Patent ID: 8271298
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computer, pharmacy claims data records; validating, by the computer, each of the pharmacy claims data records for a valid national drug code or a generic drug code to identify at least one drug, prescription use data for the at least one drug, and a valid patient identifying number; establishing, by the computer, for an identified patient, a number of validated pharmacy claims data records received for each drug identified; grouping, by the computer, the validated pharmacy claims data records for the identified patient and each drug identified to one or more pharmacy episodes; categorizing, by the computer, each pharmacy episode based on at least one of an interval length between pharmacy events in the validated pharmacy claims data records and the prescription use data for the at least one drug; and storing, by the computer, the validated pharmacy claims data records and associated pharmacy episodes for monitoring usage of a prescription drug identified in the validated pharmacy claims data records.