System and method for monitoring progress of delivery of a patient-specific medication in a healthcare facility
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a patient/medication identification (ID) device provided on a package and comprising medication/patient information indicative of a medication and a patient;
at least one location ID device provided at a respective location, each location ID device comprising a unique location ID associated with the respective location;
at least one reader device configured to read the patient/medication ID device and the at least one location ID device;
a processor in data communication with the at least one reader device configured to;
determine a last-known location of the package based on the medication/patient information and the unique location ID, andwhen the last-known location of the package based on the medication/patient information and the unique location ID corresponds to a delivery location of the package, determine whether the package is delivered within a predetermined time interval; and
a user interface in communication with the processor and configured to display the last known location to a user.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of monitoring progress of delivery of a patient-specific medication are disclosed. A patient/medication identification (ID) device is provided on a package containing the medication, the patient/medication ID device comprising medication/patient information indicative of the medication and the patient. At least one location ID device is provided at a location, the at least one location ID device comprising a unique location ID associated with the location. The medication/patient information and the patient/medication ID are read. Delivery progress information indicative of a last-known read location where at least one of the medication/patient ID information and the unique location identifier was read is generated. The delivery progress information is stored in a database. The delivery progress information is accessed from the database in response to the request. A delivery status of the medication is indicated to the user.
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19 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a patient/medication identification (ID) device provided on a package and comprising medication/patient information indicative of a medication and a patient; at least one location ID device provided at a respective location, each location ID device comprising a unique location ID associated with the respective location; at least one reader device configured to read the patient/medication ID device and the at least one location ID device; a processor in data communication with the at least one reader device configured to; determine a last-known location of the package based on the medication/patient information and the unique location ID, and when the last-known location of the package based on the medication/patient information and the unique location ID corresponds to a delivery location of the package, determine whether the package is delivered within a predetermined time interval; and a user interface in communication with the processor and configured to display the last known location to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising the steps of:
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receiving medication/patient information indicative of a medication and a patient from a patient/medication ID device on a package, and a location ID directly from a location ID device at which the package is currently located and comprising a unique location ID associated with a respective location; generating delivery progress information indicative of a last-known location of the package based on the received medication/patient ID information and unique location ID, wherein the delivery progress information is displayed in a user interface; and when the last-known location of the package based on the received medication/patient information and unique location ID corresponds to a delivery location of the package, displaying the delivery location with the delivery progress information in the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving medication/patient information indicative of a medication and a patient from a patient/medication ID device on a package, and a location ID directly from a location ID device at which the package is currently located and comprising a unique location ID associated with a respective location; generating delivery progress information indicative of a last-known location of the package based on the received medication/patient ID information and unique location ID, wherein the delivery progress information is displayed in a user interface; and when the last-known location of the package based on the received medication/patient information and unique location ID corresponds to a delivery location of the package, displaying the delivery location with a time of delivery in the user interface.
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