Market measures and outcomes for app prescribing

• US 9,910,963 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2013
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Quintiles IMS Incorporated (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ryan, Brad, MacCarthy, John, Connery, Glen, Reid, Seth
• Primary Examiner(s): Seoh, Minnah
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, TERESA S
• Application Number:
  US13/933,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012283A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,708 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2, 705 3, 600300
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/50 for simulation or modelling of medical disorders
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for receiving and aggregating anonymized data reports about when prescribers provide wireless device applications to patients. The disclosure discusses ways of analyzing the data reports in combination with other electronic medical information to generate useful conclusions about scenarios in the health care process.

Claims

1. A method of analyzing wireless device application data comprising:

receiving via a communications network, by an analytic server, one or more data reports from one or more wireless device application providers that provide wireless device applications to patients, each data report comprising an anonymized patient identifier that identifies a patient associated with the data report, and a wireless device application identifier that identifies the wireless device application discussed by the data report, wherein the wireless device application has been prescribed by a healthcare professional to aid in the treatment of one or more medical conditions of the patient and wherein the wireless device application is configured to track physiologic parameters of the patient;

decoding, by the analytic server, the one or more data reports to retrieve, for a given data report, the anonymized patient identifier as well as the corresponding wireless device application identifier;

retrieving via the communications network, by the analytic server, patient population information solely using the decoded anonymized patient identifier associated with each data report, the patient population information comprising electronic medical information associated with a patient population to whom more than one wireless device applications were provided;

merging data reports to generate data sets based on the retrieved patient population information associated with the patient population to whom a particular wireless device application has been provided, such that each data set is instantaneously generated and only includes data reports associated with the same wireless device application identifier and identified solely through the anonymized patient identifier; and

analyzing the data sets and the patient population information to determine the impact of each wireless device application from the more than one wireless device applications on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions across cohorts of patients without jeopardizing each patient'"'"'s privacy when a first cohort of patients with a given condition who have received a particular wireless device application in addition to a regular treatment is compared to a second cohort of patients with the given condition who have received the regular treatment but without the particular wireless device application to determine an improved adherence to the regular treatment when the regular treatment is combined with the particular wireless device application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the impact of a wireless device application on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions includes generating quantitative information about the impact of the wireless device application on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions between the first cohort of patients and the second cohort of patients by virtue of a statistically different physiologic parameter being tracked by the wireless device application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a characteristic of a data set in which the particular wireless device application was provided to a characteristic of a control set that includes members of the patient population that were not using the particular wireless device application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the one or more data reports further comprises receiving for each data report a corresponding provider identifier that identifies the wireless device application provider associated with the data report, the retrieving further retrieves provider information associated with each data report using the corresponding provider identifier associated with the data report, and the analyzing further uses the provider information to determine the effects of providing a given wireless device application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of the particular wireless device application on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population and a drug, medical device, or other therapy prescribed to the patient population, and the analyzing determine the effects of coadminstruction of the wireless device application, the drug, the medical device, or other therapy on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment costs for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of the particular wireless device application on the treatment costs of the one or more diseases.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises:

tracking usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications by the patient population; and

retrieving the tracked usage information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein tracking the usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications comprises tracking the usage information of wireless device applications from more than one wireless device application providers.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein organizing the data reports further comprises filtering patients from the patient population in one or more data sets based on one or more sets of demographic attributes, and wherein the analyzing the data sets comprises comparing a data set including patients with a first set of demographic attributes to a data set including patients with a second set of demographic attributes to determine the different effects of providing a given wireless device application to patients with the first set of demographic attributes and the patients with the second set of demographic attributes.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the determination to a physician for use in making a treatment or clinical decision.

12. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

receiving via a communications network, by an analytic server, one or more data reports from one or more wireless device application providers that provide wireless device applications to patients, each data report comprising an anonymized patient identifier that identifies a patient associated with the data report, and a wireless device application identifier that identifies the wireless device application discussed by the data report, wherein the wireless device application has been prescribed by a healthcare professional to aid in the treatment of one or more medical conditions of the patient and wherein the wireless device application is configured to track physiologic parameters of the patient;

decoding, by the analytic server, the one or more data reports to retrieve, for a given data report, the anonymized patient identifier as well as the corresponding wireless device application identifier;

retrieving via the communications network, by the analytic server, patient population information solely using the decoded anonymized patient identifier associated with each data report, the patient population information comprising electronic medical information associated with a patient population to whom more than one wireless device applications were provided;

merging data reports to generate data sets based on the retrieved patient population information associated with the patient population to whom a particular wireless device application has been provided, such that each data set is instantaneously generated and only includes data reports associated with the same wireless device application identifier and identified solely through the anonymized patient identifier; and

analyzing the data sets and the patient population information to determine the impact of each wireless device application from the more than one wireless device applications on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions across cohorts of patients without jeopardizing each patient'"'"'s privacy when a first cohort of patients with a given condition who have received a particular wireless device application in addition to a regular treatment is compared to a second cohort of patients with the given condition who have received the regular treatment but without the particular wireless device application to determine an improved adherence to the regular treatment when the regular treatment is combined with the particular wireless device application.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein determining the impact of a wireless device application on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions includes generating quantitative information about the impact of the wireless device application on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions between the first cohort of patients and the second cohort of patients by virtue of a statistically different physiologic parameter being tracked by the wireless device application.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a characteristic of a data set in which the particular wireless device application was provided to a characteristic of a control set that includes members of the patient population that were not using the particular wireless device application.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein receiving the one or more data reports further comprises receiving for each data report a corresponding provider identifier that identifies the wireless device application provider associated with the data report, the retrieving further retrieves provider information associated with each data report using the corresponding provider identifier associated with the data report, and the analyzing further uses the provider information to determine the effects of providing a given wireless device application.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of the particular wireless device application on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population and a drug, medical device, or other therapy prescribed to the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of coadminstruction of the wireless device application, the drug, the medical device, or other therapy on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment costs for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing determines about the effects of the particular wireless device application on the treatment costs of the one or more diseases.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises the operations of:

tracking usage information of a reconciled regiment of wireless device applications by the patient population; and

retrieving the tracked usage information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein tracking the usage information of a reconciled regiment of wireless device applications comprises the operation of tracking the usage information of wireless device applications from more than one wireless device application providers.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein organizing the data reports further comprises filtering patients from the patient population in one or more data sets based on one or more sets of demographic attributes, and wherein the analyzing the data sets comprises comparing a data set including patients with a first set of demographic attributes to a data set including patients with a second set of demographic attributes to determine the different effects of providing a given wireless device application to patients with the first set of demographic attributes and the patients with the second set of demographic attributes.

22. The system of claim 12, the operations further comprising presenting the determination to a physician for use in making a treatment or clinical decision.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving via a communications network, by an analytic server, one or more data reports from one or more wireless device application providers that provide wireless device applications to patients, each data report comprising an anonymized patient identifier that identifies a patient associated with the data report, and a wireless device application identifier that identifies the wireless device application discussed by the data report, wherein the wireless device application has been prescribed by a healthcare professional to aid in the treatment of one or more medical conditions of the patient and wherein the wireless device application is configured to track physiologic parameters of the patient;

decoding, by the analytic server, the one or more data reports to retrieve, for a given data report, the anonymized patient identifier as well as the corresponding wireless device application identifier;

retrieving via the communications network, by the analytic server, patient population information solely using the decoded anonymized patient identifier associated with each data report, the patient population information comprising electronic medical information associated with a patient population to whom more than one wireless device applications were provided;

merging data reports to generate data sets based on the retrieved patient population information associated with the patient population to whom a particular wireless device application has been provided, such that each data set is instantaneously generated and only includes data reports associated with the same wireless device application identifier and identified solely through the anonymized patient identifier; and

analyzing the data sets and the patient population information to determine the impact of each wireless device application from the more than one wireless device applications on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions across cohorts of patients without jeopardizing each patient'"'"'s privacy when a first cohort of patients with a given condition who have received a particular wireless device application in addition to a regular treatment is compared to a second cohort of patients with the given condition who have received the regular treatment but without the particular wireless device application to determine an improved adherence to the regular treatment when the regular treatment is combined with the particular wireless device application to determine an improved adherence to the regular treatment when the regular treatment is combined with the particular wireless device application.

24. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein determining the impact of a wireless device application on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions includes generating quantitative information about the impact of the wireless device application on managing the treatment of the one of more medical conditions between the first cohort of patients and the second cohort of patients by virtue of a statistically different physiologic parameter being tracked by the wireless device application.

25. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein the analyzing comprises comparing a characteristic of a data set in which particular wireless device application was provided to a characteristic of a control set that includes members of the patient population that were not using the particular wireless device application.

26. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein receiving the one or more data reports further comprises receiving for each data report a corresponding provider identifier that identifies the wireless device application provider associated with the data report, the retrieving further retrieves provider information associated with each data report using the corresponding provider identifier associated with the data report, and the analyzing further uses the provider information to determine the effects of providing a given wireless device application.

27. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of the particular wireless device application on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

28. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment outcomes for the medical conditions of the patient population and a drug, medical device, or other therapy prescribed to the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of coadminstruction of the wireless device application the drug, the medical device, or other therapy on the treatment outcomes of the one or more medical conditions.

29. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein retrieving the patient population information includes retrieving information about treatment costs for the medical conditions of the patient population, and the analyzing determines the effects of the particular wireless device application on the treatment costs of the one or more diseases.

30. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein retrieving the patient population information comprises the operations of:

tracking usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications by the patient population; and

retrieving the tracked usage information.

31. The computer-readable storage device of claim 30, wherein tracking the usage information of a reconciled regimen of wireless device applications comprises the operation of tracking the usage information of wireless device applications from more than one wireless device application providers.

32. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, wherein organizing the data reports further comprises filtering patients from the patient population in one or more data sets based on one or more sets of demographic attributes, and wherein the analyzing the data sets comprises comparing a data set including patients with a first set of demographic attributes to a data set including patients with a second set of demographic attributes to —

determines the different effects of providing a given wireless device application to patients with the first set of demographic attributes and the patients with the second set of demographic attributes.

33. The computer-readable storage device of claim 23, the operations further comprising presenting the determination to a physician for use in making a treatment or clinical decision.