WO2021245894A1 - Drug inventory management terminal and drug management system - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a drug inventory management terminal and a drug management system with which it is possible to more accurately manage an inventory of drugs. [Solution] This drug inventory management terminal 20 comprises: an inventory management unit that manages an inventory count for each veterinary drug; a prescription reception unit that receives prescription information from a veterinarian; a calculation unit that calculates a prescription drug count on the basis of the received prescription information; an update unit that updates the inventory count in accordance with the inventory count and the prescription drug count; a prescription reception unit that receives prescription information from a veterinarian; and a calculation unit that calculates a prescription drug count on the basis of the prescription information received by the prescription reception unit, the update unit updating the inventory count in accordance with the inventory count and the prescription drug count.

Description

Drug inventory management terminal and drug management system

The present disclosure relates to a drug inventory management terminal for managing the inventory of drugs prescribed to animal patients and a drug management system equipped with the terminal.

In recent years, as a drug inventory management, a method of replenishing the sold quantity is common.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique premised on the above-mentioned method.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-44591

The quantity of inventory set by the general inventory management method is only set by a person as appropriate. If the inventory margin set at the beginning is increased, the number of drugs that have passed the expiration date increases, and if the inventory margin is reduced, shortages are likely to occur.

Therefore, the present disclosure has been made in view of such a situation, and one of the purposes is to provide a drug inventory management terminal capable of more accurately managing drug inventory and a drug management system equipped with the terminal. The purpose.

The main invention of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is based on an inventory management unit that manages the number of stocks for each drug for an animal patient, a prescription reception unit that receives prescription information from a veterinarian, and the received prescription information. It is characterized by including a calculation unit for calculating the number of prescription drugs and an update unit for updating the number of stocks according to the number of stocks and the number of prescription drugs.

According to this disclosure, drug inventory management can be performed more accurately.

It is a figure which shows the configuration example of the drug management system 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this disclosure. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration example of the computer which realizes the drug inventory management terminal 20 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the software configuration example of the drug inventory management terminal 20 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of the storage part 201 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the software configuration example of the drug management server 30 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which concerns on a series of control in the drug management system 1 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which generalized and explained the drug management system which concerns on this embodiment.

The contents of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be listed and described. The present disclosure comprises the following configurations.
[Item 1]
An inventory management department that manages the number of inventories for each drug for animal patients,
A fluctuation information acquisition unit that acquires information on fluctuations in the number of stocks of the drug, and
A renewal unit for updating the inventory quantity in response to the fluctuation is provided.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 2]
The drug inventory management terminal according to item 1.
A prescription reception department that accepts prescription information from veterinarians,
A calculation unit that calculates the number of prescription drugs based on the prescription information received by the prescription reception unit is provided.
The updating unit updates the inventory quantity according to the inventory quantity and the prescription drug quantity.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 3]
The drug inventory management terminal according to item 1 or item 2.
It is equipped with a prediction unit that predicts changes in inventory based on the history of prescription information for the same drug.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 4]
The drug inventory management terminal according to item 3,
Equipped with a delivery period information storage unit that stores delivery period information from ordering to delivery for each drug.
The forecasting unit predicts the out-of-stock time when the number of stocks becomes a predetermined number or less based on the delivery period information.
A first order processing unit that performs order processing at a predetermined time so that the drug is in stock at the predicted out-of-stock time based on the delivery period information is provided.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 5]
The drug inventory management terminal according to any one of items 1 to 4.
A specific part that identifies the epidemic period and required amount when the number of prescription drugs for seasonal drugs increases based on the history of past prescription information,
A second order processing unit for ordering at least the required amount of the seasonal drug before the epidemic time specified by the specific unit is provided.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 6]
The drug inventory management terminal according to any one of items 1 to 5.
When the number of prescription drugs calculated by the calculation unit exceeds the prescriptionable number based on the inventory quantity of the drug, a display unit for displaying a prescription non-prescription notification is provided.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 7]
The drug inventory management terminal according to item 1,
Equipped with an arrival amount acquisition unit that acquires the arrival amount for each of the received drugs.
The update unit updates the inventory quantity according to the arrival amount acquired by the arrival amount acquisition unit.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 8]
The drug inventory management terminal according to item 7.
Further comprising a reading unit for acquiring the received quantity by reading at least one of the items described in the purchase order or the delivery note of the drug.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 9]
The drug inventory management terminal according to item 7 or item 8.
Each of the received drugs has an expiration date associated with it.
It is equipped with an expiration date acquisition unit that acquires the expiration date for each drug that has arrived.
The renewal unit updates the inventory quantity after reporting the disposal of the drug based on the expiration date acquired by the expiration date acquisition unit.
Drug inventory management terminal.
[Item 10]
A drug management system including the drug inventory management terminal and the drug management server according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which are managed by a plurality of veterinary hospitals.
The drug management server is
An acquisition unit that acquires drug request information from a plurality of the drug inventory management terminals, and
A batch ordering unit that generates batch ordering information based on the request information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a batch ordering unit.
A transmission unit for transmitting the batch order information generated by the batch order unit is provided.
Drug management system [Item 11]
The drug management system according to item 10.
The drug management server is
It also has an estimation unit that estimates future bulk order information based on the bulk order history of the bulk order information.
The transmission unit transmits pre-generated bulk order information based on the estimated future bulk order information.
Drug management system.
[Item 12]
Item 10 or the drug management system according to item 11.
The acquisition unit further acquires the inventory quantity from the plurality of drug inventory management terminals.
When the inventory of the drug is transferred from the veterinary hospital corresponding to the drug inventory management terminal to the veterinary hospital corresponding to the other drug inventory management terminal, the update unit updates the inventory quantity of each. do,
Drug management system.

Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, so that duplicate description will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a drug management system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in the figure, the drug management system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a user terminal 10 (10a, 10b, 10c, ...) And a drug inventory management terminal 20 (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e, 20f, ... 20 g, ...) And a drug management server 30. The user terminal 10 and the drug inventory management terminal 20 are communicably connected via the network NW. It should be noted that this configuration is an example, and a certain configuration may have another configuration or may include another configuration.

In this embodiment, the network NW assumes the Internet. The network NW is constructed by, for example, a public telephone line network, a mobile phone line network, a wireless communication network, Ethernet (registered trademark), and the like.

The user terminals 10a, 10b, and 10c (hereinafter, abbreviated as user terminals 10) are referred to by, for example, veterinarians R1, R2, and R3 (hereinafter simply referred to as veterinarian R1 when referred to without distinction) working in a veterinary hospital. It is a terminal that is owned or rented. Such terminals may be operated by veterinarian R1. For example, the user terminal 10 may be a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, or the like.

The drug inventory management terminal 20a is, for example, a computer managed or operated by the drug department in the main hospital of the A animal hospital. The drug inventory management terminals 20b, 20c, and 20d are computers managed or operated by the B branch, the C branch, and the D branch of the A animal hospital, respectively. The drug inventory management terminals 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d may be managed directly by, for example, the A animal hospital, or may be managed by the organization that manages the A animal hospital. The drug inventory management terminals 20e, 20f, and 20g are computers managed or operated by the X animal hospital, the Y animal hospital, and the Z animal hospital, respectively. Hereinafter, the drug inventory management terminals 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e, 20f, and 20g are appropriately abbreviated as the drug inventory management terminal 20.

Further, for example, the drug inventory management terminal 20 may be a general-purpose computer such as a workstation or a personal computer, or may be logically realized by cloud computing.

The drug management server 30 accepts drug orders from, for example, a plurality of different veterinary hospitals (A veterinary hospital, X veterinary hospital, Y veterinary hospital, Z veterinary hospital), for example, drug distributors such as pharmaceutical companies and drug wholesale companies. It is a computer managed or operated by.

The outline of the drug management system 1 according to this embodiment will be described. When a new prescription is issued, the veterinarian R1 working at a veterinary hospital registers prescription information including at least a prescription ID that identifies the prescription via the user terminal 10. The drug inventory management terminal 20 can perform a drug ordering process based on the quantity of the drug required in the new prescription and the number of drugs in stock. Hereinafter, the details of the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration example of a computer that realizes the drug inventory management terminal 20 according to the present embodiment. The computer includes at least a control unit 21, a memory 22, a storage 23, a communication unit 24, an input / output unit 25, and the like. These are electrically connected to each other through the bus 26.

The control unit 21 is an arithmetic unit that controls the operation of the entire drug inventory management terminal 20, controls the transmission and reception of data between each element, and performs information processing necessary for application execution and authentication processing. For example, the control unit 21 is a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes each information processing by executing a program or the like stored in the storage 23 and expanded in the memory 22.

The memory 22 includes a main storage composed of a volatile storage device such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and an auxiliary storage composed of a flash memory or a non-volatile storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). .. The memory 22 is used as a work area or the like of the control unit 21, and also stores a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) executed when the drug inventory management terminal 20 is started, various setting information, and the like.

The storage 23 stores various programs such as application programs. A database storing data used for each process may be built in the storage 23.

The communication unit 24 connects the drug inventory management terminal 20 to the network. The communication unit 24 uses, for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network), wireless LAN, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity, registered trademark), infrared communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark), short-range or non-contact communication, or the like. Communicate directly with the device or via a network access point.

The input / output unit 25 is, for example, an information input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel, and an output device such as a display.

The bus 26 is commonly connected to each of the above elements and transmits, for example, an address signal, a data signal, and various control signals.

Since the hardware configuration of a terminal such as a computer that realizes the user terminal 10 or the drug management server 30 according to the present embodiment is the same as the hardware configuration example of the drug inventory management terminal 20 shown in FIG. 2, the description thereof will be omitted. ..

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the drug inventory management terminal 20 according to the present embodiment. The drug inventory management terminal 20 includes a storage unit 201, an inventory management unit 202, a fluctuation information acquisition unit 203, an update unit 204, a prescription reception unit 205, a calculation unit 206, a prediction unit 207, a first order processing unit 208, and a specific unit 209. It includes a second order processing unit 210, a display unit 211, an arrival amount acquisition unit 212, a reading unit 213, and an expiration date acquisition unit 214. The storage unit 201 may be realized as a part of the storage area provided by the memory 12 and the storage 13. The storage unit 201 may be realized as a part of an external storage area provided by one or a plurality of drug inventory management terminals other than the drug inventory management terminal 20. In addition, inventory management unit 202, fluctuation information acquisition unit 203, update unit 204, prescription reception unit 205, calculation unit 206, prediction unit 207, first order processing unit 208, specific unit 209, second order processing unit 210, display unit. The 211, the arrival amount acquisition unit 212, the reading unit 213, and the expiration date acquisition unit 214 can be realized by the control unit 21 reading the program stored in the storage 23 into the memory 22 and executing the program.

The storage unit 201 has at least a drug common management DB 201A, a drug individual management DB 201B, a prescription information management DB 201C, and a medical record DB 201D. FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of the storage unit 201 according to the present embodiment.

The drug common management DB201A is a database that manages information on drugs common to all pharmacies. The drug common management DB 201A is an example of the delivery period information storage unit described in the claims. As shown in FIG. 4, the drug common management DB 201A may store at least a drug ID (information for identifying a drug) or attribute information for each drug. Details of the attribute information will be described later. In the drug common management DB201A, further, delivery period information indicating the delivery period from ordering to delivery for each drug, an ordering unit which is a unit of the number of pieces when purchasing from a drug seller, and when transferring a drug between pharmacies. A transfer unit, which is a unit of quantity, expiration date information including information on the period from the time of manufacture of the drug to the expiration date, adjustment information, which is information on a change in the number of sales, and the like can be added.

The drug individual management DB201B is a database that manages information for each drug. As shown in FIG. 4, the drug individual management DB201B has at least the pharmacy ID, drug ID, sales quantity information, inventory quantity, appropriate inventory upper limit value, appropriate inventory lower limit value, arrival amount, and expiration date, which are information for identifying the pharmacy. In addition to the inventory information including the quantity information of the above, a wholesale ID which is identification information for identifying the drug seller of the drug may be added.

The prescription information management DB201C is a database that manages at least a pharmacy ID of a veterinary hospital's pharmacy department or the like. As shown in FIG. 4, the prescription information management DB201C contains a pharmacy ID, an animal patient ID which is information for identifying an animal patient, date information which is information including an issue date of a prescription, and information on the quantity and the number of days for each drug. Prescription information including may be stored. The prescription information may include a veterinary hospital ID, which is information identifying the veterinary hospital that issued the prescription, and the gender and age of the animal patient. The animal patient ID does not have to be information that can identify an individual such as the name of the owner of the animal patient, and may be information that can determine whether or not the prescription information is the same animal patient when comparing the prescription information. .. The animal patient ID may be information such as a number or a symbol.

The inventory management unit 202 has a function of managing the number of inventories for each drug for animal patients. For example, the inventory management unit 202 scans an identifier such as a barcode displayed on the drug with a camera, a bar code reader, an IC tag reader, or the like (not shown) when the drug is taken out from a predetermined storage location, or Based on the result of manual input by the operator, the inventory quantity stored in the drug individual management DB 201B is updated for each drug.

The fluctuation information acquisition unit 203 has a function of acquiring information regarding fluctuations in the number of drugs in stock. The fluctuation information is information different from the fixed information about the drug stored in the predetermined storage place, and specifically includes at least the sales number information. For example, the fluctuation information acquisition unit 203 acquires the sales number information by reading the sales number information from the drug individual management DB 201B.

The update unit 204 has a function of updating the inventory quantity according to the fluctuation. For example, the update unit 204 updates the inventory quantity stored in the drug individual management DB 201B for each drug based on the sales number information acquired by the fluctuation information acquisition unit 203.

The prescription reception unit 205 has a function of receiving prescription information from a veterinarian. The prescription reception unit 205 receives, for example, the prescription information read from the prescription information management DB 201C in response to an input operation by a veterinarian.

The calculation unit 206 has a function of calculating the number of prescription drugs based on the prescription information received by the prescription reception unit 205. The number of prescription drugs refers to, for example, the total number of drugs specified in a prescription issued by a veterinarian. The calculation unit 206 calculates the number of prescription drugs based on, for example, the quantity of each drug included in the prescription information. The renewal unit 204 has a function of updating the number of stocks according to the number of stocks and the number of prescription drugs. For example, the update unit 204 updates the inventory number obtained by subtracting the prescription drug number calculated by the calculation unit 206 from the inventory number read from the drug individual management DB 201B as the inventory number stored in the drug individual management DB 201B for each drug.

The prediction unit 207 has a function of predicting a change in the number of stocks based on the history of prescription information regarding the same drug. The history of prescription information may include, for example, sales number information associated with the drug ID stored in the drug individual management DB 201B. The sales number information may be, for example, information indicating an average sales number for each drug. The "average number of sales" may be, for example, the average number of sales for a predetermined period (for example, one day, one week, one month) obtained from the total number of sales in a year. The "number of sales including annual changes" may be, for example, the number of sales in which one year is divided into predetermined periods (for example, every day, every week, every month), or average sales. It may be information on the ratio of the number of sales (timing parameter) to the number and the average number of sales when divided by a predetermined period.

For example, as of April 24, 2020, if the inventory quantity for the same drug is "30", the appropriate inventory lower limit is "20", and the daily sales quantity is "2", 10 days. Later, the out-of-stock time when the number of stocks becomes less than the appropriate lower limit of inventory will come, so the prediction unit 207 predicts the out-of-stock time (2020/4/24), and the prediction result is sent to the first order processing unit 208. Output.

The first order processing unit 208 has a function of performing order processing at a predetermined time so that the drug inventory exists at the out-of-stock time based on the delivery period information from ordering to delivery for each drug. The first order processing unit 208 has, for example, an out-of-stock time based on the delivery period information (for example, 7 days) read from the drug common management DB 201A and the out-of-stock time (2020/4/24) predicted by the prediction unit 207. The ordering process can be performed at a predetermined time (2020/4/17) so that the drug is present in the predetermined storage location as inventory at (2020/4/24).

The specifying unit 209 has a function of specifying an epidemic time (increasing time) and a required amount when the number of prescription drugs for seasonal drugs increases based on the history of past prescription information. The past prescription information history may include, for example, attribute information associated with the drug ID stored in the drug common management DB 201A and sales number information associated with the drug ID stored in the drug individual management DB 201B. .. The attribute information may include information indicating whether or not the drug has seasonality. Seasonal drugs are drugs whose sales volume (prescribed quantity) depends on the time (mainly summer or winter), such as pollen allergy, skin diseases, colds, influenza, coronavirus, and filaria preventive drugs. possible. The specific unit 209 can identify the epidemic time and the required amount by analyzing the sales of an antiviral drug such as Tamiflu or Relenza or a vaccine based on the above-mentioned attribute information and sales quantity information.

The second order processing unit 210 has a function of ordering at least a required amount of the seasonal drug before the epidemic time specified by the specific unit 209. Here, for example, the dog influenza virus is prevalent from around December 25 in the usual year, but based on the epidemic time specified by the specific part 209, it is prevalent from around December 10, about two weeks ahead of the usual year. Imagine a case where the possibility is high. In this case, the second order processing unit 210 may, for example, perform a process of ordering at least a required amount of the seasonal drug before a predetermined period (one week) before December 10. The required amount here may be, for example, an amount that can store inventory that is stored in the drug individual management DB 201B and is equal to or greater than the appropriate inventory lower limit value and less than the appropriate inventory upper limit value.

The display unit 211 has a function of displaying a prescription non-prescription notification when the number of prescription drugs calculated by the calculation unit 206 exceeds the number of prescriptions that can be prescribed based on the number of stocks of the drug. The prescriptionable number here may be, for example, an appropriate lower limit value of inventory stored in the drug individual management DB201B. For this reason, in the veterinary hospital's pharmaceutical department, if the number of prescription drugs (the total number of drugs specified in the prescription issued by the veterinarian) exceeds the appropriate lower limit of inventory, if new inventory is purchased, it will be in stock. You don't run out.

The arrival amount acquisition unit 212 has a function of acquiring the arrival amount for each received drug. The update unit 204 has a function of updating the inventory quantity according to the arrival amount acquired by the arrival amount acquisition unit 212. For example, the update unit 204 updates the inventory quantity obtained by adding the inventory quantity acquired by the arrival quantity acquisition unit 212 to the inventory quantity read from the drug individual management DB 201B as the inventory quantity stored in the drug individual management DB 201B for each drug. ..

The reading unit 213 has a function of acquiring the arrival amount of the drug by reading the matters described in at least one of the purchase order or the delivery note of the drug. Items stated in at least one of the drug purchase order or delivery note include the drug ID, the number of drugs delivered (weight), the name or retailer ID of the retailer to which the drug is delivered, the estimated shipping date, history information, etc. May be included. For example, when the drug is replenished in a predetermined storage location, the reading unit 213 uses a camera, bar code reader, IC tag reader, or the like (not shown) to display an identifier such as a barcode written on the drug purchase order or delivery note. Obtain the amount of drug in stock based on the result of scanning or manual input by the operator.

The expiration date acquisition unit 214 has a function of acquiring the expiration date for each received drug. For example, the fluctuation information acquisition unit 203 acquires the expiration date information by reading the expiration date information (expiration date information including the information of the period from the time of manufacture of the drug to the expiration date) from the drug common management DB 201A. The renewal unit 204 reports the disposal of the drug based on the expiration date acquired by the expiration date acquisition unit 214, and then updates the inventory quantity. For example, the renewal unit 204 grasps information on a drug that has expired or has been stored for a predetermined period or longer based on the expiration date acquired by the expiration date acquisition unit 214, and identifies and discards or collects the drug. Alerts and the like can be displayed to workers. For example, the update unit 204 updates the inventory quantity obtained by subtracting the total number of drugs to be discarded or collected from the inventory quantity read from the drug individual management DB 201B as the inventory quantity stored in the drug individual management DB 201B for each drug.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the drug management server 30 according to the present embodiment. The drug management server 30 includes an acquisition unit 301, a batch ordering unit 302, a transmission unit 303, and an estimation unit 304. The acquisition unit 301, the batch ordering unit 302, the transmission unit 303, and the estimation unit 304 can be realized by the control unit 31 reading the program stored in the storage 33 into the memory 32 and executing the program.

The acquisition unit 301 has a function of acquiring request information indicating an order for a drug from a plurality of drug inventory management terminals 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d. The request information includes, for example, the veterinary hospital ID of A veterinary hospital, the drug ID (information that identifies the drug) for each drug, the delivery period information indicating the delivery period from ordering to delivery for each drug, and purchasing from the drug seller. An ordering unit or the like, which is a unit of the number of pieces at the time, may be included.

The batch ordering unit 302 has a function of generating batch ordering information based on the ordering information acquired by the acquisition unit 301. The batch ordering information is, for example, information that collectively summarizes the ordering information from the main hospital of A animal hospital and the ordering information from each of the B branch, C branch, and D branch of A animal hospital in a group unit. obtain. That is, at the A animal hospital, the main hospital orders the medicines in a lump including the medicines of the branch hospital, and the medicines are sent from the main hospital to the branch hospital.

The transmission unit 303 has a function of transmitting the batch order information generated by the batch order unit 302.

The estimation unit 304 has a function of estimating future batch order information based on the batch order history of the batch order information. The batch ordering history of the batch ordering information is, for example, an ordering history in which the drug seller has received an order based on the batch ordering information, and may include an ordering history in a predetermined period retroactively by a predetermined number of days from the present time. The future bulk order information may include, for example, bulk order information having a purchase date of at least a future day from the present time to tomorrow or later. The transmission unit 303 transmits the batch order information generated in advance based on the future batch order information estimated by the batch order unit 302.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart relating to a series of controls in the drug management system 1 according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, an example of the processing flow by the drug management system 1 will be described.

First, the acquisition unit 301 of the drug management server 30 acquires the inventory quantity for each drug for animal patients from a plurality of drug inventory management terminals 20a and 20b via the network NW (step S101).

Next, the update unit 204 of the drug inventory management terminal 20a is based on the transfer unit read from the drug common management DB 201A (the unit of the number of drugs transferred between the main hospital and the B branch of the veterinary hospital A). It is determined whether or not the drug inventory has been transferred from the main hospital of the A animal hospital corresponding to one drug inventory management terminal 20a to the B branch hospital corresponding to the other drug inventory management terminal 20b (step S102).

When there is a movement of inventory (YES in step S102), the update unit 204 of the drug inventory management terminal 20a updates the inventory quantity in each storage location of the main hospital of the A animal hospital and the B branch hospital (step S103). .. Specifically, the update unit 204 of the drug inventory management terminal 20a subtracts the inventory number corresponding to the movement from the inventory number read from the drug individual management DB 201B of the drug inventory management terminal 20a to obtain the inventory number of the drug individual management DB 201B. Update as the number of stocks stored by. Further, in the update unit 204 of the drug inventory management terminal 20a, the drug individual management DB 201B stores the inventory number obtained by adding the inventory number corresponding to the movement from the inventory number read from the drug individual management DB 201B of the drug inventory management terminal 20b. Update as the number of stocks to be. On the other hand, when there is a movement of inventory (NO in step S102), the processing by the drug management system 1 ends.

As described above, according to the drug management system 1 according to the present embodiment, the inventory number is updated according to the fluctuation of the drug inventory number, so that the drug inventory management can be performed more accurately, and by extension, the drug inventory management can be performed more accurately. , Drug shortage or drug excess can be prevented.

It should be noted that what is managed in the above-described embodiment is a drug (particularly one provided by a veterinarian's prescription), but the present invention is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, a veterinarian or other person involved in veterinary medicine may be subject to management if the user terminal 10a is used to provide some kind of offering in the hospital and the number of stocks can be thought of. can. In the illustrated example, the instructor D uses the user terminal 10a to transmit instruction information to the user terminal 10a of the worker S. Worker S prepares what should be provided based on the instruction information and provides it to the animal patient. At this time, it is certain that the user terminal 10a records the fact that the instructed one is actually provided. The inventory of the item related to the instruction may be changed when the instruction information is received, or the inventory quantity may be changed based on the actually provided information. On the other hand, the worker strives to secure the proper inventory in the hospital by performing the ordering work before the inventory runs out. In this case as well, the inventory of the items related to the order may be changed at the time of the ordering work, or the inventory quantity may be changed based on the delivery information of the actually ordered items. .. In the illustrated example, the inventory quantity is changed by acquiring instruction information (In_D) and acquiring ordering information (In_S). As described above, the worker S may acquire information (In_T) for confirming whether or not the inventory quantity reflects the actual inventory by confirming the actual inventory quantity.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical scope of the present disclosure is not limited to such examples. It is clear that anyone with ordinary knowledge in the art of the present disclosure may come up with various modifications or amendments within the scope of the technical ideas set forth in the claims. Is, of course, understood to belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure.

The device described in the present specification may be realized as a single device, or may be realized by a plurality of devices (for example, a cloud server) partially or wholly connected by a network. For example, the control unit 21 and the storage 23 of the drug inventory management terminal 20 may be realized by different servers connected to each other by a network.

The series of processes by the apparatus described in the present specification may be realized by using any of software, hardware, and a combination of software and hardware. It is possible to create a computer program for realizing each function of the drug inventory management terminal 20 according to the present embodiment and implement it on a PC or the like. It is also possible to provide a computer-readable recording medium in which such a computer program is stored. The recording medium is, for example, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or the like. Further, the above computer program may be distributed, for example, via a network without using a recording medium.

Further, the processes described in the present specification using the flowchart diagram do not necessarily have to be executed in the order shown in the drawings. Some processing steps may be performed in parallel. Further, additional processing steps may be adopted, and some processing steps may be omitted.

Further, the effects described in the present specification are merely explanatory or exemplary and are not limited. That is, the technique according to the present disclosure may exert other effects apparent to those skilled in the art from the description of the present specification, in addition to or in place of the above effects.

1 Drug management system 10 User terminal 20 Drug inventory management terminal 201 Delivery period information storage unit 202 Inventory management department 203 Fluctuation information acquisition department 204 Update department 205 Prescription reception department 206 Calculation department 207 Prediction department 208 First order processing department 209 Specific department 210 2nd order processing unit 211 Display unit 212 Arrival quantity acquisition unit 213 Reading unit 214 Expiration date acquisition unit 30 Drug management server 301 Acquisition unit 302 Bulk ordering unit 303 Transmission unit 304 Estimating unit

Claims (12)

1. An inventory management department that manages the number of inventories for each drug for animal patients,
   A fluctuation information acquisition unit that acquires information on fluctuations in the number of stocks of the drug, and
   A renewal unit for updating the inventory quantity in response to the fluctuation is provided.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
2. The drug inventory management terminal according to claim 1.
   A prescription reception department that accepts prescription information from veterinarians,
   A calculation unit that calculates the number of prescription drugs based on the prescription information received by the prescription reception unit is provided.
   The updating unit updates the inventory quantity according to the inventory quantity and the prescription drug quantity.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
3. The drug inventory management terminal according to claim 1 or 2.
   It is equipped with a prediction unit that predicts changes in inventory based on the history of prescription information for the same drug.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
4. The drug inventory management terminal according to claim 3.
   Equipped with a delivery period information storage unit that stores delivery period information from ordering to delivery for each drug.
   The forecasting unit predicts the out-of-stock time when the number of stocks becomes a predetermined number or less based on the delivery period information.
   A first order processing unit that performs order processing at a predetermined time so that the drug is in stock at the predicted out-of-stock time based on the delivery period information is provided.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
5. The drug inventory management terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
   A specific part that identifies the epidemic period and required amount when the number of prescription drugs for seasonal drugs increases based on the history of past prescription information,
   A second order processing unit for ordering at least the required amount of the seasonal drug before the epidemic time specified by the specific unit is provided.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
6. The drug inventory management terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
   When the number of prescription drugs calculated by the calculation unit exceeds the prescriptionable number based on the inventory quantity of the drug, a display unit for displaying a prescription non-prescription notification is provided.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
7. The drug inventory management terminal according to claim 1.
   Equipped with an arrival amount acquisition unit that acquires the arrival amount for each of the received drugs.
   The update unit updates the inventory quantity according to the arrival amount acquired by the arrival amount acquisition unit.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
8. The drug inventory management terminal according to claim 7.
   Further comprising a reading unit for acquiring the received quantity by reading at least one of the items described in the purchase order or the delivery note of the drug.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
9. The drug inventory management terminal according to claim 7 or 8.
   Each of the received drugs has an expiration date associated with it.
   It is equipped with an expiration date acquisition unit that acquires the expiration date for each drug that has arrived.
   The renewal unit updates the inventory quantity after reporting the disposal of the drug based on the expiration date acquired by the expiration date acquisition unit.
   Drug inventory management terminal.
10. A drug management system including the drug inventory management terminal and the drug management server according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which are managed by a plurality of veterinary hospitals.
    The drug management server is
    An acquisition unit that acquires drug request information from a plurality of the drug inventory management terminals, and
    A batch ordering unit that generates batch ordering information based on the request information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a batch ordering unit.
    A transmission unit for transmitting the batch order information generated by the batch order unit is provided.
    Drug management system
11. The drug management system according to claim 10.
    The drug management server is
    It also has an estimation unit that estimates future bulk order information based on the bulk order history of the bulk order information.
    The transmission unit transmits pre-generated bulk order information based on the estimated future bulk order information.
    Drug management system.
12. The drug management system according to claim 10 or 11.
    The acquisition unit further acquires the inventory quantity from the plurality of drug inventory management terminals.
    When the inventory of the drug is transferred from the veterinary hospital corresponding to the drug inventory management terminal to the veterinary hospital corresponding to the other drug inventory management terminal, the update unit updates the inventory quantity of each. do,
    Drug management system.
    
    

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