System and method for providing prescription refills
OwnerChristopher Astrup, Jeremy Johnsoninventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method for automatically providing prescription refills. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for filling refill prescriptions for one or more home pharmacies comprising: enrolling the refill prescription records of one or more home pharmacies; calculating an appropriate time to fill refill prescriptions; and filling the refill prescriptions. In an embodiment, the invention includes a system for processing refill prescriptions comprising a hub pharmacy having a hub formulary and a processing unit, and one or more home pharmacies each having a prescription information database comprising records of prescriptions, the home pharmacies in electronic communication with the hub pharmacy.
Claims23
A method for filling refill prescriptions for one or more home pharmacies by a hub pharmacy comprising:
- enrolling the refill prescription records of one or more home pharmacies;
- calculating a fill time for refill prescriptions;
- and
- filling the refill prescriptions;
- wherein enrolling and calculating are performed by the hub pharmacy.
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A system for processing refill prescriptions comprising:
- a hub pharmacy comprising a hub formulary and a processing unit;
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- one or more home pharmacies each comprising a prescription information database comprising records of prescriptions, the home pharmacies in electronic communication with the hub pharmacy;
- the processing unit adapted and configured to query the prescription information databases to find records of prescriptions to be refilled;
- the hub pharmacy adapted and configured to fill prescriptions for medications that are on the hub formulary;
- the one or more member pharmacies adapted and configured to fill prescriptions for medications that are not on the hub formulary;
- the hub pharmacy adapted and configured to submit billing information to third parties for prescriptions that are filled by the hub pharmacy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.