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US 7,599,846 B2Granted
Method for renewing medical prescriptions
AssigneeePocrates, Inc.
InventorsRichard Alan Fiedotin, Dan Zucker
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for renewing a prescription for a pharmaceutical via an electronic network. A renewal request is generated for a renewal of a prior prescription. The request is transmitted to a prescriber for review and authorization. Once an authorized renewal prescription is received from the prescriber, a dispenser is notified to fill the renewal prescription.
Claims20
A system for renewing a prescription for a pharmaceutical via an electronic network, the system comprising:
- a renewal server comprising:
- a processor;
- a communications interface circuit for communicating with a prescriber and a dispenser over a network, where the dispenser comprises a pharmacy or pharmacy benefit organization;
- and
- a memory comprising:
- an operating system;
- a database comprising at least one patient profile that includes:
- an identifier of a patient;
- and
- at least one prescription associated with the identifier of the patient, the at least one prescription comprising:
- a prescribed pharmaceutical;
- an identification of a prescriber that prescribed the prescribed pharmaceutical;
- and
- an expiration date of the prescription;
- and
- wherein the renewal server is capable of:
- monitoring the expiration date by periodically determining whether a predetermined time period before the expiration date has been reached;
- generating a prescription renewal request for renewal of the prescription prior to the expiration date based on the monitoring, where the generating occurs without human intervention;
- transmitting the prescription renewal request via an electronic network to the prescriber having authority to authorize the dispenser to dispense the prescription;
- receiving a renewal prescription at the renewal server, in response to the prescription renewal request, from the prescriber;
- and
- notifying the dispenser to fill the renewal prescription.
19 more elements
A method for renewing a prescription for a pharmaceutical via an electronic network, comprising the steps of:
- computer monitoring an expiration date of a prescription at a renewal server by periodically determining whether a predetermined time period before the expiration date has been reached;
- computer generating a prescription renewal request at the renewal server for renewal of the prescription prior to the expiration date based on the computer monitoring, where said generating occurs without human intervention;
- transmitting the prescription renewal request via the electronic network from the renewal server to a client computing device associated with a prescriber, where the prescriber has authority to authorize a dispenser to dispense the prescription;
- receiving a renewal prescription at the renewal server, in response to the prescription renewal request;
- and
- the renewal server notifying the dispenser to fill the renewal prescription, where the dispenser comprises a pharmacy or pharmacy benefit organization.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.