Automated adverse drug event alerts

Abstract

Event audio data that is based on verbal utterances associated with a pharmaceutical event associated with a patient may be received. Medical history information associated with the patient may be obtained, based on information included in a medical history repository. At least one text string that matches at least one interpretation of the event audio data may be obtained, based on information included in a pharmaceutical speech repository, information included in a speech accent repository, and a drug matching function, the at least one text string being associated with a pharmaceutical drug. One or more adverse drug event (ADE) alerts may be determined based on matching the at least one text string and medical history attributes associated with the at least one patient with ADE attributes obtained from an ADE repository. An ADE alert report may be generated, based on the determined one or more ADE alerts.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medical alert system comprising:
 at least one device processor; and   a machine readable storage device storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more of the at least one device processor to:
 receive an indication of a receipt of event audio data from a user that is based on verbal utterances that are associated with a pharmaceutical event, the pharmaceutical event being associated with a patient; 
 receive an indication of an adverse drug event (ADE) alert report that is based on a first plurality of strings of text alert information from an ADE alert repository and an ADE alert report form; 
 receive an indication of an audio alert that is based on a second plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository; 
 initiate communication of the audio alert to an audio output device that is associated with the user; 
 receive template information that is associated with an electronic pharmaceutical form; and 
 initiate a graphical output depicting a population of at least one field of the electronic pharmaceutical form, based on the first plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information. 
   
     
     
         2 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the one or more of the at least one device processor to:
 initiate the graphical output depicting a population of at least one field of the electronic pharmaceutical form, by initiating a graphical display of the populated electronic pharmaceutical form on a display device, based on the first plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information.   
     
     
         3 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the one or more of the at least one device processor to:
 initiate the graphical output depicting a population of at least one field of the electronic pharmaceutical form, by:
 initiating a graphical output to a printer, based on the first plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information. 
   
     
     
         4 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the one or more of the at least one device processor to:
 initiate the graphical output depicting a population of at least one field of the electronic pharmaceutical form, by:
 initiating a graphical output to an electronic file, based on the first plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information. 
   
     
     
         5 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the one or more of the at least one device processor to:
 initiate the communication of the audio alert to the audio output device associated with the user, by:
 initiating a text-to-speech conversion of the text alert information based on the audio alert to the audio output device associated with the user. 
   
     
     
         6 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the executable code, when executed, is configured to cause the one or more of the at least one device processor to:
 initiate the communication of the audio alert to the audio output device associated with the user, by:
 initiating an audio output of at least one recorded audio alert obtained from the ADE alert repository. 
   
     
     
         7 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the ADE alert repository includes attributes which are associated with adverse drug events. 
     
     
         8 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical event includes one or more of:
 a medical prescription receiving event associated with the patient, or   a medical prescription review event associated with the patient.   
     
     
         9 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the ADE alert repository is configured to store information which is associated with a plurality of ADE alerts, the ADE alerts including one or more of:
 a plurality of recorded audio alerts each associated with a predetermined ADE alert,   a plurality of textual alerts, each textual alert associated with a predetermined ADE alert, or   a plurality of alert text strings, each alert text string associated with a predetermined attribute associated with a predetermined adverse condition.   
     
     
         10 . The medical alert system of  claim 1 , wherein the ADE alert repository is hosted on another system that is configured separately from a hosting system that hosts the medical alert system. 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising:
 receiving an indication of a receipt of event audio data from a user that is based on verbal utterances that are associated with a pharmaceutical event, the pharmaceutical event being associated with a patient; receiving an indication of an adverse drug event (ADE) alert report that is based on a plurality of strings of text alert information from an ADE alert repository and an ADE alert report form;   receiving template information that is associated with an electronic pharmaceutical form; and   initiating a graphical output depicting a population of at least one field of the electronic pharmaceutical form, based on the first plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein:
 initiating the graphical output includes initiating a graphical display of the populated electronic pharmaceutical form on a display device, based on the plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein:
 initiating the graphical output includes initiating a graphical output to a printer, based on the plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein:
 initiating the graphical output includes initiating a graphical output to an electronic file, based on the plurality of strings of text alert information from the ADE alert repository, the ADE alert report form, and the received template information.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the pharmaceutical event includes one or more of:
 a medical prescription receiving event associated with the patient, or   a medical prescription review event associated with the patient.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the ADE alert repository is configured to store information which is associated with a plurality of ADE alerts, the ADE alerts including one or more of:
 a plurality of recorded audio alerts each associated with a predetermined ADE alert,   a plurality of textual alerts, each textual alert associated with a predetermined ADE alert, or   a plurality of alert text strings, each alert text string associated with a predetermined attribute associated with a predetermined adverse condition.   
     
     
         17 . A method comprising:
 receiving an indication of a receipt of event audio data from a user that is based on verbal utterances that are associated with a pharmaceutical event, the pharmaceutical event being associated with a patient;   receiving an indication of an audio alert that is based on a plurality of strings of text alert information from an adverse drug event (ADE) alert repository; and   initiating communication of the audio alert to an audio output device that is associated with the user.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein:
 initiating the communication of the audio alert includes initiating an audio output of at least one recorded audio alert obtained from the ADE alert repository.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein:
 initiating the communication of the audio alert includes initiating a text-to-speech conversion of the text alert information based on the audio alert to the audio output device associated with the user.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the ADE alert repository is configured to store information which is associated with a plurality of ADE alerts, the ADE alerts including one or more of:
 a plurality of recorded audio alerts each associated with a predetermined ADE alert,   a plurality of textual alerts, each textual alert associated with a predetermined ADE alert, or   a plurality of alert text strings, each alert text string associated with a predetermined attribute associated with a predetermined adverse condition.