Pharmacy Product Inventory Control or Redistribution
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1. A method to electronically manage pharmacy drug inventory including near expiry drug products, said method comprising:
- (a) electronically maintaining an online drug inventory among a plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors by using one or more specifically programmed data processing systems,(b) electronically identifying and tracking drug products selected from near expiry drug products and at least one selected from over-stock drug products, non-moving drug products, slow moving drug products, and expired drug products from two or more of the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors,(c) electronically generating redistribution lists of one or more of said corresponding drug products identified in step (b), and(d) redistribution or transferring using the redistribution list one or more of the drug products for disposal, supply and demand between two or more of the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors.
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Abstract
A method to reduce or eliminate the generation of expired products and manage pharmacy inventories. The method includes maintaining an online pharmacy inventory database among a plurality of participating network pharmacies, identifying over-stock products, non-moving products, slow moving products, and un-wanted products from the plurality of participating network pharmacies, and generating a redistribution list of one or more products.
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1. A method to electronically manage pharmacy drug inventory including near expiry drug products, said method comprising:
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(a) electronically maintaining an online drug inventory among a plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors by using one or more specifically programmed data processing systems, (b) electronically identifying and tracking drug products selected from near expiry drug products and at least one selected from over-stock drug products, non-moving drug products, slow moving drug products, and expired drug products from two or more of the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors, (c) electronically generating redistribution lists of one or more of said corresponding drug products identified in step (b), and (d) redistribution or transferring using the redistribution list one or more of the drug products for disposal, supply and demand between two or more of the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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8. A method to electronically manage pharmacy drug inventory, said method comprising:
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(a) electronically maintaining an online pharmacy inventory among a plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors, (b) electronically automatically identifying and tracking drug products selected from near expiry drug products and at least one of over-stock drug products, non-moving drug products, slow moving drug products, and expired drug products from the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors, (c) electronically generating one or more redistribution lists of one or more of said drug products for resale, redistribution, or disposal, (d) redistributing or transferring of the drug products, using one or more of the redistribution lists, for disposal, supply and demand between two or more of the participating network pharmacies or related vendors by using one or more specifically programmed data processing systems, and (f) charging a fee or a commission on at least one of said redistributions or transfers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system to electronically manage pharmacy drug inventory, said system comprising:
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(a) an electronic data processing system network to maintain an online pharmacy inventory among a plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors, using one or more specifically programmed data processing systems, (b) an electronic database on the data processing system to identify near expiry drug products and at least one of expired drug products, over-stock drug products, non-moving drug products, slow moving drug products, and un-wanted drug products from the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors, (c) an electronic program module on the data processing system to generate a redistribution list of one or more drug products, and (d) an electronic program module to redistribute or transfer one or more of said drug products for disposal, supply, and demand between two or more of the plurality of participating network pharmacies or related vendors. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 30)
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