SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING BENEFICIAL PRODUCTS
First Claim
1. A method for dispensing beneficial products, comprising:
- identifying a prescription record based upon patient identifying information received at a dispensing station;
verifying that a prescription of the identified prescription record can be fulfilled at the dispensing station; and
dispensing a beneficial product of the prescription to a patient in response to verifying that the prescription record can be fulfilled.
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Abstract
A dispensing station comprises beneficial products for patients of a health care provider. An inventory database tracks inventory available in the dispensing station. A patient is associated with a prescription record, which specifies a prescribed beneficial product. The patient may provide patient identifying information to the dispensing station, such as credentialed payment information, which may be used to identify a prescription record, authenticate the patient, transfer a payment, and/or dispense the prescribed beneficial product to the patient. The prescription record may be valid for a limited time period, may be restricted to fulfillment within a particular location, and/or may be restricted to one or more specified dispensing stations. The dispensing station may validate the beneficial products before dispensing the products to the patient.
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1. A method for dispensing beneficial products, comprising:
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identifying a prescription record based upon patient identifying information received at a dispensing station; verifying that a prescription of the identified prescription record can be fulfilled at the dispensing station; and dispensing a beneficial product of the prescription to a patient in response to verifying that the prescription record can be fulfilled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for dispensing beneficial products, comprising:
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a dispensing station comprising an inventory of beneficial products; a fulfillment module configured to access a prescription record of a patent based upon patient identifying information provided at the dispending station, and to authenticate the patient using the patient identifying information and the prescription record; and a dispensing module configured to dispense a beneficial product identified in the prescription record from the inventory of beneficial products. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for dispensing beneficial products, comprising:
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a prescription database configured to maintain prescription records, each prescription record identifying a beneficial product; and a dispensing station communicatively coupled to the prescription database, the dispensing station comprising; an inventory of dispensable beneficial products, a fulfillment module configured to identify a prescription record in the prescription database using patient identifying information received at the dispensing station, authenticate the patient based, at least in part, on the patient identifying information, verify that the inventory of the dispensing station comprises a beneficial product of the prescription record, process a payment for the beneficial product, and a dispensing module configured to dispense the beneficial product from the dispensing station. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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