Patent ID: 8645171
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented system for establishing a relationship between drugs and diseases, the system comprising: a first memory area for storing a quantity of patient medical history billing records identifiable as patient prescription claim records and medical claim records, a second memory area storing a grouping of drug codes and a grouping of diagnosis codes, a processor coupled to said first memory area and said second memory area and configured to perform the following steps: (a) identify at least one prescription claim for a specific patient from said patient prescription claim records; (b) identify at least one drug identification code for said at least one prescription claim; (c) identify at least one disease associated with said at least one drug identification code; (d) identify patient medical claims for said specific patient associated with said at least one disease, wherein each patient medical claim identified has at least one diagnosis code associated with said at least one disease; and (e) calculate a link weight value for each said at least one diagnosis code associated with said at least one disease, wherein said link weight value represents a degree of confidence that said at least one drug identification code for said at least one prescription claim is for a drug prescribed for said at least one disease identified that provides a statistical match association value to each said at least one diagnosis code within said patient medical claims identified as associated with said at least one disease.