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Prescription creation system
Assignee: Cybear LLC
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Filing: 1994-10-28
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Granted: 1998-04-07
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Expires: 2014-10-28
Abstract
Abstract An electronic prescription creation system for use by professional prescribers at the point of care has a prescription division subsystem permitting creation of a single prescription to be automatically divided into two components for fulfilment of one portion quickly and locally at higher cost and of another portion by remote mail order taking more time but providing a cost saving for a major part of the prescription. The prescription creation system has an ability to access remote source databases for system presentation to the prescriber of relevant, authorized and current drug, drug formulary and patient history information, with dynamic creation of a transient virtual patient record, the information being presented to the prescriber before completion of the prescription, permitting enhancement of the quality of prescribing decisions.
Inventors
- 👤 Jonathan Edelson
- 👤 Christian Mayaud
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 03:50
CPC Classifications
G; G16; G16H; G16H10/00; G16H10/60; G16H20/00; G16H20/10; G16H40/00; G16H40/60; G16H40/63
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A computer-implemented prescription creation system for use by a prescriber in creating a prescription at a point of patient care, said prescription being usable by a pharmacist to dispense drugs, said prescription creation system comprising: a) electronic posting means to select and capture in said prescription: i) a patient identifier; ii) a prescribed drug intended to treat a patient condition; iii) a dosage for said prescribed drug; and b) a prescription division subsystem to create a bridge prescription divided into a local prescription component intended for fulfillment at a pharmacy convenient to said patient and a separate, remote prescription component intended for fulfillment at a remote, lower cost, mail order pharmacy said prescription creation system automatically creating and outputting said prescription components.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A computer-implemented prescription creation system for use by a prescriber in creating a prescription at a point of patient care, said prescription being usable by a pharmacist to dispense drugs, said prescription creation system comprising: a) electronic posting means to select and capture in said prescription: i) a patient identifier; ii) a prescribed drug intended to treat a patient condition; iii) a dosage for said prescribed drug; and b) a prescription division subsystem to create a bridge prescription divided into a local prescription component intended for fulfillment at a pharmacy convenient to said patient and a separate, remote prescription component intended for fulfillment at a remote, lower cost, mail order pharmacy said prescription creation system automatically creating and outputting said prescription components.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A prescription creation system according to claim 1 wherein said local prescription component is adequate for short term needs and said remote prescription component provides a longer term supply.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
128 words
A prescription creation system according to claim 1 wherein said electronic posting means further selects and captures in said prescription: iv) the patient condition intended by said prescriber to be treated by said prescribed drug; whereby a created prescription includes said patient condition and said prescription creation system further comprises: b) a displayable library of prescribable drugs; and c) displayable patient drug formulary information to indicate to said prescriber user selected ones of said prescriber drugs included within a drug formulary plan associated with said patient and approved by said plan for treatment of said patient condition, to facilitate compliance with drug formulary plan guidelines at the point-of-care; said patient condition, drug library and drug formulary plan information being system-presented to the prescriber before completion of the prescription.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A prescription creation system according to claim 3 comprising a screen device to initiate dynamic assembly of a patient history record from elements retrieved from remote source databases, said patient history record being system-presented to the prescriber prior to completion of the prescription.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A prescription creation system according to claim 3 wherein relevant drug and patient information is retrievable from remote source databases and can be system-presented to the prescriber prior to completion of the prescription.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2005-04-06 | 2005-10-06 | 2006-04-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2009-04-06 | 2009-10-06 | 2010-04-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |