Method for Controlling Medicine Compounding in an Automatic Medicine Packing Machine

Abstract

A method for controlling medicine compounding in an automatic medicine packing machine includes steps of extracting medicine information wherein medicine code and medicine information are extracted from prescription data that is input to the automatic medicine packing machine from a server computer, analyzing medicine code consistency wherein whether the medicine code extracted and medicine code of a reference medicine that is preset coincide is compared and analyzed, analyzing medicine information consistency wherein when the medicines codes are found not to coincide, whether the medicine information extracted and the medicine information of the reference medicine coincide is compared and analyzed, and compounding medicine when the medicine information coincide.

1 . A method for controlling medicine compounding in an automatic medicine packing machine comprising steps of:
 a) extracting medicine information wherein medicine code and medicine information are extracted from prescription data that is input to the automatic medicine packing machine from a server computer;   b) analyzing medicine code consistency wherein whether the medicine code extracted and medicine code of a reference medicine that is preset coincide is compared and analyzed;   c) analyzing medicine information consistency wherein when the medicines codes are found not to coincide, whether the medicine information extracted and the medicine information of the reference medicine coincide is compared and analyzed; and   d) compounding medicine when the medicine information coincide.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising step of displaying the same medicine after the step of analyzing medicine information consistency, in which the extracted medicine code and the reference medicine code, the medicine information of which coincide, are displayed on a display. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising after the step of analyzing medicine information steps of:
 a) analyzing the same medicine, in which whether there is a medicine that has the same medicine name among medicines that have inconsistent medicine information is analyzed, when the medicine information are found not to coincide;   b) analyzing accord possibility wherein whether the amounts may be accorded by changing the amount of the reference medicine for medicines having the same medicine name is analyzed when there is a medicine that have the same medicine name; and   c) modifying prescription data wherein the prescription data is modified by adjusting dispensing amount of the reference medicine so that the amounts are accorded when it is found that accord is possible.   
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising after the step of modifying prescription data step of displaying medicine that can be accorded, wherein the medicine information of the medicine according to the prescription data and the reference medicine that have the same medicine name and are possible to make the amount consistent are displayed. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising after the step of analyzing accord possibility step of displaying manual compounding, wherein the medicine that cannot be accorded is displayed, whereby a user recognizes the displayed medicine that cannot be compounded automatically. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising after the step of compounding medicine step of deciding exclusion of medicine, wherein whether to supplement medicine or to continue compounding excluding the medicine is decided when a tablet supplement signal input during operating the tablet cassette according to the prescription data. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising after the step of deciding exclusion of medicine step of printing excluded medicine, wherein the medicine name and amount for the excluded medicine are printed on a packing envelope for the medicine when medicine exclusion has been decided. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein in the step of printing excluded medicine, the medicine name and amount of the excluded medicine are printed on an outer surface of the packing envelope into which the excluded medicine should be contained. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein in the step of printing excluded medicine, the medicine name and amount of the excluded medicine are printed on an outer surface of a vacant packing envelope that is provided at the header of packing envelope bundles that contain the excluded medicine.