Computer system and method for training certifying or monitoring human clinical raters
First Claim
1. A method for quantifying severity of a previously diagnosed condition in a subject through a computerized interview that comprises:
- presenting a first question to the subject and receiving a first input from the subject in response thereto;
based on the first input, selecting a second question from a plurality of alternative second questions;
presenting the selected second question to the subject and receiving a second input from the subject in response thereto; and
based on the inputs received from the subject, determining in accordance with a rating scale a computerized score of the severity of the previously diagnosed condition in the subject.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for computerized training, monitoring, certification or re-certification of human raters in clinical trials. The invention provides an interactive computerized interview that can be compared scores obtained by human raters tp monitor and train clinical raters on a continuing basis in order to reduce rater drift and variance during clinical trials. Remediation can be automatically flagged or provided to improve a deviating rater'"'"'s performance. Computerized assessment of symptom severity is provided without the need for human clinical raters. The system and method enable screening of prospective patients for inclusion or exclusion from a clinical trial by automatically obtaining computerized ratings of symptom severity.
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1. A method for quantifying severity of a previously diagnosed condition in a subject through a computerized interview that comprises:
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presenting a first question to the subject and receiving a first input from the subject in response thereto;
based on the first input, selecting a second question from a plurality of alternative second questions;
presenting the selected second question to the subject and receiving a second input from the subject in response thereto; and
based on the inputs received from the subject, determining in accordance with a rating scale a computerized score of the severity of the previously diagnosed condition in the subject. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computerized method for training, certifying or recertifying a plurality of clinical raters, comprising:
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presenting to a plurality of clinical raters one or more stored segments of an actual or simulated patient interview or interviews;
eliciting from the raters one or more inputs in response to presentation of the one or more stored segments; and
for individual raters, comparing the one or more inputs of that rater by means of a computer with one or more reference ratings to determine whether that rater'"'"'s input accords with the reference rating. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computerized method for assisting or training a rater to evaluate severity of symptoms in a subject affected by a medical condition, comprising:
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presenting a first output to the rater conveying a first suggestion concerning a question to be posed to the subject or a clinical observation to be made concerning the subject;
receiving a first input from the rater in response to the first display;
based on the first input, selecting a second output from a plurality of alternative second outputs concerning a question to be posed to the subject or a clinical observation to be made concerning the subject and presenting the second output to the rater - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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