System and method to reduce errors, authenticate, and reduce the filling time of medical prescriptions by utilizing RFID tag
First Claim
1. Apparatus carrying Medical prescription as electronic data, said apparatus as a unit comprising or including a circuit including at least a RF signal receiving and processing circuitry, RF signal transmitting circuitry, electronic data storage and an antenna a housing which at least partially contains the circuit and antenna whereby the housing retains the circuit.
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Abstract
Medical prescription data is electronically written or captured with a RFID scanner device to an RFID tag. This RFID tag can be attached to a written or printed form of the prescription. This prescription RFID tag is read at the pharmacy using a RFID reader. The data written to the RFID tag contains prescription related information and optionally an encryption key to authenticate the prescription. The scanners and readers can be connected in a network link to a host environment. The RFID tag is optionally removed from the written prescription and attached to the medicine container in which the medicine is dispensed, at the pharmacy.
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1. Apparatus carrying Medical prescription as electronic data, said apparatus as
a unit comprising or including a circuit including at least a RF signal receiving and processing circuitry, RF signal transmitting circuitry, electronic data storage and an antenna a housing which at least partially contains the circuit and antenna whereby the housing retains the circuit.
- 15. A method of remotely receiving medical prescription related data, storing means for this data and transmitting means located inside a housing, said housing is in turn secured to a media surface of a written or typed medical prescription.
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17. A written or printed medical prescription with a unit carrying medical prescription as electronic data secured to the surface of said medical prescription media, wherein said unit comprises or includes, a sensing apparatus comprising at least an element to receive prescription data, a storage element to store this received data, a signal processing element to process output from said storage element, a transmitter element to send the prescription data from said signal processing element via an antenna to transmit said signal, and
a housing to at least partially contain said apparatus, wherein said unit is mounted to a written or printed medical prescription media surface.
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