SYSTEM FOR MONITORING REGULATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS FROM DATA STRUCTURE OF MEDICAL AND LABORATORY RECORDS
First Claim
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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Abstract
A system is provided that integrates of records of clinical laboratory services into the assessment and optimization of patient health care and, in particular, regulation of the use of pharmaceuticals. Laboratory test result records are used in conjunction with other health care benefits records to monitor regulation of use of pharmaceuticals by patients. The incorporation of laboratory tests and results into such a utilization system allows improvement in the management of a patient'"'"'s therapy based on a more precise picture of the patient'"'"'s level of illness as revealed by the laboratory test results. The system of the present invention also allows optimization of the selection of laboratory tests to be performed, and also provides an outcome assessment of the risk of hospitalization due to pharmaceutical treatments resulting in physician intervention, leading to a change in physician prescribing behavior and, accordingly, a decrease in drag induced hospitalizations and improved quality of patient care and savings of health care costs.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer system for reducing the risk of a drug therapy related illness in a patient, the system comprising:
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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; anda 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system for detecting a subtherapeutic drug dosage or a toxic drug dosages in a patient receiving drug therapy, said system comprising:
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at least one medical records database comprising;
i) drug therapy records, said drug therapy records including an indication of patient identification and an indication of prescribed drug therapy associated with said patient identification, and ii) laboratory test result records, said laboratory test result records including an indication of patient identification and an indication of laboratory test results associated with said patient identification;a medical information database, said medical information database including criteria for drug usage rules; and a search and determination engine, implemented by a computer, receiving a user query and reviewing at least a portion of said laboratory test result records and at least a portion of at least one of said drug therapy records and said criteria for drug usage rules, and determining an output for detecting a subtherapeutic drug dosage or a toxic drug dosage in a patient receiving drug therapy, wherein said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and said medical information database criteria are used for the determining of the output, and said search and determination engine determines the output for reducing the risk of the drug therapy related illness in the (PATIENT1) using said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and said medical information database criteria; and wherein said computer system generates and electronically transmits an output for the patient, wherein the output indicates at least one of; i) an alert indicating that a laboratory test be performed to detect a toxic dosage of a drug that is being administered to the patient; and ii) an alert indicating that a laboratory tests be performed to detect a subtherapeutic dosage of a drug that is being administered to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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