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System and method for managing medical prescriptions and inventory

  • US 10,152,453 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/2003
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • wirelessly receiving, by a mobile device, a wireless room identification signal wirelessly transmitted from a room transceiver, the wireless room identification signal identifying a wireless network and the room transceiver;

    establishing, by the mobile device, electronic communication via the Internet with a server;

    automatically wirelessly transmitting, from the mobile device, an electronic request addressed to the room transceiver upon a receipt of the wireless room identification signal, the electronic request requesting an electronic patient chart, and the electronic request specifying the room transceiver;

    routing, by the room transceiver, the electronic request via the Internet to the server, the server associated with an Internet Protocol address;

    querying, by the server, an electronic database for the room transceiver specified by the electronic request, the electronic database electronically associating electronic patient charts and transceivers including the room transceiver specified by the electronic request;

    retrieving, by the server, the electronic patient chart identified by the electronic database that is electronically associated with the room transceiver;

    routing, from the server, the electronic patient chart via the Internet to the room transceiver for a wireless transmission via the wireless network to the mobile device;

    receiving, at the mobile device, the electronic patient chart in response to the electronic request automatically wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device upon a receipt of the wireless room identification signal;

    automatically displaying, by the mobile device, the electronic patient chart in response to the receipt of the wireless room identification signal;

    linking, via the Internet, a display of the electronic patient chart at the mobile device with another display associated with the server such that the electronic patient chart is simultaneously displayed by both the mobile device and by the server;

    monitoring, by the server, the electronic patient chart for an entry of a medicinal prescription at the mobile device;

    sending, from the server, an electronic query to an inventory database for an inventory associated with the medicinal prescription; and

    decrementing, by the server, the inventory to reflect the entry of the medicinal prescription in the electronic patient chart displayed by the mobile device.

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