Method and apparatus for managing drug inventory at point of care
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1. A system for managing administration of medications supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility comprising:
- a central application server site for maintaining medical administration records pertaining to residents in said health care facility and having a first data communication path to said medication supplier and a second data communication path to each health care facility; and
a plurality of portable devices for use in the health care facility for accessing and displaying said medical administration records at point of care of said residents and initiating order of said medications from said medication supplier via said central server site.
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A system for managing administration of prescription drugs supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility, comprising a central application server site for maintaining Medical Administration Records (MARs) pertaining to residents in the health care facility and having data communication paths to the medication supplier and the health care facility, and a plurality of portable devices for use in the health care facility for accessing and displaying the MARs at point of care of the residents and initiating order of the prescription drugs from the pharmacy via the central server site.
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1. A system for managing administration of medications supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility comprising:
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a central application server site for maintaining medical administration records pertaining to residents in said health care facility and having a first data communication path to said medication supplier and a second data communication path to each health care facility; and
a plurality of portable devices for use in the health care facility for accessing and displaying said medical administration records at point of care of said residents and initiating order of said medications from said medication supplier via said central server site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86)
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5. A system for managing administration of medications supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility comprising:
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a central application server site for maintaining medical administration records pertaining to residents in said health care facility and having a first data communication path to said medication supplier and a second data communication path to each health care facility; and
a computer readable medium having a first application stored thereon adapted for use on portable devices for use in the health care facility for accessing and displaying said medical administration records at point of care of said residents and initiating order of medications from said medication supplier via said central server site. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 82, 83, 87)
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84. A computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon for managing administration of medications supplied by a medication supplier to a health care facility, the executable instructions comprising:
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code for maintaining medical administration records pertaining to residents in said health care facility and for communicating via a first data communication path to said medication supplier and via a second data communication path to each health care facility; and
code for use on a plurality of portable devices for use in the health care facility for accessing and displaying said medical administration records at point of care of said residents and initiating order of said medications from said medication supplier via said central server site.
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