Medication monitoring system and apparatus
First Claim
1. A medication management system to assist patient control, monitoring and management of administration of prescribed medications comprising:
- a patient component having a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, said patient component including a data transfer interface;
a physician component having a retrievable physician'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing physician to enter prescription information into the physician component, said physician'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing patient data transferred from said patient component through said data transfer interface; and
a pharmacist component resident on a pharmacist'"'"'s computer, said pharmacist'"'"'s computer being adapted to interface with said patient component to transfer prescription data to said pharmacist component.
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Abstract
A medication management system which includes three components to assist a patient control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications. The system comprises a patient component having a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, and it includes a data transfer interface, e.g., a hardwired interface, such as an RS232 interface or infrared data transfer port. The system also includes a physician component having a retrievable physician'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing physician to enter prescription information into the physician component. The physician'"'"'s database is capable of receiving and storing patient data transferred from the patient component through said data transfer interface. The system finally also includes a pharmacist component resident on a pharmacist'"'"'s computer. The pharmacist'"'"'s computer is adapted to interface with said patient component to transfer prescription data to said pharmacist component. At least one of or each of the physician component and the pharmacist component has the capability of searching a medication database to determine potential medication interactions with currently prescribed medications and identify those to the physician or pharmacist for selective downloading to the patient component so that the patient can be alerted to the potential interactions. The patient component has a scheduler which tracks a plurality of medication dose schedules and includes alarm functions to prompt a patient to take particular medications, reschedule them, and alert the patient to potential interactions between medications and/or provide caution information to the patient for administration of the medication.
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56 Claims
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1. A medication management system to assist patient control, monitoring and management of administration of prescribed medications comprising:
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a patient component having a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, said patient component including a data transfer interface;
a physician component having a retrievable physician'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing physician to enter prescription information into the physician component, said physician'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing patient data transferred from said patient component through said data transfer interface; and
a pharmacist component resident on a pharmacist'"'"'s computer, said pharmacist'"'"'s computer being adapted to interface with said patient component to transfer prescription data to said pharmacist component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A medication management system to assist a patient control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications comprising:
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a patient component containing a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, said patient component including a display, a clock, a microprocessor, and a data transfer interface and permitting a patient to select and track whether to take a medication dose, delay taking said medication dose, or skip taking said medication dose in response to an alarm generated by said clock; and
a physician component having a retrievable physician'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing physician to enter prescription information into the physician component, said physician'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing patient data transferred from said patient component through said data transfer interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A medication management system to assist a patient control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications comprising:
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a patient component containing a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, said patient component including a display, a clock, a microprocessor, and a data transfer interface;
a physician component having a retrievable physician'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing physician to enter prescription information into the physician component, said physician'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing patient data transferred from said patient component through said data transfer interface; and
a pharmacist component resident on a pharmacist'"'"'s computer, said pharmacist'"'"'s computer being adapted to interface with said patient component to receive prescription data from said physician component via said patient component. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A medication management system to assist a patient control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications comprising:
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a patient component containing a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications, said patient component including a display, a clock, a microprocessor, and a data transfer interface; and
a physician component having a retrievable physician'"'"'s database of medication information and an input/output device enabling a prescribing physician to enter prescription information into the physician component, said physician'"'"'s database being capable of receiving and storing patient data transferred from said patient component through said data transfer interface wherein said patient component includes a programmed alarm clock permitting a patient to select whether to take a medication dose, delay taking said medication dose, or skip taking said medication dose. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus for tracking and monitoring administration of a plurality of medications comprising:
a hand held portable patient component having generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a microprocessor, a power supply, an input device and a data transfer device, said housing being adapted to receive therein a removable memory device having a database resident thereon, said data transfer device being connectable to said removable memory device in order to display data stored on said removable memory device and transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor, said patient component permitting a patient to select whether to take a medication dose, delay taking said medication dose, or skip taking said medication dose and tracking whether the patient takes, delays or skips taking the medication dose. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An apparatus for tracking and monitoring administration of a plurality of medications to a patient, said apparatus including a patient component, a physician component and a pharmacist component, said patient component comprising:
a generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a microprocessor connected to a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a power supply, an input device, a patient'"'"'s database stored in a memory, and a data transfer device, said data transfer device being connectable to said physician component and/or said pharmacist component to transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor, said patient component permitting a patient to select whether to take a medication dose, delay taking said medication dose, or skip taking said medication dose in response to an alarm produced by said alarm clock. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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49. An apparatus for tracking and monitoring administration of a plurality of medications to a patient, said apparatus including a patient component, a physician component and a pharmacist component, said patient component having generally rectangular hollow plastic housing containing a microprocessor connected to a liquid crystal display, an alarm clock, a power supply, an input device, a patient'"'"'s database stored in a memory, and a data transfer device, said data transfer device being connectable to said physician component and/or said pharmacist component to transfer scheduling information on said plurality of medications to said microprocessor, said physician component containing a database of medications, a program usable by a physician to prescribe one or more medications to a patient and download said prescribed medication to said patient component, wherein one of said patient component, said physician component, or said pharmacist component includes a program for comparing a prescribed medication to a database of medications to identify and display at least one interaction identified between said prescribed medication and another medication, said patient component including another program for comparing a prescribed medication to a database of medications stored in said patient component to identify an interaction between said prescribed medication and another medication.
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