Patent ID: 8009040
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A61J,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medication dispensing system, comprising: a. at least one medication storage hopper configured to store a medication therein; b. a medication dispensing mechanism, configured to dispense an amount of the medication specified by a medication prescription to a predetermined location at a time specified by the medication prescription in a response to a dispensing instruction signal; c. a user interface that includes a patient notification mechanism and d. a processor, in communication with a global computer network, that is configured to:  wherein the user interface includes a mechanism for a patient to acknowledge receipt of the amount of medication that has been dispensed and wherein the processor causes the notification mechanism to cease the alert when the patient has acknowledged receipt of the amount of medication that has been dispensed; and  wherein the processor is further configured to send a signal via the global computer network to an individual other than the patient when the patient has failed to acknowledge receipt of the amount of medication within a predetermined amount of time after the alert has been issued by the patient notification mechanism.