Method and system for delivering prescriptions to remote locations for patient retrieval
First Claim
1. A method of providing a filled prescription to a patient at a location remote from a central pharmacy at which the prescription was filled, the method comprising the steps of:
- preparing the filled prescription for delivery to the remote location;
delivering the prescription to the remote location via a delivery system; and
allowing the patient to retrieve the filled prescription from a retrieval system without interaction with a person located at the retrieval system.
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Abstract
A method and system (10) for delivering a prescription filled at a central pharmacy to a remote location accessible by a patient is provided. The patient may retrieve the prescription located at the remote location at a time convenient for the patient. The system (10) broadly comprises: a filling mechanism (12) for filling the prescription; a delivery system (14) for transporting the filled prescription to the remote location; an automatic prescription delivery system (“APDS”) (16) for placing each prescription in a delivery container; a retrieval system (18) at the remote location for allowing the patient to retrieve the patient'"'"'s filled prescription; and a first computer (20) in communication with the filling mechanism (12), the APDS (16), and the retrieval system (18) and including a memory (22) and a processor (24).
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1. A method of providing a filled prescription to a patient at a location remote from a central pharmacy at which the prescription was filled, the method comprising the steps of:
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preparing the filled prescription for delivery to the remote location;
delivering the prescription to the remote location via a delivery system; and
allowing the patient to retrieve the filled prescription from a retrieval system without interaction with a person located at the retrieval system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of providing a plurality of filled prescriptions to a plurality of patients at a plurality of locations remote from a central pharmacy at which the prescriptions were filled, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a remote location to where each filled prescription must be delivered;
designating a delivery system for delivery of the filled prescriptions to at least one of the plurality of remote locations based on a distance separating the remote location from the central pharmacy;
separating the prescriptions based on the remote location to which each prescription is to be delivered;
placing each filled prescription in a delivery container specific for the designated delivery system for the determined remote location;
delivering the plurality of prescriptions to the at least one remote location using the designated delivery system; and
allowing the patient to retrieve the patient'"'"'s filled prescriptions from a retrieval system located at the remote location without interaction with a person located at the retrieval system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A master delivery system for delivering a prescription filled at a central pharmacy to a remote location, the system comprising:
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a delivery system for transporting the filled prescription from the central pharmacy to the remote location;
an automatic prescription delivery system (“
APDS”
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a retrieval system located at the remote location and operable to allow the patient to retrieve the patient'"'"'s filled prescription without interaction with a person located at the retrieval system; and
a computer in communication with the APDS and the retrieval system and including a memory for storing identification information for the filled prescription, including a patient associated with the prescription, the remote location for the patient, and identifying information for the patient, and a processor operable to access the identification information for the filled prescription and communicate such to the APDS so as to allow the APDS to place the filled prescription in the delivery container specific for the remote location identified for the patient, and to the retrieval system so as to allow the patient to retrieve the prescription from the retrieval system by inputting the patient'"'"'s identifying information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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