Patent ID: 8131769
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06F,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-assisted method of processing a drug information source, the method comprising: using a computing device to access a drug information source stored on computer readable media; using said computing device to assist with detecting at least one instance of drug rule content from said drug information source; and using said computing device to assist with parsing drug rule elements from at least one identified instance of drug rule content into a drug rule syntax stored on a computer readable media, said drug rule syntax comprising (a) drug rule syntax elements, each corresponding to a subset of a logical proposition, and (b) allowable logical relationships between said drug rule syntax elements, storing on a computer readable media associations between those drug rule elements that form a drug rule, whereby a subset of the drug information source is processed into syntax-parsed drug rules and stored on computer readable media.