SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING CONTROLLED MEDICINES

摘要

A controlled medicine dispensing system may include: a controlled medicine dispensing mechanism, a dispenser locking mechanism, a touch-screen display and control device, a communication controller, and a controlled medicine dispensing controller. Controlled medicine dispensing controller includes at least one processor, and a memory storing computer executable instructions, when executed by the processor, the computer executable instructions cause the processor to perform: receiving a personal identification number from a user, the user being a patient or a pharmacist, through the touch-screen display and control device, authenticating the user, allowing the pharmacist to open the dispenser locking mechanism to refill one or more controlled medicines according to a prescription by a patient's physician when the user is the pharmacist, and providing at least one controlled medicine to the patient through the controlled medicine dispensing mechanism during one or more predetermined time windows when the user is the patient.

主权项

1. A controlled medicine dispensing system comprising:
a controlled medicine dispensing mechanism configured to dispense one or more controlled medicines to a patient according to a prescription by a physician of the patient; a dispenser locking mechanism configured to prevent the patient from accessing the one or more controlled medicines outside of a plurality of predetermined time windows according to the prescription; a touch-screen display and control device configured to allow the patient to access the one or more controlled medicines during one of the plurality of predetermined time windows according to the prescription, and a pharmacist to open the dispenser locking mechanism to refill the one or more controlled medicines according to the prescription; a communication controller configured to communicate with a controlled medicine management system through a communication network to report current inventory of the controlled medicine and request refill according to the prescription; a controlled medicine dispensing controller having at least one processor, and a memory storing computer executable instructions, when executed by the processor, the computer executable instructions cause the processor to perform:
registering, via the controlled medicine dispensing system through the communication network with the controlled medicine management system, a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of users comprises at least one patient, one or more physicians for providing prescription of the controlled medicines and one or more pharmacists for refilling the controlled medicines according to the prescription;receiving a personal identification number (PIN) from a user through the touch-screen display and control device;authenticating, by the controlled medicine dispensing system through the controlled medicine management system, the user using the PIN received;allowing the pharmacist to open the dispenser locking mechanism to refill the one or more controlled medicines according to the prescription by the physician, when the user is the pharmacist; andproviding the one or more controlled medicines to the patient through the controlled medicine dispensing mechanism during the plurality of predetermined time windows according to the prescription, when the user is the patient.