SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEPHARMACY SERVICES

• US 20110202366A1
• Filed: 04/27/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: William Rex Akers
• Original Assignee: Healthcare Vision, Inc.
• Inventors: Rau, Karen D., Normyle, Robert J., Walker, Craig Alan, Canterbury, Jeff W., Akers, William Rex, King, James R., Graves, Jerry L., Watts, Brandon T., Miller, Blake B., Hale, Kevin P., Patterson, Jay Travis
• Application Number:
  US13/095,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202366A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system for distributing packaged medical supplies is provided. The system includes a record server configured to generate medical supply data. The medical supply data includes identification of a physical package containing physical medical supplies, identification of the physical medical supplies, and identification of a remote site the physical package is to be physically moved to. The record server is configured to correlate the package data with verification data received from a remote client. The verification data includes identification of a physical package received by the record client, identification of a patient prescription received by the remote client, and identification of the site of the remote client.

Claims

1. A system for distributing packaged medical supplies comprising:

a record server comprising software systems operating on a processing platform, the record server configured to;

generate medical supply package data, the medical supply package data comprising;

identification of at least one physical package containing physical medical supplies;

identification of the physical medical supplies; and

identification of a remote site the physical package is to be physically moved to; and

correlate the package data with verification data received from a record client, the verification data comprising;

identification of at least one physical package received by the record client;

identification of a patient prescription received by the record client; and

identification of the site of the record client.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an inventory tracking system coupled to the record client and configured to update inventory data, the inventory data comprising the size of an inventory of the physical medical supplies stored at the remote site.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the record server further comprises a record encapsulation system configured to receive the verification data and encapsulate the verification data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the record client further comprises a remote data system, the remote data system configured to generate counseling data and transmit the counseling data to the record server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the record client further comprises a data reader configured to read verification data from a package.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the record client further comprises an image data capture device configured to generate image data, and wherein the verification data comprises the image data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical medical supplies comprise medicine.

8. A method for distributing packaged medical supplies comprising:

providing a record server comprising software systems operating on a processing platform;

storing, by the record server, package data comprising;

identification of at least one physical package containing physical medical supplies;

identification of the physical medical supplies; and

identification of a remote site the physical package is to be physically moved to;

transmitting the physical package to a remote site;

receiving, by the record server, received package data from the remote site, the received package data comprising;

identification of at least one physical package received by the remote site;

identification of a patient prescription received by the remote site; and

identification of the remote site; and

authorizing, by the record server, release of the physical package if;

the stored package data identification of the at least one physical package matches the received package data identification of the at least one physical package;

the stored package data identification of the physical medical supplies matches the received package data identification of the patient prescription; and

the stored package data remote site matches the received package data identification of the remote site.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating patient counseling data.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising incrementing order data after the package is released.