Patent ID: 9679114
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G07F,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for dispensing prescription medication, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor of a medication-dispensing machine to: receive an identification of medication and patient information for an electronic prescription; retrieve a container of the identified medication from a plurality of containers of medication that are stocked within the medication-dispensing machine, wherein each of the plurality of containers of medication comprises a first barcode; scan the first barcode of the retrieved container; generate a patient label based on at least the patient information; apply the patient label to the retrieved container; capture an image of the labelled container, wherein the captured image shows the retrieved container and the patient label; provide the captured image and the electronic prescription over at least one network to a remote pharmacist; receive approval over the at least one network from the remote pharmacist based on at least a visual inspection of the captured image and the electronic prescription by the remote pharmacist; wherein the visual inspection comprises matching the retrieved container, the patient information on the patient label, and the electronic prescription, and, based on the approval, release the labelled container to a user.