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SYSTEM FOR MONITORING REGULATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS FROM DATA STRUCTURE OF MEDICAL AND LABORATORY RECORDS

  • US 20110137682A1
  • Filed: 12/13/2010
  • Published: 06/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system for reducing the risk of a drug therapy related illness in a patient, the system comprising:

  • at least one medical records database comprising;

    i) drug therapy records including an indication of prescribed drug therapy associated with said patient, and ii) laboratory test result records, said laboratory test result records including an indication of laboratory test results associated with said patient;

    a medical information database, said medical information database including medical information criteria pertaining to;

    i) interactions between a first drug and a second drug;

    ii) a relationship between the first drug and a first disease; and

    a search and determination engine, implemented by a computer, reviewing said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and said medical information database criteria, and determining an output for reducing the risk of the drug therapy related illness in the patient using said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and the medical information database criteria by determining a drug interaction of the first drug with the second drug, including the computer at least one of;

    (i) detecting the usage of the second drug concurrently with the first drug, (ii) monitoring for a laboratory report, (iii) generating an alert to the user of the system if such a report is not found, (iv) generating an alert to warn the user of the system about possible interaction effects between the first drug and the second drug;

    or (v) generating an alert to warn the user of the system of the need for particular tests from the laboratory to monitor the levels of at least one of the first and second drugs, and said search and determination engine determining the output for reducing the risk of the drug therapy related illness in the patient using said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and said medical information database criteria, andwherein said computer system generates and electronically transmits an output about the patient, to at least one of;

    (1) a treatment provider of the patient;

    or (2) a user of the system indicating the need for a laboratory test to be performed in connection with the care of said patient, and provides an alert to said treatment provider to prescribe said laboratory test.

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