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1. A prescription drug management system that initiates and tracks dispensation and administration of prescription medications to individual patients at one or more healthcare facilities, the prescription drug management system comprising:
a prescription order entry system configured to receive a patient specific prescription medication order for a specific patient and a specific prescription medication, and to communicate at least a portion of the patient specific prescription medication order through one or more networks; an order management system configured with one or more processors associated with one or more servers, the order management system in communication with the one or more networks, and further configured to:
receive the at least the portion of the patient specific prescription medication order,generate at least a first electronic record that is at least partially based on the at least the portion of the patient specific prescription medication order, and includes information regarding one or more dispensation actions, and one or more administration actions of the specific prescription medication to the specific patient,communicate through the one or more networks the one or more dispensation actions, and the one or more administration actions of the specific prescription medication to the specific patient,identify a prescription medication dispensing system to provide the one or more dispensation actions of the specific prescription medication for the specific patient, andstore the first electronic record associated with the specific prescription medication for the specific patient, the first electronic record configured to account for each dispensation action for the specific prescription medication, and to associate each dispensation action with one administration action of the specific prescription medication to the specific patient so as to account for, and control each dispensation action, and each administration action of the specific prescription medication for the specific patient; the prescription medication dispensing system located at or adjacent a first healthcare facility of the one or more healthcare facilities that is remote from the order management system, the prescription medication dispensing system configured with one or more processors, and is in communication with the order management system through the one or more networks, the prescription medication dispensing system further configured to:
receive a first request to dispense the specific prescription medication associated with the first electronic record of the order management system,dispense the specific prescription medication associated with the first electronic record of the order management system, enabled by an automated prescription drug packaging and dispensing machine (ADM) that includes a plurality of canisters, each canister having a first canister code to identify a particular canister, and second canister code to identify a type of prescription medication contained therein, the type based in part on dimensional attributes of the prescription medication, each canister further configured to store, and release the type of prescription medication contained therein, the type of prescription medication in a form of individual pills, individual tablets, individual caplets, or individual capsules, the plurality of canisters retained in the ADM during operation,release individually, one at a time, at least one of the type of prescription medication from the ADM for the specific prescription medication for the specific patient based upon the first request received from an input device at the identified prescription medication dispensing system,package the released specific prescription medication for the specific patient into at least one package after release by the ADM, and to dispense the at least one package for the specific patient after packaging by the ADM, andupdate the first electronic record associated with the specific patient to indicate that the packaged and dispensed specific prescription medication in accordance with the first request has been dispensed, each packaged and dispensed specific prescription medication for the specific patient associated with the first request being for one administration; wherein the input device in communication with the ADM and the one or more networks is configured to receive one or more inputs, and to initiate the first request to the ADM to package and dispense the specific prescription medication for the specific patient; and a wireless device in communication with at least the order management system through the one or more networks, configured with one or more processors, and further configured to:
receive through the one or more networks at least some of the information associated with the first electronic record associated with the specific patient,receive an input when the packaged and dispensed specific prescription medication for the specific patient, packaged and dispensed in accordance with the first request, has been administered to the specific patient, andupdate the first electronic record associated with the specific patient after the packaged and dispensed specific prescription medication for the specific patient has been administered to the specific patient. |
