US 2007/0168221 A1 · Communicating medical information

Abstract

Systems and methods for communicating medical information. Several embodiments also include generating alerts related to medical information, which can be transmitted to different medical entities. Prescription information from a provider describing a medication prescribed for a patient can be received by a management server via the Internet. This prescription information can be communicated from the management server to a pharmacy. Shipment and delivery information is received by the management server. Administration information describing administration of the prescribed medication to a patient is received from a care facility where the medication is administered. This information is stored and accessed by the management server for many purposes, such as inventory, theft prevention, generating alerts, responding to inquiries from governmental, regulatory, and medical entities. Thus, several embodiments provide a new centralized communication point and information storage point for medical entities.

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Dependent claims

A method for communicating medical information, the method comprising:

receiving prescription information at a management server from a provider describing a medication prescribed for a patient;
receiving shipment information describing shipment of the prescribed medication at the management server;
receiving delivery information describing delivery of the prescribed medication at the management server;
receiving administration information at the management server describing administration of the prescribed medication to the patient;
and
associating the prescription information, the shipment information, the delivery information, and the administration information to manage the distribution of the prescribed medication to the patient.

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A method for communicating administration information that describes administration of prescription medication to a patient, the method comprising:

transmitting delivery information indicating that a prescribed medication for a patient at a care facility has been delivered to the care facility;
receiving a signal from a handheld device, the signal providing a real-time indication whether the patient has been administered the prescribed medication;
and
transmitting administration information describing whether the patient was administered the prescribed medication.

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A method for tracking medication from prescription of the medication by a provider to administration of the medication to a patient, the method comprising:

receiving prescription information from a provider that generates a prescription identifying medication for a patient;
receiving shipment information from a pharmacy that fills the prescription for the patient, the shipment information describing shipment of the medication to a care facility;
receiving delivery information from a carrier that delivers the medication from the pharmacy to the care facility or receiving the delivery information from the care facility that receives the medication from the carrier, the delivery information describing delivery of the medication to the care facility;
receiving administration information from the care facility, the administration information describing administration of the medication to the patient;
analyzing the prescription information, the shipment information, the delivery information, and the administration information to generate alerts for one or more of the provider, the pharmacy, the care facility or the patient, wherein the alerts are used for at least one of:
controlling inventory of the medication at the pharmacy or the care facility;
identifying whether conditions of the prescription are satisfied at the care facility;
determining whether the medication was delivered to the care facility;
and
advising of a recall for the medication.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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