Patent ID: 7831450

Claim:
A medical order information display system, comprising: A. a display device responsive to signals to generate a medical data image; B. storage device for storing data representative of patient orders, C. order device responsive to user action to generate and store order data in said storage device, said order data being representative of patient orders, said order data for a patient including: i. order data representative of the identity of a prescriber of a prescription, ii. i.d. data representative of the identification of said patient, iii. drug data representative of a drug prescribed for a patient in accordance with the prescription, iv. administration data representative of prescribed dosage and administration times in accordance with said prescription, and v. authentication data for preventing unauthorized modification of said order data and preventing entry of non-complying order data, wherein said non complying order data is data that is not in accordance with said prescription, wherein said order data further includes authentication data representative of an encrypted identifier uniquely associated with said prescription, and said order device further includes means for generating by a user an access request associated with said authentication data for a selected one of said prescriptions, D. a display controller for generating said display signals, including: i. selectively operative means for generating said display signals wherein at least information representative of said i.d. data, said drug data, and said administration data is displayed on said display device, ii. selectively operative administrator device responsive to user action to generate and store in said storage device, action data representative of an action taken with respect to said patient and one of said prescriptions, said action data for one of said prescriptions being representative: a. the delivery of a drug to said patient b. the identity of said drug delivered to said patient, and c. the dose and time of said drug delivered to said patient, iii. monitor means for monitoring said order data for one or more of said patients and for detecting when action data does not correspond to correct fulfillment of said order data and responsive thereto, generating a display signal representative of an alarm, wherein said display controller includes means for confirming that said access request corresponds to said authentication data for said prescription and upon such confirmation, enabling said order device to modify said data for said patient and for preventing modification of said order data otherwise.