Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20090144087
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | "Pharmacy system for automating medical prescription fulfillment process for customer - has imaging work station having host computer for receiving data entry of original medical prescription and customer information, electronic communication device and filling work station with dispensing unit" |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 5597995 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Automated Prescription Systems, Inc |
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| Filing Date | November 8, 1995 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt The present invention provides a pharmacy system for automating the medical prescription fulfillment process for a customer. It includes an imaging work station having a host computer for receiving data entry of an original medical prescription for a prescribed drug product and customer information and for producing a prescription transaction data record; and electronic communication device for communicating the prescription transaction data record from the host computer to a series of computers. A filling work station includes dispensing apparatus for counting, dispensing, and packaging of the dispensed drug product into the drug vial for the customer. A checking work station includes a scanner for scanning the bar code label on the drug vial, and a display for displaying the digitized image of the original medical prescription, and for displaying a digitized image of the prescribed drug product to allow a first visual comparison between the digitized image of the prescribed drug product and the dispensed drug product in the drug vial, and a second visual comparison between the digitized image of the original medical prescription and the dispensed drug product in the drug vial before it is given to the customer.
The checking work station is used to assist the pharmacist in the final quality-control check of the medical prescription just filled. At this station, the computer displays both the doctor's original prescription image and an image of the drug product prescribed for a comparison. The checking work station includes a third computer electronically connected to the second computer at the filling work station and further includes a scanner for scanning the bar code label on a given drug vial, and a display for displaying the digitized image of the original medical prescription, and for displaying a digitized image of a specified prescribed drug product. This final quality-control check requires the pharmacist to make a first visual comparison between the digitized image of the prescribed drug product and the dispensed drug product in the specified drug vial, and a second visual comparison between the digitized image of the original medical prescription and the dispensed drug product in the specified drug vial before it is given to the customer. The pharmacist then signs off by the use of an electronic wand over the pharmacist's personal bar code that the prescription is filled properly. |
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