System and method for recruiting patients for medical research across a vast patient population
First Claim
1. A system for recruiting participants for medical research over an extended computer network, the system comprising:
- an input device in communication with the extended computer network;
an output device in communication with the extended computer network;
at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement an enhanced services server built on the same architecture as a plurality of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, the enhanced services server being in data communication with the plurality of EHR systems via a network connection on the extended computer network, and the plurality of EHR systems being configured to capture patient data for a plurality of patients at a plurality of corresponding healthcare provider sites in a common data format that specifies information to be collected and a format for the information to be collected, the enhanced services server being configured to transmit and receive the patient data in the common data format;
at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement search functionality to search the patient data captured in the common data format by each of the plurality of EHR systems based on search criteria input with the input device and to output patient data for a plurality of qualifying patients identified as satisfying the search criteria, the search criteria being associated with clinical criteria that a patient must satisfy to qualify to participate in the medical research, and the output patient data being de-identified to hide any patient-identifying information associated with that patient data and instead identifying each of the plurality of qualifying patients according to the healthcare provider site at which the patient data for that patient was captured;
at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement messaging functionality to send an electronic message via the network connection to one or more healthcare provider sites at which patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients was captured, the electronic message being a request from a researcher for authorization to access patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients,wherein, upon receiving authorization in response to the request, the researcher can access the patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients identified with the output data, the patient-identifying information being accessed from the EHR system with which that data was captured via the network connection, andwherein the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients can be recruited to participate in the medical research using the patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for that patient.
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Abstract
A system and method for recruiting participants for medical research over an extended computer network is disclosed. The system and method comprise an enhanced services server built on the same architecture as a plurality of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, an input device configured to receive search criteria corresponding to clinical criteria that a patient must satisfy to qualify to participate in the medical research, search functionality configured to search the patient data captured by each of the plurality of EHR systems based on the search criteria, an output device configured to output data for a plurality of qualifying patients identified by the search functionality as satisfying the search criteria, and messaging functionality configured to send an electronic message via a network connection to one or more healthcare provider sites at which patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients was captured, wherein, upon receiving authorization in response to the request, the researcher can access the patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients identified with the output data and use it to recruit that patient for medical research.
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1. A system for recruiting participants for medical research over an extended computer network, the system comprising:
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an input device in communication with the extended computer network; an output device in communication with the extended computer network; at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement an enhanced services server built on the same architecture as a plurality of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, the enhanced services server being in data communication with the plurality of EHR systems via a network connection on the extended computer network, and the plurality of EHR systems being configured to capture patient data for a plurality of patients at a plurality of corresponding healthcare provider sites in a common data format that specifies information to be collected and a format for the information to be collected, the enhanced services server being configured to transmit and receive the patient data in the common data format; at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement search functionality to search the patient data captured in the common data format by each of the plurality of EHR systems based on search criteria input with the input device and to output patient data for a plurality of qualifying patients identified as satisfying the search criteria, the search criteria being associated with clinical criteria that a patient must satisfy to qualify to participate in the medical research, and the output patient data being de-identified to hide any patient-identifying information associated with that patient data and instead identifying each of the plurality of qualifying patients according to the healthcare provider site at which the patient data for that patient was captured; at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement messaging functionality to send an electronic message via the network connection to one or more healthcare provider sites at which patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients was captured, the electronic message being a request from a researcher for authorization to access patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients, wherein, upon receiving authorization in response to the request, the researcher can access the patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients identified with the output data, the patient-identifying information being accessed from the EHR system with which that data was captured via the network connection, and wherein the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients can be recruited to participate in the medical research using the patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for that patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for recruiting participants for medical research over an extended computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an input device in communication with the extended computer network; providing an output device in communication with the extended computer network; providing at least one computing device, in communication with the extended computer network, configured to implement an enhanced services server and placing the enhanced services server in electronic communication with a plurality of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems via a network connection over the extended computer network, the plurality of EHR systems being configured to capture patient data for a plurality of patients at a plurality of corresponding healthcare provider sites, said plurality of EHR systems being configured to capture and transmit the patient data in a common data format that specifies information to be collected and a format for the information to be collected, and the enhanced services server being built on the same architecture as the plurality of EHR systems and configured to transmit and receive the patient data in the common data format; receiving an input of search criteria into the input device, the criteria corresponding to clinical criteria that a patient must satisfy to qualify to participate in the medical research; performing a computer-implemented search of the patient data captured in the common data format by each of the plurality of EHR systems based on search criteria input with the input device, the search criteria corresponding to clinical criteria that a patient must satisfy to qualify to participate in the medical research; performing a computer-implemented identification of a plurality of qualifying patients who satisfy the search criteria, the patient data being de-identified to hide any patient-identifying information associated with that patient data and the plurality of qualifying patients instead being identified according to the healthcare provider site at which the patient data for that patient was captured; automatically sending an electronic message via the network connection to one or more EHR systems at one or more corresponding healthcare provider sites at which patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients was captured, the electronic message being a request from a researcher for authorization to access patient-identifying information associated with the patient data for the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients; receiving authorization for the researcher to access the patient-identifying information associated with the patient data at the one or more healthcare provider sites at which patient data for at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients was captured, the access being via the network connection; and recruiting the at least one of the plurality of qualifying patients to participate in the medical research using the patient-identifying information associated with that patient data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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