Systems and methods for notifying of duplicate product prescriptions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8548824
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12748129

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Embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for notifying a prescriber or other entity of duplicate product prescriptions. According to one embodiment, a method for processing prescriptions is provided that may include the operations of: receiving a healthcare transaction that identifies a current prescribed product, a patient, and a current prescriber who prescribed the current prescribed product; retrieving patient history for the patient; determining the following based on the patient history: that the patient has previously received a previous equivalent product equivalent to the current prescribed product identified in the healthcare transaction and an identity of a previous prescriber of the previous equivalent product; and transmitting a notification to at least one of the previous prescriber or the current prescriber, wherein the notification identifies potential duplicate products.

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  • MCKESSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
daCosta, Patricia A Marietta, US 5 63
Harris,, Sr Patrick I Atlanta, US 6 21

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