Patient Medication History Management System
First Claim
1. A medication information acquisition system for automatically acquiring patient medication information from a plurality of different sources, comprising:
- an acquisition processor for, in response to user command, automatically interrogating a plurality of different information sources for acquiring and collating medication data to provide patient medication history data indicating medications a patient received prior to admission to a healthcare provider facility, said plurality of different information sources including at least two of, (a) a pharmacy benefit management system, (b) a healthcare information system indicating medications a patient was receiving at the most recent time of discharge of said patient from a healthcare provider facility and (c) medication information derived by questioning said patient; and
a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a display image identifying said medications said patient received prior to admission and enabling a user to individually select medications to be continued or canceled.
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Abstract
A medication information acquisition system facilitates collection and accurate consolidation of home medication history from data sources providing data of varying degrees of accuracy. A medication information acquisition system automatically acquires patient medication information from multiple different sources. The system includes an acquisition processor for, in response to user command, automatically interrogating multiple different information sources for acquiring and collating medication data to provide patient medication history data indicating medications a patient received prior to admission to a healthcare provider facility. The multiple different information sources include at least two of, (a) a pharmacy benefit management system, (b) a healthcare information system indicating medications a patient was receiving at the most recent time of discharge of the patient from a healthcare provider facility and (c) medication information derived by questioning the patient. A display processor initiates generation of data representing a display image identifying the medications the patient received prior to admission and enabling a user to individually select medications to be continued or canceled.
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21 Claims
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1. A medication information acquisition system for automatically acquiring patient medication information from a plurality of different sources, comprising:
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an acquisition processor for, in response to user command, automatically interrogating a plurality of different information sources for acquiring and collating medication data to provide patient medication history data indicating medications a patient received prior to admission to a healthcare provider facility, said plurality of different information sources including at least two of, (a) a pharmacy benefit management system, (b) a healthcare information system indicating medications a patient was receiving at the most recent time of discharge of said patient from a healthcare provider facility and (c) medication information derived by questioning said patient; and
a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a display image identifying said medications said patient received prior to admission and enabling a user to individually select medications to be continued or canceled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A medication information acquisition system for automatically acquiring patient medication information from a plurality of different sources, comprising:
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an acquisition processor for, in response to user command, automatically interrogating a plurality of different information sources for acquiring and collating medication data and identifying and removing data indicating replicated medications to provide a consolidated list of medications said patient received prior to admission to a healthcare provider facility, said plurality of different information sources including at least two of, (a) a pharmacy benefit management system, (b) a healthcare information system indicating medications a patient was receiving at the most recent time of discharge of said patient from a healthcare provider facility and (c) medication information derived by questioning said patient; and
a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a display image identifying said medications said patient received prior to admission and enabling a user to individually select medications to be continued or canceled. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A medication information acquisition system for automatically acquiring patient medication information from a plurality of different sources, comprising:
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an acquisition processor for, in response to user command, automatically interrogating a plurality of different information sources for acquiring and collating medication data and to provide a consolidated list of medications said patient received prior to admission to a healthcare provider facility, said plurality of different information sources including, (a) a pharmacy benefit management system, (b) a healthcare information system indicating medications a patient was receiving at the most recent time of discharge of said patient from a healthcare provider facility and (c) medication information derived by questioning said patient; and
a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a display image identifying said medications said patient received prior to admission and enabling a user to individually select medications to be continued or canceled, said display image including a first image area identifying said patient medication history data indicating medications said patient received prior to admission and a second image area indicating medications said patient is receiving and enabling a user to individually select a medication to be added from said first image area to said second image area and delete a medication from said second image area. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A medication information acquisition system for automatically acquiring patient medication information from a plurality of different sources, comprising:
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an acquisition processor for, in response to user command, automatically interrogating a plurality of different information sources for acquiring and collating medication data to provide patient medication history data indicating medications a patient received prior to admission to a healthcare provider facility, said plurality of different information sources including at least two of, (a) a pharmacy benefit management system, (b) a healthcare information system indicating medications a patient was receiving at the most recent time of discharge of said patient from a healthcare provider facility and (c) medication information derived by questioning said patient; and
a display processor for initiating generation of data representing a display image including user selectable elements enabling a user to display in a first image area items including at least one of, (i) data identifying said patient medication history, (ii) data indicating candidate medications to add to medications said patient is receiving prior to admission and (iii) elements supporting a user in capturing information provided by a patient concerning medications the patient is taking. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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