Detection of patient misuse of prescription medication
Assigneehc1.com Inc.
InventorsBradley A. Bostic, Charles J. Clarke, Ryan C. Kennedy, Peter J. Plantes, Charles David Girard, JR.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for detecting a patient's misuse of a controlled medication of a patient using lab test results and patient attributes to generate a usage profile that is used to determine whether the usage profile is indicative of potential misuse of the controlled medication based on one or more features of the usage profile and, in response to determining potential misuse of the controlled medication, transmitting a notification that indicates the potential misuse by the patient.
Claims20
A method for detecting misuse of a controlled medication of a patient, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processing system, lab test results of a patient from a lab testing system;
- obtaining, by the processing system, patient attributes of the patient from one or more patient data sources;
- generating, by the processing system, a usage profile corresponding to the patient based on the lab test results of the patient and the patient attributes;
- determining, by the processing system, whether the usage profile is indicative of potential misuse of the controlled medication based on one or more features of the usage profile;
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- in response to determining potential misuse of the controlled medication, transmitting a notification that indicates the potential misuse by the patient.
A method for recommending a lab test for a patient, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processing system, a proposed prescription for the patient from an external data source, the proposed prescription indicating a medication;
- obtaining, by the processing system, patient attributes for the patient, including a diagnosis of the patient;
- determining, by the processing system, whether to recommend one or more different lab tests for the patient prior to the patient beginning the proposed prescription based on the proposed prescription and the patient attributes;
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- in response to determining to recommend one or more different lab tests for the patient, providing, by the processing system, a testing recommendation to a customer relationship management system, wherein the testing recommendation indicates the one or more tests that are recommended for the patient, wherein the customer relationship management system transmits the testing recommendation to a healthcare system of a clinic associated with the patient.
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