| abstract |
A point-of-care device (112) is connected by wire or wirelessly to a local server (116) at a doctor's office. The local server (116) can also connect to a health plan database (104), which includes health plan coverage policies of health plan providers of patients. During a session with a patient, the doctor reviews information about the patient on the point-of-care device (112), and writes prescriptions using the device. The point-of-care device allows the doctor to search for drugs and performs drug allergy, interaction, and duplication checking. The prescriptions are printed on a printer (118) in the doctor's office, or automatically sent to the pharmacy to be filled. |