System and methods for generating physician profiles concerning prescription therapy practices
First Claim
1. A method for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including de-identified patient identification number, dosage, and prescription product information;
(b) receiving user-specified information defining a subset of the historical de-identified patient prescription records;
(c) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the received historical de-identified patient prescription records based on the subset;
(d) for each de-identified patient, comparing dosage and prescription product information contained in a first extracted historical de-identified patient record with dosage and prescription product information contained in a second extracted historical de-identified patient record; and
(e) for each comparison made in step (d), categorizing a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product.
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Abstract
A system and methods for generating a profile concerning the prescription therapy practices of physicians in a therapeutic area of interest. A plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records are analyzed, and the records are categorized based on changes in the dosage or the prescription product between prescriptions for a particular de-identified patient. The prescriptions may be categorized based on the duration between the due date of a prescription and the date the prescription was filled. This information may be summarized for each physician for each product in the therapy area of interest.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including de-identified patient identification number, dosage, and prescription product information; (b) receiving user-specified information defining a subset of the historical de-identified patient prescription records; (c) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the received historical de-identified patient prescription records based on the subset; (d) for each de-identified patient, comparing dosage and prescription product information contained in a first extracted historical de-identified patient record with dosage and prescription product information contained in a second extracted historical de-identified patient record; and (e) for each comparison made in step (d), categorizing a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including de-identified patient identification number, prescription product information, date dispensed, dosage, number of days supplied, and refill information; (b) receiving user-specified information defining a subset of the historical de-identified patient prescription records; (c) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the received historical de-identified patient prescription records based on the subset; (d) for each de-identified patient, comparing dosage and prescription product information contained in a first extracted historical de-identified patient record with dosage and prescription product information contained in a second extracted historical de-identified patient record; (e) for each comparison made in step (d), categorizing a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product; (f) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the prescriptions categorized at step (e) based on the refill information; (g) for each de-identified patient, determining a refill due date based on the dosage and the number of days supplied for a first prescription; (h) for each de-identified patient, comparing the refill due date of the first prescription with the date dispensed for a second prescription; and (i) for each comparison made in step (h), categorizing the de-identified patient based on the duration between the refill due date of the first prescription and the date dispensed for the second prescription. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest, comprising:
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(a) a mass storage device for storing a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including a de-identified patient identification number, dosage, number of days supplied and prescription product information, dosage, fill date, and number of days supplied; (b) an input device, coupled to the mass storage device, for receiving user-specified information which defines a subset of the plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records; (c) a prescription categorizer, coupled to the input device, configured to compare the dosage and the prescription product information contained in a first historical de-identified patient prescription record with the dosage and prescription product information contained in a second historical de-identified patient prescription record, and to categorize a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product; and (d) a persistence calculator, coupled to the prescription categorizer, configured to determine the due date of a first prescription based on the dosage and the number of days supplied, to compare the due date of the first prescription with the fill date of a second prescription, and to categorize the de-identified patient based on the duration between the due date of the first prescription and the fill date of the second prescription. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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