Patent ID: 9076115
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for component based aggregation of medication orders, the system comprising: a healthcare device configured to dispense a dispensable medication; an electronic device communicatively coupled to the healthcare device and comprising: one or more processors; and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine a second medication order of the plurality of medication orders listed in the queue that indicates the first component medication of the plurality of component medications; reorder the displayed queue such that the second medication order of the plurality of medication orders is listed adjacent to the first medication order of the plurality of medication orders; determine a first amount, the first amount being an amount of the first component medication to be used to formulate a first batch of medication orders including the first medication order and the second medication order; determine, from a first plurality of medication containers that each contains the first component medication, a first subset of the first plurality of medication containers that contain, in aggregate, a first aggregate amount of the first component medication that is greater than the first amount of the first component medication, wherein the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers is selected to minimize a first excess amount by which the first aggregate amount of the first medication exceeds the first amount such that the first excess amount is less than a smallest container size of the first plurality of medication containers; and dispense the first subset of the first plurality of medication containers from the healthcare device.