Patent ID: 7685026
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a) taking a first quantity of a first type of medical item from a first storage location within a pharmacy; b) providing at least one input through at least one input device indicative of taking the first quantity of the first type of medical item from the first storage location in the pharmacy for use in a compounding activity; c) including in at least one data store through operation of at least one processor, data indicative of the first type of medical item as an outstanding medical item that was taken for use in a compounding activity but has not had a resulting compound stored into the pharmacy; d) subsequent to steps (a), (b), and (c), creating an amount of a compound using the first quantity of the first type of medical item taken in step (a), wherein creating the compound includes one of using all of the first quantity in creating the amount of the compound or wasting a second quantity of the first type of medical item; e) subsequent to step (d), choosing via at least one display screen the first type of medical item from data store data indicative of outstanding medical items that were taken for use in a compounding activity but have not had a resulting compound stored into the pharmacy; f) linking through operation of the at least one processor, the compound created in step (d) to the first type of medical item chosen in step (e); g) including in the at least one data store through operation of the at least one processor responsive to the linking in step (f), data indicative of storing the amount of the created compound in the pharmacy; and h) comparing through operation of the at least one processor, the first quantity taken in step (a), any second quantity that was wasted in the compounding in step (d), and the amount of the created compound indicated as stored in the pharmacy.