Management of pharmacy kits
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1. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
- an information processing system communicatively coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, the information processing system comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to;
receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding,wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items,wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, andwherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item;
verify the plurality of pharmacy items using the tag information, wherein to verify at least a first pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to;
determine that a first pharmacy item container configured to store a first pharmacy item is not present based at least in part on the tag information, anddetermine that a second pharmacy item container configured to store a substitute first pharmacy item is present based at least in part on the tag information; and
cause a display to display results of the verification of the plurality of pharmacy items including information regarding the substitute first pharmacy item.
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Abstract
A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
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1. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
an information processing system communicatively coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, the information processing system comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to; receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item; verify the plurality of pharmacy items using the tag information, wherein to verify at least a first pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to; determine that a first pharmacy item container configured to store a first pharmacy item is not present based at least in part on the tag information, and determine that a second pharmacy item container configured to store a substitute first pharmacy item is present based at least in part on the tag information; and cause a display to display results of the verification of the plurality of pharmacy items including information regarding the substitute first pharmacy item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 25, 26)
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9. A method of managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
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receiving tag information of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna coupled to a pharmacy kit container emitting a radio signal at least within the pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item; verifying the plurality of pharmacy items including at least a first pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items using the tag information, wherein verifying the at least a first pharmacy item comprises; determining that a first pharmacy item container configured to store the first pharmacy item is not present based at least in part on the tag information, and determining that a second pharmacy item container configured to store a substitute first pharmacy item is present based at least in part on the tag information; and causing a display to display results of said verifying the plurality of pharmacy items including information regarding the substitute first pharmacy item. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
an information processing system communicatively coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, the information processing system comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to; receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a first RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a first pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the first pharmacy item container is configured to store a first pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the first RFID tag is associated with first pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the first pharmacy item and an expiration of the first pharmacy item; verify a pharmacy kit using the tag information, wherein to verify the pharmacy kit, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to identify the first pharmacy item as an expired pharmacy item based at least in part on a determination that the expiration of the first pharmacy item does not satisfy an expiration threshold; and cause a display to display results of the verification of the pharmacy kit, including information that the expiration of the first pharmacy item does not satisfy the expiration threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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27. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
one or more processors communicatively coupled to an antenna, the one or more processors configured to; receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on the antenna emitting a radio signal at least within a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item; verify a pharmacy kit using the tag information, wherein to verify the pharmacy kit, the one or more processors are configured to at least one of; determine that a first pharmacy item container configured to store a first pharmacy item is not present based at least in part on the tag information, and determine that a second pharmacy item container configured to store a substitute first pharmacy item is present based at least in part on the tag information, determine that the first pharmacy item is subject to a recall based at least in part on the tag information, or identify the first pharmacy item as an expired pharmacy item based at least in part on a determination that an expiration of the first pharmacy item does not satisfy an expiration threshold; and cause a display to display results of the verification of the pharmacy kit. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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