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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1996
Michael J Williamson, San Diego, CA (US);
Pyxis Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring, dispensing and reordering medication to patients who use patient-owned medication, including, in combination, a central site computer including device for receiving and storing therein data relevant to specific patients, their medical needs and the reorder sources of medication they require, at least one mobile charting computer, connected by radio frequency data link to the central site computer and including a central process unit to receive, store and process data received from the central site computer, an electronic camera for obtaining a picture of the patient and joining it with the patient's specific medical needs and his or her reorder sources of medication for storing in the central site computer and transmitting it on demand to the charting computer, and a monitor device connected to the charting computer to display the pertinent data on a specific patient as well as his or her electronic picture so that identification of the specific patient and his or her personal medical needs is confirmed.