US 11,990,218 B2
Medication requisition fulfillment system and method
Dennis I. Schneider, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOOD, Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOOD, Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,241.
Application 17/867,241 is a continuation of application No. 16/739,837, filed on Jan. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,410,762.
Application 16/739,837 is a continuation of application No. 14/424,959, granted, now 10,552,577, issued on Feb. 4, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2013/031707, filed on Mar. 14, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/695,831, filed on Aug. 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351816 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/10 (2018.01) [G16H 20/17 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pharmacy medication management system, comprising:
a pharmacy work station that includes a processor that executes machine-readable instructions stored in a memory to configure the pharmacy work station to:
generate a medication requisition for a contained medication unit based on an order of the contained medication unit,
execute requisition fulfillment logic to evaluate decision data and identify a selected remote fulfillment site from a plurality of remote fulfillment sites, wherein the decision data is based at least in part on cost data or timing data received at the pharmacy work station from each of the plurality of remote fulfillment sites in communication with the pharmacy work station, and
execute a requisition router that communicates the medication requisition to the selected remote fulfillment site, wherein the selected remote fulfillment site comprises a work station to prepare and present a work flow that is specific to the medication requisition currently being prepared at the work station including a sequence of steps to prepare the contained medication unit corresponding to the medication requisition based on the work flow, wherein the work station records, utilizing data collection tools, medication requisition metadata comprising bar code scans of products and images of apparatus during or after use in the preparation of the contained medication unit documenting preparation of the contained medication unit in accordance with the work flow, and wherein the selected remote fulfillment site is configured to record medication requisition metadata related to preparation of the contained medication unit in accordance with the work flow,
wherein the pharmacy work station associates the medication requisition metadata with the contained medication unit.