Mastercard Incorporated
MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS OPTIMIZED VIA PAYMENT TRANSACTION NETWORK

Abstract:

A computing device executing a payment application with prescription feature can initiate an optimized prescription fill request of a medical prescription via a payment network by at least transmitting user information including a name of a patient to a payment gateway such as a point of sale terminal or online payment gateway; receive pricing options for the medical prescription from a server supporting optimized prescription filling; obtain pharmacy information including names and/or addresses of at least one pharmacy that can fill the medical prescription; provide the pricing options for the medical prescription via a user interface; provide the pharmacy information via the user interface; receive a selection of a pharmacy of the at least one pharmacy and a payment indication; and transmit the selection of the pharmacy and the payment indication to the payment gateway.