METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING A LIST OF A PATIENT'S PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS

摘要

A computer system for obtaining, analyzing and providing information to a community of user patients regarding their medication is disclosed. The system is provided by means of world wide web access and generates a user patient screen prompting the manual entry of data relating to the use patient and drugs being taken. The data are analyzed and results are provided to the user patient and/or the caregiver including drug-drug interactions, drug pricing, alternative medications and possible adjustments in the dosing regimen of the user patient.

主权项

1. In a computer system which implements a data receptor form on a screen which is accessible to a community of users, a method of analyzing data on a patient's prescribed pharmaceuticals, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
(a) providing user access to a community of user patients; (b) generating a screen for user patient access wherein the screen prompts the user patient to manually enter data relating to drugs being taken by the user patient; (c) obtaining data manually entered by the user patient as prompted; (d) analyzing the data manually entered by the user patient; Producing a result based on the analysis; and wherein the results of the analysis provide the user with information on a single drug which may be substituted for two or more drugs currently taken by the patient; further wherein the results provide the user with retail sources of the drugs being taken by the patient; still further wherein the results provide the user with information on recent developments regarding their current medication or related medications including recently reported adverse response and positive results obtained in clinical trials; and further wherein the results provide information on potential drug interactions with rated levels of warning based on the potential severity of the drug interaction; and (f) sending the results to the user, wherein the manually entered data further includes costs of the drugs on a per unit basis and wherein the data is compared against a data bank of drugs and the results of the analysis describes alternative drugs for treating the user patient and any lower cost sellers of the drug; and wherein the system is a software-based system manually entered data compared against a data bank family of drug sellers and the results of the analysis describes prices for the drugs being taken by the user patient.