Interface system for displaying comprehensive patient medication record

Abstract

A comprehensive medication management system is disclosed. The comprehensive medication management system offers a number of compliance related services that may be offered to patients in to improve medication therapy compliance. The system identifies compliance barriers facing individual patents and recommends services designed to overcome those barriers. The system further provides feedback to patients to document their progress. The system proactively identifies patients who may benefit from compliance services and blocks their transactions until the services are explained. The point of sale block may be expanded to other classes of patients so that the transactions of other classes of patients blocked and other messages delivered or some other customized interactions carried out. The medication management system may serve as a central repository of information about a patient's medication treatment program and the medication management system may provide quick and easy access to a patient's entire medication history to facilitate consultations between a pharmacist and the patient. The medication management system may generate lists of tasks for pharmacists to perform in order to deliver the compliance related services to individual patients.

1 . A system for facilitating consultations between pharmacists and a pharmacy's customers, the system comprising:
 a database storing patient data;   a plurality of pharmacy work stations;   a processor programmed to execute a consultation manager application configured to pull patient data from the database to populate one or more patient summary interface pages with patient data corresponding to an identified patient, the one or more patient summary pages including a prescription fill history detailing prescriptions filled by the pharmacy for the identified patient; and   a web server configured to send the one or more patient summary interface pages to the pharmacy workstations over a network.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the prescription fill history includes at least one of: a prescription number; a drug name; a dosage; a date sold; or a location at which a prescription was filled, for each prescription the pharmacy has filled for the patient over a period of time. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the data populating the one or more patient summary interface pages further include an interaction history detailing the patient's interactions with the pharmacy, the interaction history including at least one of: a date on which an interaction took place; an interaction type; a subject of an interaction; a location where an interaction took place; or a summary of a result of an interaction. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data populating the one or more patient summary interface pages comprise a summary of the patient's current allergies and health conditions. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the data populating the one or more patient summary interface pages comprise a list of compliance assistance services provided by the pharmacy to the patient. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the one or more patient summary interface pages include interactive tabs for selecting a desired view of the patient data. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6  wherein the interactive tabs include at least one of: a tab for displaying an interaction history detailing the patient's interactions with the pharmacy; a tab for displaying a prescription history detailing the patient's medication purchases from the pharmacy; a tab for displaying a list of the patient's known allergies and current health conditions; or a tab for displaying a list of compliance assistance services being provided by the pharmacy to the patient. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the consolidated patient view interface pages are configured to be displayed in a partial screen view in which the consolidated patient view pages are displayed along with other interface pages associated with a medication management system. 
     
     
         9 . A user interface system to display patient medication data to facilitate a consultation between a pharmacist at a pharmacy and a patient, the interface comprising:
 a processor programmed to execute a consultation manager application configured to pull patient data from a database to populate patient specific interface pages;   a web-server configured to send the patient specific interface pages over a network; and   a pharmacy workstation executing a web browser application configured to receive and display the patient specific interface pages on a display device associated with the pharmacy workstation, the patient specific interface pages providing a comprehensive view of the patient's medication history and interactions with the pharmacy.   
     
     
         10 . The user interface system of  claim 9  wherein the patient data populating the patient specific interface pages comprise an interaction history detailing the patient's interactions with the pharmacy, and a patient specific interface page displayed by the workstation includes at least one of: a date on which an interaction took place; a type of interaction; a subject of an interaction; a location where an interaction took place; or a summary of a result of an interaction. 
     
     
         11 . The user interface system of  claim 9  wherein the patient data populating the patient specific interface pages comprise a prescription fill history detailing the prescriptions that the pharmacy has filled for the patient, and a patient specific interface page displayed by the workstation includes at least one of: a prescription number; a drug name; a dosage; a date sold; or a location where a prescription was filled. 
     
     
         12 . The user interface system of  claim 9  wherein the data populating the patient specific interface pages comprise a summary of the patient's current allergies and health conditions, and a patient specific interface page displayed by the work station includes the patient's current allergies and health conditions. 
     
     
         13 . The user interface system of  claim 9  wherein the data populating the patient specific interface pages comprise a list of compliance assistance services provided to the patient, and a patient specific interface page displayed by the workstation includes the list of services provided to the patient. 
     
     
         14 . The user interface of  claim 9  wherein the patient specific interface pages include interactive tabs for selecting desired views of the patient data, the interactive tabs including at least one of: a tab for displaying an interaction history detailing the patient's interactions with the pharmacy; a tab for displaying a prescription fill history detailing the patient's medication purchases from the pharmacy; a tab for displaying a list of the patient's known allergies and current health conditions; and a tab for displaying a list of compliance assistance services being provided to the patient by the pharmacy. 
     
     
         15 . The user interface of  claim 9  wherein the patient specific interface pages are configured to be displayed in a partial screen view in which the consolidated patient view pages are displayed along with other interface pages associated with a medication management system. 
     
     
         16 . A method of providing a patient's medication data to a pharmacist conducting a consultation with the patient, the method comprising:
 storing patient medication data in a database, including a history of the patient's interactions with the pharmacy, a history of prescriptions filled by the pharmacy for the patient, and the services provided to the patient by the pharmacy;   preparing interactive user interface pages for displaying patient medication data;   populating the interactive user interface pages with the patient's medication data stored in the database; and   displaying the interactive user interface pages on an interface display device, the interactive user interface pages including an interactions page detailing the patient's interactions with the pharmacy, a prescription fill history page detailing the prescriptions filled by the pharmacy for the patient, and a patient services page detailing the services provided to the patient by the pharmacy.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the interactions page includes at least one of: a date on which an interaction occurred; a type of interaction that occurred; a medication to which an interaction related; a location where an interaction took place; or a summary of what took place during the course of an interaction. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the prescription fill history page includes at least one of: a prescription number associated with a prescription; a name of a drug associated with a prescription; a last date on which a drug associated with a prescription was sold to the patient; or a store location from which a prescription was filled. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16  wherein storing medication data in the database comprises storing the patient's current allergies and health conditions, and wherein preparing interactive user interface pages for displaying patient medication data includes preparing an interactive user interface page displaying the patient's current allergies and health conditions. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16  wherein displaying the interactive user interface pages includes displaying a plurality of user selectable tabs whereby a user may select different categories of patient medication data to be displayed on the interface display device, the user selectable tabs including at least one of: a tab for displaying the interactions page; a tab for displaying the prescription fill history page; a tab for displaying the patient services page; or a tab for displaying a patient's current allergies and health conditions.