	US 7,596,503 B2
	Adverse drug reaction reduction
Emile Ben-Attar, Nof Ayalon (Israel); and Ran Rayter, Ramat HaSharon (Israel)
Assigned to Mirik Medical Ltd., Ramat Gan (Israel)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/766,388.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/815999, filed on Jun. 22, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0010088 A1, Jan. 10, 2008
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 705—3 [705/2; 705/4]

10 Claims

1. A method for using a server to generate an advisory message to a user, comprising:

receiving, by the server, a first list, said first list including medications currently being taken by a patient;

generating, by the server, a first code, said first code representing said first list of medications currently being taken by the patient, but not disclosing an identification of individual elements of said list;

sending by the server said code;

thereafter:

receiving, by the server, from the user:

said first code, and

an identification of at least one additional medication proposed to be taken by the patient;

determining, by the server, whether an adverse drug reaction warning should be generated, the adverse drug reaction warning indicating a potential danger of concurrent administration to the patient of: (a) at least one medication from said list of medications currently being taken by the patient and (b) the additional medication proposed to be taken by the patient;

sending the adverse drug reaction warning, by the server, in response to determining that The adverse drug reaction warning should be generated;

generating, by the server, a second code, said second code being different from said first code, and said second code representing a second list, said second list including the medications currently being taken by the patient and the additional medication proposed to be taken by the patient, but said second code not disclosing an identification of individual elements of said second list; and

sending said second code to the user from the server.