Medication decision support

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019198142-A1
Application number	US-201715854059-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	Dec 26, 2017
Publication date	Jun 27, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for medication decision support. A computer generates one or more patient profiles detailing one or more patient health conditions and one or more medication profiles detailing one or more medication side effects. The computer then determines an association between the one or more patient health conditions and one or more medication side effects and quantifies the association as a conflict score. In addition, the computer determines whether the conflict score exceeds a threshold and, if so, the computer identifies and recommends an alternative medication having a lower conflict score.

First claim

1 . A method for medication decision support, the method comprising:
a computer generating a patient profile detailing one or more health conditions corresponding to a patient; the computer generating a medication profile detailing one or more side effects corresponding to one or more medications taken by the patient; and the computing calculating one or more conflict scores based on an association between the one or more health conditions and the one or more side effects.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
based on the calculated conflict score exceeding a threshold value, the computer identifying one or more alternative medications having a same therapeutic effect as the one or more medications.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
the computer suggesting replacement of the one or more medications with the one or more alternative medications.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
the computer assigning a severity to each of the one or more health conditions, and wherein the calculated conflict score is further based on the assigned severity.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein assigning the severity to each of the one or more health conditions further comprises:
the computer identifying a normal level for each of the one or more health conditions; the computer identifying a patient level for each of the one or more health conditions; and the computer comparing the normal level to the patient level for each of the one or more health conditions.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a therapeutic value of the one or more medications, and wherein calculating the conflict score is further based on the determined therapeutic value.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein determining the therapeutic value is based on an effectiveness rate of the one or more medications at treating the one or more health conditions.

8 . A computer program product for medication decision support, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to generate a patient profile detailing one or more health conditions corresponding to a patient; program instructions to generate a medication profile detailing one or more side effects corresponding to one or more medications taken by the patient; and program instructions to calculate one or more conflict scores based on an association between the one or more health conditions and the one or more side effects.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
based on the calculated conflict score exceeding a threshold value, program instructions to identify one or more alternative medications having a same therapeutic effect as the one or more medications.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising of:
program instructions to suggest replacement of the one or more medications with the one or more alternative medications.

11 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to assign a severity to each of the one or more health conditions, and wherein the calculated conflict score is further based on the assigned severity.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein assigning the severity to each of the one or more health conditions further comprises:
program instructions to identify a normal level for each of the one or more health conditions; program instructions to identify a patient level for each of the one or more health conditions; and program instructions to compare the normal level to the patient level for each of the one or more health conditions.

13 . The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine a therapeutic value of the one or more medications, and wherein calculating the conflict score is further based on the determined therapeutic value.

14 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein determining the therapeutic value is based on an effectiveness rate of the one or more medications at treating the one or more health conditions.

15 . A computer system for medication decision support, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to generate a patient profile detailing one or more health conditions corresponding to a patient; program instructions to generate a medication profile detailing one or more side effects corresponding to one or more medications taken by the patient; and program instructions to calculate one or more conflict scores based on an association between the one or more health conditions and the one or more side effects.

16 . The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
based on the calculated conflict score exceeding a threshold value, program instructions to identify one or more alternative medications having a same therapeutic effect as the one or more medications.

17 . The computer system of claim 16 , further comprising of:
program instructions to suggest replacement of the one or more medications with the one or more alternative medications.

18 . The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
program instructions to assign a severity to each of the one or more health conditions, and wherein the calculated conflict score is further based on the assigned severity.

19 . The computer system of claim 18 , wherein assigning the severity to each of the one or more health conditions further comprises:
program instructions to identify a normal level for each of the one or more health conditions; program instructions to identify a patient level for each of the one or more health conditions; and program instructions to compare the normal level to the patient level for each of the one or more health conditions.

20 . The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
program instructions to determine a therapeutic value of the one or more medications, and wherein calculating the conflict score is further based on the determined therapeutic value.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Lu Fang
• Buleje Italo
• Yang Jingwei
• Madan Piyush
• Chandra Rachita
• Hensley Alford Sharon M
• Mahatma Shilpa N
• Saranathan Sundar

Classifications

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• G16H50/70

  for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients · CPC title

• G16H50/30 Primary

  for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment · CPC title

• G16H20/10 Primary

  relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients · CPC title

• G16H50/20

  for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems · CPC title