Device for Delivering a Drug to a Patient While Restricting Access to the Drug by Patients for Whom the Drug May Be Contraindicated and Methods for Use Thereof
First Claim
1. A prescription filling assistance device in communication with a registration center for managing master information on (1) hospitals and/or physicians, (2) patients, (3) updates of pharmacies and/or pharmacists, and (4) histories of filling prescriptions for one or more drugs to the patients, wherein the master information is registered in association with filling prescriptions for the particular drugs, the prescription filling assistance device comprising one or more of:
- a cradle in communication with the registration center; and
a hand held terminal removably disposed in the cradle, wherein the hand held terminal is removed from the cradle for use when a prescription is filled, and wherein the hand held terminal communicates with the registration center through the cradle when attached thereto;
wherein, the hand held terminal comprises one or more of the following features;
an information synchronizing section for registering in the hand held terminal items which are part of (1) to (4) of the master information registered at the registration center through synchronization between the registration center and the hand held terminal;
an information reading section for reading information on a physician and a patient on a prescription when the prescription for a drug is filled;
a prescription filling approval determination section for determining whether the prescription for the drug is permitted to be filled to the patient based on whether the physician and the patient are registered in the hand held terminal in association with the drug; and
a prescription filling history information processing section for updating in the hand held terminal the prescription filling history of the drug to the patient.
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Abstract
A prescription filling assistance device useful for monitoring the filling of and distribution of drugs to patients in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. Also disclosed is a drug information and management system for use with the prescription filling assistance device. Methods for delivering a drug to a patient in need of the drug, while restricting access to the drug by patients for whom the drug may be contraindicated are disclosed. In some of the disclosed methods, prescriptions for the drug are filled by a pharmacy only after a computer readable storage medium has been consulted to retrieve a prescription approval code. Embodiments are provided wherein the patients are assigned to risk groups based upon the risk that taking the drug will lead to an adverse side effect, and certain additional information, such as periodic surveys and diagnostic tests probative of the ongoing risk of the side effect developing are obtained before prescriptions for the drug are approved.
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1. A prescription filling assistance device in communication with a registration center for managing master information on (1) hospitals and/or physicians, (2) patients, (3) updates of pharmacies and/or pharmacists, and (4) histories of filling prescriptions for one or more drugs to the patients, wherein the master information is registered in association with filling prescriptions for the particular drugs, the prescription filling assistance device comprising one or more of:
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a cradle in communication with the registration center; and a hand held terminal removably disposed in the cradle, wherein the hand held terminal is removed from the cradle for use when a prescription is filled, and wherein the hand held terminal communicates with the registration center through the cradle when attached thereto; wherein, the hand held terminal comprises one or more of the following features; an information synchronizing section for registering in the hand held terminal items which are part of (1) to (4) of the master information registered at the registration center through synchronization between the registration center and the hand held terminal; an information reading section for reading information on a physician and a patient on a prescription when the prescription for a drug is filled; a prescription filling approval determination section for determining whether the prescription for the drug is permitted to be filled to the patient based on whether the physician and the patient are registered in the hand held terminal in association with the drug; and a prescription filling history information processing section for updating in the hand held terminal the prescription filling history of the drug to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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