Integrated point of care and home medication delivery method

A method for integrating the supply of a prescribed medication to a patient in a medical office and the delivery of the medication to a location identified by the patient, wherein

• the information on a medication prescription order for the patient and patient demographics is sent by an authorized person in a medical office to a PDU in the medical office for verification of insurance and billing information for the patient;
• upon verification of the insurance and billing information, the PDU sends an access code or information to an authorized person in the medical office,
• upon receipt of the access code or information, the authorized person enters the access code or information in the PDU to obtain a temporary supply of the prescribed medication for the patient and obtains payment from the patient for the temporary supply;
• the PDU sends an order for the prescribed medication and shipping information to a PPC;
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• the PPC fills the order and ships the prescribed medication to the location identified by the patient to arrive before the patient has used all of the temporary supply of the prescribed medication.