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Remote prescription refill system

  • US 7,848,934 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2001
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for refilling prescriptions comprising:

  • providing a first computer system at a central station remote from a pharmacy;

    receiving at the first computer system at the central station a telephone call from a caller relating to a prescription refill request;

    obtaining refill information from a caller using the first computer system at the central station;

    establishing a first communication path between the first computer system at the central station and a second computer system remote from the central station;

    requesting refill authorization from the second computer system by the first computer system at the central station using the first communication path;

    if a refill authorization is not obtained by the first computer system, automatically contacting a doctor'"'"'s office using the first computer system to request a refill authorization from the doctor'"'"'s office; and

    if a refill authorization is obtained by the first computer system,communicating a refill confirmation to a caller during a call,establishing a second communication path between the second computer system and a third computer system at a pharmacy,transmitting the refill information to the third computer system at the pharmacy over the second communication path, andre-filling the prescription at the pharmacy.

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