Patent ID: 8626531

Claim:
A system for communicating over a network with a pharmacist for authorizing delivery of a contraindicated drug to a patient, the patient pre-assigned to at least one risk group of a plurality of risk groups, the plurality of risk groups defined based on factors which indicate one or more risks of one or more adverse side effects if the patient receives the drug, the system comprising: a computer device including: a computer readable medium having stored therein the plurality of risk groups, the at least one risk group assignment, and registration information of the patient; the computer device configured to provide: an interface configured to receive an on-line transmission of a pharmacist prescription for the patient in order to dispense the contraindicated drug to the patient; a generator configured to generate a prescription approval code based on comparison of the on-line transmission of the pharmacist prescription for the patient with the registration information of the patient stored in the computer readable medium to confirm if the patient is registered, and based on comparison of the on-line transmission of the pharmacist prescription for the patient with the risk group assignment stored in the computer readable medium to determine if the patient is eligible to receive the contraindicated drug, such that the risk group assignment is based on a predefined set of risk parameters for the contraindicated drug; and an interface configured to send an on-line transmission to the pharmacist including the generated prescription approval code when the registered patient is eligible to receive the drug; wherein the pharmacist can proceed with dispensation of the drug to the patient on the basis of the generated prescription approval code once received.