Medication Risk Assessment System
First Claim
1. A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- a) providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein said medication risk assessment tool comprises a questionnaire, and wherein said client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals;
b) administering said questionnaire to said population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data;
c) obtaining prescription claims data from said population of individuals;
d) combining said questionnaire data and said prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data;
e) analyzing said population data according to a set of rules;
f) ranking the data of step e) according to risk; and
g) generating at least one report based on the ranking of step f).
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Abstract
A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data.
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9 Claims
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1. A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
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a) providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein said medication risk assessment tool comprises a questionnaire, and wherein said client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; b) administering said questionnaire to said population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; c) obtaining prescription claims data from said population of individuals; d) combining said questionnaire data and said prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; e) analyzing said population data according to a set of rules; f) ranking the data of step e) according to risk; and g) generating at least one report based on the ranking of step f). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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4. The method of claim 4, further comprising a risk-based intervention based on assessed client needs.
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