System and method for reception, analysis, and annotation of prescription data
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) displaying through at least one display screen of a pharmacy workstation, an image of a first prescription received from a medication order system,wherein the first prescription is for a first patient from among a plurality of patients for which patient data is stored in a data store of a pharmacy system,wherein the pharmacy system is distinct from the medication order system,wherein the workstation includes at least one processor,wherein the workstation is operable to communicate with the pharmacy system and the medication order system,(b) displaying through the at least one display screen, first patient data accessed from a data store of the pharmacy system,wherein the first patient data corresponds to the first patient;
(c) operating the workstation to perform through application of definition data included in at least one schema, computer analysis of the first patient data,wherein the definition data defines a plurality of zones corresponding to different screen areas of the first patient data displayed in the at least one display screen,wherein a first zone of the plurality of zones corresponds to a first screen area of the first patient data,wherein the first screen area includes a name of the first patient,wherein at least one other zone of the plurality of zones corresponds to at least one other screen area of the first patient data,wherein the at least one other screen area includes at least one of;
a record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient;
(d) operating the workstation to automatically resolve first patient text data from the analysis performed in (c),wherein the first patient text data includes data corresponding to the name of the first patient,wherein the first patient text data includes data corresponding to at least one of;
a record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient; and
(e) operating the workstation to cause first patient text data resolved in (d) to be stored in at least one data store of the medication order system, in correlated relation with image data corresponding to the image of the first prescription,wherein the first patient text data is stored as searchable data in a record corresponding to the first patient,wherein the correlated relation enables the image of the first prescription to be accessed from the medication order system based at least in part on a search of the name of the first patient;
wherein (a)-(e) are performed without manual input to the workstation of;
the image of the first prescription, ora record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient.
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Abstract
A medication order processing system (10) includes a plurality of nursing stations (12, 14, 16). Physician orders prescribing medications for patients are faxed from the nursing stations to a computer which is included in an interchange fax station (28) located at the pharmacy. The interchange fax station is operative to prioritize the orders and to present them to pharmacists working at pharmacist work stations (40, 42). Pharmacist work stations are enabled to review, electronically annotate, and input orders reviewed at the pharmacy work station into a pharmacy order system of the facility. Input to the pharmacy order system results in the medication being administered to the patient. Data related to each patient to which a medication order pertains is captured from screen outputs from the pharmacy order system. The captured data is analyzed to produce data that is stored in a database of the medication order system in correlated relation with image data corresponding to images of medication orders.
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34 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) displaying through at least one display screen of a pharmacy workstation, an image of a first prescription received from a medication order system, wherein the first prescription is for a first patient from among a plurality of patients for which patient data is stored in a data store of a pharmacy system, wherein the pharmacy system is distinct from the medication order system, wherein the workstation includes at least one processor, wherein the workstation is operable to communicate with the pharmacy system and the medication order system, (b) displaying through the at least one display screen, first patient data accessed from a data store of the pharmacy system, wherein the first patient data corresponds to the first patient; (c) operating the workstation to perform through application of definition data included in at least one schema, computer analysis of the first patient data, wherein the definition data defines a plurality of zones corresponding to different screen areas of the first patient data displayed in the at least one display screen, wherein a first zone of the plurality of zones corresponds to a first screen area of the first patient data, wherein the first screen area includes a name of the first patient, wherein at least one other zone of the plurality of zones corresponds to at least one other screen area of the first patient data, wherein the at least one other screen area includes at least one of;
a record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient;(d) operating the workstation to automatically resolve first patient text data from the analysis performed in (c), wherein the first patient text data includes data corresponding to the name of the first patient, wherein the first patient text data includes data corresponding to at least one of;
a record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient; and(e) operating the workstation to cause first patient text data resolved in (d) to be stored in at least one data store of the medication order system, in correlated relation with image data corresponding to the image of the first prescription, wherein the first patient text data is stored as searchable data in a record corresponding to the first patient, wherein the correlated relation enables the image of the first prescription to be accessed from the medication order system based at least in part on a search of the name of the first patient; wherein (a)-(e) are performed without manual input to the workstation of; the image of the first prescription, or a record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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(a) operating at least one processor of a workstation to receive prescription image data from a medication order system, wherein the workstation is operable to communicate with a pharmacy system and the medication order system, wherein the pharmacy system is distinct from the medication order system, wherein the pharmacy system includes patient data on a plurality of patients, wherein the prescription image data corresponds to a prescription image of a prescription, wherein the prescription is for a first patient from among the plurality of patients, wherein the patient data includes first patient data on the first patient, wherein the workstation includes at least one display screen device; (b) subsequent to (a), operating the at least one processor to cause the prescription image to be displayed through the at least one display screen device; (c) subsequent to (b), operating the at least one processor to access the first patient data from the pharmacy system; (d) subsequent to (c), operating the at least one processor to cause the first patient data to be displayed through the at least one display screen device, wherein the first patient data includes a name of the first patient, wherein the first patient data includes at least one of;
a medical record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient;(e) operating the at least one processor to automatically capture through application of definition data included in at least one schema, data from display zones of the first patient data displayed in (d), wherein the definition data defines the display zones, wherein the display zones includes a first display zone, wherein the display zones include at least one other display zone, wherein the definition data associates respective display zones with respective types of patient data, wherein the first display zone is associated with patient name, wherein the at least one other display zone is associated with at least one of;
a medical record number, patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to a patient;(f) operating the at least one processor to automatically resolve first patient text data from the data captured in (e), wherein the first patient text data includes data corresponding to the name of the first patient, wherein the first patient text data includes at least one of;
a medical record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient; and(g) operating the at least one processor to cause the prescription image and the first patient text data resolved in (f) to be stored in correlated relation in the medication order system, wherein the first patient text data is stored as searchable data in a record corresponding to the first patient, wherein the correlated relation enables the prescription image to be accessed from the medication order system based at least in part on a search of the name of the first patient; wherein (a) is performed without manual input to the workstation of the prescription image data, wherein (b) is performed without manual input to the workstation of the prescription image, and wherein (c)-(d) are performed without manual input to the workstation of a record number, first patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the first patient. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method comprising:
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(a) displaying through at least one display screen of a pharmacy workstation, a prescription image corresponding to prescription image data received by the workstation from a station remotely located from the workstation, wherein the prescription image data corresponds to a prescription for a first patient from among a plurality of patients for which patient data is stored in a data store of a pharmacy system, wherein the workstation includes at least one processor; (b) operating the pharmacy workstation to receive from a pharmacy system, display output signals that correspond to a first patient file, wherein the first patient file is associated with the first patient, wherein the first patient file includes a name of the first patient, wherein the first patient file includes at least one of;
a record number associated with the first patient, gender of the first patient, a visit number associated with the first patient, or a person having a relationship to the first patient;(c) operating the workstation responsive at least in part to the display output signals received in (b), to display the first patient file through the at least one display screen, (d) operating the workstation to cause definition data included in at least one schema, to be applied to the display output signals received in (b), wherein the definition data includes data defining a plurality of display zones, wherein a first display zone corresponds to location of a patient name in a displayed patient file, wherein at least one other display zone corresponds to location in a displayed patient file of at least one of;
a record number, patient gender, a visit number, or a person having a relationship to the patient;(e) operating the workstation responsive at least in part to (d), to automatically resolve first patient file text data from the display output signals received in (b), wherein the first patient file text data includes data corresponding to the name of the first patient, wherein the first patient file text data includes at least one of;
a record number associated with the first patient, gender of the first patient, a visit number associated with the first patient, or a person having a relationship to the first patient; and(f) operating the workstation to cause to be stored in correlated relation in at least one data store of a medication order system, the first patient file text data resolved in (e) and the prescription image data corresponding to the prescription image displayed in (a); wherein (a)-(f) are performed without manual input to the workstation of; the prescription image, the prescription image data, the first patient file, or the first patient file text data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising:
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(a) operating a pharmacy workstation which includes a first display device comprising a first display screen and a second display device comprising a second display screen, to cause prescription image data corresponding to a prescription for a patient to be displayed on the first display screen, wherein the patient is one of a plurality of patients for which respective patient files are stored in a data store, wherein the second display device is other than the first display device, wherein the workstation includes at least one processor; (b) operating the workstation to receive display output signals associated with a patient file of the patient, wherein the display output signals are operative to cause the second display screen to produce screen outputs corresponding to the patient file; (c) operating the workstation to cause patient file data corresponding to the display output signals received in (b), to be displayed on the second display screen; (d) operating the workstation to cause the at least one processor to perform computer-analysis on the display output signals received in (b), wherein the display output signals are analyzed by the at least one processor in accordance with definition data included in at least one markup language schema, wherein the definition data includes data defining locations of plural zones in the patient file data displayed in (c), wherein a first zone of the plural zones includes a patient name, wherein a second zone of the plural zones includes at least one of a record number, patient gender, visit number, or name of a person other than the patient; (e) operating the workstation to cause the at least one processor to automatically resolve from the analysis in (d), character strings from patient data captured in zones in the patient file data, wherein a first character string includes the patient name, wherein a second character string includes at least one of a record number, patient gender, visit number, or name of a person other than the patient; and (f) operating the workstation to cause the character strings resolved in (e) to be stored in at least one data store in correlated relation with the prescription image data, wherein the character strings are stored as searchable data in a record corresponding to the patient, wherein the record enables the prescription image data to be accessed based at least in part on a search of the patient name in the at least one data store; wherein (a)-(f) are performed without manual input of any of; the prescription image data, the patient file data, or the patient data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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