Apparatuses, systems, and methods for transporting medications from a central pharmacy to a patient in a healthcare facility

A method comprising:

• receiving, within a storage device, a plurality of unit dose medications of a plurality of medication types;
• identifying, for each of the plurality of unit dose medications, medication information associated with the respective unit dose medication, wherein the medication information comprises one or more of:
• lot number, manufacture date, expiration date, medication type, or medication dose;
• identifying one or more unit dose medications having an expiration date approaching;
• identifying at least one other medication unit dose storage device having a relatively higher demand for the identified one or more unit dose medications;
• and
• directing transfer of the identified one or more unit dose medications between the medication unit dose storage device and the one or more other medication unit dose storage devices.

An inventory control system comprising:

• a memory comprising medication unit dose storage information;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• receive, within a storage device, a plurality of unit dose medications of a plurality of medication types;
• identify, for each of the plurality of unit dose medications, medication information associated with the respective unit dose medication, wherein the medication information comprises one or more of:
• lot number, manufacture date, expiration date, medication type, or medication dose;
• identify one or more unit dose medications having an expiration date approaching;
• identify at least one other medication unit dose storage device having a relatively higher demand for the identified one or more unit dose medications;
• and
• direct transfer of the identified one or more unit dose medications between the medication unit dose storage device and the one or more other medication unit dose storage devices.