JPH03264065A - Medication system in prescription medication - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the waiting time for a patient as short as possible as a whole by informing a worker about the process situation of the medication work by a medication device and adjusting the execution schedule of the medication work by the medication device, if necessary. CONSTITUTION:A display means 5 selects the medication data which can be executed in priority from among the medication data stored in the memory device 13 of the operating means 4 (4a, 4b) by the operation of the interruption key of an input device 14, if necessary, on the basis of the execution state of the medication data displayed on a display device 15, and the medication data is interruption-instructed to a medication device 3, and medication work is executed. A medication display device 18 for informing each patient about the completion of the medication preparation through the display of the medication No. for each patient is affiliated on the display means 15, and the display contents of the medication display device 18 can be confirmed also by the display device 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a prescription dispensing system.

[Prior Art] Generally, hospital pharmacies accept a large number of prescriptions issued by doctors in each clinical department, and according to their contents,
Performs necessary dispensing work and other various tasks.

In addition, in recent years, with the advancement of medical care, specialization, and diversification of drugs, the absolute amount of dispensing work that hospital pharmacies must handle has tended to increase.
It is desired to shorten patient waiting time, so as a means to efficiently carry out the necessary dispensing work, we have introduced tablet packaging machines that separate tablets into single-dose units, and
BACKGROUND ART Powder drug packaging machines that separate doses into individual doses and various other dispensing devices have been developed and put into practical use.

By the way, in order to operate these dispensing devices, it is not enough to simply apply the contents of the prescription to the dispensing device; it depends on the type of drug that each dispensing device can handle, and even when the same dispensing device is used. Different operating information must be applied depending on the characteristics of the drug and various conditions.

That is, the prescription includes, for example, 8 tablets of Tablet A per day;
At minute 4, take Tablet B at a daily dose of 3 tablets, at a daily dose of 3 minutes, Tablet C at a daily dose of 2 tablets, once in the afternoon, and powdered medicine at a daily dose of mIIFg, at a daily dose of 3 minutes.
As an example, consider the case where the patient is prescribed to take Powder E at a daily dose of nu and 3 times a day.

However, tablets A and B can be packaged together in one package, and tablet C must be packaged separately from tablets A and B. , E is
The condition is that both products can be packaged into one package, but if the two products are mixed and fed to a vibration feeder before being packaged, they will separate from each other and will not be divided evenly. shall have the following.

In this case, tablets A, B, and C can be packaged using an appropriate tablet packaging machine;
2 tablets and 81 tablets were packaged together in one package, and for the fourth time, only 2 tablets of A were packaged, and 1 tablet of each color was packaged.
In addition to printing letters such as "Morning", "Noon", "Evening", and "Sleep J" in order from the number of doses, separate from this, tablets C are divided into two tablets each, and "Day" is printed on each color. The tablet packaging machine must be instructed to display operating information such as the following characters:

In addition, 1. Powdered medicine and H can be packaged using an appropriate powdered medicine packaging machine, but in order to do so, first, pack the powdered medicine for the daily amount of mlLg x number of days, and powdered medicine E for 1 day.
Prepare the daily dose n mg for X number of days, and when putting it into the division box before packaging, put both of them separately on a vibrating feeder to divide them into individual doses, and then combine them into one package. Divide into separate packages and divide them into ``Morning'' and ``Noon'' in each color.
, ``Yu'', etc., must be instructed to the powder medicine packaging machine.

Therefore, in the past, workers at hospital pharmacies looked at prescriptions received from doctors, selected prescriptions that could be executed by a tablet packaging machine, or prescriptions that could be executed by a powder medicine packaging machine, and then used them. The prescription contents are processed as necessary to be executed by the tablet packaging machine, and the operation time for the tablet packaging machine is processed.
Create an If report or perform the necessary processing to execute it on a powder medicine packaging machine to create operational information for the powder medicine packaging machine, and then apply this operational information to the tablet packaging machine or powder medicine packaging machine, I was making sure that the necessary packaging work was carried out.

That is, conventionally, in order to obtain the data of the dispensing unit necessary to operate a dispensing device such as a tablet packaging machine or a powder dispensing machine from the contents of a prescription written in prescription units (RP units), an operator has to Prescription data (prescription unit data) is processed as necessary to create dispensing data (prescription unit data), and this dispensing data is instructed to a dispensing device to perform the necessary dispensing operations.

On the other hand, drugs dispensed by a dispensing device are administered after all the drugs specified in the prescription are combined for each patient. This is done in the order of patients who have completed the procedure.

That is, a patient is given tablets A, B, C and powder, E.
When prescribing tablets A, B, and C, tablets A, B, and C are dispensed using a tablet dispensing machine, while powders D and E are dispensed using a powder dispensing machine. and Powder E are to be administered to the patient at once.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, some prescriptions use only a tablet dispensing machine as a dispensing device, while others use only a powder dispensing machine. Depending on the type of device, some devices can process the dispensing process in a relatively short time, while others can take a relatively long time.
Therefore, if prescriptions are dispensed in the order in which they are received, for example, for patients to whom tablets and powders are prescribed, even after the tablets have been dispensed, the dispensing of the powders will not be completed easily. There are cases where a patient's waiting time is significantly longer than that of other patients.

Moreover, the drugs dispensed by the dispensing device are not dispensed according to the prescription unit indicated in the prescription.
Dispensing is performed according to an arbitrary dispensing unit that is appropriately selected from a number of possible dispensing units depending on various conditions such as the type of dispensing device, the characteristics of the drug, and the individual worker's method of creating dispensing data. Therefore, when dispensing a prepared drug to a patient, the worker at the dispensing desk should:
It must be confirmed whether the drug corresponds to all the drugs indicated in the prescription, that is, whether all the drugs indicated in the prescription have been dispensed.

However, in the past, even if a worker at a medication counter had a prescription in hand and noticed that there was a prescription that was delayed in processing based on the progress of the medication process, the prescription unit for that prescription was Since it is unknown what dispensing unit the dispensing is supposed to follow, the cause of the delay is unknown. Therefore, for example, the cause can be resolved by instructing the dispensing device to perform the necessary interrupt work, and the overall result is There were problems such as the inability to implement measures to shorten patient waiting time as much as possible.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the conventional methods, informs the operator of the progress of dispensing work by the dispensing device, and adjusts the execution schedule of the dispensing work by the dispensing device as necessary. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prescription dispensing system that can shorten patient waiting time as a whole.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a dispensing device, an actuating means for instructing the dispensing device to dispense data, and a display means for indicating the execution status of the dispensing data. It is something.

[Operation] By employing the above-mentioned means, the present invention informs the operator of the progress of dispensing work by the dispensing device based on the execution status of the dispensing data displayed on the display means. This allows the execution schedule of dispensing work by the dispensing device to be adjusted.

[Example] Embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1.1, . . . are prescriptions issued by a doctor, 2 is an input means for generating prescription data from the contents of each prescription 1, 3 is a dispensing device, and 4 is a prescription device. An actuating means converts prescription data executable by the dispensing device 3 into dispensing data of the dispensing device 3 and instructs the same. 5 is a display means showing the execution status of the dispensing data by the dispensing device 3.

The input means 2 includes a keyboard or other input device 6 suitable for the operator to input the contents of each prescription while looking at it.
, CRT or LCD or other display device 7, and CPU
It also includes a control device 8 and a storage device 9 including ROM and RAM.

Then, when the input device 6 inputs the contents written in prescription units (RP units) as they are for a large number of prescriptions 1.1, . . . 8 generates prescription data (prescription unit data) whose contents are not substantially changed and stores the prescription data in the storage device 9;
The prescription data stored in the
The operating means 4, the display means 5, and other necessary equipment are provided for use.

The dispensing device 3 is a tablet dispensing machine that divides tablets into single-dose portions, a powder medicine packaging machine that divides powder medicine into single-dose portions, or other appropriate dispensing machinery. It is a kind.

The operating means 4 is provided in combination with the dispensing device 3, and includes a keyboard or other input device W1 having required keys such as a correction key that can be operated by an operator as necessary.
0, CRT or LCD or other display device 11, and C
It includes a control device 12 such as a PU, and a storage device 13 such as a ROM and a RAM.

Then, when there is prescription data executable by the combined dispensing device M3 among the prescription data stored in the storage device 9 of the input means 2, the actuating means 4 automatically selects the executable prescription data. Call and import from storage device 9,
The control device 212 converts the prescription data into predetermined dispensing data specific to the dispensing device 3 and according to the conditions of the drug to be handled, and stores it in the storage device 13, while converting this dispensing data into operational information. as dispensing device 3
The dispensing device 3 is operated according to the dispensing data.

That is, the prescription data generated by the input means 2 based on the contents of the prescription 1 and stored in the storage device 9 may be, for example, ``8 tablets per day, 4 portions per day, 3 portions per day of tablet B''. Tablets, 3 times a day, 2 tablets of MC per day, once in the afternoon, 1 powdered medicine
The patient is given a daily dose of m2, 3 minutes, and powder E, a daily dose of nmg, 3 minutes. '', the actuating means 4 (4a) combined with the dispensing device 3 (for example, the tablet packaging machine 3a) takes in the prescription data for tablets A, B, and C from among the prescription data, and
On the other hand, the actuating means 4 (4b) combined with the dispensing device 3 (for example, the powder packaging machine 3b) takes in the prescription data for the powder medicine H from among the prescription data.

Then, the actuating means 4a transmits the prescription data for the tablets A, B, and C to the N agent conditions registered in advance in the storage device 13 (for example, "Tablets A and B can be packaged separately in one package. ``Tablet C must be packaged separately from Tablets A and B,'' and other conditions) to ensure that these conditions are met. [Out of the four daily doses, 2 tablets A and 81 tablets were each packed into one package for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd doses, and for the 4th dose, only 2 tablets A were packaged,
In each of these colors, characters such as "Morning", "Noon", "Evening", "Sleep" etc. are printed in order from the first time.Separately, Tablet C is divided into 2 tablets of 1a and each color is printed. Print characters such as "noon" on the ” into dispensing data,
The information is stored in the storage device 13.

In addition, the first actuating means 4b stores the prescription data for the powder medicine, H, under the drug conditions registered in advance in the storage device 13 (for example, "Powder medicine, E can be packaged in one package, but If the two are mixed and put into a dividing mass before being packaged and put into a vibrating feeder, they will separate from each other and will not be divided evenly.'' (Others) In order to meet the requirements, add ``daily dose of powder medicine mlIg x number of days and powder medicine E to daily dose nII.
Prepare Ig x number of days, and when putting it into a division box before packaging, both are placed on a vibrating feeder and divided into each batch, and then both are divided into one batch and each batch is divided into l packets. Then, characters such as "Morning", "Noon", and "Evening" are printed in order in each of these colors. ” and is stored in the storage device 13.

The dispensing data stored in the memory device 13 of the actuating means 4a and the dispensing data stored in the memory device 13 of the actuating means 4b are transmitted to the display means 5 via appropriate communication means, respectively. It is now available for use as equipment.

The display means 5 includes a keyboard or other input device 14 having required keys such as an interrupt key that can be operated by an operator as necessary, and a display device 15 such as a CRT or LCD.
, CPU and other control devices 16, ROM and RA
M and other storage devices 17.

Then, the display means 5 calls up and takes in the execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the actuating means 4 (4a, 4b), and the control device 16 displays the execution status of the dispensing data, for example, when dispensing. Classify the work into three types: "Completed", "In progress", and "Not done", or classify it in more detail and convert it into predetermined expressions (dispensing units) to make it easier for workers to understand. The information is then displayed on the display device 15.

Further, the display means 5 not only displays the execution status of the dispensing data from the actuating means 4a and 4b, but also displays information about the dispensing device 3 in the prescription data of a certain patient stored in the storage device 9 of the input means 2. (Tablet packaging machine 3a, powder medicine packaging machine 3b) When there is prescription data that is inappropriate to be executed as well as prescription data that is executable, the prescription data that is inappropriate to be executed is stored in W9.
The control device 16 converts the inappropriate prescription data into a predetermined expression (dispensing unit) that is easy to understand for the operator, and then converts the inappropriate prescription data into prescription data based on the patient's executable prescription data. The execution status is displayed on the display device 15 along with the execution status.

Furthermore, based on the execution status of the dispensing data displayed on the display device 15, the display means 5 can be configured to control the storage of the actuating means 4 (4a, 4b) as necessary, for example, by operating an interrupt key of the input device 14. Select the dispensing data that should be executed preferentially from among the dispensing data stored in the dispensing device 23 (tablet package $13).
It is possible to issue an interrupt instruction to the powder medicine packaging machine 3b) to execute the dispensing work.

The display means 5 is provided with a medication display device 18 that notifies each patient that medication preparation has been completed by displaying the medication number for each patient. The display contents can also be checked on the display device 15.

Next, the operation of the above will be explained.

First, in prescription 1, tablet A is 8 tablets per day, 4 times a day, tablet B is 3 tablets per day, 3 times a day, tablet C is 2 tablets per day, once in the afternoon, and powdered medicine is 1 time. Daily dose m■, 3 minutes, and powder medicine E 1
If the patient is prescribed a daily dose of nag and 3 minutes, and the contents written in prescription units (RP units) are inputted as they are into the input means 2 by the input device 6, this Based on this, the control device 8 generates prescription data (prescription unit data) whose contents are not substantially changed, and stores the prescription data in the storage device 9.

Then, the actuating means 4 combined with the tablet packaging machine 3a
a takes in the prescription data for tablets A, B, and C from the prescription data, and uses this prescription data according to drug conditions registered in advance in the storage device 13 (for example,
The conditions are ``Tablets A and B can be packaged together in one package'' and ``Tablet C must be packaged separately from Tablets A and B.'' ” conditions, etc.), and in order to meet these conditions,
“Of the 4 doses per day, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd doses are tablets A2 each.
The tablets and 1 tablet B are packaged together in one package, and for the fourth time, only 2 tablets A are packaged, and each color is labeled "Morning", "Noon", and "Evening" in order from the first time. , ``sleep'', etc. are printed, while separately, each tablet C is divided into 2 tablets, and each color is printed with characters such as ``noon j''. While converting and storing it in the storage device 13, this dispensing data is used as operation information for the tablet packaging 1fi.
3a to operate the tablet packaging machine 3a according to the dispensing data.

Therefore, tablet sachet 8!3a is 1.3 out of 4 doses per day.
2. For the third time, 2 tablets A and 81 tablets were packaged together in one package, and for the fourth time, only 2 tablets A were packaged, and each color was divided into "Morning" tablets in order from the first time. , "Daytime", "Evening", "Sleep", etc. are printed on the tablets. Separately, Tablet C is divided into two tablets each, and "Daytime" and other characters are printed on each color. That will happen.

On the other hand, the actuating means 4 combined with the powder medicine packet 113b
b takes in the prescription data for powdered medicine and H from the prescription data stored in the storage device 9, and imports this prescription data into the drug conditions registered in advance in the storage device [13 (for example, "powdered medicine, E can be packaged together into one package, but if you mix them and put them into a vibrating feeder before packaging, they will separate from each other and will not be divided evenly. and other), and in order to satisfy this condition, ``The daily dose of powdered medicine m rLgx days and the daily dose of powdered medicine E n■
Prepare for x number of days, and when putting it into the division box before packaging, both are passed through a vibrating feeder separately and divided into each batch, and then both are combined into one batch and packaged into one package. Characters such as "morning,""noon," and "evening" are printed in order in each of these colors. ” and stores it in the storage device 13, while instructing the powder medicine packaging i3b to use this prescription data as operation information and dispensing the powder medicine packaging 1f.
Activate i3b according to its dispensing data.

Therefore, the powder medicine packaging machine 3b prepares the powder medicine in the amount of mDX per day for the number of days and the powder medicine E in the amount of InIIIg per day x the number of days. After passing it through a vibrating feeder and dividing it into individual doses, both doses are combined into one package, and letters such as "morning", "noon", and "ri" are printed in order on each of these colors. That will happen.

The execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the actuating means 4a and the execution status of the dispensing data stored in the memory device 13 of the actuating means 4b are both displayed on the display of the display means 5. 15, so the worker at the medication desk can always know the execution status of the dispensing data. Therefore, if there is a patient whose processing is delayed in terms of the progress of medication work, the worker at the medication counter can always check the execution status of the dispensing data. It is possible to clarify the cause of delays in dispensing operations,
Therefore, for example, it is possible to instruct the dispensing device 3 to perform a necessary interrupt operation to eliminate the cause of the interruption, thereby shortening the patient's waiting time as a whole.

In the above embodiment, the input device 6 is used as the input means 2.
, a display device 7, a control device 8, and a storage device 9 have been illustrated, but the invention is not limited to this, and the input device 6 can be used by an operator to input the contents while viewing each prescription@1. Instead of a keyboard suitable for inputting, a suitable optical character reading scanner, such as an OCR, may be used; furthermore, for example, instead of a doctor writing the prescription 1, the doctor or his assistant can , using input means 2,
The contents of the prescription may be input directly into data, and in that case, a prescription based on the prescription data can be printed out by using an appropriate prescription printer or the like, if necessary.

Further, in the above embodiment, the tablet packaging machine 3a and the powder medicine packaging machine 113b were illustrated as the dispensing device 3, but the present invention is not limited thereto. A tablet/powder dispensing machine combined with a dispensing machine or other appropriate dispensing machinery can be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the input device 1 is used as the actuating means 4.
0, the display device 11, the control device 12, and the storage device 13 are illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Further, in the above embodiment, the execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the actuating means 4a and the actuating means 4
Although the execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of b is made available to the display means 5 and other necessary equipment via appropriate communication means, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, for example, the data to be dispensed or the data that has been dispensed may be made available to appropriate equipment.

Further, in the above embodiment, the display means 5 includes an input device 14, a display device 15, a control device 16, and a storage device 17.
In the above embodiment, a medication display device 18 was provided attached to the display means 5, but the present invention is not limited to this.
In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways to the above-described embodiments.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to notify the operator of the progress status of dispensing work by the dispensing device based on the execution status of the dispensing data displayed on the display means, so that the operator can be informed of the progress status of dispensing work by the dispensing device. Accordingly, the execution schedule of the dispensing work by the dispensing device can be adjusted, and the patient's waiting time can be shortened as much as possible as a whole, which has excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Prescription 2... Input means 3...
Dispensing unit W 3a...Tablet packaging machine 3b...
Powder packaging machine 4.4a, 4b...operating means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A prescription dispensing system characterized by comprising a dispensing device, an actuating means for instructing the dispensing device with dispensing data, and a display means showing the execution status of the dispensing data.