DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF PRESCRIPTION NON-ADHERENCE
First Claim
1. A method for the improved identification of non-adherence to a prescribed course of medication, comprising:
- providing an adherence engine to a healthcare provider for installation on a computer device including a processor and memory storage device including instructions, which when execute by the processor enable the adherence engine to;
receive a continuity of care document (CCD) related to a patient sent from an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) database;
extract prescription information from the CCD;
receive filling information for the patient related to the prescription information from a pharmacy database;
compare the filling information to the prescription information to determine whether the filling information and the prescription information match;
when the filling information and the prescription information do not match;
calculating deviation information to generate a healthcare provider alert from the deviation information;
storing the healthcare provider alert; and
transmitting a message via a communication manager to a device associated with the healthcare provider, wherein the message includes a hyperlink to the healthcare provider alert stored by the adherence engine.
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Abstract
Improving prescription adherence for discharged patients is of growing importance for healthcare providers, accountable care organizations, and insurance providers. Patients have several reasons for deviating from a course of treatment or falsifying data to indicate that they are following a course of treatment. By removing the patient from the reporting chain, the risk of falsified data is reduced, and healthcare providers can intervene and adapt treatments to account for non-adherence to a course of treatment. Existing electronic medical record systems and methods, however, are cumbersome and do not allow for adherence information to be reliably collected and presented to healthcare providers to use in the ongoing or future treatment of a patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for the improved identification of non-adherence to a prescribed course of medication, comprising:
providing an adherence engine to a healthcare provider for installation on a computer device including a processor and memory storage device including instructions, which when execute by the processor enable the adherence engine to; receive a continuity of care document (CCD) related to a patient sent from an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) database; extract prescription information from the CCD; receive filling information for the patient related to the prescription information from a pharmacy database; compare the filling information to the prescription information to determine whether the filling information and the prescription information match; when the filling information and the prescription information do not match; calculating deviation information to generate a healthcare provider alert from the deviation information; storing the healthcare provider alert; and transmitting a message via a communication manager to a device associated with the healthcare provider, wherein the message includes a hyperlink to the healthcare provider alert stored by the adherence engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for the improved identification of non-adherence to a prescribed course of medication, comprising:
an adherence engine, operable to compare prescription information, indicating the prescribed course of medication, against filling information, indicating medications received by a patient, to determine whether the medications received match the prescribed course of medication, and to generate a healthcare provider alert when it is determined that the medications received do not match the prescribed course of medication, the adherence engine including; an equivalency database, including listings of equivalent compounds for the medications received by the patient, wherein the listings are used by the adherence engine to compare against the prescription information in addition to the medications indicated by the filling information; a metabolism rate database, including metabolism rate information for medications received by the patient, wherein the metabolism rates are used by the adherence engine to compare against the prescription information in addition to the medications indicated by the filling information; a communications manager, operable to transmit a message to an operator to indicate that the healthcare provider alert has been generated; and a portal server, operable to provide a user interface by which the operator accesses the healthcare provider alert. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for the improved identification of non-adherence to a prescribed course of medication, comprising:
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generating a continuity of care document (CCD) associated with a patient at the discharge of the patient from a healthcare provider, wherein the continuity of care document includes a human readable component and a coded component, wherein the coded component is automatically generated from content entered into the human readable component; analyzing the continuity of care document to determine whether the patient was discharged with an ongoing condition; when it is determined that the patient was discharged with an ongoing condition; extracting prescription information from the continuity of care document, the prescription information including a date of issue, a medication name, a medication dosage, a medication frequency, and a refill policy for a prescription; analyzing the prescription information to determine a fill-by date; querying a pharmacy database for filling information associated with the prescription; comparing the prescription information with the filling information to determine whether the patient has filled the prescription by the fill-by date; and when it is determined that the patient has not filled the prescription by the fill-by date, generating a healthcare provider alert, including deviation information, and updating the content of the human readable component of the continuity of care document to include the deviation information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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