Integrated medical software system with automated prescription service

An integrated medical software system with automated prescription management, the system comprising:

• a clinical software module executed by a processor of the system and utilized by a user of the system to create an electronic document and to capture clinical data in the electronic document with a user interface during an encounter with a patient, said clinical data including one or more prescriptions the user generates for the patient, and said electronic document being pre-populated with at least a portion of demographic data for the patient;
• and
• a software application executed by the processor of the system to interface the system with at least one of a lab, a pharmacy, and a prescription system via a network connection and to automatically submit instructions for filling the one or more prescriptions to the at least one of a lab, a pharmacy, and a prescription system as the one or more prescriptions are generated for the patient during the encounter with the patient,
• wherein the user can generate the one or more prescriptions for the patient by using the user interface to select the one or more prescriptions from one or more previously generated prescriptions such that the instructions for filling the one or more prescriptions will be automatically submitted to the at least one of a lab, a pharmacy, and a prescription system without the user writing a new prescription.

A method for automating prescription management in an integrated medical software system, said method being embodied on a processor-executable medium and said integrated medical software system having a processor that executes the method to perform the steps of:

• allowing a user of the system to create an electronic document prior to an encounter with a patient;
• pre-populating the electronic document with previously-captured demographic data for the patient;
• capturing clinical data for the patient in the electronic document in a normalized data format during the encounter with the patient, said clinical data including one or more prescriptions the user generates for the patient;
• and
• automatically submitting instructions for filling the one or more prescriptions to at least one of a lab, a pharmacy, and a prescription system as the one or more prescriptions are generated for the patient during the encounter with the patient, said system being interfaced the with the at least one of a lab, a pharmacy, and a prescription system, and said instructions being submitted via a network connection;
• wherein the user generates the one or more prescriptions for the patient by using the user interface to select the one or more prescriptions from one or more previously generated prescriptions such that the instructions for filling the one or more prescriptions will be automatically submitted to the at least one of a lab, a pharmacy, and a prescription system without the user writing a new prescription.