Clinical Trial Investigators Performance Assessment

• US 20160147953A1
• Filed: 11/26/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IMS Health Incorporated (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Otto, Elisabeth, Menon, Piyush, Kannan, Suresh, Kapu, Anil, Ranade, Amit
• Granted Patent: US 10,424,400 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for providing a user with a performance indicator score includes receiving a first transaction message that includes historical clinical-trial performance data from one or more processors at a clinical research organization and receiving a second transaction message with health records data with parameters indicative of insurance claims data. The received historical clinical-trial performance data and the prescription data is translated into an updated database. Related records within the updated database are identified and one or more key performance indicators included in the data at the updated database for a first physician are identified. A score for each of the one or more key performance indicators are calculated and a performance indicator score record for the first physician is generated based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators.

Claims

1. The computer-implemented method for providing a user with a performance indicator score, stored at one or more databases, the method comprising:

receiving a first transaction message that includes historical clinical trial performance data from one or more processors at a clinical research organization;

receiving a second transaction message with health records data indicative of insurance claims data;

translating, the received historical clinical-trial performance data and the health records data into an updated database;

identifying related records within the updated database;

identifying, for a first physician, one or more key performance indicators included in the data at the updated database;

calculating a score for each of the one or more key performance indicators;

generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein receiving a second transaction message with health records data comprises receiving health records data indicative of patient data and prescriber data.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician comprises calculating a weighted average of the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein the weight of a particular key performance indicator to the performance indicator score is based on a therapeutic area.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician comprises calculating a performance indicator score based on an algorithm.

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

presenting the performance indicator score record for the first physician to the user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician comprises generating a performance indicator score record based on a subset of the one or more key performance indicators.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 wherein the subset of the one or more key performance indicators used to calculate the performance indicator score record for the first physician is selected by the user.

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

identifying, for a second physician, one or more key performance indicators included in the data at the updated database;

calculating a score for each of the one or more key performance indicators;

generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the second physician.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 further comprising:

ranking the first physician and second physician by the associated performance indicator score; and

presenting the ranked list to the user.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 wherein presenting the ranked list to the user comprises presenting to the user a ranked list based on the score for a particular key performance indicator.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein receiving a first transaction message that includes historical clinical-trial performance data from or more processors at a clinical-research organization comprises receiving a data file, a stream of data or a datagram.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician comprises calculating a performance indicator score based on an algorithm.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician comprises generating a performance indicator score record based on a subset of the one or more key performance indicators.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 wherein the subset of the one or more key performance indicators used to calculate the performance indicator score record for the first physician is selected by the user.

13. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first transaction message that includes historical clinical trial performance data from one or more processors at a clinical research organization;

receiving a second transaction message with health records data indicative of insurance claims data;

translating the received historical clinical-trial performance data and the health records data into an updated database;

identifying related records within the updated database;

identifying, for a first physician, one or more key performance indicators included in the data at the updated database;

calculating a score for each of the one or more key performance indicators;

generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein receiving a second transaction message with health records data comprises receiving health records data indicative of patient data and prescriber data.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician comprises calculating a weighted average of the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 wherein the weight of a particular key performance indicator to the performance indicator score is based on a therapeutic area.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first transaction message that includes historical clinical trial performance data from one or more processors at a clinical research organization;

receiving a second transaction message with health records data indicative of insurance claims data;

translating the received historical clinical-trial performance data and the health records data into an updated database;

identifying related records within the updated database;

identifying, for a first physician, one or more key performance indicators included in the data at the updated database;

calculating a score for each of the one or more key performance indicators;

generating, based on the calculated scores for each of the one or more key performance indicators, a performance indicator score record for the first physician.