Patent ID: 8636202
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06K,G16H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that stores a formulary, the apparatus comprising: a memory device that stores the formulary, the formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries; a code reader that reads a computer-readable code associated with a drug container and transmits a signal indicative of data encoded by the computer-readable code; a processor adapted to identify, based on the data encoded by the computer-readable code, a first drug entry included in the formulary corresponding to the data encoded by the computer-readable code; a presentation device that presents a user with an identity of a drug associated with the first drug entry; and a user input device that receives input from the user indicating that the identity of the drug associated with the first drug entry identified from among the plurality of drug entries of the formulary based on the data encoded by the computer-readable code is consistent with information included on a label associated with the drug container; wherein, after receiving the input from the user, the processor stores an indication that the identity of the drug has been verified in the formulary.