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The development of a new tool useful to control and limit the spread of pathologies using drug dispensation data
The literature reports several studies to improve adherence to therapy through the development of new technologies. However, a system which promptly displays the trend of a disease has never been reported. We have created a new tool that can immediately identify the development of a disease and the high-risk areas. During the COVID pandemic, we understood the importance of monitoring the trend of pathology in real-time, on a map. Through a software named Qlik Sense, we identified the areas with the greatest distribution of anticoagulant drugs. The software geolocated the pharmacies and, when dispensing the drugs, it created a bright spot on the map of the Abruzzo region, Italy, with an intensity proportional to the number of patients who received the drug for the first time. In this study, we were able to visualize immediately the presence of comorbidities that could worsen the health of patients. The tool created identifies the predominance of a pathology in order to establish correct health policies, and, in the future, it could allow clinicians to monitor patient therapy.
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