| abstract |
A point-of-care device 112 is connected by wire or wirelessly to a local server 116 for 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, a doctor reviews information about the patient on the point-of-care device 112, and writes prescriptions using the device. The point-of-care device 112 allows the doctor to search for drugs and performs drug interaction, allergy and duplication checking. The prescriptions are printed on a printer 118 in the doctor's office, or automatically sent to pharmacies to be filled. |