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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL (US);
Patricia Zagami, Indian Rocks Beach, FL (US);
Patricia Daugherty, Highland Park, IL (US);
Jon J. Arends, Chicago, IL (US);
Edward J. Bratton, Gurnee, IL (US);
WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying Good Faith Dispensing red flags, as well as evidence to support the validity of a prescriptions for any red flags, associated a patient's attempting to fill a prescription for a controlled substance based on input from pharmacists as well as patient information coordinated across a network of pharmacies are provided herein. An exemplary computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to dispense a medication prescribed to a patient, collecting information associated with the patient, and identifying, based on one or more of the medication and the information associated with the patient, one or more red flags associated with dispensing the medication to the patient. The method may further include determining, based on the one or more identified red flags associated with dispensing the medication to the patient, whether dispensing the medication to the patient would violate any regulations, and if so, preventing the dispensing of the medication to the patient.