SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENROLLMENT OF CLINICAL STUDY CANDIDATES AND INVESTIGATORS

• US 20080010254A1
• Filed: 11/20/2006
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Settimi, Philip David
• Granted Patent: US 8,725,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/70 for mining of medical data, e.g. analysing previous cases of other patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for clinical study notification. Certain embodiments provide a method for clinical study notification. The method includes accessing a pool of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data. The method also includes identifying one or more healthcare providers associated with the pool of potential study participants. The method further includes electronically communicating with the one or more healthcare providers and/or the pool of potential study participants regarding participation in a clinical study. Additionally, the method includes allowing the one or more healthcare providers and/or the pool of potential study participants to join the clinical study.

Claims

1. A system for clinical study notification, said system comprising:

search results including a pool of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data;

a first user interface facilitating identification one or more healthcare providers associated with the pool of potential study participants and communication with at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants regarding participation in a clinical study; and

a second user interface allowing at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants to join the clinical study.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said second user interface comprises opt-in functionality to allow at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants to join the clinical study.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said second user interface comprises referral functionality to allow at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants to refer a potential study participant to join the clinical study.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first user interface and said second user interface operates via an electronic medical record system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said search results include the pool of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data based on a plurality of received search criteria.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of received search criteria is weighted.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the plurality of received search criteria is normalized according to at least one vocabulary.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the pool of potential study participants is anonymized, and wherein said first user interface is authorized to re-identify at least one of the pool of potential study participants.

9. A method for clinical study notification, said method comprising:

accessing a pool of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data;

identifying one or more healthcare providers associated with the pool of potential study participants;

electronically communicating with at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants regarding participation in a clinical study; and

allowing at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants to join the clinical study.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising allowing at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants to refer a potential study participant to join the clinical study.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said step of electronically communicating further comprises electronically communicating via an electronic medical record system.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein said step of allowing further comprises allowing at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants to join the clinical study via an electronic medical record system.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising facilitating completion of the clinical study.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said step of facilitating further comprises facilitating completion of the clinical study via an electronic medical record system.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said step of electronically communicating further comprises automatically electronically communicating with at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the pool of potential study participants regarding participation in the clinical study.

16. A computer-readable medium having a set of instructions for execution by a computer, said set of instructions comprising:

a search routine determining a set of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data;

a first user interface routine facilitating identification one or more healthcare providers associated with the set of potential study participants and communication with at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the set of potential study participants regarding participation in a clinical study; and

a second user interface routine allowing at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the set of potential study participants to join the clinical study.

17. The set of instructions of claim 16, wherein said second user interface routine comprises opt-in functionality to allow at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the set of potential study participants to join the clinical study.

18. The set of instructions of claim 16, wherein said second user interface routine comprises referral functionality to allow at least one of the one or more healthcare providers and the set of potential study participants to refer someone to join the clinical study.

19. The set of instructions of claim 16, wherein at least one of said first user interface routine and said second user interface routine operates via an electronic medical record system.

20. The set of instructions of claim 16, wherein said search routine determines the set of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data based on a plurality of received search criteria.