Selective distribution of pharmacy item data from pharmacy item tracking system
Methods and systems relate to providing varying levels of detail about a pharmacy item to a patient information system based on the capabilities of the patient information system. An intercept device can receive an identifier associated with a pharmacy item based on a scanner reading a computer-readable code. The intercept device can recognize or determine the storage capabilities or limitations of the patient information system, for example by determining various medication data fields that the patient information system uses to store pharmacy item information. The intercept device can use the machine readable code to obtain pharmacy item information that is compatible with the patient information system based on those storage capabilities or limitations and can distribute that pharmacy item information to the patient information system.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a scanning device, a first identifier corresponding to a computer-readable code associated with a medicinal container including a particular medication, wherein the first identifier uniquely identifies the medicinal container from other medicinal containers that include the same particular medication and a same amount of the particular medication as the medical container;
determining a first set of medication data fields that a patient information system uses to store a corresponding first set of medication data field values for the particular medication, wherein the patient information system is communicatively coupled with the scanning device;
querying, based at least in part on the first identifier, a remotely located database for the first set of medication data field values for the particular medication, wherein the remotely located database stores a second set of medication data fields associated with the medicinal container and a corresponding second set of medication field values, wherein the first set of medication field values is a subset of the second set of medication data field values;
receiving the first set of medication data field values for the particular medication; and
communicating the first set of medication data field values to the patient information system.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scanning device comprises an RFID reader.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scanning device comprises a barcode scanner.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the computer-readable code is a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said querying the remotely located database comprises transmitting the first identifier to a remotely-located tracking system.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the remotely-located tracking system is configured to:
identify the first set of medication data field values for the particular medication based at least in part on the first identifier, and
communicate the first set of medication data field values.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining a first set of medication data fields comprises querying the remotely located database for the first set of medication data fields.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the remotely-located tracking system is configured to update location information associated with the particular medication.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the medication data field values comprise an NDC number.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the medication data field values comprise a name of the particular medication.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the medication data field values comprise recall information.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the medication data field values comprise at least one of a use-by date or an expiration date.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient information system is an electronic medical records database.
14. A system comprising:
an intercept device communicatively coupled along a communication pathway between a scanning device and a patient information system, the intercept device comprising a processor configured to:
receive, from the scanning device, a first identifier corresponding to a computer-readable code associated with a medicinal container including a particular medication, wherein the first identifier uniquely identifies the medicinal container from other medicinal containers that include the same particular medication and a same amount of the particular medication as the medical container;
determine a first set of medication data fields that the patient information system uses to store a corresponding first set of medication data field values for the particular medication, wherein the patient information system is communicatively coupled with the scanning device;
query, based at least in part on the first identifier, a remotely located database for the first set of medication data field values for the particular medication, wherein the remotely located database stores a second set of medication data fields associated with the medicinal container and a corresponding second set of medication field values, wherein the first set of medication field values is a subset of the second set of medication data field values;
receive the first set of medication data field values for the particular medication; and
communicate the first set of medication data field values to the patient information system.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the scanning device comprises at least one of an RFID reader or a barcode scanner.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein to determine the first set of medication data fields, the processor is configured to query the remotely located database for the first set of medication data fields.
17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the medication data field values comprise at least one of an NDC number, a name of the particular medication, recall information, a use-by date, or an expiration date.
18. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a second identifier remote from the first identifier and comprising information associated with a particular patient, wherein the processor is further configured to correlate the first identifier and the second identifier to verify patient administration.