52 results about "Pharmacy facility" patented technology

Methods and systems for automatically establishing an enhanced electronic health record (EHR) for a patient include an automatic data collection facility that collects data of a medically related event in proximity to a patient upon occurrence of the event. The collected data may include medication administration data such as medication, time of administration, administration of a dosage of medication, reaction data, and the like. The collected data is communicated to a real-time data integration facility that automatically integrates the data with a patient's electronic health record to establish an enhanced electronic health record.

A pharmaceutical system and method of operation in which a single remote professional provides pharmaceutical care and oversight of multiple local pharmacies. A control location is connected through an electronic network to one or more individual pharmacies, each of which may be located at a different physical site. Each individual pharmacy includes one or more drug preparation areas, and one or more self-service or staffed customer terminals. A drug preparation area includes a robot, which is adapted to prepare prescriptions or other items, and which is connected by a pneumatic delivery system to one or more customer terminals within the pharmacy.

A method for remote medical consulting includes collecting diagnostic data using at least one wearable device contoured to at least a portion of a person's hand, transmitting the diagnostic data to a remote location, transmitting audio data and video images of the patient to the remote location, and communicating diagnosis and / or treatment information to the patient based at least in part on the diagnostic data. The treatment information may include a prescription electronically transmitted to the patient or a pharmacy. The method includes billing of the patient via credit or debit card, bank account, or a third party, such as an insurance company. The diagnostic data as well as the audio and video data may be transmitted wirelessly via cellular or satellite communication networks and / or using a wide area computer network such as the internet.

A label for a prescription pharmacy bottle comprises a first portion adapted for securing to a front portion of a bottle, a second portion adapted for securing to back portion of a bottle, and a printed information on the label relating to a medication. The printed information includes a first type of information, a second type of information, and a third type of information. The first type of information includes prescription-related information including, but not limited to, a drug identifier and a patient identifier. The second type of information includes at least one of a drug identifier and a patient identifier. The third type of information includes warning information. The first type of information is always positioned in the first portion of the label and the third type of information is always positioned on the second portion of the label, and the first type of information is printed at a 180 degree opposite orientation of the second type and third type of information.

A pharmacy benefits plan is designed such that covered scripts are placed into Groups and allowances are provided for the purchase of scripts within each Group. Each Group comprises scripts for pharmaceuticals that provide medical benefits within a given time frame. A first Major Group is assigned to scripts for drugs that are prescribed for conditions that would otherwise result in further medical treatment and expense if said drugs were not taken by an insured. A second Major Group is assigned to scripts for drugs that are prescribed for conditions that would not normally result in subsequent medical costs if the drugs were not taken. Relatively high allowances are provided for scripts in said first Major Group such that the out-of-pocket costs of a given script will not be a barrier to said insured obtaining and taking said scripts. Relatively low allowances are provided for scripts in said second Major Group such that an insured will be further motivated to ask their doctor about low cost alternative drugs for a given treatment.

A system and method for maintaining association of healthcare medication orders in a healthcare plan in a computerized environment are provided. A first and second medication order are received for a healthcare plan for a patient. The first and second medication orders for the healthcare plan for the patient are associated with one another and the association of the first and second medication orders is maintained when the first and second order are transferred to a pharmacy application to be filled.

Systems and methods for product level projections of pharmacy prescriptions within product therapy classes are provided. Average wholesale dollar sales amounts are obtained or estimated at channel / outlet / product-therapy levels. All of the average wholesale dollar sales amounts are converted to prescription data at channel / outlet / product-therapy levels using a correlation function. The correlation function is derived by correlating samples of total prescription data where available with corresponding average wholesale dollar sales amounts.

An information system and method that provides the ability to reroute portions of prescription order work between a plurality of organizational units in order to leverage capacity, expertise, or other resources to increase network efficiency.

An information system and method that provides the ability to reroute portions of prescription order work between a plurality of organizational units in order to leverage capacity, expertise, or other resources to increase network efficiency.

A computer-implemented system and method is disclosed for inventory management including an inventory machine, a medication tray, and at least one marker. A medication tray includes a plurality of compartments to receive medications and other items, where each compartment is designated as a receptacle for a specific item or type of item. A marker is provided for each item placed in a compartment, and insertion of a medication tray into an inventory machine enables components to scan for markers. The markers are configured to generate identifying data and other data related to an item upon being scanned by an imaging apparatus and processed by a decoder apparatus. The correct / incorrect location of items within a medication tray, among other information, is determined in an automated fashion as part of the computer-implemented inventory management system and method.

The present invention is a device or system for providing printed medication-specific informational and promotional materials to patients or customers in conjunction with filling a prescription medication. The device or system of the present invention is designed to make efficient use of a pharmacy prescription shelf. A container tray is formed with forward recesses to hold medication supply containers. The forward recesses are preferably molded to specifically receive medication supply containers. The tray is also formed with a rearward recess to hold an upright sleeve containing informational material comprising information related to the medication in the supply container. The tray and sleeve construction permits the pharmacist to readily identify and access the medication supply container and simultaneously view and access the informational materials.

The invention discloses a pharmacy management system. The pharmacy management system comprises medicine storage equipment, wherein the medicine storage equipment is arranged in multiple columns, a tunnel is formed between each two columns of the medicine storage equipment, a tunnel vehicle runs between each two tunnels, and a first conveying mechanism and a first pushing device are arranged on each tunnel vehicle; each first pushing device completes medicine taking from the corresponding medicine storage equipment and transfers medicines to the corresponding first conveying mechanism; a second conveying mechanism and a third conveying mechanism which extend from the inside to the outside are comprised in each tunnel, and the second conveying mechanism and the third conveying mechanism are located below the corresponding first conveying mechanism, and receive the medicines transferred by the corresponding first conveying mechanism; and a fourth conveying mechanism is further comprised in each tunnel, is vertical to the corresponding second conveying mechanism and third conveying mechanism, and receive the medicines in the corresponding second conveying mechanism and third conveying mechanism. The system further comprises a packaging mechanism for completing integration, packaging and warehouse-out for the medicines.

The invention provides an intelligent pharmacy service system and an intelligent pharmacy medicine dispensing method. The intelligent pharmacy service system comprises a medical information management system, an intelligent pharmacy management system and a plurality of intelligent medicine dispensing devices. The medical information management system is used for acquiring and storing medical information of users, and the medical information of the users includes prescription information of the users; the intelligent pharmacy management system is used for transmitting the prescription information of the users to the corresponding intelligent medicine dispensing devices; the intelligent medicine dispensing devices are used for dispensing medicines according to the prescription information of the users. The intelligent pharmacy service system and the intelligent pharmacy medicine dispensing method have the advantages that prescriptions can be substantially and effectively handled, and information of medicine distribution and information of medical links can be exchanged.

A computer-implemented system and method is disclosed for inventory management including an inventory machine, a medication tray, and at least one marker. A medication tray includes a plurality of compartments to receive medications and other items, where each compartment is designated as a receptacle for a specific item or type of item. A marker is provided for each item placed in a compartment, and insertion of a medication tray into an inventory machine enables components to scan for markers. The markers are configured to generate identifying data and other data related to an item upon being scanned by an imaging apparatus and processed by a decoder apparatus. The correct / incorrect location of items within a medication tray, among other information, is determined in an automated fashion as part of the computer-implemented inventory management system and method.

The invention refers to a system for a portable electronic prescription includes receiving login credentials of a user for an electronic prescription database, the electronic prescription database is a decentralized storage network, wherein the decentralized storage network includes a digital ledger, validating the user's credentials with the electronic prescription database, receiving a prescription for the user, using the prescription in a search of the electronic prescription database to obtain a list of pharmacies with the lowest prices for the prescription and the location of the listed pharmacies, sending the listed pharmacies, their prices and locations for display to the user, receiving a pharmacy intent based on a selection by the user, and completing a transaction between the user and the selected pharmacy.

The invention discloses automated pharmacy equipment for medicine shortage promoting of a pharmacy. The automated pharmacy equipment comprises an automatic medicine distributing system and automatic promoting devices, wherein the automatic medicine distributing system is used for obtaining the medicine shortage quantity of each short medicine of automatic medicine distributing equipment in the system and transmitting to the automatic promoting devices in one-to-one correspondence to the medicines to be replenished corresponding to all medicines; the automatic promoting devices are used for promoting the medicine shortage to a user according to the received medicine shortage quantity. The invention also provides a medicine shortage promoting method for the automated pharmacy. By the mode, a pharmacist in the pharmacy can be automatically promoted to replenish the short medicine of the automatic medicine distributing equipment, so the medicine replenishing efficiency is improved, the error probability is reduced, and a paperless office is conveniently realized.

The invention discloses an intelligent supplementation system and device for commonly used medicines. The intelligent supplementation device comprises an intelligent pharmacy and an automatic medicineselling machine, wherein the wall of the intelligent pharmacy is provided with a door and a medicine supplementation window, the internal part of the pharmacy is provided with an intelligent manipulator, a medicine storehouse and an intelligent control system, the automatic medicine selling machine comprises a medicine storage unit, a payment module and a control unit, a rear cover of the medicine storage unit of the automatic medicine selling machine corresponds to the medicine supplementation window of the intelligent pharmacy, medicine supplementation can be performed on the medicine storage unit through the intelligent manipulator, and code scanning payment and card swiping payment can be realized. The device and system serve hospitals and the general public, the intelligent degree ishigh, the citizens can obtain the commonly used medicines more safely and conveniently, and the doctor seeing pressure of the hospitals is reduced.

A pharmaceutical administrative system with a pharmacy and a service center network for preparing and dispensing medication. The pharmacy network prepares orders for medication from various customers for various patients. By retrieving information from a global database in the service center network, the pharmacy network conveys patient, customer and formulary information to users of the pharmacy network. Also, the pharmacy network prepares medication specific labels to identify and verify the contents of the medication. Furthermore, the pharmacy network provides additional safeguards and information, including balancing orders and displaying and / or generating hardcopies of solubility curves, to a health care provider using the pharmacy network with the additional ability to customize the medication.

A pharmacy order processing system includes a container disassembly workstation defining a container disassembly workspace and a bulk container area including a plurality of bulk containers configured to receive a plurality of pharmaceuticals. The container disassembly workstation includes a holding area, a cutter device, a container manipulation device, a pharmaceutical receptacle, and a container receptacle. The cutter device includes a cutter head and is configured to cut through at least one wall of at least one container to separate at least a first portion of the at least one container of the plurality of containers from a second portion of the at least one container when the at least one container is in a cutter position. The container manipulation includes a gripper device and is configured to move the at least one container between at least the holding position and the cutter position within the container disassembly workspace.

The invention relates to a hospital pharmacy management system and relates to a computer management system. The hospital pharmacy management system comprises an administrator management module, a staff information management module, a medicine information management module, a medicine purchasing and selling management module and a selling counting management module. The administrator management module comprises an administrator login functional unit, an administrator registration functional unit, an administrator deleting functional unit and a password modification functional unit. The hospital pharmacy management system has the advantages that pharmacy management staff recordings can be complete, and convenient to revise; each module of the management system needs to be managed by an administrator, information management can be unified conveniently, errors caused by information management which is not unified are avoided, the staff brings self professional knowledge and self attainment to work efficiently, and proficiency and management awareness of pharmacy management are increased.

The invention provides an intelligent pharmacy. The intelligent pharmacy comprises a drug control server and a drug storage and distribution system; a drug database unit and a control unit are arranged in the drug control server; the drug storage and distribution system comprises a drug frame, a drug frame grasping device, a drug frame conveying device, a scanning identification device, an automatic drug distribution device, an order printing device, and a drug frame screening device. The various systems of the intelligent pharmacy system closely cooperate with hardware, and therefore, unmanned drug distribution can be realized, the problems of proneness of the staff of the pharmacy of a hospital to making mistakes in getting drugs due to large labor intensity can be solved, and the automation, informationization and high efficiency of the drug distribution work of the pharmacy can be realized.

The invention discloses a pharmacy management system. The pharmacy management system comprises an on-line service platform, a personal management module, a doctor management module and a pharmacy management module, wherein the online service platform includes a registration management unit, a data storage unit, an order generation unit, a transaction settlement unit, and a data statistics unit; the personal management module includes an appointment registration unit, an information inquiry unit, and an order payment unit; the doctor management module includes a patient information extraction unit, an inquiry unit and a diagnosis unit; the pharmacy management module includes an institutional prescription management unit, an institutional prescription review unit, a delivery management unit,and an inventory optimization unit; the data statistics unit counts the proportion of various types of drugs in the completed transaction order; and the inventory optimization unit receives the statistical results of the data statistics unit and adjusts the stored drugs according to the proportion. The pharmacy management system can improve the consultation efficiency of the patient and rationalize the drug inventory in the pharmacy.

The invention relates to novel medicine chest equipment capable of accurately regulating and controlling medicine administration of elderly people suffering from chronic diseases. The novel medicine chest equipment comprises a chest box, wherein medicine storage units used for storing and taking medicines respectively, and a medicine collection unit used for collecting the medicines taken by the medicine storage units for administration of patients, are arranged on the chest box; a communication unit used for carrying out data interaction with mobile terminals of remote personnel is further arranged on the box body; and a control device sends a signal for indicating that the medicines are about to be exhausted to the remote operation personnel, and receiving signals for indicating medicine dosage changes and administration time, which are sent by the remote operation personnel, through the communication unit. Through the arrangement of the communication unit, the families of the patients can timely know information for indicating which medicine is about to be lacked, meanwhile, pharmacy sales personnel supplying the medicine or the doctors of rural hospitals also receive the corresponding information for indicating which medicine is about to be exhausted, timely send the medicine to the homes of the patients, and open medicine chests to supplement. According to the novel medicine chest equipment, the difficulties are solved that the traditional purchase and medication are difficult and treatment is influenced by medicine interrupt.