Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System

• US 20110093481A1
• Filed: 05/05/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Hussam, Ali Adel
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,063 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/31 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/313 Selection or weighting of terms for indexing
• 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: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving one or more requests to generate a medical study, retrieving from one or more data repositories one or more medical study instruments, receiving a selection of a particular medical study instrument to use in the medical study, generating by one or more computers a list of one or more research collaborators invited to review the medical study, and generating by one or more computers a list of one of more participants invited to join the medical study. Additionally, the computer-implemented method generates by one or more computer systems a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprises:

generating by one or more computer systems a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating by the one or more computer systems a template comprising one or more first fields;

retrieving by the one or more computer systems a listing of keywords;

generating by the one or more computer systems a first mapping of the keywords to the one or more first fields in the template; and

generating by the one or more computer systems a second mapping of the one or more first fields in the template to one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 further comprising:

receiving by the one or more computer systems the medical data; and

causing the one or more computer systems to detect the keywords in the received medical data.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising:

causing the one or more computer systems to apply the first mapping to the received medical data;

selecting text associated with the keywords, with the selected text included in the received medical data; and

causing the one or more computer systems to insert the selected text into the one or more first fields of the template.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 further comprising:

causing the one or more computer systems to apply the data filter to the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template; and

formatting, based on the application of the data filter, the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 further comprising:

causing the one or more computer systems to apply the second mapping to the formatted, selected text; and

causing the one or more computer systems to insert the formatted selected text into the one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein causing the one or more computer systems to detect the keywords further comprises:

causing the one or more computer systems to perform character-based recognition scanning on the received medical data.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein the received medical data comprises medical data associated with one or more patients, the selected text comprises selected medical data associated with the one or more patients and wherein causing the one or more computer systems to insert the selected text into the one or more first fields further comprises:

causing the one or more computer systems to insert the selected text associated with the one or more patients into the one or more first fields of the template.

7. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing a computer to:

generate a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

generate a template comprising one or more first fields;

retrieve a listing of keywords;

generate a first mapping of the keywords to the one or more first fields in the template; and

generate a second mapping of the one or more first fields in the template to one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

receive the medical data; and

detect the keywords in the received medical data.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

apply the first mapping to the received medical data;

select text associated with the keywords, with the selected text included in the received medical data; and

insert the selected text into the one or more first fields of the template.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

apply the data filter to the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template; and

format, based on the application of the data filter, the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

apply the second mapping to the formatted, selected text; and

insert the formatted selected text into the one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing the processor to;

generate a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

generate a template comprising one or more first fields;

retrieve a listing of keywords;

generate a first mapping of the keywords to the one or more first fields in the template; and

generate a second mapping of the one or more first fields in the template to one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

receive the medical data; and

detect the keywords in the received medical data.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

apply the first mapping to the received medical data;

select text associated with the keywords, with the selected text included in the received medical data; and

insert the selected text into the one or more first fields of the template.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

apply the data filter to the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template; and

format, based on the application of the data filter, the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:

apply the second mapping to the formatted, selected text; and

insert the formatted selected text into the one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.