Patent ID: 7493263
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for the automated processing of an order for at least one medical prescription, the method comprising the steps of: a. receiving said order, wherein said order is received through a predefined communication channel comprising paper document channels and electronic channels and identifying any previously information associated with said order; b. determining whether said order requires conversion to an image; c. converting said order, which requires imaging, into an image; d. associating said image with said order; e. assigning said order to at least one queue, wherein said queue is selected from a plurality of queues; f. processing said order, wherein said step of processing said order comprises executing actions necessary to progress said order from at least one initial queue to a final queue, through at least one intermediate queue, wherein said final queue results in said order shipped to a patient; g. tracking the order through said plurality of queues and a length of time the order spends within any one queue; h. determining whether the length of time said order spends in any one queue exceeds a predefined value, and whether the predetermined value is exceeded, transmitting an alert a user; and i. providing a predetermined level of access to at least one of the plurality of queues by a user responsive to a profile assigned to the user.