Mobile Drug Adherence System with Benefit Manager Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack effective methods to remind and manage prescription drug adherence, particularly for individuals with drug benefit plans, leading to potential non-adherence and inefficiencies in medication management.
Innovation Solution
A mobile electronic device system that communicates with a benefit manager device to provide reminders and manage drug usage through notifications, a drug management subsystem, and various modules such as configuration, imaging, reminder data access, and notification modules, enabling timely medication adherence and tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional prescription drug management systems are used, then patients receive prescriptions from physicians and fill them at pharmacies, but patient adherence to drug treatment plans is not effectively monitored or reminded
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by providing reminders to patients about their drug treatment plans and tracking their adherence status. The mobile electronic device receives and processes information about drug usage patterns, then feeds this information back to both patients (through adherence reports) and pharmacy benefit managers (through compliance data), creating a closed-loop system that continuously monitors and improves drug adherence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mobile electronic device as an intermediary between patients, physicians, and pharmacy benefit managers. This device captures drug usage information, stores treatment plan details, and communicates adherence data to relevant parties, serving as a mediating platform that bridges the gap between prescription issuance and actual drug consumption monitoring.
2Loss of information
If manual tracking of drug usage is implemented, then some adherence information can be collected, but the process becomes complex and burdensome for patients and administrators
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing patients to automatically track their own drug adherence through their mobile devices. The mobile electronic device automatically captures usage information, compares it against the treatment plan, and generates adherence reports without requiring manual intervention from patients or administrators, thereby reducing complexity while improving data collection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses digital copying of prescription information from the pharmacy benefit manager's system to the patient's mobile device. Instead of manual data entry, the treatment plan details are electronically copied and transmitted, creating a synchronized digital record that simplifies tracking for both patients and administrators while maintaining data accuracy.
3Reliability
If comprehensive drug usage monitoring is implemented, then adherence rates improve, but administrative burden on pharmacy benefit managers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual administrative processes with automated electronic communication. The mobile electronic device automatically transmits adherence data to pharmacy benefit managers through electronic messages, eliminating the need for manual data collection, compilation, and analysis. This substitution of mechanical/administrative processes with automated digital systems maintains comprehensive monitoring while significantly reducing administrative time requirements.
4Reliability
If frequent reminders are provided to patients, then drug adherence improves, but patient annoyance and system resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic action by providing reminders at strategically determined intervals rather than continuously. The mobile electronic device schedules adherence reminders based on the treatment plan requirements and patient compliance patterns, delivering information at optimal moments when most likely to be effective while minimizing unnecessary system resource consumption and patient annoyance.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for managing drug usage are provided. In an embodiment, reminder data associated with a drug treatment plan of a patient is accessed. The reminder data includes a reminder time indicia and a patient identifier associated with the patient. The drug treatment plan is associated with a drug to be taken by the patient. A determination of whether a reminder criterion of the prescription drug treatment plan has been met is made based on the reminder time indicia. A patient messaging configuration is accessed based on the patient identifier. A notification is generated based on a determination that the reminder criterion has been met and the patient messaging configuration. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.