Patent ID: 8315887
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of managing specialty drug prescription orders within a network of pharmacy resources including a first and a second pharmacy location connected by an information processing system, each containing a respective facility computer server, the method comprising: receiving a prescription drug order for a customer at the first pharmacy location in the network of pharmacy resources; identifying that the prescription drug order requires dispensing at least one specialty drug; determining at the first pharmacy facility computer server that the prescription order for the at least one specialty drug needs to be routed to a different pharmacy location in the network of pharmacy resources; creating an original order data (OOD) object containing a set of information received from the customer during placement of the prescription drug order; creating, at the first pharmacy, an electronic task object that is associated with the OOD object, wherein the task object has stored therein a discrete set of tasks to be performed for filling the prescription drug order and that is used to carry and save work to be performed and work completed on the prescription drug order and a specialty drug indicator corresponding to the at least one specialty drug; storing the OOD object and the task object on the first pharmacy facility computer server; determining at the first pharmacy facility computer server that the second pharmacy location in the network of pharmacy resources has both an employee with a required service expertise and an equipment capable of processing the order for the at least one specialty drug; routing both the OOD object and the task object from a first queue on the facility computer server at the first pharmacy location to a second queue on the facility server at the second pharmacy location based on the determination that the second pharmacy location in the network of pharmacy resources has both the employee with the required service expertise and the equipment capable of processing the order for the at least one specialty drug; and delivering the prescription order to the customer at the second pharmacy location.