Prescription management systems and associated methods
First Claim
1. A method for managing prescription medication fulfillment, comprising:
- collecting prescription related data for each one of multiple patients, each patient being associated with one or more prescriptions, the prescription related data including at least one of a patient identification and one or more drug names associated with the one or more prescriptions;
contacting at least one of the patients; and
offering the at least one of the patients an option to have at least one corresponding prescription automatically refilled; and
receiving an input from the at least one of the patients indicating that the patient wishes to have the at least one corresponding prescription automatically refilled.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to prescription management systems and associated methods, including prescription management methods in computing environments that provide prescription fulfillment management, related care support services, patient opinion information collection, and the ability to interface a prescription management system with other related systems. Certain embodiments of the invention are directed toward a method of collecting prescription related data for multiple patients, where each patient can be associated with one or more prescriptions. The method can further include contacting each patient and providing information to at least one of the patients about fulfillment of the one or more prescriptions, about care support services related to the one or more prescriptions, and/or to request patient opinion information. In other embodiments, a prescription management method can include receiving raw prescription related data and providing formatted prescription related data for use in a prescription management element.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing prescription medication fulfillment, comprising:
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collecting prescription related data for each one of multiple patients, each patient being associated with one or more prescriptions, the prescription related data including at least one of a patient identification and one or more drug names associated with the one or more prescriptions;
contacting at least one of the patients; and
offering the at least one of the patients an option to have at least one corresponding prescription automatically refilled; and
receiving an input from the at least one of the patients indicating that the patient wishes to have the at least one corresponding prescription automatically refilled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for managing prescription medication fulfillment, comprising:
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collecting prescription related data for a patient associated with at least one prescription that has been filled, the prescription related data including at least one of a patient identification and one or more drug names associated with the at least one prescription;
notifying the patient that the at least one prescription has been filled;
providing the patient with the option to pickup the at least one prescription or to have the at least one prescription delivered; and
receiving an input from the patient indicating that the at least one prescription will be picked up or that the patient wishes to have the at least one prescription delivered. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for managing prescription medication fulfillment, comprising:
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collecting prescription related data for each one of multiple patients, each patient being associated with one or more prescriptions, the prescription related data including at least one of a patient identification and one or more drug names associated with the one or more prescriptions;
contacting at least one of the patient; and
providing information to the at least one of the patients about fulfillment of the at least one of the patient'"'"'s one or more prescriptions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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