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US 11,386,987 B2Granted
Providing global accessibility to telehealth prescribed medications
OwnerMark Lamonchainventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing world-wide access to telehealth prescribed medications are provided. A patient prescription database receives electronic prescriptions from healthcare provider systems following telehealth consultations with patients by way of patient systems. Each electronic prescription is associated a unique patient identifier. Unique patient identifiers are received from pharmacy systems and the electronic prescriptions are retrieved from the patient prescription database for display. Following receipt of dispensation information from the pharmacy systems, the patient prescription database is updated.
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A system for providing world-wide access to evidence-backed telehealth prescribed medications, said system comprising:
- a healthcare provider system comprising a telehealth component configured to facilitate a remote health consultation, said healthcare provider system configured to generate electronic prescriptions;
- a patient system in electronic communication with the healthcare provider system and comprising a telehealth component configured to facilitate the remote health consultation;
- a patient prescription database in electronic communication with the healthcare provider system and the patient system, said patient prescription database comprising the electronic prescriptions generated by the healthcare provider system, wherein each of the electronic prescriptions is associated with a unique patient identifier and evidence supporting the electronic prescription, said evidence comprising images or videos of symptoms associated with a disease or condition for which an associated one of the associated electronic prescriptions was prescribed to treat;
- pharmacy systems positioned at different geographic locations around the world and in electronic communication with the patient prescription database;
- software instructions stored at electronic storage devices associated with the patient prescription database, which when executed, configure one or more processors to:
- receive a particular one of the unique patient identifiers from a particular one of the pharmacy systems or the patient system;
- receive a unique pharmacist identifier from the particular one of the pharmacy systems;
- verify that the particular one of the unique patient identifiers matches one of a plurality of stored patient identifiers, and that the unique pharmacist identifier matches one of a plurality of stored pharmacist identifiers and then:
- display, at the particular one of the pharmacy systems, each of the electronic prescriptions associated with the particular one of the unique patient identifiers;
- receive a user selection of one of the displayed electronic prescriptions from the particular one of the pharmacy systems;
- retrieve, from the patient prescription database, said evidence stored in association with the selected one of the electronic prescriptions;
- display, at the particular one of the pharmacy systems, said evidence stored in association with the selected one of the electronic prescriptions;
- receive, from the particular one of the pharmacy systems, dispensation information comprising an amount of medication dispensed and a time and date of dispensation for the selected prescription;
- and
- update, at the patient prescription database, the selected one of the electronic prescriptions with the dispensation information, wherein the dispensation information is associated with the unique pharmacist identifier.
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A system for providing world-wide access to an updated database of telehealth prescribed medications, said system comprising:
- a healthcare provider system comprising a telehealth component configured to facilitate a remote health consultation, said healthcare provider system configured to generate electronic prescriptions;
- a patient system in electronic communication with the healthcare provider system and comprising a telehealth component configured to facilitate the remote health consultation;
- a prescription database in electronic communication with the healthcare provider system and the patient system, said prescription database comprising the electronic prescriptions, each of which is associated with a unique patient identifier and an expiration date;
- pharmacy systems positioned at different geographic locations around the world and in electronic communication with the prescription database;
- software instructions stored at one or more electronic storage devices associated with the prescription database, which when executed, configure one or more processors to:
- receive a particular one of the unique patient identifiers from a particular one of the pharmacy systems or the patient system;
- receive a unique pharmacist identifier from the particular one of the pharmacy systems;
- verify that the particular one of the unique patient identifiers matches one of a plurality of stored patient identifiers, and that the unique pharmacist identifier matches one of a plurality of stored pharmacist identifiers and then:
- display, at the particular one of the pharmacy systems, each of the electronic prescriptions associated with the particular one of the unique patient identifiers;
- receive a user selection of one of the displayed electronic prescriptions from the particular one of the pharmacy systems;
- receive, from the particular one of the pharmacy systems, dispensation information comprising an amount of medication dispensed and a time and date of dispensation;
- and
- update, at the prescription database, the selected one of the electronic prescriptions with the dispensation information, wherein the dispensation information is associated with the unique pharmacist identifier;
- on at least a period basis:
- determine a current date;
- and
- remove any of the electronic prescriptions from the prescription database associated with one of the expiration dates prior to the current date.
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A system for providing world-wide access to an updated database of telehealth prescribed medications, said system comprising:
- a healthcare provider system comprising a telehealth component configured to facilitate a remote health consultation, said healthcare provider system configured to generate electronic prescriptions;
- a patient system in electronic communication with the healthcare provider system and comprising a telehealth component configured to facilitate the remote health consultation;
- a prescription database in electronic communication with the healthcare provider system and the patient system, said prescription database comprising the electronic prescriptions, each of which is associated with a unique patient identifier and an expiration date;
- pharmacy systems positioned at different geographic locations around the world and in electronic communication with the prescription database;
- software instructions stored at one or more electronic storage devices associated with the prescription database, which when executed, configure one or more processors to:
- receive a particular one of the unique patient identifiers from a particular one of the pharmacy systems or the patient system;
- receive a unique pharmacist identifier from the particular one of the pharmacy systems;
- verify that the particular one of the unique patient identifiers matches one of a plurality of stored patient identifiers, and that the unique pharmacist identifier matches one of a plurality of stored pharmacist identifiers and then:
- display, at the particular one of the pharmacy systems, each of the electronic prescriptions associated with the particular one of the unique patient identifiers;
- receive a user selection of one of the displayed electronic prescriptions from the particular one of the pharmacy systems;
- receive, from the particular one of the pharmacy systems, dispensation information comprising an amount of medication dispensed a time and date of dispensation, and a reason for dispensation for the selected prescription, wherein the amount of medication dispensed is less than a full amount available under the selected prescription;
- update, at the prescription database, the selected one of the electronic prescriptions with the dispensation information, wherein the dispensation information is associated with the unique pharmacist identifier;
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- remove the particular one of the unique patient identifiers from the plurality of stored unique patient identifiers when a particular one of the reasons for dispensation is received in association with the particular one of the unique patient identifiers with a frequency above a predetermined threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.