| US 7,490,049 B2 | ||
| Patient oriented point of care system and method | ||
| Ian Michael Miller, Summit, N.J. (US); Mark J. Halloran, Long Valley, N.J. (US); Lynn A. Petersen, Oakland, N.J. (US); Donna T. Whiteford, Brooklyn, N.Y. (US); Dorian King-Cheung Lo, Bloomingdale, N.J. (US); Patrice Bavaro, Morristown, N.J. (US); and Anthony J. Schueth, Morristown, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 29, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/109,042. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0187690 A1, Oct. 02, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 50/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—3 [705/2; 701/32; 128/903; 128/920; 177/25.19; 604/20; 604/131] | 48 Claims |
| 1. A computer-assisted method of providing, to a health care provider, information relating to a patient, said method comprising
the steps of:
(a) collecting a prescription history that includes information relating to one or more prescriptions issued to the patient,
a non-prescription purchase history, and a prescription purchase history that includes information relating to one or more
prescription purchases made by the patient in accordance with the one or more prescriptions, said collecting step (a) further
comprising:
(1) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when the one or more prescriptions are
issued by different health care providers; and
(2) collecting the prescription history and prescription purchase history information when drugs prescribed in the one or
more prescriptions are purchased from different pharmacists including, when information exists, a retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical
benefits management company and mail delivery pharmacy;
(b) storing the prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase history information of
the patient into a database when at least one of the one or more prescriptions are issued by at least one of different health
care providers and different pharmacists;
(c) determining whether a drug formulary exists associated with a pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient;
(d) generating, when it is determined that the drug formulary is not in existence, the drug formulary associated with the
pharmacy insurance carrier of the patient by referencing a rules database, the drug formulary matches a formulary identification
number of the patient, wherein the formulary identification number is consistent with different insurance carriers of the
patient and specific to a formulary;
(e) accessing the information stored in the database for the prescription history, non prescription purchase history, and
prescription purchase history of the patient, wherein access will be granted only for the patient or a representative of the
patient, under the direction of the patient or the representative, and under the authorization by the patient or the representative;
(f) retrieving the information relating to prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, and prescription purchase
history by the patient or the representative; and
(g) at least one of printing and displaying, by the patient or the representative, the information retrieved relating to the
prescription history, non-prescription purchase history, prescription purchase history, and information associated with said
formulary, wherein said formulary is associated with the patient's insurance company for the health care provider in order
to assist the health care provider in providing health care to the patient to prescribe for the patient the one or more prescriptions.
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