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Method, system and program for improved health care

  • US 10,592,501 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2019
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by at least one processor, current drug intake data of a patient;

    wherein the current drug intake data comprises current drug prescription information for at least one current drug being taken by the patient;

    wherein the current drug prescription information identifies for the at least one current drug, at least;

    i) a current drug dosing,ii) a current drug dosage form, andiii) a current drug duration of treatment;

    receiving, by the at least one processor, a plurality of patient specific parameters;

    wherein the plurality of patient specific parameters comprises at least one of;

    i) current lab results orii) health-related baseline parameters;

    receiving, by at least one processor, candidate drug intake data;

    wherein the candidate drug intake data comprises candidate drug prescription information for at least one candidate drug that is not being taken by the patient;

    wherein the candidate drug prescription information of the at least one candidate drug identifies at least;

    i) a candidate drug dosing,ii) a candidate drug dosage form, andiii) a candidate drug duration of treatment,determining, by the at least one processor, a plurality of drug-related adverse reaction alerts between at least one current drug and the at least one candidate drug, based on;

    i) the current drug intake data,ii) the candidate drug intake data,iii) drug-related adverse reactions data of the plurality of drug-related adverse reaction alerts, andiv) at least one pre-determined severity level for at least one of;

    1) a drug-drug interaction (“

    DDI”

    ),2) a drug-to-patient interaction (“

    DPI”

    ),3) a drug-food interaction (“

    DFI”

    ), or4) a combination thereof;

    wherein a drug-related adverse reaction alert is caused by at least one of;

    i) the DDI,ii) the DPI,iii) the DFI, oriv) a combination thereof;

    applying, by the at least one processor, a decision algorithm to the plurality of drug-related adverse reaction alerts to determine a patient-specific subset of drug-related adverse reaction alerts from the plurality of drug-related adverse reaction alerts, by;

    for each respective drug-related adverse reaction alert;

    i) determining whether the patient is;

    1) at an elevated risk to experience a particular drug-related adverse reaction alert or2) not at the elevated risk to experience the particular drug-related adverse reaction adverse alert;

    ii) when the patient is the elevated risk, including the particular drug-related adverse reaction alert into the patient-specific subset of drug-related adverse reaction alerts, based on;

    1) the current drug intake data,2) the candidate drug intake data,3) the plurality of patient specific parameters,4) the drug-related adverse reactions data of the plurality of drug-related adverse reaction alerts, and5) the at least one pre-determined severity level for at least one of;

    a) the DDI,b) the DPI, orc) the DFI, ord) a combination thereof;

    iii) when the patient is not at the elevated risk, not including the particular drug-related adverse reaction alert into the patient-specific subset of drug-related adverse reaction alerts;

    causing the at least one processor, to output the patient-specific subset of drug-related adverse reaction alerts to a graphical user interface on a screen of a computing device;

    receiving, by the at least one processor, at least one change to the plurality of patient specific parameters of the patient;

    repeating, by the at least one processor, the applying of the decision algorithm to the plurality of drug-related adverse reaction alerts to determine an updated patient-specific subset of drug-related adverse reaction alerts based at least in part on the at least one change to the plurality of patient specific parameters of the patient; and

    causing, by the at least one processor, to output the updated patient-specific subset of drug-related adverse reaction alerts to the graphical user interface on the screen of the computing device.

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