Method and associated apparatus for electronic prescription handling
First Claim
1. An electronic medical prescription handling system comprising:
- an interface for receiving or retrieving blocks of data from different applications programs including electronic prescription generating software, said blocks of data being encoded in accordance with respective formatting conventions;
a code translator operatively tied to said interface for converting each incoming data block from a respective formatting convention to a predetermined common formatting convention;
a prescription analyzer operatively connected to said code translator for checking an incoming medical prescription for potential drug interaction; and
an alert signal generator operatively coupled to said prescription analyzer for generating an alert signal upon detection of a drug interaction possibly resulting in a person by filling and use of the medical prescription.
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Abstract
A data handling and transfer system includes an interface for receiving or retrieving blocks of data from different applications programs including electronic prescription generating software, the blocks of data being encoded in accordance with respective formatting conventions. The system also has a first code translator and a second code translator, the first code translator being operatively tied to the interface for converting each incoming data block from the respective formatting convention to a predetermined common formatting convention. This first code translator includes (a) a data field detector for identifying types of data elements in the incoming data blocks and (b) a definition attach module operatively connected to the data field detector for associating data definitions with respective data elements. The second code translator is operatively connected to the first code translator for converting each data block from the common formatting convention into a target software formatting convention for use by one of the applications programs. A prescription analyzer is connected between the first code translator and the second code translator for checking an incoming medical prescription for potential drug interaction.
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43 Claims
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1. An electronic medical prescription handling system comprising:
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an interface for receiving or retrieving blocks of data from different applications programs including electronic prescription generating software, said blocks of data being encoded in accordance with respective formatting conventions;
a code translator operatively tied to said interface for converting each incoming data block from a respective formatting convention to a predetermined common formatting convention;
a prescription analyzer operatively connected to said code translator for checking an incoming medical prescription for potential drug interaction; and
an alert signal generator operatively coupled to said prescription analyzer for generating an alert signal upon detection of a drug interaction possibly resulting in a person by filling and use of the medical prescription. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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14. A data handling and transfer system comprising:
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an interface for receiving or retrieving blocks of data from different applications programs including electronic prescription generating software, said blocks of data being encoded in accordance with respective formatting conventions;
a first code translator operatively tied to said interface for converting each incoming data block from the respective formatting convention to a predetermined common formatting convention, said first code translator including (a) a data field detector for identifying types of data elements in the incoming data blocks and (b) a definition attach module operatively connected to said data field detector for associating data definitions with respective data elements; and
a second code translator operatively connected to said first code translator for converting each data block from said common formatting convention into a target software formatting convention for use by one of said applications programs.
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25. A medical risk control method comprising:
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receiving electronic prescriptions encoded in accordance with a variety of different software formatting conventions;
automatically converting the received electronic prescriptions from the respective formats into a common formatting convention;
operating a computer to automatically analyze the converted electronic prescriptions to detect possible dangers to respective patients for whom the electronic prescriptions are generated; and
transmitting the analyzed electronic prescriptions to respective target applications programs.
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35. A data handling and transfer method comprising:
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receiving incoming data blocks from different applications programs including electronic prescription generating software, said incoming data blocks being encoded in accordance with respective formatting conventions;
automatically converting each incoming data block from the respective formatting convention to a predetermined common formatting convention, the converting of each data block including (a) identifying types of data elements in the respective data block and (b) attaching data definitions to respective data elements; and
automatically transforming each converted data block from said common formatting convention into a target software formatting convention for use by at least one of said applications programs.
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