Systems and methods for automatically accessing prescription status information over a network in response to scanning a barcode

Abstract

The methods and systems may allow a user to launch a client application on an internet-enabled device, and to subsequently navigate to an image capture screen within the client application. In response to receiving a command from a user, the client application may execute a barcode scanning routine to scan a barcode, and that decodes the barcode into prescription label data. Alternatively, the prescription label data may be manually entered by a user. The automatic data access methods and systems may automatically retrieve prescription status data according to the prescription label data. The prescription status data may be indicative of a prescription from a first pharmacy, a prescription from a second pharmacy, or a prescription that has already been filled. The methods and systems either automatically refills the prescription, automatically generates a prescription transfer request, or automatically generates a prescription already filled message, based on the prescription status data.