System and method for improving compliance of a medical regimen

Patent 5950630 Issued on September 14, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 12, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 766584 filed on 12/12/1996

US Classes:

128/897, MISCELLANEOUS128/904, TELEPHONE TELEMETRY128/906, MULTIPHASIC DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC705/2, Health care management (e.g., record management, ICDA billing)705/3Patient record management

Examiners

Primary: Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Assistant: Kearney, Rosiland

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Roy, Kiesel & Tucker

International Class

A61B 019/00

Abstract

A system and method for improving compliance by a patient with a medical regimen that has been prescribed to the patient wherein utilizing computer and electronic communication systems, patient data is compared to pharmaceutical data to verify prescribed drug dosage and prescribed medication duration are within acceptable limits, any abnormalities found by the comparisons are reported to the treating physician who may then alter the medical regimen before authorizing dispensing of the prescribed drugs and providing drug taking information to the patient, and upon authorization being issued, the patient is scheduled to receive reminder notifications prior to the prescribed time for the prescribed drugs to be administered, as well as automatically notifying the prescription distribution service to deliver the prescribed drugs to the patient, and notifying the payor service to pay for the prescribed drugs.

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