Method for optimising pharmaceutical prescribing
First Claim
1. A system to supply a medical practitioner with possible alternatives to a proposed prescription, comprising means to compare said prescription to a database of prescriptions, means to select from said database the proposed prescription and a possible alternative thereto, means to present said alternative to said prescription to the practitioner, whereby the practitioner may choose between his proposed prescription and said alternative presented to him, means to permit the practitioner to enter a prescription selected from the proposed and the possible alternative prescription and means to process and print out the selected prescription.
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Abstract
A method for optimizing pharmaceutical prescribing is disclosed. In accordance with the principles of the invention, a medical practitioner is alerted to current information regarding up-to-date and cost-effective alternatives to a medical prescription. A proposed prescription is compared to a database of prescriptions and possible alternative prescriptions which could be efficacious. If there is a suitable alternative or alternatives corresponding to the prescription, it is shown to the practitioner. The practitioner may then choose between his proposed prescription and the alternative or alternatives presented to him. The practitioner may then enter either the proposed or an alternative prescription into a system adapted to process and print out prescriptions.
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- 1. A system to supply a medical practitioner with possible alternatives to a proposed prescription, comprising means to compare said prescription to a database of prescriptions, means to select from said database the proposed prescription and a possible alternative thereto, means to present said alternative to said prescription to the practitioner, whereby the practitioner may choose between his proposed prescription and said alternative presented to him, means to permit the practitioner to enter a prescription selected from the proposed and the possible alternative prescription and means to process and print out the selected prescription.
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13. A method of supplying a medical practitioner with possible alternatives to a proposed prescription, which responds to an input of said prescription to a first computer program adapted to process and print out said prescription, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) interrupting operation of said first program comparing said prescription to a database of prescriptions and possible alternative prescriptions thereto;
b) presenting any prescriptions alternative to said input prescription to the practitioner;
c) providing the practitioner with means to select between said input prescription and the alternatives presented to him; and
d) resuming operation of said first program using data corresponding to the selection of the practitioner.
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