KR20130032117A - Apparatus and method for providing information for taking medicine - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing medicine medication information. The drug medication information providing apparatus is configured to interface with the generation of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, and to receive the first form prescription information together with the medication guidance request, and to receive the second form prescription information from the input first prescription information. And a processor for extracting medication information on the extracted second form prescription information from a database and providing the retrieved medication information to the mobile terminal as a response to the medication instruction request.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing medicine medication information {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR TAKING MEDICINE}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a technology for providing patient-specific medication information to a mobile terminal in association with a medication guidance request generation from a mobile terminal.

In general, after dispensing at a pharmacy, a pharmacist may orally deliver medication information (eg, medication method, medication instructions) to a patient, or simply display medication information on a medicine bag to instruct medication.

However, it is not easy for the patient to remember the medication information, and it is not easy to grasp the medication method only with the medication information simply displayed on the medicine bag.

Accordingly, there is a need for a technology that provides medication information in various forms so that the patient can easily grasp the medication information.

In addition, by providing medication information in consideration of the patient's condition or the patient's taking medication, and providing patient-specific medication information, it is necessary to provide a technique for providing the best medication guidance to the patient.

An object of the present invention is to provide customized medication information for each patient by providing medication information in consideration of patient information to the mobile terminal according to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal.

According to the present invention, according to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, taking the medication information in consideration of the patient information in various forms, and providing the processed medication information to the mobile terminal, the medication information more easily It is aimed at being able to grasp.

Medication medication information providing apparatus for achieving the above object is in conjunction with the occurrence of the medication guidance request, the interface for receiving the first form prescription information from the mobile terminal, and extracts the second form prescription information from the first form prescription information, And a processor for retrieving medication information on the second form prescription information from a database and providing the retrieved medication information to the mobile terminal as a response to the medication guidance request.

The processor may retrieve the medication information from the database in consideration of patient information input from the mobile terminal by the interface or patient information extracted from the first type prescription information.

The interface is the first form prescription information, the prescription bar code information obtained from the medicine bag through the scanning means of the mobile terminal, or the prescription capture information obtained from the medicine bag through the imaging means of the mobile terminal, It can be input from the mobile terminal.

The processor may extract the second form prescription information in text form from the first form prescription information when the first form prescription information is an image form.

The processor may process the medication information into at least one of text, voice, or video and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal.

The processor may process the medication information with a type or environment of a distinguished processed form in consideration of patient information associated with the first form prescription information or the second form prescription information.

When the medication information is extracted from the first form prescription information, the processor processes the extracted medication information into a form distinct from the first form prescription information, and as a response to the medication guidance request, the mobile terminal. Can be provided as

The method for providing medicine medication information for achieving the above object includes receiving first form prescription information from a mobile terminal in association with generation of a medication guide request, and extracting second form prescription information from the first form prescription information. And retrieving medication information for the second form prescription information from a database, and providing the retrieved medication information to the mobile terminal as a response to the medication guidance request.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, according to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, by providing the medication information considering the patient information with respect to the prescription information, it is possible to provide a customized medication information for each patient.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in response to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, taking the medication information in consideration of the patient information in various forms, by providing the processed medication information to the mobile terminal, Make information easier to grasp.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a drug medication information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing the configuration of a drug medication information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing an example of prescription information input to the drug medication information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating another example of prescription information input to the apparatus for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of medication information provided by the apparatus for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating another example of medication information provided by the apparatus for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing medication information in the apparatus for providing medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the apparatus and method for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a drug medication information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the drug medication information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 101 and the drug medication information providing apparatus (103).

The mobile terminal 101 obtains prescription information (eg, drug name, number of daily doses, one-time dose, total dose days) from a prescription or a medicine bag, and takes medicine medication information providing device 103 with respect to the obtained prescription information. May issue a map request. In this case, the mobile terminal 101 may obtain prescription barcode information (eg, a QR (Quick Response) code image) as prescription information from a prescription or a medicine bag through a built-in scanning means. In addition, the mobile terminal 101 can obtain prescription capture information (eg, an image of a photograph) as prescription information from a prescription or a medicine bag through a built-in imaging means.

In the following, the prescription information obtained by the mobile terminal 101 will be abbreviated as "first form prescription information". In addition, as will be described later, according to the present invention, prescription information extracted secondly from the first type prescription information is referred to as "second type prescription information".

When the mobile terminal 101 generates the medication guidance request, the medication information providing apparatus 103 provides patient information (for example, patient's personal information, patient's state, and medication being taken by the patient) together with the first form prescription information. Can be provided as In this case, the mobile terminal 101 provides the patient information directly input from the user (eg, the patient) to the medication information providing apparatus 103, or the first form prescription information (eg, QR code image) including the patient information. ) Can be obtained and provided to the medication information providing apparatus 103.

The mobile terminal 101 receives the medication information (eg, the medication method, the medication precautions) from the medication information providing apparatus 103 in response to the medication guidance request to the medication medication information providing apparatus 103, and receives the medication information. Medication information can be output. In this case, the mobile terminal 101 may provide medication information in various forms. For example, the mobile terminal 101 may provide at least one of text, voice, or video.

The medicine medication information providing apparatus 103 is linked with the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal 101, and receives the first form prescription information together with the medication guidance request. Medication information for may be retrieved from the database and provided to the mobile terminal 101. At this time, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 extracts the second form prescription information from the first form prescription information input from the mobile terminal 101, and retrieves the medication information corresponding to the extracted second form prescription information from the database. can do. In addition, the medication information providing apparatus 103 may receive the patient information with the first form prescription information from the mobile terminal 101, or may receive the first form prescription information including the patient information.

The medication information providing apparatus 103 processes the medication information retrieved from the database in various forms and provides the medication information to the mobile terminal 101, thereby making it easier to identify the medication information. Here, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 may change medication type information by varying the type or environment setting of the processing form according to patient information (for example, patient's age, sex, pregnancy, drug allergy, hearing / visual disorder). By processing, it is possible to intuitively recognize the medication information.

In addition, when the medication information about the medicine is extracted from the first form prescription information, the medicine medication information providing apparatus 103 skips the medication information search from the database, and the extracted medication information is compared with the first form prescription information. It may be processed into a distinctive form and provided to the mobile terminal 101 as a response to the medication guidance request. For example, when the medicine medication information providing apparatus 103 receives the first form prescription information in the form of an image received from the mobile terminal 101 from the mobile terminal 101, the drug medication information providing device 103 is provided with a text form from the first form prescription information in the form of an image. When the second form prescription information is extracted and the extracted second form prescription information is medication information about a medicine, the extracted second form prescription information may be processed into a voice form and provided to the mobile terminal 101. Thus, by providing the medication information by voice to the patient with a visual impairment, it is possible to easily grasp the medication information.

2 is a view showing the configuration of a drug medication information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an interface 201, a processor 203, and a database 205.

The interface 201 interoperates with the generation of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal and receives the first form prescription information together with the medication guidance request. In this case, the interface 201 is the first form prescription information, the prescription bar code information obtained from the medicine bag (or prescription) through the scanning means of the mobile terminal, or the medicine bag (or through the imaging means of the mobile terminal) Prescription capture information obtained from a prescription) can be input from a mobile terminal.

In addition, the interface 201 may receive patient information together with the first form prescription information from the mobile terminal.

The processor 203 extracts second type prescription information from the input first type prescription information. In this case, the processor 203 may extract the second type prescription information, that is, the textual prescription information, from the inputted prescription information in the form of the image as the first type prescription information.

The processor 203 may provide medication information (eg, medication method, medication instructions) with respect to the extracted second form prescription information (eg, drug name, daily dose, daily dose, total dose), and the first and second medications. Retrieves from the database 205 in consideration of patient information associated with the form prescription information (e.g., patient's personal information, patient's condition, patient's medication), and retrieves the retrieved medication information as a response to the medication guidance request. Provided by mobile terminal. For example, the processor 203 retrieves the medication information from the database 205 in consideration of the patient's age, sex, pregnancy, drug allergy, hearing / visual disorder, and the like, and moves the retrieved medication information. By providing to the terminal, it is possible to provide a customized medication information for each patient. Accordingly, the processor 203 may minimize drug occurrence by providing patient-specific medication information.

In this case, the patient information may be input by the interface 201 together with the first type prescription information from the mobile terminal or extracted by the processor 203 from the input first type prescription information.

The processor 203 may process the retrieved medication information into at least one of text, voice, or video and provide the same to the mobile terminal. In this case, the processor 203 considers the patient information associated with the first and second form prescription information, and identifies the type of distinguished processed form (eg, text, voice, or (video)) or preference (text, voice size, Play information) can be processed. For example, the processor 203 processes the medication information into a 'pictogram image' and provides the mobile terminal when the patient is in the general '20s or 40s', or when the patient has a' visual disorder ', the medication information' Voice 'and process it to the mobile terminal. In addition, when the patient has a hearing impairment, the processor 203 processes the video into a video including a subtitle, and provides the medication information to the mobile terminal.

In this case, when the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal is generated according to the movement of the mobile terminal (for example, up and down shaking for a predetermined time), the processor 203 processes the medication information into 'voice' and processes the mobile terminal. Can be provided as

When the medication information regarding the medicine is extracted from the first form prescription information, the processor 203 processes the extracted medication information into a form distinct from the first form prescription information, and responds to the medication guidance request. For example, the mobile terminal can be provided as a mobile terminal. That is, when the medication information is input as the prescription information, the processor 203 may modify and provide only the form of the medication information to the mobile terminal. For example, when the first form prescription information in the form of an image is medication information, the processor 203 may process the medication information in the form of a voice or an image and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal. In this case, the processor 203 may modify the medication information input from the mobile terminal in consideration of patient information, process the modified medication information in various forms, and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal.

On the other hand, when the prescription identification information is extracted from the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, the processor 203 retrieves medication information corresponding to the prescription identification information from the database 205 in consideration of patient information, and retrieves the retrieved medication information. As a response to the medication guidance request, may be provided to the mobile terminal.

The database 205 may store medication information for each drug. In addition, the database 205 may store medication information for each prescription. For example, the database 205 may store medication information in response to prescription identification information for identifying prescription information.

3 is a view showing an example of prescription information input to the drug medication information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the medication information providing apparatus 103 receives the first form prescription information together with the medication guidance request in association with the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal 101, the first form prescription Medication information on the information can be provided to the mobile terminal (101).

For example, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 is linked to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal 101 and together with the medication guidance request, the prescription obtained from the medicine bag through the scanning means of the mobile terminal 101. When the barcode information 301 is received from the mobile terminal 101, the second form prescription information 303 in text form may be extracted from the input prescription barcode information 301.

In this case, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 may further extract the medication information 305 or the patient information 307 for the second type prescription information from the input prescription barcode information 301.

In addition, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 may extract only the medication information 309 for the second type prescription information from the input prescription barcode information 301.

Thereafter, the drug medication information providing apparatus 103 may process the extracted medication information into various forms (eg, text, voice, or (video)) and provide the extracted medication information to the mobile terminal 101.

4 is a diagram illustrating another example of prescription information input to the apparatus for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the medication information providing apparatus 103 receives the first form prescription information together with the medication guidance request in association with the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal 101, the first form prescription Medication information on the information can be provided to the mobile terminal (101).

For example, the medication information providing apparatus 103 is linked to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal 101 and, together with the medication guidance request, through an imaging means (eg, a camera module) of the mobile terminal 101, When the prescription capture information 401 obtained from the medicine bag is received from the mobile terminal 101, the second form prescription information 403 in text form may be extracted from the input prescription capture information 401.

The medicine medication information providing device 103 is a text form of the second form prescription information. When a medicine name (for example, warfarin, tylenol, bufen, gasta tablet, etc.) is extracted, the medication information for the medicine is searched from a database by a mobile terminal. 101 can be provided.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of medication information provided by the apparatus for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is medication information provided by the apparatus for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows another example of the.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information may provide medication information about the first type prescription information input together with the medication guidance request to the mobile terminal in association with the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal. Can be. In this case, the drug medication information providing apparatus may process the medication information into various forms (eg, text, voice, or (video)), and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal.

For example, the drug medication information providing apparatus may process the medication information _ # 1 501 into a 'image of a pictogram' 503 and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal.

The medication information providing apparatus may process the medication information _ # 2 509 into a 'video' 511 and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal.

In addition, the drug medication information providing apparatus may process the medication information _ # 2 (601) into a 'image' (603) for each step, it may be provided to the mobile terminal.

The drug medication information providing apparatus processes medication information on prescription information in various forms and provides processed medication information to a mobile terminal, thereby making it easier to identify medication information.

In addition, the drug medication information providing apparatus by processing the medication information for the prescription information based on the patient information based on the patient information as shown in FIG. 7 to provide a mobile terminal, it is possible to recognize the medication information more intuitively.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing medication information in the apparatus for providing medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information may process medication information about prescription information into at least one form of text, voice, or image and provide the same to a mobile terminal. At this time, the drug medication information providing apparatus takes into account the patient information associated with the prescription information, the type of distinct processing form (for example, text, voice, or (video)) or preference (text, voice size, play speed) Can process medication information.

The medication information providing apparatus may process the medication information in consideration of the age of the patient. For example, the drug medication information providing apparatus processes the medication information into an 'image of animation' when the patient corresponds to the first age (less than 14 years), and when the patient corresponds to the second age (14 to 65 years), Information is processed into 'images of pictograms', and if you are of the third age (65 years of age or older), you will process medication information into 'images of pictograms' and 'audio of 70 decibels or more' along with 'text over 14 fonts'. Can be.

In addition, the drug medication information providing apparatus may process medication information in consideration of, for example, whether pregnant, taking complexity, drug allergy, or hearing / visual impairment.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing medicine medication information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, in operation 801, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information receives input of first form prescription information together with the medication guidance request in association with the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal.

In this case, the drug medication information providing device is the first form prescription information, the prescription bar code information obtained from the medicine bag (or prescription) through the scanning means of the mobile terminal, or via the imaging means of the mobile terminal, Or prescription capture information obtained from a prescription) can be input from a mobile terminal.

In addition, the drug medication information providing apparatus may receive patient information together with the prescription information (first form prescription information) from the mobile terminal. In this case, the drug medication information providing apparatus may receive the patient information directly input by the user together with the prescription information from the mobile terminal, or may receive the patient information included in the prescription information.

In operation 803, the medication information providing apparatus extracts the second form prescription information from the input first form prescription information. For example, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information may extract the second form prescription information, that is, the text form prescription information, from the input form of the prescription information as the first form prescription information.

In operation 805, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information retrieves medication information regarding the extracted second form prescription information from a database in consideration of patient information. For example, the drug medication information providing apparatus searches for the medication information from a database in consideration of, for example, the age, sex, pregnancy, drug allergy, hearing / visual impairment, etc. of the patient, and retrieves the retrieved medication information into the mobile terminal. By providing, it is possible to provide patient-specific medication information.

In this case, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information may search for medication information from a database in consideration of patient information input together with the first form prescription information from the mobile terminal or patient information extracted from the first form prescription information.

In operation 807, the apparatus for providing medicine medication information provides the retrieved medication information as a response to the medication guidance request to the mobile terminal.

In this case, the drug medication information providing apparatus may process the medication information into at least one of text, voice, or video and provide the medication information to the mobile terminal. Here, the drug medication information providing apparatus takes the medication information into a type (eg, text, voice, or (video)) or a configuration (text, voice size, and play speed) of a distinct processing form in consideration of patient information. It can be processed.

On the other hand, in step 803, when the medication information about the drug is extracted from the first form prescription information, the medicine medication information providing apparatus skips the medication information search from the database, and the extracted medication information to the first form prescription The information may be processed into a form distinguished from the information, and may be provided to the mobile terminal as a response to the medication guidance request.

According to the present invention, according to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, by providing the medication information considering the patient information with respect to the prescription information, it is possible to provide a customized medication information for each patient.

According to the present invention, according to the occurrence of the medication guidance request from the mobile terminal, taking the medication information in consideration of the patient information in various forms, and providing the processed medication information to the mobile terminal, the medication information more easily Make it understandable.

Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

100: drug medication information providing system
101: mobile terminal
103: drug medication information providing device
201: interface
203: processor
205: Database

Claims (14)

An interface for receiving first type prescription information from a mobile terminal in association with a medication guidance request generation; And
Extracting the second form prescription information from the first form prescription information, searching for medication information for the second form prescription information from a database, and retrieving the retrieved medication information as a response to the medication guidance request; Powered by
Medication medication information providing device comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And the medication information from the database in consideration of patient information input from the mobile terminal by the interface or patient information extracted from the first form prescription information. The method of claim 1,
The interface is,
As the first form prescription information,
Prescription barcode information obtained from the medicine bag through the scanning means of the mobile terminal, or
A medicine medication information providing apparatus for receiving prescription capture information obtained from the medicine bag from the mobile terminal through the imaging means of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And the second form prescription information is extracted from the first form prescription information in text form when the first form prescription information is an image form. The method of claim 1,
The processor comprising:
Apparatus for providing medicine medication information by processing the medication information in the form of at least one of a text, audio or video to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 5,
The processor comprising:
The drug medication information providing apparatus for processing the medication information in the type or environment of the distinct processing form in consideration of the patient information associated with the first form prescription information or the second form prescription information. The method of claim 1,
When the medication information is extracted from the first form prescription information,
The processor comprising:
And processing the extracted medication information into a form distinguished from the first form prescription information, and providing the medication information to the mobile terminal as a response to the medication guidance request. Receiving input of first type prescription information from a mobile terminal in association with a medication guidance request generation;
Extracting second form prescription information from the first form prescription information;
Retrieving medication information for the second form prescription information from a database; And
Providing the retrieved medication information to the mobile terminal in response to the medication instruction request;
Drug medication information providing method comprising a. 9. The method of claim 8,
Retrieving the medication information from a database,
Retrieving the medication information from the database in consideration of patient information input from the mobile terminal or patient information extracted from the first type prescription information;
Including, drug medication information providing method. 9. The method of claim 8,
The step of receiving the first form prescription information,
Receiving prescription barcode information obtained from the medicine bag through the scanning means of the mobile terminal, or prescription capture information obtained from the medicine bag through the imaging means of the mobile terminal, as the first form prescription information;
Including, drug medication information providing method. 9. The method of claim 8,
Extracting the second form prescription information,
Extracting the second form prescription information in a text form from the first form prescription information in an image form
Including, drug medication information providing method. 9. The method of claim 8,
Processing the medication information into at least one of text, voice, or video
Further comprising, drug medication information providing method. The method of claim 12,
The processing step comprises:
Processing the medication information with a type or environment of a distinct processed form in consideration of patient information associated with the first form prescription information or the second form prescription information
Including, drug medication information providing method. 9. The method of claim 8,
When the medication information is extracted from the first form prescription information,
Processing the extracted medication information into a form distinguished from the first form prescription information and providing the mobile terminal as a response to the medication guide request;
Further comprising, drug medication information providing method.

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