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US 2017/0319083 A1Published application
Community based managed health kiosk and prescription dispensement system
AssigneeComputerized Screening, Inc.
InventorCharles P. Bluth
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods that provide community based managed health kiosks and prescription drug dispensing systems, and more particularly to facilitating automated drug dispensement by a kiosk system following authorization by a remotely located health care professional who can monitor and communicate with a patient via the kiosk system.
Claims27
A kiosk system for dispensing prescription drugs, comprising:
- one or more inputs for receiving one or more pieces of health information from diagnostic devices and user input devices;
- a real-time communication system configured to communicate with a health care professional remote to a user, the health care professional being able to issue prescriptions, the real-time communication system comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, and a video screen for real-time communication between the user and the health care professional;
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- a drug dispenser configured to dispense a drug upon verification of a prescription from the health care professional for the drug, the drug dispenser further configured to dispense a prescribed amount of the drug in a consumer container, the prescription being based at least on the one or more pieces of health information and the real-time communication with the user.
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A kiosk system for providing prescription drugs, comprising:
- a computer configured to present a health assessment questionnaire to a user of the kiosk system, the computer including one or more input devices configured to receive user input responsive to the health assessment questionnaire;
- a real-time communication system configured to communicate with a health care professional remote to the user, the real-time communication system comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, and a video screen;
- a prescription issuance mechanism configured to transmit a set of diagnostic information to the health care professional, the set of diagnostic information including audio information and video information from the real-time communication system, a personal health record associated with the user, and the user input responsive to the health assessment questionnaire, the prescription issuance mechanism further configured to receive a prescription issued by the health care professional based on the set of diagnostic information;
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- a drug dispenser configured to dispense a prescribed amount of the drug in a consumer container upon verification of the prescription issued by the health care professional.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.