Abstract
A system includes a central conveyor assembly including a first conveyor tier and a second conveyor tier, one or more product dispensing stations for dispensing one or more medications, and a verification station adjacent to the one or more product dispensing stations to verify a patient order of the one or more medications. The system is configured to receive the patient order for the one or more medications, determine a dispensing and routing itinerary for the patient order, route a dispensed medication in a transport carrier to the one or more product dispensing stations based on the dispensing and routing itinerary for the patient order. If the patient order is not complete, transfer the dispensed medication in the transport carrier to another product dispensing station for accumulating additional dispensed medications. If the patient order is complete, transfer the transport carrier containing the dispensed medication directly to the verification station.