E-PatientLink
First Claim
1. A method of limiting printing of information relating to a pharmacy prescription, comprising:
- receiving, in a PM CS, an electronic address for a patient;
receiving, in said PM CS, an order for a prescription for said patient;
receiving, in said PM CS, an authorization from said patient to send said patient electronic communications containing additional drug information to said electronic address;
generating, in said PM CS, a prescription record for said prescription;
generating, in said PM CS, at least one of an encrypted patient identifier, ENC PID, for said patient and a prescription record identifier, Pres ID, for said prescription record;
including, in said PM CS, in said prescription record, at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID;
transmitting from said PM CS to a HR CS a de identified prescription record;
applying, in said HR CS, criteria to at least said de identified prescription record;
said applying resulting in determining, in said HR CS, a Payload;
wherein said Payload contains additional drug information for a drug specified by said prescription;
associating said Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID;
transmitting, from said HR CS to said PM CS, said Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID;
transmitting, from one of said PM CS and an Email CS to said electronic address for said patient said additional drug information contained in said Payload;
determining, in said PM CS, an additional drug information transmission determination indicating either whether said additional drug information was transmitted to said electronic address for said patient or whether said additional drug information was received by said electronic address for said patient;
displaying, in said PM CS, instructions for filling said prescription in a pharmacy associated with said PM CS; and
printing, in said PM CS, said additional drug information for the filled prescription, if said additional drug information transmission determination does not indicate that said additional drug information was transmitted to or received at said electronic address for said patient.
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Abstract
A pharmacy management computer system sends de identified prescription record information to a health records computer system where Payloads including additional drug information are associated with the de identified prescription record. The Payloads are transmitted back to the pharmacy management computer system which in some cases electronically delivers them to patients. In those cases where a patient is confirmed to have received the electronic communication, the pharmacy management computer system is programmed to change its operation by printing the additional drug information in the pharmacy for delivery in the pharmacy to the patient. Subsequent communications contain content that depends upon patient response to prior communications during the pharmacy prescription process.
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Citations
37 Claims
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1. A method of limiting printing of information relating to a pharmacy prescription, comprising:
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receiving, in a PM CS, an electronic address for a patient; receiving, in said PM CS, an order for a prescription for said patient; receiving, in said PM CS, an authorization from said patient to send said patient electronic communications containing additional drug information to said electronic address; generating, in said PM CS, a prescription record for said prescription; generating, in said PM CS, at least one of an encrypted patient identifier, ENC PID, for said patient and a prescription record identifier, Pres ID, for said prescription record; including, in said PM CS, in said prescription record, at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting from said PM CS to a HR CS a de identified prescription record; applying, in said HR CS, criteria to at least said de identified prescription record; said applying resulting in determining, in said HR CS, a Payload; wherein said Payload contains additional drug information for a drug specified by said prescription; associating said Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting, from said HR CS to said PM CS, said Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting, from one of said PM CS and an Email CS to said electronic address for said patient said additional drug information contained in said Payload; determining, in said PM CS, an additional drug information transmission determination indicating either whether said additional drug information was transmitted to said electronic address for said patient or whether said additional drug information was received by said electronic address for said patient; displaying, in said PM CS, instructions for filling said prescription in a pharmacy associated with said PM CS; and printing, in said PM CS, said additional drug information for the filled prescription, if said additional drug information transmission determination does not indicate that said additional drug information was transmitted to or received at said electronic address for said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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7. The method of claim 7 wherein said electronic address is an email address for said patient.
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30. A computer system for limiting printing of information relating to a pharmacy prescription, comprising:
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a PM CS configured to receive an electronic address for a patient, an order for a prescription for said patient, and an authorization from said patient to send said patient electronic communications containing additional drug information to said electronic address; said PM CS configured to generate a prescription record for said prescription including at least one of an encrypted patient identifier, ENC PID, for said patient and a prescription record identifier, Pres ID, for said prescription record; a HR CS; said PM CS configured to transmit to said HR CS a de identified prescription record; said HR CS configured to apply criteria to at least said de identified prescription record; said HR CS configured to determine as a result of applying said criteria, a Payload; wherein said Payload contains additional drug information for a drug specified by said prescription; said HR CS configured to associate said Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; said HR CS configured to transmit to said PM CS, said Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; said PM CS or an Email CS configured to transmit to said electronic address for said patient said additional drug information contained in said Payload; said PM CS configured to determine an additional drug information transmission determination indicating either whether said additional drug information was transmitted to said electronic address for said patient or whether said additional drug information was received by said electronic address for said patient; said PM CS configured to display instructions for filling said prescription in a pharmacy associated with said PM CS; and said PM CS configured to print said additional drug information for the filled prescription, if said additional drug information transmission determination does not indicate that said additional drug information was transmitted to or received at said electronic address for said patient.
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31. A method of limiting printing of information relating to a pharmacy prescription, comprising:
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receiving, in a PM CS, an electronic address for a patient; receiving, in said PM CS, an order for a prescription for said patient; receiving, in said PM CS, an authorization from said patient to send said patient electronic communications containing additional drug information; generating, in said PM CS, a prescription record for said prescription; generating, in said PM CS, at least one of an encrypted patient identifier, ENC PID, for said patient and a prescription record identifier, Pres ID, for said prescription record; including, in said PM CS, in said prescription record, at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting from said PM CS to a HR CS a de identified prescription record; applying, in said HR CS, criteria to at least said de identified prescription record; said applying resulting in determining, in said HR CS, an additional drug information Payload; wherein said additional drug information Payload contains additional drug information for a drug specified by said prescription; associating said additional drug information Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting, from said HR CS to said PM CS, said additional drug information Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting, from one of said PM CS and an Email CS to said electronic address for said patient said additional drug information contained in said additional drug information Payload, and a prompt to opt in to receive at least one of marketing information and incentive offers; receiving in said PM CS, confirmation that said electronic address received said additional drug information, and a prompt response to said prompt; determining, in said PM CS, if said prompt response is an opt in; if said prompt response is an opt in, transmitting said prompt response to said HR CS in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; in response to receiving in said HR CS said prompt response, applying, in said HR CS, criteria relating to at least one of marketing and incentive offers to at least said de identified prescription record; said applying resulting in determining, in said HR CS, a second Payload containing at least one of marketing information and an incentive offer; associating said second Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting from said HR CS to said PM CS said second Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; and providing information contained in said second Payload to said patient.
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32. A computer system for limiting printing of information relating to a pharmacy prescription, comprising:
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a PM CS configured to receive an electronic address for a patient, an order for a prescription for said patient, and an authorization from said patient to send said patient electronic communications to said electronic address containing additional drug information; said PM CS configured to generate a prescription record for said prescription; said PM CS configured to generate at least one of an encrypted patient identifier, ENC PID, for said patient and a prescription record identifier, Pres ID, for said prescription record; said PM CS configured to include in said prescription record, at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; an HR CS; said PM CS configured to transmit to said HR CS a de identified prescription record; said HR CS configured to apply criteria to at least said de identified prescription record, to result in an additional drug information Payload; wherein said additional drug information Payload contains additional drug information for a drug specified by said prescription; said HR CS configured to associate said additional drug information Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; said HR CS configured to transmit to said PM CS said additional drug information Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; said PM CS configured to transmit or have an Email CS transmit to said electronic address for said patient said additional drug information contained in said additional drug information Payload, and a prompt to opt in to receive at least one of marketing information and incentive offers; said PM CS configured to receive (1) confirmation that said electronic address received said additional drug information and (2) a prompt response to said prompt; said PM CS configured to determine if said prompt response is an opt in; said PM CS configured to, if said prompt response is an opt in, transmit said prompt response to said HR CS in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; said HR CS configured to, in response to receiving in said HR CS said prompt response, apply criteria relating to at least one of marketing and incentive offers to at least said de identified prescription record, resulting in determining, in said HR CS, a second Payload containing at least one of marketing information and an incentive offer, and to associate said second Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; said HR CS configured to transmit to said PM CS said second Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; and providing information contained in said second Payload to said patient.
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33. A method of targeting communications from a PM CS to a patient during filling of an order for a pharmacy prescription, comprising:
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receiving, in a PM CS, an electronic address for a patient; receiving, in said PM CS, an order for a prescription for said patient; receiving, in said PM CS, an authorization from said patient to send said patient electronic communications containing additional drug information to said electronic address; generating, in said PM CS, a prescription record for said prescription; generating, in said PM CS, at least one of an encrypted patient identifier, ENC PID, for said patient and a prescription record identifier, Pres ID, for said prescription record; including, in said PM CS, in said prescription record, at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting from said PM CS to a HR CS a de identified prescription record; applying, in said HR CS, criteria to at least said de identified prescription record; said applying resulting in determining, in said HR CS, a Payload; wherein said Payload contains additional drug information for a drug specified by said prescription; wherein said Payload contains marketing information including a hyperlink and text identifying a product that is associated with said hyperlink; associating said Payload with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting, from said HR CS to said PM CS, said Payload in association with at least one of said ENC PID and said Pres ID; transmitting, from one of said PM CS and an Email CS to said electronic address for said patient, a first communication including; (a) said additional drug information contained in said Payload; (b) said marketing information including said hyperlink and said text identifying said product that is associated with said hyperlink contained in said Payload; (c) client side code instructing a client CS to transmit to a second electronic address; (1) an indication that said first communication was opened in association with an identity of said first communication; and (2) an indication that said hyperlink was activated in association with an identity of said hyperlink; determining in said PM CS that said order for said pharmacy prescription is ready for pickup by said patient; in response to determining in said PM CS that said order for said pharmacy prescription is ready for pickup by said patient, transmitting, from one of said PM CS and an Email CS, to said electronic address for said patient, a second communication; and wherein content of said second communication depends upon data received at said second electronic address in response to said client side code in said first communication. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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