Order history analyzing systems and methods

• US 9,916,615 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PatientKeeper, Inc. (Commure, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PatientKeeper, Inc. (Commure, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bertrand, Mike, O'Reilly, Rachel, Brient, Paul W., Wang, Fei
• Primary Examiner(s): Chng, Joy
• Application Number:
  US13/398,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218580A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,217 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for: (1) receiving information regarding a plurality of past orders placed by health care providers at a particular health care facility; (2) using the information regarding the plurality of past orders to determine a set of most commonly prescribed orders for the health care facility; (3) converting the set of most commonly prescribed orders from a first format to a second format; (4) displaying the set of most commonly prescribed orders to a user in the second format; and (5) allowing the user to place a new order by selecting one of the most commonly prescribed orders.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for:

accessing, by a server including one or more processors, a plurality of data sources for pharmacy-formatted data, the pharmacy-formatted data representing a plurality of data elements, each data element of the plurality of data elements including a previous request communication received at a data source during a particular period of time, each request communication in the plurality of previous request communications including each of location data representing a location associated with the previous request communication and a combination specification that identifies, using a pharmacy-order format, each of a drug and a dosage of the drug;

processing, by the server, the plurality of previous request communications included in the pharmacy-formatted data, the processing including;

computing, by the one or more processors, for each combination specification included in the plurality of previous request communications, a number of other previous request communications that include the combination specification;

comparing, by the server, the number against a first threshold;

automatically determining, by the one or more processors, based at least in part on the pharmacy-formatted data, an order prevalence for each combination specification included in the plurality of previous request communications based on the comparing, the order prevalence of a combination specification representing a popularity of the combination specification;

identifying, by the one or more processors, based at least in part on the order prevalence for each combination specification included in the plurality of previous request communications, a set of prevalent combination specifications, each prevalent combination specification in the set of prevalent combination specifications identifying, using the pharmacy-order format, each of a drug and a dosage of the drug, the set of prevalent combination specifications representing commonly prescribed medications, and the set of prevalent combination specifications enabling a user device to select a combination specification from the commonly prescribed medications; and

continuously updating the set of prevalent combination specifications as new request communications are received, a new request communication including a new combination specification, and continuously updating the set including incorporating the new combination specification into the set of prevalent combination specifications when a number of the new request communications associated with the new combination specification meets or exceeds a second threshold;

transmitting, by the one or more processors, a query communication to a pharmacy database, the query communication including a request for a subset of the set of prevalent combination specifications, the query communication requesting physician-formatted data for each of the set of prevalent combination specifications, the physician-formatted data being stored at the pharmacy database, and the physician-formatted data including transformation data for transforming a prevalent combination specification from a pharmacy order format to a physician order format;

determining the subset of the set of prevalent combination specifications, each prevalent combination specification of the subset corresponding to a defined location, the determination of the subset including a comparison between the location data associated with each prevalent combination specification and the defined location;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a query response from the pharmacy database, the query response including the physician-formatted data for each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications;

transforming, by the one or more processors, each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications from the pharmacy order format to the physician order format using the physician-formatted data, the transformation comprising at least one of transforming a brand name for a medication associated with the order into a generic name for the medication, transforming a dosing information into a total dosage, transforming a pharmacist delivery route code to a physician delivery route code, and transforming a pharmacist delivery time code to a physician delivery time code;

transmitting, to a mobile user device, an identification, in a physician order format, of a drug and a dosage of the drug as included in each of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications; and

displaying, at the mobile user device, a representation of each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications in the physician order format; and

receiving, from the mobile user device, input corresponding to a selection of a prevalent combination specification of the displayed subset of prevalent combination specifications.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein, for each of at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the transformed subset of prevalent combination specification includes, in a prescribing physician order format, an identification of a route of administration for a drug entity, and wherein, for each of the at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the identification of the drug and dosage of the drug is provided in association with an identification, in the prescribing physician order format, of the route of administration.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the user device is operated by a physician.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein, for each of at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the transformed subset of prevalent combination specification includes, in a prescribing physician order format, an identification of a number of doses of the drug to be taken by a patient, and wherein, for each of the at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the identification of the drug and dosage of the drug is provided in association with an identification of the number of doses.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 4, wherein:

when in the pharmacy order format, the selection of the prevalent combination specification specifies a particular pharmaceutical product that includes the drug of the selected prevalent combination specification.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, wherein, when in the pharmacy order format, the selection of the prevalent combination specification specifies how much of the particular pharmaceutical product is to be provided to a patient at a particular time.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein converting data from each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications included past orders from the pharmacy order format to a prescribing physician order format comprises:

determining a particular drug entity that is included in a particular pharmaceutical product.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein accessing the information regarding the plurality of past orders comprises accessing the information from the pharmacy database.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein a health care facility is a hospital.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising converting data from the selected the prevalent combination specification from a prescribing physician order format to a pharmacy order format.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for:

accessing a plurality of data sources for pharmacy-formatted data, the pharmacy-formatted data representing a plurality of data elements, each data element of the plurality of data elements including a previous request communication received at a data source during a particular period of time, each request communication in the plurality of previous request communications including each of location data representing a location associated with the previous request communication and a combination specification that identifies, using a pharmacy-order format, each of a drug and a dosage of the drug;

processing the plurality of previous request communications included in the pharmacy-formatted data, the processing including;

computing for each combination specification included in the plurality of previous request communications, a number of other previous request communications that include the combination specification;

comparing the number against a first threshold;

automatically determining based at least in part on the pharmacy-formatted data, an order prevalence for each combination specification included in the plurality of previous request communications based on the comparing, the order prevalence of a combination specification representing a popularity of the combination specification;

identifying based at least in part on the order prevalence for each combination specification included in the plurality of previous request communications, a set of prevalent combination specifications, each prevalent combination specification in the set of prevalent combination specifications identifying, using the pharmacy-order format, each of a drug and a dosage of the drug, the set of prevalent combination specifications representing commonly prescribed medications, and the set of prevalent combination specifications enabling a user device to select a combination specification from the commonly prescribed medications; and

continuously updating the set of prevalent combination specifications as new request communications are received, a new request communication including a new combination specification, and continuously updating the set including incorporating the new combination specification into the set of prevalent combination specifications when a number of the new request communications associated with the new combination specification meets or exceeds a second threshold;

transmitting a query communication to a pharmacy database, the query communication including a request for a subset of the set of prevalent combination specifications, the query communication requesting physician-formatted data for each of the set of prevalent combination specifications, the physician-formatted data being stored at the pharmacy database, and the physician-formatted data including transformation data for transforming a prevalent combination specification from a pharmacy order format to a physician order format;

determining the subset of the set of prevalent combination specifications, each prevalent combination specification of the subset corresponding to a defined location, the determination of the subset including a comparison between the location data associated with each prevalent combination specification and the defined location;

receiving a query response from the pharmacy database, the query response including the physician-formatted data for each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications;

transforming each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications from the pharmacy order format to the physician order format using the physician-formatted data, the transformation comprising at least one of transforming a brand name for a medication associated with the order into a generic name for the medication, transforming a dosing information into a total dosage, transforming a pharmacist delivery route code to a physician delivery route code, and transforming a pharmacist delivery time code to a physician delivery time code;

transmitting, to a mobile user device, an identification, in a physician order format, of a drug and a dosage of the drug as included in each of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications; and

displaying, at the mobile user device, a representation of each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications in the physician order format; and

receiving, from the mobile user device, input corresponding to a selection of a prevalent combination specification of the displayed subset of prevalent combination specifications.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein, for each of at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the transformed subset of prevalent combination specification includes, in a prescribing physician order format, an identification of a route of administration for the drug entity, and wherein, for each of the at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the identification of the drug and dosage of the drug is provided in association with an identification, in the prescribing physician order format, of the route of administration.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the user device is operated by a physician.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein, for each of at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the transformed subset of prevalent combination specification includes, in a prescribing physician order format, an identification of a number of doses of the drug to be taken by a patient, and wherein, for each of the at least one of the transformed subset of prevalent combination specifications, the identification of the drug and dosage of the drug is provided in association with an identification of the number of doses.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein:

when in the pharmacy order format, the selection of the prevalent combination specification specifies a particular pharmaceutical product that includes the drug of the selected prevalent combination specification.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein, when in the pharmacy order format, the selected prevalent combination specification specifies how much of the particular pharmaceutical product is to be provided to a patient at a particular time.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein converting data from each of the subset of prevalent combination specifications included past orders from the pharmacy order format to a prescribing physician order format comprises:

determining a particular drug entity that is included in a particular pharmaceutical product.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein accessing the information regarding the plurality of past orders comprises receiving the information from the pharmacy database.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein each individual in the set of individuals includes an individual associated with a same medical specialty.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein a medical facility is a hospital.