Patent ID: 7890350

Claim:
A computer implemented method for providing information regarding renewal requests for prescriptions via an electronic network, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of renewal requests at a server, each requesting that a prescriber renew an existing prescription, wherein the plurality of renewal requests include renewal requests for prescriptions of a plurality of patients; transmitting the plurality of renewal requests to the prescriber, wherein each renewal request notifies the prescriber that a prescription for a patient will expire unless the prescriber renews the prescription; determining whether the prescriber has responded to any of the plurality of renewal requests and based on said determining, assigning a respective status to each of the plurality of renewal requests, wherein the respective status for a respective renewal request indicates whether the prescriber has responded to the respective renewal request; storing information on a renewal database at a server, where the information comprises the respective status for each of the plurality of renewal requests; receiving a query at the server for said information from a client computer remote from the server, wherein said client computer is associated with the prescriber; searching said renewal database for respective information that matches said query; generating a report at the server containing said respective information, which includes respective statuses for the plurality of respective renewal requests; and transmitting from the server to the client computer said report to facilitate review of said respective information.