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The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a network to provide for the secure delivery of confidential patient information and t

The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a network to provide for the secure delivery of confidential patient information and the sending of dispense instructions to a remote dispensing station. A preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods of dispensing samples of drugs or other medical products. Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for dispensing non-prescription medications.

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The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a network to provide for the secure delivery of confidential patient information and t

The present invention relates to systems and methods for the remote dispensing of packaged and non-packaged medical products using networked communications systems. A preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a network to provide for the secure delivery of confidential patient information and the sending of dispense instructions to a remote dispensing station. A preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods of dispensing samples of drugs or other medical products. Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for dispensing non-prescription medications. ould level control actuation. 9. Method according to claim 8 in which said mould thermocouple readings are taken from thermocouples spaced along a width and length of a continuous caster mould at a first predetermined height to define an upper ring and at a second predetermined height to define a lower ring, said upper ring and lower rings being vertically spaced in a casting direction for the continuous caster. 10. Method according to claim 9 in which said off-line and on-line measurements of process parameters additionally include temperature differences between pairs of vertically spaced thermocouples in said upper ring and lower ring respectively. 11. Method according to claim 9 in which measurements of off-line process parameters are categorized into periods of normal operation and abnormal operation of the continuous caster and a training data set is selected from said measurements taken during periods of normal operation of the continuous caster in which: there is a temperature separation of at least 10° C. between upper and lower mould thermocouple readings; there is a consistent temperature of +/-10° C. from the upper and lower thermocouple readings, respectively; and there is a stable mould level control of +/-5 mm. 12. Method according to claim 11 in which the training data set corresponds to a period of normal operation of a continuous caster which lasts at least 60 seconds. 13. Method according to claim 11 in which the training data set corresponds to a period of normal operation of a continuous caster which lasts at least 150 seconds. 14. Method according to claim 11 in which several training data sets are concatenated to construct a large matrix of input data for development of said multivariate statistical model. 15. Method according to claim 8 in which said off-line and on-line measurements of process parameters additionally include past readings of said mould thermocouple readings. 16. Method according to claim 8 in which said off-line and on-line measurements of process parameters additionally include past readings of the caster speed. 17. Method according to claim 16 in which said past readings of the caster speed include measurements taken from five consecutive samples, a caster speed from a seventh prior sample and a caster speed from a tenth prior sample. 18. Method according to claim 8 in which the measure of mould level control actuation is calculated from a ratio of a measured position of a control valve to control flow of hot metal from a tundish into a mould to a predicted position of the control valve. 19. Method according to claim 8 in which said process parameters additionally include variables selected from the following group: mould oscillation frequency, tundish weight, and tundish temperature. 20. Method according to claim 1 in which said measurements of process parameters are sampled at a rate of not less than once per second. 21. Method according to claim 20 in which said measurements of process parameters are sampled at a rate of not less than twice per second. 22. Method according to claim 1 in which said detection thresholds are selected to generate a long-term alarm rate of under 2% for all test statistics. 23. Method according to claim 1 in which on-line measurements of thermocouple readings, mould cooling water flow, and mould cooling water temperature differences are selected and filtered to compensate for shifts in readings. 24. Method according to claim 23 in which filtering is done using an Exponentially Weighted Moving Average, EWMA, filter to dynamically calculate a mean of said selected on-line measurements. 25. Method according to claim 1 in which missing on-line process parameters are identified and tagged and compensated by adjusting appropriate model parameters to zero and proportionally scaling remaining parameters to provide a valid output. 26. Method according to claim 25 in which missing on-line process parameters include measurements from failed thermocouples.