Non-transitory storage medium storing management program, management apparatus, and management method

• US 8,423,531 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2011
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamakawa, Kazuo, Sumito, Isao, Sakata, Kenji, Kamura, Hitoshi, Takahashi, Kazuma
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US13/043,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20110225187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 707/707, 707/E17.014, 707/796, 600/300
• US Class Current: 707/707
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

A non-transitory storage medium storing a management program, the management program causing a computer to execute first receiving case data related to a result of a clinical trial; referring to a definition table storing a first criterion and a second criterion; determining whether or not the case data satisfies the first criterion or second criterion; first transmitting a first inquiry to a terminal; second transmitting a second inquiry to the terminal; second receiving a first answer to the first inquiry from the terminal, the first answer including other case data that is the case data at least a part of which is modified; third determining whether or not the other case data satisfies the second criterion; and making a second answer to the second inquiry on the basis of a result of the third determination.

Claims

1. A non-transitory storage medium storing a management program, the management program causing a computer to execute:

first receiving case data related to a result of a clinical trial;

referring to a definition table storing a first criterion and a second criterion;

first determining whether or not the case data satisfies the first criterion stored in the definition table;

first transmitting a first inquiry to a terminal when the case data does not satisfy the first criterion;

second determining whether or not the case data satisfies the second criterion stored in the definition table;

second transmitting a second inquiry to the terminal when the case data does not satisfy the second criterion;

second receiving a first answer to the first inquiry from the terminal, the first answer including other case data that is the case data at least a part of which is modified;

third determining whether or not the other case data satisfies the second criterion; and

making a second answer to the second inquiry when the other case data satisfies the second criterion; and

changing a state of the second inquiry transmitted to the terminal, from an issued state to a closed state, when the other case data satisfies the second criterion.

2. The non-transitory storage medium storing the management program according to claim 1, causing the computer to further execute:

referring to the definition table in which some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion are associated with each of a plurality of items into which the case data is classified;

fourth determining whether or not the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item in the plurality of items; and

the third determining determines whether or not the other case data satisfies the second criterion when the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item.

3. The non-transitory storage medium storing the management program according to claim 1, causing the computer to further execute:

storing the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage unit when the second answer, which includes information indicating that the second answer is made on the basis of the first answer, is made.

4. The non-transitory storage medium storing the management program according to claim 1, causing the computer to further execute:

storing the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage unit when the second answer, which includes the case data and the other case data, is made.

5. The non-transitory storage medium storing the management program according to claim 1, causing the computer to further execute:

deleting the second inquiry from an inquiry list which is displayed on a display screen of the terminal when the other case data is determined to satisfy the second criterion.

6. The non-transitory storage medium storing the management program according to claim 1, causing the computer to further execute:

when receiving the first answer, in which case data corresponding to a first item among a plurality of items into which the case data is classified is modified to the other case data corresponding to a second item different from the first item, to the first inquiry,

referring to the definition table by associating some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion with each of the plurality of items, and determining whether or not the other case data satisfies a third criterion corresponding to the second item.

7. A management apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive case data related to a result of a clinical trial;

a definition table to store a first criterion and a second criterion;

a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the case data that is received satisfies the first criterion stored in the definition table, and to determine whether or not the case data satisfies the second criterion stored in the definition table;

an inquiry making unit configured to transmit a first inquiry to a terminal when the case data does not satisfy the first criterion and to transmit a second inquiry to the terminal when the case data does not satisfy the second criterion;

an answer receiving unit configured to receive a first answer to the first inquiry from the terminal, the first answer including other case data that is the case data at least a part of which is modified; and

an answer making unit configured to make a second answer to the second inquiry when the other case data satisfies the second criterion and to change a state of the second inquiry transmitted to the terminal, from an issued state to a closed state, when the other case data satisfies the second criterion.

8. The management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the definition table further stores some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion in association with each of a plurality of items into which the case data is classified,

the determination unit determines whether or not the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item in the plurality of items and determines whether or not the other case data satisfies the second criterion when the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item, and

the answer making unit makes the second answer on the basis of a result of the determination.

9. The management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the answer making unit makes the second answer including information indicating that the second answer is made on the basis of the first answer and stores the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage unit.

10. The management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the answer making unit makes the second answer including the case data and the other case data and stores the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage unit.

11. The management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the answer making unit deletes the second inquiry from an inquiry list which is displayed on a display screen of the terminal when the other case data is determined to satisfy the second criterion.

12. The management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

when the answer receiving unit receives the first answer, in which case data corresponding to a first item among a plurality of items into which the case data is classified is modified to the other case data corresponding to a second item different from the first item, to the first inquiry,

the determination unit refers to the definition table by associating some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion with each of the plurality of items, and determines whether or not the other case data satisfies a third criterion corresponding to the second item.

13. A management method executed by a computer comprising:

first receiving case data related to a result of a clinical trial;

referring to a definition table storing a first criterion and a second criterion;

first determining whether or not the case data satisfies the first criterion stored in the definition table;

first transmitting a first inquiry to a terminal when the case data does not satisfy the first criterion;

second determining whether or not the case data satisfies the second criterion stored in the definition table;

second transmitting a second inquiry to the terminal when the case data does not satisfy the second criterion;

second receiving a first answer to the first inquiry from the terminal, the first answer including other case data that is the case data at least a part of which is modified;

third determining whether or not the other case data satisfies the second criterion; and

making a second answer to the second inquiry when the other case data satisfies the second criterion; and

changing a state of the second inquiry transmitted to the terminal, from an issued state to a closed state, when the other case data satisfies the second criterion.

14. The management method according to claim 13, further comprising:

referring to the definition table in which some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion are associated with each of a plurality of items into which the case data is classified;

fourth determining whether or not the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item in the plurality of items; and

the third determining determines whether or not the other case data satisfies the second criterion when the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item.

15. The management method according to claim 13, further comprising:

storing the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage unit when the second answer, which includes information indicating that the second answer is made on the basis of the first answer, is made.

16. The management method according to claim 13, further comprising:

storing the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage unit when the second answer, which includes the case data and the other case data, is made.

17. The management method according to claim 13, further comprising:

deleting the second inquiry from an inquiry list which is displayed on a display screen of the terminal when the other case data is determined to satisfy the second criterion.

18. The management method according to claim 13, further comprising:

when receiving the first answer, in which case data corresponding to a first item among a plurality of items into which the case data is classified is modified to the other case data corresponding to a second item different from the first item, to the first inquiry,

referring to the definition table by associating some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion with each of the plurality of items, and determining whether or not the other case data satisfies a third criterion corresponding to the second item.

19. A management apparatus comprising:

a memory which stores a program; and

a processor which executes, based on the program, a procedure comprising;

receiving case data related to a result of a clinical trial;

determining whether the case data that is received satisfies a first criterion included in a definition information, and to determining whether the case data satisfies a second criterion included in the definition information;

transmitting a first inquiry to a terminal when the case data does not satisfy the first criterion and transmitting a second inquiry to the terminal when the case data does not satisfy the second criterion;

receiving a first answer to the first inquiry from the terminal, the first answer including other case data that is the case data at least a part of which is modified; and

making a second answer to the second inquiry when the other case data satisfies the second criterion and to change a state of the second inquiry transmitted to the terminal, from an issued state to a closed state, when the other case data satisfies the second criterion.

20. The management apparatus according to claim 19, wherein

the definition information includes some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion in association with each of a plurality of items into which the case data is classified,

wherein the procedure comprises:

executing a determination whether the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item in the plurality of items and whether the other case data satisfies the second criterion when the first criterion and the second criterion are conditions related to the same item; and

making the second answer on the basis of a result of the determination.

21. The management apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the procedure comprises:

making the second answer including information indicating that the second answer is made on the basis of the first answer and storing the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage.

22. The management apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the procedure comprises:

making the second answer including the case data and the other case data and storing the second inquiry and the first answer in association with each other into an inquiry storage.

23. The management apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the procedure comprises:

deleting the second inquiry from an inquiry list which is displayed on a display screen of the terminal when the other case data is determined to satisfy the second criterion.

24. The management apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the procedure comprises:

when the first answer, in which case data corresponding to a first item among a plurality of items into which the case data is classified is modified to the other case data corresponding to a second item different from the first item, is received,

referring to the definition information by associating some of a plurality of criteria including the first criterion and the second criterion with each of the plurality of items, and determining whether the other case data satisfies a third criterion corresponding to the second item.