Automated system for medical item dispensing, billing, and inventory management
US8818824B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/20
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An inventory management system manages information regarding medical items dispensed in conjunction with medical treatment of a patient at a medical facility. The system includes a first computer, an inventory access control system, inventory sensors, and inventory applications in communication with the first computer. The inventory access control system receives credential information from a user seeking access to a physical inventory space in the medical facility and controls access to the space. The inventory sensors sense the removal of medical items to be dispensed to the patient, and generate item usage information indicating the identity and quantity of the items removed. The inventory applications associate the item usage information with patient information that identifies the patient to which the medical items are dispensed, thereby generating a record indicating that the items removed from the storage structure have been dispensed to the patient identified by the patient information.
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