Patent ID: 7599846

Claim:
A system for renewing a prescription for a pharmaceutical via an electronic network, the system comprising: a renewal server comprising: a processor; a communications interface circuit for communicating with a prescriber and a dispenser over a network, where the dispenser comprises a pharmacy or pharmacy benefit organization; and a memory comprising: an operating system; a database comprising at least one patient profile that includes: an identifier of a patient; and at least one prescription associated with the identifier of the patient, the at least one prescription comprising: a prescribed pharmaceutical; an identification of a prescriber that prescribed the prescribed pharmaceutical; and an expiration date of the prescription; and wherein the renewal server is capable of: monitoring the expiration date by periodically determining whether a predetermined time period before the expiration date has been reached; generating a prescription renewal request for renewal of the prescription prior to the expiration date based on the monitoring, where the generating occurs without human intervention; transmitting the prescription renewal request via an electronic network to the prescriber having authority to authorize the dispenser to dispense the prescription; receiving a renewal prescription at the renewal server, in response to the prescription renewal request, from the prescriber; and notifying the dispenser to fill the renewal prescription.