Patent ID: 7124031
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system useful for reducing the risk of a drug therapy related illness in a patient, the system comprising: at least one medical records database comprising: i) drug therapy records, said drug therapy records including an indication of patient identification and an indication of prescribed drug therapy associated with said patient identification, and ii) laboratory test result records, said laboratory test result records including an indication of patient identification and an indication of laboratory test results associated with said patient identification; a medical information database, said medical information database including criteria pertaining to: i) interactions between a first drug and a second drag; ii) a relationship between the first drug and a first disease; and iii) administration of a laboratory test in connection with the administration of the first drug; and a search and determination engine for reviewing said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and said medical information database criteria, and for determining an output for reducing the risk of the drug therapy related illness in the patient using said laboratory test result records, said drug therapy records and the medical information database criteria by determining a drug interaction indicating initiation of the first drug in a patient with current usage of the second drug, including: (i) detecting the usage of the second drug concurrently with the first drug, (ii) monitoring for a laboratory report, (iii) generating an alert to the user of the system if such a report is not found, (iv) generating an alert to warn the user of the system about possible interaction effects between the first drug and the second drug; or (v) generating an alert to warn the user of the system of the need for particular tests from the laboratory to monitor the levels of the first and/or second drugs, wherein said system provides an output for the patient, to at least one of: (1) a treatment provider of the patient; or (2) a user of the system, wherein the output indicates the need for a laboratory test to be performed in connection with the care of said patient, and provides an alert to said treatment provider to prescribe said laboratory test, wherein said prescribing results in reducing the risk of a drug therapy related illness in said patient.