KR20200063761A - Drug Information Retrieval and Medication Counseling System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drug information-searching and medication-counseling system which recognizes a drug through image information formed by photographing a prescription, and provides general drug information, medication guidance, recommended health-aid food, nutrient deficiency information, or the like, based on the prescription, to allow the best health management. Information about a user and his/her family is recorded in an on-line managed medication-counseling site by a drug information-searching and medication-counseling server. The system includes: a user terminal by which the prescription is photographed, the image thereof is uploaded to the medication-counseling site, medication guidance is requested, and then medication guidance information is displayed on the screen; and a drug information-searching and medication-counseling server by which the information about the user and family transmitted from the user terminal is recorded, information of the uploaded prescription image information is received so that the prescription and information of prescribed drugs may be recognized, and then medication guidance information is provided to the user terminal according to the recognized result. The drug information-searching and medication-counseling server provides, as medication information, at least one of general drug information, living information including food to be contraindicated or recommended food, and medication information including medication time.

Description

Drug Information Retrieval and Medication Counseling System

The present invention relates to a drug information retrieval and medication counseling system, in particular, to recognize a drug through image information taken by prescription, general information of the medicine according to the prescription, medication map, recommended health food, medication map, nutrient deficiency information, etc. It provides information on drug retrieval and medication counseling systems that provide the best possible health care.

Although the division of medicine is being conducted, it is difficult to provide quality medical services and information on health and medicine that are satisfactory to patients. Under this division of medicine, the pharmacist's medication guidance is most important to take advantage of the pharmacist's expertise and to maintain the high quality pharmacy services required by the people. If effective medication guidance is not provided in the pharmacy, the patient is not taking the medicine properly, the probability of failure in treatment of disease increases, and treatment failure leads to medical waste due to repeated visits to medical institutions. It is also predicted that the waste of medical expenses will increase.

Currently, offline medical insurance management software is installed in each pharmacy, and each pharmacist is provided with medication guidance through the medical insurance management software. Such medication maps include efficacy/effects on medications and medication methods, and pharmacists are directly aware of medication maps based on this medication information.

However, the medication map stored in an offline state does not provide enough information or necessary information to the patient, and it has emerged as a obstacle to the activation of the medication map. In addition, medication time is also important for patients, and it is necessary to know when it is effective to eat before or after meals.

Various online (mobile) service methods have also been proposed to solve a number of problems arising from such offline medication guidance methods.

For example, Medication Information App (KIMS mobile, Drug Info, Pharmacy Information Service, etc.), Medication Alert App (Eat well, Samsung Seoul Hospital Medication Assistant, etc.), Personal Medical Information Management App (Golden Care, Doctor Diary, My Hands Charts, etc.).

On the other hand, other conventional techniques proposed to solve various problems occurring in the existing offline medication guidance method are disclosed in <Patent Document 1> to <Patent Document 4>.

The prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 1> can provide high-quality pharmacy services by providing prescription-based drug information and drug information of the drug to a patient terminal authenticated from the drug map management server. The disease treatment efficiency is increased, and also provides an effect of suppressing waste of medical expenses due to repeated visits to medical institutions. In addition, by providing a community on the web, medication guidance information can be easily delivered to patients regardless of time and space, and bidirectional communication is available to increase the professionalism of pharmacists and increase trust between pharmacists and patients. It has an effect.

In addition, in the prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 2>, a receiving unit that receives medication information including a code, name, or manufacturer information of a prescription drug described in a prescription from a pharmacy client, information for generating medication map information corresponding to the medication information A user-oriented medication map service system is implemented, including a generating unit and a transmitting unit transmitting the medication map information to the pharmacy client. Through this configuration, by effectively providing the medication information on the medication information to be administered to the customer through various media, the user's right to know about the medication information as well as the medication information is broadly met, thereby improving user convenience.

In addition, in the prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 3>, a wired/wireless communication network for operating an Internet network and a mobile communication network, a central server managing a pharmacy database and a patient-specific database, a function for collecting drug information prepared by a pharmacy in real time, and sales Pharmacy database that provides information on drugs to the pharmacy terminal, and automatically informs the patient of the medication map and medication time to the mobile phone or smart phone. Implement automatic prescription medication system including a database. Through this configuration, it provides a prescription medication guidance system that allows a patient to receive medication guidance when purchasing medicines through a prescription.

In addition, the prior art disclosed in <Patent Document 4> connects to the dispensing information server through a wireless browsing terminal, checks and prepares the patient's prescription contents, checks and prepares the prescribed medicine, and provides a description of medications displayed through the browsing terminal. As the patient proceeds, the explanation data is shared with the patient, so even if the medication description is forgotten at the patient's location, the medication description can be checked again later, and at the pharmacist's location, the smart medication can quickly and accurately explain the prescription medication. Provide a map system.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2005-0018739 (published on February 28, 2005) (online medication guidance system and operation method thereof) Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2014-0017077 (2014.02.11. public) (user-oriented buck medication map service system) Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2014-0020480 (released on February 19, 2014) (prescription automatic medication map system) Republic of Korea Patent Publication 10-2016-0022557 (2016.03.03. published) (Smart medication map system and method)

However, the above-mentioned conventional online medication guidance systems are information providing methods for health care professionals, and there are limitations in providing medical information necessary for daily life of a general patient.

That is, the individual drug search method has a disadvantage in that it is inconvenient to use because it is a search for individual information per drug product unit, rather than providing contents for one prescription.

In addition, there are disadvantages in that it is difficult for patients to select information necessary for their daily lives because it provides information containing jargon that is difficult for general patients to understand without processing and provides extensive information on the permits of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in a simple listing format.

In addition, there is a disadvantage in that it is difficult to use for an elderly patient because there is no very small font size (not adjustable) and there is no interlocking function for the guardian.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve various problems arising from the prior art as described above, and recognizes a drug through image information taken by prescription, general information of the drug according to the prescription, medication map, recommended health food, The aim is to provide a drug information retrieval and medication counseling system that provides the best health management by providing medication maps and nutrient deficiency information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a drug information retrieval and medication counseling system that allows everyone, from the general public to a medical professional, to conveniently recognize drug information.

In order to achieve the above object, the drug information retrieval and medication counseling system according to the present invention registers user and family information on a medication counseling site operated by the drug information retrieval and medication counseling server online, and takes a prescription. A user terminal for uploading a prescription image to the medication counseling site, requesting a medication map, and displaying medication map information according to the prescription on the screen; Drug information for registering user and family information transmitted from the user terminal, receiving up-loaded prescription image information to recognize prescription and prescription drug information, and providing medication map information to the user terminal according to the recognized result Includes a search and medication counseling server,

The drug information retrieval and medication counseling server is characterized by including at least one or more of medication general information, life information including food to be contraindicated or recommended food, and medication information including the time of medication.

In the drug information search and medication counseling server, the prescription recognition unit recognizes basic information of the prescription by using a text recognition algorithm from the prescription image; A prescription medicine recognition unit recognizing prescription medicine information using a text recognition algorithm from the prescription image; It is characterized in that it comprises a drug general information providing unit that works with the prescription recognition unit and the prescription drug recognition unit and provides general information of the drug recognized from the prescription image in conjunction with a drug information database.

In addition, the drug information retrieval and medication counseling server is a living information providing unit for providing food and recommended food and nutritional information to be contraindicated in conjunction with the drug information database according to the recognized prescription drug information; It characterized in that it further comprises a medication information providing unit for providing the medication time information according to the prescription recognition.

In addition, the drug information search and medication counseling server includes a medication notification and management unit that provides a medication notification service to the user terminal according to the medication time included in the recognized prescription information; It characterized in that it further comprises a pharmacist chat unit for performing a 1:1 chat between the user terminal and the pharmacist terminal.

The medicine information retrieval and medication counseling server is characterized in that when providing medication map information to the user terminal, it is provided in a pictogram format to improve a user's cognitive ability.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage of recognizing a drug through image information taken by a prescription and providing general information of a drug according to a prescription, medication information, recommended health food, and nutrient deficiency information, thereby promoting the best health management.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that everyone from a general public to a medical professional can conveniently recognize drug information.

In addition, according to the present invention, by providing the medication map information in the form of a pictogram, there is an effect of increasing the awareness of the user's medication map information.

In addition, according to the present invention, by providing a medication reminder based on the analyzed content, the user has the advantage of maximizing the efficacy of the drug and shortening the treatment time by allowing the user to take the medication accurately at a predetermined time.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage of managing medication information of the family registered by the user as well as the user.

1 is an overall configuration of the drug information search and medication counseling system according to the present invention,
2A and 2B are exemplary views of prescriptions applied in the present invention;
3A and 3C are examples of screens displayed on a user terminal,
4A to 4C are examples of screens when a user searches for drugs;
5A to 5C are exemplary views of recognizing a drug by using an OCR recognition method from a prescription,
6A to 6C are exemplary views of medication map information provided to a user terminal;
7A to 7C are exemplary views of living information provided to a user terminal,
8A to 8C are exemplary views of medication notification information provided to a user terminal;
9A and 9B are exemplary views of a chat screen between a user and a pharmacist.

Hereinafter, a drug information retrieval and medication counseling system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a drug information retrieval and medication counseling system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a user terminal 100, a network 200, a drug information retrieval and medication counseling server 300, and a food and drug store (food Drug Safety) server 400, the pharmacy information server 500 and the pharmacist terminal (600).

The user terminal 100 registers the user and family information on the medication information search and medication counseling site operated by the medication counseling server 300 online, photographs a prescription, and uploads the prescription image to the medication counseling website Requests medication maps, and serves to display medication map information according to prescriptions on the screen.

The user terminal 100 may be implemented as a network-capable smart phone and a mobile device such as a smart pad, an internet-capable personal computer and a laptop computer, and the present invention assumes that the user terminal 100 is implemented as a smartphone for convenience. .

The network 200 serves to transmit and receive data between the user terminal 100 and drug information retrieval and medication counseling server 300.

In addition, the drug information retrieval and medication counseling server 300 registers user and family information transmitted from the user terminal 100 and recognizes and recognizes prescription and prescription drug information by receiving up-loaded prescription image information. It serves to provide medication map information to the user terminal 100 according to one result.

The drug information search and medication counseling server 300 is at least one of general medication information, food or medicine to be contraindicated, life information including recommended food, medication information including the time of medication, recommended lifestyle, and medication guidance Any one or more are provided to the user terminal 100.

The drug information retrieval and medication counseling server 300 may obtain necessary information about the drug in conjunction with the food and drug server 400 and the pharmacy information source server 500, and the pharmacist terminal 600 and the user terminal 100 Supports 1:1 chat between.

The drug information search and medication counseling server 300 receives the prescription data transmitted from the user terminal 100 and stores it in the drug information database (DB) 390, the prescription receiving unit 310, and the prescription receiving unit 310 Prescription recognition unit 320 for recognizing basic information of a prescription using a text recognition algorithm from a prescription image received by a prescription drug recognition unit 330 for recognizing prescription drug information using a text recognition algorithm from the prescription image The drug general information providing unit 340 interworking with the prescription recognition unit 320 and the prescription drug recognition unit 330, and providing the general information of the medicine recognized from the prescription image in conjunction with the drug information database 390. It includes.

In addition, the drug information retrieval and medication counseling server 300 in conjunction with the drug information database 390 according to the recognized prescription drug information, life information providing unit 350 providing food and recommended food and nutritional information to be contraindicated , A medication information providing unit 360 providing medication time information according to the prescription recognition, a medication notification and management unit providing medication notification service to the user terminal 100 according to the medication time included in the recognized prescription information ( 370), a pharmacist chat unit 380 that performs a 1:1 chat between the user terminal 100 and the pharmacist terminal 600.

When the medicine information search and medication counseling server 300 configured as described above provides medication map information to the user terminal 100, it is preferable to provide a pictogram format to improve a user's cognitive ability.

Pictogram here means a language system with pictures that a person can communicate in the same sense as a border.

The operation of the drug information retrieval and medication counseling system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail as follows.

First, the user downloads and stores the medication counseling application through the medication counseling site operated by the medication information search and medication counseling server 300 online, and executes it when medication counseling is desired.

Subsequently, the user searches for medicine information through the network 200 and retrieves medicine information through the network 200, and the medicine-taking consultation operated by the medicine-taking consultation server 300 while the medicine-taking application is executed using the user terminal 100. Provided to the site and registered as a member through the normal membership registration process. Here, as one of the features of the present invention, it is possible to register information of the user as well as the family.

When the user registration is requested, the prescription receiving unit 310 of the drug information search and medication counseling server 300 stores the received user information and family information in the drug information database 390 and registers a member. Here, if the user himself as well as the family information is provided, it is preferable to register the user and the family information by mapping with one ID.

Subsequently, when the user receives a prescription after performing hospital treatment, the user photographs the prescription using the camera provided in the user terminal 100, and then accesses the medication counseling site through the medication counseling application, and then displays the photographed prescription image. Upload to the medication counseling site.

Figure 3a is an example of the main screen of the medication counseling site, the user can search the prescription information integrated on the main screen. The information provided here is also provided as integrated prescription information, not single drug information.

On the main screen, all recently searched medicines/prescriptions are exposed. 3B is an example of a favorite screen, which is a screen for selecting a drug-specific prescription asterisk (favorite) to list a favorite medicine. 3C is an example of a screen for storing a prescription, and when a prescription is viewed, it is stored by date.

In addition to the prescription scanning method, it is also possible for the user to directly enter drug information and search for the drug.

That is, FIG. 4A is a screen example that provides a drug search function through an auto-complete function when searching for a drug directly, FIG. 4B is a screen example that provides a function to add a drug to a shopping cart from a drug search list, and FIG. 4C is simple As an example of a screen of a medication map, it is an example of a screen for checking drug information directly through inquiry.

Here, if the prescription is a family, the prescription is photographed without the need to provide additional family information, the photographed prescription image is uploaded to a medication counseling site, and medication guidance is requested. 2A and 2B are examples of prescriptions.

The drug information retrieval and medication counseling server 300 operating the medication counseling site 300 receives and uploads a prescription image from an arbitrary user and requests medication guidance, and the prescription receiving unit 310 receives it and transmits it to the medication information database 390 To save.

Subsequently, the prescription recognition unit 320 recognizes various information of the prescription by using a text recognition algorithm (OCR recognition) from the prescription images shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

For example, the prescription recognition unit 320 extracts text through location recognition and recognizes the patient's name and the first 7 digits of the social security number using a text recognition algorithm, and the year/month/day in the information included in the issuance number column in the prescription Recognizes.

In addition, the name of the medical institution in the prescription is recognized, and family information and the user are recognized by comparing information registered in the drug information database 390 based on the recognized name and date of birth. Next, the prescription information is generated and stored in the recognized user database.

At this time, it is preferable to store the generated prescription information by medical institution/by creation date. The text recognition algorithm extracts only an image of a specific area from an image, and adopts a known known text recognition algorithm that recognizes it as text and can be used as it is.

Next, the prescription drug recognition unit 330 recognizes prescription drug information in the prescription by using a text recognition algorithm from the prescription image.

For example, as illustrated in FIGS. 5A to 5C, the prescription medicine recognition unit 330 recognizes the name region of the prescription medicine through location recognition, extracts only image information of the region, and then uses a text recognition algorithm. The text of the name area of the extracted prescription medicine is recognized.

That is, the prescription drug recognizes the 9-digit drug information through recognition of the name area. Subsequently, the single dose and the number of daily doses in the prescription are recognized, and the total number of days in the prescription is also recognized.

Subsequently, when the recognition of the prescription drug information is completed, the recognized information is mapped to the prescription information generated by the prescription recognition unit 320, and the medicine is linked with the Food and Drug Administration Server 400 and the Pharmacy Information Source Server 500. Information on prescription drugs recognized through ingredient/pharmaceutical information service API is linked.

When providing the prescription drug information recognized here, it is possible to provide the drug information by selecting the medium information in the prescription, giving priority, and exposing it to the top of the screen.

For example, using the database provided by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Pharmacy Information Service, medication maps are scored for each content, and information is provided for each content of the drug in two axes: "criticality" and "frequency". Can be screened. For each piece of information, a total score can be assigned, and exposure and priority can be determined.

As an example of the algorithm,

P = n X A

(P: Pictogram priority score, n: Number of prescription drugs containing the same medication map, 　 A: Score for each medication map)

Example) If you are prescribed one drug that requires "no smoking" medication guidance, and you are prescribed two medications that require "exercise for 30 minutes" ("no smoking") medication guidance score (A non-smoking) = 3 points , "Do 30 minutes exercise" medication map score (A exercise) = 2 points)

S non-smoking = 1 (number of drugs) X 3 (A smoking cessation) = 3 points / S exercise = 2 (number of drugs) X 2 (A number of drugs) = 4 points

Therefore, since S-exercise> S-non-smoking, the pictogram "Exercise for 30 minutes" is exposed first.

The above example is intended to embody the description of the present invention and is one embodiment.

When the prescription information is recognized through the above process, the drug general information providing unit 340 provides the user terminal 100 with the general information of the prescription drug recognized through the drug ingredient/drug information service API.

Here, the general information of the drug may be provided as professional information known to the medical person and general information known to the public. The drug information database 390 stores information processed in advance so that the public can recognize the drug information recognized in advance, so that the drug information can be provided in a convenient way that can be recognized by the public. have.

For example, if a patient registered as a pregnant woman is prescribed a prescribed contraindication for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, a notification pop-up is provided to patients saying "Consult with a specialist because they have been prescribed a contraindication."

Another example may include the provision of a pop-up notification to a patient who is 65 years of age or older who is prescribed an old-fashioned taboo drug prescribed by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

The above description is also one embodiment for the purpose of embodying the description of the present invention.

Next, the living information providing unit 350 works with the drug information database 390 according to the recognized prescription drug information to provide the living information to the user terminal 100.

Here, the life information is a life solution for the patient's best health care, and can provide food to be contraindicated, recommended food, and lacking nutrient information according to prescription drug information based on authoritative academic journals.

For example, if the drug information is a hyperlipidemic drug (Lipitor), the depletion of CoQ10 in the body is concerned. When CoQ10 is insufficient, it shortens breath and causes exacerbation of symptoms such as lethargy and muscle cramps. Therefore, in order to improve the problems that may occur due to the depletion of nutrients, the present invention provides food, etc., which can supplement insufficient nutrients as life information.

Here, as a feature of the present invention, provided life information and medication information are provided in a pictogram format with high readability. 6A and 6B are methods of providing living information and pharmaceutical information in a pictogram format. This life information is provided as picture-based information, not as a large list of text-oriented information.

FIG. 6A is an example of providing integrated real-life information for a prescription stored in the "Drug List" through direct input or prescription photography, and FIG. 6B is an example of detailed description when a specific pictogram is clicked, and FIG. 6C is when an individual drug is clicked This is an example of exposing a simple simple medication map with a medicine picture.

7A to 7C are examples of an information screen provided when a user selects an individual drug using the user terminal 100. 7A is an example of a screen in which detailed information about a drug is exposed when each drug is clicked, and FIG. 7B is an example of a screen recommending a nutrient that can be supplemented according to a nutrient depletable in a prescription, and FIG. 7C is a nutrient depletable in a prescription The following is an example of a food recommendation screen that can be supplemented according to.

On the other hand, the medication information providing unit 360 provides a medication time to take the medication.

In order to provide such a medication time, the medication notification and management unit 370 provides a notification service tailored to the medication time based on the number of administrations per day and the total number of medication days.

For example, the medication notification and management unit 370 calculates and stores the medication time for each user within the number of medication days based on the recognized prescription information, and uses the time information to generate a medication notification message when the medication time comes. It transmits to the terminal 100. Here, the medication map information may be a family, not a user.

Therefore, if the medication notification message is provided with the information of the medication recipient, the user can easily distinguish whether he or she is a member of the family, and based on this notification service, even if he forgets the medication time, he or she can always take the medicine at the correct time. It will be.

Here, it is preferable that the medication notification service is sent a little before the medication time. 8A to 8C are examples of the medication notification screen, FIG. 8A is the medication notification main screen, FIG. 8B is the medication notification setting screen, and FIG. 8C is an example of detailed medication notification settings.

In addition, as another feature of the present invention, it is possible to direct medication counseling through a 1:1 chat between a user and a pharmacist.

To this end, when a user requests a pharmacist chat, the pharmacist chat unit 380 requests a chat in cooperation with the pharmacist terminal 600, and when the pharmacist approves the chat through the pharmacist terminal 600, the pharmacist chat unit 380 In the normal chat method, the chat is performed between the user and the pharmacist. 9A is an example of a main screen for counseling in a 1:1 pharmacist consultation, and FIG. 9B is an example of a screen for transmitting a picture to be counseled through a picture transmission function in a pharmacist chat counseling.

The present invention can recognize the drug information through the image information taken by the prescription, and provide general information of the drug according to the prescription, medication information, recommended health food, nutrient deficiency information, and the like to promote the best health care.

In addition, the general public to the medical professional can conveniently recognize the drug information, and by providing the medication map information in the form of a pictogram, it is possible to increase the awareness of the user's medication map information.

In addition, by providing medication notification based on the analyzed content, the user can maximize medication efficacy by reducing medication time by allowing the user to take medication accurately at a fixed time, and manage medication information of the user as well as the family registered by the user. You can do it.

The invention made by the present inventors has been described in detail according to the above-described embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be changed in various ways without departing from the gist thereof. It is obvious to those who have it.

The present invention is applied to a medication guidance technology that recognizes prescription drug information, provides medication information and life information on the basis of this, and informs about the timing of medication via a notification service.

100: user terminal
200: network
300: Drug information search and medication counseling server
310: prescription receiving unit
320: prescription recognition unit
330: prescription drug recognition unit
340: Drug general information provider
350: life information provider
360: medication information provider
370: medication notification and administration
380: pharmacist chat
390: drug information database
400: KFDA server
500: Pharmacy Information Server
600: pharmacist terminal

Claims (5)

As a system that can search drug information, consult medications, and chat with pharmacists,
User and family information is registered on the medication counseling site operated by the drug information retrieval and medication counseling server online, the prescription is photographed, the prescription image is uploaded to the medication counseling website, the medication guidance is requested, and the medication is prescribed. A user terminal for displaying map information on a screen; And
Drug information for registering user and family information transmitted from the user terminal, receiving up-loaded prescription image information to recognize prescription and prescription drug information, and providing medication map information to the user terminal according to the recognized result Includes a search and medication counseling server,
The drug information retrieval and medication counseling server provides drug information retrieval characterized by providing at least one or more of drug general information, life information including taboo or recommended food, and medication information including the time of medication. And medication counseling system.
The method according to claim 1, The drug information search and medication counseling server is a prescription recognition unit for recognizing basic information of a prescription using a text recognition algorithm from a prescription image; A prescription drug recognition unit for recognizing prescription drug information using a text recognition algorithm from the prescription image; A drug information retrieval and medication counseling system comprising a drug general information providing unit that is linked to the prescription recognition unit and the prescription drug identification unit and provides general information of the medicine recognized from the prescription image in conjunction with a drug information database. .
The method according to claim 2, The drug information search and medication counseling server is a living information providing unit for providing food and recommended food and nutritional information to be contraindicated in conjunction with the drug information database according to the recognized prescription drug information; Drug information retrieval and medication counseling system further comprising a medication information providing unit for providing information on the time of medication according to the prescription recognition.
The method according to claim 2, The drug information search and medication counseling server comprises a medication notification and management unit for providing a medication notification service to the user terminal according to the medication time included in the recognized prescription information; The drug information retrieval and medication counseling system further comprising a pharmacist chat unit for performing a 1:1 chat between the user terminal and the pharmacist terminal.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the drug information search and medication counseling server, when providing medication map information to the user terminal, by providing a pictorial format to improve the user's cognitive ability, drug information search and medication counseling system.

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