Storage devices, systems, and methods for facilitating medication dispensing and restocking

A system for dispensing medication from a storage device, wherein the storage device comprises a plurality of drawers, the system comprising:

• a processor configured to access medication information;
• a plurality of main drawer-level display devices in communication with the processor, wherein each main drawer-level display device is associated with a drawer of the storage device;
• and
• a plurality of secondary drawer-level display devices in communication with the processor,
• wherein each main drawer-level display device is configured to present to the user a name of a selected medication that is to be dispensed from or restocked to the associated drawer and an inventory of the selected medication stored in an identified pocket defined by the associated drawer, and
• wherein each secondary drawer-level display device is associated with and disposed proximate at least one of a plurality of pockets defined by a particular drawer, and wherein each secondary drawer-level display device is configured to identify at least one of the associated pockets from which the selected medication is to be dispensed and to present to a user a quantity of the selected medication to be dispensed from the identified pocket.

A method of dispensing medication from a storage device comprising:

• presenting medication information relating to a first selected medication to a user via a cabinet-level display device associated with a storage device comprising at least one drawer, wherein each drawer defines a plurality of pockets and each pocket is configured to store at least one medication;
• providing the user with access to a first identified drawer in which the first selected medication is stored;
• and
• identifying a location of the first selected medication and a quantity of the first selected medication to dispense via at least one of a plurality of drawer-level display devices associated with and disposed on the first identified drawer,
• wherein each of the drawer-level display devices is associated with and disposed on a particular drawer, the plurality of drawer-level display devices, for each associated drawer, comprising a main drawer-level display device disposed on the associated drawer and a plurality of secondary drawer-level display devices, wherein each secondary drawer-level display device is associated with and disposed proximate at least one of the pockets defined by the associated drawer,
• wherein the main drawer-level display device is configured to present a user with a name of the selected medication to be dispensed or restocked and an inventory of the selected medication stored in an identified pocket defined by the associated drawer, and
• wherein the secondary drawer-level display devices are each configured to present to a user a quantity of the selected medication to be dispensed from or restocked to the associated pocket.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion configured for presenting medication information including a first selected medication to a user via a cabinet-level display device;
• a second executable portion configured for allowing the user access to a first identified drawer in which the first selected medication is stored;
• a third executable portion configured for presenting a user with a name of the selected medication to be dispensed or restocked and an inventory of the selected medication stored in an identified pocket defined by the first identified drawer via a main drawer-level display device associated with and disposed on the first identified drawer;
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• a fourth executable portion configured for identifying a location of the first selected medication and a quantity of the first selected medication to dispense via at least one secondary drawer-level display device, wherein each secondary drawer-level display device is associated with and disposed proximate the identified pocket.