Patent ID: 8712584

Claim:
A method for electronically assisting in dispensing pharmaceuticals relating to a plurality of prescription orders fulfilled in a plurality of respective pharmacies for a plurality of respective healthcare facilities, the method comprising the steps of: 1) configuring a computer system to process the prescription orders by an authorized user; 2) entering data, relating to a plurality of prescription orders, into fields of the computer system; 3) determining whether a check is to be performed on the data entered into the fields; 4) generating by the computer system, as a function of the configuring, a warning to the user if the computer system determines a check is to be performed and the data entered into the field requires the warning; 5) verifying one of the plurality of prescription orders by a pharmacist; 6) determining if a payor is available for the one prescription order; 7) adjudicating the one prescription order by sending the one prescription order to a billing queue; 8) generating a prescription label with a first barcode corresponding to the prescription order; 9) retrieving a prescription medication corresponding to the prescription order from a stock location; 10) labeling the prescription medication with said prescription label; 11) obtaining a delivery tote for delivery of the prescription medication to a healthcare facility; 12) scanning a second barcode on the delivery tote; 13) scanning the first barcode on the prescription label and comparing it to the second barcode to determine that the delivery tote is the correct one for the prescription order; 14) further scanning a third barcode on the prescription medication identifying the prescription medication to verify that the prescription medication matches the prescription order; 15) placing the prescription medication with attached prescription label into the delivery tote if there are no scan errors; and 16) if there are any scan errors setting the prescription medication aside for further review; 17) repeating steps 5-16 for each remaining order in the plurality of orders; 18) generating a packing list of all items associated with the plurality of prescription orders in the delivery tote; and 19) delivering the items in the delivery tote to a healthcare facility associated with the delivery tote.