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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Volcano Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Petros Kotidis, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
VOLCANO CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G06Q 50/22 (2018.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/3456 (2013.01); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A business model for facilitating the deployment of prescription validation systems into pharmacies is installed in pharmacies for little or no up-front cost to the pharmacy. Instead, the pharmacy is charged on a per use basis, that is, charged every time a prescription is validated in the system. In this way, the system vendor obtains payment on a subscription-like basis. Up-front costs at the pharmacy are avoided. Moreover, risks to a pharmacy concerning maintenance and slow productivity are avoided, or shifted onto the system owner, who is able to assess those risks.