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System, method, and manufacture for decreasing the amount of treatment a patient requires from a first care-giver

  • US 7,921,021 B1
  • Filed: 08/24/2005
  • Issued: 04/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for decreasing the amount of treatment a patient requires from a first care-giver, the process comprising:

  • receiving in a computer a set of records wherein the set of records comprises;

    at least one record representing a drug treatment prescribed by the first care-giver to said patient;

    wherein said drug treatment prescribed by the first care-giver comprises a psychotropic drug, andat least one record representing a medical specialty of the first care-giver;

    determining in the computer, from the set of records, and based on a predetermined set of screening criteria, whether a different treatment is available to said patient;

    wherein said determining is performed independently of records relating to effectiveness of the treatment prescribed for the patient by the first care-giver, andwherein said screening criteria comprises comparing the medical specialty of the first care-giver prescribing said drug treatment to the type of said drug treatment prescribed for said patient; and

    generating in the computer, in response to the determining, an eligibility tag associated with the patient;

    wherein said eligibility tag provides an indication that said different treatment is available for said patient; and

    wherein said generating an eligibility tag is performed if the medical specialty is not a mental health specialty and the type of said drug treatment is a psychotropic drug; and

    providing a notice to the patient associated with the eligibility tag of the different treatment availability;

    wherein the different treatment is provided at no cost to the patient; and

    wherein a financial consequence is described in the notice.

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