phone number the system updates the backend system and places the request in an appropriate failed fax queue for an associate to research and confirm the fax number after the associate confirms the correct fax number the associate updates the fax number places the fax back into the backend system and the system follows the original auto fax send process when a mail order pharmacy fax is received by the prescribing physician the fax includes a barcode that includes all information from the xml file the system can read the inquiry number barcode and determine that the fax is a mail order pharmacy request and the department where the request originated after the system has determined that the request is a mail order pharmacy fax the system appropriately closes out the request and forwards information onto an item entry within other systems once the request is sent from the automated faxing system to the pharmacy management system it is reviewed for accuracy and approval once the review is complete an order is created and then moved for review by a pharmacist before filling following pharmacist review the order is filled and packaged for shipping while certain embodiments of the disclosed mail order prescription system and method are described in detail above the scope of the invention is not to be considered limited by such disclosure and modifications are possible without departing from.