Patent ID: 8650042
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for medication management, the method comprising: identifying, via one or more processors, a case associated with a patient, wherein the case identifies a medical procedure to be performed for the patient; generating, via the one or more processors, a medication list for the medical procedure to be performed for the patient, wherein the medication list identifies a plurality of medications for potential use during the medical procedure to be performed for the patient; prior to the medical procedure, determining, via the one or more processors, whether a medication dispensing unit is stocked with each of the plurality of medications identified in the medication list for potential use during the medical procedure to be performed for the patient; after determining that the medication dispensing unit is not stocked with at least one of the plurality of medications identified in the medication list, generating, via the one or more processors, a stocking order to provide the at least one of the of the plurality of medications in the medication list to the medication dispensing unit for the medical procedure; receiving, via the one or more processors, notification that a quantity of a first medication from the medication list was dispensed from the medication dispensing unit during the medical procedure; receiving, via the one or more processors, notification that a quantity of the first medication was administered to the patient during the medical procedure; and determining, via the one or more processors, whether a quantity of the first medication that was dispensed from the medication dispensing unit is unaccounted for based at least in part on the quantity of the first medication that was administered to the patient.