System and methods for improved pharmaceutical accuracy and understanding

• US 10,540,481 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2013
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: My Meds, Inc., MyMeds, Inc.
• Original Assignee: My Meds, Inc.
• Inventors: Shah, Rajiv R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Victoria P
• Application Number:
  US14/058,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20140278482A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,283 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

The present disclosure in some embodiments relates to a computer-based method for improving the pharmaceutical understanding of a user. The method includes receiving medication data from a source, wherein the medication data is related to a user'"'"'s prescribed, dispensed, or claimed medicines; associating a unique ID for each user with the medication data for the user; providing a user interface, whereby the data for a user is accessible to the user only after the user has provided an authentication, wherein the medication data accessible to the user via the user interface comprises the one or more medications the user is taking.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for managing medication data for a plurality of users, the method comprising:

obtaining, using a portal provider system comprising a database, medication data associated with a plurality of users through a secure document extraction process and in real time from a medication information source, wherein the medication data comprises the users'"'"' prescribed, dispensed, and claimed medicines;

storing, using the portal provider system, the medication data in the database in a non-transitory computer readable media;

providing, through a secure patient portal comprising a web-based user interface, access for a respective user of the plurality of users to the medication data associated with that respective user from the database;

for each of the plurality of users, pre-populating, using the portal provider system, the secure patient portal with the medication data associated with each of the plurality of users from the database;

sending, using the portal provider system, an invitation to one or more of the plurality of users, the invitation comprising a registration link for the secure patient portal to enable the one or more of the plurality of users to securely register for the secure patient portal by creating a unique login and password;

once a respective one of the plurality of users creates a unique login and password, receiving information from the respective one of the plurality of users and completing, using the portal provider system, a user profile for the respective one of the plurality of users based on the received information; and

providing, through the secure patient portal, to the respective one of the plurality of users, a user-interactive computer-implemented tutorial, wherein, using computer executable instructions, the tutorial provides information to the respective one of the plurality of users to associate the name of a medication from the medication data associated with that respective one of the plurality of users with the clinical condition for which the medication was prescribed to increase a likelihood of the respective one of the plurality of users taking the medication as prescribed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of users are employees of an employer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the medication information source is a pharmacy benefit manager, a healthcare system, an electronic prescription network, or a pharmacy.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the medication data comprises prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, and herbal supplements.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the medication data is updated continuously in real time.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a third party with secure access to the respective one of the plurality of users medication data after receiving an indication that the respective one of the plurality of users wishes to grant access to the third party.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the access is view-only access.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the access is view-and-edit access.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing the respective one of the plurality of users with alerts indicating when the one or more medications prescribed, dispensed, or claimed by the respective one of the plurality of users need to be refilled.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing plurality of users with an ability to designate a preferred pharmacy from the pharmacy directory.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the secure patient portal is a web-based portal or a mobile-based portal.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the medication data is received from a pharmacy benefit manager for an employer or a health plan.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of users are members of a health plan.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting medication data for the respective one of the plurality of users on an on-demand basis.

15. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party is the respective one of the plurality of users caregiver.

16. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party is the user'"'"'s clinical care team.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a computer-implemented rewards system, whereby the respective one of the plurality of users is granted reward points for completing the tutorial.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining medication data associated with a plurality of users through a secure document extraction process and in real time from a medication information source, wherein the medication data comprises the users'"'"' prescribed, dispensed, and claimed medicines;

storing the medication data in a database in a non-transitory computer readable media;

providing, through a secure patient portal comprising a web-based user interface, access for a respective user of the plurality of users to the medication data associated with that respective user from the database;

for each of the plurality of users, pre-populating the secure patient portal with the medication data associated with each of the plurality of users from the database;

sending an invitation to one or more of the plurality of users, the invitation comprising a registration link for the secure patient portal, to enable the one or more of the plurality of users to securely register for the secure patient portal by creating a unique login and password;

once a respective one of the plurality of users creates a unique login and password, receiving information from the respective one of the plurality of users and completing a user profile for the respective one of the plurality of users based on the received information; and

providing, through the secure patient portal, to the respective one of the plurality of users, a user-interactive computer-implemented tutorial, wherein, using computer executable instructions, the tutorial provides information to the respective one of the plurality of users to associate the name of a medication from the medication data associated with that respective one of the plurality of users with the clinical condition for which the medication was prescribed to increase a likelihood of the respective one of the plurality of users taking the medication as prescribed.