MEDICATION TRACKING
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Abstract
A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.
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40 Claims
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21. A system comprising:
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a RFID reader coupled to a pharmaceutical item storage unit and configured to query a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container including a drug and receive a first unique identifier from the first RFID tag, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from other medicinal containers located within the pharmaceutical item storage unit; a computing device communicatively coupled to the RFID reader and configured to; receive the first unique identifier, query a database for drug data of the drug using the first unique identifier, verify a recall status of the drug using the drug data, verify a first expiration of the drug using the drug data, generate a second expiration of the drug, and associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider; and a printer configured to; print at least a portion of the drug data and the second expiration on a second label for a second medicinal container, the second label comprising; a first opaque portion that includes a second RFID tag, a second opaque portion comprising an adhesive, a third opaque portion comprising an adhesive, and a transparent portion comprising an adhesive, wherein the RFID reader is further configured to query the second RFID tag and receive a second unique identifier from the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising a portion of the drug from the first medicinal container, and wherein the computing device is further configured to; receive the second unique identifier, associate the drug data and the second expiration with the second unique identifier, associate the second medicinal container with the medical provider, determine that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store a first threshold quantity of the drug in one or more medicinal containers and a second threshold quantity of a substitute drug in the one or more medicinal containers, and based at least upon the determination that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the first threshold quantity of the drug in one or more medicinal containers or the second threshold quantity of the substitute drug, generate a notification that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the first threshold quantity of the drug. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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a RFID reader coupled to a pharmaceutical item storage unit and configured to; query a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container including a medication, receive a first unique identifier from the first RFID tag, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from other medicinal containers in the pharmaceutical item storage unit, verify a status of the medication in the first medicinal container using the first unique identifier, and receive an indication of an association of the first medicinal container with a medical provider; and a printer configured to print medication data on a second label for a second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container, the second label comprising a second RFID tag, wherein the RFID reader is further configured to; query the second RFID tag, receive a second unique identifier from the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container, receive an indication that the medication data has been associated with the second unique identifier, and receive an indication that the second medicinal container has been associated with the medical provider. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for printing a label for a medicinal container, the method comprising:
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receiving a first unique identifier associated with a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container based at least in part on a RFID reader querying the first RFID tag, the first medicinal container including a medication, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from other medicinal containers in a pharmaceutical item storage unit; verifying a status of the medication in the first medicinal container based at least in part on the first unique identifier; associating the first medicinal container with a medical provider; causing a printer to print medication data on a second label for a second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container, the second label comprising a second RFID tag; causing the RFID reader to query the second RFID tag; receiving a second unique identifier associated with the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising at least a portion of the medication from the first medicinal container; associating the medication data with the second unique identifier; and associating the second medicinal container with the medical provider. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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