Patent ID: 7844470

Claim:
A method employed by a pharmacy information system, comprising the activities of: using at least one computer system for, providing data representing at least one display image supporting user entry of a coded diagnosis identifier for association with an order identifier identifying a medication order record indicating an order for a particular medication to be administered to a particular patient during an inpatient stay in a medical facility; for storing information, in at least one order repository, associating a plurality of order identifiers and an associated plurality of coded diagnosis identifiers; comparing said coded diagnosis identifier associated with an order for said particular patient retrieved from said information stored in said at least one order repository with a coded diagnosis identifier retrieved from a medical record associated with said particular patient and in response to a miss-match, initiating generation of an alert message for communication to a healthcare worker; providing utilization and cost data for medications including “Off Label” indications; and processing data associating a plurality of order identifiers and an associated plurality of coded diagnosis identifiers retrieved from said information stored in said order repository to determine utilization information indicating usage characteristics of a particular medication having multiple indications for treatment of a condition indicated by a particular coded diagnosis.