Market Measures and Outcomes for App Prescribing

• US 20150012283A1
• Filed: 07/02/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IMS Health Incorporated (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ryan, Brad, MacCarthy, John, Connery, Glen, Reid, Seth
• Granted Patent: US 9,910,963 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for receiving and aggregating anonymized data reports about when prescribers provide wireless device applications to patients. The disclosure discusses ways of analyzing the data reports in combination with other electronic medical information to generate useful conclusions about scenarios in the health care process.

Claims

1. A method of analyzing wireless device application data comprising:

receiving via a communications network, by an analytic server, one or more data reports from one or more wireless device application providers that provide wireless device applications to patients, each data report comprising an anonymized patient identifier that identifies a patient associated with the data report, and a wireless device application identifier that identifies the wireless device application associated with the data report, wherein the wireless device application is provided to aid in the treatment of one or more medical conditions of the patient;

retrieving via the communications network, by the analytic server, patient population information based on the anonymized patient identifier associated with each data report, the patient population information comprising electronic medical information associated with a patient population to whom wireless device applications were provided;

organizing data reports into different data sets for analysis based on their wireless device application identifier, wherein data reports in a data set are associated with the same wireless device application identifier; and

analyzing the data sets and the patient population information to generate a conclusion about the impact of a wireless device application on a particular scenario.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the conclusion includes generating quantitative information about the impact of a wireless device application on a particular scenario.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a characteristic of a data set in which the wireless device application was provided to a characteristic of a control set that includes members of the patient population that were not using the wireless device application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the one or more data reports further comprises receiving for each data report a corresponding provider identifier that identifies the wireless device application provider associated with the data report, the retrieving further retrieves provider information associated with each data report using the corresponding provider identifier associated with the data report, and the analyzing further uses the provider information to generate a conclusion about the effects of providing a given wireless device application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of the wireless device application on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population and a drug, medical device, or other therapy prescribed to the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of coadminstruction of the wireless device application the drug, medical device, or other therapy on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment costs for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of the wireless device application on the treatment costs of the one or more diseases.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises:

tracking usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications by the patient population; and

retrieving the tracked usage information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein tracking the usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications comprises tracking the usage information of wireless device applications from more than one wireless device application providers.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises retrieving reimbursement information for a particular wireless device application prescribed to the patient, the reimbursement information including a payor identifier that identifies a party reimbursing the patient, as well as an extent of the reimbursement.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the data reports further comprises filtering patients from the patent population in one or more data sets based on one or more sets of demographic attributes, and wherein the analyzing the data sets comprises comparing a data set including patients with a first set of demographic attributes to a data set including patients with a second set of demographic attributes to generate a conclusion about the different effects of providing a given wireless device application to patients with the first set of demographic attributes and the patients with the second set of demographic attributes.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the conclusion to a physician for use in making a treatment or clinical decision.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the conclusion to a payor, insurance provider or a pharmaceutical sales representative for use in making an economic, marketing, or financial decision.

14. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

receiving via a communications network, by an analytic server, one or more data reports from one or more wireless device application providers that provide wireless device applications to patients, each data report comprising an anonymized patient identifier that identifies a patient associated with the data report, and a wireless device application identifier that identifies the wireless device application associated with the data report, wherein the wireless device application is provided to aid in the treatment of one or more medical conditions of the patient;

retrieving via the communications network, by the analytic server, patient population information based on the anonymized patient identifier associated with each data report, the patient population information comprising electronic medical information associated with a patient population to whom wireless device applications were provided;

organizing data reports into different data sets for analysis based on their wireless device application identifier, wherein data reports in a data set are associated with the same wireless device application identifier; and

analyzing the data sets and the patient population information to generate a conclusion about the impact of a wireless device application on a particular scenario.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein generating the conclusion includes generating quantitative information about the impact of a wireless device application on a particular scenario.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a characteristic of a data set in which the wireless device application was provided to a characteristic of a control set that includes members of the patient population that were not using the wireless device application.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein receiving the one or more data reports further comprises receiving for each data report a corresponding provider identifier that identifies the wireless device application provider associated with the data report, the retrieving further retrieves provider information associated with each data report using the corresponding provider identifier associated with the data report, and the analyzing further uses the provider information to generate a conclusion about the effects of providing a given wireless device application.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of the wireless device application on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population and a drug, medical device, or other therapy prescribed to the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of coadminstruction of the wireless device application the drug, medical device, or other therapy on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment costs for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of the wireless device application on the treatment costs of the one or more diseases.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises the operations of:

tracking usage information of a reconciled regiment of wireless device applications by the patient population; and

retrieving the tracked usage information.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein tracking the usage information of a reconciled regiment of wireless device applications comprises the operation of tracking the usage information of wireless device applications from more than one wireless device application providers.

23. The system of claim 14, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises the operation of retrieving reimbursement information for a particular wireless device application prescribed to the patient, the reimbursement information including a payor identifier that identifies a party reimbursing the patient, as well as an extent of the reimbursement.

24. The system of claim 14, wherein organizing the data reports further comprises filtering patients from the patent population in one or more data sets based on one or more sets of demographic attributes, and wherein the analyzing the data sets comprises comparing a data set including patients with a first set of demographic attributes to a data set including patients with a second set of demographic attributes to generate a conclusion about the different effects of providing a given wireless device application to patients with the first set of demographic attributes and the patients with the second set of demographic attributes.

25. The system of claim 14, the operations further comprising presenting the conclusion to a physician for use in making a treatment or clinical decision.

26. The system of claim 14, the operations further comprising presenting the conclusion to a payor, insurance provider or a pharmaceutical sales representative for use in making an economic, marketing, or financial decision.

27. A computer-readable storage device storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving via a communications network, by an analytic server, one or more data reports from one or more wireless device application providers that provide wireless device applications to patients, each data report comprising an anonymized patient identifier that identifies a patient associated with the data report, and a wireless device application identifier that identifies the wireless device application associated with the data report, wherein the wireless device application is provided to aid in the treatment of one or more medical conditions of the patient;

retrieving via the communications network, by the analytic server, patient population information based on the anonymized patient identifier associated with each data report, the patient population information comprising electronic medical information associated with a patient population to whom wireless device applications were provided;

organizing data reports into different data sets for analysis based on their wireless device application identifier, wherein data reports in a data set are associated with the same wireless device application identifier; and

analyzing the data sets and the patient population information to generate a conclusion about the impact of a wireless device application on a particular scenario.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein generating the conclusion includes generating quantitative information about the impact of a wireless device application on a particular scenario.

29. The device of claim 27, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a characteristic of a data set in which the wireless device application was provided to a characteristic of a control set that includes members of the patient population that were not using the wireless device application.

30. The device of claim 27, wherein receiving the one or more data reports further comprises receiving for each data report a corresponding provider identifier that identifies the wireless device application provider associated with the data report, the retrieving further retrieves provider information associated with each data report using the corresponding provider identifier associated with the data report, and the analyzing further uses the provider information to generate a conclusion about the effects of providing a given wireless device application.

31. The device of claim 27, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of the wireless device application on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

32. The device of claim 27, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population and a drug, medical device, or other therapy prescribed to the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of coadminstruction of the wireless device application the drug, medical device, or other therapy on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

33. The device of claim 27, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment costs for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing generates a conclusion about the effects of the wireless device application on the treatment costs of the one or more diseases.

34. The device of claim 27, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises the operations of:

tracking usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications by the patient population; and

retrieving the tracked usage information

35. The device of claim 34, wherein tracking the usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications comprises the operation of tracking the usage information of wireless device applications from more than one wireless device application providers.

36. The device of claim 27, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises the operation of retrieving reimbursement information for a particular wireless device application prescribed to the patient, the reimbursement information including a payor identifier that identifies a party reimbursing the patient, as well as an extent of the reimbursement.

37. The device of claim 27, wherein organizing the data reports further comprises filtering patients from the patent population in one or more data sets based on one or more sets of demographic attributes, and wherein the analyzing the data sets comprises comparing a data set including patients with a first set of demographic attributes to a data set including patients with a second set of demographic attributes to generate a conclusion about the different effects of providing a given wireless device application to patients with the first set of demographic attributes and the patients with the second set of demographic attributes.

38. The device of claim 27, the operations further comprising presenting the conclusion to a physician for use in making a treatment or clinical decision.

39. The device of claim 27, the operations further comprising presenting the conclusion to a payor, insurance provider or a pharmaceutical sales representative for use in making an economic, marketing, or financial decision.