Prescription order identification system
First Claim
1. A method for identifying a prescription order in a pharmacy including the following steps:
- receiving the prescription order;
tagging the prescription order with a wireless tag that travels with the prescription order thorough the pharmacy, said tag having a worker signaling device operably secured thereto and in communication with a central pharmacy computer system, said computer system correlating said prescription order with said tag;
establishing a timing element in communication with said computer system, said timing element timing an event related to a status of said prescription order and used by the computer system to detect a predetermined criteria of said status; and
,activating the worker signaling device to alert a pharmacy worker when said predetermined criteria is detected by said computer system.
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Abstract
A pharmacy prescription order identification system that has a uniquely identified tag that travels with the prescription order throughout the pharmacy and is wirelessly connected to a computer system. The tag includes one or more worker signaling devices, such as lights or an audio speaker, that activate in response to either input from the pharmacy worker or other predetermined criteria to identify the prescription order to the pharmacy worker. In a preferred embodiment, the tag includes a plurality of worker signaling devices, and the activation of each transducer alerts a pharmacy worker to a different status of the prescription order. More preferably, the prescription order identification system includes a computer system that allows a pharmacy worker to individually access a customer'"'"'s record, then activate the worker singling devices on the tag associated with that customer'"'"'s prescription order, thereby allowing a particular prescription order within the pharmacy to be easily identified. In addition, the computer system can automatically monitor the status of all pending prescription orders within the pharmacy and using predefined criteria, such as the elapsed time the prescription order has been within the pharmacy, automatically activate the worker signaling devices on the tags associated with particular prescription orders meeting that criteria.
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1. A method for identifying a prescription order in a pharmacy including the following steps:
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receiving the prescription order; tagging the prescription order with a wireless tag that travels with the prescription order thorough the pharmacy, said tag having a worker signaling device operably secured thereto and in communication with a central pharmacy computer system, said computer system correlating said prescription order with said tag; establishing a timing element in communication with said computer system, said timing element timing an event related to a status of said prescription order and used by the computer system to detect a predetermined criteria of said status; and
,activating the worker signaling device to alert a pharmacy worker when said predetermined criteria is detected by said computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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