ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,586, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Allscripts Software LLC (Chicago).

"Apparatus, system and method for processing medical data and image data in a computer system" was invented by Ankit Singh (Apex, N.C.) and Katherine Ernhart (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies and techniques for processing drug data in a computer network. Data from a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) and medical/prescription data is received for a patient. Image data of the one or more patients is also received from an image capturing device. The PDMP data, medical data and image data is processed to predictably determining a ...