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 comprising medication/patient information indicative of a medication and a patient;
at least one reader device at a respective location capable of reading the ID device and correlating a location of the ID device to the respective location;
a processor in data communication with the at least one reader device, the processor configured to;
determine a last-known location of a package based on a received medication/patient information associated with the package and a location ID;
when the last-known location of the package based on the received medication/patient information associated with the package and the location ID corresponds to a delivery location of the package, determine whether the package is delivered within a predetermined time interval; and
send an electronic notification message to a mobile communication device carried by a user, the electronic notification message being indicative of delivery progress information of the package.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a patient/medication identification (ID) device comprising medication/patient information indicative of a medication and a patient; at least one reader device at a respective location capable of reading the ID device and correlating a location of the ID device to the respective location; a processor in data communication with the at least one reader device, the processor configured to; determine a last-known location of a package based on a received medication/patient information associated with the package and a location ID; when the last-known location of the package based on the received medication/patient information associated with the package and the location ID corresponds to a delivery location of the package, determine whether the package is delivered within a predetermined time interval; and send an electronic notification message to a mobile communication device carried by a user, the electronic notification message being indicative of delivery progress information of the package. - 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:
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receiving, from a reader device, ID information indicative of a medication and a patient based on an ID device on a package for the medication; receiving, from the reader device while the reader device and the package are at a location, a location ID from a location ID device at the location; generating delivery progress information indicative of a last-known location of the package based on the received ID information and the received location ID; and sending a notification to a mobile device, when the last-known location corresponds to a delivery location of the package, the notification indicating the delivery location and the delivery progress information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. 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, from a reader device, ID information indicative of a medication and a patient based on an ID device on a package for the medication; receiving, from the reader device while the reader device and the package are at a location, a location ID from a location ID device at the location; generating delivery progress information indicative of a last-known location of the package based on the received ID information and the received location ID; and sending a notification to a mobile device, when the last-known location corresponds to a delivery location of the package, the notification indicating the delivery location and the delivery progress information for display on a user interface of the mobile device.
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