Abstract: The disclosure presents a system and method for preventing pharmacy errors for a prescription. The system and method receives prescription data comprising medication data and direction data for the delivery of medication identified within the medication data for the prescription, transmits the prescription data to a pharmacy computer memory associated with a pharmacy prescription entry and fill computer. The system and method further compares, at the pharmacy entry and fill computer, the direction data for the prescription to error prevention keyword data for the medication data, wherein the error prevention keyword data is stored in an error prevention keyword database associated with the pharmacy entry and fill computer and the pharmacy computer memory. A possible directions error message is transmitted to a display of a communication device for viewing by pharmacy personnel in response to the comparison.

Abstract: The disclosure presents a system and method for efficiently capturing, tracking, analyzing, and providing continuous quality improvement in an integrated manner in relation to errors which occur in the distribution of medication to patients through a multi-store pharmacy operation. The system and method include receiving error event data for a pharmacy error event through a first input device at a pharmacy through an input interface, transmitting the error event data to a pharmacy error event database associated with a pharmacy error event computer and storing the error event data in the pharmacy error event database.