Method and system for remotely verifying a prescription

A method for verifying a prescription, the method comprising:

• receiving prescription information based on a prescription of a patient for drugs within a host site, the host site having a staff member to input the prescription information;
• generating a prescription image corresponding to the prescription within the host site;
• transmitting the prescription information and the prescription image from the host site to a remote site operatively coupled to the host site, the remote site being remotely located from the host site and having a pharmacist to review and compare the prescription information and the prescription image;
• and
• transmitting medical information associated with the patient from the host site to the remote site for the pharmacist at the remote site to review and determine a condition suggesting a potential for an adverse effect on the patient by the drugs based on the medical information.

A system for remotely verifying a prescription, the system comprising:

• a first site having a staff member to input prescription information based on a prescription of a patient for drugs into a controller;
• and
• a second site remotely located from the first site and operatively coupled to the first site, the second site having a pharmacist to review and compare the prescription information and a prescription image and to determine a condition suggesting a potential for an adverse effect on the patient by the drugs based on medical information associated with the patient,
• wherein the controller is configured to generate the prescription image based on the prescription and to transmit the prescription information, the prescription image, and the medical information from the first site to the second site.

In a prescription processing system, a processor operates in accordance with a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for remotely verifying a prescription, the computer program comprising:

• a first routine that directs the processor to provide prescription information based on a prescription of a patient for drugs from a first site to a second site, the prescription information being inputted by a staff member at the first site, and the second site being remotely located from the first site and operatively coupled to the first site;
• a second routine that directs the processor to provide a prescription image based on the prescription from the first site to the second site for a pharmacist at the second site to review and compare the prescription information and the prescription image;
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• a third routine that directs the processor to provide medical information associated with the patient from the first site to the second site for the pharmacist at the second site to review and determine a condition suggesting a potential for an adverse effect on the patient by the drugs based on the medical information.