Prescription Safety Network Eligibility Validation Engine
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for systems and methods to support Risk Management of prescribed drugs, specifically to ensure optimal medication prescribing and usage through a prescription safety network that aligns with FDA guidelines, such as RiskMAPS and REMS, by verifying the eligibility of pharmacies, patients, and physicians within the network.
Innovation Solution
A prescription safety network program that includes a validation engine to process eligibility verification requests, determining the enrollment status of pharmacies, patients, and physicians, and generating approval authorizations for the provision of prescribed drugs, utilizing a system with a processor and memory to execute computer-executable instructions for enrollment and validation processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a prescription safety network program implements eligibility verification for pharmacies, patients, and physicians, then the safety and efficacy of medication use is enhanced, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the eligibility verification process into separate validation modules for pharmacies, patients, and physicians. Each participant type has dedicated validation logic that checks their enrollment status independently, then combines the results to determine overall eligibility. This segmentation makes the complex safety verification process more manageable and maintainable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation of enrollment status for all three participant types before processing the prescription filling transaction. By checking eligibility criteria in advance and obtaining approval authorizations beforehand, the system ensures safety requirements are met prior to medication dispensing, preventing unsafe transactions from being processed.
2Reliability
If the validation engine processes eligibility verification requests for all prescribed drugs, then the benefit-risk balance is improved, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation engine applies partial verification by checking only the specific eligibility criteria relevant to each prescribed drug and participant combination. Rather than performing comprehensive checks on all possible parameters, the system validates only the necessary enrollment status and approval authorization information required for that specific transaction, reducing unnecessary processing time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous validation processing by handling eligibility verification requests in real-time as they are received, without batch processing delays. The validation engine continuously checks enrollment status and generates approval authorizations immediately, ensuring that safety verification is an ongoing process rather than a periodic one, thus reducing overall verification time.
3Reliability
If the system verifies enrollment status of pharmacies, patients, and physicians for each prescription, then the safety of medication provision is enhanced, but the quantity of verification transactions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the validation of multiple participant types into a single integrated eligibility verification process. Instead of processing separate verification transactions for pharmacies, patients, and physicians independently, the validation engine combines their enrollment status checks into one coordinated validation sequence, reducing the total number of transactions while maintaining comprehensive safety verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The validation engine serves multiple functions within a single verification process: it validates pharmacy enrollment status, checks patient eligibility, verifies physician authorization, and generates approval authorizations all within one integrated transaction flow. This multi-functional approach reduces the quantity of separate verification transactions needed while ensuring all safety requirements are met.
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AI summary
Systems and methods may be provided for a prescription safety network program. The systems and methods may include receiving an eligibility verification request for a prescribed drug or product, where the eligibility verification request may include a pharmacy identifier, a patient identifier, and physician identifier; determining, based upon the received pharmacy identifier, that a pharmacy associated with the pharmacy identifier has enrolled in the prescription safety network program for filling the prescribed drug or product; determining, based upon the received patient identifier, that a patient associated with the patient identifier has enrolled in the prescription safety network program for utilizing the prescribed drug or product; and determining, based upon the received physician identifier, that a physician associated with the physician identifier has enrolled in the prescription safety network program for prescribing the prescribed drug or product; and generating an approval authorization by the validation engine in response to the eligibility verification request.