Patent ID: 7779003
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. In a health care enterprise, a computerized provider order entry system for receiving one or more search terms from a health care provider and finding an order for providing a medication or medical service related to the one or more search terms, comprising: a repository including a plurality of records identifying a corresponding plurality of medications or medical services available for order, a record of an individual medication or medical service available for order including a plurality of related text terms describing order related parameters, including terms identifying a treatment and at least one of: (a) a diagnosis code associated with the medication or medical service available for order, (b) a medical condition associated with the medication or medical service available for order, and (c) a medical problem associated with the medication or medical service available for order; a search processor for searching said plurality of records to find candidate medications or medical services available for order corresponding to the one or more health care provider entered search terms by: an output processor for providing search result data representing said ranked, identified and prioritized candidate medications or medical services.