Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/USRE44127E1/en
Timestamp: 2019-05-26 14:14:05
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USRE44127E1 - System and software of enhanced pharmaceutical operations in long-term care facilities and related methods - Google Patents
USRE44127E1
USRE44127E1 US13/429,269 US201213429269A USRE44127E US RE44127 E1 USRE44127 E1 US RE44127E1 US 201213429269 A US201213429269 A US 201213429269A US RE44127 E USRE44127 E US RE44127E
US13/429,269
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2012-03-23 Application filed by Tech Pharmacy Services Inc filed Critical Tech Pharmacy Services Inc
2012-03-23 Priority to US13/429,269 priority patent/USRE44127E1/en
2013-04-02 Publication of USRE44127E1 publication Critical patent/USRE44127E1/en
A medication dispensing apparatus administrator 71, responsive to an input from pharmacy personnel, can selectively remotely control functions available to facility medical personnel from the terminal of the pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart 30, over the communications network, to thereby remotely provide training to the facility medical personnel. A medication dispensing apparatus imager 73, responsive to video signals from the video input device 31, can display a video image of facility medical personnel and functional components of the pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart 30 over the communications network 18, to also remotely provide training to the facility medical personnel and for remote, real-time, trouble-shooting the pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart 30.
scheduling on one or more computers one or more preselected time intervals for dispensing of at least one medication through each of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts according to patient specific prescription requirements, each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts having a plurality of different medications stored in bulk therein and being located at a long term care facility positioned remote from the one or more computers;scheduling by one or more computers, dispensing of at least one medication of a plurality of medications stored in bulk on one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts located at a plurality of long term care facilities, the dispensing performed through the one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts according to patient specific prescription requirements;
controlling from, by the one or more computers, each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts;
individually retrieving, responsive to the controlling from the one or more computers, the at least one medication of the plurality of different medications stored in bulk, based on the schedule provided by the one or more computers;
loading, responsive to the controlling from the one or more computers, the at least one medication into one of the a plurality of disposable individual patient dosing packages to thereby package the at least one medication in the one of the plurality of disposable individual patient dosing packages;
dispensing, responsive to the controlling from the one or more computers, the packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages into a container associated with the cart prior to the one or more preselected time intervals scheduled to thereby dispense medication by authorized medical personnel after separating the container from the cart when having the packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages therein according to patient specific prescription requirements;, dispensed for authorized medical personnel to administer to patients;
processing, by the one or more computers, billing records including billing data for each of the a plurality of patients at each of the plurality of long-term care facilities based on the received dispensing data received from each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts, the billing data including indicia of which of the at least one medication was actually dispensed to a patient so that only medication actually dispensed is to be billed to a reimbursement provider;
consolidating the billing data according to the reimbursement provider by the one or more computers to thereby generate reimbursements to be provided from one or more reimbursement providers, the billing data also including billing data for indicating medications actually dispensed to a respective patient from at least one of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts so that only medication actually dispensed is billed to the reimbursement provider; and
2. A computer implemented method as defined in claim 1, wherein the step of controlling dispensing includes dispensing the packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages containing the at least one medication into the a container separable from the cart during the one or more preselected time intervals prior to a predetermined schedule of distribution of medication dosages to the plurality of patients in each of the plurality of long-term care facilities.
3. A computer implemented method as defined in claim 2, wherein the step of receiving dispensing data further includes 1, further comprising: receiving by the one or more computers, dispensing data of identifying medications remaining stored in bulk in and not actually dispensed from a pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart.
4. A computer implemented method as defined in claim 2 1, wherein the step of consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider further includes consolidating billing data by patient at a long term care facility for each reimbursement provider, and wherein the step of submitting consolidated reimbursement claims includes electronically submitting the consolidated reimbursement claims to each respective reimbursement provider for each associated patient in batch format.
scheduling on a computer one or more preselected time intervals for dispensing of at least one medication through each of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts, each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts having a plurality of different medications stored in bulk therein and being located at a patient care facility; dispensing of at least one medication of a plurality of medications stored in bulk on one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts located at a plurality of long term care facilities, the dispensing performed through the one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts according to patient specific prescription requirements;
individually retrieving, responsive to the control data, the at least one medication of the plurality of different medications stored in bulk based on the schedule provided by the one or more computers;
loading, responsive to the control data, the at least one medication into one of the plurality of disposable individual patient dosing packages to thereby package the at least one medication in the one of the a plurality of disposable individual patient dosing packages;
dispensing, responsive to the control data, the packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages into a container associated with the cart to thereby dispense medication by authorized medical personnel after separating the container from the cart when having the packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages therein according to patient specific prescription requirements;, dispensed for authorized medical personnel to administer to patients;
processing, on a computer the received, dispensing data received from each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts so that only medication actually dispensed is to be billed;
processing, on a computer, billing records including billing data for each of the plurality of patients at each of the plurality of long-term care facilities based on the received dispensing data, the billing data including a reimbursement provider;
consolidating the billing data according to the reimbursement provider to thereby generate reimbursements from one or more reimbursement providers, the billing data also including billing data for indicating medications actually dispensed to a respective patient from at least one of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts so that only medication actually dispensed is billed to the reimbursement provider; and
10. A computer implemented method as defined in claim 9, wherein the step of receiving dispensing data further includes further comprising: receiving dispensing data of medications remaining stored in bulk in and not actually dispensed from a pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart.
12. A computer implemented method as defined in claim 8, wherein the step of processing control data dispensing includes dispensing the packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages containing the at least one medication into the a container separable from the cart during the a preselected time intervals interval prior to a predetermined schedule of distribution of medication dosages to the plurality of patients in each of the patient care facilities, and wherein the step of consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider includes consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider for each of a plurality of patients at a patient care facility.
15. A One or more non-transitory computer readable media having tangibly embodied thereon computer readable pharmacy management program product stored on one or more tangible computer readable storage media code, the pharmacy management program product code comprising a set of instructions that when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform the following operations:
scheduling one or more preselected time intervals for dispensing of at least one medication according to patient specific prescription requirements through each of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts, each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts having a plurality of different medications stored in bulk therein;scheduling a dispensing of at least one medication of a plurality of medications stored in bulk on one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts located at a plurality of long term care facilities, the dispensing performed through the one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts according to patient specific prescription requirements;
processing control data by each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts to individually retrieve the at least one medication of the plurality of different medications stored in bulk, load the at least one medication into one of the a plurality of disposable individual patient dosing packages, package the at least one medication, and dispense the loaded and packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages into a container associated with the cart to thereby have dispensed medication distributed by authorized medical personnel according to the patient specific prescription requirements after separating the container from the cart when having the loaded and packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages therein; for distribution by authorized medical personnel according to the patient specific prescription requirements;
processing separate billing record data including billing data for each of the plurality of patients at each of the plurality of long-term care facilities based on the received dispensing data, the billing data being indexed by a reimbursement provider;
16. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 15, wherein the operation of processing control data includes dispensing the packaged at least one medication into the a container during preselected time intervals prior to a predetermined schedule of distribution of medication dosages to the plurality of patients in each of a plurality of patient care facilities.
17. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 16 15, wherein the operation of receiving dispensing data further includes dispensing data of medications remaining stored in bulk in and not actually dispensed from a pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart.
18. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise submitting consolidated reimbursement claims for each patient to a patient representative.
19. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 15, wherein the operation of consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider further includes the operation of consolidating billing data by patient for each reimbursement provider, and wherein the operation of submitting consolidated reimbursement claims includes electronically submitting the consolidated reimbursement claims to each respective reimbursement provider for each associated patient in batch format.
20. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 15, wherein the operation of consolidating billing data further includes the operation of consolidating billing data by patient care facility for each reimbursement provider.
21. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 15, wherein the pharmacy management program product is adapted to provide instructions for the operation of operations further comprise consolidating billing data with a plurality of additional billing data from a plurality of remote pharmacies.
22. A One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having tangibly embodied thereon computer readable pharmacy management program product stored on one or more tangible computer readable storage media code, the pharmacy management program product code comprising a set of instructions that when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform the following operations:
scheduling one or more preselected time intervals for dispensing of at least one medication according to patient specific prescription requirements through each of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts, each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts having a plurality of different medications stored in bulk therein and being located at a different long term care facility;scheduling a dispensing of at least one medication of a plurality of medications stored in bulk on one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts located at a plurality of long term care facilities, the dispensing performed through the one of a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts according to patient specific prescription requirements;
controlling each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts to individually retrieve the at least one medication of the plurality of different medications stored in bulk, load the at least one medication into one of the a plurality of disposable individual patient dosing packages, package the at least one medication, and dispense the loaded and packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages into a container associated with the cart to thereby have dispensed medication distributed by authorized medical personnel according to the patient specific prescription requirements after separating the container from the cart when having the loaded and packaged one of the plurality of individual patient dosing packages therein; for distribution by authorized medical personnel according to patient specific prescription requirements;
processing billing records based on medication dispensing data received from each of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts, the billing records including billing data for each of the a plurality of patients at each of the plurality of long-term care facilities, the billing data for each long-term care patient being indexed by a reimbursement provider;
23. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 22, wherein the billing data for each patient is indexed by reimbursement provider, wherein the operation of consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider includes the operation of consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider for each of a plurality of patients at the long term care facility.
24. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 22, wherein the operation of receiving dispensing data further includes dispensing data of medications remaining stored in bulk in and not actually dispensed from a pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing cart.
25. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 22, wherein the operation of consolidating billing data by reimbursement provider further includes the operation of consolidating billing data by patient for each reimbursement provider, and wherein the operation of submitting consolidated reimbursement claims includes electronically submitting the consolidated reimbursement claims to each respective reimbursement provider for each associated patient in batch format.
26. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise submitting consolidated reimbursement claims for each patient to a patient representative.
27. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 22, wherein the pharmacy management program product is adapted to provide instructions for the operation of operations further comprise consolidating billing data for medications dispensed to a plurality of patients from a plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts, and wherein at least one of the plurality of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing carts is located at a long term care facility different than another long term care facility.
28. Pharmacy management program product The one or more computer readable media as defined in claim 22, wherein the pharmacy management program product is adapted to provide instructions for the operation of operations further comprise consolidating billing data with a plurality of additional billing data from a plurality of additional remote pharmacies.
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