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Prescription management system

  • US 7,072,840 B1
  • Filed: 11/30/1998
  • Issued: 07/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A prescription creation software system implemented on a computer comprising a program embodied on a computer-readable medium, the system being for use by a prescriber to create an electronic prescription prescribing a drug treatment for a patient condition exhibited by a patient at a point of care, the patient having a drugs benefit provider, the drugs benefit provider issuing a prescription benefit plan including a drug formulary for the patient listing at least one drug preferred by the drugs benefit provider for treatment of the condition, the electronic prescription comprising a patient identifier, at least one prescribed drug and at least one drug quantifier for the prescribed drug and being usable by a pharmacist to dispense the prescribed drug or drugs, the prescription creation system providing:

  • (a) a prescription creation screen display, permitting prescriber-operable data capture including;

    i. patient-identifying data;

    ii. prescribed drug identification data;

    iii. drug quantification data;

    iv. information regarding prescribability of a drug pursuant to formulary guidelines, the information being formulary-qualified according to the patient condition; and

    (b) a library of prescribable drug data accessible from the prescription creation screen to display multiple prescribable drugs; and

    (c) drug formulary information identifying at least one of multiple drugs as a patient'"'"'s drug formulary preferences for selection by the prescriber of a benefit plan recommended drug;

    by which the patient'"'"'s drug formulary preference is presented to the prescriber prior to completion of the prescription.

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