WO2016003855A4 - Systems and methods for tracking inventory and distribution of medications in a healthcare facility - Google Patents
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Abstract
A medication system includes a control module that determines when a medication is removed from a central pharmacy or a medication base station. The medication is carried by the healthcare professional and/or placed in a mobile workstation. A remote medication database, separate from a central inventory database associated with the healthcare facility, stores information about a total stock of the medication and respective stock quantities of the medication located in the central pharmacy, in the medication base station, carried by the healthcare professional, and/or placed in the mobile workstation. The total stock and the respective stock quantities are updated by the control module in response to a determination that the medication was removed from the central pharmacy or the medication base station. The control module updates the remote medication database in response to the medication being administered and updates the central inventory database.
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1 . A medication system, comprising:
a compartment movable between an open configuration wherein content of the compartment is accessible and a closed configuration wherein the content of the compartment is not accessible;
a patient-specific database;
a control module coupled to the patient-specific database and configured to be operably coupled to the compartment, the control module configured to:
accept an association signal that comprises an identification of a patient and record in the patient-specific database an association of the compartment with the patient;
accept a load signal that comprises identification of at least one medication that is prescribed for the patient and, upon receipt of the load signal, cause the compartment that is associated with the patient to move to the open configuration and record in the patient-specific database that the at least one medication is contained in the compartment and cause a message to be sent to a medication inventory database that the at least one medication is stored in the medication system; and
accept a dispense signal that comprises the identification of the patient and, upon receipt of the dispense signal, cause the compartment that is associated with the patient to move to the open configuration,
wherein the patient-specific database is stored in a remote medication database separate from the medication inventory database, and wherein the medication inventory database corresponds to a central inventory database associated with a healthcare facility, and
wherein the remote medication database stores respective values indicating quantities of the medication in different locations within the healthcare facility independent of a total stock of the medication in the healthcare facility.
2. The medication system of claim 1 , wherein the control module is further configured to:
accept an administration signal and, upon receipt of the administration signal, record in the patient-specific database that the content has been removed from the compartment and cause a message to be sent to the medication inventory database that the at least one medication has been administered.
3. The medication system of claim 1 , wherein the different locations include at least one of the compartment, a medication base station, and a mobile workstation.
4. A medication method, comprising:
providing a compartment movable between an open configuration wherein content of the compartment is accessible and a closed configuration wherein the content of the compartment is not accessible;
storing, in a patient-specific database an identification of a patient and an association of the compartment with the patient;
upon receipt of a load signal identifying at least one medication that is prescribed for the patient, causing the compartment that is associated with the patient to move to the open configuration;
recording in the patient-specific database that the at least one medication is contained in the compartment;
causing a message to be sent to a medication inventory database that the at least one medication is stored in the compartment;
upon receipt of a dispense signal identifying the patient, causing the compartment that is associated with the patient to move to the open configuration;
storing the patient-specific database in a remote medication database separate from the medication inventory database, wherein the medication inventory database corresponds to a central inventory database associated with a healthcare facility; and
storing, in the remote medication database, respective values indicating quantities of the medication in different locations within the healthcare facility independent of a total stock of the medication in the healthcare facility.
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5. The medication method of claim 4, further comprising:
upon receipt of an administration signal, recording in the patient-specific database that the content has been removed from the compartment and causing a message to be sent to the medication inventory database that the at least one medication has been administered.
6. The medication method of claim 4, wherein the different locations include at least one of the compartment, a medication base station, and a mobile workstation.
7. A medication system, comprising:
a control module that determines when a medication is removed, by a healthcare professional, from at least one of a central pharmacy and a medication base station within a medication management system of a healthcare facility, wherein, upon removal from the at least one of the central pharmacy and the medication base station, the medication is at least one of carried by the healthcare professional and placed in a mobile workstation; and
a remote medication database, separate from a central inventory database associated with the healthcare facility, that stores respective values indicating (i) a total stock of the medication in the healthcare facility, (ii) a quantity of the medication located in the central pharmacy and/or in the medication base station, and (iii) a quantity of the medication carried by the healthcare professional and/or placed in the mobile workstation but not yet administered by the healthcare professional to a patient, wherein the total stock, the quantity of the medication located in the central pharmacy and/or in the medication base station, and the quantity of the medication carried by the healthcare professional and/or placed in the mobile workstation is updated by the control module in response to the determination that the medication was removed from the at least one of the central pharmacy and the medication base station,
wherein the control module updates the remote medication database in response to the medication being administered, by the healthcare professional, to the patient, and
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wherein the control module updates the central inventory database based on the updated remote medication database of the medication system.
8. The medication system of claim 7, wherein the control module is configured to transmit a medication restock request to at least one of the central pharmacy and a supplier based on the updated remote medication database.
9. The medication system of claim 7, wherein the control module is configured to transmit the medication restock request if the updated remote medication database indicates that the quantity of the medication located in the medication base station is less than a threshold.
10. The medication system of claim 8, wherein the medication restock request corresponds to a request to restock the medication base station.
1 1 . The medication system of claim 7, wherein the control module is configured to transmit a medication reorder request to a supplier based on the updated remote medication database.
12. The medication system of claim 1 1 , wherein the control module is configured to transmit the medication reorder request if the updated remote medication database indicates that the total stock of the medication in the healthcare facility is less than a threshold.
13. A medication method, comprising:
determining when a medication is removed, by a healthcare professional, from at least one of a central pharmacy and a medication base station within a medication management system of a healthcare facility, wherein, upon removal from the at least one of the central pharmacy and the medication base station, the medication is at least one of carried by the healthcare professional and placed in a mobile workstation;
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storing, in a remote medication database separate from a central inventory database associated with the healthcare facility, respective quantities indicating (i) a total stock of the medication in the healthcare facility, (ii) a quantity of the medication located in the central pharmacy and/or in the medication base station, and (iii) a quantity of the medication carried by the healthcare professional and/or placed in the mobile workstation but not yet administered by the healthcare professional to a patient;
updating, in response to the determination that the medication was removed from the at least one of the central pharmacy and the medication base station, the total stock, the quantity of the medication located in the central pharmacy and/or in the medication base station, and the quantity of the medication carried by the healthcare professional and/or placed in the mobile workstation;
updating the remote medication database in response to the medication being administered, by the healthcare professional, to the patient; and
updating the central inventory database based on the updated remote medication database of the medication monitoring system.
14. The medication method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a medication restock request to at least one of the central pharmacy and a supplier based on the updated remote medication database.
15. The medication method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the medication restock request if the updated remote medication database indicates that the quantity of the medication located in the medication base station is less than a threshold.
16. The medication method of claim 14, wherein the medication restock request corresponds to a request to restock the medication base station.
17. The medication method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a medication reorder request to a supplier based on the updated remote medication database.
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18. The medication method of claim 17, further comprising transmitting the medication reorder request if the updated remote medication database indicates that the total stock of the medication in the healthcare facility is less than a threshold.
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