JPH04174060A - Medical information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a wait time by providing a medical computer installed in a medical institution and computers for pharmacies which are installed in the pharmacies and connected to the medical computer, and receiving prescription data at the computers for the pharmacies from the medical computer and issuing temporary prescriptions according to the received data. CONSTITUTION:The medical computer 1 which is installed in the hospital and the computers 2 which are installed in the pharmacies A and B are connected through a telephone line 4. After a patient is consulted and treated, header data and consulting data are inputted to the medical computer 1 and stored in a header file 12 and a consulting file 13. A processing part 6 transfers the header data on the patient and the prescription data in the consulting data to a transmitting buffer 9, from which the data are sent. One pharmacy computer receives the prescription data and issues a temporary prescription according to the data. Consequently, when the patient visits the pharmacy with the prescription, the patient can receive prepared medicines immediately or in a slight wait time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a medical information processing system that connects a medical computer installed in a medical institution such as a hospital and a pharmacy computer installed in a pharmacy. Regarding the system.

(b) Conventional technology Medical institutions such as hospitals are generally equipped with medical computers called medical insurance billing calculators.
When a patient visits the hospital, please provide their name, date of birth, insurance number,
Input patient-specific initial data such as a patient code, and medical treatment data such as disease name and prescription that represent the contents of medical treatment for the patient through the input means, and store these data in the storage means to perform insurance claim work. There is. Additionally, when using a pharmacy outside the hospital, a prescription was issued based on the prescription data in the medical care data and handed to the patient.

The patient would then visit a pharmacy with a prescription, and the pharmacy would read the prescription, dispense the medicine, and hand the medicine to the patient. At this time, if the pharmacy is equipped with a pharmacy computer called a dispensing insurance billing calculator, the operator displays an input screen on the display and then inputs the patient's initial data and prescription data while looking at the prescription. The dispensing billing process was processed by mechanization by inputting data from a storage device and storing the data in a storage device.

Examples of conventional medical insurance billing calculators and dispensing insurance billing calculators are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-15106 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-59191.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the prior art, the pharmacist starts dispensing the prescription after the patient hands over the prescription issued by the hospital to the pharmacy, so the patient has to wait a long time to receive the medicine at the pharmacy. Time was needed.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention includes a medical computer installed in a medical institution, and a pharmacy computer installed in a pharmacy and connected to the medical combinator, the medical computer , comprising an input means for inputting patient prescription data, a storage means for storing the input prescription data, and a transmission means for transmitting the prescription data to the pharmacy computer, and the pharmacy computer receives information from the transmission means. The above-mentioned problem is solved by a medical information processing system including a receiving means for receiving prescription data, and an output means for issuing a temporary prescription based on the received prescription data.

(E) Effect In the present invention, a temporary prescription is issued by the pharmacy computer based on the prescription data entered by the medical computer, so the pharmacy does not have to wait for the real prescription brought by the patient. , users will be able to start dispensing prescriptions while viewing the temporary prescription.

(v) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the medical information processing system according to the present invention, in which (1) is a medical computer installed in a hospital, (2) and (3) are pharmacy A. and Pharmacy computers installed in Pharmacy B, where the medical computer and the pharmacy computer are connected to a telephone line (
4).

The medical computer (1) includes a keyboard (5), a processing unit (6), a display (7), a printer (8), a transmission buffer (9), a modem (10), a memory (11), and a header file (12). ), a medical file (13), and a disk (15) containing a mask file (14). The pharmacy computer (2) also includes a keyboard (16),
Processing unit (17), display (18), printer (
19), reception buffer (20), modem (21), memory (22), header file (23) and dispensing file (
24) and a disk (26) containing the mask file (25).
). Furthermore, the configuration of the pharmacy computer (3) is also (
It is the same as 2).

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3.

First, when a patient visits a hospital and receives a medical examination, the medical computer (1) inputs initial data and medical treatment data from the keyboard (5), and these data are stored in the initial file (12) in the disk (15). ) and stored in the medical treatment file (13). Next, when the send key on the keyboard is pressed, a patient code and pharmacy designation screen is displayed, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

An example of this specification screen is shown in Figure 4, where:
When the patient code of the patient to whom data is to be sent and the destination pharmacy are specified, the processing unit (6) transfers the specified patient's initial data and prescription data in the medical treatment data to the sending buffer (9). , and a modem (1
0) makes a call. Then, when the line with the other party is connected, the contents of the transmission buffer (9) are transmitted.

Next, when the issue key on the keyboard is pressed, the processing section (
6) sends the designated patient's initial data and prescription data to the printer (8) to print the prescription. The prescription is then handed to the patient, and the patient heads to the pharmacy.

On the other hand, at the designated pharmacy A, a medical computer (1
), the pharmacy computer (2) has already started the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

That is, in response to a transmission request from the modem (9) of the medical computer (1), the telephone line (4) is transmitted by the modem (21).
), and the processing unit (17) stores the transmitted data in the reception buffer (2o). When all the data have been received, the line is disconnected and some items 9 of the received data, such as patient code, name, and insurance number, are displayed on the display (18).

Furthermore, the received header data and prescription data are sent to the printer (19), and a temporary prescription (3) as shown in FIG.
0) is output. Here, the temporary prescription will be referred to as a prescription slip, and it will consist of a header data section a and a prescription data section indicating the medication details. . Then, print out the prescription form (
30) to the pharmacist and start dispensing.

The pharmacy computer also performs dispensing request operations based on the received data. That is, returning to the flowchart in Fig. 3, if the patient code key is pressed after the prescription form is issued, the patient code input screen will be displayed on the display (18), and if the content call key is pressed here, the reception buffer ( 20) The first data of the data received is read out, and if the patient in this data is a new patient, the received data is inserted into each entry field on the initial input screen, as shown in Figure 6. The display is performed in the form shown below. When the input key is pressed after the display, the displayed header data is written into the memory (22), and then, as shown in Figure 7, the received prescription data is inserted into the input field outside the margin on the prescription input screen. The display is performed in the form shown below. Further, when it is determined that the patient is not a new patient in the determination of a new patient, the above-mentioned header input screen is not displayed, but the prescription input screen is displayed.

Furthermore, when a patient code is input instead of the content recall key, the data with the input patient code is read from the reception buffer (20) and similarly, after determining a new patient, the data is displayed on the initial input screen or dispensing medicine. An input screen is displayed. After the dispensing input screen is displayed, when the enter key is pressed, insurance points are calculated by referring to the mask file (25), and the prescription contents and points are displayed in the fields of the dispensing input screen as shown in Figure 8. These data are written to the memory (22).

After that, when the end key is pressed, the contents of the memory (22) are stored in the header file (23) and the dispensing file (24) in the disk (26), and accounting processing is performed to create a medicine billing slip. is displayed on the display (18) and printed on the printer (19).

The above processing can be performed as soon as the data is sent from the medical computer, so when a patient visits a pharmacy with a genuine prescription, the patient will check the prescription and dispensing results, and then
Dispensed medicines can be provided to patients immediately or with a short waiting period.

Incidentally, in the embodiment, one computer is installed in each hospital and pharmacy, but a plurality of computers may be installed in each to share the processing. For example, on the hospital side, counter processing such as data input and prescription issuance, and data transmission are shared, while on the pharmacy side, processing is divided on receiving data, issuing temporary prescriptions, and counter processing related to dispensing request work. It is.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to significantly shorten the waiting time required for a patient to pick up and receive medicine at a pharmacy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the medical computer, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the pharmacy computer, Fig. 4 is a display example showing the specification screen at the time of data transmission, and Fig. 5 is an example of a provisional prescription. 6 is a display example showing a heading input screen, FIG. 7 is a display example showing a prescription input screen, and FIG. 8 is a display example showing a prescription input screen after score calculation. (1)--------1 medical computer, (2)
(3) ---------ii station computer, (4)
・-----1--Telephone line, (5) (6>----
−−−−−Keyboard, (6”) (17)−−−−−
--1 processing unit, (7) (18) ------1 --- display, (8) (19) --- printer,
(10) (21) ------- Modem, (15) (
26)------Disc, (30)------
--One prescription form.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A medical computer installed in a medical institution and a pharmacy computer installed in a pharmacy and connected to the medical computer, the medical computer comprising:
The pharmacy computer includes an input means for inputting patient prescription data, a storage means for storing the input prescription data, and a transmission means for transmitting the prescription data to the pharmacy computer. 1. A medical information processing system comprising: receiving means for receiving prescription data; and output means for issuing a temporary prescription based on the received prescription data. (2) The medical computer is connected to a plurality of the pharmacy computers and includes a designation means for designating one of the pharmacies, and the transmission means transmits prescription data to the pharmacy computer designated by the designation means. The medical information processing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: