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Management, reporting and benchmarking of medication preparation

DC CAFC
  • US 8,554,579 B2
  • Filed: 01/23/2009
  • Issued: 10/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing telepharmacy comprising the steps of:

  • receiving and processing a dose order;

    preparing a dose at a medication preparation station based on the dose order including following a recipe, wherein the dose is a reconstituted drug and the recipe having one or more drug preparation steps including using a diluent for reconstitution;

    displaying the recipe on an interactive screen that includes prompts that can be highlighted by an operator to receive additional information relative to one particular step and includes areas for entering an input;

    capturing one or more images of a plurality of the drug preparation steps, each of the images being captured at, corresponding to, and confirming a performance of one discrete drug preparation step of the recipe, one captured image displaying a result of a discrete isolated event performed in accordance with one drug preparation step, the drug preparation steps including at least one step that is an intermediate step involving the diluent that shows the dose prior to completing the dose preparation and obtaining a completed dose that is in a state that is suitable for delivery to a patient, wherein one input comprises an input that is prompted by the performance of the drug preparation steps;

    storing each image associated with the drug preparation steps of the recipe that has been collected together in a data record of a database, thereby allowing the captured image to be later retrieved for inspection;

    accessing the data record including the images from a remote site using a portal in communication with the database;

    inspecting the data record through the portal;

    reviewing the images in the data record in order to verify that each of the captured drug preparation steps was properly completed; and

    approving release of the dose to the patient if the reviewing step confirms that each of the captured drug preparation steps was properly completed.

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