METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING DRUGS

摘要

A method, system and apparatus is provided for dispensing drugs quickly, conveniently, securely, and accurately and at relatively less cost than trad itional pharmacy-based dispensing systems. A script for a drug prescribed to a user is generated comprising a human readable description of the drug and the user or a machine readable description of the drug and the user. The sc ript is provided to a robotic prescription dispensary operable to recognize either the human readable description or the machine readable description, a nd validate and dispense the drug accordingly. The robotic prescription disp ensary includes a user interface, a tele conferencing or video conferencing means enabling communication between the user and a human validation agent, and a scanning means for capturing an image of the script. A method for mana ging inventory and distribution of drugs is also provided.