Patent ID: 8666780
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of filling a prescription order within a network of pharmacy resources having at least a first and a second pharmacy resource at separate geographic locations, each pharmacy resource having equipment resources and each having at least one employee, the network of pharmacy resources connected by an information processing system, the method comprising: receiving a prescription order at a first network computer at the first pharmacy resource; creating an original order data (OOD) object containing a set of information received from a customer during placement of the prescription order; creating a task object that is associated with the OOD object, wherein the task object stores a discrete set of tasks to be performed for filling the prescription order and that is used to carry and save work performed on the prescription order associated with the OOD object; separating task items in the task object into information processing tasks and physical processing tasks; routing the OOD object and task object from a first queue associated with the first network computer to a second queue associated with a second network computer at a second geographic location for performing an information processing task requiring the OOD object, the routing based on a criteria recorded by the first network computer; performing at least a portion of work required to fill the prescription order at each of the first and second pharmacy resources responsive to receiving the task object in its queue; updating the task object to indicate the work performed at each pharmacy resource; and filling the prescription order associated with the OOD object.