US 7,668,730 B2
Sensitive drug distribution system and methodGeneral
US 7,668,730 B2
Sensitive drug distribution system and method
Tech Center:
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security and License and Review
Examiner:
Gerald J. O'Connor
Art Unit:
3686 Business Methods — Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation
Inventors:
Dayton T. Reardan; Patti A. Eneel; Bob Gagne
Assignee:
Priority:
12/17/02
Filed:
12/17/02
Granted:
02/23/10
Expiration:
03/28/22
Abstract
A drug distribution system and method utilizes a central pharmacy and database to track all prescriptions for a sensitive drug. Information is kept in the database regarding all physicians allowed to prescribe the sensitive drug, and all patients receiving the drug. Abuses are identified by monitoring data in the database for prescription patterns by physicians and prescriptions obtained by patients. Further verification is made that the physician is eligible to prescribe the drug by consulting a separate database, and optionally whether any actions are taken against the physician. Multiple controls beyond those for normal drugs are imposed on the distribution depending on the sensitivity of the drug.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G16G16H20/10G16H