Patient oriented point of care system and method
First Claim
1. A computer-assisted method of providing, to a health care provider, information relating to a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions, said collecting step (a) further comprising;
(1) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers; and
(2) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy;
(b) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient into a database when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists;
(c) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient;
(d) generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, the drug formulary associated with the pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary;
(e) accessing the information stored in the database for the prescription history, non prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history of the patient, wherein access will be granted only for the patient or a representative of the patient, under the direction of the patient or the representative, and under the authorization by the patient or the representative;
(f) retrieving the information relating to prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history by the patient or the representative; and
(g) at least one of printing and displaying, by the patient or the representative, the information retrieved relating to the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, prescription purchase history, and information associated with said formulary, wherein said formulary is associated with the patient'"'"'s insurance company for the health care provider in order to assist the health care provider in providing health care to the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions.
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Abstract
Computer-assisted methods, systems and mediums for providing, to a physician, information relating to a patient. One embodiment of the present invention is a method that comprises the steps of collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient and a prescription purchase history, storing the prescription history and prescription purchase history of the patient into a database, and accessing, by the patient, the database for the stored prescription history and prescription purchase history of the patient. The prescription purchase history includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions. The method also includes the steps of retrieving the prescription history and prescription purchase history by the patient, and communicating, by the patient, the retrieved prescription history and prescription purchase history to the physician via physically or electronically in order to assist the physician in providing medical services to the patient.
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48 Claims
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1. A computer-assisted method of providing, to a health care provider, information relating to a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions, said collecting step (a) further comprising; (1) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers; and (2) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (b) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient into a database when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists; (c) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (d) generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, the drug formulary associated with the pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (e) accessing the information stored in the database for the prescription history, non prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history of the patient, wherein access will be granted only for the patient or a representative of the patient, under the direction of the patient or the representative, and under the authorization by the patient or the representative; (f) retrieving the information relating to prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history by the patient or the representative; and (g) at least one of printing and displaying, by the patient or the representative, the information retrieved relating to the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, prescription purchase history, and information associated with said formulary, wherein said formulary is associated with the patient'"'"'s insurance company for the health care provider in order to assist the health care provider in providing health care to the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing, to a health care provider, printed or displayed information relating to a patient'"'"'s health care, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history comprising at least one of herbal medicines, naturopathic medicines, and over-the-counter medicine, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions, said collecting step (a) further comprising; (1) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers; and (2) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (b) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (c) generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, the drug formulary associated with the pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (d) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient into a database when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists; (e) storing to the database information relating to pharmacy benefits for the patient and information relating to the drug formulary; (f) accessing the database for the stored information, wherein access is granted only for the patient or a representative of the patient, under the direction of the patient or the representative, and under the authorization by the patient or the representative; (g) retrieving the accessed information; and (h) at least one of printing and displaying, by the patient or the representative, the retrieved information and information associated with the formulary, wherein the formulary is associated with the patient'"'"'s insurance company, for the health care provider in order to assist the health care provider in providing medical services to the patient wherein the health care information is suitable for assisting the health care provider to render health care at a point of care to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer assisted system for providing, to a health care provider, printed or displayed information relating to a patient, said system comprising:
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(a) means for collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history comprising at least one of herbal medicines, naturopathic medicines, and over-the-counter medicine, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions, said means for collecting further comprising; (1) means for collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers; and (2) means for collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (b) means for storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient into a database when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists; (c) means for determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (d) means for generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, the drug formulary associated with the pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (e) means for accessing the database for the prescription history, non-prescription history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient, wherein access is granted only for the patient, under the direction of the patient and under the authorization by the patient; (f) means for retrieving the prescription history and prescription purchase history; and (g) means for at least one of printing and displaying, for the patient, the retrieved prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, prescription purchase history and information associated with the formulary, wherein said formulary is associated with the patient'"'"'s insurance company for the prescriber health care provider in order to assist the provider in providing medical services to the patient, to thereby allow the health care provider to compare one or more issued prescriptions, non-prescription purchase history, and the prescription purchase history and prescribe the one or more prescriptions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system of providing, to a health care provider, printed or displayed information relating to a patient, said system comprising:
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(a) means for collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history comprising at least one of herbal medicines, naturopathic medicines, and over-the-counter medicine, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions and collecting pharmacy benefits and drug formulary preformed by pharmacy insurance carrier, said means for collecting further comprising; (1) means for collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers; and (2) means for collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (b) means for determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (c) means for generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, the drug formulary associated with the pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (d) means for storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history of the patient into a database and storing information relating to pharmacy benefits for the patient and information relating to a drug formulary preferred by a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists, wherein the pharmacy includes at least one of a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company, and mail delivery pharmacy; (e) means for storing to the database information relating to pharmacy benefits for the patient and information relating to the drug formulary; (f) means for accessing the information stored in the database, wherein access is granted only for the patient under the direction of the patient, and under the authorization by the patient, the database for the stored information; (g) means for retrieving the accessed information; and (h) means for at least one of printing and displaying, by or on behalf of the patient, the retrieved information for the health care provider and information associated with the formulary in order to assist the provider in providing medical services to the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. The system of 25 wherein the health care provider is at least one of a physician, osteopath and pharmacist.
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29. A computer readable medium for storing instructions being executed by one or more computers, the instructions directing the one or more computers for providing, to a medical care provider, prescription and insurance information relating to a patient, the instructions comprising implementation of the steps of:
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(a) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (b) generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, one or more prescription formularies preferred by a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the one or more prescription formularies that match a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (c) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescription formularies and insurance coverage, said collecting further comprising; (1) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers; and (2) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (d) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history of the patient into a database and storing information relating to pharmacy benefits for the patient and information relating to a drug formulary preferred by a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists, wherein the pharmacy includes at least one of a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company, and mail delivery pharmacy; (e) accessing the database for the stored prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription history of the patient, wherein access is granted only for the patient, under the direction of the patient and under the authorization by the patient; (f) retrieving the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history; and (g) at least one of printing and displaying the retrieved prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, prescription purchase history, and information associated with the formulary to the medical care provider in order to assist the medical care provider in providing medical services to the patient, wherein the accessing step and the communicating step are initiated by the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer readable medium including instructions being executed by one or more computers, the instructions instructing the one or more computers for providing, to a physician, information relating to a patient, the instructions comprising implementation of the steps of:
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(a) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (b) generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, formulary information that matches a formulary identification number of the patient by referencing a rules database, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (c) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions, insurance coverage and the formulary information and information relating to at least one of past prescriptions issued to the patient by either the treating physician or other physicians, whether or not the prescribed drugs have been purchased by the patient, when the prescribed drugs were purchased, the quantity of prescribed drugs purchased, the number of days past from a refill date when a prescription has not been refilled, when one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers, and when or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (d) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history of the patient into a database when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists; (e) accessing the information stored in the database, wherein access is granted for the patient, under the direction of the patient and under the authorization by the patient and further comprising allowing the patient to access information related to at least one of benefits, a prescription expense summary, and an account summary and allowing the patient to access stored information relating to family members of the patient and allowing the patient to access stored information relating to, at least one of, prescriptions filled by a mail prescription filler and prescriptions filled by a local pharmacy store; (f) retrieving the accessed information; (g) at least one of printing and displaying the retrieved information and information associated with the formulary for the physician in order to assist the physician in providing medical services to the patient, wherein the accessing step and the communicating step are initiated by the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions; (h) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history when the one or more prescriptions are issued by different physician; (i) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists wherein the different pharmacists include at least one pharmacy that delivers the one or more prescriptions via mail; and (j) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history when one or more drug prescribed in the one or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists that use different database to store the collected information. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A computer-assisted method of providing, to a physician, information relating to a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history comprising at least one of herbal medicines, naturopathic medicines, and over-the-counter medicine, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions and information relating to at least one of past prescriptions issued to the patient by either the treating physician or other physicians, whether or not the prescribed drugs have been purchased by the patient, when the prescribed drugs were purchased, the quantity of prescribed drugs purchased, the number of days past from a refill date when a prescription has not been refilled, when one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers, and when or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (b) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient into a database and storing information relating to pharmacy benefits for the patient and information relating to a drug formulary preferred by a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists, wherein the pharmacy includes at least one of a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company, and mail delivery pharmacy; (c) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (d) generating, when it is determined if there is a determination that the drug formulary is not in existence, a drug formulary preferred by a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (e) accessing the information stored in the database for the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history of the patient, wherein access is granted only for the patient or a representative of the patient, under the direction of the patient or the representative, and under the authorization by the patient or the representative; (f) retrieving the information relating to prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history by the patient or the representative; and (g) at least one of printing and displaying, by the patient or the representative, printing the information retrieved relating to the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, prescription purchase history, and information associated with the formulary, wherein said formulary is associated with the patient'"'"'s insurance company, to the physician in order to assist the physician in providing medical care to the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions.
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48. A computer assisted system for providing, to a physician, information relating to a patient, said method comprising:
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(a) means for collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient, a non-prescription purchase history comprising at least one of herbal medicines, naturopathic medicines, and over-the-counter medicine, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions and information relating to at least one of past prescriptions issued to the patient by either the treating physician or other physicians, whether or not the prescribed drugs have been purchased by the patient, when the prescribed drugs were purchased, the quantity of prescribed drugs purchased, the number of days past from a refill date when a prescription has not been refilled, when one or more prescriptions are issued by different health care providers, and when or more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy; (b) means for storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient into a database and storing information relating to pharmacy benefits for the patient and information relating to a drug formulary preferred by a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health care providers and different pharmacists, wherein the pharmacy includes at least one of a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical benefits management company, and mail delivery pharmacy; (c) means for determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient; (d) means for generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, a drug formulary associated with the pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the patient and specific to a formulary; (e) means for accessing the prescription history, non-prescription history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient stored in the database, wherein access is granted only for the patient under the direction of the patient and under the authorization by the patient, the database for the stored prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of the patient; (f) means for retrieving the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history; and (g) means for at least one of printing and displaying, for the patient, the retrieved prescription history, prescription purchase history, and information associated with the formulary, wherein the formulary is associated with the patient'"'"'s insurance company to the physician provider in order to assist the provider in providing medical services to the patient, to thereby allow the physician to compare issued one or more prescriptions and the prescription purchase history and prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions.
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