System and method for monitoring progress of delivery of a patent-specific medication in a healthcare facility

1. A system comprising:

at least one reader device configured to wirelessly read medical information from a medical identification device and location information from a location identification device when the medical identification device and the location identification device are within a range of the at least one reader device;

one or more computing devices comprising a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a tracking interface, a tracking request for a delivery status of a first medical object;

receiving a first indication that first medical information and first location information were read at a first location when a first medical identification device associated with the first medical object, and a first location identification device associated with the first location, were read at the first location by the at least one reader device;

generating, responsive to receiving the first indication, a last-known location of the first medical object associated with the medical identification device based on the first location information read at the first location;

storing an association between the last-known location and the first medical object in a database; and

providing the last-known location for display responsive to the tracking request.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first medical object is a medication, and the database is configured to store order status information and a medication order number associated with the medication, and

wherein the tracking request includes at least a patient's name and the medication order number.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, when the last-known location of the first medical object corresponds to a delivery location of the first medical object, determining whether the first medical object is delivered to the delivery location within a time of a predetermined time interval, and storing the last-known location as the delivery location and the time in the database.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein providing the last-known location comprises providing delivery progress information comprising a delivery time and an identification of a delivery person associated with delivering the first medical object to the last-known location.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first medical identification device comprises at least one of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and a barcode label.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a tracking device comprising a display device that is configured to display the tracking interface.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the tracking device comprises an automatic dispensing machine (ADM).

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the last-known location is provided for display together with a delivery location of the first medical object on a graphical map of a facility associated with a patient to which the first medical object is assigned.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, based on receiving the first medical information and the first location information, that the first medical object is on a mobile carrier with a second medical object;

receiving, after determining that the first medical object is on the mobile carrier, a second indication that the second medical object was delivered to a second location prior to a delivery of the first medical object to a delivery location of the first medical object; and

determine, based on receiving the second indication, that the second location is the last-known location of the first medical object.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, from a tracking interface, a tracking request for a delivery status of a first medical object;

receiving a first indication that first medical information and first location information were read at a first location when a first medical identification device associated with the first medical object, and a first location identification device associated with the first location, were read at the first location by at least one reader device, the at least one reader device being configured to wirelessly read medical information from a medical identification device and location information from a location identification device when the medical identification device and the location identification device are within a range of the at least one reader device;

generating, responsive to receiving the first indication, a last-known location of the first medical object associated with the medical identification device based on the first location information read at the first location;

storing an association between the last-known location and the first medical object in a database; and

providing the last-known location for display responsive to the tracking request.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first medical object is a medication, and the database is configured to store order status information and a medication order number associated with the medication, and

wherein the tracking request includes at least a patient's name and the medication order number.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises, when the last-known location of the first medical object correspond to a delivery location of the first medical object, determining whether the first medical object is delivered to the delivery location within a time of a predetermined time interval, and store the last-known location as the delivery location and the time in the database.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing the last-known location comprises providing delivery progress information comprising a delivery time and an identification of a delivery person associated with delivering the first medical object to the last-known location.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising wirelessly reading, via the at least one reader at the first medical identification device, the medical information from the medical identification device and the location information from the location identification device and transmitting, via the at least one reader, the indication to a computing device associated with the tracking interface, wherein the first medical identification device comprises at least one of a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and a barcode label.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the receiving, generating, and storing are performed by one or more first computing devices, and the tracking interface is associated with a second computing device remote from the one or more first computing devices, the method further comprising:

retrieving, responsive to receiving the tracking request, the last-known location from the database; and

sending the last-known location to the second computing device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second computing device comprises a mobile device configured to receive automatic notifications regarding orders designated for an automatic dispensing machine (ADM), wherein the first medical object is designated for the ADM, and wherein providing the last-known location comprises:

sending the last-known location in an automatic notification to the mobile device for display by the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the last-known location is provided for display together with a delivery location of the first medical object on a graphical map of a healthcare facility associated with a patient to which the first medical object is assigned.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining, based on receiving the first medical information and the first location information, that the first medical object is on a mobile carrier with a second medical object;

receiving, after determining that the first medical object is on the mobile carrier, a second indication that the second medical object was delivered to a second location prior to a delivery of the first medical object to a delivery location of the first medical object; and

determine, based on receiving the second indication, that the second location is the last-known location of the first medical object.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a tracking interface, a tracking request for a delivery status of a first medical object;

receiving a first indication that first medical information and first location information were read at a first location when a first medical identification device associated with the first medical object, and a first location identification device associated with the first location, were read at the first location by at least one reader device, the at least one reader device configured to wirelessly read medical information from a medical identification device and location information from a location identification device when the medical identification device and the location identification device are within a range of the at least one reader device;

generating, responsive to receiving the first indication, a last-known location of the first medical object associated with the medical identification device based on the first location information read at the first location;

storing an association between the last-known location and the first medical object in a database; and

providing the last-known location for display responsive to the tracking request.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the last-known location is provided for display together with a delivery location of the first medical object on a graphical map of a healthcare facility associated with a patient to which the first medical object is assigned.