Patent ID: 7734478
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of managing drug prescription orders within a network of pharmacy resources of a corporate entity, the method comprising: identifying, at a computing device of an information processing system connecting the network of pharmacy resources of the corporate entity, a drug type; determining, at the computing device, a demand for the drug type, including determining a total number of prescription orders to be filled corresponding to the drug type in the network of pharmacy resources of the corporate entity; determining, at the computing device, a capacity of a designated set of pharmacy resources in the network to process prescription orders corresponding to the drug type, wherein: determining, at the computing device, when the demand for the drug type exceeds the capacity of the designated set of pharmacy resources in the network to process prescription orders corresponding to the drug type, and assigning, by the computing device, an additional pharmacy resource to the designated set; determining, at the computing device, when the capacity of the designated set of pharmacy resources in the network to process prescription orders corresponding to the drug type exceeds the demand for the drug type, and deactivating, by the computing device, one pharmacy resource of the designated set from processing prescription orders corresponding to the drug type; and sending, via the information processing system to a first pharmacy resource in the designated set of pharmacy resources of the corporate entity in the network, at least a portion of a first prescription order corresponding to the drug type for processing.