Patent ID: 7072840
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A prescription creation software system implemented on a computer comprising a program embodied on a computer-readable medium, the system being for use by a prescriber to create an electronic prescription prescribing a drug treatment for a patient condition exhibited by a patient at a point of care, the patient having a drugs benefit provider, the drugs benefit provider issuing a prescription benefit plan including a drug formulary for the patient listing at least one drug preferred by the drugs benefit provider for treatment of the condition, the electronic prescription comprising a patient identifier, at least one prescribed drug and at least one drug quantifier for the prescribed drug and being usable by a pharmacist to dispense the prescribed drug or drugs, the prescription creation system providing: (a) a prescription creation screen display, permitting prescriber-operable data capture including: (b) a library of prescribable drug data accessible from the prescription creation screen to display multiple prescribable drugs; and (c) drug formulary information identifying at least one of multiple drugs as a patient's drug formulary preferences for selection by the prescriber of a benefit plan recommended drug; by which the patient's drug formulary preference is presented to the prescriber prior to completion of the prescription.