Patent ID: 8078479

Claim:
A method of managing and tracking sample pharmaceutical products performed by a computing device, the method comprising: creating a tracking code and a corresponding electronic prescription data file in response to an electronic activation of tracking code allotments by a pharmaceutical company, wherein the pharmaceutical company accesses a computer operated management module of a sample prescription system through a computer operated pharmaceutical module via an Internet connection; assigning pharmaceutical product information to the electronic prescription data file which corresponds to the tracking code obtained by the pharmaceutical company through access of the management module; storing the tracking code and the electronic prescription data file in a database of the management module; electronically distributing the tracking code for the assigned pharmaceutical product to a prescriber from the pharmaceutical company; confirming tracking code allotments for the assigned pharmaceutical by the prescriber, wherein the prescriber accesses the management module of the sample prescription system through a computer operated prescriber module via an Internet connection; electronically adding prescription information regarding a patient into the electronic prescription data file by the prescriber through communication with the management module through the prescriber module; electronically sending the tracking code and the corresponding electronic prescription data file containing the prescription information to the management module; electronically sending the tracking code and the corresponding electronic prescription data file containing the prescription information from the management module to a pharmacy through an eRx switch, wherein the pharmacy is a separate entity than the prescriber; and electronically populating the electronic prescription data file with prescription tracking information by the pharmacy, wherein the pharmacy accesses the management module through the pharmacy module via an Internet connection.