Secure Method for Delivering Regulated Items Including Drugs to a Patient
First Claim
1. A method of reducing human error associated with dispensing regulated items, particularly drugs, by eliminating pharmacist intervention comprising:
- a. maintaining a regulated item in a dispensing system by a manufacturer or distributor of said regulated item, said dispensing system being in communication with a data base;
b. registering a prescriber in said data base who is authorized to prescribe said regulated item;
c. providing means for said prescriber to register a patient in said data base, such registration including data concerning;
i. said regulated item prescribed for the patient,ii. the patient'"'"'s characteristics such as sex, age, height, weight, etc.,iii. any other drugs the patient is currently taking or has a prescription for,iv. any allergies to any particular drugs, substances, components, etc., of the patient,v. reliable data for verifying the identity of the patient;
d. dispensing said regulated item directly to the patient from said dispensing system without pharmacist intervention, contingent upon;
i. verifying the identity of the patient,ii. analyzing the patient'"'"'s prescription and comparing the prescription with the patient'"'"'s information installed into said data base by the prescriber,iii. communicating any necessary educational or instructional information to the patient concerning said regulated item, with verification to said data base.
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Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a method of dispensing regulated items, particularly drugs, directly to the patient via a dispensing system, without pharmacist intervention, that reduces human error associated with dispensing regulated items wherein a manufacturer or distributor of a regulated item establishes a dispensing system in communication with a data base wherein a prescriber is registered and enters patient data such as which regulated item is prescribed for the patient, characteristics such as sex, age, height, weight, etc., any other drugs the patient is currently taking or has a prescription for, any allergies to any particular drugs, substances, components, etc., reliable data for verifying the identity of the patient, and subsequently dispensing a regulated item directly to the patient from said dispensing system without pharmacist intervention, including communicating any necessary educational or instructional information to the patient concerning the regulated item and verifying the steps to the data base.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of reducing human error associated with dispensing regulated items, particularly drugs, by eliminating pharmacist intervention comprising:
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a. maintaining a regulated item in a dispensing system by a manufacturer or distributor of said regulated item, said dispensing system being in communication with a data base; b. registering a prescriber in said data base who is authorized to prescribe said regulated item; c. providing means for said prescriber to register a patient in said data base, such registration including data concerning; i. said regulated item prescribed for the patient, ii. the patient'"'"'s characteristics such as sex, age, height, weight, etc., iii. any other drugs the patient is currently taking or has a prescription for, iv. any allergies to any particular drugs, substances, components, etc., of the patient, v. reliable data for verifying the identity of the patient; d. dispensing said regulated item directly to the patient from said dispensing system without pharmacist intervention, contingent upon; i. verifying the identity of the patient, ii. analyzing the patient'"'"'s prescription and comparing the prescription with the patient'"'"'s information installed into said data base by the prescriber, iii. communicating any necessary educational or instructional information to the patient concerning said regulated item, with verification to said data base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27)
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25. A method of dispensing a regulated item, particularly a drug, comprising:
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a. maintaining a regulated item in a dispensing system by a manufacturer or distributor of said regulated item, said dispensing system being in communication with a data base; b. registering a prescriber in said data base who is authorized to prescribe said regulated item; c. providing means for said prescriber to register a patient in said data base, such registration including data concerning; i. said regulated item prescribed for the patient, ii. the patient'"'"'s characteristics such as sex, age, height, weight, etc., iii. any other drugs the patient is currently taking or has a prescription for, iv. any allergies to any particular drugs, substances, components, etc., of the patient, v. reliable data for verifying the identity of the patient; d. confirming said regulated item should be dispensed directly to the patient without pharmacist intervention; e. withholding said regulated item and notifying said prescriber that said regulated item was not dispensed because of a failure of one or more confirming steps.
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