Abstract: A system and method for printing a customized combination newsletter and product label for used in dispensing prescribed pharmaceutical products. An individual's medical status is determined based upon information provided to the dispensing pharmacist and a customized newsletter, which may contain standard information not customized for the individual, is printed onto a combination form that also contains a self-adhesive label which can be placed upon the dispensed pharmaceutical product container. The combination form containing both the newsletter and container label facilitate giving the newsletter to the proper individual.

Abstract: A system for generating targeted advisory messages for pharmacy patients based on selected monitored data components of each transaction. When a pharmacy computer prints transaction data, the system monitors the data using printer data capture hardware interposed between the pharmacy computer and its printer. An additional processor compares selected components of the monitored transaction data with preselected combinations of the these components in a database. The database associates the preselected combinations of transaction data components with advisory message components retrieved from the database and used to build an advisory message for output to a printer, which may be the pharmacy computer or an additional printer.