Patent ID: 7921021

Claim:
A process for decreasing the amount of treatment a patient requires from a first care-giver, the process comprising: receiving in a computer a set of records wherein the set of records comprises: at least one record representing a drug treatment prescribed by the first care-giver to said patient; wherein said drug treatment prescribed by the first care-giver comprises a psychotropic drug, and at least one record representing a medical specialty of the first care-giver; determining in the computer, from the set of records, and based on a predetermined set of screening criteria, whether a different treatment is available to said patient; wherein said determining is performed independently of records relating to effectiveness of the treatment prescribed for the patient by the first care-giver, and wherein said screening criteria comprises comparing the medical specialty of the first care-giver prescribing said drug treatment to the type of said drug treatment prescribed for said patient; and generating in the computer, in response to the determining, an eligibility tag associated with the patient; wherein said eligibility tag provides an indication that said different treatment is available for said patient; and wherein said generating an eligibility tag is performed if the medical specialty is not a mental health specialty and the type of said drug treatment is a psychotropic drug; and providing a notice to the patient associated with the eligibility tag of the different treatment availability; wherein the different treatment is provided at no cost to the patient; and wherein a financial consequence is described in the notice.