Prescription Verification System

A host system for verifying a renewal of a filled prescription provided by a member health care provider for a patient which can be filled through any one of a variety of member pharmacies with the member health care provider being associated with a computer system having a web browser and each member pharmacy having a computer system with a web browser, the host system comprising:

• an internet website adapted to (1) store records for a plurality of patients, each of the records containing a set of prescription information including a unique health care provider code identifying the member health care provider who prescribed the prescription, and a patient code uniquely identifying the patient receiving the prescription, at least some of the records containing prescription information indicative of filled prescriptions, the host system also storing passwords for verifying the identity of a plurality of member pharmacies, and also storing passwords for verifying the identity of a plurality of member health care providers;
• (2) receive a login request from a computer system of one of the member pharmacies, the login request including the password associated with the member pharmacy;
• (3) verify that the login request is associated with one of the member pharmacies;
• (4) provide an electronic prescription renewal screen to the computer system associated with one of the member pharmacies, the prescription renewal screen being associated with a previously filled prescription;
• (5) receive, via the internet, refill request information from the computer system associated with one of the member pharmacies, the refill request information identifying a requested refill of the previously filled prescription;
• (6) receive a login request from another computer system associated with one of the member health care providers, the login request including the password associated with the member health care provider;
• (7) verify that the login request is associated with the member health care provider identified by the previously filled prescription;
• (8) transmit, via the internet, the refill request through the internet website to a computer system associated with the member health care provider identified by the previously filled prescription stored on the host system;
• (9) receive, via the internet, an authorization from the computer system associated with the health care provider authorizing the requested renewal of the previously filled prescription;
• and (10) transmit, via the internet, the authorization to the computer system associated with the member pharmacy from which the refill request information originated.