MEDICATION INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
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1. A method for medication inventory management, the method comprising:
- identifying, via one or more processors, a first medication request that identifies (a) a type of medication requested and (b) a quantity of the medication requested;
determining, via the one or more processors, whether a first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests; and
after determining that the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests, reserving, from the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory, the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for medication inventory management. In one embodiment, a medication server may receive medications requests. The medication server may then assign the medication requests to one or more medication filling devices for filling based at least in part on their inventory available for filling such requests. The one or more medication filling devices can then process and fill the assigned medication requests.
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1. A method for medication inventory management, the method comprising:
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identifying, via one or more processors, a first medication request that identifies (a) a type of medication requested and (b) a quantity of the medication requested; determining, via the one or more processors, whether a first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests; and after determining that the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests, reserving, from the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory, the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for medication inventory management, the computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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an executable portion configured to identify a first medication request that identifies (a) a type of medication requested and (b) a quantity of the medication requested; an executable portion configured to determine whether a first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests; and an executable portion configured to, after determining that the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests, reserve, from the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory, the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
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identify a first medication request that identifies (a) a type of medication requested and (b) a quantity of the medication requested; determine whether a first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests; and after determining that the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory has the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request available to reserve for filling medication requests, reserve, from the first medication filling device'"'"'s inventory, the quantity of the type of medication requested via the first medication request. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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