METHOD FOR INTERFACING MEDICAL INFORMATION BETWEEN A MEDICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND COMPUTING ENTITIES

摘要

Systems and methods for processing prescription information submitted to an electronic medical record system implemented in a data network including multiple nodes linked by communication paths is disclosed. The systems and methods disclosed include receiving at a server arrangement implemented at a first node a prescription issued from a second node associated with a doctor, this prescription conveying a particular brand name drug prescribed by the doctor to a patient, searching a database associating brand name drug names with corresponding chemical compound names, to identify a chemical compound name corresponding to the particular brand name drug, storing prescription information derived from the prescription in a particular record of the patient, and in response to a request for a pharmacy associated with a third node to access the prescription information in the patient record making the prescription information available to the third node.

主权项

1. A method for processing prescription information submitted to an electronic medical record system implemented in a data network including multiple nodes linked by communication paths, the multiple nodes including a first node, a second node, and a third node remote from each other, this method including:
receiving at a server arrangement implemented at the first node, a prescription issued from the second node associated with a doctor, this prescription conveying a particular brand name drug prescribed by the doctor to a patient; searching a database associating brand name drug names with corresponding chemical compound names, to identify a chemical compound name corresponding to the particular brand name drug; storing prescription information derived from the prescription in a medical record of the patient, the prescription including this chemical compound name identified as corresponding to the particular brand name drug; in response to a request from a pharmacy associated with the third node to access the prescription information in the medical record making the prescription information available to the third node including the chemical compound name; receiving at the server arrangement from the third node prescription fulfillment information indicating that the prescription has been fulfilled.