Patent ID: 6654724
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
A method for facilitating compliance while maintaining a patient's confidentiality within a pharmaceutical system that includes an organization having a plurality of local systems and a local server; a remote compliance system; and a fulfillment system, the method comprising:transferring a patient's identity information along with a patient's prescription information within the organization from the plurality of local systems to the local server; substituting the patient's identity information with a unique generic ID at the local server; transferring the generic ID and prescription information to the remote compliance system; processing the prescription information associated with the generic ID to obtain intervention information by determining whether the prescription information is for a new prescription and, if the prescription information is for a new prescription, using the generic ID to determine whether the prescription information is for an existing patient; exporting the intervention information, the generic ID, and a letter library to the local server; retaining the identity information within the organization while transferring and processing the prescription information; retrieving the patient's identity information using the generic ID at the local server; merging the exported intervention information, letter library and the patient's identity information to obtain fulfillment information; and transferring the fulfillment information to the fulfillment system to generate correspondence to be sent to the patients; wherein the patient's identity information is not transmitted to the remote compliance system.