Controlled substance tracking system and method
First Claim
1. A method for tracking prescriptive medication, to address and control prescription drug abuse, said method comprising:
- providing respective computer connections to a plurality of entities, said plurality of entities comprising a plurality of both affiliated and unaffiliated pharmacies;
storing pharmaceutical computer data related to prescriptive medication purchases obtained by a plurality of prescriptive medication purchasers from said plurality of affiliated and unaffiliated pharmacies; and
selectively transferring said pharmaceutical computer data through said computer connections to at least one of said plurality of entities for obtaining a prescriptive history of a selected prescriptive medication purchaser for all prescriptive medications purchased in the aggregate by said selected prescriptive medication purchaser from all of said plurality of affiliated and unaffiliated pharmacies based on said transferred pharmaceutical computer data; and
generating from said prescriptive history of said selected purchaser one or more patterns which can be used by one or more viewers of said prescriptive history to flag the possibility of prescriptive drug abuse.
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Abstract
A method for tracking prescriptive medications is provided whereby a complete prescriptive medication history including active and inactive prescriptive medications is stored for a plurality of patients utilizing a plurality of pharmacies wherein the pharmacies may be affiliated or unaffiliated. The information may be selectively retrieved through a secure computer connection by entities such as hospitals, doctors, pharmacies, insurance companies, government agencies and the like. The information may be utilized to benefit the patient whereby a doctor is able to obtain an accurate view of the complete prescriptive medication history of the patient including prescriptive medications by other doctors. Hospitals will be able to obtain, in accord with the invention, a prescriptive medication history prior to treatment such as emergency treatment where such information is not normally available. The stored data for each prescriptive medication transaction includes searchable data such as the patient'"'"'s name, address, doctor, pharmacy, aberrant use flag, and the like.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for tracking prescriptive medication, to address and control prescription drug abuse, said method comprising:
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providing respective computer connections to a plurality of entities, said plurality of entities comprising a plurality of both affiliated and unaffiliated pharmacies;
storing pharmaceutical computer data related to prescriptive medication purchases obtained by a plurality of prescriptive medication purchasers from said plurality of affiliated and unaffiliated pharmacies; and
selectively transferring said pharmaceutical computer data through said computer connections to at least one of said plurality of entities for obtaining a prescriptive history of a selected prescriptive medication purchaser for all prescriptive medications purchased in the aggregate by said selected prescriptive medication purchaser from all of said plurality of affiliated and unaffiliated pharmacies based on said transferred pharmaceutical computer data; and
generating from said prescriptive history of said selected purchaser one or more patterns which can be used by one or more viewers of said prescriptive history to flag the possibility of prescriptive drug abuse. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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22. A method for tracking prescriptive medications, to address and control prescription drug abuse, said method comprising;
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providing respective computer connections to a plurality of entities, said plurality of entities comprising at least one of a group comprising a plurality of hospitals, a plurality of doctors, at least one government agency, and a plurality of doctors;
storing pharmaceutical computer data relating to prescriptive medication purchases obtained by a plurality of prescriptive medication purchasers from a plurality of pharmacies;
selectively transferring said pharmaceutical computer data through said computer connections to at least one of said plurality of entities for obtaining a prescriptive history of a selected prescriptive medication purchaser for all prescriptive medications purchased in the aggregate by said selected prescriptive medication purchaser from all of said plurality of pharmacies based on said transferred pharmaceutical computer data; and
generating from said prescription history of said selected purchaser one or more patterns which can be used by one or more viewers of said prescriptive history to flag the possibility of prescriptive drug abuse.
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