Patent ID: 8914146

Claim:
A method for filling packagings with at least one medication, each packaging including a body with a plurality of separated compartments for separately holding different medications for a single pass time, the method comprising: producing filling instructions for an order, including an allocation of medications to separated compartments in a plurality of the packagings, each packaging adapted to receive only the medication to be taken by a patient at a specified medicine pass time, wherein producing filling instructions for the order further comprises: receiving a plurality of prescriptions for a patient, each prescription identifying a unique medication and a dosage schedule for that medication; allocating each medication from the plurality of prescriptions to the plurality of packagings based on the dosage schedule for each medication; identifying any undesirable drug contra-indications between two medications in the same packaging; if an undesirable drug contra-indication between two medications is present in any of the packagings, modifying the allocation of one of the conflicting medications to different packagings to avoid the undesirable drug contra-indication; identifying administration time preferences for the patient; and modifying the allocation of medications to the plurality of packagings based on the administration time preference; operating a packaging station to fill the plurality of the packagings with the at least one medication according to the filling instructions, by placing different medications into different separated compartments of the packagings for specified medicine pass times requiring multiple medications; and verifying that each of the plurality of the packagings have been accurately filled according to the filling instructions at a verification station.