System for separating and distributing pharmacy order processing for compound medication
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1. A method of managing drug prescription orders within a network of pharmacy resources including a plurality of pharmacy locations having a least one employee that are connected by an information processing system, the method comprising:
- creating an original order data (OOD) object containing a set of information received from a customer during placement of a compound drug prescription order;
creating a task object at a first network computer at a first pharmacy location, wherein the task object is associated with the OOD object, wherein the task object stores work associated with the OOD object and the task object is used to carry and save work performed on the prescription order;
identifying by the first network computer an equipment type needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order;
identifying by the first network computer base components needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order;
identifying by the first network computer an expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order;
determining by the first network computer a second pharmacy location geographically separate from the first pharmacy location for making the compound drug based on the identified equipment type, the identified base components needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order and the identified expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order;
electronically routing the task object from a first queue stored on the first network computer at the first pharmacy location to a second queue stored on a second network computer at the determined second pharmacy location and wherein the first and second network computers are associated with a first and a second pharmacy resource, respectively;
making the compound drug specified in the compound drug prescription order; and
dispensing the compound drug prescription order to the customer at the second retail pharmacy location.
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An information system and method that provides the ability to reroute portions of prescription order work between a plurality of organizational units in order to leverage capacity, expertise, or other resources to increase network efficiency.
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1. A method of managing drug prescription orders within a network of pharmacy resources including a plurality of pharmacy locations having a least one employee that are connected by an information processing system, the method comprising:
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creating an original order data (OOD) object containing a set of information received from a customer during placement of a compound drug prescription order; creating a task object at a first network computer at a first pharmacy location, wherein the task object is associated with the OOD object, wherein the task object stores work associated with the OOD object and the task object is used to carry and save work performed on the prescription order; identifying by the first network computer an equipment type needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order; identifying by the first network computer base components needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order; identifying by the first network computer an expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order; determining by the first network computer a second pharmacy location geographically separate from the first pharmacy location for making the compound drug based on the identified equipment type, the identified base components needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order and the identified expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order; electronically routing the task object from a first queue stored on the first network computer at the first pharmacy location to a second queue stored on a second network computer at the determined second pharmacy location and wherein the first and second network computers are associated with a first and a second pharmacy resource, respectively; making the compound drug specified in the compound drug prescription order; and dispensing the compound drug prescription order to the customer at the second retail pharmacy location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A compound drug pharmacy workflow system comprising:
- a computer system using computer executable code stored on one or more computer-readable memories, the system including;
an image object associated with a prescription order specifying a compound drug; a task object associated with the image object and the prescription order, wherein the task object stores work associated with the image object and the task object includes work performed on the prescription order and further comprises an equipment type parameter indicating an equipment type needed to make the compound drug, base components needed to make the compound drug specified in the compound drug prescription order and an expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order; a first workflow manager to determine, cooperative with the task object, a first set of pharmacy network facilities having the equipment type, the base components and the expertise needed to process the compound drug prescription from a plurality of pharmacy network facilities, each pharmacy network facility geographically separate from each other, and wherein the workflow manager is configured to route the task object and, optionally, the image object to a queue at one of the first set of pharmacy network facilities; and a specialty compound drug equipment corresponding to the needed equipment type and configured to mix the base ingredients to make the compound drug specified in the compound drug prescription order. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- a computer system using computer executable code stored on one or more computer-readable memories, the system including;
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18. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for providing a compound drug prescription order workflow, comprising:
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a first program that receives original order data and creates an original order data object; a second program that creates a task object, the task object including i) a specialty equipment indicator that identifies an equipment type required to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order, ii) a determination of base ingredients needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order and iii) a determination of an expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order, wherein the second program associates the task object with the original order data object, and wherein the second program stores work associated with the original order data, and includes work performed in the task object; a third program that identifies the specialty equipment indicator associated with the task object; and a fourth program that routes the task object and one of the original order data object and a reference to the original order data object from a queue associated with a first network computer at a first pharmacy location to a queue associated with a second network computer at a second pharmacy location geographically separate from the first pharmacy location, based on the specialty equipment indicator, the determined two or more base ingredients needed to make the compound drug specified in the compound drug prescription order and the determined expertise needed to make the compound drug specified by the compound drug prescription order incorporated in the task object.
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