System and method of stratifying intervention groups and comparison groups based on disease severity index scores and ranges
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1. A method of medical intervention comprising:
- receiving data relating to one or more prescriptions for a person;
evaluating the prescription data for an adverse health outcome; and
intervening in a medical treatment of the person in response to a detected adverse health outcome based on the prescription data.
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Abstract
A method of intervention by retail pharmacies prevents adverse health outcomes resulting from drug-drug and/or drug-disease interactions, in turn, reducing medical payouts for healthcare insurers. Methods of intervention and for measuring the impact of such intervention are provided herein. The methods of measuring the impact of intervention comprise comparing intervention groups against control groups using comparison methodology. The comparison methodology described herein includes categorizing patients using the disease severity index.
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1. A method of medical intervention comprising:
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receiving data relating to one or more prescriptions for a person;
evaluating the prescription data for an adverse health outcome; and
intervening in a medical treatment of the person in response to a detected adverse health outcome based on the prescription data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of stratifying intervention groups and comparison groups comprising:
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receiving medical data for each of a plurality of persons;
creating a disease severity index for each of the plurality of persons based on the medical data, wherein the disease severity index represents a degree of sickness of the person;
creating a first group of persons from the plurality of persons based on the disease severity indexes;
creating a second group of persons from the plurality of persons based on the disease severity indexes;
evaluating the medical data for an adverse health outcome for each of the persons in the first group;
intervening in a medical treatment of a person in the first group in response to a detected adverse health outcome based on the medical data;
receiving post-intervention medical data for each of the plurality of persons in the first and second groups; and
comparing the post-intervention medical data of the first group with the post-intervention data of the second group. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of intervening in a medical treatment comprising:
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receiving prescription data relating to one or more prescriptions for a person;
receiving medical insurance data relating one or more medical insurance claims for the person;
evaluating the prescription data and the medical insurance data for an adverse health outcome; and
intervening in a medical treatment of the person in response to a detected adverse health outcome based on the prescription data and the medical insurance data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A medical intervention system comprising:
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a network;
a server operatively coupled to the network, the server including a database to store medical information;
a controller operatively coupled to the network, the controller including a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the controller being programmed to receive the medical information from the server;
the controller being programmed to evaluate the medical information for an adverse health outcome;
the controller being programmed to intervene in a medical treatment of a person in response to a detected adverse health outcome based on the medical information. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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receive medical information;
evaluate the medical information for an adverse health outcome; and
intervene in a medical treatment of a person in response to a detected adverse health outcome based on the medical information. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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