Patent ID: 8694332

Claim:
A multifunction device for generating a prescription, the multifunction device comprising: a processor; and a processor-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising: a capture module configured to capture information from a plurality of individual cards, wherein at least one of the cards comprises prescription information comprising at least a medication and a dosage for a patient, an information processing module in communication with the capture module, wherein the information processing module is configured to: identify a key from the captured information, use the key to retrieve additional prescription information from a database, generate a bitmap file associated with the captured information, extract at least a portion of the prescription information from the bitmap file using optical character recognition, extract physician information from a computer-readable memory, assemble the prescription information, the additional prescription information and the physician information to generate a prescription data file, and process a batch sheet associated with a pharmacy, wherein the batch sheet comprises machine-readable information comprising identification information for the pharmacy and one or more transmittal instructions associated with the pharmacy; and a transmission module in communication with the information processing module, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit the prescription data file to the pharmacy in accordance with the transmittal instructions.