Device for Automatically Issuing a Prescription for a Prescription Product

• US 20110178812A1
• Filed: 01/15/2010
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sleep Science Partners, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sleep Science Partners, Inc.
• Inventors: Lindsay, Noel P.
• Application Number:
  US12/688,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20110178812A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A device for automatically generating a prescription for a prescription product is disclosed. The device comprises a user interface, a questionnaire engine, a processing engine, and a prescription generation engine. The questionnaire engine is configured to provide a questionnaire to a user and receive user response data through the user interface. The processing engine is configured to automatically determine whether the user response data satisfies prescription requirements. The prescription generation engine is configured to be executed by a processor to issue the prescription for a prescription product for a satisfied standing order.

Claims

1. A device for automatically generating a prescription for a prescription product, the device comprising:

a user interface;

a questionnaire engine configured to provide a questionnaire to a user and receive user response data through the user interface;

a processing engine configured to automatically determine whether the user response data satisfies prescription requirements; and

a prescription generation engine configured to be executed by a processor to issue the prescription for a prescription product for a satisfied standing order.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the prescription requirements are associated with a standing order associated with an authorized prescriber.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to determine an authorized prescriber from the user response.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising a dispensing device configured to dispense the prescription product.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a payment device.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a display device, the display device configured to display the questionnaire.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising a biometrics input device configured to receive biometric data corresponding to a user of the device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a kiosk.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile device.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a set-top box.

21. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the generated prescription to the user.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the message is communicated to a kiosk.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the generated prescription is communicated to the prescriber.

11. A method for automatically generating a prescription for a prescription product, the method comprising:

receiving a standing order for the prescription product via a network;

receiving a user response to a questionnaire;

executing instructions stored in memory to automatically determine by a prescription processing engine whether the user response satisfies the standing order; and

executing instructions stored in memory to issue the prescription by a prescription processing engine for the prescription product for a satisfied standing order.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the user response is received from a user through a kiosk.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the standing order is associated with an authorized prescriber of the prescription product.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the user response is automatically compared to one or more prescription requirements.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein automatically determining whether the user response satisfies the standing order includes accessing a database.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising printing the prescription at a kiosk for the user.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing instructions to dispense the prescription product from the kiosk.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising updating the standing order upon generating the prescription.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing the questionnaire for display on a display device associated with the kiosk.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing the generated prescription in association with the standing order.

24. A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a computer to perform a method for generating a prescription for a prescription product, the method comprising:

receiving a standing order for the prescription product via a network;

receiving a user response to a questionnaire over the network;

automatically determining whether the user response satisfies the standing order; and

issuing the prescription for the prescription product for a satisfied standing order.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein generating the prescription further comprises receiving a payment.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein generating the prescription further comprises making a payment.

27. The method of claim 24, further comprising receiving a request for a prescriber, the prescriber associated with the standing order.