Systems and methods for managing regulatory information

• US 8,131,560 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2006
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Genzyme Corporation (Sanofi )
• Original Assignee: Genzyme Corporation (Sanofi )
• Inventors: Lawton, Alison, Carle, Rachel, Mehta, Monica, Durham, Mary, Granfield, Richard J., Kiely, James Earl, Puig, David J.
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Connor, Gerald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRANG T
• Application Number:
  US11/353,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,211 Days
• Field of Search: 705/4, 705/3, 707/3
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• 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: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for managing regulatory data pertaining to a healthcare product. For example, the system may include a network interface for receiving, from a client terminal, a request for regulatory data related to regulatory activity about a product as it pertains to a regulatory authority. The system also includes interconnected information stores for storing regulatory data associated with the product, where the information stores may include: contact records associated with respective contacts with the regulatory authority; commitment records associated with respective commitments made to the regulatory authority; and product information records associated with respective documents associated with the product. The system also includes a processing module for identifying, in response to the received request, each contact record, commitment record, product information record, and central files record associated with the product related to the received request.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system for managing and accessing interconnected regulatory data associated with a regulatory status of a healthcare product of an entity, comprising:

a network interface configured to receive a plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, wherein the plurality of types of regulatory data reflect interactions by the entity with a regulatory authority with respect to the healthcare product;

a plurality of information memory stores configured to store regulatory data records, each record including one or more of the plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product;

a computer processing module configured to;

establish data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records, wherein the data relationships are used to interconnect the information memory stores;

maintain the interconnected information memory stores based on the data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, wherein the processing module is configured to maintain the interconnected information memory stores based on a common data pattern associated with a type of the healthcare product;

identify, in response to a received request, the interconnected regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product stored in the interconnected information memory stores;

perform a first determination as to whether to generate, based upon the entry of regulatory data into a first regulatory data record stored in at least one of information memory stores, a second regulatory data record for storage in another of the information memory stores;

based on the first determination, generate the second regulatory data record;

perform a second determination as to whether a communication with a regulatory authority, recorded in a contact record, results in a commitment; and

based on the second determination, link the contact record to a commitment record, said commitment record recording the commitment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interconnected information stores comprise two or more of the following record types:

calendar records, contact records, commitment records, product information records, and central files records.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the contact records are digitally signed.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the commitment records reflect commitments made to a regulatory authority associated with the healthcare product.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the product information records include information pertaining to a third party involved in developing the healthcare product.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the central files records are integrated with an external document management system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further includes:

a database module that interconnects the plurality of information memory stores by using data patterns shared among the information memory stores.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor generates the data relationships between records stored in the plurality of interconnected information memory stores.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor further includes:

an interface module for retrieving, in response to the received request, configuration data used to present user interface templates from a memory module.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further includes a security module for configuring access by a user by assigning a user access rights to categories of information based on a security profile assigned to the user.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the access rights reflect at least one of:

which functions the user may perform, what regulatory data the user may access, what requesting data the user may modify, or what user interface templates are presented to the user.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the commitment includes an agreement to perform a product testing or an obligation to perform a study.

20. The method of claim 12, further including:

configuring access by a user via a security module by assigning a user access rights to categories of information based on a security profile assigned to the user.

13. A computer-implemented method for managing and accessing interconnected regulatory data associated with a regulatory status of a healthcare product of an entity, comprising:

receiving, at a computer, a plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, wherein the plurality of types of regulatory data reflect interactions by the entity with a regulatory authority with respect to the healthcare product;

storing, in a plurality of information memory stores of the computer, regulatory data records, each record including one or more of the plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product;

establishing data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records, wherein the data relationships are used to interconnect the plurality of information memory stores;

maintaining, through use of a processor of the computer, the interconnected information memory stores based on the data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, including maintaining the interconnected information memory stores based on a common data pattern associated with a type of the healthcare product;

identifying, through use of the processor and in response to a received request, the interconnected regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product stored in the interconnected information memory stores;

performing a first determination as to whether to generate, based upon the entry of regulatory data into a first regulatory data record stored in at least one of information memory stores, a second regulatory data record for storage in another of the information memory stores;

based on the first determination, automatically generating the second regulatory data record;

performing a second determination as to whether a communication with a regulatory authority, recorded in a contact record, results in a commitment; and

based on the second determination, linking the contact record to a commitment record, said commitment record recording the commitment.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein storing regulatory data in the interconnected information memory stores comprises storing two or more databases storing the following record types:

calendar records, contact records, commitment records, product information records, and central files records.

15. The method of claim 14, further including:

digitally signing the contact records.

16. The method of claim 14, further including:

integrating the central files records with an external document management system.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

interconnecting the plurality of information memory stores by using data patterns shared among the information memory stores.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

generating the data relationships between records stored in the plurality of interconnected information memory stores.

19. The method of claim 13, further including:

retrieving, in response to the retrieved request, configuration data used to present user interface templates from a memory module.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the commitment includes an agreement to perform a product testing or an obligation to perform a study.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions for performing, when executed by a processor, a method for managing and accessing interconnected regulatory data associated with a regulatory status of a healthcare product of an entity, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, wherein the plurality of types of regulatory data reflect interactions by the entity with a regulatory authority with respect to the healthcare product;

storing, in a plurality of information memory stores, regulatory data records, each record including one or more of the plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product;

establishing data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records, wherein the data relationships are used to interconnect the information memory stores;

maintaining the interconnected information memory stores based on the data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, including maintaining the interconnected information memory stores based on a common data pattern associated with a type of the healthcare product;

identifying, in response to a received request, the interconnected regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product stored in the interconnected information memory stores;

performing a first determination as to whether to generate, based upon the entry of regulatory data into a first regulatory data record stored in at least one of information memory stores, a second regulatory data record for storage in another of the information memory stores;

based on the first determination, automatically generating the second regulatory data record;

performing a second determination as to whether a communication with a regulatory authority, recorded in a contact record, results in a commitment; and

based on the second determination, linking the contact record to a commitment record, said commitment record recording the commitment.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the commitment includes an agreement to perform a product testing or an obligation to perform a study.