Providing patient-specific drug information
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1. A system for processing data relating to use of an index drug, comprising:
- means operable to receive input identifying an index drug;
a drug database, the drug database being a computer-readable collection of information about a set of drugs, the set including the index drug and a drug chemically distinct from the index drug;
means operable to receive a patient profile of information about a patient, the patient profile including information about the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function, and liver function and about a clinical condition for which the index drug would be used;
means operable to use the drug database and the patient profile to calculate a dosage recommendation for the index drug, the recommended dosage including an amount and a frequency of administration; and
means operable to use the drug database to calculate a cost per a unit time of treatment for the recommended dosage of the index drug, said means being operable to calculate a cost per the unit time of treatment for a recommended dosage of the drug chemically distinct from the index drug.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing data relating to use of a drug by a patient that receive patient information and determine a dosage of the drug on the basis of the patient information. The systems and methods may be operated to provide patient-specific information on drug cost and on comparative costs of alternative drugs, on side effects, on allergies, and on pharmacology, as well as information on use in pregnancy, on use in lactation, on drug interactions, on warnings and contraindications, and supporting references. The systems may also be operated to prepare drug orders and prescriptions.
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61 Claims
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1. A system for processing data relating to use of an index drug, comprising:
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means operable to receive input identifying an index drug; a drug database, the drug database being a computer-readable collection of information about a set of drugs, the set including the index drug and a drug chemically distinct from the index drug; means operable to receive a patient profile of information about a patient, the patient profile including information about the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function, and liver function and about a clinical condition for which the index drug would be used; means operable to use the drug database and the patient profile to calculate a dosage recommendation for the index drug, the recommended dosage including an amount and a frequency of administration; and means operable to use the drug database to calculate a cost per a unit time of treatment for the recommended dosage of the index drug, said means being operable to calculate a cost per the unit time of treatment for a recommended dosage of the drug chemically distinct from the index drug. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)
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9. The system of claim 9 further comprising:
means for reporting a mechanism and clinical management of a reported possible drug interaction between concomitant drugs.
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12. A system for processing data relating to use of medications, comprising:
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means operable to receive input identifying an index drug; means operable to receive a patient profile of information about a patient, the patient profile including information about the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function, or liver function, and about a clinical condition for which the index drug would be used; means for calculating a dosage recommendation for the index drug, the dosage recommendation including an amount and a frequency of administration; means for calculating a cost per a unit time of treatment for the recommended dosage of the index drug; means for deriving from a drug database a set of one or more alternative drugs to the index drug on the basis of the patient profile, where the set of alternative drugs includes at least one drug chemically distinct from the index drug that is used for treating the clinical condition; means for calculating a recommended dosage, including an amount and a frequency of administration, for each alternative drug in the set of alternative drugs; and means for calculating a cost per the unit time of treatment for the recommended dosage of each of the alternative drugs. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for providing information relating to administration of medication, comprising:
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receiving information identifying an index drug; receiving information about a patient, including information about the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function, or liver function, and about a clinical condition for which the index drug would be administered; calculating a dosage recommendation for administration of the index drug to the patient, including an amount and a frequency of administration calculated to be suitable in reference to the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function or liver function; calculating a cost per unit time of treatment for the calculated recommended dosage of the index drug; and providing as outputs the calculated dosage recommendation and the calculated cost per unit time of treatment for the calculated dosage recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system for processing data relating to use of an index drug selected from a set of drugs, the system comprising:
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a computer; direct access storage coupled to the computer, on which are stored data files including a dosage data file for each drug in the set, a cost data file for each drug in the set, and one or more drug information files for each drug in the set, each drug information file comprising text relating to the drug; patient data input instructions residing on a medium readable by the computer programming the computer to receive information about a patient including the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function or liver function; dosage cost instructions residing on a medium readable by the computer programming the computer to calculate a recommended dosage and to calculate a cost for the recommended dosage per unit time of treatment for the index drug from the dosage data file and the cost data file based on information received about the patient by the patient input instructions and to report the calculated dosage and cost; and report instructions residing on a medium readable by the computer programming the computer to report text from drug information files pertinent to selected drugs in the set. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for providing information relating to administration of medication, comprising:
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receiving into a computer information about a patient, including information about a condition; identifying at least two alternative drugs used for treating the condition, the alternative drugs including a first drug and a second drug chemically distinct from the first drug; calculating in the computer a dosage recommendation for administration of each alternative drug to the patient for treatment of the condition, each dosage recommendation including an amount and a frequency of administration calculated to be suitable in reference to information received in the computer about the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function, or liver function; calculating a cost per a unit time of treatment for each alternative drug'"'"'s dosage recommendation; and providing as an output from the computer the calculated costs for the alternative drugs. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. Apparatus for processing data relating to the use of medications, comprising:
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a computer system having a memory section and operating a computational process coupled to the memory section; the computational process being operable to provide an interface for receiving an identity of an index drug and a patient profile of information about a patient, including information about the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function and liver function and including a clinical condition representing a medical diagnosis for which the index drug may be used in treatment, and to store received information in the memory section for use by the computational process; the memory section including a drug database of information about a set of drugs that includes at least the index drug and an alternative drug for the clinical condition that is chemically distinct from the index drug; the computational process being operable to use the drug database and the patient profile to calculate an index-drug dosage recommendation including an amount and a frequency of administration of the index drug for the patient taking into account in the calculation at least one of the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function or liver function, and to produce a patient-specific explanation of the index-drug dosage recommendation that makes specific reference to the effect of at least one of the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function or liver function on the calculation of the index-drug dosage recommendation; the computational process being operable to process the drug database and the patient profile and the database information to calculate an alternative dosage recommendation for the alternative drug including an amount and a frequency of administration; and the computational process being operable to calculate a cost per a unit time of treatment for the index-drug dosage recommendation and to calculate a cost per the unit time of treatment for the alternative dosage recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Apparatus for processing data relating to use of medication, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer system coupled to a computer-readable data store storing drug data for each drug in a set of drugs, the computer system operating a computational process coupled to the data store to obtain and process drug data from the data store, the drug data for each drug including at least dosage data drug cost data, and drug information data; the computational process being operable to provide an interface for receiving a patient profile of information about a patient including the patient'"'"'s age, kidney function or liver function, and to provide an interface for receiving information identifying an index drug in the set of drugs; the computational process being operable to process the patient profile and drug data about the index drug obtained from the data store to calculate an index-dosage recommendation including an amount and a frequency of administration of the index drug for the patient and to calculate a cost of therapy for treatment of the patient with the index drug according to the index-drug dosage recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for using a computer system to process data relating to the use of medications, comprising:
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providing computer-readable drug information for a set of drugs on a computer-readable storage medium, the drug information including dosage data for each drug in the set of drugs, cost data for each drug in the set of drugs, and descriptive information describing each drug in the set of drugs; providing input instructions on a computer-readable medium, the input instructions being operable to program a computer system to receive an identity of an index drug and to receive clinical information about a patient; providing dosage cost instructions on a computer-readable medium, the dosage cost instructions being operable to program the computer system to use the computer-readable drug information to calculate a recommended dosage and to calculate a cost for the recommended dosage per a unit time of treatment for the index drug based on the clinical information and to report the calculated dosage and cost; and providing report instructions on a computer-readable medium, the cost instructions being operable to program the computer system to produce as output descriptive information from the computer-readable drug information for the index drug. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A computer program product, residing on a computer-readable medium, comprising:
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instructions operable to program a computer system to read computer-readable drug information for a set of drugs from a computer-readable data store, the drug information including dosage data, cost data, and descriptive information; input instructions operable to program the computer system to receive an identity of an index drug and to receive a clinical profile for a patient; dosage cost instructions operable to program the computer system to use the computer-readable drug information to calculate a recommended dosage and to calculate a cost for the recommended dosage per a unit time of treatment for the index drug based on the clinical profile and to report the calculated dosage and cost; and report instructions operable to program the computer system to produce as output descriptive information from the computer-readable drug information for the index drug. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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