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Treatment order processing system suitable for pharmacy and other use

  • US 7,844,470 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2007
  • Issued: 11/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method employed by a pharmacy information system, comprising the activities of:

  • using at least one computer system for,providing data representing at least one display image supporting user entry of a coded diagnosis identifier for association with an order identifier identifying a medication order record indicating an order for a particular medication to be administered to a particular patient during an inpatient stay in a medical facility;

    for storing information, in at least one order repository, associating a plurality of order identifiers and an associated plurality of coded diagnosis identifiers;

    comparing said coded diagnosis identifier associated with an order for said particular patient retrieved from said information stored in said at least one order repository with a coded diagnosis identifier retrieved from a medical record associated with said particular patient and in response to a miss-match, initiating generation of an alert message for communication to a healthcare worker;

    providing utilization and cost data for medications including “

    Off Label”

    indications; and

    processing data associating a plurality of order identifiers and an associated plurality of coded diagnosis identifiers retrieved from said information stored in said order repository to determine utilization information indicating usage characteristics of a particular medication having multiple indications for treatment of a condition indicated by a particular coded diagnosis.

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