| CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] | 21 Claims |
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1. A method of managing a pharmaceutical dispensing process for a plurality of patients, the method performed by a pharmaceutical dispensing machine, the method comprising:
At an automatic pharmaceutical dispensing assessment unit in said pharmaceutical dispensing machine:
a. receiving at least one pharmaceutical dispensing regime for each one of said plurality of patients from at least one physician; said at least one pharmaceutical dispensing regime comprising, for each of said plurality of patients, at least one pharmaceutical dispensing schedule comprising at least one pharmaceutical to be dispensed, at least one quantity of said pharmaceutical to be dispensed at said at least one time of dispensing and a prescribed time of consumption of said at least one pharmaceutical by each of said plurality of patients; b. receiving at least one time of dispensing said at least one pharmaceutical from said pharmaceutical dispensing machine in order to meet said prescribed time of consumption of said at least one pharmaceutical by each of said plurality of patients;
At a time prior to commencing the pharmaceutical dispensing process, said pharmaceutical dispensing process comprises packaging said at least one pharmaceutical for each of said plurality of patients in individual packages and for all of said plurality of patients, performing:
i. automatically calculating a time required for said pharmaceutical dispensing machine to finish said packaging of said individual packages for all of said plurality of patients according to said at least one time of dispensing of said pharmaceutical from said pharmaceutical dispensing machine and according to said prescribed time of consumption of a respective at least one pharmaceutical by each of said plurality of patients;
ii. automatically requesting and collecting status information of each one of said plurality of patients, including information data of at least one of physiological status, physical status and mental status of each one of said plurality of patients;
iii. automatically comparing said status of each one of said plurality of patients with at least one reference data;
iv. automatically assessing when said status of each one of said plurality of patients differs from said reference data; and said difference affects said at least one pharmaceutical dispensing regime;
v. automatically amending said at least one pharmaceutical dispensing regime according to said status of each one of said plurality of patients to create at least one amended pharmaceutical dispensing regime when said difference in said status from said reference data of each one of said plurality of patients affects said at least one pharmaceutical dispensing regime;
vi. automatically instructing said pharmaceutical dispensing machine to dispense said at least one pharmaceutical according to said at least one amended pharmaceutical dispensing regime;
wherein said (i)-(vi) are initiated at a time prior to said at least one time of dispensing said at least one pharmaceutical from said pharmaceutical dispensing machine; said time being said calculated time required for said pharmaceutical dispensing machine to finish said packaging;
At said pharmaceutical dispensing machine:
c. performing said packaging of said at least one pharmaceutical for each one of said plurality of patients in said individual packages and for all of said plurality of patients according to said at least one amended pharmaceutical dispensing regime;
d. dispensing by said pharmaceutical dispensing machine said individual packages according to said at least one amended pharmaceutical dispensing regime.
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