SYSTEM FOR PHARMACY TRACKING AND CUSTOMER ID VERIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method of distributing a filled prescription order from a worker of a pharmacy to a customer comprising:
- providing a computer-readable memory device having saved thereon a first identifier of the customer and a second identifier of the customer;
requesting the first identifier from the customer;
requesting the second identifier from the customer;
inputting the first identifier and the second identifier into an input device by at least one of the worker and the customer;
confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input correspond satisfactorily with the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device; and
limiting transfer of the filled prescription order from the worker to the customer until confirming the identity of the customer.
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Abstract
A method of distributing a filled prescription order from a worker of a pharmacy to a customer includes providing a computer-readable memory device having saved thereon a first identifier of the customer and a second identifier of the customer. The method also includes requesting the first identifier from the customer and requesting the second identifier from the customer. Also, the method includes inputting the first and second identifiers into an input device by at least one of the worker and the customer. Moreover, the method includes confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input correspond satisfactorily with the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device. Still further, the method includes limiting transfer of the filled prescription order from the worker to the customer until confirming the identity of the customer.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of distributing a filled prescription order from a worker of a pharmacy to a customer comprising:
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providing a computer-readable memory device having saved thereon a first identifier of the customer and a second identifier of the customer; requesting the first identifier from the customer; requesting the second identifier from the customer; inputting the first identifier and the second identifier into an input device by at least one of the worker and the customer; confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input correspond satisfactorily with the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device; and limiting transfer of the filled prescription order from the worker to the customer until confirming the identity of the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for distributing a filled prescription order from a worker of a pharmacy to a customer comprising:
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a computer system with a computer-readable memory device having saved thereon a first identifier of the customer and a second identifier of the customer; and an input device operable for inputting the first identifier and also operable for inputting the second identifier by at least one of the worker and the customer, the computer system operable for confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input correspond satisfactorily with the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device, the computer system also operable for limiting distribution of the filled prescription order from the worker to the pharmacy until the identity of the customer has been confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of tracking and distributing a prescription order that results in a filled prescription order in a pharmacy, the pharmacy having a plurality of physically spaced apart locations for manual filling and storing the prescription order, the plurality of spaced apart locations being positioned along a workflow stream leading to an array of compartments, a storage area for the filled prescription order defined by one of the array of compartments, the prescription order being moved between the plurality of spaced apart locations by one or more pharmacy workers by hand, and wherein the method comprises:
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receiving the prescription order from the customer at a first location upstream of the storage area; operably securing an RFID tag to the prescription order upstream of the storage area, the RFID tag having a unique identifier that is machine-readable by a first location tag reader in proximity to the RFID tag regardless of the orientation of the RFID tag relative to the first location tag reader; associating the unique identifier of the RFID tag with a first and second identifier of the customer stored in computer-readable memory device of a computer system; moving the prescription order by hand to a second location within the pharmacy for manual filling upstream of the storage area, the second location having a second location tag reader in communication with the computer system; automatically detecting the presence of the prescription order at the second location by reading the unique identifier of the RFID tag with the second location tag reader regardless of the orientation of the RFID tag and automatically recording at the computer system the location of the prescription order at the second location for the manual filling; moving the filled prescription order by hand to the storage area defined by the one of the array of compartments, each compartment having a corresponding compartment tag reader that is in communication with the computer system and is operable to read the unique identifier of the RFID tag on the filled prescription order regardless of the orientation of the RFID tag, wherein associating the unique identifier of the RFID tag with the first and second identifiers and automatically detecting the presence of the prescription order are performed by or under control of the computer system; requesting input of the first identifier of the customer by the one or more pharmacy workers; requesting input of the second identifier of the customer by the one or more pharmacy workers; confirming an identity of the customer by confirming that the first and second identifiers input match the first and second identifiers saved on the memory device; and revealing the storage area to the one or more pharmacy workers only after confirming the identity of the customer, thereby allowing the one or more pharmacy workers to obtain the filled prescription order and transfer the filled prescription order to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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