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;
determining one or more medication data fields that a patient information system uses to store one or more 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 one or more medication data field values for the particular medication;
receiving the one or more medication data field values for the particular medication; and
communicating the one or more medication data field values to the patient information system.