KR20010075839A - Method for selling medicine prepared by pharmacists based on doctors' prescrptions to patients through a reverse auction system in the computer network and computer readable medium storing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for selling medical preparations based on prescriptions to purchasers at reverse auction and a computer readable recording medium storing thereof are provided so that pharmacists can suggest preparation methods and the prices on the basis of the prescriptions and purchasers can purchase desired medical preparations after comparing the quality and prices of medical preparations, when prescriptions for patients are registered in a server computer through a network. CONSTITUTION: A patient, a medicine purchaser, or a doctor registers a prescription in the prescription domain of a server computer and puts up at reverse auction(202). Pharmacists makes their bids by inputting their preparation information and prices, based on the registered prescription, in the pharmacist domain of the server computer(204). If bidding for the prescription is closed(206,207), the server computer extracts suitable preparation information and prices for the prescription and registers them in a medicine purchaser domain(208). The medicine purchaser accesses the server computer(210), selects desired preparation information, and settles the price(212). The server computer provides the selected preparation information to the doctor or the pharmacists(214). The selected and paid medicine is transferred to the purchaser(216).

Description

Method for selling medicine prepared by pharmacists based on doctors' prescrptions to patients selling pharmaceutical preparations for pharmacist prescriptions on a computer network to drug buyers through a reverse auction system in the computer network and computer readable medium storing the method}

The present invention relates to the sale of drugs online, and more particularly, a computer-readable record of a method and a method of selling the pharmaceutical preparations of a pharmacist's prescription to a drug buyer through a reverse auction on a computer network. It is about the medium.

When the division of medicine becomes full-fledged, doctors only issue prescriptions and cannot sell medicines. Instead, pharmacists prepare and sell medicines according to their prescriptions. In this case, the patient (hereafter, mixed with the drug buyer) takes the prescription given by the doctor, goes to the pharmacist, presents it, and purchases the medicine.

However, drug buyers usually buy drugs from first-time pharmacists, so it is not easy to have confidence in the price or quality of the drug. In addition, the wide range of medicines prescribed by doctors makes it unlikely that the pharmacy visited by the patient will have all the medicines that are suitable for prescription. In this case, drug buyers have to walk around several pharmacies to find out if there is a suitable drug in the prescription, and there is an inconvenience. In addition, although the drug sales price is different for each pharmacy, it is difficult to realistically compare the drug sales price from the patient's point of view. Of course, the quality of the preparation is more difficult for the drug buyer.

Therefore, there has been a need for a method for allowing patients to conveniently purchase high-quality drugs at low prices.

According to the present invention, when a patient's prescription is registered on a server computer through a network such as the Internet, the pharmacist suggests a method of preparation and the like based on the prescription, and the drug buyer purchases the quality and price of the drug. In the computer network that allows the purchase of a desired drug by comparing the pharmacist's prescription for the doctor's prescription to provide a way to sell to drug buyers using the reverse auction method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer readable recording medium recording the above method.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a computer network system applied to performing the method of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method for selling a drug pharmacist for the prescription of a doctor on a computer network to a drug buyer through a reverse auction method.

In order to achieve the above object,

In a method for selling pharmacist's pharmaceutical preparation for a doctor's prescription to a drug buyer using a reverse auction method in a computer network system in which a plurality of drug buyer computers, pharmacist computers or doctor computers and server computers are connected via a network, ,

(a) registering the prescriptions of doctors for each drug purchaser in the prescription area of the server computer and submitting the reverse auction; (b) Pharmacists connected to the server computer through the pharmacist computer, pharmacist area for the prescription of the doctor at least for each drug buyer, the preparation information and bidding price, including the drug name, dosage method, and precautions Inputting and bidding on; (c) presenting preparation information and prices of a plurality of pharmacists bid in the pharmacist area to a drug buyer connected to the server computer; And (d) when the drug buyer selects any one pharmacist and pays the drug, delivering the drug which is selected by the selected pharmacist to the drug purchaser. Provided is a method for selling to drug buyers using a reverse auction method.

In order to achieve the above other object,

In a computer network system where a plurality of drug buyer computers, pharmacist computers, or doctor computers and server computers are connected via a network, a method for selling pharmacists' prescription drugs to a drug buyer using a reverse auction is recorded. There is a computer-readable recording medium,

(a) registering the prescriptions of doctors for each drug purchaser in the prescription area of the server computer and submitting the reverse auction; (b) Pharmacists connected to the server computer through the pharmacist computer, pharmacist area for the prescription of the doctor at least for each drug buyer, the preparation information and bidding price, including the drug name, dosage method, and precautions Inputting and bidding on; (c) presenting preparation information and prices of a plurality of pharmacists bid in the pharmacist area to a drug buyer connected to the server computer; And (d) when the drug buyer selects one of the pharmacists and pays the price, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the step of delivering the drug to the drug buyer is provided.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a computer network system applied to performing the method of the present invention.

The server computer 10 is a computer of a company providing a method according to the present invention. The drug purchaser computer 12 is a computer of a person who purchases a desired drug by registering a doctor's prescription in the prescription area of the server computer 10 and comparing the price with a preparation method bidted by a pharmacist. The doctor computer 16 is a doctor's computer that enters his prescription into the prescription area of the server computer 10. The pharmacist computer 14 is a pharmacist's computer that responds to a bid by inputting preparation information and price into a pharmacist area according to a prescription of a doctor registered by a patient or doctor. The pharmaceutical company computer 18 is a pharmaceutical company computer which, in cooperation with the server computer 10 operating company, sells the medicine to the drug buyer. The server computer 10, the drug purchaser computer 12, the pharmacist computer 14, the doctor computer 16 and the pharmaceutical company computer 18 are connected to each other via a network 20.

The server computer 10 includes a database for storing various data necessary for carrying out the method of the present invention.

As a result, the server computer 14 is implemented in the form of a homepage on a network such as the Internet to drug buyers, doctors, pharmacists, and the like.

The drug purchaser computer 12, the pharmacist computer 14, the doctor computer 16, and the pharmaceutical company computer 18 may display web content in the form of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML). I have an Internet browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.).

Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method for selling a drug pharmacist for a prescription of a doctor on a computer network to a drug buyer through a reverse auction method.

The prescription of the drug buyer is registered in the prescription area of the server computer and placed in reverse auction (step 202).

There are several ways to register a prescription. The first is the input method by the patient who received the prescription from the doctor. Specifically, the patient accesses the server computer 10 to input the prescription at the prescription registration place, or the drug buyer sends the prescription by fax, mail, or e-mail to the company operating the server computer 10 or directly takes it. The server computer 10 operator inputs.

The second is how doctors enter prescriptions. This is a way for a doctor who has prescribed a prescription to enter his prescription into the prescription area of the server computer 10. In this case, it is desirable to provide a prescription writing and management program for the doctor to input, store and retrieve the prescription. . In particular, it is more desirable to provide a digitizer to doctors so that when a doctor enters a prescription into the digitizer by a pen, the prescription is automatically registered in the server computer 10 and the patient is provided with a prescription printed through a printer.

Third, there is a method of scanning a doctor's prescription in an internet PC room equipped with a scanner and transmitting it to the server computer 10 by e-mail.

Fourth, there is a method in which the administrator of the server computer 10 requests and receives a prescription directly from the doctor under the consent of the drug buyer.

In addition, there may be more ways to register a prescription to the server computer (10).

Here, when registering a doctor's prescription, the personal information such as the patient's name, age, gender, address, etc. are registered in correspondence with the prescription. At this time, since the personal information of the patient belongs to privacy, it is preferable to encrypt it.

In the meantime, the pharmacist inputs the bidding information and price into the pharmacist area based on the prescription registered in the server computer 10 (step 204). Here, the pharmacist information is a method of preparing a medicine prepared based on a doctor's prescription. (In the case of a pharmaceutical), the name of the drug, the form of the drug, the method of administration, and precautions for administration. In order to enable the pharmacist to smoothly prepare, it is preferable that the server computer 10 has a database of drug information. Of course, such a database may be provided to a pharmacist computer. Meanwhile, the database may include drug advertisements. As a matter of course, no other pharmacist can know at all about the pharmacist's information and price.

It is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed after the bidding of the pharmacist (step 206). The bidding is closed within a certain time period (similar to the concept of a bid deadline), for example, in a day or two, in order to conclude a quick purchase contract between the pharmacist and the patient. This is because it is preferable. Of course, since the method is not a complete reverse auction, step 206 is an optional step.

If a certain time has elapsed, the pharmacist's bid is closed (step 207), and the pharmacist's preparation information is reviewed by the pharmacist and the doctor extracts only those suitable for the prescription and registers them in the drug purchaser's area (step 208). Reviewing the suitability of the information is made by pharmacists or prescribed doctors employed by companies operating server computers. Of course, in order to protect the know-how or the business secrets of the pharmacist's preparation, it is desirable to not be able to see the preparation information other than the hired pharmacist or the prescribed doctor.

The drug buyer connects to the server computer (step 210), selects the desired preparation information and pays the drug price (step 212). Of course, the drug buyer reviews the various preparation information and prices to ensure that the quality of the preparation is the best. Think of it, will choose the cheapest one. On the other hand, since the preparation information may include a specialized drug or medical terminology, the server computer 10 may provide information about the quality of the preparation to the drug purchaser at the server computer 10 side for the convenience of purchase of the drug buyer. Of course, information about the quality of these preparations should be viewed only by the drug buyer.

The medication information selected by the drug buyer is provided to the doctor computer 16 or the pharmacist computer 14. This is for doctors or pharmacists to refer to later prescriptions or preparations. In addition, the prescription and preparation information are matched and stored in the server computer 10.

The drug buyer selects and pays the drug to the buyer (step 214). There may be several ways to deliver. First, there may be a method of directly receiving and delivering the drug selected by the buyer from the pharmacist who prepared. This case would be suitable if the drug prepared by the pharmacist was prepared by mixing several drugs at a certain ratio. Next, there may be a way to work with a pharmaceutical company to sell a drug suitable for the pharmacist's prescription instead. In this case, the drug purchaser may deliver the drug information selected by the drug buyer to the pharmaceutical company computer 18 to sell the drug. Alternatively, a company operating a server computer may have a large number of drugs in stock for sale.

This process allows drug buyers to purchase drugs for their prescriptions online.

On the other hand, the present invention can also be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). Include. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be modified by those skilled in the art. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the drug is sold through a purchaser, a pharmacist, a doctor computer, but a mobile phone such as a public telephone network (PSTN), a PCS or a cellular phone, a PDA, a terminal according to the IMT 2000 standard, etc. (portable) information In addition to a communication terminal, the drug may be purchased through an Internet TV such as a built-in or external set top box. In this case, the network described above may be a wireless communication network or a cable network.

Therefore, the scope of the claims in the present invention will not be defined within the scope of the detailed description, but will be limited to the claims below.

According to the present invention, by selling the pharmaceutical preparations of the pharmacist for the prescription of the doctor to the drug buyers online through the reverse auction method through a network such as the Internet has the following effects.

First, from the point of view of a patient or drug buyer, it is possible to conveniently purchase high-quality pharmaceuticals at low cost, and there is no need to go to various pharmacies in order to purchase rare drugs. And, rather than go directly to any one pharmacy to buy the information of the pharmacist can refer to the information obtained as a result can be obtained a variety of information about the drug.

Next, the pharmacist can increase the sales of the drug, and because the other pharmacists once again verify that their preparation can minimize the mistakes in the preparation.

In addition, since most medicines can be obtained from a doctor, prescriptions can be performed with confidence, and information about the purchasing tendency of patients is provided, so that they can be actively used for future prescriptions.

If the homepage that operates this method becomes famous, many advertisements related to medicine will be displayed, and ultimately, it can be developed into the largest portal site related to medicine.

Claims (7)

In a method for selling pharmacist's pharmaceutical preparation for a doctor's prescription to a drug buyer using a reverse auction method in a computer network system in which a plurality of drug buyer computers, pharmacist computers or doctor computers and server computers are connected via a network, , (a) registering the prescriptions of doctors for each drug purchaser in the prescription area of the server computer and submitting the reverse auction; (b) Pharmacists connected to the server computer through the pharmacist computer, pharmacist area for the prescription of the doctor at least for each drug buyer, the preparation information and bidding price, including the drug name, dosage method, and precautions Inputting and bidding on; (c) presenting preparation information and prices of a plurality of pharmacists bid in the pharmacist area to a drug buyer connected to the server computer; And (d) if the drug buyer selects any one pharmacist and pays the drug, the pharmacist delivers the drug to the drug buyer. A method for selling to drug buyers using reverse auctions. The method of claim 1, Selling the pharmacist's prescription drug to a drug buyer using a reverse auction in a computer network system, characterized by providing the prescription information of the pharmacist selected by the drug buyer to the prescriber or the pharmacist. Way. The method of claim 1, A method of evaluating the pharmacist's prescription drug for a doctor's prescription in a computer network system using the reverse auction method, further comprising the step of evaluating the quality of the preparation compared to the prescription based on the pharmacist input information. How to sell to buyers. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, the server computer further comprises a database for storing a variety of drug information, A method for selling pharmaceutical preparations of a pharmacist for a prescription of a doctor to a drug purchaser using a reverse auction method in a computer network system, wherein the pharmacist inputs the preparation information based on the drug information when the pharmacist inputs the preparation information. The method of claim 4, wherein The database includes a drug-related advertising, the method for selling the pharmaceutical preparations of the pharmacist for the prescription of the doctor to the drug buyer in a computer network system using a reverse auction method. The method of claim 4, wherein A method for selling pharmacist's preparations for a doctor's prescription to a drug buyer using a reverse auction in a computer network system, characterized in that the drug buyer's personal information is encrypted. In a computer network system where a plurality of drug buyer computers, pharmacist computers, or doctor computers and server computers are connected via a network, a method for selling pharmacists' prescription drugs to a drug buyer using a reverse auction is recorded. There is a computer-readable recording medium, (a) registering the prescriptions of doctors for each drug purchaser in the prescription area of the server computer and submitting the reverse auction; (b) Pharmacists connected to the server computer through the pharmacist computer, pharmacist area for the prescription of the doctor at least for each drug buyer, the preparation information and bidding price, including the drug name, dosage method, and precautions Inputting and bidding on; (c) presenting preparation information and prices of a plurality of pharmacists bid in the pharmacist area to a drug buyer connected to the server computer; And (d) A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a step in which a drug buyer selects a pharmacist and pays the drug to the drug buyer.