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System and method of pharmaceutical operations for post-acute care facilities long-term care facilities

a long-term care facility and pharmaceutical technology, applied in the field of nursing homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, can solve the problems of system not updating with the location of patients in real-time, machine stops working, and may be detected

Inactive Publication Date: 2021-07-22
TECH PHARMACY SERVICES LLC
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a method and system for providing pharmaceutical dispensing services to at least one facility. The system includes a server that manages and controls pharmaceutical storage and dispensing machines in the facility. The system also includes a pharmacy group management server that communicates with the facility's pharmacy management server to manage pharmaceutical operations. The system further includes at least one supplemental supplier of pharmaceuticals that dispenses pharmaceuticals to users at predetermined times. The method includes providing a pharmaceutical storage and dispensing machine in the facility and allocating it to manage and control the dispensing of pharmaceuticals. The system and method help ensure efficient and effective pharmaceutical dispensing and management.

Problems solved by technology

It is common, in these prior art systems, that the machine stops working due to, for example, a technical malfunction, maintenance or unscheduled refill of pharmaceuticals.
In some embodiments, issues may be detected by the personnel of the long term facility.
One of the downsides of the prior art system is that the system is not updated with the location of the patients in real-time.
This causes a waste of time and resources.
A worse scenario, is the possibility that the patient might get a double dose, one at the physiotherapy department and another once he is back.
This might endanger the health of the patient.
This, again, causes a waste of resources.

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[0074]The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing, nursing home, retirement home, assisted living facility, and other long-term care industries in general and, more particularly, to pharmaceutical operations within nursing homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities; also to pharmaceutical operations between nursing homes, retirement homes, assisted living facilities and other long-term care facilities, and a pharmaceutical dispensing system.

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[0075]A broad aspect of some embodiments of the invention relates to means and methods of operation in a pharmaceutical dispensing system. In some embodiments, the system comprises units, personnel and users, for example, long-term care facilities, the personnel working at the long-term care facilities, pharmacies, drug-dispensing units, logistic units and the users. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical dispensing system is ...

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Abstract

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system of pharmaceutical dispensing for at least one first facility, comprising: a data processing and management computer; a facility pharmacy management software; a communications network in communication with said facility pharmacy group management server; at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine; said system further comprises at least one supplemental supplier of said plurality of pharmaceuticals in case said at least one pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine cannot dispense.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16 / 214,081 filed on Dec. 9, 2018, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to nursing home, retirement home, assisted living facility, and other long-term care industries in general and, more particularly, to pharmaceutical dispensing operations for such long-term care facilities.[0003]Additional background art includes U.S. Pat. No. 7,698,019 which discloses “a system, software and related methods of enhanced pharmaceutical operations in long term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server, long-term care facility pharmacy management software associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to manage pharmacological operations in a plurality of...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G16H20/13G16H40/67G16H40/20
CPCG16H20/13G16H40/20G16H40/67
Inventor EINAV, OMERSHABANOV, DORONKESTEL, YOAVSIMAN, YUVALBEN DAVID, TAMIRLIVSCHITZ, EYALSPERO, ANTHONY JOSEPHMCKINNEY, THOMAS A.
Owner TECH PHARMACY SERVICES LLC
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