Patent ID: 8019619
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for incentivizing the cost-effective use of medications, the method comprising: storing, in a memory of a computer, medical information for a particular patient, the medical information including diagnostic information and patient attribute information, wherein the diagnostic information comprises information indicative of at least one of symptoms of the patient, a diagnosis of a first disease of a patient, and a type of possible medication treatment therapies, and wherein the patient attribute information comprises information indicative of at least one of an age of the patient, a sex of the patient, a weight of the patient, a medication treatment therapy currently prescribed to the patient, a second disease of the patient different than the first disease, a surgery performed on the patient, an allergy of the patient, a laboratory finding related to the patient, and a social history of the patient; determining, by a processor of the computer, a plurality of possible medication treatment therapies based at least in part on the diagnostic information for the particular patient; determining, by the processor of the computer, a patient copayment for each of a plurality of medication treatment therapies based at least in part of the patient attribute information for the particular patient; and displaying the determined patient copayments, thereby incentivizing the selection of one of the medication treatment therapies or another of the medication treatment therapies based on the medication information for the particular patient.