Facility-wide medication management systems
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1. A medication management system, comprising:
- an electronic network;
one or more remote medication dispensing devices coupled to the electronic network;
a display screen; and
a computer system programmed to;
receive over the electronic network from the one or more remote medication dispensing devices one or more indications that a particular medication previously removed from a dispensing device has been designated for return to the medication management system;
compute an estimated return amount that is an amount of the previously-removed particular medication that is estimated to be returned to a central storage location within the medication management system, wherein the computation of an estimated return amount is based on assumptions that tend to cause overestimation of a number of entries in a queued return list; and
cause the queued return list of one or more estimated return amounts to be displayed on the display screen at the central storage location to facilitate documentation of the return of the particular medication to the central storage location, wherein the queued return list is editable in response to inputs from a user of the system at the central storage location to modify the number of entries on the list.
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Abstract
A system for managing medications facilitates documentation of medication returned from remote dispensing units to a central storage location such as a pharmacy vault. The system may be especially useful in facilitating the tracking of controlled substances. The system receives an indication that a medication previously removed from the remote dispensing units has been designated for return to the medication management system. The system computes an estimated return amount of the medication, and causes a queued return list to be displayed at the central storage location. The system can accommodate multiple remote dispensing devices and multiple medications.
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1. A medication management system, comprising:
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an electronic network; one or more remote medication dispensing devices coupled to the electronic network; a display screen; and a computer system programmed to; receive over the electronic network from the one or more remote medication dispensing devices one or more indications that a particular medication previously removed from a dispensing device has been designated for return to the medication management system; compute an estimated return amount that is an amount of the previously-removed particular medication that is estimated to be returned to a central storage location within the medication management system, wherein the computation of an estimated return amount is based on assumptions that tend to cause overestimation of a number of entries in a queued return list; and cause the queued return list of one or more estimated return amounts to be displayed on the display screen at the central storage location to facilitate documentation of the return of the particular medication to the central storage location, wherein the queued return list is editable in response to inputs from a user of the system at the central storage location to modify the number of entries on the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method:
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medications, the method comprising;receiving, by a computer system over an electronic network from one or more remote medication dispensing devices, an indication that a medication previously removed front a dispensing device has been designated for return to a medication management system; computing an estimated return amount that is an amount of the previously-removed medication that is estimated to be returned to a central storage location within the medication management system, wherein the computation of the estimated return amount is based on assumptions that tend to cause overestimation of a number of entries in a queued return list; causing the queued return list of one or more estimated return amounts to be displayed on a display screen at the central storage location to facilitate documentation of the return of the medication to the central storage location; and altering the queued return list in response to inputs from a user of the system to modify the number of entries on the queued return list. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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