Mobile submission of pharmacy insurance information
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1. A system for updating existing patient insurance information, the system comprising:
- a non-volatile computer memory for storing an image of an updated insurance card;
a network interface configured for receiving updated insurance information from a user of a client device over a computer network; and
a computer processor configured for executing software instructions to;
responsive to arrival of an expiration date associated with the existing patient'"'"'s current insurance card, cause an application to automatically launch on the client device of the user, wherein the application launched on the client device is configured to;
detect whether the user is authenticated with a pharmacy service, wherein the pharmacy service comprises patient information;
if the user is authenticated with the pharmacy service, provide a first graphical-user interface to be displayed to the user on a screen of the client device, the first graphical-user interface comprising a prompt to capture an image of the updated insurance card;
if the user is not authenticated with the pharmacy service, provide a second graphical-user interface to be displayed to the user on the screen of the client device, the second graphical-user interface comprising (i) the prompt to capture the image of the updated insurance card and (ii) a data-entry prompt for capturing the patient information;
extract information from the image of the updated insurance card; and
electronically transmit the patient information and the extracted information from the image of the updated insurance card to a pharmacy for processing.
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Abstract
If a user of a client device is authenticated with a pharmacy service, the user is prompted to capture an image of an insurance card; if the user is not authenticated, the user is further prompted to input patient information. Information is extracted from the insurance card and it and the patient information are transmitted to a pharmacy for processing.
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1. A system for updating existing patient insurance information, the system comprising:
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a non-volatile computer memory for storing an image of an updated insurance card; a network interface configured for receiving updated insurance information from a user of a client device over a computer network; and a computer processor configured for executing software instructions to; responsive to arrival of an expiration date associated with the existing patient'"'"'s current insurance card, cause an application to automatically launch on the client device of the user, wherein the application launched on the client device is configured to; detect whether the user is authenticated with a pharmacy service, wherein the pharmacy service comprises patient information; if the user is authenticated with the pharmacy service, provide a first graphical-user interface to be displayed to the user on a screen of the client device, the first graphical-user interface comprising a prompt to capture an image of the updated insurance card; if the user is not authenticated with the pharmacy service, provide a second graphical-user interface to be displayed to the user on the screen of the client device, the second graphical-user interface comprising (i) the prompt to capture the image of the updated insurance card and (ii) a data-entry prompt for capturing the patient information; extract information from the image of the updated insurance card; and electronically transmit the patient information and the extracted information from the image of the updated insurance card to a pharmacy for processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for updating existing patient insurance information, the method comprising:
responsive to arrival of an expiration date associated with the existing patient'"'"'s current insurance card, causing an application to automatically launch on a client device of a user, wherein the application launched on the client device is configured to; detect whether the user of the client device is authenticated with a pharmacy service, wherein the pharmacy service comprises patient information; if the user is authenticated with the pharmacy service, provide a first graphical-user interface to be displayed to the user on a screen of the client device, the first graphical-user interface comprising a prompt to capture an image of an updated insurance card; if the user is not authenticated with the pharmacy service, provide a second graphical-user interface to be displayed to the user on the screen of the client device, the second graphical-user interface comprising (i) the prompt to capture the image of the updated insurance card and (ii) a data-entry prompt for capturing the patient information; extract information from the image of the updated insurance card; and electronically transmit the patient information and the extracted information from the image of the updated insurance card to a pharmacy for processing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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