Pharmaceutical system in which pharmaceutical care is provided by a remote professional serving multiple pharmacies
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- at least one prescription input device adapted to receive prescription data corresponding to a prescription presented at a location;
at least one robotic item handling device adapted to handle medical items;
at least one pharmacy computer in operative connection with the at least one prescription input device and the at least one robotic item handling device, wherein the at least one pharmacy computer is operative to communicate the prescription data to a pharmacist terminal remote from the location and adapted to be operated by a pharmacist, and is operative to operate the at least one robotic item handling device to prepare a medical item corresponding to the prescription data responsive to communication with the pharmacist terminal.
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical system and method of operation in which a single remote professional provides pharmaceutical care and oversight of multiple local pharmacies. A control location is connected through an electronic network to one or more individual pharmacies, each of which may be located at a different physical site. Each individual pharmacy includes one or more drug preparation areas, and one or more self-service or staffed customer terminals. A drug preparation area includes a robot, which is adapted to prepare prescriptions or other items, and which is connected by a pneumatic delivery system to one or more customer terminals within the pharmacy.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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at least one prescription input device adapted to receive prescription data corresponding to a prescription presented at a location; at least one robotic item handling device adapted to handle medical items; at least one pharmacy computer in operative connection with the at least one prescription input device and the at least one robotic item handling device, wherein the at least one pharmacy computer is operative to communicate the prescription data to a pharmacist terminal remote from the location and adapted to be operated by a pharmacist, and is operative to operate the at least one robotic item handling device to prepare a medical item corresponding to the prescription data responsive to communication with the pharmacist terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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