JPH07200707A - Medicine dosing system for preparing prescription - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the waiting time of a patient by providing plural medicine preparing devices and a preparing means for generating medicine preparation data, and respectively indicating the respective medicine preparation data from an operating means to the respective correspondent medicine preparing devices based on a prescription. CONSTITUTION:A medicine preparing device 3 is a separate pill packing machine for separately packing pills just for one time of taking, separate powdered medicine packing machine for separately packing powdered medicine just for one time of taking or any other suitable mechanical instrument for medicine preparation. When there are prescription data to be executed at the combined medicine preparing devices 3 in the prescription data stored inside a storage device 9 of an input means 2, an operating means 4 calls those prescription data to be executed from the storage device 9 and fetches them. A controller 12 converts those prescription data to any previously decided medicine preparation data peculiar for the medicine preparing devices 3 corresponding to the conditions of medicines to be handled and stores those data in a storage device 13 later and on the other hand, these medicine preparation data are indicated to the medicine preparing devices 3 as operating information so as to operate the medicine preparing devices 3 according to those medicine preparation data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prescription dispensing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a hospital pharmacy accepts a large number of prescriptions issued by doctors of each medical department and performs necessary dispensing work and other various works according to the contents of the prescriptions.

Further, in recent years, with the advancement of medical care, subdivision of specialty, and diversification of drugs, the absolute amount of dispensing work that must be processed at a hospital pharmacy tends to increase more and more, while the amount of patients Since it is desired to shorten the waiting time, as a means to efficiently perform the necessary dispensing work,
Developed and put into practical use various tablet dispensing machines, such as a tablet dispensing machine that dispenses tablets each time, a powder dispensing machine that dispenses powder once each, and other dispensing devices. There is.

By the way, in order to operate these dispensing devices, it is not possible to apply the contents of the prescription to the dispensing devices as they are, and the same dispensing device is used depending on the type of drug that each dispensing device can handle. Even in this case, different operation information must be applied depending on the characteristics of the drug and various conditions.

That is, in the prescription, for example, tablets A at a daily dose of 8 tablets, a dose of 4 minutes, tablets B at a daily dose of 3 tablets, a dose of 3 minutes, tablets C at a daily dose of 2 tablets, once a day, Powder D daily mmg,
As an example, consider the case where the dose 3 and the powdered drug E were prescribed to be administered to the patient at a daily dose of nmg and a dose of 3 respectively.

However, the tablets A and B can be packaged in one package, and the tablet C must be packaged separately from the tablets A and B. , Powder D and E can be packaged in one package, but when they are mixed in a dividing mass prior to packaging and mixed on a vibrating feeder, they are separated from each other and evenly distributed. It shall have the condition that it is not divided.

[0007] In this case, the tablets A, B, C can be packaged by an appropriate tablet packaging machine, and the first, second, and third doses of the four doses a day are respectively performed. A2 tablets and B1 tablets were packaged together in one package, and only the A2 tablets were packaged for the fourth time, and in each of these packages, "morning", "daytime", "evening",
While printing characters such as "sleep", in addition to this, tablets C
It is necessary to instruct the tablet packing machine of operation information that each of the tablets should be divided into two tablets and the characters such as "day" should be printed on each packet.

[0008] Further, with respect to the powdered medicines D and E, the packaging work can be carried out by an appropriate powdered medicine packaging machine. First, the powdered medicine D is a daily dose of mmg × the number of days, and the powdered medicine E is 1 Prepare a daily dose of nmg × number of days, and when putting this into a dividing mass prior to packaging, divide both into separate vibrating feeders and divide them into single doses. Wrap, and in each of these wraps, "morning",
It is necessary to instruct the powder-dispensing and packaging machine of operating information that the characters such as "day" and "evening" should be sequentially printed.

Therefore, in the past, workers at hospital pharmacies were
Looking at the prescriptions received from the doctor, select a prescription that can be executed by the tablet packing machine, or a prescription that can be executed by the powder medicine packing machine, for example, and select the necessary prescriptions to execute on the tablet packing machine. After processing, the operation information for the tablet packing machine is created, or the processing necessary for executing on the powder medicine packing machine is performed to create the operation information for the powder medicine packing machine, and then these operation information are transferred to the tablet packing machine. Alternatively, it has been applied to a powder medicine packaging machine so that the necessary packaging work is performed.

That is, conventionally, a prescription unit (RP unit)
In order to obtain the data of the dispensing unit necessary to operate the dispensing device such as the tablet dispensing machine or the powder dispensing machine from the content of the prescription written in, the operator needs the data necessary for the prescription data (prescription unit data). Dispensing data (data for each dispensing unit) is created by processing, and this dispensing data is instructed to the dispensing device,
I was trying to get the necessary dispensing work done.

On the other hand, the drug dispensed by the dispensing device is a drug to be dispensed after all the drugs indicated in the prescription are put together for each patient. It is carried out in order from the patient who has finished dispensing the drug.

That is, when a tablet A, B, C and powders D, E are prescribed to a patient, the tablets A, B, C are dispensed by a tablet dispensing machine, while the powders D, E are dispensed by a powder dispensing machine. After the preparation is completed and both preparations are completed, the tablets A, B, C and the powders D, E are collectively administered to the patient.

[0013]

However, the prescriptions shown in the prescription include, for example, a prescription that uses only a tablet packaging machine as a dispensing device, a prescription that uses only a powder dispensing machine, and a prescription. Depending on the type of device, there are some that can perform the dispensing work in a relatively short time and some that can take a relatively long time. Therefore, when performing the dispensing work in the order in which the prescriptions are received, for example,
For patients prescribing tablets and powders, the patient's waiting time is significantly longer than that of other patients because the dispensing of the tablet is still difficult to complete after the tablet has been dispensed. In some cases, it may happen.

Moreover, the drug dispensed by the dispensing device is not dispensed according to the prescription unit indicated on the prescription, but the type of the dispensing device, the characteristics of the drug, and the individual procedure of the operator who creates the dispensing data. Since it is prepared according to an arbitrarily selected dispensing unit from among various dispensing units that can be considered depending on various conditions such as the above, the work of the medication counter when dispensing a dispensed drug to a patient The person must confirm whether or not the medicine corresponds to all the medicines shown on the prescription, that is, whether all the medicines shown on the prescription have been dispensed.

However, conventionally, the worker at the medication counter is
However, even if you notice that there is a prescription that is delayed due to the progress of the medication work, the prescription unit of the prescription should be dispensed according to any dispensing unit. I do not know the cause of the delay because it is unknown, therefore, for example, by instructing the dispensation device to perform the necessary interruption work and eliminating the cause, it is possible to shorten the waiting time of the patient as a whole. There were some problems such as inability to implement the device.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and uses a plurality of dispensing devices to operate each dispensing device based on a prescription, thereby minimizing the waiting time of the patient as a whole. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prescription dispensing administration system that can be used.

[0017]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a plurality of dispensing devices and operating means for generating dispensing data corresponding to each dispensing device based on a prescription. The means instructs each of the dispensing data to each of the corresponding dispensing devices.

[0018]

According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned means, each dispensing device is operated based on the prescription, so that the waiting time of the patient can be shortened as a whole as much as possible.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a prescription dispensing administration system according to the present invention, where 1, 1, ... Are prescriptions issued by doctors, 2 is input means for generating prescription data from the contents of each prescription 1, 3 is a dispensing device, 4 is an operating means for converting prescription data executable by the dispensing device 3 into dispensing data of the dispensing device 3 and instructing, 5 is a display means showing the execution status of the dispensing data by the dispensing device 3.

The input means 2 is a keyboard or other input device 6, a CRT or LCD or other display device 7, a CPU or other control device suitable for the operator to input the contents of each prescription 1 while watching it. 8, ROM and RA
M and other storage devices 9.

Then, the input means 2 uses a large number of prescriptions 1,
When the contents written in prescription units (RP units) for 1, ... Are directly input by the input device 6,
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 while being stored in the storage device 9. The prescription data is made available to the operating means 4, the display means 5 and other necessary devices through an appropriate communication means.

The dispensing device 3 is a tablet dispensing machine adapted to dispense a tablet for each dose, or a powder dispensing dispenser adapted to dispense a powder for each dose, and other appropriate dispensing. Machinery and equipment.

The operating means 4 is provided in combination with the dispensing device 3, and has a keyboard or other input device 10 having a necessary key such as a correction key which can be operated by an operator as required, a CRT or The display device 11 includes an LCD or other display device 11, a CPU or other control device 12, and a ROM, RAM or other storage device 13.

When the prescription data stored in the storage device 9 of the input means 2 contains prescription data that can be executed by the combined dispensing device 3,
The executable prescription data is called from the storage device 9 and fetched, and the control device 12 converts the prescription data into predetermined dispensing data that is unique to the dispensing device 3 and according to the conditions of the drug to be handled. Further, while being stored in the storage device 13, this dispensing data is instructed to the dispensing device 3 as operation information, and the dispensing device 3 is operated in accordance with the dispensing data.

That is, the prescription data generated by the input means 2 on the basis of the content of the prescription 1 and stored in the storage device 9 is, for example, "tablet A is 8 tablets per day for 4 minutes and tablet B is for 4 minutes.
3 tablets daily for 3 minutes, tablet C 2 tablets daily for once a day, powder D daily mmg, minutes 3 and powder E daily nmg, minutes 3 , Take each patient. "
In that case, the operating means 4 (4a) combined with the dispensing device 3 (for example, the tablet packaging machine 3a) takes in the prescription data for the tablets A, B, and C from the prescription data, while The actuating means 4 (4b) combined with the dispensing device 3 (for example, the powdered medicine packaging machine 3b) fetches the prescription data for the powdered medicines D and E from the prescription data.

The actuating means 4a is composed of tablets A, B and C.
Prescription data of the prescription data for the drug (for example, the condition that "tablets A and B can be packaged in one packet each other") and "tablet C is , And tablets A and B must be packaged separately. ”And other conditions), and“ 1, 2, 3 out of 4 doses a day ”are satisfied so as to satisfy these conditions. The second time, the tablets A2 tablets and the tablets B1 tablets were collectively packaged in one packet, the fourth time only the tablets A2 tablets were packaged, and in each of these packages, "morning" from the first time,
Characters such as “day”, “evening”, and “sleep” are printed. Separately, one tablet and two tablets of C are separately packaged, and characters such as “day” are printed on each packet. . Is stored in the storage device 13.

Further, the actuating means 4b stores the prescription data for the powdered medicines D and E in the drug condition registered in the storage device 13 in advance (for example, "the powdered medicines D and E are 1
Although it can be packaged in a package, when the two are mixed and put on a vibrating feeder when they are put into a divided mass prior to packaging, they are separated from each other and are not evenly divided. ", Etc.), and to satisfy this condition," Powdered drug D for daily dose mmg x number of days and powdered drug E
Prepare a daily dose of nmg × number of days, and when putting this into a dividing mass prior to packaging, divide both by separately into a vibrating feeder and divide each into one batch Each of these packets, "morning",
Print characters such as “day” and “evening” in order. Is stored in the storage device 13.

The dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the actuating means 4a and the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the operating means 4b are respectively displayed on the display means 5 and the like via an appropriate communication means. The equipment is now available for use.

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

The display means 5 is operated by the operating means 4 (4
a, 4b) the execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 is retrieved and fetched, and the control device 16 indicates the execution status of the dispensing data by, for example, “execution end” or “in execution” of the dispensing work. , Or “not executed”, or after further detailed classification, the expression is converted into a predetermined expression (dispensing unit) so as to be easily understood by the operator and displayed on the display device 15. ing.

Further, the display means 5 comprises actuation means 4a, 4b.
In addition to displaying the execution status of the dispensing data from, the dispensing device 3 (tablet dispensing machine 3a, powder dispensing machine 3b) is included in the prescription data of a patient stored in the storage device 9 of the input means 2. When there is prescription data that is not suitable for execution together with the prescription data that can be executed, the prescription data that is not suitable for execution is called from the storage device 9 and fetched, and the control device 16
However, after converting the prescription data that is inappropriate for execution into a predetermined expression (dispensing unit) so that the operator can easily understand, the display device 15 together with the execution status of the dispensing data based on the prescription data that can be executed by the patient. It is supposed to be displayed.

Further, the display means 5 is based on the execution status of the dispensing data displayed on the display device 15, and if necessary, for example, by operating the interrupt key of the input device 14, the operating means 4 (4a, 4b). Dispensing data to be preferentially executed is selected from the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 and the dispensing data is interrupted to the dispensing device 3 (tablet dispensing machine 3a, powder dispensing machine 3b). do it,
The dispensing work can be performed.

The display means 5 is additionally provided with a medication display device 18 for displaying the medication number for each patient to inform each patient that the medication preparation is completed. The display content of the display device 18 can also be confirmed on the display device 15.

Next, the operation of the prescription dispensing system configured as described above will be described.

First, on the prescription 1, 8 tablets per day,
In minutes 4, tablets B 3 times daily, minutes 3 tablets C 2 times daily, once a day, powder D daily mmg, minutes 3 and powder E daily When the amount of nmg and the dose of 3 are prescribed for the patient to take, the contents written in the prescription unit (RP unit) are directly input to the input means 2 by the input device 6, Based on this, the control device 8 generates prescription data (data for each prescription unit) whose contents are not substantially changed, and stores the prescription data in the storage device 9.

Then, the operating means 4a combined with the tablet packaging machine 3a selects the tablet A from the prescription data.
The prescription data for B and C is fetched, and the prescription data is stored in the storage device 13 in advance as a drug condition (for example, “tablets A and B can be packaged in one package each other”). And the condition that "tablet C is
The tablets A and B must be packaged separately. And other conditions), and in order to satisfy these conditions, “2 tablets of A, 2 tablets and 1 tablet of B respectively at 4 times a day are packaged in one package. However, in the fourth time, only 2 tablets A were packaged, and in each of these packages, “morning”, “daytime”, “evening”,
While printing characters such as "sleep", in addition to this, tablets C
Is divided into 2 tablets each, and a character such as "day" is printed on each packet. While being stored in the storage device 13, the tablet packaging machine 3a is instructed to use the dispensing data as operation information to operate the tablet packaging machine 3a in accordance with the dispensing data.

Therefore, the tablet packing machine 3a uses the tablets A2 and B1 for the first, second and third times of the four times a day, respectively.
The tablets and the tablets are packaged together in one package, and only the second tablet A2 is packaged for the fourth time, and then in each of these packages, "morning", "daytime", "evening", and "sleeping" in order from the first time. On the other hand, while printing characters such as "," the tablets C are separately packaged into two tablets each, and characters such as "day" are printed on each packet.

On the other hand, the operating means 4b combined with the powdered medicine packaging machine 3b fetches the prescription data for the powdered medicines D and E from the prescription data stored in the storage device 9, and stores the prescription data in the storage device 13. Pre-registered drug conditions (for example, “Powdered medicines D and E can be packaged in one package with each other, but when they are put into a divided mass prior to packaging, they are mixed and put on a vibration feeder. , They are separated from each other and are not evenly divided. "
Condition, etc.), and to satisfy this condition, prepare “Powdered drug D for daily dose mmg × day and powdered drug E for daily dose nmg × day” and divide it before packaging. When putting them in the mass, put them both on the vibrating feeder separately.
Divide into batches and combine them into 1 batch
Divide into sachets, and in each of these sachets, "morning", "daytime",
Print characters such as "evening" in order. While storing it in the storage device 13, the dispensing data is instructed to the powder medicine dispensing machine 3b as operation information,
The powder medicine packaging machine 3b is operated according to the dispensing data.

Therefore, the powdered medicine packaging machine 3b sets the powdered medicine D to 1
When preparing daily dose mmg x number of days and powdered drug E for daily dose nmg x number of days, and putting this into divided masses prior to packaging,
Both of them are separately placed on a vibrating feeder and divided into individual doses, and then both are packaged in a single package and the letters such as "morning", "daytime" and "evening" are added to each of these packages. Will be printed in order.

The execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the operating means 4a and the execution status of the dispensing data stored in the storage device 13 of the operating means 4b are both displayed by the display means 5. Since the information is displayed on the display device 15, the operator of the medication counter can always grasp the execution status of the dispensing data. Therefore, in view of the progress status of the medication operation, when there is a patient whose processing is delayed, The reason why the dispensing work is delayed for the patient can be clarified. Therefore, for example, the dispensing device 3 is instructed to perform the necessary interruption work to eliminate the cause, and the waiting time of the patient as a whole is reduced. It is possible to realize a device such as shortening.

In the above embodiment, the input means 2 includes the input device 6, the display device 7, the control device 8 and the storage device 9, but the input device 2 is not limited to this. The device 6 may use an appropriate optical character reading scanner such as an OCR, instead of a keyboard suitable for the operator to input the contents while viewing each prescription 1. , Doctor prescription 1
Instead of creating, the doctor or his assistant may directly input the prescription content using the input means 2, and in that case, an appropriate prescription printer or the like is used as necessary. Thus, the prescription based on the prescription data can be printed out.

In the above embodiment, the tablet dispensing machine 3a and the powder dispensing machine 3b are exemplified as the dispensing device 3, but the dispensing machine 3 is not limited to these, and for example, an appropriate liquid medicine dispensing machine or tablet dispensing machine. A tablet powder dispensing and packaging machine in which a packaging machine and a powder dispensing machine are combined, and other appropriate dispensing machine devices can be used.

In the above embodiment, the actuating means 4 includes the input device 10, the display device 11, the control device 12 and the storage device 13, but the invention is not limited to this. In the embodiment, 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 storage device 13 of the operating means 4b are respectively transmitted via appropriate communication means. ,
The display means 5 and other necessary devices are used, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, data to be dispensed or dispensed data may be provided to appropriate devices. May be.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the display means 5 has the input device 14, the display device 15, the control device 16 and the storage device 17 as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the embodiment, the medication display device 18 is attached to the display means 5, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be variously changed and modified in the above-mentioned embodiment. Nor.

[0045]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
A plurality of dispensing devices can be used to operate each dispensing device based on the prescription, and therefore, the waiting time for the patient can be shortened as a whole as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Prescription 2 ... Input means 3 ... Dispensing apparatus 3a ... Tablet packing machine 3b ... Powdered medicine packing machine 4, 4a, 4b ... Operating means 5 ... Display means 6 ... Input device 7 ... Display device 8 ... Control device 9 ... Storage device 10 Input device 11 ... Display device 12 ... Control device 13 ... Storage device 14 ... Input device 15 ... Display device 16 ... Control device 17 ... Storage device 18 ... Medication display device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dispensing device comprising a plurality of dispensing devices and actuation means for generating dispensing data corresponding to each dispensing device based on a prescription, wherein the actuating means is provided to each dispensing device corresponding to each dispensing data. A prescription dispensing system characterized in that each is instructed.