Patent ID: 7630908

Claim:
A server system for interactively creating and managing prescriptions comprising: a data storage medium configured to store information for a plurality of prescribers and medications; a prescription creation component embodied on computer-readable medium configured to receive prescription information that is contained in a bar code scanned by a prescriber from one of a plurality of bar code sources, which prescription information includes medication identification information comprising at least one of: a medication name, a medication identification number, and a bar code assigned to the medication; a prescription form component embodied on a computer-readable medium configured to: i) retrieve information from the data storage medium based on the scanned bar code; ii) present to the prescriber a plurality of options for at least one element of prescription information; iii) receive from the prescriber selection input selecting among the presented plurality of options for at least one element of prescription information; and iv) generate or selects a prescription form responsive to the medication identification information and the selection input; a prescription database record generated responsive to the received selection input and the medication identification information; and a prescription management interface configured to: receive from a first nonprescriber user, via a prescription fulfillment system a) an identification of a generated prescription; and b) a request for modification of the prescription database record; receive a) authorization information, and b) a request for a modification of the prescription database record from a second nonprescriber user in at least one of a plurality of categories of nonprescriber users, the plurality of categories of nonprescriber users including at least one of: pharmacy employees, sales representatives, pharmaceutical company employees, patients, and market researchers; and transmit to a server engine requests for modification received from one or more nonprescriber users; and the server engine configured to modify the prescription database record responsive to the requests for modification received from the prescription management interface.