JPH0724036A - Controlling apparatus for medicine compounding - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer a controlling apparatus for medicine compounding, the compounding instrument of which can be operated by the use of the data dealt with by the host computer. CONSTITUTION:A controlling apparatus for medicine compounding connects a compounding instrument 8 to a host computer 1 installed at a medical institution, where a means to convert the data received from the host computer 1 into a form adaptable to the compounding instrument 8 is provided and the data converted by such conversion means are to be applied to the compounding instrument 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dispensing control device for controlling dispensing work performed in a medical institution.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a medical institution performs necessary dispensing work based on a doctor's prescription, but in order to automate this dispensing work, a medicine packing machine that packs drugs such as tablets and powders into each dose Have been put to practical use. Among these medicine packing machines, the tablet packing machine can be operated by inputting the drug name, the daily dose, the dose for each dose and the number of days of administration of the tablets to be packed by using the input device associated with the tablet packing machine. Tablets are automatically packaged for each dose.

On the other hand, with the recent development of computers, many medical institutions have introduced computers for medical treatment accounting, and have tried to positively utilize them for other purposes as host computers. There is.

[0004]

However, a conventional dispensing machine such as a medicine packing machine cannot be operated unless an input operation is performed directly and individually using an input device attached to the dispensing machine. Since the computer for medical accounting does not have the data directly available to carry out the dispensing work, it is not possible to operate the dispensing machine with this computer as a host computer and therefore, according to the doctor's prescription. There is a problem in that data on a drug to be dispensed must be input separately and doubly to a dispensing machine for dispensing the drug and a computer for medical accounting.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to provide a dispensing control device capable of operating a dispensing machine by utilizing data handled by a host computer.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a dispensing control device for connecting a host computer installed in a medical institution and a dispensing machine, wherein data received from the host computer is It is provided with means for converting into a format suitable for the dispensing machine, and the data converted by the converting means is applied to the dispensing machine.

[0007]

By adopting the above means, the present invention can be applied to the dispensing machine after the data from the host computer is converted into a format suitable for it.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a dispensing control apparatus according to the present invention, in which 1 is a host computer for medical treatment accounting such as social insurance medical treatment remuneration. Prescription 2, based on the medical practice to be performed,
In addition to the injection slip 3, various treatment slips 4, inspection slips 5, etc. are brought in and their contents are input as data, and a predetermined calculation for medical treatment accounting is performed using these data, and the results are appropriately obtained. Is recorded in the memory medium 6 and the billing slip 7 is output if necessary.

.. are dispensing machines such as a tablet dispensing machine, and each dispensing machine, for example, the tablet dispensing machine 8 is not shown in detail, but a large number of tablet feeders 9, 9 ,. And a packaging device 10 for packaging the tablets discharged from the tablet feeders 9, 9, ..., Using an appropriate input device 11 attached to each tablet packaging machine 8, the name of the medicine of the tablet to be packaged, 1 day Just enter the amount, dose for each dose, number of days to take, etc.
The desired tablet is automatically packaged for each dose. Each input device 11 has a queue buffer 1 for temporarily storing data for operating the corresponding tablet packing machine 8.
2 and can be used as a management monitor for confirming various operating states of the corresponding tablet packing machine 8.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a host computer 1 and a dispensing machine 8,
Dispensing control device for connecting 8 ...
Reference numeral 3 denotes the data regarding the drug to be dispensed out of the data handled by the host computer 1, such as the type of the drug (that is, the distinction between drugs such as tablets, powders, liquids, etc., or which tablet dispensing machine should be used for dispensing). Machine 8, 8, ... distinction)
An appropriate classifying member 14 for classifying according to
An appropriate assigning member 15 that assigns the data classified in step 1 to the dispensing machine 8 suitable for the type of dispensing.

Either the classifying member 14 or the assigning member 15 is adapted to convert the format of the data handled by the host computer 1 into a format suitable for input to the dispensing machines 8, 8 ,. The member 15 is a dispensing machine 8,
A queue buffer 16 for temporarily storing data to be assigned to the dispensing machines 8, 8, ... With reference to the accumulation states of the queue buffers 12, 12, ... Of the input devices 11, 11 ,. Further, if the data classified by the classification member 14 includes a type that cannot be dispensed by the dispensing machines 8, 8, ... (For example, dispensing of liquid medicine), the data is output as the dispensing instruction sheet 17. It is supposed to do.

When handling the data transmitted from the host computer 1, the dispensing control device 13 refers to the data of the medication master recorded in the appropriate memory medium 18 to refer to the incompatibilities between the drugs and various other medications. The above determination is performed, and the data of the previous prescription master recorded in the appropriate memory medium 19 is used, and this data is updated with the present prescription data and re-registered in the memory medium 19.

Further, the dispensing control device 13 sends data to an appropriate drug bag printer (not shown) to create a drug bag 20 with a predetermined drug bag indication in which a dispensed drug should be inserted, and an inspection with an appropriate display member. Data is sent to the terminal 21 to display data necessary for drug inspection, and further, data is sent to an appropriate medication display panel 22 for outpatients to inform the patient of the progress of medication work.

Next, the operation of the dispensing control device configured as described above will be described. When the contents of the prescription 2, the injection 3, the treatment slip 4, the inspection slip 5, etc. issued based on the medical treatment performed by the doctor are input to the host computer 1, these data are used for a predetermined calculation to perform medical treatment. While the accounting data is recorded in the memory medium 6, the data regarding the drug to be dispensed is transmitted to the dispensing controller 13.

The dispensing control device 13 refers to the data of the medication master recorded in the memory medium 18 for the data on the drug to be dispensed transmitted from the host computer 1, or the previous prescription master recorded in the memory medium 19. While utilizing the data of, the classifying member 14 classifies according to the type of the dispensing, and then the assigning member 15 distributes the classified data to the dispensing machine 8, 8,
, While dispensing data of a type that cannot be dispensed by the dispensing machines 8, 8, ... Is output as a dispensing instruction sheet 17.

The dispensing machine to which the dispensing data is assigned, for example, the tablet packaging machine 8, has the medicine name included in the dispensing data,
Predetermined tablets are automatically packaged for each dose according to the daily dose, dose for each dose, the number of doses, etc. At this time, since it takes a certain amount of time for the dispensing operation by the dispensing machines 8, 8, ..., The queuing buffer 12 of the input device 11 and the queuing buffer 16 of the allocation member 15 attached to each dispensing machine 8 are used. Therefore, the dispensing time is managed.

Further, the dispensing control device 13 sends the data to an appropriate drug bag printer in parallel with the allocation of the dispensing data to make the drug bag 20 with a predetermined drug bag display in which the dispensed drug should be inserted, and also appropriately. The data required for drug inspection is displayed by sending the data to the inspection terminal 21 equipped with the display member, and further the data is sent to the appropriate medication display panel 22 for outpatients to inform the patient of the progress of the medication work. Therefore, these medicine bags are made and audit terminal 2
By the data display of No. 1 and the display of the medication display panel 22 and the like, the entire dispensing work is managed.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the host computer 1 is a computer for medical accounting, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the above-mentioned embodiment, the dispensing machines 8, 8, ...
Although both were tablet dispensing machines, for example, at least one appropriate powder dispensing machine other than the tablet dispensing machine may be provided, or an appropriate dispensing machine other than the drug dispensing machine may be used, and in the above-mentioned examples. Either the classification member 14 or the allocation member 15 converts the data format handled by the host computer 1 into a format suitable for input to the dispensing machine 8, 8, ..., However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition, although the queuing buffer 16 is provided in the allocating member 15 in the above embodiment, the queuing buffer 16 may be provided separately from the allocating member 15. In addition, the present invention is not limited to various changes and modifications of the above embodiment. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0019]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above,
The data handled by the host computer can be used to operate the dispensing machine, so that data relating to the drug to be dispensed based on the doctor's prescription is dispensed to the dispensing machine and other host computer for medical accounting. In addition, it is not necessary to input the data separately and in duplicate, and as a result, the labor of the input operation can be saved and the probability of the input operation error can be reduced. Since the data can be converted into a suitable format and then applied, it is not necessary to make any special design changes to connect the host computer itself to the dispensing machine, and connect the dispensing machine itself to the host computer. There is no need to make a special design change for
It has an excellent effect that the dispensing machine can be operated using the data handled by the host computer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Host computer 8 ... Dispensing machine (tablet dispensing machine) 11 ... Input device 13 ... Dispensing control device 17 ... Dispensing instruction sheet 18 ... Memory medium 19 ... Memory medium 20 ... Medicine bag 21 ... Auditing terminal 22 ... Medication display panel

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dispensing control device for connecting a host computer installed in a medical institution to a dispensing machine, comprising means for converting data received from the host computer into a format suitable for the dispensing machine, A dispensing control device, wherein the data converted by the converting means is applied to the dispensing machine.