SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS IN PATIENTS
First Claim
1. An automated method for correlating medication side effects with a patient'"'"'s symptom, comprising:
- receiving information regarding the symptom via a computing device;
retrieving a list of medications associated with the patient;
accessing a record of recognized side effects of the medications;
comparing the record with the symptom;
identifying medications and side effects thereof correlating with the symptom; and
transmitting a message including the correlated medications and side effects.
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Abstract
A system for automatically correlating a patient'"'"'s symptom with medication side effects includes: a computing device for use by medical personnel to input and display data; a first database including an electronic health record (EHR) for the patient; a second database including Physician'"'"'s Desk Reference (PDR) data regarding side effects of medications; and a server configured to receive information from the computing device regarding the symptom; retrieve a list of the patient'"'"'s medications from the first database; obtain a record of recognized side effects of those medications from the second database; and transmit a message to the computing device regarding medications and side effects correlated with the symptom.
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20 Claims
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1. An automated method for correlating medication side effects with a patient'"'"'s symptom, comprising:
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receiving information regarding the symptom via a computing device; retrieving a list of medications associated with the patient; accessing a record of recognized side effects of the medications; comparing the record with the symptom; identifying medications and side effects thereof correlating with the symptom; and transmitting a message including the correlated medications and side effects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for automatically correlating a patient'"'"'s symptom with medication side effects, comprising:
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a computing device for use by medical personnel to input and display data; a first database including an electronic health record (EHR) for the patient, a second database including Physician'"'"'s Desk Reference (PDR) data regarding side effects of medications; and a server configured to receive information from the computing device regarding the symptom; retrieve a list of medications associated with the patient from the first database; access the second database to obtain a record of recognized side effects of the medications; compare the record with the symptom; identify medications and side effects thereof correlating with the symptom; and transmit a message to the computing device including the correlated medications and side effects. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
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receiving information regarding the symptom via a computing device; retrieving a list of medications associated with the patient; accessing a record of recognized side effects of the medications; comparing the record with the symptom; identifying medications and side effects thereof correlating with the symptom; and transmitting a message including the correlated medications and side effects. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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