Caren C Tobin

US Patent:

20030236683, Dec 25, 2003

Filed:

Jun 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/465197

Inventors:

Dwight Henderson - Montgomery AL, US
Richard Lunak - Pittsburgh PA, US
Eugene Markiewicz - Alpharetta GA, US
Caren Tobin - Allison Park PA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/002000

Abstract:

A closed loop medication use system and method includes selecting a medication to prescribe to a patient based on patient information, such as laboratory results, radiology results, and patient allergies, healthcare industry practices, patient-care site specific guidelines, and medication information. The selected medication is prescribed on an unverified prescription order that is then transcribed. Transcribing includes performing multiple crosschecks of the prescription order to real-time patient information, healthcare industry practices, and medication information to generate a verified prescription order. After transcribing, the appropriate dispensing method is determined for the prescription order and dispensed. The dispensed medication is administered after confirmation by the administering clinician of the right patient, right medication, right dosage, right route, and right time. The whole process of medication use described above is monitored continuously in real-time. The monitored information is communicated to the prescribing, transcribing, dispensing and administering parts of the system.

US Patent:

20160071171, Mar 10, 2016

Filed:

Sep 4, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/846150

Inventors:

- Pittsburgh PA, US
Caren C. TOBIN - Pittsburgh PA, US
Alexander Y. LIU - Pittsburgh PA, US
Jamie L. KLOUSNITZER - Pittsburgh PA, US
David S. HELON - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ashley D. LATTA - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
G06Q 10/06

Abstract:

The present invention integrates accurate healthcare practitioner profile information and user-generated data streams, to include patient experience feedback and health insurance payer cost and quality data, within a web portal to enable secure management of practice visibility on the Internet, facilitate communications between patients and their providers, and streamline referrals of patients to appropriate providers and practices. It does so using a platform that includes a performance analytics engine to analyze performance of providers/practices to whom patients have been referred to generate performance metrics for these provider/practices in essentially real time and combines these generated performance metrics with the accurate healthcare practitioner profile information and user-generated data streams, to enable automatic and/or more focused future referrals which take into account the performance metrics.