FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to the field of medication management. In particular, the present invention is directed to methods and systems for redistributing medication.

BACKGROUND

It is important to medical treatment to ensure that patients are able to receive the correct medication when they need it. If the patient is not able to receive the correct medication, it may have dire consequences for their health. Thus, unused medication represents wasted potential, where the unused medication could be more useful if it was being used to treat a patient in need. Existing solutions for redistributing medication do not adequately resolve this problem.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In an aspect, a system for redistributing medication, the system including a computing device designed and configured to receive a communication regarding a medication donation from a donor, wherein the communication includes donor medication information regarding the medication donation. The computing device further designed and configured to verify the medication donation wherein verifying the medication donation includes verifying the identity of the donated medication. Verifying the identity of the donated medication includes collecting actual medication information from the medication donation. The computing device also designed and configured to enter final medication information corresponding to the medication donation into the medication database. The computing device additionally designed and configured to match the donated medication to a recipient selected from a recipient database as a function of a set of recipient data, wherein each recipient in the recipient database has an associated set of recipient data.

In another aspect, a method for redistributing medication, the method including receiving a communication regarding a medication donation from a donor, wherein the communication includes donor medication information regarding the medication donation. The method further including verifying the medication donation, wherein verifying the medication donation includes verifying the identity of the medication donation. Verifying the identity of the donated medication includes collecting actual medication information from the medication donation. The method also further including entering final medication information corresponding to the medication donation into the medication database. The method additionally including matching the medication donation to a recipient selected from a recipient database as a function of a set of recipient data, wherein each recipient in the recipient database has an associated set of recipient data.

These and other aspects and features of non-limiting embodiments of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of the following description of specific non-limiting embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

