Patent ID: 8768724

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for detecting an improper drug use, comprising: determining, by at least one processing device, morphine equivalency data for each drug of a plurality of drugs of a drug regimen of a patient, and for each time period of a plurality of time periods; determining, by the at least one processing device, a total morphine equivalency for the drug regimen for each time period of the plurality of time periods, wherein the total morphine equivalency for the drug regimen for each time period comprises a sum of the morphine equivalency data for each drug of the plurality of drugs of the drug regimen of the patient for each respective time period; identifying, by the at least one processing device, a possible instance of the improper drug use associated with the drug regimen based on the morphine equivalency data, using the at least one processor, wherein the identifying comprises determining that the total morphine equivalency for the drug regimen for at least one of the time periods of the plurality of time periods is outside of an expected range compared to a total morphine equivalency for a comparable time period of a peer group associated with the drug regimen; generating, by the at least one processing device, an alert for the possible instance of the improper drug use; and causing, by the at least one processing device, an outputting of an indication of the alert.