TW201421415A - Drug cabinet management system - Google Patents

Abstract

A drug cabinet management system is provided. The drug cabinet management system comprises a drug cabinet apparatus and a management server. The drug cabinet apparatus has a drug cabinet and a controller. The controller is configured to control the drug cabinet. The management server, which is communicatively connected the cabinet apparatus and a user apparatus, receives a drug message from the user apparatus and transmits a control message to the drug cabinet apparatus according to the drug information so that the controller controls the drug cabinet according the control message.

Description

Medicine cabinet management system

The invention relates to a medicine cabinet management system. More specifically, the management server of the medicine cabinet management system of the present invention transmits a control message to the medicine cabinet device based on the medicine message received from the user device, so that the medicine cabinet device controls the medicine cabinet according to the control message.

Medical quality is vital to the health of the whole people. With the advancement of medical technology, the development of medical resources and the improvement of medical quality (especially the medical quality of hospitalized patients) have gradually received attention. The distribution of drugs to hospitalized patients is a part that cannot be ignored. .

At present, the medicine cabinet management system commonly used in hospitals for dispensing medicines is composed of a plurality of medicine cabinets and independent hosts of each medicine cabinet. Each mainframe is specifically disposed around a medicine cabinet and connected to the medicine cabinet to control its opening and closing. However, the provision of a host for each medicine cabinet must make the overall equipment cost of the medicine cabinet management system quite large, and the maintenance of each host becomes a very difficult problem.

In view of this, there is a need in the art for a medicine cabinet management system having the advantages of low equipment cost, simple operation, and centralized management.

The invention discloses a medicine cabinet management system, which comprises a medicine cabinet device and a management server. The medicine cabinet device has a medicine cabinet and a controller. The controller is used to control the medicine cabinet. The management server is communicatively coupled to the medicine cabinet device and a user device for receiving a medication message from the user device, transmitting a control message to the medicine cabinet device according to the medication message, and the controller is based on the control The message controls the medicine cabinet.

Compared with the prior art, the medicine cabinet management system of the present invention designs the control mechanism of the medicine cabinet to the remote management server. The user only needs to authenticate to the management server through the portable user device (for example, smart phone, tablet, personal digital assistant, etc.) and control the medicine cabinet by the management server. In this way, according to the drug message transmitted by the user device, the management server can transmit a control message to the medicine cabinet device to control the opening state of the medicine cabinet according to the control message. Therefore, compared with the prior art, the medicine cabinet management system of the present invention does not need to provide a separate host for each medicine cabinet, so that the overall equipment cost can be greatly reduced, and the advantages of simple operation and centralized management can be achieved.

The technical means and implementations of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art in view of the appended claims.

The present invention will be explained by the following examples, but the embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the invention to any specific environment, application or manner as described in the following embodiments. Therefore, the following examples are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In the following embodiments and figures, elements that are not directly related to the present invention have been omitted and are not shown, and the dimensional ratios between the elements in the drawings are only for ease of understanding, and are not intended to be limited to The actual implementation ratio.

A first embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 1, which depicts a medicine cabinet management system 1. The medicine cabinet management system 1 includes a medicine cabinet device 11 and a management server 13. The medicine cabinet device 11 includes a medicine cabinet 111 and a controller 113, and can be placed at a nursing station of a hospital. The controller 113 can be connected to the medicine cabinet 111 by using an RS-232 connection line, an RS-485 connection line, and a universal serial bus (USB) connection line to control the medicine cabinet 111. The management server 13 is a server located at the far end, which can be placed in the machine room of the hospital. The medicine cabinet device 11 is connected to the management server 13 and a user device 3 via a hospital internal network or the Internet to transmit a message.

It should be noted that in other embodiments, the medicine cabinet device 11 may also include a plurality of medicine cabinets and is connected to the controller 113. However, for the sake of brevity, the following description only controls the medicine cabinet 111 for the controller 113 as an explanation. Those of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that the controller 113 controls other connected medicine cabinets in a similar manner. In addition, other components of the management server 13 and the medicine cabinet device 11, such as communication modules, input modules, and other components that are less relevant to the present invention, are omitted from the drawings and are not shown.

In the present embodiment, the management server 13 is connected to the medicine cabinet device 11 and a user device 3 by using a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP) communication. In other embodiments, the management server 13 can also be connected to the medicine cabinet device 11 using a hyper-file transfer protocol, and the user device 3 can be connected using a near-end communication protocol. In addition, the user device 3 can be one of a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, and a smart phone. The near-end communication protocol conforms to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) standard or a Near Field Communication (NFC) standard.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, after the user device 3 is connected to the management server 13, a drug message 210 is transmitted to the management server 13. The medication message 210 can be a message containing a medication order, an adjustment medication command, a recovery medication command, or other medication related commands. After receiving the medication message 210 from the user device 3, the management server 13 transmits a control message 212 containing a control command to the medicine cabinet device 11, so that the controller 113 of the medicine cabinet device 11 controls the medicine cabinet 111 according to the control message 212.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 3. This embodiment is based on the first embodiment to provide a more specific explanation. In this embodiment, the management server 13 is more communicatively coupled to a medical information server 5. The medical information server 5 can be placed in a computer room of a hospital or in a computer room of an Internet Service Provider (ISP). When placed in the computer room of the hospital, the medical information server 5 can be connected to the management server 13 through the internal network communication of the hospital, and when placed in the computer room of the ISP, the medical information server 5 can be connected to the management through the internet communication. Server 13. Similarly, the management server 13 and the medical information server 5 are connected to each other using a hyper-file transfer protocol to communicate messages.

The management server 13 receives a medical message 200 from the medical information server 5. The medical message 200 can have a patient information, a caregiver information, a pharmacist information, a drug information, and a prescription information. The management server 13 and the medical information server 5 transmit medical information 200 on a regular or irregular basis to synchronize patient information, caregiver information, pharmacist information, medication information, and prescription information.

Please refer to Figure 4 for more details. When the medicine cabinet device 11 is in a startup phase, the medicine cabinet device 11 transmits a medicine cabinet layout message 202 to the management server 13. The medicine cabinet layout message 202 has a medicine cabinet layout information to indicate the storage location of each medicine as a standard or a number. For example, a four-dimensional coordinate (a, b, c, d) may indicate that the location of a drug is the kit of the c-th row and the d-th row in the number b drawer of the number a medicine cabinet. Therefore, the medicine cabinet layout information of the medicine cabinet layout message 202 includes one or more four-dimensional coordinates. After receiving the drug pattern message 202, the management server 13 compares the information of the medicine cabinet pattern with the information of an original medicine cabinet. When the management server 13 confirms that the medicine cabinet layout information in the medicine cabinet layout message 202 is the same as the original medicine cabinet layout information stored in the management server 13, the management server 13 transmits a confirmation message 204 to the medicine cabinet device 11, the medicine cabinet. After receiving the confirmation message 204, the device 11 is in a service state. If the medicine cabinet layout information in the medicine cabinet layout message 202 is different from the original medicine cabinet layout information, the medicine cabinet device 11 is in an unusable state.

A user authentication procedure must be performed before any operation is performed on the management server 13 by the user device 3. In particular, the management server 13 will receive a login message 206 from the user device 3. The login message 206 can include a user account and a password. The user account and password can be transmitted by a user through the user device 3 and transmitted or triggered by a signal. As a description of the signal triggering method, the user may include a tag with identity identification, which may be a physiological feature (eg, fingerprint, sound wave, iris, etc.), a two-dimensional bar code, and a radio frequency identification (Radio). Frequency Identification; RFID) Standard chip and antenna or near field communication (NFC) standard chip and antenna. In this case, the user device 3 further includes a reader. After the reader reads the user account and the password from the tag, the user device 3 transmits the login message 206 to the management server 13. In addition, the user authentication program can also adopt multiple ways of inputting, that is, combining manual and signal triggering methods to improve the safety of taking medicine.

After verifying the login message 206, the management server 13 transmits a verification result message 208 to the user device 3. The verification result message 208 indicates that the user authentication program is in two states of success or failure. In addition, the medicine cabinet device 11 further has a display 115 for displaying the medical message 200 stored in the management server 13 and the login message 206 of the user device 3. At the same time, the management server 13 can confirm the identity of the user according to the login message 206 to give a different operation authority. For example, if the user is a pharmacist, the operation authority is to allocate the drug and adjust the inventory of the drug, and if the user is a caregiver, the operation authority is to take the medicine and recover the unused medicine of the patient. In addition, if the drug is more expensive, it may require that the user be authenticated at the same time in addition to the user to improve safety.

When the management server 13 is operated, the user device 3 transmits a drug message 210 to the management server 13, and the drug message includes a drug item data and a drug quantity data. Then, the management server 13 verifies the drug item data and the drug quantity data according to the medical message 200 and the drug message 210, and transmits a control message 212 including an unlocking command to the medicine cabinet device 11 so that the controller 113 of the medicine cabinet device 11 One or more drawers of the medicine cabinet 111 are opened according to the control message 212, and the medicine cabinet 111 is placed in an open state. Each drawer has an indicator light to indicate that it is turned on. If the drawer has one or more cartridges, the controller 113 can further open the cartridge of the drawer according to the control message 212, and each of the cartridges can also have an indicator light to indicate that it is turned on.

For example, when the medication message 210 received by the management server 13 includes a medication withdrawal command, the user device 3 transmits the medication message 210 containing the medication item data and the drug quantity data to the management server 13. The management server 13 transmits a control message 212 including an unlocking command to the medicine cabinet device 11 based on the medication message 210 and the medical message 200 including the prescription information. The unlocking command has information of one or more four-dimensional coordinates, so that the controller 113 of the medicine cabinet device 11 can open one or more drawers in the medicine cabinet 111 that meet the medical item data according to the unlocking instruction of the control message 212. One or more pill boxes.

For another example, when the medication message 210 received by the management server 13 includes a drug recovery command, the drug message 210 at this time contains the drug item data and the drug quantity data of the recovered drug. The management server 13 transmits the control message 212 including the unlocking command to the medicine cabinet device 11. At this time, the controller 113 of the medicine cabinet device 11 opens the drawer of the medicine cabinet 111 and presets the special recycled medicine according to the unlocking instruction of the control message 212. Pill box.

For another example, when the medication message 210 received by the management server 13 includes an adjustment medication command (eg, increasing or decreasing a drug type or a drug amount), the drug message 210 transmitted by the user device 3 may have Information on drug product items, drug quantity data and drug cabinet layout information. In addition, the medication message 210 may also include only one code, so the management server 13 may search for the drug item data, the drug quantity data, and the medicine cabinet pattern information from the management medical message 200 according to the code. The code can also be restricted to only one use to avoid repeated adjustments to the drug. After receiving the medication message 210, the management server 13 transmits a control message 212 including an unlocking command to the medicine cabinet device 11. The controller 113 of the medicine cabinet device 11 opens the medicine cabinet 111 of the medicine to be adjusted according to the unlocking instruction of the control message 212. Drawer and the pillbox in it.

When the medicine cabinet 111 is in the open state, the management server 13 continues to transmit a status inquiry message 214 to the medicine cabinet device 11 to check whether the medicine cabinet 111 is still open, and receives a status report message from the medicine cabinet device 11. 216, to confirm the open state of the medicine cabinet 111 until the medicine cabinet 111 is in a closed state. For example, the management server 13 transmits a status inquiry message 214 to the medicine cabinet device 11 to inquire about the coordinates or number of the drawer in which the medicine cabinet 111 is currently opened, and the medicine cabinet device 11 returns a status report message 216 to inform the current present. The coordinates or number of the drawer in which the medicine cabinet 111 is opened. Therefore, when the status report message 216 returned by the medicine cabinet device 11 does not have any coordinates or number information, it means that all the drawers are closed, so the medicine cabinet 111 is already closed.

The display 115 can also display an immediate state of the medicine cabinet 111, that is, the medicine cabinet 111 is displayed in an open state or a closed state. In addition, the management server 13 transmits a status message 218 to the user device 3 when the medicine cabinet device 11 is in the on state. The status message 218 indicates that the medicine cabinet 111 is in an open state or a closed state. When the medicine cabinet 111 is in the closed state, the management server 13 further updates an inventory information based on the medication message 210. Further, the management server 13 updates its stored inventory information based on the drug item data of the drug message 210 and the drug quantity data. Therefore, if the drug is taken out, the stock information is correspondingly subtracted from the drug amount. In this way, the management server 13 can update the quantity of the drug and the amount of the drug stored in the medicine cabinet 111 of the medicine cabinet device 11.

In summary, the medicine cabinet management system of the present invention can be installed in each nursing station of the hospital. The management server of the medicine cabinet management system transmits a control message to the medicine cabinet device based on a drug message received from the user device. The medicine cabinet device controls its medicine cabinet according to the control message. Accordingly, the medicine cabinet management system of the present invention has the advantages of low equipment cost, easy operation, and centralized management.

The embodiments described above are only intended to illustrate some of the embodiments of the present invention, and to illustrate the technical features of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, any modifications or equivalents that can be easily made by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the invention, and the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the claims.

1. . . Medicine cabinet management system

3. . . User device

5. . . Medical information server

11. . . Medicine cabinet

13. . . Management server

111. . . Medicine cabinet

113. . . Controller

115. . . monitor

200. . . Medical message

202. . . Medicine cabinet layout message

204. . . Confirmation message

206. . . Login message

208. . . Verification result message

210. . . Drug message

212. . . Control message

214. . . Status query message

216. . . Status report message

218. . . Status message

1 is a schematic view of a medicine cabinet management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of message transmission of the medicine cabinet management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic view of a medicine cabinet management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of message transmission of the medicine cabinet management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

1. . . Medicine cabinet management system

3. . . User device

11. . . Medicine cabinet

13. . . Management server

111. . . Medicine cabinet

113. . . Controller

210. . . Drug message

212. . . Control message

Claims (17)

A medicine cabinet management system comprising:
a medicine cabinet device having a medicine cabinet and a controller for controlling the medicine cabinet; and a management server connected to the medicine cabinet device and a user device for receiving from the user device a drug message, according to the drug message, transmitting a control message to the medicine cabinet device, wherein the controller controls the medicine cabinet according to the control message. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the management server is further communicably connected to a medical information server and is configured to receive a medical information from the medical information server. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 2, wherein the medicine message comprises a medicine item data and a medicine quantity data, and the management server verifies the medicine item data and the medicine quantity data according to the medical information, and Transmitting the control message including an unlocking command to the medicine cabinet device, the controller opens at least one drawer of the medicine cabinet according to the unlocking instruction, and causes the medicine cabinet to be in an open state. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 3, wherein the management server continuously transmits a status inquiry message to the medicine cabinet device when the medicine cabinet is in the open state, and receives a state report from the medicine cabinet device. A message to confirm the open state of the medicine cabinet until the medicine cabinet is in a closed state. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 4, wherein the medicine cabinet device further has a display for displaying an immediate state of the medicine cabinet, the instant state being one of the open state and the closed state. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 4, wherein the management server further transmits a status message to the user device, the status message being used to indicate that the medicine cabinet is in one of the open state and the closed state. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 4, wherein, after the medicine cabinet is in the closed state, the management server further updates an inventory information according to the medicine information. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 3, wherein the at least one drawer has an indicator light to indicate that the at least one drawer is opened. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 8, wherein the at least one drawer has at least one medicine box, and the medicine cabinet device further opens the at least one medicine box of the at least one drawer according to the unlocking instruction, and the at least one medicine The cartridge has an indicator light to indicate that the at least one cartridge is opened. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 2, wherein the medical message comprises a patient information, a nurse information, a pharmacist information, a drug information, and a prescription information. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the medicine cabinet device transmits a medicine cabinet layout message having a medicine cabinet layout information to the management server, and the management server confirms the medicine cabinet After the pattern information is the same as the original medicine cabinet pattern information, the confirmation device sends a confirmation message to the medicine cabinet device, and the medicine cabinet device is in a service state. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the management server receives a login message from the user device, verifies the login message, and transmits a verification result message to the user device. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 12, wherein the medicine cabinet device further has a display for displaying the login message of the user device. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the management server is connected to the medicine cabinet device and the user device using a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP) communication. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the management server is connected to the medicine cabinet device using a hypertext transfer protocol communication, and the user device is connected using a near field protocol communication. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the near-end communication protocol conforms to one of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) standard and a Near Field Communication (NFC) standard. The medicine cabinet management system of claim 1, wherein the user device is one of a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, and a smart phone.