System and method for preventing fraud and mistake in the issuance, filling and payment of medical prescriptions
First Claim
1. A method of tracking the execution of a medical prescription by medical service professionals, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a database;
entering an unfilled prescription into said database, that has been prescribed by a physician to a particular patient;
retrieving said unfilled prescription from said database by a medical service professional selected by said particular patient to fill said prescription;
having the medical service provider fill said unfilled prescription and present a filled prescription to said particular patient;
entering data of said filled prescription into said database;
comparing said data of said filled prescription with said unfilled prescription; and
generating a warning if said data of said filled prescription does not satisfy said unfilled prescription.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking the proper execution of a medical prescription from the time it is prescribed by a physician to the time it is filled by a pharmacist, signed for, paid for and received by the recipient in the pharmacy. The system includes a database. Unfilled prescriptions are entered into the database by authorized physicians. When the patient goes to a pharmacist or another medical service provider to fill the prescription, the medical service provider accesses the database to retrieve the details of the prescription. The exact details of how the prescription is filled is entered into the database. The details of how the prescription is filled is automatically compared to the original prescription. If there is any discrepancy between the original prescription and how the prescription is filled, a warning is generated.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of tracking the execution of a medical prescription by medical service professionals, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a database;
entering an unfilled prescription into said database, that has been prescribed by a physician to a particular patient;
retrieving said unfilled prescription from said database by a medical service professional selected by said particular patient to fill said prescription;
having the medical service provider fill said unfilled prescription and present a filled prescription to said particular patient;
entering data of said filled prescription into said database;
comparing said data of said filled prescription with said unfilled prescription; and
generating a warning if said data of said filled prescription does not satisfy said unfilled prescription. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of reducing fraud and mistake in the filling of medical prescriptions for at least one pharmaceutical, said method comprising the steps of:
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entering a patient'"'"'s unfilled prescription for at least one pharmaceutical into a secure database;
retrieving said unfilled prescription from said database at a pharmacy;
having a pharmacist at said pharmacy provide a volume of said at least one pharmaceutical as directed by said unfilled prescription;
entering said at least one pharmaceutical and said volume provided by said pharmacist into said database;
comparing said at least one pharmaceutical and said volume provided by said pharmacist to said unfilled prescription; and
generating a warning if either said at least one pharmaceutical or said volume differ from said unfilled prescription. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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