Compliance With A Medication Therapy Regimen
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1. A method of medical intervention comprising:
- receiving medication data relating to a medication for a person, the medication data including data relating to a refill date for a prescription for the medication;
monitoring the occurrence of a refill of the prescription;
determining whether the person has refilled the prescription by the refill date;
prompting a user to contact the person if the person has not refilled the prescription by the refill date; and
receiving post-contact data relating to the contact with the person, the post-contact data including data relating to the cause of not refilling the prescription by the refill date.
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Abstract
A method of intervention prevents adverse health outcomes resulting from non-compliance with a medication therapy regimen. Methods of determining compliance with a medication therapy regimen and intervention thereof are provided herein. The methods of determining compliance with a medication therapy regimen include receiving medication data which includes data relating to a refill date for a prescription for the medication, monitoring the occurrence of a refill of the prescription and determining whether the person has refilled the prescription by the refill date.
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1. A method of medical intervention comprising:
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receiving medication data relating to a medication for a person, the medication data including data relating to a refill date for a prescription for the medication; monitoring the occurrence of a refill of the prescription; determining whether the person has refilled the prescription by the refill date; prompting a user to contact the person if the person has not refilled the prescription by the refill date; and receiving post-contact data relating to the contact with the person, the post-contact data including data relating to the cause of not refilling the prescription by the refill date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of monitoring compliance to a medication therapy regimen comprising:
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receiving data relating to a medication for a plurality of persons, the medication data including data relating to a refill date for a prescription for the medication for each of the plurality of persons and data relating to a refill history for each of the plurality of persons; monitoring the occurrence of a refill of the prescription for each of the plurality of persons; monitoring the occurrence of a request for a refill of the prescription for each of the plurality of persons; monitoring the occurrence of persons new to a medication therapy; determining a first group from the plurality of persons based on persons that have not refilled the prescription by the refill date; determining a second group from the plurality of persons based on persons that have not refilled the prescription by a post-refill date following the refill date; determining a third group from the plurality of persons based on persons that have not requested to refill the prescription by the refill date; determining fourth group from the plurality of persons based on persons new to a medication therapy; and arranging each of the plurality of persons in a contact queue based on the first, second, third and fourth groups. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of conducting a business relating to compliance with a medication therapy regimen, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to subscribe to a medication therapy management service; providing a medication therapy management service relating to determining a person'"'"'s compliance with a medication therapy regimen, wherein the medication therapy management service includes intervening in the medication therapy regimen if the medication therapy management service determines noncompliance with the medication therapy regimen; submitting a reimbursement code in response to the intervention; and receiving reimbursement for the service in response to the reimbursement code. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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