System and method for patient prescription verification

A system to verify the identity of a recipient requesting fulfillment of a prescription for a pharmaceutical product, comprising:

• a processor;
• a first database having stored therein a profile associated with a member of a rewards program, wherein the profile contains data identifying the member of the rewards program;
• a second database having stored therein a prescription profile associated with a recipient of a prescription, wherein the prescription profile contains data identifying the recipient of the prescription, wherein the first database and the second database are separately maintained as logically disparate in accordance with government regulations, wherein the data identifying the recipient of the prescription from the prescription profile from the second database does not intermingle with the data identifying the member of the rewards program from the profile of the first database;
• a point-of-sale retail personal identification number entry device having a first display unit and operatively coupled to the processor;
• and
• a display application stored on a computer readable device and adapted to execute on the processor to create a first display on the first display unit, the first display including an interface for entry of one or more user inputs,
• wherein the display application is adapted to execute on the processor to enable a first input indicating the member of the rewards program via the first display, wherein the rewards program is a structured marketing effort that rewards certain behavior by the member and the first input indicating the member of the rewards program is not a name of the member of the rewards program, wherein the first input comprises an indicia associated with the rewards program, wherein the indicia is encoded, wherein the processor is adapted to decode to the indicia to read the first input, and wherein the processor is adapted to read the data identifying the member of the rewards program from the first database in response to the first input to the display application,
• wherein the display application is adapted to execute on the processor to create a second display on the first display unit, the second display including an interface for verification of the name of the recipient of the prescription for the pharmaceutical product if the first input matches data identifying the recipient of the prescription, wherein the processor is adapted to read the data identifying the recipient of the prescription from the second database, wherein the data identifying the recipient of the prescription is not the name of the recipient of the prescription,
• wherein the display application is adapted to execute on the processor to enable a second input of data verifying the name of the recipient of the prescription for the pharmaceutical product via the second display;
• and in response to second input of data verifying the name of the recipient of the prescription for the pharmaceutical product, the display application is adapted to present a transaction interface on the first display unit for entry of data to complete a transaction for the pharmaceutical product.

A method of verifying the identity of a recipient requesting fulfillment of a prescription for a pharmaceutical product, comprising:

• presenting a lookup interface on a first display unit of a point-of-sale retail personal identification number entry device for entry of a first input indicating a member of a rewards program, wherein the rewards program is a structured marketing effort that rewards certain behavior by the member and the first input is not the name of the member of the rewards program, wherein the first input comprises an indicia associated with the rewards program wherein the indicia is encoded, and wherein the point-of-sale retail personal identification number entry device is adapted to decode to the indicia to read the first input;
• in response to the first input:
• retrieving data identifying the member of the rewards program from a first database, wherein the first database stores therein a profile associated with a member of the rewards program, wherein the profile contains data identifying the member of the rewards program;
• matching data identifying a recipient of the prescription for the pharmaceutical product, wherein the data identifying the recipient of the prescription is retrieved from a second database, wherein the second database stores therein a prescription profile associated with the recipient of the prescription, wherein the prescription profile contains data identifying the recipient of the prescription, wherein the first database and the second database are separately maintained as logically disparate in accordance with government regulations, wherein the data identifying the recipient of the prescription from the prescription profile from the second database does not intermingle with the data identifying the member of the rewards program from the profile of the first database;
• presenting a verification interface on the first display unit for entry of data verifying the name of the recipient of the prescription for the pharmaceutical product, wherein the data identifying the recipient of the prescription is not the name of the recipient of the prescription;
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• in response to a second input of data verifying the name of the recipient of the prescription for the pharmaceutical product, presenting a transaction interface on the first display unit for entry of data to complete a transaction for the pharmaceutical product.