Patent ID: 8489417
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer system for reducing the risk of a drug therapy related illness in a patient, the system comprising: a computer processor; a medical records database including a plurality of drug therapy records and a plurality of laboratory test results records, a drug therapy record of the plurality of drug therapy records including an indication of prescribed drug therapy associated with a patient and a laboratory test result record of the plurality of laboratory test result records including an indication of a laboratory test result associated with the patient; a medical information database including medical information criteria pertaining to an interaction between a first drug and a second drug and a relationship between the first drug and a first disease; and a search and determination engine, performed on the computer processor, wherein the computer processor generates and electronically transmits the output about the patient a treatment provider of the patient, the system user, or both the treatment provider and the system user, the output indicating a need for an additional laboratory test to be performed in connection with the care of the patient, and wherein the computer processor provides the alert to the treatment provider to prescribe the laboratory test.