System and methods for generating physician profiles concerning prescription therapy practices
AssigneeIms Health Incorporated
InventorsJill Tolle, James Cain
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Abstract
A system and methods for generating a profile concerning the prescription therapy practices of physicians in a therapeutic area of interest. A plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records are analyzed, and the records are categorized based on changes in the dosage or the prescription product between prescriptions for a particular de-identified patient. The prescriptions may be categorized based on the duration between the due date of a prescription and the date the prescription was filled. This information may be summarized for each physician for each product in the therapy area of interest.
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A method for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including de-identified patient identification number, dosage, and prescription product information;
- (b) receiving user-specified information defining a subset of the historical de-identified patient prescription records;
- (c) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the received historical de-identified patient prescription records based on the subset;
- (d) for each de-identified patient, comparing dosage and prescription product information contained in a first extracted historical de-identified patient record with dosage and prescription product information contained in a second extracted historical de-identified patient record;
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- (e) for each comparison made in step (d), categorizing a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product.
A method for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including de-identified patient identification number, prescription product information, date dispensed, dosage, number of days supplied, and refill information;
- (b) receiving user-specified information defining a subset of the historical de-identified patient prescription records;
- (c) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the received historical de-identified patient prescription records based on the subset;
- (d) for each de-identified patient, comparing dosage and prescription product information contained in a first extracted historical de-identified patient record with dosage and prescription product information contained in a second extracted historical de-identified patient record;
- (e) for each comparison made in step (d), categorizing a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product;
- (f) extracting at least one relevant historical de-identified patient prescription record from the prescriptions categorized at step (e) based on the refill information;
- (g) for each de-identified patient, determining a refill due date based on the dosage and the number of days supplied for a first prescription;
- (h) for each de-identified patient, comparing the refill due date of the first prescription with the date dispensed for a second prescription;
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- (i) for each comparison made in step (h), categorizing the de-identified patient based on the duration between the refill due date of the first prescription and the date dispensed for the second prescription.
A system for generating a profile concerning prescription therapy practices of at least one physician in a therapeutic area of interest, comprising:
- (a) a mass storage device for storing a plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records corresponding to prescriptions issued to at least one de-identified patient by at least one physician, each record including a de-identified patient identification number, dosage, number of days supplied and prescription product information, dosage, fill date, and number of days supplied;
- (b) an input device, coupled to the mass storage device, for receiving user-specified information which defines a subset of the plurality of historical de-identified patient prescription records;
- (c) a prescription categorizer, coupled to the input device, configured to compare the dosage and the prescription product information contained in a first historical de-identified patient prescription record with the dosage and prescription product information contained in a second historical de-identified patient prescription record, and to categorize a prescription based on a change in dosage or prescription product;
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- (d) a persistence calculator, coupled to the prescription categorizer, configured to determine the due date of a first prescription based on the dosage and the number of days supplied, to compare the due date of the first prescription with the fill date of a second prescription, and to categorize the de-identified patient based on the duration between the due date of the first prescription and the fill date of the second prescription.
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