JPH0457348B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a dispensing control device for controlling dispensing operations performed in medical institutions.

[Prior Art] Generally, medical institutions perform the necessary dispensing work based on a doctor's prescription, but in order to automate this dispensing work, a drug packaging machine that separates medicines such as tablets and powders into individual doses has been developed. have been put into practical use in various ways. Among these drug packaging machines, tablet packaging machines allow users to easily select the desired drug by simply inputting the drug name, daily dose, individual dose, and number of days for tablets to be packaged using the input device attached to the machine. The tablets are automatically packaged into individual doses.

On the other hand, with the recent development of computers,
Many medical institutions have introduced computers for medical accounting, and are also actively trying to use these computers as host computers for other purposes.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, conventional dispensing machines such as drug packaging machines cannot be operated without direct and individual input operations using the input device attached to them; The medical accounting computer of
This computer cannot be used as a host computer to operate a dispensing machine as it does not have directly usable data to carry out the dispensing task, and therefore it is not possible to use this computer as a host computer to operate the dispensing machine, and therefore it is not possible to use this computer as a host computer to operate the dispensing machine. There were problems such as the data had to be entered separately and twice into the dispensing machine that dispensed the medicine and the computer for medical accounting.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional devices and to provide a dispensing control device that can operate a dispensing machine using data handled by a host computer.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a dispensing control device that connects a host computer installed in a medical institution and a dispensing machine equipped with an input device. means for classifying data related to drugs to be dispensed among the data handled by the method according to the type of the drug; and means for assigning the data classified by the classification means to the input device of the dispensing machine that is compatible with the type of drug. It is equipped with the following.

[Function] By employing the above means, the present invention can allocate to the dispensing machine data related to the drug to be dispensed among the data handled by the host computer, and data that is suitable for the type of dispensing. It will be provided for dispensing.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which numeral 1 is a host computer for medical accounting such as social insurance medical fees, and the host computer 1 stores prescriptions 2, injection prescriptions, etc. based on the medical treatment performed by the doctor. In addition to 3, various treatment slips 4, inspection slips 5, etc. are brought in, the contents of which are input as data, these data are used to perform predetermined calculations for medical accounting, and the results are stored in an appropriate memory. In addition to recording on a medium 6, a billing slip 7 is output as necessary. 8, 8, ... are dispensing machines such as tablet packaging machines, and each dispensing machine, for example, tablet packaging machine 8, is a dispensing machine such as a tablet dispensing machine.
Although not shown in detail, a large number of tablet feeders 9, 9, ... and these tablet feeders 9, 9, ...
A packaging device 10 for packaging tablets discharged from the tablet packaging machine 8 is provided, and an appropriate input device 11 attached to each tablet packaging machine 8 is used to input the name of the drug, the daily dose, and the number of tablets to be packaged.
By simply inputting the amount of each dose and the number of days for each dose, the system automatically packages the desired tablets for each dose. Each input device 11 is equipped with a queue buffer 12 for temporarily storing data for operating the corresponding tablet packaging machine 8, and can also be used as a management monitor for checking various operating states of the corresponding tablet packaging machine 8. ing. Reference numeral 13 denotes a dispensing control device that connects the host computer 1 and the dispensing machines 8, 8, . In other words, an appropriate classification member 14 for classifying drugs according to the classification of medicines such as tablets, powders, and solutions, or distinctions between dispensing machines 8, 8, etc., such as which tablet packaging machine should be used to pack the medicines, and a classification member. An appropriate allocation member 15 is provided for allocating the data classified in 14 to a dispensing machine 8 suitable for the type of dispensing. Classification member 1
4 or the allocation member 15 is configured to convert the format of data handled by the host computer 1 into a format suitable for inputting into the dispensing machines 8, 8, . . . A queue buffer that temporarily stores data to be assigned to the dispensing machines 8, 8,... while referring to the accumulation state of the queue buffers 12, 12,... of the input devices 11, 11,... attached to the dispensing machines 8, 8,... 16, and in the data classified by the classification member 14, there are dispensing machines 8,
8, . . . if a type of drug that cannot be dispensed (for example, a liquid medication) is included, the data is output as a dispensing instruction sheet 17. In addition, when handling data transmitted from the host computer 1, the dispensing control device 13 refers to medication master data recorded in an appropriate memory medium 18 to determine contraindications for mixing drugs and other various medication decisions. and a suitable memory medium 19
The data of the previous prescription master recorded in is used, and this data is updated with the current prescription data and re-registered in the memory medium 19. Further, the dispensing control device 13 sends data to an appropriate medicine bag printer (not shown) to create a medicine bag 20 with a predetermined medicine bag display in which to put the dispensed medicine, and also sends data to an appropriate medicine bag printer (not shown) to create a medicine bag 20 with a predetermined medicine bag display in which to put the dispensed medicine. The data is sent to display the data necessary for drug auditing, and the data is sent to an appropriate medication display board 22 for outpatient use to inform the patient of the progress of the medication operation.

Next, the operation of the above will be explained.

When the contents of prescriptions 2, injection slips 3, treatment slips 4, test slips 5, etc. issued based on the medical practice performed by a doctor are entered into the host computer 1, these data are used for predetermined calculations to improve the medical treatment. Data regarding the medicine to be dispensed is transmitted to the dispensing control device 13 while being recorded in the memory medium 6 as accounting data. The dispensing control device 13 uses the data regarding the drug to be dispensed transmitted from the host computer 1 by referring to the medication master data recorded in the memory medium 18 or by referring to the data of the previous prescription master recorded in the memory medium 19. While using the drug, the classification member 14 classifies it according to the type of preparation, and then the classified data is sent to the allocation member 1.
5 is a dispensing machine 8, 8,... which is suitable for the type of dispensing.
On the other hand, dispensing data of types that cannot be dispensed by dispensing machines 8, 8, ... are assigned to dispensing instructions 17.
Output as . A dispensing machine to which dispensing data has been assigned, for example, a tablet packaging machine 8, automatically dispenses predetermined tablets for each dose according to the drug name, daily dose, dose for each dose, number of days of dosing, etc. included in the dispensing data. Divide into separate packages. At this time, since the dispensing work by the dispensing machines 8, 8, ... takes a certain amount of time, the queue buffer 12 of the input device 11 attached to each dispensing machine 8 and the queue buffer 16 of the allocation member 15 are used. Therefore, the dispensing time will be managed.

Further, in parallel with allocating the dispensing data, the dispensing control device 13 sends data to an appropriate medicine bag printer to create a medicine bag 20 with a predetermined medicine bag display in which the dispensed medicine is to be placed, and also creates a medicine bag 20 with an appropriate display member. The data is sent to an audit terminal 21 equipped with a monitor to display data necessary for drug audit, and the data is further sent to an appropriate medication display panel 22 for outpatients to inform the patient of the progress of medication work. Therefore,
By creating these drug bags, displaying data on the audit terminal 21, displaying the medication display panel 22, etc.
The dispensing work will be managed.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the host computer 1 is used as a computer for medical accounting, but it is not limited to this, and in the above embodiment, the dispensing machine 8,
Although 8,... are all tablet packaging machines, for example, at least one suitable powder packaging machine may be provided in addition to the tablet packaging machine, or it may be an appropriate dispensing machine other than the drug packaging machine, or the above-mentioned In the embodiment, either the classification member 14 or the allocation member 15 converts the format of data handled by the host computer 1 into a format suitable for inputting into the dispensing machines 8, 8, . Not limited to,
Further, in the above embodiment, the queue buffer 16 is provided in the allocation member 15, but the queue buffer 16 may be provided separately from the allocation member 15, and the present invention can be modified in various ways to the above embodiment. It goes without saying that there is.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, the dispensing machine can be operated using the data handled by the host computer, and therefore the data regarding the medicine to be dispensed based on the doctor's prescription can be used. ,
There is no need to input it separately or twice into the dispensing machine that dispenses it and other host computers for medical accounting.As a result, the time and effort required for input operations is saved, and the probability of input operation errors is reduced. Moreover, there is no need to make any special design changes to the host computer itself to connect it to the dispensing machine, and there is no need to make any special design changes to the dispensing machine itself to connect it to the host computer. , simply connect the two using a dispensing control device.
The dispensing machine can be operated using data handled by the host computer, and if necessary, the dispensing machine can be separated from the host computer and operated independently using a dedicated input device. It has excellent effects such as:

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1...Host computer, 2...Prescription, 3
...Injection slip, 4...Treatment slip, 5...Test slip,
6... Memory medium, 7... Billing slip, 8... Dispensing machine (tablet packaging machine), 9... Tablet feeder, 10...
... Packaging device, 11 ... Input device, 12 ... Queue buffer, 13 ... Dispensing control device, 14 ... Classification member, 15 ... Allocation member, 16 ... Queue buffer, 17 ... Dispensing instruction sheet, 18...memory medium,
19...Memory medium, 20...Medicine bag, 21...Audit terminal, 22...Medication display panel.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A dispensing control device that connects a host computer installed in a medical institution and a dispensing machine equipped with an input device, which processes data related to drugs to be dispensed among the data handled by the host computer according to the type of dispensing. A dispensing control device comprising: means for classifying the data classified by the classifying means; and means for allocating the data classified by the classifying means to the input device of the dispensing machine suitable for the type of dispensing.