Patent ID: 9501615
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing electronic package inserts prepared by pharmaceutical manufacturers to pharmacists comprising the steps of: providing a computerized repository comprising a network accessible database, the computerized repository having an upload portion and a download portion, the computerized repository being accessible to a plurality of drug manufacturers via client computers coupled to a wide area network, the computerized repository including electronic package inserts for a plurality of drugs stored therein, the upload portion of the computerized repository being accessible by the plurality of drug manufacturers while the download portion of the computerized repository is accessible by pharmacists; uploading one or more new or revised electronic package inserts from a drug manufacturer to the computerized repository; updating the network accessible database on a real time or periodic basis so as to identify the one or more new or revised electronic package inserts, the one or more new or revised electronic package inserts for each drug comprising a description of the drug, clinical pharmacology of the drug, indications and usage of the drug, contraindications of the drug, or warnings; and providing an alert, for one or more pharmacists, of any new or revised electronic package insert via a notification field that corresponds with an indication of a drug that is hyperlinked to an electronic document containing the new or revised electronic package insert for the drug.