Patent ID: 7831448

Claim:
A method of managing drug prescription orders within a network of pharmacy resources, comprising: identifying a drug type corresponding to an incoming prescription order at a first computing device of an information processing system connecting the network of pharmacy resources, the first computing device being associated with a first pharmacy resource; determining that a second pharmacy resource in the network of pharmacy resources is assigned as a designated processing center for at least a portion of prescription orders for the drug type, wherein determining that the second pharmacy resource is assigned as the designated processing center comprises determining that the second pharmacy resource is assigned as the designated processing center based on a network demand for the drug type and a local capacity of the second pharmacy resource to process the at least a portion of prescription orders for the drug type; and sending, by the first computing device via the information processing system to a second computing device associated with the second pharmacy resource, at least a portion of the incoming prescription order to the second pharmacy resource for processing, wherein processing each prescription order includes performing physical preparation of each prescription order and performing information processing of each prescription order, and wherein performing information processing of each prescription order includes authenticating each prescription order, validating any third party provider information, collecting payment information, and referencing drug information associated with the drug type.