SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ENCOURAGING USE OF PREFERRED DRUGS

• Main Author: STEVENSON Helen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.01.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

There is disclosed a computer system for providing a tiered formulary. The system includes a network interface; at least one processor; an electronic database configured to store records reflective of a tiered formulary, the tiered formulary comprising drugs organized into ranked tiers; a data collection component configured to collect drug data from disparate data sources by way of the network interface; a drug list generation component configured to process the drug data using the at least one processor to generate a list of drugs to be added to the tiered formulary; a tier assignment component configured to assign a particular tier of the plurality of ranked tiers to a given drug in the list of drugs; and a formulary update component configured to generate a record for the given drug and store the record in association with the assigned tier in the electronic database.