Systems and methods for providing a pharmaceutical to a patient
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing a pharmaceutical including a machine-readable and re-writable identifier, said identifier storing information unique to said pharmaceutical;
administering said pharmaceutical to a patient while simultaneously reading said identifier and storing said information unique to said pharmaceutical in an electronic file of the patient; and
in response to storing said information, generating and transmitting a report to a supplier of the pharmaceutical, said report including said information unique to said pharmaceutical and at least a portion of said electronic file.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a pharmaceutical to a patient. One embodiment includes filling a delivery device with a pharmaceutical, attaching a machine-readable and re-writable identifier to the delivery device and supplying the delivery device to an administration facility. The identifier contains pharmaceutical information identifying details of the pharmaceutical, such as one or more of the name, class, concentration, volume, expiration date, lot number, serial number and manufacturer of the pharmaceutical. At the administration facility, the identifier is read and the pharmaceutical information is compared with an electronic file uniquely associated with the patient to detect a confirmation for administering the pharmaceutical to the patient. If the confirmation is present, the pharmaceutical is administered to the patient and the pharmaceutical information is stored in the electronic file. Other embodiments include unique methods, systems, kits, assemblies, equipment, and/or apparatus which involve providing a pharmaceutical to a patient.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a pharmaceutical including a machine-readable and re-writable identifier, said identifier storing information unique to said pharmaceutical; administering said pharmaceutical to a patient while simultaneously reading said identifier and storing said information unique to said pharmaceutical in an electronic file of the patient; and in response to storing said information, generating and transmitting a report to a supplier of the pharmaceutical, said report including said information unique to said pharmaceutical and at least a portion of said electronic file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing a pharmaceutical to a patient, comprising:
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filling at least one delivery device with the pharmaceutical, said at least one delivery device including a machine-readable and re-writable identifier including pharmaceutical information identifying characteristics of the pharmaceutical; supplying said at least one delivery device to an administration facility; reading said identifier at said administration facility and comparing said pharmaceutical information with a file uniquely associated with the patient to detect a confirmation for administering the pharmaceutical to the patient; and in response to the confirmation, administering the pharmaceutical to the patient and storing said pharmaceutical information in said file. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing a pharmaceutical to a patient, comprising:
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at least one delivery device containing the pharmaceutical and including an RFID identifier, said identifier storing specifications of the pharmaceutical; at least one reader operable to read the specifications from said identifier; and a computer coupled with said at least one reader, said computer being operable to download said specifications into a file uniquely associated with the patient and to generate and transmit a report to a supplier of the pharmaceutical upon administration of the pharmaceutical to the patient, said report including said specifications and at least a portion of said file. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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