Method and system for aligning prescriptions to a user-selected date

US8050942B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• WALGREEN CO. · US

Inventors

• Syed Y. Ali · Chicago, US
• Greg Pankow · Morton Grove, US
• Amy C. Biesenthal · Buffalo Grove, US
• Deivasigamani Karichianna Gounder · Wheeling, US
• Sean McGonagle · Buffalo Grove, US
• Victor W. Lee · Santa Clara, US
• Rishi Khullar · Deerfield, US
• Christina P. Marotta · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H20/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method facilitate alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that each of the plurality of prescriptions requires a refill on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the medication regimen. The system and method facilitate the alignment of the refill dates to an arbitrary user-selected date, while maintaining compliance with one or more rules governing the adjudication of the prescriptions.