Offering drug samples through electronic medical records
AssigneeSkyscape.com, Inc.
InventorsTom Quinn, Tom Miller, Cecil Kost, Sanjay Pingle
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Abstract
A facility fulfills drug samples to prescribers in several different manners. A prescriber can request drug samples through an electronic medical record application, an electronic prescribing application, or a mobile application, which are sent to or printed for patients who in turn go to a pharmacy to obtain the free medications.
Claims19
A system for electronically distributing drug samples, comprising:
- a piece of software implementing an electronic medical record application;
- and
- a drug sample fulfillment platform for providing a list of drug samples from pharmaceutical companies through the electronic medical record application to allow a prescriber to prescribe a drug sample to a patient, the time frame, dosages, and quantity of drug samples being different for different prescribers or different patients depending on brand rules of the pharmaceutical companies.
A method for electronically distributing drug samples, comprising:
- receiving a drug sample selection from an electronic medical record application;
- and
- providing a list of drug samples from pharmaceutical companies through the electronic medical record application to allow a prescriber to prescribe a drug sample to a patient, the time frame, dosages, and quantity of drug samples being different for different prescribers or different patients depending on brand rules of the pharmaceutical companies.
A computer-readable medium on which computer-executable instructions are stored to implement a method for electronically distributing drug samples, comprising:
- receiving a drug sample selection from an electronic medical record application;
- and
- providing a list of drug samples from pharmaceutical companies through the electronic medical record application to allow a prescriber to prescribe a drug sample to a patient, the time frame, dosages, and quantity of drug samples being different for different prescribers or different patients depending on brand rules of the pharmaceutical companies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.