23 is stored in the ROM. That is, the prescription information processing apparatus 20 executes the programs stored in the ROM so as to realize the functions of the functional units such as the prescription image storage unit 21, the prescription information generation unit 22, and the prescription information storage unit 23. Configured.

The inspection processing device 40 has functional units such as a drug image storage unit 41, a dispensing information generation unit 42, a dispensing information storage unit 43, an information acquisition unit 44, an inspection unit 45, and the like. As with the prescription information processing device 20, the inspection processing device 40 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) as a processor, a read-only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM) as storage media, an input/output interface (I /O interface) are connected via a bus. The ROM stores programs (control programs) for executing the functions of the drug image storage unit 41 , the dispensing information generation unit 42 , the dispensing information storage unit 43 , the information acquisition unit 44 and the inspection unit 45 . That is, the inspection processing device 40 executes a program stored in the ROM to execute the respective functional units such as the drug image storage unit 41, the dispensing information generation unit 42, the dispensing information storage unit 43, the information acquired and inspection unit 45, and the like. It is configured to realize the function of

The prescription information processing device 20 is connected to the prescription image generating means 10 via, for example, the Internet 60, and can communicate with the information terminal. The inspection processing device 40 is connected to the drug image generating means 30 via, for example, the Internet 60, and can communicate with the information terminal. The prescription information processing device 20 and the prescription image generating means 10 may be connected via a local network. Similarly, the inspection processing device 40 and the drug image generation means 30 may be connected via a local network.

The configurations of the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 are both exemplary and schematic configurations. Therefore, the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 may have other configurations, such as including other functions.

Moreover, although the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 are configured separately in this embodiment, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. Therefore, the configuration of the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 may be included in one device, or part of the configuration may be included in another device. Further, the prescription image generating means 10 and the prescription information processing device 20 may be included in one device, or the drug image generating means 30 and the inspection processing device 40 may be included in one device.

The configurations described above as the processors and storage media constituting the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 are examples, and in addition to or instead of these, GPUs, flash memories, hard disks, storages, and the like may be included. In addition, the function of each functional unit described above does not necessarily have to be realized only by the prescription information processing device 20 or the inspection processing device 40. may be configured to be implemented.

The function of each functional unit of the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 will be described below.

The prescription image storage unit 21 acquires and stores the image of the prescription 1 generated by the prescription image generating means 10 . The image of the prescription 1 stored in the prescription image storage unit 21 can be displayed on the display 11 . An image of prescription 1 may be displayable on display 31 .

The prescription information generation unit 22 generates prescription information and patient information based on the images stored in the prescription image storage unit 21 . Prescription information is information on a drug administered to a patient, and includes, for example, drug name, dispensing quantity, usage name, dosage and unit name. The patient information includes, for example, the patient's name in kanji, the patient's name in kana, the patient's date of birth, the patient's gender, the patient's insurance card number, the patient's insurance card symbol, the patient's insurance card number, the patient's insurance card serial number, and the insured person/dependent. It is a division. The prescription information generation unit 22 may be capable of generating medical institution information such as medical institution name, department name and doctor name, and date information such as prescription issuance date and prescription expiration date.

Prescription information and patient information are generated by recognizing codes and/or characters written on prescription 1 . When the image of the prescription 1 contains a code (for example, a two-dimensional code) having prescription information and patient information and the code is recognizable, the prescription information generator 22 extracts the code position from the image. is first detected and then the code is recognized to generate prescription and patient information. By detecting the position of the code in the image and recognizing the code, it is possible to keep an image of the entire prescription 1, so that if a problem occurs with the patient (customer), the image of the prescription 1 can be used as an evidence image. can be shown as

When the image of prescription 1 does not contain a code with prescription information and patient information, or when the image of prescription 1 contains a code with prescription information and patient information but the code is unrecognizable The prescription information generator 22 recognizes characters using optical character recognition (OCR) to generate prescription information and patient information. For optical character recognition (OCR), trained models generated by machine learning techniques such as neural networks may be used to improve recognition accuracy.

The prescription information storage unit 23 stores the prescription information recognized by the prescription information generation unit 22 in association with the patient information. The prescription information stored in the prescription information storage unit 23 can be displayed on the display 11 . Prescription information may be viewable on display 31 .

FIG. 2 shows an example of prescription information and patient information stored in the prescription information storage unit 23 . As is clear from the figure, the prescription information storage unit 23 stores "drug name MN1, dispensed quantity MQ1", "drug name MN2, dispensed quantity MQ2", "drug name MN3, dispensed quantity MQ3", . are stored as patient information in association with "patient name C1", "patient name C2", "patient name C3", and so on. The patient information is not limited to the patient name as long as the patient can be identified. Therefore, for example, it may be a patient insurance card symbol, a patient insurance card number, a patient insurance card branch number, or the like.

Returning to FIG. 1, the medicine image storage unit 41 acquires and stores the image of the medicine 2 generated by the medicine image generation means 30 . Images of the medicines 2 stored in the medicine image storage unit 41 can be displayed on the display 31 . An image of the drug 2 may be displayable on the display 11 .

The dispensing information generation unit 42 generates dispensing information based on the images stored in the medicine image storage unit 41 . Dispensing information is, for example, drug name, dispensing quantity, and the like.

If the image of the medicine 2 contains a code (for example, a one-dimensional code) with dispensing information and the code is recognizable, the dispensing information generator 42 first detects the code position from the image. and then recognizes the code to generate dispensing information. By detecting the position of the code in the image and recognizing the code, an image of the entire medicine 2 can be saved, so that when trouble occurs with the patient (customer), the image of the medicine 2 can be used as an evidence image. can be shown as

If the image of the medicine 2 does not contain a code with dispensing information, or if the image of the medicine 2 contains a code with dispensing information but the code is unrecognizable, the dispensing information generator 42 , Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and/or Image Recognition to generate dispensing information. For code recognition, optical character recognition (OCR) and/or image recognition, trained models generated by machine learning techniques such as neural networks may be utilized to improve recognition accuracy.

The dispensing information storage unit 43 stores the dispensing information recognized by the dispensing information generating unit 42 in association with the inspection patient information. The audit patient information is patient information selected by the pharmacist on the drug image generating means 30 . Audit patient information may be entered into the audit processor 40 by a pharmacist with reference to the paper prescription 1 . Note that the dispensed medicine 2 is generally handed over to the patient in a medicine bag (not shown) in which patient information is written. are simultaneously photographed, and the dispensing information generation unit 42 may generate audit patient information based on the image of the medicine bag. Alternatively, the prescription 1 may be photographed together with the drug 2 so that the patient information in the paper prescription 1 is not hidden, and the dispensing information generation unit 42 may generate audit patient information based on the image.

The dispensing information and audit patient information stored in the dispensing information storage unit 43 can be displayed on the display 31 . The dispensing information and audit patient information may be displayable on the display 11 .

FIG. 3 shows an example of dispensing information and auditing patient information stored in the dispensing information storage unit 43 . As is clear from the figure, the dispensing information storage unit 43 stores "medicine name MN1', dispensing quantity MQ1'", "medicine name MN2', dispensing quantity MQ2'", "medicine name MN3', dispensing quantity" as dispensing information. MQ3′”, . The audit patient information is not limited to the patient name as long as the patient can be identified. Therefore, for example, it may be a patient insurance card symbol, a patient insurance card number, a patient insurance card branch number, or the like.

The information acquisition unit 44 reads and acquires the dispensing information linked to the audit patient information from the dispensing information storage unit 43, and obtains the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information. It is obtained by reading from the storage unit 23 . Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the information acquisition unit 44 obtains "medicine name MN1', dispensing quantity MQ1'" as dispensing information linked to "patient name C1" as auditing patient information. Along with reading and acquiring from the storage unit 43, "drug name MN1, dispensed quantity MQ1" is read from the prescription information storage unit 23 as prescription information linked to the patient information "patient name C1" in the example shown in FIG.

The inspection unit 45 collates the dispensing information acquired by the information acquisition unit 44 with the prescription information, and inspects whether or not the medicine 2 has been dispensed according to the prescription 1 . For example, when the prescription information “medicine name MN1′, dispensing quantity MQ1′” matches the prescription information “medicine name MN1, dispensing quantity MQ1”, the audit unit 45 determines that the drug 2 is dispensed according to the prescription 1. I judge. If the prescription information "drug name MN1', dispensing quantity MQ1'" does not match the prescription information "drug name MN1, dispensing quantity MQ1", the auditing unit 45 determines that the drug 2 has not been dispensed according to the prescription 1. do. In this embodiment, determination is made based on the drug name and dispensing quantity, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. Therefore, for example, the determination may be made based only on some items, such as only matching of drug names, or may be determined by considering matching of other additional items.

Inspection results by the inspection unit 45 are provided to the drug image generation means 30 and displayed on the display 31 . Audit results may be displayable on the display 11 .

In the dispensing assistance system 100, dispensing information is generated based on an image generated by photographing the dispensed medicine 2, stored in association with the patient information for inspection, and linked to the patient information corresponding to the patient information for inspection. The attached prescription information is acquired, and the stored dispensing information and the acquired processing information are collated to audit the dispensing. Therefore, the pharmacist can inspect whether or not the medicine 2 has been dispensed according to the prescription 1 simply by photographing the dispensed medicine 2 using the medicine image generating means 30 . Therefore, the burden on the pharmacist in inspection work can be reduced.

Further, the dispensing assistance system 100 generates prescription information based on the image of the paper prescription 1, and stores the generated prescription information in association with the patient information related to the prescription 1. FIG. Therefore, the receptionist or pharmacist can store the prescription information and the patient information in the prescription information storage unit 23 simply by photographing the paper prescription 1 using the prescription image generating means 10 . Therefore, the burden on the receptionist and pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy can be reduced.
(1.2 Operation of Dispensing Support System)

Next, the flow in a dispensing pharmacy that has introduced the dispensing support system 100 will be described.

First, a patient visits a dispensing pharmacy with a prescription 1 and presents the prescription 1 to a receptionist or a pharmacist. A receptionist or a pharmacist photographs the prescription 1 using the prescription image generating means 10 . Thereby, an image of prescription 1 is generated. The receptionist or pharmacist sends the generated image to the prescription information processing device 20 . When the image is sent to the prescription information processing device 20, the prescription information processing device 20 starts prescription information generation processing.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of prescription information generation processing executed by the prescription information processing apparatus 20 . As is clear from the figure, when the prescription information generating process starts, the prescription information processing apparatus 20 acquires and stores the image of the prescription 1 generated by the prescription image generating means 10 (S21). Next, the prescription information processing apparatus 20 generates prescription information based on the image of prescription 1 (S22), and stores the generated prescription information in association with the patient information related to prescription 1 (S23).

After the storage process (S23), it is determined whether or not the process of generating and storing prescription information has been performed for all the images of the prescription 1 generated by the prescription image generating means 10 and sent to the prescription information processing apparatus 20. Processing is performed (S24). If the process of generating and storing prescription information for all the images of prescription 1 has not been performed (S24 NO), the processes of S21 to S23 are performed again. When the process of generating and storing the prescription information for all the images of the prescription 1 has been performed (S24 YES), the prescription information processing apparatus 20 ends the prescription information generating process.

In the prescription information generation process, the prescription information processing apparatus 20 may send the prescription information to the drug image generation means 30 , issue a two-dimensional code in the drug image generation means 30 , and display it on the display 31 . The two-dimensional code displayed on the display 31 may be read by a receptionist or a pharmacist using an information terminal (not shown) such as a two-dimensional code reader, and imported into a receipt computer (not shown). Receipt computers are computers installed in dispensing pharmacies. This is a computer that enables efficient work at a dispensing pharmacy.

In parallel with the prescription information generation processing by the prescription information processing device 20 or after the prescription information generation processing by the prescription information processing device 20 , the pharmacist dispenses the medicine 2 . The pharmacist may dispense the drug 2 using the paper prescription 1, or display the prescription information generated by the prescription information generating process on the display 31 and dispense the drug 2. The pharmacist may access the online qualification verification system to obtain an electronic prescription and dispense the drug 2 .

The online qualification confirmation system is a system configured so that a patient's qualification information (medical insurance, copayment limit, etc.) can be confirmed at a dispensing pharmacy window. In online qualification confirmation systems, electronic prescriptions registered by doctors may be managed. The online qualification verification system may manage duplicate medications, in which case the pharmacist preferably views the duplicate medication check results.

When dispensing of the medicine 2 is completed, the pharmacist takes an image of the medicine 2 using the medicine image generating means 30 . Thereby, an image of the drug 2 is generated. At this time, the pharmacist selects patient information on the drug image generating means 30 . The pharmacist sends the generated image and selected patient information to audit processor 40 . Once the images and patient information are sent to audit processor 40, audit processor 40 initiates the audit process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of inspection processing executed by the inspection processing device 40 . As is clear from the figure, when the inspection process starts, the inspection processing device 40 acquires and stores the image of the medicine 2 generated by the medicine image generating means 30 (S41). Next, the inspection processing device 40 generates dispensing information based on the image of the medicine 2 (S42). After the dispensing information generation process (S42), the inspection processing device 40 stores the generated dispensing information in association with the inspection patient information (S43).

After the storage process (S43), the dispensing information linked to the audit patient information is read, and the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information is read and acquired (S44). After that, the inspection unit 45 collates the acquired dispensing information with the prescription information, and inspects whether or not the drug 2 has been dispensed according to the prescription 1 (S45). The inspection result is displayed on the display 31, for example.

After the processing (S45) for inspecting whether or not the medicine 2 has been dispensed according to the prescription 1, all the images of the medicine 2 generated by the medicine image generating means 30 and sent to the inspection processing device 40 are inspected. A process for judging whether or not is performed (S46). If inspection processing has not been performed on all the images of medicine 2 (S46 NO), the processing of S41 to S45 is performed again. If the inspection processing has been performed on all the images of the medicine 2 (S46 YES), the inspection processing device 40 ends the inspection processing.

If the audit process determines that Medication 2 has been dispensed according to Prescription 1, the pharmacist provides Medication 2 to the patient. At this time, the pharmacist instructs the patient to take medication.

By the above, the provision of the drug 2 to the patient is completed.

In the example according to this embodiment, a patient visits a dispensing pharmacy with a paper prescription 1 and presents the prescription 1 to a receptionist or a pharmacist. May be presented to receptionist or pharmacist. When a doctor treats a patient online, the doctor may send the prescription 1 by FAX to the dispensing pharmacy and present it to the receptionist or pharmacist.

When the patient or doctor sends the prescription 1 by FAX to the dispensing pharmacy, the pharmacist may send the medicine 2 to the patient by home delivery or the like if the relevant laws and regulations permit. In this case, the pharmacist may provide medication guidance to the patient online.

(2. Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, below, the same code|symbol is provided about the structure same as 1st Embodiment.

In the above-described first embodiment, the receptionist or pharmacist of the dispensing pharmacy photographs the paper prescription 1 . This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the patient photographs the paper prescription 1 .

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the dispensing support system 200 according to this embodiment. As is clear from the figure, the dispensing assistance system 200 is connected to the patient's information terminal 261 via the Internet 60 .

The patient photographs the prescription 1 using the information terminal 261 . Thereby, an image of prescription 1 is generated. The patient sends an image of the prescription 1 to the information terminal of the dispensing pharmacy via the Internet 60 . When the receptionist or pharmacist receives the image of the prescription 1 , the image is sent to the prescription information processing device 20 . When the image is sent to the prescription information processing device 20, the prescription information processing device 20 starts prescription information generation processing.

Since the configuration and operation of the prescription information processing device 20 and the inspection processing device 40 are the same, detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

Also in this embodiment, the pharmacist can inspect whether or not the medicine 2 has been dispensed according to the prescription 1 simply by photographing the dispensed medicine 2 using the medicine image generating means 30 . Therefore, the burden on the pharmacist in inspection work can be reduced.

Further, the receptionist or pharmacist can store the prescription information and the patient information in the prescription information storage unit 23 only by receiving the image of the prescription 1 from the patient. Therefore, the burden on the receptionist and pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy can be reduced.

When the patient visits the dispensing pharmacy to receive the drug 2, the prescription information is sent to the dispensing pharmacy before the patient visits the dispensing pharmacy. Dispensing can begin prior to arrival at Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time from when the patient arrives at the dispensing pharmacy until he/she receives the drug 2, thereby reducing the burden on the patient.

The pharmacist may instruct the patient to take medication online and send the drug 2 by home delivery or the like, if permitted by relevant laws, regulations, or the like. In this case, the burden on the patient can be further reduced because the patient does not need to visit the dispensing pharmacy. When sending the drug 2 by home delivery or the like, if the related laws or regulations require mailing of the original paper of the prescription 1 to the dispensing pharmacy, the patient is made to mail the original paper of the prescription 1 to the dispensing pharmacy. By having the base paper of the prescription 1 sent to the dispensing pharmacy, it is possible to prevent the medicine 2 from being dispensed at a plurality of dispensing pharmacies with one prescription 1 .

Also in this embodiment, the pharmacist may access the online qualification confirmation system, obtain an electronic prescription, and dispense the drug 2 .

(3. Third Embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, below, the same code|symbol is provided about the structure same as 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the prescription information processing device 20 generates prescription information based on the image of the prescription 1 . This embodiment differs from the first and second embodiments in that an electronic prescription obtained by accessing a system such as an online qualification verification system is acquired and prescription information is acquired.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the dispensing support system 300 according to this embodiment. As is clear from the figure, the inspection processing device 40 is connected via the Internet 60 to an electronic prescription server 370 of the online qualification confirmation system. The server 370 corresponds to the prescription information storage section 23 in the first and second embodiments.

An electronic prescription is registered by a doctor in the server 370 of the online qualification confirmation system. The pharmacist accesses the online qualification confirmation system, acquires the electronic prescription from the electronic prescription server 370 , displays the electronic prescription on the display 31 , and dispenses the drug 2 .

The information acquisition unit 44 in the inspection processing device 40 acquires the prescription information from the electronic prescription server 370 via the Internet 60 . More specifically, the prescription information is acquired from the server 370 by WebAPI cooperation. Since the prescription information is linked to the patient information and stored in the server 370, the information acquisition unit 44 acquires the patient information together with the prescription information.

Since the operations of the drug image storage unit 41, the dispensing information generation unit 42, the dispensing information storage unit 43, and the inspection unit 45 in the inspection processing device 40 are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof will be omitted here. do.

In this embodiment, the work of generating the prescription information at the dispensing pharmacy becomes unnecessary. Therefore, the burden on the receptionist and pharmacist at the dispensing pharmacy can be further reduced.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above embodiments merely show a part of application examples of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific configurations of the above embodiments. do not have. Moreover, the above-described embodiments can be appropriately combined within a range that does not cause contradiction.

The present invention is applicable at least in the pharmaceutical dispensing industry.

Reference Signs List 100, 200, 300 dispensing support system 1 prescription 2 drug 10 prescription image generation means 11 display 20 prescription information processing device 21 prescription image storage unit 22 prescription information generation unit 23 prescription information storage unit 30 drug image generation means 31 display 40 inspection processing device 41 Medicine image storage unit 42 Dispensing information generation unit 43 Dispensing information storage unit 44 Information acquisition unit 45 Inspection unit 60 Internet 261 Information terminal 370 Server

Claims (11)

A dispensing assistance system that assists dispensing by auditing whether a drug has been dispensed according to a prescription,
drug image generating means for generating an image of the drug;
a dispensing information generating unit that generates dispensing information based on the image generated by the medicine image generating means;
a dispensing information storage unit that stores the dispensing information in association with audit patient information;
obtaining the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information generated based on the prescription in association with the patient information related to the prescription; an information acquisition unit;
an auditing unit that collates the dispensing information stored in the dispensing information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquisition unit to inspect the dispensing;
Dispensing support system. prescription image generating means for generating an image of the prescription;
a prescription information generating unit that generates the prescription information based on the image generated by the prescription image generating means;
The prescription information storage unit stores the prescription information generated by the prescription information generation unit in association with patient information related to the prescription.
The dispensing support system according to claim 1. Further comprising a prescription information generating unit for generating the prescription information based on the image sent from the patient information terminal,
The prescription information storage unit stores the prescription information generated by the prescription information generation unit in association with patient information related to the prescription.
The dispensing support system according to claim 1. The information acquisition unit acquires the prescription information from an electronic prescription server,
The dispensing support system according to claim 1. The dispensing information generating unit detects a code position from the image generated by the medicine image generating means, and then reads the code to generate the dispensing information.
The dispensing assistance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. When the image generated by the drug image generating means does not contain a code or the code in the image generated by the drug image generating means is unreadable, the dispensing information generating section uses machine learning technology to generating said dispensing information with OCR;
The dispensing assistance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The prescription information generating unit detects a code position from the image of the prescription, and then reads the code to generate the prescription information.
The dispensing support system according to claim 2 or 3. The prescription information generating unit generates the prescription information by OCR using machine learning technology when there is no code in the image of the prescription or the code in the image of the prescription cannot be read.
The dispensing support system according to claim 2 or 3. A control method for a dispensing support system comprising drug image generation means for generating an image of a drug and supporting dispensing by auditing whether the drug has been dispensed according to a prescription,
a dispensing information generating step of generating dispensing information based on the image generated by the medicine image generating means;
a dispensing information storage step of storing the dispensing information in association with audit patient information;
obtaining the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information generated based on the prescription in association with the patient information related to the prescription; an information acquisition step;
an auditing step of collating the dispensing information stored in the dispensing information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquisition unit to inspect the dispensing;
control method. A control program for a dispensing support system comprising drug image generating means for generating an image of a drug and supporting dispensing by auditing whether the drug has been dispensed according to a prescription,
a dispensing information generating step of generating dispensing information based on the image generated by the medicine image generating means;
a dispensing information storage step of storing the dispensing information in association with audit patient information;
obtaining the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information generated based on the prescription in association with the patient information related to the prescription; an information acquisition step;
an auditing step of collating the dispensing information stored in the dispensing information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquisition unit to inspect the dispensing;
control program. A dispensing support device that assists dispensing by auditing whether a drug has been dispensed according to a prescription,
drug image generating means for generating an image of the drug;
a dispensing information generating unit that generates dispensing information based on the image generated by the medicine image generating means;
a dispensing information storage unit that stores the dispensing information in association with audit patient information;
obtaining the prescription information linked to the patient information corresponding to the audit patient information from a prescription information storage unit that stores the prescription information generated based on the prescription in association with the patient information related to the prescription; an information acquisition unit;
an auditing unit that collates the dispensing information stored in the dispensing information storage unit and the prescription information acquired by the information acquisition unit to inspect the dispensing;
Dispensing support device.