Patent ID: 8831775

Claim:
A method for electronically assisting in dispensing a refill of a prescription comprising the steps of: establishing an automatic refill date for a prescription refill order; automatically entering data for said prescription refill order on said automatic refill date by said system; automatically performing checks on said data entered for said prescription refill order and determining if any clinical warnings and financial warnings exist, and if any interventions are required on said automatic refill date by said system; automatically generating a report listing all prescription refill orders said system selects to fill; automatically generating a report listing all prescription refill orders that did not pass all checks; allowing a user to reprocess and edit said reports so that the list of prescription refill orders contained therein are selected to be filled by said system; indicating to said system, by said user, that said list of prescription refill orders is ready to be refilled; and automatically refilling said prescription refill orders on said list, and storing information pertaining to said prescription refill orders, and displaying next time said prescription refill orders are due to be refilled.