JP4518357B2 - Pharmacy support system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention mainly relates to a pharmacy support system for assisting a dispensing pharmacy in sales processing of a drug based on a prescription and issuance of a receipt.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The concept of medicine separation has progressed, and based on prescriptions issued by hospitals, a system in which dispensing pharmacies independent of hospitals sell medicines to patients has become widespread. In such a pharmacy, a prescription is received from a customer who is a patient, and necessary preparations are made and sold to the customer. Since the medicine prescribed at this time is subject to health insurance and the like, a complicated drug price calculation process is performed. Regularly submit a receipt to the social insurance office. In order to support such complicated work, it is common practice to install a dedicated computer for drug sales in the pharmacy to create a receipt.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the conventional techniques as described above have the following problems to be solved.
Drug prices are frequently revised to improve the health insurance system. If there is a drug price revision, it will not be possible to carry out the drug sales business smoothly unless the revised data is input to the pharmacy's dedicated computer for drug sales. When the drug price is revised, the service company providing the computer quickly creates necessary correction data and sends it to the pharmacy. However, even if a system that sends data for correction using a floppy disk or downloads data for correction via a network is employed, it is difficult to prevent any trouble from occurring. For this reason, there is a problem that the service company is forced to bear a very large burden, and that the work for the drug price revision becomes extremely complicated.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention solves the above points by the following means.
[Claim 1] A host computer connected via a network to terminal devices respectively arranged in a plurality of pharmacies that sell drugs based on the contents of a prescription,
This host computer has
This prescription information is received by receiving prescription information including information indicating the customer name, prescription drug name, prescription date, dispensing pharmacy, and prescription clinic recorded in the prescription input from any of the above terminal devices. And a storage device for storing a database including drug price information indicating the latest drug price of the drug, and storing a database that stores information for identifying the pharmacy that owns the terminal device for each pharmacy , and
A drug sales information including drug price information prescription drugs applicable included in the formulation drug name and upper Symbol database included in the prescription information is printed by the printer of the terminal apparatus disposed in the pharmacy prescription And a medicine sales processing support means for generating an image of a delivery note and a receipt concerning the medicine, and returning it to the corresponding terminal device arranged in the pharmacy,
The drug sales processing support means refers to the database, and includes a list of medicines prescribed in the past at any pharmacy for the customer with the customer name and a correlation and interaction between the medicines to be prescribed this time. A pharmacy support system, characterized in that a certificate is added to the drug sales information.
[Claim 2] In the pharmacy support system according to claim 1,
The host computer generates prescription information for each pharmacy from the prescription information accumulated in the database and for printing a receipt at the terminal device of the pharmacy, A pharmacy support system comprising a receipt editing means for replying to a terminal device through the network.
[Claim 3] In the pharmacy support system according to claim 2,
The pharmacy support system, wherein the receipt editing means transmits the receipt through the network to an insurance claimee after checking the receipt .
(Function and effect of each means)
In addition, when the following structures are employ | adopted in each means, there exist the following effects, respectively.
<Configuration 1>
A terminal device arranged in a pharmacy that sells drugs based on the content of a prescription; and a host computer connected to the terminal device via a network, the host computer having the prescription inputted from the terminal device Receiving the prescription information recorded in the prescription information, generating drug sales information including the drug information and drug price to be included in the prescription information, and returning the information to the terminal device; A pharmacy support system comprising a storage device for storing a database in which the prescription information is stored together with information for identifying a pharmacy that owns the corresponding terminal.
[0005]
The terminal device may be a computer capable of printing a description for sales of medicines, a receipt and a receipt at a pharmacy. The prescription may be paper, a magnetic card or a memory card. A prescription is issued by a doctor, and at least a patient name and a prescription drug name are recorded in the prescription information. The drug sales information returned from the host computer to the pharmacy includes, for example, the name of the drug to be sold and the drug price. At the same time, a receipt image is included. As a result, if the pharmacy sends the prescription information included in the prescription to the host computer, it receives a reply of information necessary for drug sales, and can always sell drugs at the latest drug prices.
[0006]
<Configuration 2>
In the pharmacy support system described in Configuration 1, when the drug sales processing support means accepts prescription information and generates the drug sales information, the past prescription of the patient who requested the prescription is referred to the database when the prescription information is generated. A pharmacy support system that extracts a drug list and returns the prescription drug list together with the drug sales information to the terminal device.
[0007]
The drug sales information returned to the pharmacy can include additional information related to the interaction of each drug along with the drug list. As a result, it is possible to select and sell a drug that does not have a problem in interaction in consideration of the patient's past prescription drug, or to alert the patient.
[0008]
<Configuration 3>
The pharmacy support system according to Configuration 1, wherein the drug sales processing support means generates drug demand information based on prescription information stored in the database.
[0009]
Providing drug demand information to pharmacies in a timely manner can be used for purchasing and sales management.
[0010]
<Configuration 4>
In the pharmacy support system according to Configuration 3, the database stores drug sales performance information related to a drug sold at a POS terminal of a general pharmacy, and the demand information includes the drug sales performance information. A pharmacy support system characterized by
[0011]
The demand information includes, for example, information on drugs that are frequently used or drugs that are no longer used. This information is provided to pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies, used as drug research and development and production plan information, and at the same time can be used as management information for purchasing and sales.
[0012]
<Configuration 5>
The pharmacy support system according to Configuration 1, wherein the pharmacy support system generates claim information for insurance claims for each pharmacy based on the prescription information stored in the database, and returns the receipt information to the terminal device. system.
[0013]
In the past, prescription information was managed for each pharmacy, and receipts were edited and printed, but this was replaced on the host computer side to reduce the number of pharmacies.
[0014]
<Configuration 6>
In the pharmacy support system described in Configuration 1, based on the prescription information accumulated in the database, the receipt information for insurance claims for each pharmacy is generated, and based on the inspection information acquired from the insurance claimee A pharmacy support system which transmits the receipt information to the insurance claimee after checking the receipt.
[0015]
If the receipt editing function of the host computer is expanded, it can also be used as a receipt inspection system. By substituting the insurance claim recipient's receipt work, the number of claims can be reduced. The receipt may be printed and sent out on a paper basis, or may be an electronic one that is transmitted via a network.
[0016]
<Configuration 7>
In the pharmacy support system according to Configuration 3, drug demand information includes information related to drug varieties, in which prescription information of prescriptions created by doctors of hospitals in the vicinity of each pharmacy is aggregated. system.
[0017]
The prescription information of the hospital in the vicinity of each pharmacy becomes very valuable information for each pharmacy. Appropriate inventory management is possible if the prescription information including the varieties of drugs is used to grasp the tendency of drugs that are required to be dispensed in the future and perform purchase management.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described using specific examples.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a pharmacy support system of the present invention.
A pharmacy 1 shown in the figure is connected to a host computer 3 through a network 4. The host computer 3 is arranged in a service company that operates a drug support system. The pharmacy 1 is provided with a communication terminal device 6 and a printer 9. The terminal device 6 may have a function of a general personal computer. The terminal device 6 is installed with a print control program for printing receipts and receipts using the printer 9. On the host computer 3 side, a medicine sales processing support means 7 and a storage device 8 are provided. The storage device 8 stores a database 10 for supporting drug sales processing. Here, for example, data in which prescription information 11 is organized and recorded for each pharmacy 12 is included.
[0019]
In such a system, when a customer comes to the pharmacy 1 with a prescription 5 and requests a dispensing, the pharmacy 1 inputs the contents of the prescription 5 into the terminal device 6. This content is transmitted as prescription information 11 to the host computer 3 through the network 4. In the host computer 3, the prescription information 11 is processed by the drug sales processing support means 7 to generate drug sales information 13. This includes a drug name 14 to be dispensed, a drug price 15 and the like. Based on the drug sales information 13 returned to the terminal device 6, the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy 1 generates an image of a delivery note or a receipt regarding the prescribed drug. This is printed by the printer 9 and handed to the customer.
[0020]
In this way, drug sales operations are performed in the pharmacy 1. In addition, a prescribed receipt must be submitted to the social insurance office, for example, once a month. Conventionally, a computer provided in the pharmacy 1 edits and prints such a receipt. In this system, all prescription information is accumulated on the host computer 3 side, and the host computer 3 generates receipt information 16 at a necessary timing and transmits it to the pharmacy 1. The receipt information 16 is edited into a predetermined image by the terminal device 6 and printed by the printer 9. Pharmacy 1 may submit this receipt to a social insurance office (National Health Insurance Association Federation or Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund). The above is the outline of the system of the present invention. In the following description, the drug sales processing support means refers to a system that supports drug prescription processing and dispensing processing. Further, the information for drug sales includes information for drug prescription and information for dispensing.
[0021]
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing examples of various documents printed by the printer 9 of the pharmacy 1.
(A) shows the image of the receipt issued in the pharmacy 1. The prescription drug name 14 and the drug price 15 are entered in the receipt 20 shown in the figure. As already explained, drug prices are revised very frequently. These pieces of information are always updated to the latest on the host computer 3 side, and this information is returned to the pharmacy 1 as drug sales information 13. Therefore, the dispensed medicine can be sold to the customer at the latest price. Further, since the service provider only needs to update the drug price only on the host computer, the data processing burden associated with the drug price update is greatly reduced.
[0022]
(B) shows an example of information additionally issued at the time of drug sales. This is a drug list 22 prescribed in the past of the customer who brought the prescription 5. That is, such a list is provided so that the pharmacy can determine whether the medicine dispensed this time has an interaction with the medicine used by the customer in the past. Furthermore, when the predetermined determination processing can be automatically performed on the host computer 3 side, a caution note 23 is issued as shown in FIG. That is, the mutual relationship and interaction of the prescription drug names included in the drug list 22 are determined, and the printed contents are provided to the pharmacy 1.
[0023]
In the pharmacy 1, before selling the dispensed medicine to the customer, it is possible to look at such a medicine list 22 and a precautionary note 23 and give necessary advice to the customer. Traditionally, it is not impossible to do this for customers who are always in their stores, but for customers who buy drugs at different prescription stores, such management is not possible. could not. However, when the host computer 3 purchases at a pharmacy that provides and manages the service, the prescription drug list 22 can be created in a lump even if the customer purchases the drug at different pharmacies. Therefore, appropriate management regarding the interaction of these drugs becomes possible.
[0024]
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the contents of the database 10 stored in the storage device 8 of the host computer 3 and the demand information generated thereby. As shown in this figure, the database 10 can record and accumulate various information such as customer name, customer information, prescription drug name, prescription date, dispensing pharmacy, prescription clinic, and clinic address. Such information can be used not only for drug sales information but also for various purposes. For example, when the dispensing pharmacy manages the medicine to be purchased, the demand information 24 as shown in this figure is provided. This is, for example, information on what kind of drug is sold and how much is sold in the district where the corresponding pharmacy is enrolled. Based on this information, dispensing pharmacies prepare and prepare the necessary drugs so that they are not out of stock. This makes it possible to purchase an appropriate amount of the necessary medicine and conduct efficient sales. Of course, by obtaining information on other districts and nationwide information, it becomes possible to determine future sales policies.
[0025]
FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an information transmission / reception operation between a specific pharmacy and a host computer.
It is assumed that time elapses from the top to the bottom of the figure. The scale of this time axis is arbitrary. The terminal device 6 of the pharmacy sends prescription information 11 to the host computer 3 whenever there is a request for drug purchase from a customer. The host computer 3 analyzes this, generates drug sales information 13, and sends it back to the pharmacy terminal device 6. As a result, the pharmacy printer 9 issues a receipt 20. Such a process is repeated each time the customer visits the pharmacy. And the receipt information 16 is produced | generated by the host computer 3 for a fixed period, for example, every other month, and this is transmitted to the terminal device 6 of a pharmacy.
[0026]
The terminal device 6 of the pharmacy prints the receipt information 16 in a format specified by the social insurance office and issues a receipt 16a. Further, the host computer 3 generates sales drug demand information 25 and transmits it to the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy at the request of the pharmacy or automatically at regular intervals. In this case, the terminal device 6 of the pharmacy prints the sales information 24 in a certain format using an application program prepared in advance. In this way, the pharmacy can utilize this business information 24 for inventory management and the like. In addition, prescription drug information 26 issued by a nearby doctor at a predetermined timing is provided from the host computer 3. This grasps the contents of prescriptions of neighboring doctors, and for example, when a new drug is released, it is possible to grasp the tendency of prescribing new drugs or prescribing the same medicine as before. This makes it possible to schedule the next drug to be purchased.
[0027]
In the above example, various information is transmitted from the host computer to support the dispensing pharmacy. However, when the above prescription information or the like is accumulated on the host computer side, the prescription information or the like can be used in various fields. In the above example, prescription information is collected from dispensing pharmacies, but by collecting sales information about drugs other than drugs sold at general pharmacies, it is possible to collect comprehensive information on demand for drugs. Is possible.
[0028]
FIG. 5 is a system schematic diagram showing various methods of using the system as described above.
As described so far, the host computer 3 in the figure provides drug sales information and receipt information instead of acquiring the prescription information 11 from, for example, the dispensing pharmacy 1B. On the other hand, the dispensing pharmacy 1B that receives the service of the host computer 3 and the dispensing pharmacies 1A and 1C that do not receive the service each regularly submit a receipt to the social insurance office 30. This receipt is inspected at the social insurance office 30 and various calculation operations for insurance procedures are performed.
[0029]
The check work of the receipt contents in the social insurance office 30 is very complicated. By utilizing the receipt editing function of the host computer, it is possible to act on the host computer 3 side for checking the contents of the receipt. That is, the receipt data 41 is received from the social insurance office 30 through a network, for example, and the contents of the receipt data 41 are checked on the host computer 3 side.
[0030]
The drug sales processing support means 7 (FIG. 1) of the host computer 3 has a function of generating receipt information 16 checked from various viewpoints. Using this function, it is possible to check the receipt data. The checklist is provided to the social insurance office 30, thereby reducing the receipt inspection work of the social insurance office 30. The demand information 24 provided to the dispensing pharmacy generated by the host computer 3 can also be provided to the drug manufacturer 32. As a result, the drug manufacturer 32 can make a development plan, a production enhancement plan, and the like for a drug with high demand. In addition, the hospital 31 can be used for medical care by providing information on drugs prescribed in various hospitals.
[0031]
All of such information can be used by including it in the database 10 of the storage device 8 of the host computer 3. Further, at a general pharmacy 33 different from the dispensing pharmacy, various products including drugs are sold using the POS system 34. From this POS system 34, it is possible to obtain information on a commercially available drug sold at the general pharmacy 33 on the host computer side. The drug sales performance information 42 has the same meaning as the prescription information received from the dispensing pharmacy, and it is possible to summarize the demand information related to the total drug by recording them together in the database 10. This information can be provided not only to the drug maker 32 and the hospital 31 but also to the dispensing pharmacy 1B and the general pharmacy 33. Thereby, it becomes possible to assist the management plan in the general pharmacy 33.
[0032]
There are cases where the dispensing pharmacy 1C sells over-the-counter drugs as in the general pharmacy 33. There is also a case where a general pharmacy 33 such as a drug store dispenses. In such a case, if the sales result information of the POS system that sells over-the-counter drugs is transferred to the terminal device for dispensing, the host computer will send the sales result information of the POS system together with the prescription information to the terminal device. Can be obtained through. When operating a pharmacy support system as described above with a dispensing pharmacy as a customer, collect the sales performance information at the same time when the dispensing pharmacy sells over-the-counter drugs with only the dispensing pharmacy as the target of service and data collection It is practical to adopt a system that uses it.
[0033]
As described above, in the system of the present invention, prescription information in the dispensing pharmacy can be centrally collected on the host computer 3 side and managed as a database. Therefore, the sales management of the drug in the pharmacy and the management of the receipt are collectively performed. Can be done. In addition, since processing corresponding to drug prices that are frequently changed can be performed only on the host computer side, the complicated work of sending data for drug price revision correspondence to dispensing pharmacies as before is unnecessary. In addition, pharmacies also have the effect of facilitating pharmacy management because operations for various drug sales processes can be performed collectively on the host computer side. At the same time, the information accumulated in the database can be used as it is for the sale and development of drugs or the management of prescriptions in hospitals, drug manufacturers and general pharmacies.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a pharmacy support system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing examples of various documents printed by the printer 9 of the pharmacy 1;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of contents of a database 10 stored in the storage device 8 of the host computer 3 and demand information generated thereby.
FIG. 4 is a sequence chart showing an information transmission / reception operation between a specific pharmacy and a host computer.
FIG. 5 is a system schematic diagram showing various methods of using the system.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pharmacy 3 Host computer 4 Network 5 Prescription 6 Terminal device 7 Drug sales process support means 8 Storage device 9 Printer 10 Database 11 Prescription information 13 Drug sales information 16 Receipt information

Claims (3)

A host computer connected via a network to each terminal device placed in each of a plurality of pharmacies that sell drugs based on the contents of the prescription,
This host computer has
This prescription information is received by receiving prescription information including information indicating the customer name, prescription drug name, prescription date, dispensing pharmacy, and prescription clinic recorded in the prescription input from any of the above terminal devices. And a storage device for storing a database including drug price information indicating the latest drug price of the drug, and storing a database that stores information for identifying the pharmacy that owns the terminal device for each pharmacy , and
A drug sales information including drug price information prescription drugs applicable included in the formulation drug name and upper Symbol database included in the prescription information is printed by the printer of the terminal apparatus disposed in the pharmacy prescription And a medicine sales processing support means for generating an image of a delivery note and a receipt concerning the medicine, and returning it to the corresponding terminal device arranged in the pharmacy,
The drug sales processing support means refers to the database, and includes a list of medicines prescribed in the past at any pharmacy for the customer with the customer name and a correlation and interaction between the medicines to be prescribed this time. A pharmacy support system, characterized in that a certificate is added to the drug sales information. In the pharmacy support system according to claim 1,
The host computer generates prescription information for each pharmacy from the prescription information accumulated in the database and for printing a receipt at the terminal device of the pharmacy, A pharmacy support system comprising a receipt editing means for replying to a terminal device through the network. In the pharmacy support system according to claim 2,
The pharmacy support system, wherein the receipt editing means transmits the receipt through the network to an insurance claimee after checking the receipt.

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