Optical prescription card
First Claim
1. A method for distributing drug interaction information for pharmacological compounds, the method comprising steps of:
- receiving a request for a pharmacological compound for administration to a party;
receiving a list that includes a plurality of other pharmacological compounds associated with the party;
reading from an optical card a listing of possible drug interactions related to at least one of;
the pharmacological compound, or the plurality of other pharmacological compounds;
determining if the pharmacological compound is contraindicated from the listing of possible drug interactions; and
printing a subset of the listing of possible drug interactions relevant to use of the pharmacological compound with the plurality of other pharmacological compounds.
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Abstract
According to the invention, a method for distributing drug interaction information for pharmacological compounds is disclosed. In one step, a request is received for a pharmacological compound for administration to a party. A list is received that includes a plurality of other pharmacological compounds associated with the party. A listing of possible drug interactions related to at least one of the pharmacological compound or the plurality of other pharmacological compounds is read from an optical card. It is determined if the pharmacological compound is contraindicated from the listing of possible drug interactions. A subset of the listing of possible drug interactions relevant to use of the pharmacological compound with the plurality of other pharmacological compounds is printed.
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1. A method for distributing drug interaction information for pharmacological compounds, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving a request for a pharmacological compound for administration to a party;
receiving a list that includes a plurality of other pharmacological compounds associated with the party;
reading from an optical card a listing of possible drug interactions related to at least one of;
the pharmacological compound, or the plurality of other pharmacological compounds;
determining if the pharmacological compound is contraindicated from the listing of possible drug interactions; and
printing a subset of the listing of possible drug interactions relevant to use of the pharmacological compound with the plurality of other pharmacological compounds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for distributing drug interaction information for pharmacological compounds, the method comprising steps of:
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providing an optical card written with information to uniquely identify a party that the optical card is issued to;
determining the party associated with the optical card; and
writing to the optical card at least one of;
a list including a plurality of pharmacological compounds associated with the party, or a listing of possible drug interactions for the plurality of pharmacological compounds to the optical card. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An optical prescription card for use in distributing drug interaction information for pharmacological compounds, the optical prescription card comprising:
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party information that is unique to a party who is issued the optical prescription card;
data optically written to the optical prescription card, wherein the data includes at least one of;
a list including a plurality of pharmacological compounds associated with the party, or a listing including possible drug interactions for the plurality of pharmacological compounds. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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