Specific Medication Use Risk Evaluator for Individuals A support tool for providers and consumers
Project Abstract:
The product estimates risk of using a medication for an individual person For example if you have breast cancer your oncologist can treat you with either Tamoxifen or Anastrozole Both have the same efficacy in preventing recurrence of breast cancer But each has different risks Tamoxifens significant risks are thrombi heart attack DVT pulmonary embolism stroke and uterine malignancy Anastrozoles significant risks include high cholesterol fractures and osteoporosis increased risk of ischemic cardiovascular events thrombi essentially Since the risks for these efficacy equivalent choices for treatment are slightly different between agents this software can help the clinician with risk assessment for the individual patient to select the agent with the least risk of use since each patient has individual risk factors This clinical tool can help prescribers assess medication use risk before and during prescription of a medication It can assess concurrent disease risk frailty risk unmitigated risks untreated hypertension vs treated for example as a risk for thrombi and help the prescriber consider risks they may not be aware of Therefore this tool can be used for both pre prescription risk awareness as well as monitoring of mediation use longitudinally It can be used by hand population of risk factors or auto population from EHRs Currently this method has been piloted on one medication but the aim is to work with Edj Analytics to submit an STTR or identify product development investors based on development of a prototype There is an RDF on file with U of L OTT
