Claims:Claim 1: An electronic system for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines comprising of :

A server configured to enrol the doctor after offline verification of medical practice number, Doctor name and Doctor ID;

A digital writing slate with touch sensitive adapted to place the prescription paper for writing having facility to capture the handwritten prescription pen strokes as the doctor writes on said paper and transmits the pen strokes to the laptop/desktop/tablet where the captured pen strokes are plotted ;

A digital pen with writing lead for writing on the paper placed on the top of writing slate;

A paper placed on top of an digital writing slate that pairs with the digital pen using magnetic technology, captures the pen strokes as the doctor writes on paper, and transmits the pen strokes to the laptop/desktop/tablet where the captured pen strokes are plotted;

A first computer system at the end of doctor having stored therein digital signature and first client application connected with said writing slate to receive the captured pen stroke of handwritten prescription and convert it into digital pdf file ;

A first client application configured to convert electronically plotted prescription to pdf file, configured to digitally sign the said pdf file for authenticating the pdf file and configured to generate and assign unique identifier number to said pdf prescription file and configured to send said digitally signed unique numbered prescription to the central pharmacist, configured to send mobile a message including unique identifier number and contact details of central pharmacist to patient mobile;

A second computer system at the end of pharmacist having stored therein second client application;

A second client application configured to receive the pdf document of handwritten prescription and capture the details of doctor name, medical practice number, patient name , patient address with postal PIN code, patient mobile number, unique identifier number assigned to prescription and medicine as listed in the prescription and creates a medical record of patient; and configured to choose the local pharmacist in the vicinity of patient address based on postal pin code for the purpose of speedy delivery; configured to send a message to patient about contact details of local pharmacist for tracking of delivery;

A third computer system at the end of local pharmacist having stored a third client application in a network of second computer configured to receive from central pharmacist the patient address and communication details that help to deliver the medicines;

Claim 2: The electronic system for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 1 wherein the unique identifier number can be used for re-ordering of medicine. This is subject to the quantity of medicines delivered as per the duration mentioned in the prescription by doctor.

Claim 3: The electronic system for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 1 wherein the address of delivery can be the home address or address specified for delivery by the patient;

Claim 4: The electronic system for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 1 wherein the doctor can access the medical record of the patient based on mobile number of the patient.

Claim 5: The electronic system for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 1 wherein the details of patient can be handwritten or can be prior filled in the first computer system;

Claim 6: The electronic system for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 1 wherein the address of delivery can be modified by the patient by contacting central pharmacist by mobile message or calling from registered mobile number as recorded on the prescription mentioning unique identifier number;

Claim 7 : A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines comprising of;

enrolling the doctor by verifying doctor ID, medical practice number , doctor name to authenticate the doctor to use the client application;

writing the prescription by the doctor on a paper placed on the top of digital writing slate using digital pen having writing lead ;
capturing of pen stroke plotting by the writing slate simultaneously while writing the prescription;

sending the captured pen stroke plotting to a first computer system stored with first client application;

converting the captured pen stoke plotting into pdf file;

assigning digital signature on said pdf file;

generating unique identifier number for each prescription;

assigning unique identifier number to said prescription pdf file;

sending the digitally signed unique identifier numbered prescription on a secured connection to second computer system of central pharmacist;

sending a message on patient mobile number containing details of unique identifier number assigned to;

receiving the e-prescription by the central pharmacist at second computer system stored with second client application wherein the details of patient address, patient name, patient mobile number, prescription unique identifier number , list of medicine and doctor name, doctor medical licence number are captured for creating a medical record of patient.

selecting the local pharmacist in a vicinity of patient address by the central pharmacist based on patient postal address PIN code for speedy delivery;

sending a copy of prescription and PDF of original prescription to local pharmacist at second computer system accessed with dedicated login credentials;

receiving a copy of prescription already authenticated by digital signature and unique identifier number;

delivering the medicine at the patient address using third computer system ;

sending message using third computer system to second computer system about delivery of medicine to customer.

Claim 8: A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 7 wherein unique identifier number can be used for re-ordering of medicine. This is subject to the quantity of medicines delivered as per the duration mentioned in the prescription by doctor.

Claim 9: A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 7 wherein the address of delivery can be the home address or address specified for delivery by the patient;

Claim 10: A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 7 wherein the address of delivery can be modified by the patient by contacting central pharmacist by mobile message from registered mobile number as recorded on the prescription mentioning unique identifier number and modified address;

Claim 11: A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 7 wherein territory sales agent will be having the third computer system application on his laptop/desktop/mobile/digital watch or any other digital devise capable of communicating electronically and on assigning a group of orders to the territory sales agent , he receives an alert on the third computer system.

Claim 12: A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 7 wherein with the help of delivery information on third computer system, territory sales agent delivers the medicines to customers at their respective addresses.

Claim 13: A method for generation of an electronic prescription for home delivery of medicines as claimed in claim 7 wherein on delivering the medicines, territory sales agent records the delivery confirmation and records customer’s signature using third computer system and thereafter application on third computer system will send message to second computer system about delivery of medicine to customer.
, Description:FIELD OF INVENTION

This invention relates to a doctor writing a prescription on a normal paper which is placed on an electronic writing pad, taps on the paper on a specified area to convert that into PDF and then digitally signs it using the signature installed on the doctor’s computer.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to capture the hand written prescription by doctor in its originality with digital signature and convert this prescription written by a doctor to an e-prescription and maintaining all patient records for future reference. Doctor would be able to add symptoms and diagnosis data as well for any further reference in future.

Another object of the invention is to provide electronic system for authenticating the prescription by the medical practitioner.

Another object of the invention is to facilitate the patient to receive the medicine without need of uploading of prescription and thereby patient need not to have the accessories like scanner or computer or internet connection.

Another object of the invention is to facilitate the patient to repeat his order based on the e-prescription without the need of uploading the prescription.

Another object of the invention is to make able the patient to place his order of medicine even in case of loss of medical prescription. This is subject to the quantity of medicines delivered as per the duration mentioned in the prescription by doctor.

Another object of the invention is to speed up the delivery of medicine at the patient address.

PRIOR ART
In existing system for ordering the medicine electronically, patient has to upload the scan copy of the prescription based on which pharmacist supply or deliver the ordered medicine to the patient. However in such system there are many drawbacks. In existing system patient has to have accessories like scanner, computer or internet connectivity at his end to place the order. Further at the end of pharmacist, there is no mechanism to confirm the genuineness of the prescription or to check the authenticity of the document uploaded being issued by genuine medical practitioner. Hence there are chances of misuse in the existing system while delivering the ordered medicine based on the uploaded prescription. Further sometimes the physical prescription may get lost by the patient and then he has to re-approach the medical practitioner for fresh prescription which many times become cumbersome for a patient and he may need to pay extra check-up fees to a medical practitioner for getting fresh prescription..

Current prior arts are given below:
US 2013 0060575
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS AND THE DISPENSATION OF MEDICATIONS SUBJECT TO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND/OR ADHERENCE TO A PRE-ESTABLISHED FORMULARY.
A web-based interactive system is established whereby all entities responsible for the prescription event, namely, the prescribing physician, pharmacist/pharmacy and payer/authorizing entity are kept in direct communication with one another via a conventional, secure communications link. All pertinent information regarding the prescription, as well as the patient, is made available to all entities and further, all information associated with a particular formulary is uploaded and made available to the prescribing physician and pharmacist for quick reference as the whether or not a given medication is preapproved.
US 2005 0182656

ON-LINE PRESCRIPTION SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD

The invention provides a completely automated system and method, whereby the prescription can be created, delivered to the pharmacy, and filled via a computer network. The system and method of the present invention produce accurate prescriptions in a legible format, forward the prescription via electronic means to a pharmacy, and produce printed medication container labels and inserts containing accurate information based on the prescription information received by the pharmacy, thus ensuring quality, reliable, efficient treatment of the patient according to the physician's indications.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING:
Figure 1 depicts schematic diagram of the flow of the system.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:
Embodiment of the present invention comprise of the electronic system and methods for capturing the hand written prescription by doctor using digital enabled pen with writing lead through an electronic device like touchpad and or digital slate with paper placed on it, system for offline verification of medical practitioner, his identity, medical licence number, system to process completion of the prescription, system to digitally sign the prescription using doctor’s digital signature and systems for sending prescriptions on a secured server for digitization ,creation of patient medical records and speedy delivery of medicine at patient address. The system consists of a client1 being the 1st client application (prescription client) at the doctor side with internet connectivity, digital pen with writing lead, papers attached to an electronic device like touchpad or digital slate and having the facility of digitally sign to authenticate the prescription, and having a capability of sending the digitally signed prescriptions to a central pharmacist on a secured server. Said electronic system is having identifier generator to assign unique identifier number to each e-prescription. Patient receives the unique identifier on his mobile phone via sms after pharmacist creates an order in Client2 as described below.

The system further comprises of a Client2 being the 2nd client application at the end of central pharmacist which receives the digitally signed prescription along with the digital certificates. At the end of central pharmacist, a system to capture details of the patients from the received e-prescription including unique identifier and to save the captured details as a medical record to maintain the history of said patient. Further e-prescription received by the central pharmacist can be treated as a patient record for any future references.

The system further comprises of a client3 being the 3rd client application at the delivering pharmacy end. The system receives the approved prescription with details of the address to which medicine is to be delivered. It further sends out the sms to patient and informs him about the delivery status of the medicine.

DOCTOR SIDE CLIENT1
The doctor enrolls in the system on Client1 by expressing interest on the solution and after offline verification of his identity, documents and medical license number. Doctor /medical practitioner has to be facilitated with all the systems including laptop/desktop/tablet, digital pen with writing lead, electronic writing slate having client 1 application and Internet connectivity. Doctor will log in to the system using his user id and password through the client 1 application and use digital pen with writing lead to write the prescription on a paper as he normally writes on any paper. The paper is placed on top of an electronic device that pairs with the digital pen using magnetic technology, captures the pen strokes as the doctor writes on paper, and transmits the pen strokes to the laptop/desktop/tablet where the captured pen strokes are plotted. This digital pen, is also equipped with writing lead. Hence, when doctor writes a prescription on the paper, a handwritten & ink based prescription is also created. This handwritten prescription is handed over to the patient.

The client1 application has the following menu structure:
1. Submit Prescription
2. Add a new page
3. View patient history

Submit Prescription
1. Doctor can submit written prescription with digital pen and electronic device by tapping on the submit option available in client 1 application. After writing the prescription the said electronically plotted prescription will be converted to PDF. PDF copy will be digitally signed with the doctor’s digital signature certificate. Doctor send the said prescription to central pharmacist using send option. An identifier generator generates the unique identification number for each submitted prescription. A successful message would be delivered on successful submission of the prescription. Simultaneously, a message will be delivered to patient on his mobile number about the submission of prescription.

2. Client 1 application is also provided with an option to add a page to prescription. Doctor can use this option if the prescription is running into more than one page and a fresh page will be loaded on the interface. This option can be accessed through (1) tapping or clicking on the add to page option marked on the screen of writing slate with the digital pen. Client1 application is able to capture the location of the tap on paper and use the same to conclude that the doctor is asking for adding a new page (2). After finishing the task of writing on said next page, doctor can submit the prescription by using clicking option of submit button.

VIEW PATIENT HISTORY
Patient history is available through the following options :

? Writing with digital pen: Doctor can write the patient’s mobile number on the paper on a specific area, system will interpret this number and load particular patient history on the interface. This patient history can be closed on doctor’s input and he can continue writing on the paper after referring.

? Searching on the laptop/desktop/tablet interface through a keyboard: Doctor can enter patient mobile number or name to search and view the patient history on the interface. This can be closed within the interface to continue with writing prescription.

SERVER SIDE CLIENT2

All the prescriptions received at the client 2 are converted into e – prescription by pharmacists. Pharmacist will verify the doctor’s digital certificate on the received pdf file before converting to e-prescription to double check the authenticity. All the patient details, attached doctor details and medicine details are then retrieved from prescription and utilized for creating the e-prescription which is also referred as e-record of patient medical history. Further said retrieved details can be used while preparing e-bill.

The Client2 application will have the following functions,
1. Selecting a received prescription
2. Adding patient and doctor details
3. Creating e – prescription

SELECTING A RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION
When the digitally signed prescription is received at the server side having client 2 application, the pharmacist selects one particular prescription from the list of prescriptions. On selection, the doctor details will be loaded by the system and status of the selected pdf will change into ‘picked for digitization’. The status will be updated to ‘completed digitization, after the e – prescription is created through the three steps mentioned above.

ADDING PATIENT AND DOCTOR DETAILS
After checking the digital certificate on the received prescription for authenticity, the pharmacist checks the system loaded / pre populated doctor details on the prescription and corrects, if required. The doctor ID on the server, doctor name and medical license number is checked thoroughly on this. Patient details are entered into the system post this action. The following details are entered for each patient:

? Patient name
? Patient mobile number
? Patient home address
? Patient address for delivery with postal code
? Age (If available)
? Gender (If available)
? Any other specified information

CREATING E - PRESCRIPTION
Pharmacist creates the e – prescription attachment by carefully reading through the handwritten authentic copy, adding the written medicines in complete names from the system along with dosage and duration. All the doctors are provided with a hot line number for the pharmacist to call the doctor and confirm if any confusion arises. The e – prescription gets attached to the authentic hand written copy and saved as patient record which is accessible for any future references.

After pharmacist prepares the e-prescription, central pharmacists may confirm the order by calling the patient if he/she is interested in purchasing medicines and also confirm address of delivery. At this stage, the Patient has the option of registering more than one address for delivery of medicine depending on his current location. Depending on the patient positive response, central pharmacist will use Client2 to mark the prescription for delivery, based on this action Client2 chooses the local pharmacist based on the postal pin code of the patient and transmit the e-prescription for speedy supply of medicine at patients address to the nearest warehouse or pharmacy.

MEDICINE BOX PREPARATION & PACKAGING AT WAREHOUSE/PHARMACY

At the local pharmacy or warehouse, pharmacist uses Client 2 to print the digitally signed PDF. Digitally signed and electronically plotted PDF will serve as a valid prescription for the patient. Pharmacist packs the printed and stamped prescription along with medicines into a delivery box. After packing, pharmacist uses Client 2 to assign the delivery to a territory sales agent (TSA). Client 2 also has a delivery management algorithm running in server which optimizes the cost of delivering the medicine to the patient by algorithmically grouping orders in such a way that the cost of delivery is kept at minimum while still ensuring the medicines are delivered within the delivery areas in a speedy manner. After grouping orders efficiently, Client 2 application assigns the orders to one of the territory sales associate (TSA) who is available to deliver the medicine with help of Client 3 application.

DELIVERY MANAGEMENT APPLICATION (CLIENT 3)

TSA will be having the Client3 application on his laptop/desktop/mobile/digital watch or any other digital devise capable of communicating electronically. On assigning a group of orders to the TSA, he receives an alert on the client3. With the help of delivery information on Client3, TSA delivers the medicines to customers at their respective addresses. On delivering the medicines, TSA records the delivery confirmation and records customer’s signature using Client3. Client 3 application will then send message to Client 2 about delivery of medicine to customer.

The Client3 home screen has the following menu structure:

a. Order Id display module

b. Address of Delivery display module

c. Record the signature of customer upon receiving the delivery as per order.

BENEFITS OF PATIENT RECORDS

All the patient records generated through this setup will offer below benefits to doctors and patients:

1. On-demand access to patient medical history.

2. Digital organisation of the medical history and hence hassle free access to all records at one-go.

3. In case of loss of original prescription by patient, he may place the order using unique identifier number as received on his mobile. This is subject to the quantity of medicines delivered as per the duration mentioned in the prescription by doctor.