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US 2012/0259655 A1Published application
Drug Inventory System
OwnerSteven A. Madreperlainventor
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Abstract
A system and method for managing drug dose inventory for a medical practice includes a server in electronic communication with a database and an interface with practice management software. The system allows users in a medical practice to track drug dose orders, receipt, and the administration of drug doses to patients, and billing for the doses, with a user computer that accesses the server over the Internet.
Claims25
An inventory management system for a physician's office, comprising:
- a database storing drug dosage inventory information;
- a server computer in electronic communication with the database;
- an interface that receives, over a network, patient information relating to a patient from a physician's office practice management system and stores it in the database;
- an inventory controller that tracks an inventory of drug doses for the physician's office;
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- a display that provides system access to a user computer over a network, including the association of a drug dose with the patient information in the database;
- wherein the inventory controller determines an inventory mismatch between a physical inventory of drug doses and an inventory count in the database.
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A method of managing inventory for a physician's office, comprising the steps of:
- providing a database storing drug dosage inventory information;
- providing a server computer in electronic communication with the database;
- receiving, over a network, patient information relating to a patient from a physician's office practice management system and storing it in the database;
- tracking, on a computer, an inventory of drug doses for the physician's office;
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- providing access to the server computer to a user computer over a network, including the association of a drug dose with the patient information in the database;
- wherein the inventory controller determines an inventory mismatch between a physical inventory of drug doses and an inventory count in the database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.