JP2021059403A - Medicine inventory operation supporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a medicine inventory operation supporting system to streamline warehousing operation or shipping operation of medicines.SOLUTION: A medicine inventory operation supporting system 1 comprises: an order processing device 100 that performs order processing of a medicine and delivery processing of the ordered medicine; an inspection processing device 200 that performs inspection processing of the delivered medicine; and an automatic warehousing/shipping device 300 that performs warehousing processing and shipping processing for a medicine shelf. The inspection processing device 200 acquires order data and delivery data from the order processing device 100, and comprises: an undelivered medicine identification part that identifies an undelivered medicine that has been ordered but not yet delivered based on a difference between the order data and the delivery data; an undelivered medicine display part that displays the identified undelivered medicine; and an inspection processing part that collates the displayed undelivered medicine with the delivered medicine and causes a delivery data storage part to store data including the identification information and quantity of the collated medicines as the delivery data, and outputs the delivery data to the automatic warehousing/shipping device 300.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a drug inventory business support system, and is particularly used in a drug inventory business support system that automatically performs warehousing / delivery processing of a drug by using an automatic warehousing / delivery device that performs warehousing / delivery processing of a drug shelf. It is suitable.

Generally, the work performed by a pharmacist is roughly divided into interpersonal work and objective work. The "Pharmacy Vision for Patients" released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in 2015 stipulates that pharmacists will enhance their interpersonal work and improve the efficiency of their objective work. In addition, on April 2, 2019, "About the ideal way of dispensing work (commonly known as 0402 notification)" was announced, and it was clarified that work that can be done by people other than pharmacists. One of them is "pharmaceutical inventory work" such as picking necessary medicines from a medicine shelf according to a prescription and delivering delivered medicines to a medicine shelf. This drug inventory business is one of the objective tasks performed by pharmacists that takes a lot of time, and it is required to improve the efficiency of this drug inventory business.

Conventionally, there are known systems that perform warehousing and warehousing processing based on drug ordering data and delivery data (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

The dispensing pharmacy support system described in Patent Document 1 provides total support for operations at dispensing pharmacies and realizes effective inventory management, and includes a prescription processing unit that performs necessary input / output processing based on prescriptions. , Correspondence between drug name and drug code (code given by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for each type of drug) and product distribution code (code given for each minimum unit of sales such as JAN (Japanese Article Number) code) A drug master data storage unit that stores the drug data, an order processing unit that orders drugs from the supplier with the product distribution code, a warehousing processing unit that performs warehousing processing using the product distribution code attached to the drug, and a drug code. , The product distribution code or the intermediate code associated with these codes (the code for each vendor given by the provider of the dispensing pharmacy support system), and the drug issue processing department, and the drug code, product distribution code or intermediate code It is provided with an inventory management unit that manages inventory and a control unit for controlling each of these units.

The storage / sales management system described in Patent Document 2 realizes efficient and reliable inventory / delivery management and picking processing not only for individual packaging boxes but also for individual pharmaceutical products, and lots are placed at the pharmaceutical stock center. Drugs delivered in units are subjected to flexible warehousing / delivery processing, picking processing, sales processing, etc. regardless of whether they are packaging units or subdivisions, and are sold to general consumers through dispensing pharmacies. The server accepts the product data and lot number or expiration date data of the drug obtained by the reader terminal reading operation for the delivered drug incidental code and lot number or expiration date printing as warehousing data, and also receives the corresponding drug. The warehousing data is associated with the shelf number of the storage shelf in which the item is stored and registered in the inventory database. In addition, the lot number and expiration date printed on the packaging and containers of pharmaceutical products are converted into barcodes and the like, and the label generated by this is attached to the packaging and containers of pharmaceutical products for management.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-115878 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-118840

According to the system described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the code attached to the drug or the packaging box is read by a handy terminal or the like, and the information obtained by this is used to perform the warehousing process and the warehousing process of the drug. Is possible. However, what can be done with the conventional system is to turn on the lamp installed on the medicine shelf to notify the storage location of the medicines to be loaded and unloaded, and to manage the fluctuating inventory status of medicines in a database. Is. On the other hand, there is a problem that the pharmacist manually performs the warehousing and unloading work of the medicines on the medicine rack, and it takes a lot of time for the warehousing and unloading work.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to streamline the warehousing or unloading work of a drug on a medicine shelf.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the drug inventory business support system of the present invention includes an order processing device that processes an order for a drug and a process for delivering the ordered drug, and an automatic warehousing process and a warehousing process for the drug shelf of the drug. It is equipped with a warehousing / delivery device and an inspection processing device for inspecting the delivered pharmaceutical products. The inspection processing device identifies and displays the undelivered drug, which is the ordered undelivered drug, from the difference between the order data acquired from the order processing device and the delivery data. Then, the displayed undelivered drug and the delivered drug are matched, and the data including the identification information and the quantity of the matched drug are stored as delivery data in the delivery data storage unit of the order processing device, and the delivery data is stored. Is output to the automatic warehousing / delivery device. Based on the delivery data output from the inspection processing device, the automatic warehousing / delivery device automatically puts the inspected medicines placed in the specified places on the medicine shelves assigned in advance according to the identification information of the medicines. I am trying to move and store it.

According to the present invention configured as described above, when the delivered drug is inspected by the inspection processing device and then placed in a predetermined place of the automatic warehousing / delivery device, the inspected drug is released. , It is automatically moved from the predetermined place to the pre-assigned medicine rack and stored. As a result, it is not necessary for the pharmacist to manually carry out the warehousing work of the medicines on the medicine rack, and the warehousing work of the medicines on the medicine rack can be made more efficient.

It is a figure which shows the overall composition example of the drug inventory business support system by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure example of the order processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure example of the inspection processing apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure example of the automatic warehousing / delivery apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the overall composition example of the drug inventory business support system by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure example of the order processing apparatus by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure example of the inspection processing apparatus by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional configuration example of the automatic warehousing / delivery device by 2nd Embodiment.

(First Embodiment)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of the drug inventory business support system 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the drug inventory business support system 1 according to the first embodiment includes an order processing device 100 that processes an order for a drug and a process for delivering the ordered drug, and an inspection that performs an inspection process for the delivered drug. It is configured to include a processing device 200 and an automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 that performs warehousing and warehousing processing on a drug shelf of pharmaceutical products.

The order processing device 100 is composed of, for example, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or the like. The inspection processing device 200 is composed of, for example, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or the like, and further includes a code reader that reads a QR code (registered trademark) or a barcode. The automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 has a plurality of drug shelves (storage spaces) for separately storing a plurality of types of drugs, and staff (pharmacists, auxiliary staff, etc.) can place the drugs stored in the drug shelves, or from the drug shelves. A storage space for placing medicines to be delivered (corresponding to a "predetermined place" within the scope of the patent claim) and a transport mechanism for transporting medicines between the medicine rack and the storage space. In preparation, the warehousing process and the warehousing process for the drug rack of the drug are automatically performed.

The order processing device 100, the inspection processing device 200, and the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 are connected by, for example, a wired or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) so that data can be communicated with each other. The LAN is also connected to a dispensing information management device 400 that manages data related to medicines dispensed to patients by a pharmacy according to a prescription issued by a doctor (hereinafter referred to as dispensing data). The dispensing information management device 400 is composed of, for example, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or the like. The order processing device 100 is connected to the seller terminal 500 via a communication network 700 such as the Internet, and can transmit drug order data to the seller terminal 500.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the order processing device 100 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the order processing device 100 according to the first embodiment includes an order processing unit 11, a delivery processing unit 12, a dispensing data acquisition unit 13, and an ordering drug determining unit 14 as functional configurations. Further, the order processing device 100 according to the first embodiment includes an order data storage unit 101, a delivery data storage unit 102, and a dispensing data storage unit 103 as storage media.

Each of the above functional blocks 11 to 14 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and software. For example, when configured by software, each of the above functional blocks 11 to 14 is actually configured to include a computer CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is a program stored in a recording medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory. Is realized by the operation of.

The order processing unit 11 processes the ordering of the drug by transmitting the order data of the drug to the seller terminal 500. The ordering data includes information such as the name of the drug to be ordered, the drug code (for example, a product code such as a GS1 code), and the quantity. The drug name and / or drug code serves as identification information for the drug ordered. The order data storage unit 101 stores order data including identification information and quantity of the drug ordered by the order processing unit 11. The ordering data may further include information such as an ordering ID, an ordering source, an ordering party, and an ordering date.

The order processing unit 11 generates order data based on, for example, an instruction from a user who operates the order processing device 100. That is, the user instructs the medicine and the quantity to be ordered by operating the operation unit (not shown) of the order processing device 100, and the order processing unit 11 generates the order data according to the content of the instruction. Then, the order processing unit 11 transmits the generated order data to the seller terminal 500 via the communication network 700. The order processing unit 11 may automatically generate order data based on the processing result of the order drug determination unit 14. Details of this will be described later.

When the medicine ordered by the order processing unit 11 is delivered, the delivery processing unit 12 acquires the delivery data indicating the delivered medicine from the inspection processing device 200 and stores it in the delivery data storage unit 102. Do. The delivery data storage unit 102 stores delivery data including identification information (name and / or drug code) and quantity of the delivered drug that has been inspected by the inspection processing device 200 (described later). To do. The delivery data may further include information such as a delivery ID, a shipping source, a delivery destination, a delivery date, an expiration date of a drug, and a serial number.

When a drug is delivered, it is often delivered in a state where a plurality of PTP sheets are collectively stored in a packaging box or a packaging bag. In this case, the GS1 code for individual pharmaceutical products (for example, GS1 data bar) is attached to each PTP sheet, and the GS1 code for collective packaging (for example, GS1 data bar synthesis symbol) is attached to the packaging. Has been done.

The dispensing data acquisition unit 13 acquires dispensing data from the dispensing information management device 400 and stores it in the dispensing data storage unit 103. Dispensing data includes identification information (name and / or drug code) and quantity of the drug used by the pharmacist for dispensing. The dispensing data may further include information such as a prescription ID, a patient name, a dispensing date, and a dosage / administration of a drug. Dispensing data is input by a pharmacist by operating an operation unit (not shown) of the dispensing information management device 400 when dispensing, or through a medication notebook application installed on a smartphone or the like by a patient. It is generated in the dispensing information management device 400 by transmitting information to the dispensing information management device 400.

For example, the dispensing data acquisition unit 13 periodically and repeatedly accesses the dispensing information management device 400, acquires the dispensing data generated by the dispensing information management device 400, and stores it in the dispensing data storage unit 103. Alternatively, when new investigation data is generated by the dispensing information management device 400, the order processing device 100 is notified of the new investigation data, and the dispensing data acquisition unit 13 accesses the dispensing information management device 400 in response to this notification. Dispensing data may be acquired. The dispensing data acquisition unit 13 stores the acquired dispensing data in the dispensing data storage unit 103 and outputs it to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300.

The method for acquiring the dispensing data shown here is an example, and the method is not limited to this. When new dispensing data is generated by the dispensing information management device 400, any method can be used if the order processing device 100 can acquire the dispensing data from the dispensing information management device 400 without delay as much as possible. You may try to get it. The reason why the order processing device 100 acquires the dispensing data with as little delay as possible is that the dispensing data acquired by the order processing device 100 is used in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 for the delivery processing of pharmaceutical products.

The ordered drug determination unit 14 determines the drug to be ordered based on the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit 103. Dispensing data shows the types and quantities of medicines actually used by dispensing, and can be said to show the contents of medicines that are reduced from inventory. For example, the ordering drug determination unit 14 determines the type and quantity of the drug indicated by the dispensing data as the drug to be ordered, and notifies the order processing unit 11 of the result.

The ordered drug determination unit 14 may also determine the timing of ordering the drug. For example, the number of inventories for each drug is managed based on the delivery data stored in the delivery data storage unit 102 and the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit 103, and when the number of inventories becomes less than a predetermined number. , The drug to be ordered is determined based on the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit 103, and the result is notified to the order processing unit 11. Alternatively, based on the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit 103, the current inventory is taken into consideration, taking into consideration information such as the dosage and administration of the drug and the dispensing frequency for patients who are chronically using the drug. The number of remaining days that can be dispensed may be calculated, the drug to be ordered may be determined when it becomes less than the predetermined number of days, and the result may be notified to the order processing unit 11.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the inspection processing device 200 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the inspection processing device 200 according to the first embodiment has an order data acquisition unit 21, a delivery data acquisition unit 22, an unpaid drug identification unit 23, an unpaid drug display unit 24, and code information acquisition as functional configurations. A unit 25 and an inspection processing unit 26 are provided.

Each of the above functional blocks 21 to 26 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP, and software. For example, when configured by software, each of the above functional blocks 21 to 26 is actually configured to include a computer CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is a program stored in a recording medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory. Is realized by the operation of.

The order data acquisition unit 21 acquires order data from the order data storage unit 101 of the order processing device 100. For example, when the ordered drug is delivered and the delivered drug is stored in the drug shelf of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300, the order data acquisition unit 21 can be operated by the staff for an operation unit (not shown) of the inspection processing device 200. Accordingly, the order processing device 100 is accessed and the order data stored in the order data storage unit 101 is acquired.

The delivery data acquisition unit 22 acquires delivery data from the delivery data storage unit 102 of the order processing device 100. For example, the delivery data acquisition unit 22 can be used by the staff to operate an operation unit (not shown) of the inspection processing device 200 when the ordered drug is delivered and the delivered drug is stored in the drug shelf of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300. Accordingly, the order processing device 100 is accessed to acquire the delivery data stored in the delivery data storage unit 102. The delivery data acquired at this time does not yet include the delivery data related to the drug delivered this time.

The undelivered drug identification unit 23 determines the ordered and undelivered drug (hereinafter referred to as undelivered drug) based on the difference between the order data acquired by the order data acquisition unit 21 and the delivery data acquired by the delivery data acquisition unit 22. To identify. That is, the unpaid drug identification unit 23 identifies a drug that is included in the order data acquired by the order data acquisition unit 21 and is not included in the delivery data acquired by the delivery data acquisition unit 22 as an unpaid drug. Among the undelivered medicines identified in this way, the medicines that have been delivered this time and are about to be inspected are included.

The unpaid drug display unit 24 displays the unpaid drug specified by the unpaid drug identification unit 23 on the display provided in the inspection processing device 200. The staff can check the unpaid medicines delivered this time from the unpaid medicines displayed by the unpaid medicine display unit 24 (for example, by clicking the mouse operation on the check box displayed together with the list of unpaid medicines). (Checking operation) is performed, and the GS1 code (GS1 data bar or GS1 data bar synthesis symbol) attached to the package of the delivered drug is read by the code reader.

The code information acquisition unit 25 acquires the code information recorded in the GS1 code by reading the GS1 code attached to the package of the delivered drug by the code reader. The code information recorded in the GS1 code for collective packaging includes information such as the name of the drug, the drug code, the quantity, the shipping source, the delivery destination, the expiration date of the drug, and the serial number contained in the package. There is.

The inspection processing unit 26 matches the unpaid drug displayed by the unpaid drug display unit 24 with the actually delivered drug, and obtains the identification information (name and / or drug code) and quantity of the matched drug. The included data is output to the order processing device 100 as delivery data, and is also output to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300. The delivery processing unit 12 of the order processing device 100 stores the delivery data supplied from the inspection processing device 200 in the delivery data storage unit 102.

Specifically, the inspection processing unit 26 delivers the order data acquired by the order data acquisition unit 21 for the unpaid drugs displayed by the unpaid drug display unit 24 and the unpaid drugs checked by the staff, and the actual delivery. Using the code information acquired by the code information acquisition unit 25 for the delivered drug, the undelivered drug and the actually delivered drug are matched. Then, the inspection processing unit 26 uses information such as the name of the drug, the drug code, the quantity, the shipping source, the delivery destination, the expiration date of the drug, and the serial number included in the code information of the matched drug as delivery data to the order processing device. It is supplied to the delivery processing unit 12 of 100. The delivery processing unit 12 assigns a delivery ID and a delivery date to the information, and stores the delivery data in the delivery data storage unit 102 as delivery data. In addition, the inspection processing unit 26 outputs the name, drug code, and quantity of the drug included in the code information of the matched drug to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 as delivery data.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 according to the first embodiment includes a delivery data input unit 31, a warehousing processing unit 32, a dispensing data input unit 33, and a warehousing processing unit 34 as functional configurations.

Each of the above functional blocks 31 to 34 can be configured by any of hardware, DSP, and software. For example, when configured by software, each of the above functional blocks 31 to 34 is actually configured to include a computer CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., and is a program stored in a recording medium such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, or semiconductor memory. Is realized by the operation of.

The delivery data input unit 31 inputs delivery data (data indicating the name, drug code, and quantity of the delivered drug) output from the inspection processing unit 26 of the inspection processing device 200. Based on the delivery data input by the delivery data input unit 31, the warehousing processing unit 32 uses the identification information (name of the drug and / or) of the inspected drug placed in the placement space by the staff. It automatically moves to the pre-assigned drug shelf according to the drug code) and stores it.

That is, the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 stores in advance storage management information formed by associating drug identification information with drug shelf identification information, and manages which type of drug is stored in which drug shelf. ing. When the staff reads the GS1 code of the delivered drug with a code reader and inspects it as described above, the delivery data including the identification information of the drug acquired from the code information is transferred from the inspection processing device 200 to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300. It is sent and input by the delivery data input unit 31. In this state, when the staff places the delivered drug in the loading space, the warehousing processing unit 32 drives the transport mechanism to deliver the drug placed in the loading space by the delivery data input unit 31. It is automatically moved to the medicine shelf specified from the input delivery data and storage management information and stored.

As described above, the staff performs an operation to check the undelivered medicines delivered this time from the list of undelivered medicines displayed on the display of the inspection processing device 200, and also uses a code reader to read the GS1 code of the delivered medicines. After reading the medicines, the delivered medicines are simply placed in the loading space of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300, and the placed medicines are automatically stored in the medicine rack of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300.

The dispensing data input unit 33 inputs the dispensing data output from the order processing device 100. As described above, when the dispensing data acquisition unit 13 of the order processing device 100 acquires the dispensing data from the dispensing information management device 400, the dispensing data is output to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300. The dispensing data input unit 33 inputs the dispensing data output by the dispensing data acquisition unit 13.

The delivery processing unit 34 is included in the dispensing data from the drug shelf assigned in advance corresponding to the drug identification information (drug name and / or drug code) included in the dispensing data input by the dispensing data input unit 33. A shipping process is performed in which the specified quantity of medicines is automatically moved and placed in the placement space. As a result, the staff only needs to input the dispensing data into the dispensing information management device 400, and based on the input dispensing data, the medicines required for dispensing can be moved from the medicine shelf of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 to the loading space. It is automatically issued.

Instead of the configuration in which the order processing device 100 automatically outputs the dispensing data to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300, the order processing device 100 automatically outputs the dispensing data when the staff instructs the output of the dispensing data. The dispensing data may be output to 300. The operation in which the staff instructs the output of the dispensing data may be performed on the order processing device 100 or the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300. When performing an instruction operation to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300, the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 transmits an instruction to the order processing device 100, and the order processing device 100 outputs dispensing data to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 in response. To do.

As described in detail above, according to the first embodiment, the delivered drug is inspected by the inspection processing device 200, and then the drug is placed in the loading space of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300. Then, the inspected medicine is automatically moved from the placement space to the medicine shelf assigned in advance and stored. As a result, it is not necessary for the pharmacist to manually carry out the warehousing work of the medicines on the medicine rack, and the warehousing work of the medicines on the medicine rack can be made more efficient.

Further, according to the first embodiment, when dispensing data relating to a drug to be dispensed according to a prescription is input to the dispensing information management device 400, the dispensing data is input to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 via the order processing device 100. The medicines used for dispensing are automatically delivered from the medicine shelf of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300 to the loading space. As a result, it is not necessary for the pharmacist to manually carry out the work of unloading the medicine from the medicine shelf, and the work of unloading the medicine from the medicine shelf can be made more efficient.

(Second embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of the drug inventory business support system 2 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the drug inventory business support system 2 according to the second embodiment includes an order processing device 100', an inspection processing device 200', and an automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'. The dispensing information management device 400 is connected to the drug inventory business support system 2 via a LAN, and the seller terminal 500 and the purchaser terminal 600 are connected via a communication network 700.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the order processing device 100'according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 6, those having the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 2 have the same functions, and therefore, duplicate description will be omitted here. As shown in FIG. 6, the order processing device 100'according to the second embodiment further includes an inventory management unit 15, a sales processing unit 16, an order processing unit 17, and a purchase matching unit 18 as functional configurations. Further, the order processing device 100'according to the second embodiment further includes a sales data storage unit 104 as a storage medium.

The inventory management unit 15 manages the number of inventories for each drug based on the delivery data stored in the delivery data storage unit 102 and the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit 103. The delivery data stored in the delivery data storage unit 102 indicates the type and quantity of the medicines that have been inspected by the inspection processing device 200 and have been stored in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'. On the other hand, the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit 103 indicates the type and quantity of the medicines delivered from the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'for use in dispensing. Therefore, the inventory of pharmaceuticals managed by the inventory management unit 15 corresponds to the inventory of pharmaceuticals stored in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'.

The sales processing unit 16 sells the medicines stored in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'. Specifically, the inventory status of the medicines stored in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'is displayed on the display, and the staff is made to select the medicines to be exhibited from among them. In response to this, the staff selects medicines and quantities that may be sold to others from the inventory and performs an operation of determining the selling price. The sales processing unit 16 processes the sale of the drug by posting the data including the identification information, the quantity, and the selling price of the selected drug on the predetermined drug listing site. Listing data indicating the identification information, quantity, and selling price of the drug sold by the sales processing unit 16 is stored in a listing data storage unit (not shown).

In addition, although an example in which the staff selects a drug to be exhibited is described here, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if some of the drugs managed by the inventory management unit 15 do not change in the inventory quantity for a predetermined period, the drug whose inventory quantity does not change is determined as the drug to be listed. It may be.

The purchaser terminal 600 shown in FIG. 5 can apply for the purchase of a desired drug from among the listed drugs by accessing the drug listing site. When the purchase application operation is performed for the desired drug on the purchaser terminal 600, the purchase request data including the identification information and the quantity of the drug desired to be purchased is transmitted from the purchaser terminal 600 to the drug listing site.

The order processing unit 17 processes orders for pharmaceutical products stored in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'. Specifically, the order processing unit 17 receives the purchase request data of the drug transmitted from the purchaser terminal 600 through the predetermined drug listing site. The purchase desired data received by the order processing unit 17 is stored in an order data storage unit (not shown).

The purchase matching unit 18 matches the exhibition data stored in the exhibition data storage unit by the sales processing unit 16 with the purchase desired data stored in the order data storage unit by the order processing unit 17. That is, in the purchase matching unit 18, the identification information of the drug included in the listing data and the identification information of the drug included in the purchase request data match, and the quantity of the drug included in the purchase request data is included in the listing data. When the quantity is less than or equal to the quantity of medicines, the listing data is matched with the purchase desired data. When the matching is established, the purchase matching unit 18 stores the identification information and the quantity of the drug indicated in the purchase desired data in the sales data storage unit 104 as sales data of the drug to be sold to another person.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the inspection processing device 200'according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 7, those having the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 3 have the same functions, and therefore, duplicate description will be omitted here. As shown in FIG. 7, the inspection processing device 200'according to the second embodiment further includes a code generation unit 27 and a printing processing unit 28 as a functional configuration.

When a pharmacy sells a drug in stock to another person as described in FIG. 6, the GS1 code for individual drug (for example, GS1 data bar) is attached to the PTP sheet of the drug. The package may be delivered without the GS1 code for collective packaging (for example, the GS1 data bar synthesis symbol) attached to the package.

The code generation unit 27 receives the delivery data (inspection processed) acquired from the delivery data storage unit 102 of the order processing device 100'by the delivery data acquisition unit 22 for the medicines delivered without the product code for collective packaging. Based on the delivery data), a collective warehousing code to be used when warehousing the delivered drug in a collective packaging state is generated. That is, the delivery data stored in the delivery data storage unit 102 of the order processing device 100'after the inspection processing by the inspection processing device 200'is the name of the drug, the drug code, the quantity, the shipping source, the delivery destination, and the use of the drug. Contains information such as deadlines and serial numbers. The code generation unit 27 generates a set warehousing code that records such information.

The print processing unit 28 prints the code generated by the code generation unit 27 as a label. The staff attaches the code printed by the printing processing unit 28 to the packaging of the delivered drug so that the drug purchased through the drug listing site can be appropriately managed by the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 8, those having the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 4 have the same functions, and therefore, duplicate description will be omitted here. As shown in FIG. 8, the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'according to the second embodiment further includes a sales data acquisition unit 35 as a functional configuration, and also includes a warehousing processing unit 34'instead of the warehousing processing unit 34. There is.

The sales data acquisition unit 35 inputs the sales data output from the order processing device 100'. For example, when the sales data acquisition unit 35 delivers the medicines matched by the purchase matching unit 18 from the medicine rack of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300', the staff gives a warehousing instruction to an operation unit (not shown) of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'. In response to the operation of, the order processing device 100'is accessed and the sales data stored in the sales data storage unit 104 is acquired.

In addition, the configuration may be such that processing is performed as follows. That is, based on the sales data stored in the sales data storage unit 104, the medicine to be sold is displayed on the display of the order processing device 100', and the staff specifies the medicine displayed on the display and instructs the delivery. Do. In response to this instruction, the order processing device 100'outputs the sales data of the designated drug to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'. Then, the sales data acquisition unit 35 of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'acquires the sales data output from the order processing device 100'.

The delivery processing unit 34'also performs the following processing in addition to the processing described in the first embodiment. That is, the delivery processing unit 34'sells from the drug shelf assigned in advance corresponding to the drug identification information (drug name and / or drug code) included in the sales data acquired by the sales data acquisition unit 35. A shipping process is performed in which the quantity of medicines included in the data is automatically moved and placed in the placement space. As a result, the medicines purchased from the exhibited medicines based on the sales data stored in the sales data storage unit 104 can be the medicines of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'just by the staff performing the operation of instructing the delivery. It is automatically shipped from the shelf to the storage space.

According to the second embodiment configured as described above, the operation of designating the medicines to be sold through the listing from the inventory stored in the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'and instructing the warehousing is performed. Then, the sales data of the drug is input from the order processing device 100'to the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300', and the drug to be sold to others is automatically delivered from the drug shelf of the automatic warehousing / delivery device 300'to the loading space. Will be done. As a result, it is not necessary for the pharmacist to manually carry out the work of unloading the medicine from the medicine shelf, and the work of unloading the medicine from the medicine shelf can be made more efficient.

In the first and second embodiments, the system configuration for connecting the order processing devices 100, 100', the inspection processing devices 200, 200', and the automatic warehousing / delivery devices 300, 300'by LAN has been described. The invention is not limited to this. For example, the system configuration may be such that the order processing devices 100, 100', the inspection processing devices 200, 200', and the automatic warehousing / delivery devices 300, 300'are connected by a communication network such as the Internet, respectively.

In addition, the first and second embodiments are merely examples of embodiment of the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be interpreted in a limited manner by these. It is something that does not become. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from its gist or its main features.

11 Order processing department 12 Delivery processing department 13 Dispensing data acquisition department 14 Ordered medicine decision department 15 Inventory management department 16 Sales processing department 17 Order processing department 18 Purchase matching department 21 Ordering data acquisition department 22 Delivery data acquisition department 23 Undelivered medicine identification department 24 Unpaid drug display unit 25 Code information acquisition unit 26 Inspection processing unit 27 Code generation unit 28 Printing processing unit 31 Delivery data input unit 32 Receipt processing unit 33 Dispensing data input unit 34, 34'Delivery processing unit 35 Sales data acquisition unit 100, 100 'Order processing device 101 Ordering data storage 102 Delivery data storage 103 Dispensing data storage 104 Sales data storage 200, 200'Inspection processing device 300, 300'Automatic warehousing / delivery device 400 Dispensing information management device 500 Seller terminal 600 Purchase Person terminal

Claims (4)

An order processing device that processes drug orders and delivers ordered drugs,
An inspection processing device that inspects the delivered medicines and
Equipped with an automatic warehousing / delivery device that performs warehousing and shipping processing for drug shelves.
The above order processing device
An order data storage unit that stores order data including identification information and quantity of ordered drugs,
It is provided with a delivery data storage unit that stores delivery data including identification information and quantity of the drug that has been inspected by the inspection processing device in the delivered drug.
The above inspection processing device
The order data is acquired from the order data storage unit of the order processing device, the delivery data is acquired from the delivery data storage unit, and the difference between the order data and the delivery data is used to obtain an ordered undelivered drug. The unpaid drug identification department that identifies a certain unpaid drug,
The unpaid drug display unit that displays the unpaid drug specified by the unpaid drug identification unit, and the unpaid drug display unit.
The unpaid drug displayed by the undelivered drug display unit is matched with the delivered drug, and data including identification information and quantity of the matched drug is stored in the delivery data storage unit as the delivery data. , The inspection processing unit that outputs the delivery data to the automatic warehousing / delivery device, and
The above automatic warehousing / delivery device
The above delivery data output from the inspection processing unit is input, and based on the input delivery data, the inspected drug placed in a predetermined place is pre-assigned according to the identification information of the drug. A drug inventory business support system characterized by having a warehousing processing unit that automatically moves to the drug shelves for warehousing. The above order processing device
A dispensing data storage unit that stores dispensing data including identification information and quantity of drugs used by dispensing, and a dispensing data storage unit.
Further provided with an ordering drug determination unit that determines the drug to be ordered based on the dispensing data stored in the dispensing data storage unit.
The above automatic warehousing / delivery device
The above-mentioned dispensing data output from the above-mentioned order processing device is input, and the quantity of medicines included in the above-mentioned dispensing data is automatically automatically assigned from the medicine shelf assigned in advance corresponding to the identification information included in the input dispensing data. The drug inventory business support system according to claim 1, further comprising a delivery processing unit that is moved and placed in a predetermined place. The above order processing device
Further sales processing and order processing of the medicines stored in the above automatic warehousing / delivery device are performed.
It also has a sales data storage unit that stores sales data including identification information and quantity of medicines to be sold to others.
The above automatic warehousing / delivery device
The sales data is acquired from the order processing device, and the quantity of drugs included in the sales data is automatically moved from the drug shelf assigned in advance corresponding to the identification information included in the acquired sales data. The drug inventory business support system according to claim 1, further comprising a delivery processing unit for placing the drug in a predetermined place. The above inspection processing device
Used when warehousing the delivered drug in the state of group packaging based on the above delivery data acquired from the above delivery data storage unit for the drug delivered without the product code for collective packaging. The drug inventory business support system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a code generation unit that generates a code for collective warehousing.

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