Patent ID: 8713897

Claim:
A method for filling a prescription order associated with a particular patient, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the prescription order at a pharmacy user interface, wherein the prescription order includes a first plurality of tablets that is different from a second plurality of tablets, the prescribed tablets to be consumed at the same time of day, the first plurality of tablets having a particular shape and color that is different from the second plurality of tablets; generating an order that includes the first plurality of tablets and the second plurality of tablets; communicating the order to a filling system; accessing a tablet inventory database at the filling system to determine that the filling system can fill the order; generating a code at the filling system when the filling system can fill the order, wherein the code includes prescription information corresponding to the first plurality of tablets and the second plurality of tablets in the integrated prescription order; printing the code on a plurality of transparent pouches that are configured to receive at least one first tablet and at least one second tablet; printing a time of day on each of the transparent pouches that indicates the time of day for consuming the first tablet and the second tablet; filling the plurality of transparent pouches at the filling system, in which each pouch is filled with the first tablet and the second tablet, and each pouch corresponds to a particular time of day; performing a robotic detection at visual wavelengths at an inspection station of each of the pouches, wherein the robotic detection at visual wavelengths inspects the color and shape of each tablet; and scanning the code at the inspection station to verify that the correct pouches are associated with the tablets that correspond to the prescription order.