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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TRACKING AND DISPENSING OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION

  • US 20120209619A1
  • Filed: 02/16/2011
  • Published: 08/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for tracking and dispensing of medication relating to prescriptions from a pharmacy to multiple healthcare facilities, comprising:

  • a secure website and one or more data communication links between one or more computers at each healthcare facility and the website, and one or more data communication links between one or more computers at the pharmacy and the website, for the transfer of prescription data between the healthcare facilities and the pharmacy wherein prescriptions are ordered from the healthcare facilities via the website;

    a first computer at the pharmacy for generating prescription labels for medication containers in response to the prescription data received from each healthcare facility and the labels being generated having thereon machine readable code of the prescription data including a prescription number, a patient'"'"'s name, the healthcare facility, an identification of a drug prescribed, and a medication dosage;

    wherein the first computer, or a second computer in communication with the first computer, generates a verification table of the prescriptions ordered over a predetermined time period for each healthcare facility wherein the verification table is displayed on a first or second computer monitor and includes the prescription data for each healthcare facility received over the predetermined time period;

    one or more first readers that are linked to the first computer, or the second computer at the pharmacy, for reading the machine readable code on the prescription labels after the medication containers have been filled and sorted by each respective healthcare facility, and wherein the first or second computer is configured with software to compare the prescription data received from the machine readable code to the prescription data on the verification table for the respective healthcare facility in order to verify that all prescriptions ordered for the respective healthcare facility have been filled and sorted for delivery;

    a database containing data relative to each healthcare facility including the name and location of the healthcare facility, the name of each patient relative to each healthcare facility, medication information associated with each patient including the type and dosage of a medication, and a shipment status of the prescriptions, wherein the prescription data of the verification table is uploaded to the database from the first or second computer and the shipment status is uploaded to the database upon verification that all of the ordered prescriptions for each healthcare facility have been properly sorted for shipment; and

    a third computer at the healthcare facility and one or more second readers that are linked to the third computer which is configured to access the database to download the prescription data, wherein a second verification table is displayed on a monitor linked to the third computer, and the one or more second readers are configured to read the machine readable code on the prescription labels of medication containers delivered to the healthcare facility, and the third computer is configured to compare the prescription data from the machine readable code with the prescription data in the verification table for the healthcare facility to verify that all prescriptions ordered by the healthcare facility over the predetermined time period have been received at the healthcare facility, the third computer configured to update the shipment status of the database upon receiving and reading the labels of the containers.

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