JP2021132902A - Medicine taking support system, medicine taking support method, and medicine taking support program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a medicine taking support system, a medicine taking support method, and a medicine taking support program for supporting a patient to take medicines according to the prescriptions without a mistake when medicines to be taken at the same time are divided into a plurality of medicine packages.SOLUTION: In a medicine taking support system 1 for supporting management of medicine taking timings for a plurality of medicine packages 5, medicine package specification information 46 for specifying a recipient is given to a visible position of each of the medicine packages 5. The medicine taking support system 1 includes storage means for storing prescription information and reading means 3, and can execute an information comparison operation for comparing the read medicine package specification information 46 with the prescription information. By reading the medicine package specification information 46 given to one of the plurality of medicine packages 5, in which medicines of the same recipient and medicine taking timing are included, the number of packages specification operation for specifying the number of medicine packages 5 of the same recipient and medicine taking timing is executed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a medication support system, a medication support method, and a medication support program that assist a patient in taking medication according to a prescription.

Conventionally, as a tool for assisting a patient to take a drug correctly as prescribed, a drug setting tool called a drug calendar or the like (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a drug calendar) has been known. This medicine calendar has a plurality of pocket parts, and each pocket part is used by putting an external medicine such as a medicine package or eye drops.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, in the case of a personal medicine calendar 204 corresponding to taking medicine for one week, for example, pocket portions 231 are arranged in a 7 × 4 matrix, and each row is arranged. Correspond to each day of the week of "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", and "Sunday". On the other hand, each row is made to correspond to each of "morning", "daytime", "night", and "before going to bed". Then, in the pocket portion 231 in the (1,1) component of the procession, a drug package to be taken after breakfast on Monday is put, and in the pocket portion 231 in the (2,2) component of the procession, the drug is taken after lunch on Tuesday. Operate in such a way as to put in the drug packaging.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, if the medication calendar 304 corresponds to taking medication on a predetermined day of the week (for example, Monday) and the medication calendar 304 is for a group to which five patients belong, for example. The pocket portions 331 are arranged in a 5 × 4 matrix. Then, each row is made to correspond to each patient such as "Sato", "Suzuki", "Takahashi", "Tanaka", "Ito", and each column is "morning", "day", "night", "before going to bed". Correspond to the time of administration. In this case, in the pocket part 331 in the (1,1) component of the procession, the drug packaging that Mr. Sato takes after breakfast on Monday is put, and in the pocket in the (2,2) component of the procession, Mr. Suzuki Operate such as putting in a drug package to be taken after lunch on Monday.

In this way, in a general medicine calendar, each of a plurality of pocket portions is arranged at a specific position determined based on the user and the time of administration. Then, when it is time to take the drug package contained in each pocket portion, the drug package is taken out from the pocket portion and the packaged drug is taken. The above-mentioned personal medicine calendar is mainly used in the field of home care, and the group medicine calendar is mainly used in nursing care facilities and hospitals with hospitalization facilities.

When operating such a medicine calendar, if you make a mistake when putting the medicine packaging in the pocket part, when you take it out and take it afterwards, the patient mistakenly takes the medicine that you would not normally take at that time. Or, there is a risk that the caregiver or the like may accidentally administer the medication.

Therefore, as a means for solving such a problem, there is a drug placement confirmation system disclosed in Patent Document 1 filed by the applicant in the past.
This drug placement confirmation system has a headquarters device mainly composed of a computer, a medication calendar whose pocket portion is made of a transparent sheet, and a mobile terminal provided with a camera. In addition, the drug packaging stored in the pocket portion is provided with drug packaging specific information (two-dimensional bar code, etc.) at a visible position.

Therefore, when the drug package is put in each of the plurality of pocket portions, the drug package specific information can be seen through from the outside in each pocket portion. Then, when confirming whether or not all the drug packages are correctly contained in the medication calendar, the medication calendar is photographed with all the drug packages to be set in the pocket portion. At this time, the drug packaging specific information of the drug packaging put in each pocket portion is photographed.

Then, the information related to the storage position of the drug package obtained by photographing is compared with the information related to the normal position of the drug package stored in the headquarters device, and it is determined whether or not the storage position of each drug package is correct. Will be done. In this drug placement confirmation system, all the drugs taken by a specific user at one time are included in one drug package.

JP-A-2018-175297

By the way, in recent years, the pharmacy department (pharmacy section) in a hospital may introduce a dispensing business support system that supports the dispensing business of medicines. In such a dispensing business support system, when drugs having different dosage forms (for example, powdered medicine and tablets) are prescribed, even if they are taken at the same time, they may be packaged in different packaging machines. In this case, the drugs taken by one patient at the same time are provided to the patients in separate drug packages.

In addition, in the dispensing business support system, even if the drug is taken at the same time and dosage form, if the prescribing doctor is different, each drug may be provided to the patient in a separate drug package. .. For example, if a patient is prescribed a drug by their respective doctors in different departments (eg, internal medicine and dermatology), the drug prescribed in the first department and the second department Prescribed medications, even those taken at the same time, may be packaged separately.

The drug placement confirmation system described above has room for improvement in that the correctness of the accommodation position can be accurately determined in such a case.
Specifically, if the drugs to be taken at the same time are separately packaged and provided to the patient, a plurality of drug packages will be stacked in one pocket portion of the dosing calendar. However, when a plurality of drug packages are stacked in this way, the drug package located on the foremost side of the pocket portion can be visually recognized and photographed from the outside of the drug package specific information, but is located on the back side. With other drug packaging, it becomes impossible to visually recognize and photograph the drug packaging specific information from the outside. That is, since there are drug packages for which specific information on drug packages cannot be obtained by photographing, it is not possible to confirm whether or not each drug package is correctly stored.

From the above, even if the drugs taken by one patient at the same time are packaged in separate drug packages and provided, a support system that supports the patient to take the drug according to the prescription is desired. rice field.

Therefore, the present invention provides a medication support system capable of assisting a patient in taking a drug according to a prescription even when the drug to be taken at the same time is divided into a plurality of drug packages, and a medication. The challenge is to provide a support program.

One aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a medication support system that supports management of the administration timing of a plurality of drug packages, and each of the drug packages identifies itself at a visible position. The drug packaging specific information, which is information for the patient, is attached, and has a storage means for storing the prescription information, which is information on the prescription, and a reading means capable of reading the drug packaging specific information. Based on the read drug package specific information and the prescription information, provided that the drug package specific information attached to the drug package of one of the plurality of drug packages containing the same drug is read. It is a medication support system characterized in that it is possible to perform a package number specifying operation that specifies the number of drug packages that are taken by the same person and at the same time.

In the medication support system of this aspect, drug packaging identification information for identifying oneself is attached to each of a plurality of drug packages. Then, by reading the self-identifying information attached to one drug package, the package number specifying operation for specifying the number of drug packages that are taken by the same user and the time of administration is executed. From this, even when a plurality of drug packages are arranged in an overlapping manner and the drug package specific information can be read only from one drug package, it is possible to specify how many of the arranged drug packages are, so that a plurality of drug packages can be specified. It is possible to confirm whether or not the drug packaging is properly contained.

The medication support system having the above-mentioned aspect is intended for a drug packaging group, which is a group of a plurality of the drug packagings having the drug setting tool for setting the drug packaging and containing the drug having the same dose as the person taking the drug. The related package reading operation can be executed, and in the related package reading operation, the drug package specific information attached to each of the drug packages belonging to the drug package group is read, and a predetermined position of the drug set tool is read. The drug packaging belonging to the drug packaging group is set in an overlapping manner, and an arrangement position confirmation operation for determining whether or not the drug package is correctly set in the drug setting tool can be executed, and the arrangement position can be executed. In the confirmation operation, one of the drug packages set in layers is identified, and a plurality of the drugs belonging to the drug packaging group are set on the condition that the identified drug package is set in the correct position. It is preferable to determine that the packaging is in the correct position.

According to this preferable aspect, even in a state where a plurality of drug packages are stacked on a drug set tool and the drug package specific information can be read only from one drug package among the plurality of drug packages, the multiple drug packages are correct. You can check whether it is contained or not.

The medication support system of the above-described aspect can execute a related package reading operation for a drug package group, which is a group of a plurality of the drug packages containing a drug containing the same drug as the user and the drug at the same time of administration, and can execute the related package reading operation. The reading operation reads the drug packaging specific information attached to each of the drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group, and any one of the drug packaging specific information to be read in the related package reading operation When it has not been read, it is preferable to execute an unread notification operation for notifying that fact.

According to this aspect, it is preferable because the occurrence of forgetting to read in the related package reading operation can be suppressed.

The preferred aspect described above is the drug package specific information attached to the drug package of one of the drug packages belonging to the drug package group after the execution of the related package reading operation for the drug package group. On the condition that is read, it is determined whether or not all the drug packaging specific information attached to each of the drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group has been read, and as a result of the determination, the drug packaging group is assigned. When the drug package specific information attached to any of the drug packages to which the drug package belongs has not been read, it is more preferable to execute an unread notification operation for notifying that fact.

According to this aspect, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of forgetting to read the drug packaging specific information, and in particular, when the drug packaging belonging to the drug packaging group is added after the execution of the related package reading operation, the occurrence of forgetting to read is suitably caused. Can be suppressed.

In the medication support system having the above-mentioned aspect, the drug packaging is packaged by a packaging machine, and when the group of the plurality of drug packages in which the drug is packaged by the user and the time of administration is defined as the drug packaging group. , The drug packaging group includes a plurality of the drug packages discontinuously packaged in the same packaging machine, and / or a plurality of the drug packages separately packaged by different packaging machines. The plurality of drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group are provided with drug package-related labels straddling the plurality of drug packages, and the drug package-related labels belong to the drug packaging group. When a plurality of the drug packages are arranged side by side, it is preferable to form a series of symbols.

In such an aspect, it is possible to visually recognize that the plurality of drug packages are drug packages belonging to the same drug package group.

The medication support system having the above-described aspect includes a drug setting tool for setting a plurality of the drug packages and an imaging means, and the drug setting tool has a plurality of drug storage units capable of accommodating one or a plurality of the drug packages. One or a plurality of the drug packages are associated with each of the plurality of the drug accommodating portions, and by accommodating the drug packages corresponding to the respective drug accommodating portions, the drug packaging can be said. The drug packaging specific information is set in the drug setting tool so that the drug packaging specific information can be visually recognized from the outside. Information on the correct setting position of the drug packaging is stored as normal position information, and the drug packaging is stored in the drug setting tool. It is possible to execute an arrangement position confirmation operation for determining whether or not the drug is set correctly, and in the arrangement position confirmation operation, the drug set tool is the drug package of the drug package housed in each of the drug storage portions. Each of the drug packages and the drug, which are photographed so as to include the specific information and each of the drug package specific information is read, and which is identified based on the reading of the drug package specific information. Information on the relative position of the set tool is acquired, and by comparing the information on the relative position of each of the drug packages with respect to the drug set tool and the normal position information, the drug package is placed in each of the drug accommodating portions. It is for determining whether or not it is correctly contained, and when a plurality of the drug packages are contained in one drug storage unit, one of the contained drug packages is identified and identified. It is preferable to determine that a plurality of the drug packages are contained in the correct position, provided that the one drug package is contained in the correct position.

Even in such an aspect, a plurality of drug packages are set in an overlapping manner, and the plurality of drug packages are correctly stored in a state where the drug package specific information can be read only from one drug package among the plurality of drug packages. You can check if it is.

The medication support system having the above-mentioned aspect can execute a related package reading operation for reading the drug package specific information attached to each of the plurality of drug packages containing the drug having the same dose and the same time of administration. After the related package reading operation is executed, when the drug package containing the drug containing the same drug as the person taking the drug is added, the related package reading operation is executed again, and the related package reading is executed again. In the operation, by reading one of the plurality of drug package specific information read in the related package reading operation executed in advance and the drug package specific information attached to the added drug package, the operation is performed. It is preferable to determine that the related package reading operation has been completed normally.

In such an aspect, the related package reading operation to be executed again can be easily executed, which is preferable.

Another aspect of the present invention is a medication support method for confirming whether or not the drug package is correctly contained in the drug storage portion of the drug set tool by using the medication support system having the preferred aspect described above. A pre-reading step of reading the drug package specific information attached to each of the plurality of drug packages containing the drug having the same dose and the same time of administration, and the plurality of packages containing the drug having the same user and the same timing of administration. A storage preparation step of stacking the drug packages into one, a drug packaging storage step of accommodating the drug package associated with the drug storage portion of the drug set tool, and the drug storage section of the drug set tool. The placement position confirmation step of determining whether or not the drug packaging is correctly stored is included, and in the placement position confirmation step, it is determined whether or not the plurality of the drug packages grouped in the storage preparation step are correctly stored. When the medication is taken, it is determined that the plurality of drug packages are housed in the correct position, provided that the drug package of one of the plurality of drug packages is stored in the correct position. It is a support method.

In this aspect of the medication support method, a plurality of drug packages are set on the drug set tool in an overlapping manner, and the drug package specific information can be read only from one drug package among the plurality of drug packages. Can be confirmed whether or not is properly contained.

Yet another aspect of the present invention is a medication support program for causing a computer to perform an operation of specifying the number of drug packages at the same time of administration, in order to allow the computer to identify the self attached to the drug package. The action of reading the drug package specific information which is the information of the above, the action of comparing the drug package specific information with the prescription information which is the information about the prescription, and the operation of comparing the drug package specific information and the prescription information which is the information about the prescription, and a plurality of the drug packages containing the drug having the same dose and time of administration. By reading any one of the attached drug package specific information, it is characterized by having a function of executing a package number specifying operation for specifying the number of drug packages that are taken by the same user and the time of administration. This is a medication support program.

Similar to the above-mentioned aspect, the medication support program of this aspect also has a plurality of drug packages arranged in a state in which a plurality of drug packages are stacked and the drug package specific information can be read only from one drug package. You can identify how many packages you have. Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether or not a plurality of drug packages are correctly stored.

According to the present invention, even when the medicines to be taken at the same time are divided into a plurality of medicine packages, a medication support system capable of assisting the patient to take the medicines according to the prescription, and the medications are taken. Support programs can be provided.

It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the medication support system which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and shows by enlarging a part. It is a block diagram which shows the headquarters apparatus and the mobile terminal of FIG. It is a top view which shows the dosing calendar of FIG. 1, and shows the state which does not contain a drug package. It is explanatory drawing which shows the drug packaging to be accommodated in the dosing calendar of FIG. 1, (a) shows the drug packaging band formed by connecting a plurality of drug packages, (b) pays from different packing machines Indicates the drug packaging band that was issued. Further, (c) shows a state in which drug packages containing drugs taken by the same user at the same time are arranged side by side, and (d) shows a drug packaging band different from (a). It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure when accommodating a drug package in a dosing calendar, (a) shows a state that the related package reading operation is performed in the pre-reading step, (b) is performing the containment preparation process. Show how you are doing. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure when accommodating a drug package in a dosing calendar, and shows the state of performing the arrangement position confirmation process. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that when the drug package is accommodated in the dosing calendar, the drug package accommodated in the same drug accommodating part is added after the execution of the related package reading operation, and the related package reading operation is executed again. It is explanatory drawing which shows the dosing calendar different from the said dosing calendar, and (a) and (b) show the different dosing calendar respectively. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the medication support system which concerns on embodiment different from the said medication support system. It is a top view which shows one form of the conventional dosing calendar. It is a top view which shows one form of the conventional dosing calendar different from FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

As shown in FIG. 1, the medication support system 1 of the present embodiment includes a headquarters device 2 (computer), a mobile terminal 3 (imaging means, reading means, computer), and a medication calendar 4 (drug set tool). ing. The medication support system 1 can detect an error in inserting the drug package 5 into the medication calendar 4.
For convenience of drawing, only a part of the drug packaging 5 is coded, and the other parts are omitted. Similarly, in each drawing, when a plurality of objects having the same main part are depicted, some reference numerals shall be omitted as necessary.

As shown in FIG. 2, the main unit device 2 includes a device main body 10 and a display device 11 and an input device 12 attached to the device main body 10. The apparatus main body 10 includes a calculation unit 15 such as a CPU, a storage unit 16 (a storage means and a storage means on the headquarters side), and a communication unit 17 such as an I / O port. In this embodiment, a personal computer is used for the main device 2.

The calculation unit 15 is a part that generates various calculations and control signals by executing the program and data stored in the storage unit 16 while reading the programs and data based on various inputs.

The storage unit 16 includes a main storage device including a ROM for storing various programs and data, and a RAM for temporarily storing various programs and rewritably storing various data, and auxiliary storage as needed. The device is further provided and formed. As the auxiliary storage device, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), or the like can be adopted.

The communication unit 17 has an interface that enables two-way communication by wire or wireless to an external device. Further, the communication unit 17 is connected to the calculation unit 15 via a transmission line such as a bus. That is, the main unit device 2 can transmit and receive signals to and from the mobile terminal 3 and an external device (not shown) by the communication unit 17.

The display device 11 is a device that displays the contents of various processes executed by the medication support system 1 and various information, and specifically, is a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL.
The input device 12 is a device used when the user operates the main device 2, specifically, a mouse or a keyboard.

As the mobile terminal 3, a tablet PC, a smartphone, or the like can be adopted, and in the present embodiment, a smartphone is adopted.
That is, the mobile terminal 3 has a built-in computer, and like the above-mentioned headquarters device 2, a storage unit 21 (a storage means and a terminal) including a calculation unit 20 such as a CPU and a ROM, RAM, auxiliary storage device, and the like. A side storage means) and a communication unit 22 are provided. In addition, it has an operation display unit 25, a photographing device 26, an audio output device 27, and a vibration generator 28. These components are connected by a bus. Further, an interface is interposed between the bus and each component device as needed.

The operation display unit 25 is a touch panel formed by superimposing a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display and a contact type input device such as a touch sensor. That is, the operation display unit 25 is integrally formed with a display device that displays various information and an input device that accepts user operations.
The photographing device 26 is a camera, the audio output device 27 is a speaker, and the vibration generator 28 is a vibrator. That is, the mobile terminal 3 has a shooting function, a voice output function, and a vibration function (vibration function).

The storage units 16 and 21 of the main unit device 2 and the mobile terminal 3 store a program (medicine administration support program) for executing various operations described later and various data, respectively. That is, various operations (various processes) of the medication support system 1 are executed by the headquarters device 2 and the mobile terminal 3 operating according to the programs stored in the storage units 16 and 21.

The dosing calendar 4 is also referred to as a medicine calendar, and as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of medicine accommodating portions 31 are provided on a sheet-shaped (planar) base material 30.

The base material 30 is provided with a set tool identification display 33 that identifies the dosing calendar 4 at a visible position in the upper left portion. The set tool identification display 33 is a code (code or code) including information (set tool identification information) that can identify the medication calendar 4, and is a two-dimensional code in the present embodiment.

The drug accommodating portion 31 is formed by attaching a small transparent sheet to the base material 30 to form a pocket-shaped bag. Specifically, the left and right sides and the lower side of the transparent sheet are adhered to the base material 30, and the structure is such that an object can be put inside from the upper side. Therefore, the drug accommodating portion 31 has a structure in which the internal inclusion can be seen through.

The medication calendar 4 of the present embodiment is a medication calendar for a plurality of users belonging to one group according to the time of administration, and is mainly used in a nursing care facility or the like. Therefore, the letters "Nursing care group G" are written on the upper part of the base material 30 as the group identification display 34 indicating the group name to which the user belongs, and "April 18 after breakfast" as the administration time identification display 35 indicating the administration time. "Is written.

In the dosing calendar 4, a plurality of drug accommodating portions 31 are distributed in a plane and in a matrix. In this embodiment, a group of 12 people is targeted, and 12 drug storage units 31 are provided in a 4 × 3 matrix.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, user identification information 37 corresponding to each drug storage unit 31 is written at a position adjacent to each drug storage unit 31. That is, the adjacent drug accommodating portion 31 and the user identification information 37 are associated one-to-one.
The user identification information 37 is information for identifying which user's drug package 5 is the drug package 5 (see FIG. 1) housed in the corresponding drug storage unit 31. That is, it is information for identifying the user of the drug in the drug package 5 housed in the drug storage unit 31. Specifically, it is the surname of the user, and 12 surnames such as Sato, Suzuki, ..., and Yamada are lined up.

That is, the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user identification information 37 called "Sato" accommodates the drug package 5 in which the drug to be taken by Mr. Sato after breakfast on April 18 is packaged. In addition, the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user identification information 37 called "Suzuki" accommodates the drug package 5 in which the drug to be taken by Mr. Suzuki after breakfast on April 18 is packaged. Similarly, in the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user identification information 37, all the drug packages 5 containing the drugs to be taken by the person specified by the user identification information 37 after breakfast on April 18 are stored. NS. If the person specified by the user identification information 37 has not been prescribed a drug to be taken after breakfast on April 18, the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user identification information 37 will be empty.

Then, after breakfast on April 18, the drug package 5 housed in the drug storage section 31 of the medication calendar 4 is distributed to each user. That is, all of the drug packages 5 housed in the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user identification information 37 "Sato" are distributed to Mr. Sato, and the user identification information 37 "Suzuki" is distributed to Mr. Suzuki. All of the drug packages 5 housed in the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the above are distributed. As a matter of course, when the drug package 5 is not housed in the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user, the drug package 5 is not distributed to the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, when the drug package 5 is not housed in the drug storage unit 31 corresponding to the user identification information 37 called “Yamada”, the drug package 5 is not distributed to Mr. Yamada.

Then, when the user to whom the drug package 5 is distributed finishes taking the drug, the medication calendar 4 corresponding to "after breakfast on April 18" is removed from the wall or the like, and the medication corresponding to "after lunch on April 18" is removed. A calendar (not shown) is prepared. In the medication calendar 4, the number of people taking the drug is arbitrary, and the number of people taking the drug is not limited to 12, but may be 10 or 30.

In this way, one drug storage unit 31 of the medication calendar 4 accommodates one or more drug packages 5 having the same dosing time as the user. That is, each drug storage unit 31 is associated with a drug package 5 having the same dose as the person taking the drug, and houses one or more (predetermined) drug packages 5 associated with each other (FIG. FIG. 1).

The drug package 5 is a package in which the drug is packaged for each dose by a known drug packaging device (packaging machine, not shown). The drug packaging device is a device capable of dispensing powders and solid drugs from the powder supply unit and the solid drug supply unit based on the input prescription data.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the drug packaging 5 is dispensed from the drug packaging device as a drug packaging band 40 long connected in a band shape. The drug packaging band 40 is formed by connecting a plurality of drug packages 5 so as to be separable. That is, a perforation is formed at a portion serving as a boundary between the two drug packages 5, and the separation is easy.

In addition, the plurality of drug packages 5 forming the drug packaging band 40 may be packaged with drugs having different users and times of administration. For example, the drug packaging band 40 shown in FIG. 4A is formed by connecting the drug packages 5a and 5b containing the drug taken by Mr. Sato and the drug packaging 5c containing the drug taken by Mr. Suzuki. It is a drug packaging band 40 to be used.

Here, the drug packaging 5 is paid out by a dispensing business support system provided with a plurality of drug packaging devices (for example, a powder packaging device and a tablet packaging device) according to the dosage form of the drug. That is, the drug package 5 is dispensed by the powder packaging machine when the contained drug is a powder, and is dispensed by the tablet packaging machine when the contained drug is a tablet, and so on. It is paid out by the packaging machine corresponding to the shape.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4B, even if the drugs are taken by the same user at the same time, if the dosage forms are different, they may be packaged in different drug packages 5. For example, in the example of FIG. 4B, the drug packages 5d and 5e in which the tablets taken by Mr. Sato after breakfast on a predetermined day are packaged are included in the drug packaging band 40a paid out from the tablet packaging machine. ing. Then, the drug packaging 5f in which the powdered medicine to be taken by Mr. Sato at the same time is packaged is included in the drug packaging band 40b paid out from the powder packaging machine.
That is, when the drugs taken by the same user at the same time are packaged in different drug packaging devices, the plurality of drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f containing the drug are packaged in the plurality of drug packaging bands 40a and 40b, respectively. Will be scattered in.

In addition, even if the same dosage form is taken by the same user at the same time, a plurality of drug packages 5 may be used for reasons such as the nature of the drug and the appropriate amount of the drug contained in one package. It may be packaged separately. For example, in the example of FIG. 4A described above, a drug having the same dosage form (for example, powder) taken by Mr. Sato after breakfast on a predetermined day is packaged in two drug packages 5a and 5b. ..
In the following description, packaging a drug to be taken by the same user at the same time in a plurality of packages is also referred to as divided packaging, and a group of a plurality of drug packages 5 containing the divided packaged drug is divided into a divided packaging group. Also called (drug packaging group).

As shown in FIG. 4A, the drug packaging 5 visually recognizes the user identification display 43, the dosing time identification display 44, the division identification display 45, and the drug package identification display 46 (drug packaging identification information). It is attached in a possible position. When the drug is packaged in separate packages, the drug package-related label 47 is attached to each drug package 5 belonging to the divided package group.

The user identification label 43 is a portion in which the name of the user who takes the drug contained in the drug package 5 is written in characters. Taking the drug package 5 on the leftmost side of FIG. 4 (a) as an example, " It is the part (printed) that says "Ichiro Sato".
The dosing time identification display 44 is a part indicating the time to take the medicine contained in the medicine packaging 5 in characters. Taking the medicine packaging 5 on the leftmost side of FIG. 4A as an example, "after breakfast". It is the part described (printed). That is, in this part, specify the time of administration such as "morning", "daytime", "night", "before going to bed", "before meal", "after meal", "between meals", etc. Characters are attached. In addition, as the information for specifying the time of administration, information for specifying the date, etc. may be described.

The division specific display 45 is a portion indicating the total number of drug packages 5 (hereinafter, also referred to as the number of divisions) in which drugs taken by the same user at the same time are packaged and the division number of the drug package 5.
For example, taking the drug packages 5a and 5b of FIG. 4A as an example, the portions described (printed) as "1/2" and "2/2" correspond to the division specific display 45, respectively. When "1/2" is described, "1" is the division number and "2" is the number of divisions. That is, from this description, it can be confirmed that the drug package 5 to which this description is attached is the first of the two divided packages.
On the other hand, as shown in the drug package 5c on the far right side of FIG. 4 (a), when the drug to be taken by the same user at the same time is paid out in one package instead of multiple packages (when not divided and packaged). The division specific display 45 is "1/1" (the number of divisions and the division number are 1).
That is, the division number of the drug package 5 is a natural number that is 1 or more and n or less when the number of divisions is n, and one or more drug packages in which the drugs to be taken by the same user at the same time are packaged. It is a unique number assigned to each of 5.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (c), the drug package-related label 47 is a label attached when there are a plurality of drug packages containing drugs that the same user takes at the same time. Is.
Specifically, it is a display (printed) straddling a plurality of drug packages 5 belonging to the divided package group, and in the present embodiment, it is a portion on which a thick black line pattern is written. ..

Specifically, when the number of divisions is 2, the medicine package-related display 47 is a display formed by the start portion specific display 47a and the end portion specific display 47b (see FIG. 4A). When the number of divisions is 3 or more, the display is formed by the start part specific display 47a, the end part specific display 47b, and the intermediate part specific display 47c (see FIGS. 4 (b) and 4 (c)). That is, the start part specific display 47a is a display attached to the drug package 5d having the smallest division number, and the end part specific display 47b is a display attached to the drug package 5f having the maximum division number. The intermediate portion specific display 47c is a display attached to the drug package 5e whose division number is between the minimum and maximum when there is a drug package 5 whose division number is neither the minimum nor the maximum. Is. Further, the start part specific display 47a and the end part specific display 47b are different displays, and the intermediate part specific display 47c is different from both the start part specific display 47a and the end part specific display 47b.

The start portion identification display 47a of the present embodiment is left and right when the drug package 5 is oriented so that the top, bottom, left, and right of the characters such as the user identification display 43 are correctly up, down, left, and right in a plan view (hereinafter, also referred to as a positive direction). It is a linear display extending from the center side of the direction to one end side (right end side).
On the other hand, the end portion identification display 47b is a linear display extending from the other end side (left end side) in the left-right direction to the center side when the drug package 5 is oriented in the positive direction. That is, it is a display that is symmetrical with the start portion specific display 47a in a plan view. The intermediate portion identification display 47c is a linear display extending from one end side to the other end side in the left-right direction when the drug package 5 is oriented in the positive direction, and in detail, the division identification display 45 is attached. It is a linear display that extends intermittently at the marked part.

From the above, as shown in FIG. 4C, when the drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f belonging to the divided packaging group are arranged, the start portion specific display 47a, the intermediate portion specific display 47c, and the end portion specific display 47b are arranged. One symbol (in this embodiment, a straight line extending over three packages) is formed. In other words, the start part specific display 47a, the intermediate part specific display 47c, and the end part specific display 47b are three divisions of one symbol displayed on the medicine package-related display 47. Similarly, even when the number of divisions is 2, as shown in FIG. 4A, the start portion identification display 47a and the end portion identification display 47b form one symbol. In this case, one symbol displayed on the medicine package-related display 47 is divided into two.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4D, there is a case where a plurality of drug packages 5g, 5h, 5i belonging to one divided packaging group are dispensed from the same drug packaging device in one drug packaging band 40. However, the respective drug packages 5g, 5h, and 5i may be paid out discontinuously.
In addition, a plurality of drug packages 5 belonging to one divided packaging group may be dispensed from the same drug packaging device in two or more drug packaging bands 40 (not shown).
Even in these cases, the drug packages 5g, 5h, and 5i belonging to one divided packaging group are output with the drug package-related label 47 attached to each of them.

In this way, by attaching the drug package-related label 47, the plurality of drug packages 5 to which the drug package-related label 47 is attached are related drug packages 5 (the drug packages 5 belonging to the same divided packaging group). Can be intuitively recognized. That is, even if it is difficult to recognize a list of characters like an elderly person, the drug packaging is visually different from the case where the division specific display 45 is attached and the drug package-related display 47 is not attached. You can recognize the relevance of 5.

The above-mentioned user identification display 43 and administration time identification display 44 are parts for a person to visually confirm the user and the administration time of the drug contained in the drug package 5 with the indication. Further, the divided specific display 45 and the drug package-related display 47 are parts for a person to visually confirm the relevance of the plurality of drug packages 5 with the display.
On the other hand, the drug packaging specific display 46 is a display for the constituent devices of the medication support system 1 to acquire information.

The drug package identification label 46 is a code (code or code) including information for identifying the drug package 5 with the label, and is a two-dimensional code in the present embodiment.
The information that can be obtained from the drug package specific label 46 of the present embodiment is information indicating the user and the time of administration of the drug contained in the drug package 5 with the label. That is, the information that can be obtained from the drug package specific label 46 attached to one drug package 5 includes the information about one drug package 5 with the label, while the information about the other drug package 5 is included. Not included.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 1, a procedure (each step) for accommodating the drug package 5 in each drug accommodating portion 31 of the medication calendar 4 of the present embodiment and making the medication calendar 4 usable. Will be described. In addition, various operations (various processes) executed by the medication support system 1 in each of these steps will be described.

In the medication support system 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5A, information is provided from the drug packaging specific display 46 attached to the drug packaging 5 before the drug packaging 5 is accommodated in the drug packaging unit 31. Perform a pre-reading step to read. This pre-reading step is a step of executing a reading operation (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a reading operation) in which the mobile terminal 3 reads the drug packaging specific display 46 attached to the drug packaging 5. The mobile terminal 3 of the present embodiment has the photographing device 26 as described above, and can function as a reading device (scanner) for reading information from the drug packaging specific display 46 (two-dimensional code).

That is, each of the drug packages 5 (see FIG. 1) housed in each drug storage unit 31 of the medication calendar 4 is the drug package 5 whose reading operation has been executed in advance. Then, when one drug package 5 is stored in one drug storage unit 31, the drug package 5 is stored in one drug storage unit 31 after performing a reading operation on one drug package 5 (). Details will be described later). On the other hand, when a plurality of drug packages 5 are stored in one drug storage unit 31, after performing a reading operation in each of the plurality of drug packages 5 (see FIG. 5A), these are grouped together (see FIG. 5A). See FIG. 5 (b)). Then, a bundle of a plurality of drug packages 5 bundled together is housed in one drug storage unit 31 (details will be described later).

In the pre-reading step, a reading operation for reading the drug package specific display 46 is executed for each one or a plurality of drug packages 5 associated with each drug container 31 (see FIGS. 1, 3, etc.). That is, after performing a reading operation on one or more drug packages 5 associated with one (first) drug storage unit 31, the other one (second) drug storage unit 31 A reading operation is performed on one or more drug packages 5 associated with. Similarly, a reading operation is performed on one or more drug packages 5 associated with yet another (third) drug storage unit 31, and so on.

When the drug package 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31 (see FIG. 3 or the like) is one package (one), one package reading that executes a reading operation for one target drug package 5 Perform an operation (not shown). Then, on the condition that the drug package specific display 46 of one drug package 5 is read, it is determined that the reading operation for all the drug packages 5 associated with the one drug storage unit 31 is correctly performed. do. Then, information indicating that fact is stored in the storage unit 21 of the mobile terminal 3 or the storage unit 16 of the main device 2.

On the other hand, when there are a plurality of drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31 (see FIG. 3 and the like), they are associated with one drug storage unit 31 as shown in FIG. 5 (a). A related package reading operation for executing a reading operation for a plurality of drug packages 5 is executed. That is, by targeting each drug package 5 belonging to one divided packaging group housed in one drug storage unit 31, and executing a reading operation for each of the target drug packages 5 in order, each of them. The attached drug packaging specific label 46 is read in order.

In this related package reading operation, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, when there are three drug packages 5d, 5e, 5f housed in one drug storage unit 31, these three drug packages 5d, 5e , 5f, respectively, read the three drug packaging identification labels 46 one by one. At this time, the reading order for the three drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f may be random. For example, when the three drug packages 5 are the first drug package 5d, the second drug package 5e, and the third drug package 5f, reading may be performed in the order of first, second, and third. Reading may be performed in the order of third, second, first, or second, first, third.

Then, when all of the drug packaging specific indications 46 attached to each of the plurality of drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f accommodated in one drug storage unit 31 are continuously read within a predetermined time, all of these drug packages are packaged. It is determined that the reading operation for 5d, 5e, and 5f has been performed correctly. That is, it is determined that the related package reading operation has been performed correctly. Then, when it is determined that the related package reading operation has been performed correctly, information indicating that fact is stored in the same storage means as described above (storage unit 21 of the mobile terminal 3 or storage unit 16 of the main device 2).

That is, in the medication support system 1, when the reading operation is performed on one or more drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31, whether or not the reading operation on all the drug packages 5 is correctly performed. The discrimination operation (first reading discrimination operation) for discriminating is being executed.

In this first determination operation, when determining whether or not the related package reading operation has been performed correctly, as described above, the drug packages attached to each of the plurality of target drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f. It is determined whether or not all of the specific display 46 is continuously read within a predetermined time. Then, when all of the target drug package specific display 46 is continuously read within a predetermined time, it is determined that the reading operation for each of the target drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f is correctly performed.
Therefore, for example, if the reading operation for the other drug packaging 5 is executed after the completion of the reading operation for the first drug packaging 5d and before the reading operation for the remaining drug packages 5e and 5f is completed, all the reading operations are performed. It is determined that the drug packaging specific indication 46 of No. 46 has not been read. That is, it is determined that the drug package specific indication 46 attached to the drug packages 5e and 5f has not been read, and the reading operation for the drug packages 5e and 5f has not been performed correctly.
In this case, the “other drug packaging 5” refers to the drug packaging 5 (in the divided packaging group) containing a drug containing at least one different drug package from the three drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f. Drug packaging that does not belong 5).

Here, in the first reading determination operation, when it is determined that the reading operation for any of the drug packages 5 is not performed correctly in the related package reading operation, an unread notification operation for notifying that fact is executed. ing.

This unread notification operation includes a warning display operation for displaying a warning display on the operation display unit 25 of the mobile terminal 3, a voice output operation for emitting a warning sound or the like from the voice output device 27, and a vibration generator 28 for carrying. This is an operation including at least one or more terminal vibration operations that vibrate the terminal 3.
The warning display is a display that encourages a reading operation for the drug package 5 for which the drug package specific display 46 has not been read. That is, in the warning display operation, a message such as "There is a drug package that has not been read" or a predetermined design that attracts people's attention is displayed as a warning display.

Here, the medication support system 1 executes the above-mentioned determination operation (operation for determining whether or not the reading operation for one or more drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31 is correctly performed). At that time, the package number specifying operation is executed.
This package number specifying operation is an operation of specifying the number of drug packages 5 associated with one drug accommodating unit 31. Then, in this package number specifying operation, in the one package reading operation and the related package reading operation described above, any one of the one or more drug packages 5 associated with the one drug storage unit 31 is used. It is executed on condition that the drug packaging specific label 46 attached to the above is read.

In this package number specifying operation, when the drug packaging identification display 46 is read for the drug packaging 5, a signal indicating (expressing) the information read by the mobile terminal 3 is transmitted to the main device 2. For example, as described above, when there are a plurality of drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f associated with one drug container 31, the drug package specific display 46 is read for the first drug package 5d. At that time, the mobile terminal 3 transmits a signal to the main device 2.

Here, prescription data (prescription information) is stored in the storage unit 16 of the headquarters device 2. The prescription data is information on the prescription of the drug contained in all the drug packages 5 contained in the dosing calendar 4. In detail, the prescription data includes information on the content of the prescription required to dispense the drug contained in each drug package 5 and information for identifying and managing the prescription itself. There is.

Information on the content of the prescription includes, for example, information on the patient who was prescribed the drug such as the patient's name, age, gender, height, and weight, and the patient such as the drug name, dosage, dosage, dosage, and duration of administration. There is information about the drug. Further, as information for identifying and managing the prescription, there are a prescription number, an Rp number (receipt number), a date of issue of the prescription, and the like.
That is, the prescription data is data including necessary information among these pieces of information.

When the headquarters device 2 receives the signal from the mobile terminal 3, the headquarters device 2 refers to the prescription data based on the information acquired from the drug packaging specific display 46, and puts it on the drug package 5 specified by the drug package specific display 46. Identify the drug contained and the drug that is taken and taken at the same time. Then, based on the information on the specified drug, the number of the drug packages 5 in which these are packaged is specified, and the package number specifying operation is completed. When the package number specifying operation is completed, the headquarters device 2 transmits a signal indicating the number of the specified drug packages 5 (result of the package number specifying operation) to the mobile terminal 3. Then, the mobile terminal 3 executes a discrimination operation such as the first reading discrimination operation described above based on the received information.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, when the drug packages 5d, 5e, 5f associated with one drug storage unit 31 are a plurality of packages, the reading operation for each of the plurality of drug packages 5d, 5e, 5f is performed. After all of them have been executed (after the related package reading operation is completed), a step of putting them together (accommodation preparation step) is performed.
That is, in this step, as shown in FIG. 5B, a plurality of drug packages 5d, 5e, 5f to be stored in one drug storage unit 31 are stacked and grouped, and the drug packages 5d, 5e, 5f are combined. Forming a bundle. In the present embodiment, the stapler 53 is used so that the plurality of drug packages 5d, 5e, and 5f are not separated from each other.

When the drug package 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31 is one package, there is no drug package 5 that can be combined with the (one) drug package 5 of this package. Therefore, this one drug package 5 is not combined with other drug packages 5.

That is, the storage preparation step is executed when, among the plurality of drug storage units 31 provided in the medication calendar 4, the drug packaging 5 associated with at least one drug storage unit 31 is a plurality of packages. When there are a plurality of drug storage units 31 associated with the plurality of drug packages 5 in the medication calendar 4, it goes without saying that the plurality of drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31. Put them together for each. For example, when three drug packages 5 are associated with one drug container 31 and two drug packages 5 are associated with another drug container 31, the three drug packages 5 are grouped together and separately 2 One drug package 5 is put together, and so on.

Subsequently, a drug packaging accommodating step for accommodating the associated drug packaging 5 is performed for each drug accommodating section 31 of the medication calendar 4. This step is a step of accommodating the drug package 5 on which the reading operation has been executed in the corresponding drug accommodating section 31.

Specifically, when there is one drug package 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31, one drug package 5 corresponding to this one drug storage unit 31 is inserted. At this time, the drug package 5 housed in the drug container 31 is the drug package 5 for which the reading operation has already been executed, and the drug package specific display 46 attached to the drug package 5 becomes visible from the outside. (See Fig. 1).

When there are a plurality of drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31, a bundle of drug packages 5 formed in the storage preparation step is put into the drug storage unit 31. At this time, the plurality of drug packages 5 belonging to the bundle of the drug packages 5 are all the drug packages 5 corresponding to the drug storage unit 31, and the drug packages 5 for which the reading operation has already been executed. Then, among the drug packages 5 belonging to the bundle of the drug packages 5, the drug package specific display 46 attached to one drug package 5 is made visible from the outside (see FIG. 1 and the like).

If there is no drug package 5 corresponding to one drug storage unit 31, the drug storage unit 31 is emptied (see the drug storage unit 31 at the lower right in FIG. 6). That is, the above-mentioned "accommodating the drug package 5 associated with the drug accommodating unit 31" means that the drug accommodating unit 31 is emptied when the drug package 5 associated with the drug accommodating unit 31 does not exist. Including making it into a state.

In the present embodiment, the dosing calendar 4 is brought into a usable state (see FIG. 1) by appropriately executing the above-mentioned pre-reading step, storage preparation step, and drug packaging storage step. That is, a reading operation is performed on the drug packaging 5, a plurality of drug packages 5 are grouped together as necessary, the drug packaging 5 on which the reading operation is executed is stored in the corresponding drug storage unit 31, and the medication calendar 4 is used. Make it possible.
The state in which the dosing calendar 4 can be used is a state in which the drug package 5 is correctly housed in each drug accommodating section 31 of the dosing calendar 4. That is, among the drug storage units 31 of the medication calendar 4, one or a plurality of corresponding drug packages 5 are housed in the drug storage unit 31 in which the associated drug package 5 exists.

When the pre-reading step, the storage preparation step, and the drug packaging storage step are executed, the reading operation has already been completed before the pre-reading step is completed (before the reading operation is performed on all the drug packages 5). The drug package 5 may be housed in the drug storage unit 31. For example, a step of executing a reading operation for each one or a plurality of drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31, a step of grouping a plurality of packages as needed, and storage in the drug storage unit 31. You may carry out the steps to do. In this case, first, a reading operation is executed for one or more drug packages 5 associated with the first drug storage unit 31, and if necessary, they are grouped together, and the one or more drug packages 5 are combined. It is stored in the associated first drug storage unit 31. Subsequently, a reading operation is executed for one or more drug packages 5 associated with the second drug storage unit 31, and if necessary, they are grouped together and stored in the second drug storage unit 31. That is, the same series of steps is executed. Hereinafter, similarly, the drug packaging 5 that has been subjected to the reading operation is stored in each drug storage unit 31.

On the other hand, the drug packaging storage step may be performed after all the pre-reading step and the storage preparation step have been completed in advance.
In this case, specifically, a reading operation is executed for one or a plurality of drug packages 5 associated with the first drug storage unit 31, and the drug packages 5 are grouped as necessary. Subsequently, the same series of steps is executed for one or more drug packages 5 associated with the second drug container 31. Similarly, the same series of steps is executed for each one or a plurality of drug packages 5 associated with the drug storage unit 31, and the pre-reading step and the storage preparation step are completed. After this, one or more associated drug packages 5 are housed in the first drug storage section 31. Similarly, in the same manner, one or a plurality of associated drug packages 5 are stored in each drug storage unit 31, and the drug package storage process is completed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the medication support system 1 of the present embodiment can execute an arrangement position confirmation operation for determining whether or not the medication calendar 4 is in a usable state. That is, the arrangement position confirmation operation is an operation of determining whether or not the associated drug package 5 is correctly housed in each drug storage unit 31 of the medication calendar 4.

In the arrangement position confirmation operation, the operation of photographing the medication calendar 4 with the mobile terminal 3 is executed. Specifically, the entire medication calendar 4 or a predetermined portion such as a main portion is photographed from the front so as to fit on one screen.
For example, a frame or the like is displayed on the operation display unit 25 of the mobile terminal 3, and the position is aligned so that the predetermined portion of the medication calendar 4 fits within this frame. At this time, the zoom function or the like or the shooting distance is adjusted so that the image of the medication calendar 4 displayed on the mobile terminal 3 is not too small with respect to the frame. Then, shooting is executed by pressing the shooting execution button displayed on the operation display unit 25 of the mobile terminal 3.

Here, in the present embodiment, as described above, the drug container 31 is formed of a transparent sheet, and the drug package specific display 46 of the drug package 5 housed inside can be visually recognized from the outside. Then, when the image of the medication calendar 4 described above is executed, the drug package specific display 46 of the drug package 5 housed in each drug storage unit 31 is photographed.

Specifically, when one drug package 5 is housed in one drug container 31, naturally, the drug package specific display 46 attached to the one drug package 5 is photographed, and by photographing, the image is taken. Included in the formed image.
On the other hand, when a plurality of drug packages 5 are housed in one drug container 31, the drug package identification label 46 attached to the foremost drug package 5 among the stacked drug packages 5 is displayed. Be photographed. On the other hand, the other drug packaging specific indication 46 located on the back side is not photographed. That is, the drug package specific label 46 attached to the foremost drug package 5 is included in the image formed by photographing, and the drug package specific label 46 attached to the other drug package 5 is not included in the image.

In addition, the set tool identification display 33 of the medication calendar 4 is also photographed and included in the image formed by the photographing.

When the imaging of the medication calendar 4 is executed in this way, the mobile terminal 3 acquires the regular position information from the headquarters device 2.

Here, in the storage unit 16 of the headquarters device 2, information regarding a layout (hereinafter, also referred to as a correct layout) in a state in which the drug packaging 5 corresponding to each drug storage unit 31 of the medication calendar 4 is correctly stored is in a normal position. It is stored as information.
In addition, "a state in which the drug packaging 5 corresponding to each drug storage unit 31 is correctly stored" means that when there is no drug package 5 corresponding to one drug storage unit 31, this one drug storage unit 31 , The empty state (the state in which the drug package 5 is not stored) is the correct state.

Specifically, the regular location information includes information about the correct layout corresponding to each of the plurality of dosing calendars. That is, information on the correct layout of each dosing calendar is stored for each of the plurality of dosing calendars including other dosing calendars (not shown). In other words, the normal position information includes information on the combination of the drug package 5 and the drug set tool in which the drug package 5 is held, and information on the correct relative position of the combined drug package 5 and the drug set tool.

The information regarding the correct layout is information related to the position of the drug package 5 to be held in the drug set, in other words, the drug set and the drug in the state where each drug package 5 is correctly housed in the drug set. This is information on the positional relationship of the package 5.
That is, in addition to the relative positions of the arrangements such as the distances and angles between the drug accommodating portions 31 and the drug packages 5, the positional relationship with the base material 30 is also stored. Further, not only the relative relationship between each drug storage unit 31 and each drug packaging 5, but also the relative relationship between each drug storage unit 31 and each drug packaging 5, the relative relationship between the base material 30 and each drug storage unit 31, and the basis. The relative relationship between the material 30 and each drug package 5 is also stored as normal position information.
That is, not only what kind of matrix each drug storage unit 31 and each drug package 5 constitutes, but also the location of each drug storage unit 31 and each drug package 5 on the base material 30 is memorized. Has been done.

Further, the normal position information indicates the relative positional relationship between the base material 30 and the drug package 5. From a predetermined position of the base material 30 (for example, any of the four corners of the base material 30) to a predetermined position of the drug package 5 (for example, any of the four corners of the drug package 5) in a state of being housed in the drug storage unit 31. Alternatively, the distances in the vertical and horizontal directions to the drug packaging specific display 46, etc.) are shown. In this case, instead of the predetermined position of the drug package 5, a predetermined position of the drug container 31 in which the drug package 5 should be stored (for example, any of the four corners of the drug container 31) is adopted. You may. The information when the drug storage unit 31 is empty is, for example, information on the vertical and horizontal distances from the predetermined position of the base material 30 to the predetermined position of the empty drug storage unit 31. There is.

Returning to the explanation of the placement position confirmation operation, when the mobile terminal 3 acquires the normal position information from the headquarters device 2, the mobile terminal 3 reads the information from the set tool identification display 33 in which the image was taken and specifies the medication calendar 4. Get the information to do. Then, a signal indicating information for identifying the medication calendar 4 is transmitted to the headquarters device 2. The headquarters device 2 refers to the normal position information based on the received signal, and identifies the normal position information (information about the correct layout) corresponding to the medication calendar 4 specified by the transmitted signal. That is, from the information on the correct layout corresponding to each of the plurality of medication calendars, the information on the correct layout corresponding to one specified medication calendar 4 is specified. Then, the headquarters device 2 transmits a signal indicating information regarding the specified correct layout to the mobile terminal 3.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal 3 acquires information on the actual layout of the medication calendar 4 as actual position information from the captured image. That is, in the photographed medication calendar 4, information regarding the relative position between the medication calendar 4 and the drug package 5 housed in each drug storage unit 31 is acquired.

At this time, the information regarding the acquired actual layout is the information corresponding to the information stored in the normal position information. Specifically, the sequence is detected from a plurality of photographed drug packaging specific indications 46. The arrangement includes the relative positions of the arrangement such as the distance and the angle between the drug packages 5 (drug package specific indication 46), as well as the positional relationship between each drug package 5 and each drug accommodating portion 31. In addition, the arrangement includes the positional relationship between each drug package 5 and the base material 30. That is, it includes the relationship of the position of each drug package 5 on the base material 30.

For example, an image formed by photographing is analyzed, and the vertical and horizontal distances from a predetermined position (for example, a side or a corner) of the base material 30 to the position of the drug package 5 for each drug package 5 are determined. Identify. The position of the drug package 5 referred to here is, for example, a position on the image of the drug package specific display 46 attached to the drug package 5. At this time, the mobile terminal 3 individually identifies each of the plurality of photographed drug packages 5 by reading information from the drug package specific display 46, acquiring prescription data from the headquarters device 2, and the like, and each drug package. The position of the base material 30 is specified.

Here, when specifying the position of each drug package 5 with respect to the base material 30, the position of any one drug package 5 shall be specified for the plurality of drug packages 5 in which the drug is packaged by the user and the drug at the same time. Then, it is determined that a plurality of drug packages 5 are present at the specified positions.
That is, in the medication support system 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, the storage preparation step is executed after the execution of the related package reading operation, and the plurality of drug packages 5 to be stored in one drug storage unit 31 are put together. (See FIG. 5 (b)). Therefore, if the position of one drug package 5 is specified among the plurality of drug packages 5 grouped together, it is considered that the other drug packages 5 grouped together are also in the same position (similar positions). Very likely to be in). Therefore, the plurality of drug packages 5 in which the user and the drug having the same dosing time are packaged can specify the positions of all the drug packages 5 by specifying only the position of any one drug package 5. There is.

Then, the mobile terminal 3 compares the actual position information with the normal position information, and on the condition that these match, the drug package 5 is correctly stored in each drug storage section 31 of the medication calendar 4. Determine.

At this time, in particular, the actual layout of each drug package 5 and the positional relationship between each drug package 5 and each drug accommodating portion 31 of the regular position information are compared. That is, the position of the actual drug package 5 with respect to the base material 30 is compared with the information on the position of each drug package 5 on the base material 30 in the normal position information. Then, if the positions of the respective drug packages 5 photographed and the positions of the drug packages 5 that should be there match, it is determined that the drug package 5 is correctly stored in the drug container 31. It should be noted that the criteria for determining that the two match are acceptable not only in the case of a perfect match but also in the case of a slight deviation. This is because when the drug container 31 is larger than the drug package 5, the position of the drug package 5 is not constant even if the drug package 5 is housed in the correct drug container 31.

At this time, as in the case of acquiring the above-mentioned actual position information, when a plurality of drug packages 5 are associated with one drug container 31, any one of the plurality of drug packages 5 is the drug container. It is determined that all of the associated plurality of drug packages 5 are correctly stored on condition that they are correctly stored in 31.

Then, in the placement position confirmation operation, when it is determined that the drug package 5 is correctly stored in each drug storage unit 31, the placement completion notification operation for notifying that fact is executed.
Specifically, the arrangement completion notification operation is an operation of displaying a message such as "each medicine package is correctly housed" on the operation display unit 25 of the mobile terminal 3.

On the other hand, in the placement position confirmation operation, when it is determined that the drug package 5 is not correctly stored in each drug storage unit 31, a misplacement notification operation for notifying that fact is executed.
Specifically, the misplacement notification operation is a drug in which the drug package 5 is not correctly stored in the operation display 25 of the mobile terminal 3, for example, "the drug taken by Mr. Sato is not correctly arranged". This is an operation of displaying a message that can identify the storage unit 31. In addition, if the drug package 5 is stored in the empty drug storage section 31, the drug package 5 is stored in the drug storage section 31 that should be emptied, such as "There is no medicine to be taken by Mr. Yamada". Display that you are.
The misplacement notification operation may be an operation accompanied by the above-mentioned voice output operation or terminal vibration operation.

Further, in the medication support system 1 of the present embodiment, when the placement position confirmation operation is executed, a determination operation (determination operation) of determining whether or not the reading operation for all the drug packages 5 housed in the medication calendar 4 is correctly completed ( The second read discrimination operation) is executed. That is, this second reading determination operation is an operation for determining whether or not the above-mentioned pre-reading process has been completed correctly.

Then, when it is determined that reading of any of the drug packages 5 has not been performed as a result of the second reading determination operation, an unread notification operation for notifying that fact is executed.

Specifically, when the medication calendar 4 is photographed as described above and the drug package specific display 46 of the drug package 5 housed in each drug storage unit 31 is photographed, each of the photographed drug package specific indications is photographed. Get information from 46. Then, the drug package 5 is specified based on the information obtained from the drug package specific display 46.
Here, in the medication support system 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, when the reading operation for the drug package 5 is correctly completed in the pre-reading step, information indicating that fact is stored in the storage means. From this, by specifying the drug package 5 and inquiring the information stored in the storage means, it is possible to determine whether or not the reading operation for the specified drug package 5 is correctly performed.

At this time, if a plurality of drug packages 5 are housed in one drug storage unit 31, one of the plurality of drug packages 5 (the drug package 5 with the photographed drug package specific label 46) is attached. ) Is specified. Further, the specified drug package 5 and the remaining drug package 5 having the same user and dosing time are specified. Then, it is determined whether or not the reading operation is correctly performed for each of the specified plurality of drug packages 5.

In this way, if the second reading determination operation is executed when the placement position confirmation operation is executed, the drug package 5 to be stored in the medication calendar 4 is forgotten to be inserted when the drug package 5 is added later. Can be prevented.
Hereinafter, each step (procedure) to be executed when the drug package 5 to be accommodated in the medication calendar 4 is added later will be described.

First, before executing the reading operation (one-pack reading operation or related package reading operation) for one or more drug packages 5 associated with one drug storage unit 31, the same drug storage unit 31 is associated with the same one. When the additional drug package 5 is added, the related package reading operation described above is executed including the additional drug package 5. Then, the storage preparation step is executed in the same manner as described above, and the drug packaging storage step is executed in the same manner as described above.

Further, one drug package 5 is associated with one drug container 31, and after the one package reading operation for the one drug package 5 is executed, the drug package 5 associated with the same one drug container 31 is attached. If it is added, the related package reading operation described above is executed again.
That is, the above-mentioned related package reading operation is executed for the one drug package 5 in which the reading operation is executed in the one package reading operation executed in advance and the additional drug package 5. Then, after that, a storage preparation step for collecting these is executed, and a drug packaging storage step is executed in the same manner as described above.

Further, a plurality of drug packages 5 are associated with one drug container 31, and after executing the related package reading operation for the plurality of drug packages 5, the drug package associated with the same drug container 31 is used. When 5 is added, the related package reading operation is executed again.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, one of the plurality of drug packages 5 for which the reading operation was executed in the related package reading operation performed in advance and the additional drug package 5 are described above. Executes the related package reading operation.

That is, when the related package reading operation is executed again for a plurality of drug packages 5 including the additional drug package 5, the reading operation is not executed for all the drug packages 5 one by one, and the reading operation is performed in advance. The reading operation is executed only for one of the plurality of drug packages 5 that have executed the reading operation and the additional drug packaging 5. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, even when the bundle of the drug packaging 5 has already been formed, it is easy to execute the related package reading operation to be executed again.

Further, after the placement position confirmation operation is executed and the placement completion notification operation is executed, it is conceivable that the drug package 5 to be stored in any of the drug storage units 31 is added.
In this case, before the use of the medication calendar 4 (immediately before shipment), a determination operation for determining whether or not the reading operation of all the drug packages 5 housed in the medication calendar 4 is completed may be executed. Then, as a result of this determination operation, when the reading operation for any of the drug packages 5 is not executed, the unread notification operation for notifying that fact may be executed.

For example, before using the medication calendar 4 (for example, before hanging it on the wall of the facility or before taking it from the pharmacy to the facility), an input notifying the mobile terminal 3 that the medication calendar 4 will be used from now on. Is performed, and the determination operation may be executed on condition that this input is performed.
Specifically, for example, by performing a predetermined operation on the mobile terminal 3, the mobile terminal 3 displays a screen for selecting one medication calendar 4 from a plurality of medication calendars. Then, when one medication calendar 4 is selected on this screen, the message "Are you sure you want to use the selected medication calendar 4?" And the "Yes" button and "No" button are displayed. Display the screen. Then, on condition that the "Yes" button is pressed, the above-mentioned discrimination operation is executed, and when the reading operation for any of the drug packages 5 is not executed, the unread notification operation is executed, and so on. be.

Further, the discriminant operation may be automatically executed before the use of the medication calendar 4.
For example, the start time of use of the medication calendar 4 (in the above example, after breakfast on April 18) is input to the headquarters device 2 and the mobile terminal 3 in advance and stored in the storage means. Then, when a predetermined time (for example, one hour before) the input start time of use is reached, the above-mentioned determination operation is executed. Then, when the reading operation for any of the drug packages 5 is not executed, the unread notification operation is executed, and so on.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the medication calendar 4 is adopted as the drug setting tool is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the drug setting tool may be a so-called drug distribution tray, a dosing box (medication management box), a dosing tray, or the like. That is, if it has a plurality of drug storage units capable of arranging one or a plurality of drug packages, a plurality of drug packages can be stacked and arranged in one drug storage unit, and the above-mentioned arrangement position confirmation operation can be executed. good.

Further, the medication calendar is not limited to the above-mentioned example, and may be a personal calendar as shown in FIG. 10 or may correspond to a predetermined day of the week as shown in FIG. The form of the dosing calendar may be changed as appropriate.

In the above-described embodiment, the drug package specific label 46 is used as a two-dimensional code, and the drug package specific label 46 is read to obtain the target drug (the drug contained in the drug package 5 with the drug package specific label 46). The configuration is such that information indicating the user and the time of administration is acquired.
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information acquired from the drug packaging specific label 46 may include other information about the target drug, such as a drug name. It may also include information about the prescription of the drug of interest, for example a prescription number.

Further, the information stored in the drug package specific display 46 may be specific ID information instead of the information indicating the user and the time of administration of the drug contained in the target drug package 5. That is, only specific ID information may be stored in the drug packaging specific display 46.
More specifically, the "specific ID information" referred to here may be, for example, a unique number assigned to each drug package 5 (information that individually identifies each drug package 5). In this case, the specific ID information and the information on the drug contained in the drug package 5 specified by the specific ID information (information indicating the user and the time of administration) are stored in the storage means of the headquarters device 2 or the mobile terminal 3. And memorize it in association with it. That is, a database is created in advance based on prescription data and the like, and these information are associated with and stored in this database.
Then, after reading the drug packaging specific display 46, the user of the target drug is taken by referring to the database stored in the headquarters device 2 or the mobile terminal 3 based on the specific ID information acquired by the reading. And perform an action to identify information indicating when to take. Then, based on the information indicating the specified user and the time of administration, the drug having the same user and the time of administration is specified, and the number of drug packages 5 in which these are packaged is specified.
When the database is stored in the headquarters device 2, when this operation is executed, signals are appropriately transmitted and received between the headquarters device 2 and the mobile terminal 3.

That is, the information acquired from the one drug package specific label 46 is the information about the drug package 5 to which the one drug package specific label 46 is attached or the drug packaged in the drug package 5, and the drug. If it is the information for specifying the package 5, it may be changed as appropriate.
The "information for identifying the drug package 5" is information that can identify the drug package 5 by the information, or information that can specify the drug package 5 together with the prescription data. That is, it is information that can identify the drug package 5 based on the information.

In the above-described embodiment, a reading operation for reading information from the drug packaging specific display 46 was executed in the pre-reading step. Further, when acquiring the actual position information, the position of the drug package 5 was specified with reference to the position on the image of the drug package specific display 46. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, in the pre-reading step, instead of the drug packaging specific display 46, the characters of the user specific display 43 and the dosing time specific display 44 may be analyzed. That is, the drug package 5 may be specified by character analysis. Similarly, when acquiring the actual position information, the position of the drug package 5 may be specified based on the position on the image of another display instead of the drug package specific display 46.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the mobile terminal 3 functions as an imaging means used for photographing the medication calendar 4 and also functions as a reading means for reading the drug packaging specific display 46. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The photographing means and the reading means may be separate bodies, and a digital camera and a scanner may be adopted, respectively. For example, a digital camera, a scanner, or a notebook PC may be adopted instead of the mobile terminal 3. In this case, the information acquired by the scanner (bar code reader) and the image taken by the digital camera are taken into the notebook PC, and signals are transmitted and received between the notebook PC and the headquarters device 2 to perform the above-mentioned various operations. You may do it.

In the above-described embodiment, the drug packaging specific display 46 is a two-dimensional code, but the type of the two-dimensional code adopted for the drug packaging specific display 46 is not particularly limited, and for example, a full scan code (registered trademark). It may be. Further, the code adopted for the drug packaging specific display 46 is not limited to the two-dimensional code, and may be a color bar code (for example, a color bit (registered trademark) or a chameleon code (registered trademark)). Furthermore, RFID may be adopted for the drug packaging specific display 46. As a matter of course, the reading means may be appropriately changed depending on the code adopted.

Hereinafter, related inventions of the present invention will be described. In the following description of the related invention, the parts having the same reference numerals and the parts not otherwise described shall be in accordance with the above-described embodiment.
Specifically, in the above-described embodiment, by executing the placement position confirmation operation, "whether or not all the drug packages 5 to be contained in the medication calendar 4 are contained without omission" and "each drug package". Whether or not 5 is housed in the correct position ”was determined. That is, an arrangement position confirmation operation was executed, and a step (arrangement position confirmation step) was performed to determine whether or not the drug package 5 was correctly stored in the drug storage unit 31 of the medication calendar 4.
On the other hand, in this related invention, "whether or not all the drugs (drug packages) to be contained in the medication calendar are contained without omission" is determined, and "whether or not each drug is contained in the correct position". Is different from the above-described embodiment in that no determination is made.

First, the medication calendar 504 (drug set tool, see FIG. 8A) adopted in the related invention will be described. The medication calendar 504 is a medication calendar 504 for single-dose medication, and has a set tool identification display 33, an administration time identification display 535, and a plurality of drug storage units 31.

The dosing time identification display 35 contains information that identifies the date on which the medication may be used, which is called "X month Y day ingestion" (X is a number indicating the month, Y is an indication of the date). Numbers). That is, the drug packaging 505 housed in each drug storage unit 31 is a package of the drug to be taken, and the drug to be taken has some symptom or the like on the Xth month Y (specific date). It is a drug to be taken in some cases.

As described above, the plurality of drug accommodating units 31 may not be associated with a predetermined person (user of the drug and the user of the drug). Therefore, the drug packaging 505 containing the drug used by "Mr. Yuyama" is accommodated in any one drug storage section 31 of the medication calendar 504, and "Mr. Suzuki" is placed in any one of the other drug storage sections 31. Each drug package 505 may be accommodated, such as accommodating the drug package 505 containing the drug to be used. Finally, each of the plurality of drug accommodating portions 31 of the dosing calendar 504 may contain all the drug packages 505 to be accommodated in the dosing calendar 504.

When there are two or more drug packages 505 for the same user (user), a plurality of drug packages 505 are stacked and stored in one drug storage unit 31. That is, when a plurality of drug packages 505 are housed in one drug storage unit 31, the plurality of drug packages 505 contain drugs to be taken (used) by the same user (user). In other words, one drug storage unit 31 is a part that stores one or more drug packages 505 for one user.

Subsequently, various operations executed by the medication support system (not shown) that employs the medication calendar 504 will be described. This medication support system includes a headquarters device 2, a mobile terminal 3, and a medication calendar 504, as described above.
In the storage unit 16 of the main unit device 2, information indicating all the drug packages 505 stored in the medication calendar 504 is stored as regular storage information.

In this medication support system, it is possible to execute a containment confirmation operation for determining whether or not all the drug packages 505 to be contained in the medication calendar 504 are contained without omission. That is, the medication support system can perform the accommodation confirmation step of performing the above determination by executing the accommodation confirmation operation.

In the accommodation confirmation operation, the operation of photographing the medication calendar 504 with the mobile terminal 3 is executed in the same manner as the above-mentioned arrangement position confirmation operation. That is, the storage preparation step is carried out in advance, and the drug packaging 505 is stored in each drug storage unit 31 as described above. When a plurality of drug packages 505 are stored in one drug storage unit 31, the storage preparation step is not performed, and the plurality of drug packages 505 are stored in a stacked state. Then, the medication calendar 504 in the state where the drug package 505 is housed is photographed.
At this time, information for identifying the medication calendar 504 is acquired from the photographed set tool identification display 33. Further, the drug package 505 stored in the medication calendar 504 at the time of photographing is specified and acquired as actual storage information.

Specifically, by photographing the medication calendar 504, the drug packaging specific display 46 of the drug packaging 505 housed in each drug storage unit 31 is photographed. At this time, when a plurality of drug packages 505 are housed in one drug container 31, the drug package specific display 46 attached to the drug package 505 located on the foremost side is photographed.
Then, by reading information from the photographed drug package specific display 46 and acquiring prescription data from the headquarters device 2, each of the plurality of photographed drug packages 5 is individually specified, and the specified drug package 505 is used. It is determined that the medication is contained in the medication calendar 504. At this time, when a plurality of drug packages 505 are stored in one drug storage unit 31, it is said that all of the plurality of drug packages 505 are housed on condition that one drug package 505 is stored. to decide. From the above, it is specified which drug package 505 is contained in the dosing calendar 504.

Then, based on the information that identifies the medication calendar 504, the regular accommodation information corresponding to the photographed medication calendar 504 is specified. Then, by comparing the actual accommodation information and the regular accommodation information, it is determined whether or not all the drug packages 505 to be contained in the medication calendar 504 are contained.

In this related invention, a medication calendar for topical medication may be adopted instead of the medication calendar 504 for topical medication. That is, it may be a drug use support system that supports management of the use time of a plurality of drug packages. This drug use support system is a superordinate concept of a drug use support system that supports management of the timing of taking a plurality of drug packages.
In this case, the drug package contained in the medication calendar is the one in which the external medicine is packaged. Then, in the same manner as described above, a plurality of drug packages are arranged in a stack in one drug storage unit 31 as necessary, and it is determined whether or not all the drug packages to be stored in the medication calendar are stored. The operation to be performed is possible.

Further, as described above, the form of the medication calendar may be appropriately changed, and the drug packaging to be accommodated in the medication calendar can be appropriately determined. For example, as shown in FIG. 8B, the dosing calendar 604 adopted in the related invention may correspond to a free group.
In this case, the drug users (users) are grouped in advance, and the created group is associated with the medication calendar 604. In the example of FIG. 8 (b), nine appropriately selected takers are grouped, and the dosing calendar 604 is assumed to accommodate the drug package 605 for the takers belonging to the group. Once the drug packaging 605 to be accommodated in the dosing calendar 604 is determined, this information is stored as regular containment information. That is, the information indicating all the drug packages 505 accommodated in the medication calendar 604 is stored as the regular accommodation information corresponding to the medication calendar 604. Then, in the same manner as described above, the accommodation confirmation operation can be executed.

Subsequently, the related invention of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the following description of the related invention, the parts having the same reference numerals and the parts not otherwise described shall be in accordance with the above-described embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9, the medication support system 701 according to the embodiment of the related invention includes a headquarters device 2, a mobile terminal 3, and a medication calendar 4.

The drug package specific label 46 attached to the drug package 5 of the present embodiment is labeled. That is, a label to which a two-dimensional code is attached is created in advance based on prescription data, and the label is attached to a separately prepared package to form the drug package 5. In other words, in the medication support system 701 of the present embodiment, before accommodating the drug package 5 in the medication calendar 4, a drug package forming step of attaching a label to the package to form the drug package 5 is performed. There is.

Further, in the medication support system 701, similarly to the above, by photographing the medication calendar 4 in the state where the drug package 5 is housed, the drug package specific display 46 attached to the drug package 5 housed in each of the drug packages 4 is taken. Information can be obtained from. That is, it is possible to collectively read the information from the plurality of drug packaging specific indications 46.

Further, similarly to the above, when the information is collectively read from the plurality of drug packaging specific indications 46, the position information of each drug packaging specific indication 46 (drug packaging 5) can be acquired. For example, the drug storage section 31 in the component (1,1) of the procession contains the drug package 5 for Mr. Yuyama. In the present embodiment, when the position information of the drug packaging specific display 46 (drug packaging 5) is acquired, the information (X, Y) of the coordinates of the image formed by photographing is acquired. The coordinate information is information represented by two coordinate axes consisting of an X-axis and a Y-axis (horizontal axis and vertical axis), and is information that can specify a position on an image and a distance from a predetermined position on the image. Is.

Further, in the medication support system 701 of the present embodiment, when the medication calendar 4 in the state where the drug package 5 is accommodated is photographed, the acquired position information and the information acquired from the prescription data are associated with each other, and the management database is used as the reference accommodation information. The operation of storing in 707 is possible. The reference storage information is information regarding the set position of the drug packaging 5 at the time of photographing, and is information for specifying which drug packaging 5 is stored in which drug storage section 31.

That is, in the medication support system 701 of the present embodiment, the management database 707 is stored in the storage unit 16 (not shown in FIG. 9) of the headquarters device 2. This management database 707 can be linked with other databases, and can be linked with separately stored prescription data (database created based on the prescription data) and the like.

Further, in the medication support system 701 of the present embodiment, after the medication calendar 4 is photographed, the same medication calendar 4 is photographed again immediately before use, so that the medication calendar 4 is in the same state as the previous imaging. It is possible to execute the accommodation determination operation to determine whether or not.
The term "same state" as used herein means that the drug packaging 5 contained in the medication calendar 4 is the same drug packaging 5 at the time of the previous shooting and the time of the re-shooting, and each drug is used. It is assumed that the drug storage unit 31 in which the package 5 is housed is the same. That is, the drug package 5 to be stored and the storage position of each drug package 5 are both in the same state.

That is, when the re-imaging of the medication calendar 4 is executed, the previously created reference accommodating information in the past is transmitted from the headquarters device 2 to the mobile terminal 3. Then, an operation of comparing the current standard accommodation information created by the recapture with the past standard accommodation information is performed, and it is determined whether or not the state is the same as before. In addition, if the result of the determination is different from the previous one, a notification operation for notifying that fact is executed as appropriate. The new standard accommodation information created by the rephotographing is transmitted to the headquarters device 2 and stored as the standard accommodation information before shipment.

In this related invention as well, a plurality of drug packages 5 may be stacked and stored in one drug storage unit 31. In this case, similarly to the above, all of the plurality of drug packages 5 are housed in one drug container 31 on the condition that one drug package 31 is housed in one of the plurality of drug packages 5. It may be the one that is used.

1; medication support system, 2; headquarters device (computer), 3; mobile terminal (imaging means, reading means, computer), 4; medication calendar (drug set tool), 5; drug packaging, 16; storage unit (memory means) ), 21; Storage unit (storage means), 46; Drug packaging specific display (drug packaging specific information), 47; Drug package related display

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It is a medication support system that supports the management of the timing of taking multiple drug packages.
Each of the drug packages is provided with drug package identification information, which is information for identifying itself at a visible position.
It has a storage means for storing prescription information, which is information related to prescription, and a reading means capable of reading the drug packaging specific information.
The drug package specific information and the drug package specific information read, provided that the drug package specific information attached to the drug package is read, which is one of the plurality of drug packages containing the drug containing the same drug as the person taking the drug and the drug package. A medication support system characterized in that it is possible to perform a package number specifying operation that specifies the number of drug packages that are taken at the same time as the user based on prescription information. It has a drug set tool for setting the drug package,
It is possible to perform a related package reading operation for a drug package group, which is a group of a plurality of the drug packages containing a drug containing the same drug and the person taking the drug.
In the related package reading operation, the drug package specific information attached to each of the drug packages belonging to the drug package group is read.
The drug packaging belonging to the drug packaging group is superposed and set at a predetermined position of the drug setting tool, and an arrangement position confirmation operation for determining whether or not the drug packaging is correctly set on the drug setting tool is executed. It is possible and
In the arrangement position confirmation operation, one of the drug packages set in layers is identified, and a plurality of identified drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group are included on the condition that the identified drug packages are set in the correct positions. The medication support system according to claim 1, wherein the drug packaging is determined to be arranged at a correct position. It is possible to perform a related package reading operation for a drug package group, which is a group of a plurality of the drug packages containing a drug containing the same drug and the person taking the drug.
The related package reading operation reads the drug package specific information attached to each of the drug packages belonging to the drug package group.
According to claim 1 or 2, when any of the drug packaging specific information to be read is not read in the related package reading operation, an unread notification operation for notifying the fact is executed. The medication support system described. After executing the related package reading operation for the drug package group, the drug package specific information attached to the drug package of one of the drug packages belonging to the drug package group has been read. As a condition, it is determined whether or not all the drug packaging specific information attached to each drug packaging belonging to the drug packaging group has been read.
As a result of the determination, when the drug package specific information attached to any of the drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group has not been read, an unread notification operation for notifying that fact is executed. The medication support system according to claim 3. The drug packaging is packaged by a packaging machine.
When the group of the plurality of drug packages in which the drug is packaged by the user and the time of administration is defined as the drug package group, the drug packaging group includes the plurality of drug packages discontinuously packaged by the same packaging machine. , And / or a plurality of the drug packages separately packaged by different packaging machines.
The plurality of drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group are provided with a drug package-related label attached across the plurality of drug packages.
The medication support system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the drug package-related display forms a series of symbols when a plurality of the drug packages belonging to the drug packaging group are arranged side by side. It has a drug set tool for setting a plurality of the drug packages and a photographing means.
The drug set tool has a plurality of drug accommodating portions capable of accommodating one or a plurality of the drug packages.
One or a plurality of the drug packages are associated with each of the plurality of drug storage units, and by accommodating the drug packages corresponding to the respective drug storage units, the drug packaging can be used as the drug setting tool. The drug packaging specific information can be visually recognized from the outside.
Information on the correct set position of the drug package is stored as regular position information.
It is possible to execute a placement position confirmation operation for determining whether or not the drug package is correctly set in the drug set tool.
In the arrangement position confirmation operation, the drug set tool is photographed so as to include the drug package specific information of the drug package housed in each drug container, and the respective drug package specific information is read. Information on the relative position of each of the drug packages and the drug set tool identified based on the reading of the drug package specific information is acquired.
By comparing the information on the relative position of each drug package with respect to the drug set tool and the normal position information, it is determined whether or not the drug package is correctly stored in each drug storage unit. And
When a plurality of the drug packages are contained in one drug container, one of the stored drug packages is identified, and the identified drug package is stored in the correct position. The medication support system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein it is determined that the plurality of drug packages are housed in the correct positions, provided that the drug packages are contained in the correct position. It is possible to execute a related package reading operation for reading the drug package specific information attached to each of the plurality of drug packages containing the drug containing the same drug as the person taking the drug and taking the drug at the same time.
After the execution of the related package reading operation, when the drug package containing the drug containing the same drug as the person taking the drug is added, the related package reading operation is executed again.
In the related package reading operation to be executed again, one of the plurality of drug package specific information read in the related package reading operation executed in advance and the drug package identification attached to the added drug package are specified. The medication support system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein it is determined that the related package reading operation has been normally completed by reading the information. A medication support method for confirming whether or not the drug package is correctly stored in the drug storage portion of the drug set tool by using the medication support system according to claim 6.
A pre-reading step of reading the drug package specific information attached to each of the plurality of drug packages containing the drug having the same dose and the same time of administration, and
A storage preparation process in which a plurality of the drug packages containing the same drug and the drug taken at the same time are stacked and put together.
A drug packaging accommodating step for accommodating the drug packaging associated with the drug accommodating portion of the drug setting tool, and
Including a placement position confirmation step of determining whether or not the drug package is correctly stored in the drug storage portion of the drug setting tool.
In the arrangement position confirmation step, when it is determined whether or not the plurality of drug packages grouped together in the storage preparation step are correctly stored, the drug package of one of the plurality of drug packages is placed in the correct position. A medication support method, characterized in that it is determined that a plurality of the drug packages are contained in a correct position, provided that they are contained. A medication support program that allows a computer to perform an action that identifies the number of medication packages that are taken at the same time.
The operation of reading the drug packaging specific information attached to the drug package to identify oneself, the operation of comparing the drug package specific information with the prescription information which is information on the prescription, and the user and the user. By reading any one of the drug package specific information attached to the plurality of drug packages containing the drug having the same dosing time, the package that specifies the number of the taking person and the number of the drug packages having the same dosing time is specified. A medication support program characterized by having the function of executing a number-specific action.

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