Method and medical system for supplying a patient with medication
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1. A method for supplying a patient with medication, comprising the steps of:
- (a) communicating a designation to a data bank representing a quantity and a dosage of a medication;
(b) at said data bank, calculating, based on said designation, a point in time at which said medication will be used up; and
(c) prior to said point in time, establishing a contact from said data bank to an entity selected from the group consisting of said patient, a caregiver for said patient, and a caregiving establishment for said patient, to allow replenished medication to be available to said patient no later than said point in time.
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In a method and a medical system for supplying a patient with medication, a designation representing a quantity and a dosage of a medication is communicated to a data bank and, at the data bank, the point in time at which the medication will be used up is calculated. The data bank establishes contact with the patient and/or a caregiver for the patient and/or a caregiving establishment for the patient prior to the point in time calculated at the data bank, so that the patient can be supplied with replenished medication before the calculated point in time.
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1. A method for supplying a patient with medication, comprising the steps of:
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(a) communicating a designation to a data bank representing a quantity and a dosage of a medication;
(b) at said data bank, calculating, based on said designation, a point in time at which said medication will be used up; and
(c) prior to said point in time, establishing a contact from said data bank to an entity selected from the group consisting of said patient, a caregiver for said patient, and a caregiving establishment for said patient, to allow replenished medication to be available to said patient no later than said point in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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13. A medical system for supplying a patient with medication, comprising:
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a data bank to which a designation representing a quantity and a dosage of a medication is communicated;
a calculator at said data bank which calculates, based on said designation, a point in time at which said medication will be used up; and
prior to said point in time, said data bank establishing a contact from said data bank to an entity selected from the group consisting of said patient, a caregiver for said patient, and a caregiving establishment for said patient, to allow replenished medication to be available to said patient no later than said point in time.
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