Kiosk Dispenser Interactive Original Order Entry Software Application

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is encoded executable program code, the program code comprising:

• program code for communicating a new prescription order:
• from a web-enabled mobile computing device at a first location;
• to fill a new prescription;
• for a pharmaceutical prescribed by a healthcare provider to a patient, wherein:
• the communicated new prescription includes an image captured by an image capture device of the web-enabled mobile computing device;
• and
• the captured image is that of the new prescription for the pharmaceutical prescribed by the healthcare provider to the patient;
• program code for communicating video teleconferencing traffic between a pharmacist at a second location and the patient at a third location selected from the group consisting of:
• a location of the web-enabled mobile computing device used to place the electronic order for the new prescription;
• a location of a drug dispensing kiosk;
• and
• a combination of the foregoing;
• program code for communicating input from the patient to the drug dispensing kiosk when the patient is co-located with the drug dispensing kiosk;
• program code for communicating, in response to the input from the patient when co-located with the drug dispensing kiosk, input from the drug dispensing kiosk to the pharmacist at the second location;
• and
• program code for communicating a dispense order to dispense, in response to input from the pharmacist, the new prescription to the patient from the drug dispensing kiosk.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is encoded executable program code, the program code comprising:

• program code for communicating from a web-enabled mobile computing device:
• a request to fill a new prescription for a pharmaceutical prescribed by a healthcare provider to a patient;
• and
• an identifier for one of a plurality of drug dispensing kiosks from which the new prescription is to be dispensed, wherein:
• the communicated new prescription includes an image captured by an image capture device of the web-enabled mobile computing device;
• and
• the captured image is that of the new prescription for the pharmaceutical prescribed by the healthcare provider to the patient;
• program code for facilitating video teleconferencing between the web-enabled mobile computing device and a pharmacist computing system;
• program code for receiving data input by the patient to the identified said drug dispensing kiosk;
• program code for communicating the data input by the patient to the identified said drug dispensing kiosk to the pharmacist computing system;
• and
• program code for communicating to the identified said drug dispensing kiosk a dispense order, in response to input from the pharmacist computing system, to dispense the new prescription for the pharmaceutical prescribed by the healthcare provider to the patient.