Patent ID: 8170890
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method, in a networked computer system of a pharmacy system, for inferring a possible pregnancy of a patient and blocking a sale of a drug contraindicated for pregnancy, comprising: receiving, at a computer included in the networked computer system of the pharmacy system, first prescription information corresponding to a first prescription corresponding to the patient, the computer being operatively connected to a filling entity that is included in the networked computer system of the pharmacy system, the filling entity being configured to fill the first prescription and a second prescription, the first prescription consisting of one of a pre-natal prescription or a fertility prescription, and the first prescription information including a first drug identifier; automatically inferring, at the computer, the possible pregnancy based on the first drug identifier; storing an association of the inferred possible pregnancy and the patient in a remote database included in the networked computer system of the pharmacy system; causing, by the computer, the filling entity to fill the first prescription; receiving, in the networked computer system of the pharmacy system, second prescription information corresponding to the second prescription, the second prescription to be filled for the patient and including a second drug identifier corresponding to the drug contraindicated for pregnancy; and performing an automated check for the stored association, and, if the stored association exists, blocking the sale of the drug contraindicated for pregnancy, including preventing the second prescription from being filled by the filling entity.