Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Assigning Times of Administration to Prescription Medications

A method of packaging a plurality of prescribed patient medications to be taken over a period of time, the method comprising:

• displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) within a display associated with a pharmaceutical dispensing system, wherein the first GUI contains prescription information for each of the medications that can be taken together, wherein the first GUI contains a time picker GUI control, wherein the time picker GUI control is responsive to user actuation for displaying a second GUI, and wherein the second GUI comprises a one day time scale for assigning a time of administration for each of the medications;
• for each medication, displaying the second GUI in response to user actuation of the time picker GUI control, and assigning one or more daily times of administration for the medication in response to user input via the one day time scale;
• and
• packaging individual doses of the medications in a plurality of pouches via the pharmaceutical dispensing system, wherein each pouch contains an individual dose of a plurality of the medications having the same daily time of administration, and wherein each pouch displays an identification of the medications contained therein and a date and time of administration for the medications.

A pharmaceutical dispensing system, comprising:

• a user station;
• a packaging station configured to selectively package individual doses of medication into customized packaging;
• a processor connected to the user station and the packaging station;
• and
• a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) within a display associated with the user station, wherein the GUI comprises a one day time scale for assigning a time of administration for the medication;
• assigning one or more daily times of administration for the medication in response to user input via the one day time scale;
• and
• packaging a dose of the medication in each of a respective plurality of pouches according to the assigned daily times of administration via the packaging system, wherein each pouch displays an identification of the medication contained therein and a date and time of administration for the medication.

A pharmaceutical dispensing system, comprising:

• a user station;
• a packaging station configured to selectively package individual doses of medication into customized packaging;
• a processor connected to the user station and the packaging station;
• and
• a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) within a display associated with the user station, wherein the first GUI contains prescription information for each of the medications that can be taken together, wherein the first GUI contains a time picker GUI control, wherein the time picker GUI control is responsive to user actuation for displaying a second GUI, and wherein the second GUI comprises a one day time scale for assigning a time of administration for each of the medications;
• for each medication, displaying the second GUI in response to user actuation of the time picker GUI control, and assigning one or more daily times of administration for the medication in response to user input via the one day time scale;
• and
• packaging individual doses of the medications in a plurality of pouches via the packaging station, wherein each pouch contains an individual dose of a plurality of the medications having the same daily time of administration, and wherein each pouch displays an identification of the medications contained therein and a date and time of administration for the medications.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) within a display associated with a pharmaceutical dispensing system, wherein the GUI comprises a one day time scale for assigning a time of administration for the medication;
• assigning one or more daily times of administration for the medication in response to user input via the one day time scale;
• and
• packaging a dose of the medication in each of a respective plurality of pouches according to the assigned daily times of administration via the pharmaceutical dispensing system, wherein each pouch displays an identification of the medication contained therein and a date and time of administration for the medication.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon instructions that, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

• displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) within a display associated with a pharmaceutical dispensing system, wherein the first GUI contains prescription information for each of the medications that can be taken together, wherein the first GUI contains a time picker GUI control, wherein the prescription information for each medication comprises an identification of the medication, a quantity of the medication, and a dose amount for the medication, wherein the time picker GUI control is responsive to user actuation for displaying a second GUI, and wherein the second GUI comprises a one day time scale for assigning a time of administration for each of the medications;
• for each medication, displaying the second GUI in response to user actuation of the time picker GUI control, and assigning one or more daily times of administration for the medication in response to user input via the one day time scale;
• and
• packaging individual doses of the medications in a plurality of pouches via the pharmaceutical dispensing system, wherein each pouch contains an individual dose of a plurality of the medications having the same daily time of administration, and wherein each pouch displays an identification of the medications contained therein and a date and time of administration for the medications.