Interactive medication ordering system

Patent 5758095 Issued on May 26, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 26, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

Inventors

Application

No. 08/394335 filed on 02/24/1995

US Classes:

705/2, Health care management (e.g., record management, ICDA billing)705/26, Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering)705/27, Presentation of image or description of sales item (e.g., electronic catalog browsing)705/3Patient record management

Examiners

Primary: Hayes, Gail O.
Assistant: Thomas, Joseph

International Classes

G06F 19/00 (20060101)
G06F 017/60 ()
G06F 159/00 ()
G06F 153/00 ()

Abstract

A system and method for ordering and prescribing drugs for a patient. This system includes an improved process for facilitating and automating the process of drug order entry. The user may interact with the system in a variety of ways such as keyboard, mouse, pen-base entry or voice entry. The system includes a database containing medical prescribing and drug information which is both general and patient-specific. The system also permits the user to view current and previously prescribed medications for any patient. The system can alert the user to potentially adverse situations as a result of the prescribed medication based on information in the database. The system also can automatically determine product selection based on descriptions and can automatically communicate the order to a pharmacy. Further, the system includes a means for automatically displaying messages to the user relating to predetermined situations. For example, such situations may include a medication which is not available in the formulary or the prescription of a non-recommended medication. The system streamlines the order entry process and makes information important to the drug ordering process easily available.

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