Patent ID: 11862314
Assignee: CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. A patient-directed electronic prescription management system, comprising:
a central server including a controller and non-transitory memory, the central server being in communication with an electronic prescription wallet database, the non-transitory memory storing instructions executable by the controller to:
receive, at the central server, a prescription for a patient from a prescriber device inputted by a prescriber, wherein the controller of the central server correlates authenticating data to a prescriber profile, associated with the prescriber, stored in the electronic prescription wallet database;
look-up, with the central server, regional rules in a rules database that comprises a plurality of prescription rules, the regional rules associated with one or more of a residence of the patient and/or a location of the prescriber, and each prescription rule may include data indicating the particular laws and/or regulations for electronic prescribing for a particular geographic region in a format that may be read by the controller so that one or more operations based on the retrieved prescription rule(s) for a particular geographic region are performed;
update a patient wallet and a blockchain to include a dose and a drug corresponding to the prescription, where the patient wallet is associated with the patient and stored in the electronic prescription wallet database;
receive a request from the patient via inputs provided to a patient device in a format understandable to the patient to compare cost estimates associated with filling the prescription at each of a plurality of pharmacies in response to a refill of the prescription being available based on information stored on the blockchain;
prioritize search preferences for finding the plurality of pharmacies in a pharmacy database based on prices, proximity to the patient, availability of the prescription, and wait times at the plurality of pharmacies;
transmit a cost estimate request corresponding to the prescription to respective pharmacy systems associated with the plurality of pharmacies and/or transmit the cost estimate request to a centralized data service, wherein the patient device transmits the cost estimate based on inputs provided by the patient to the patient device in a format understandable to the patient;
receive bids or cost estimates from the respective pharmacy systems and/or the centralized data service, wherein the bid or cost estimates are correlated to the patient profile;
update the patient wallet to include the bids or cost estimates via adjusting a display of the patient profile;
transmit an indication of the bids or cost estimates to the patient device for display;
receive a request to fill the prescription at a selected pharmacy associated with one of the plurality of pharmacies and/or the centralized database, and generate and transmit a single instance representing the prescription to the respective pharmacy system and/or centralized database associated with the selected pharmacy, the prescription correlated to the patient profile associated with the patient wallet and stored in the electronic prescription wallet database, the correlation including matching patient data transmitted with the electronic prescription to data stored in the patient database of the electronic prescription wallet database;
cancel the prescription at the selected pharmacy and send the prescription to a different pharmacy based on an input provided by the patient via the patient device, wherein the patient device sends a request to access the patient profile to change a pharmacy for filling the prescription;
transmit payment information to the different pharmacy in response to receiving a receipt from the different pharmacy indicating the prescription has been picked up or is being delivered to the patient, wherein the different pharmacy is selected by the patient via inputs provided to the patient device;
create a digital ledger that records prescription transactions in the blockchain, each block including a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data, wherein the central server employs one or more suitable communication protocols defining rules and data formats for exchanging information and communicating over a network between the central server, the prescriber device, the patient device, and the pharmacy system; and
automatically indicate the refill of the prescription is unavailable on a display of the patient device based on information stored on the blockchain.