A pharmacy workflow platform and prescription checking and medicament dispensing station and method comprising (a) script display means; (b) scanning means for providing script data and stock bottle label data in electronic format from the prescription and a stock bottle label; (c) CPU means comprising i) means for receiving and storing the script data and stock bottle data in electronic format; ii) means for transferring the script data to the script display means to effect display of the script; means cooperable with medicament dispensing weighing and counting means; (d) medicament-dispensing weighing means in communication with the CPU means;; and (e) control means for controlling the CPU means. Medication is dispensed in a more safe, efficient and cost-effective manner.

A method for identifying medical diverters includes identifying users having similar job functions. Use data indicative of user access to a medication dispensing system is retrieved and is analyzed to identify periods of use of the system for users. Boundaries of work shifts are determined and users are organized into work shifts based on periods of use. A comparison period is determined. Diversion data indicative of behavior associated with diversion for each user is identified. A diversion score indicative of a likelihood that a user is diverting medication is generated by averaging the data by shifts worked for each user and statistically comparing the averaged data. Diversion scores are combined for a medication type to generate a group score. A consistency factor is determined and an overall score is generated. A determination whether any overall scores exceed an overall threshold is made. Users whose score exceeds the threshold are flagged.

Dispensing devices and systems for oral transmucosal administration of small volume drug dosage forms to the oral mucosa are provided. The dispensing device may be a single dose applicator (SDA), or an electromechanical device comprising a means for patient identification such as a wrist worn RFID tag and annular bidirectional antenna together with a lock-out feature.

A pharmacy workflow platform and prescription checking and medicament dispensing station and method comprising (a) script display means; (b) scanning means for providing script data and stock bottle label data in electronic format from the prescription and a stock bottle label; (c) CPU means comprising i) means for receiving and storing the script data and stock bottle data in electronic format; ii) means for transferring the script data to the script display means to effect display of the script; iii) means cooperable with medicament dispensing weighing and counting means; (d) medicament-dispensing weighing means in communication with the CPU means; and (e) control means for controlling the CPU means. Medication is dispensed in a more safe, efficient and cost-effective manner.

A System for storing pills in their original pharmaceutical bottles, verifying authenticity and pill count of each medication, tracking inventory, ordering refills, dispensing pills at prescribed times, providing alerts to caregivers, and reporting adherence patterns to medical providers, institutions, companies and interested parties through its Analytics system. The System accomplishes functions while displaying informational content on its touch-screen display, while showing advertisements, health recommendations, information on drug interactions, side effects, and related content on the System Device's touch-screen.

A medication support apparatus includes a container to store medicine packs, a medicine dispenser in which specific one of the medicine packs is disposed at a prescribed position, a picking-up conveyor to pick up one of the medicine packs from the container and convey one of the medicine packs to the prescribed position of the medicine dispenser, a pack data reader to read medication-related information added to at least one of the container or the medicine packs and medicine-dispensing data added to the medicine dispenser, and processing circuitry configured to manage the medication-related information, manage the medicine-dispensing data, search for a combination of the container from which one of the medicine packs is picked up and the medicine dispenser to which one of the medicine packs is dispensed, based on the medication-related information read by the pack data reader and the medicine-dispensing data read by the pack data reader.

Millions of people take different medications multiple times a day and need to manually sort medicines into pill organizers, which can cause medication inaccuracies. There is an urgent need for a home-based pill dispenser system to keep track of dosage and its changes in real time, be user friendly, and dispense pills per dose and timing without the need to sort out pills in advance. This invention describes a pill dispenser system with custom designed wheel rotation systems containing grooves on the wheel for specific pill sizes to receive pills one at a time from a receptacle above in the groove of the wheel, and with desired wheel rotation dispense the pill into a receptacle below. The rotation of the wheel is controlled by a 5V stepper motor, an Arduino, and a custom Android application.

A pill dispensing apparatus having a notification function according to the present invention comprises: a storage part that includes one or more storage boxes for storing different types of pills and discharges the pills from the storage boxes on the basis of combination formulas determined in advance for each user; a dispensing part that includes one or more dispensing boxes respectively corresponding to users and storing the discharged pills, pill sensors for detecting whether the pills have been placed in the dispensing boxes, and light source units for displaying first lights when the pill sensors detect the pills; and a conveying part for guiding the discharged pills to the dispensing boxes corresponding to the combination formulas through at least one ramp disposed in the dispensing boxes.

A smart medicine box and a method of using same. The smart medicine box comprises: a medicine box, provided with a medicine outlet; a rotating frame, rotatably arranged in the medicine box, a plurality of sets of medicine cases distributed in the circumferential direction and capable of sliding in a reciprocating mode in the radial direction being arranged on the rotating frame, and the medicine cases being connected to the rotating frame by means of radially arranged springs; a driving module, arranged in the medicine box and composed of a rotating motor and a push rod motor, the rotating motor being used for driving the rotating frame to rotate such that a medicine case rotates to a medicine discharging position, and the push rod motor being used for driving a push rod to push the medicine case rotating to the medicine discharging position out of the medicine outlet; a medicine recognition module, fixedly arranged in the medicine box and used for recognizing medicine information; a face recognition module, fixedly arranged on the medicine box and used for recognizing user identity information; and a reminding module, fixedly arranged on the medicine box and used for reminding a user to take medicines or supplement medicines. The present solution can achieve multiple reminding functions such as medicine taking, dosage, medicine supplementing, and correct medicine taking, and is convenient for the elderly to use.