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Method and apparatus for inter-pharmacy workload balancing

  • US 20070088594A1
  • Filed: 10/18/2005
  • Published: 04/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing drug prescription orders within a network of pharmacy resources connected by an information system, the method comprising:

  • receiving work orders at each pharmacy resource into a queue for execution;

    calculating a workload for each pharmacy resource;

    determining a current workload distribution of the plurality of pharmacy resources based on the workload calculation of each pharmacy resource;

    designating a pharmacy resource as one of a sender and a receiver based on the workload of the pharmacy resource and the workload distribution; and

    routing work orders from a sender queue to at least one receiver queue based on the work load distribution.

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