Patent ID: 7853458
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
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: 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 drug; 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, implemented by a computer, 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 the computer: (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 at least one of the first and second drugs, and said search and determination engine determining the output for reducing the risk of the drug therapy related illness in the patient (PATIENT a monitor drug initiation function determining that PATIENT a monitor drug frequency function determining that PATIENT a monitor drug dosage changes function determining that PATIENT a monitoring of disease function determining that PATIENT a drug discontinuation function determining discontinuation of a second drug (DRUG B) in PATIENT a subtherapeutic drug dosage level function determining that LABI result is below the lower range indicating a subtherapeutic dosage of DRUG A including detecting of usage of DRUG A, monitoring for report from LABI within 30 days of first usage of DRUG A in order to monitor blood level, detecting of subtherapeutic dosage of DRUG A, and generating an alter to the user about the dosage level of DRUG A; a toxic drug dosage level function determining that LABI result is above the normal range indicating a toxic dosage level of DRUG A including detection of usage of DRUG A, monitoring for report from LABI within 30 days of first usage of DRUG A in order to monitor blood level, detection of toxic dosage of DRUG A, and generating an alert to the user about the dosage level of DRUG A; a disease reevaluation function determining that LABI result is below the lower range or above the upper range indicating a reevaluation of the diagnosis or condition as DISEASE A including detection of diagnosis of DISEASE A, and monitoring for report from LABI within 30 days of diagnosis for lab markers indicating correct diagnosis of disease; a lab marker positives or negatives function determining that LABI result is positive or is negative suggesting a reevaluation of the diagnosis or condition as DISEASE A including detection of diagnosis of DISEASE A, and monitoring for report from LABI with lab markers indicating correct diagnosis of disease; a false positives, false negatives or other result interference function determining that DRUG A or DISEASE A interferes with LABI and may lead to false positive, false negative, falsely elevated, falsely decreased or other improper influences on the results, and generating an alert to a user suggesting alternative test or, other mechanism to minimize or eliminate the influence of at least one of DRUG A and DISEASE A on the results at LABI; a frequency of testing function determining normal or abnormal results obtained at LABI, and generating an alert sent to user that abnormal result indicates that LABI test should be performed again or every X days, and generating an alert sent to user that normal result indicates that LABI test should be performed no more than every X days; an inappropriate conditions function determining that use of LABI results in patients with DISEASE A is not valid, and generating an alert sent to user to modify conditions at LABI or use a second laboratory test (LAB an obsolete tests function determining that LABI is using obsolete tests, and generating an alert to user; and a duplicative tests function determining that LABI and LAB wherein said computer system generates and electronically transmits 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.