STORAGE ARRANGEMENT FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS HAVING DIFFERENT FREQUE NCY DEMAND

• Main Authors: HAWKES, KIMBERLY, STIELAU, MARK, SCHNEIDER, STEVEN E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.06.2010
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

A dispensing system and associated method (10, 510) provides a turnkey solution for dispensing pharmaceutical products such as solid medications and nutritional supplements (20, 512) to be taken orally in health care settings, including but not limited to long term care (LTC) and assisted living settings (514) In another aspect of this invention, an overall pharmacy system and methodology begins with bulk medications and supplements (20, 512) introduced into the work flow, individually packaged and assembled into med pass orders per patient and delivered to the LTC facility or other institution (514) for patient consumption The process according to one embodiment of this invention begins by converting bulk medications and supplements (20,512) to packaged unit doses (16, 518) and ultimately individually packaged med pass bags (47,520) for each patient on a 24-hour schedule.