Medication administration system
First Claim
1. A medication dispensing system, comprising:
- a medicine cabinet having a plurality of drawers each drawer containing supplies of different kinds of medications or other medical supplies to be accessed by a healthcare attendant for preparing individual medication dosages and medical supplies for named patients;
and at least one medicine cart, separate from said medicine cabinet, said cart having a plurality of cart drawers, each drawer adapted to contain one or more medication dosages and medical supplies prescribed for an individual patient;
said medicine cabinet including a cabinet processor having a memory for storing the names of patients and their prescribed medication dosages and medical supplies to be dispensed to said patient; and
said cart further comprising a display on each cart drawer for displaying each patient'"'"'s name corresponding to the medication dosages and medical supplies placed in said drawer, and a communication link with said medicine cabinet through which said cabinet processor communicates to said cart, each said patient'"'"'s name, medication dosages and medical supplies to be dispensed to said patient.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a system and method for administering medications to a plurality of patients in a medication institution. A preferred system comprises a workflow program for generating a scheduler, wherein the scheduler coordinates the administration of medications to the patients, a medicine cabinet, responsive to said scheduler, for storing medications and dispensing the medications to an authorized user for administration to the patients, the workflow program providing the cabinet with patient specific information relating to said dispensation of the medications including a physician order for each patient, and a medicine cart, coupled to the medicine cabinet, for instructing said authorized user in the administration of said medication to each of said patients. The cart comprises a plurality of patient specific cart drawers for storing the medication to be administered to each patient, wherein each cart drawer remains unidentified as patient specific until the medication cart receives said patient specific information, and a cart processor, wherein the cart drawers are filled with medicine from the medicine cabinet for each patient associated with each patient specific cart drawer in accordance with the respective physician order for each patient.
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11 Claims
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1. A medication dispensing system, comprising:
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a medicine cabinet having a plurality of drawers each drawer containing supplies of different kinds of medications or other medical supplies to be accessed by a healthcare attendant for preparing individual medication dosages and medical supplies for named patients; and at least one medicine cart, separate from said medicine cabinet, said cart having a plurality of cart drawers, each drawer adapted to contain one or more medication dosages and medical supplies prescribed for an individual patient; said medicine cabinet including a cabinet processor having a memory for storing the names of patients and their prescribed medication dosages and medical supplies to be dispensed to said patient; and said cart further comprising a display on each cart drawer for displaying each patient'"'"'s name corresponding to the medication dosages and medical supplies placed in said drawer, and a communication link with said medicine cabinet through which said cabinet processor communicates to said cart, each said patient'"'"'s name, medication dosages and medical supplies to be dispensed to said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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