Patent ID: 8266878

Claim:
A method for verifying a filled prescription order for a plurality of different medications, said method comprising: enabling a pharmacy management system to receive a digitized copy of a prescription order; generating a verified multiple prescription order at the pharmacy management system, wherein the verified multiple prescription order is associated with a particular patient, the verified multiple prescription order comprising a plurality of medications including a first medication that is different from a second medication, wherein the first medication and second medication are configured to be taken by the patient at a same time; generating a patient bar code associated with the particular patient, said patient bar code comprising of patient information such as patient's name, patient's address or patient's date of birth; producing a plurality of labels with a printer coupled to a computer, the labels associated with the prescription order; validating the plurality of labels by comparing the labels to the multiple prescription order; generating a multiple prescription order label bar code disposed on at least one label that is associated with the multiple prescription order, said multiple prescription order label bar code comprising of prescription information such as types of medications in the order, amounts of medication or dosage information; receiving the verified multiple prescription order at a filling system; generating a plurality of packages at the filling system, the plurality of packages configured to hold the first medication and the second medication in each package of the plurality of packages; counting a number of medications dispensed in each package with a sensor after the medications have been dispensed; generating a package bar code that is associated with at least one of the plurality of packages; applying one of the labels and at least one of the bar codes to at least one secondary package configured for dispensing the packages; placing the packages into the secondary package; and scanning each of the bar codes to verify that the correct plurality of packages, the secondary package and labels are associated with the correct prescription.