Online, interactive evaluation of research performance
DCFirst Claim
1. A system for collecting metrics and calculating and communicating benchmarking information concerning the conduct of a clinical research trial among a plurality of research sites and a plurality of investigators participating in the conduct of said clinical research trial, the system comprising:
- a database server for (i) providing a user interface for capturing and displaying investigator and research site metrics for a plurality of research sites and the plurality of investigators who are participating in said clinical research trial, such metrics including at least one of time to first patient enrolled, total patients enrolled after the first 30 days, actual enrollment as a percentage of the enrollment goal, enrollment rate, screen failure rate, completion rate, per-patient budget, number of queries per patient, enrollment as a percentage of patients screened, and elapsed time from irb submission to irb approval, (ii) storing said collected investigator and research site metrics useful at least for calculating benchmarking information regarding the conduct of said clinical research trial; and
(iii) automatically calculating said benchmarking information for each of said plurality of investigators and each of said plurality of clinical research sites participating in said clinical research trial using said collected investigator and research site metrics for said clinical research trial, said benchmarking information comprising information comparing each of said plurality of clinical research sites and each of said plurality of investigators to all clinical research sites and all investigators participating in said clinical research trial; and
a communication server, in communication with said database server, for providing a user interface for communicating some or all of said calculated benchmarking information in real time to one or more of said plurality of investigators and one or more of said plurality of clinical research sites, said calculated benchmarking information being viewable immediately after said investigator and research site metrics are received by said database server.
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Abstract
Medical and other research organizations, sites within those organizations, and physicians practicing at those sites register in an online database. The company providing the database posts a description of a clinical trial opportunity or other research opportunity. The company can search and match for physicians with research opportunities, or the physicians can browse the list of opportunities. Once it is determined who will perform the research and awarded a contract, performance data are collected at 30-day intervals over the life of the trial for computation of benchmarks. The benchmarks from one physician are compared anonymously to those from other physicians participating in the same opportunity.
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1. A system for collecting metrics and calculating and communicating benchmarking information concerning the conduct of a clinical research trial among a plurality of research sites and a plurality of investigators participating in the conduct of said clinical research trial, the system comprising:
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a database server for (i) providing a user interface for capturing and displaying investigator and research site metrics for a plurality of research sites and the plurality of investigators who are participating in said clinical research trial, such metrics including at least one of time to first patient enrolled, total patients enrolled after the first 30 days, actual enrollment as a percentage of the enrollment goal, enrollment rate, screen failure rate, completion rate, per-patient budget, number of queries per patient, enrollment as a percentage of patients screened, and elapsed time from irb submission to irb approval, (ii) storing said collected investigator and research site metrics useful at least for calculating benchmarking information regarding the conduct of said clinical research trial; and
(iii) automatically calculating said benchmarking information for each of said plurality of investigators and each of said plurality of clinical research sites participating in said clinical research trial using said collected investigator and research site metrics for said clinical research trial, said benchmarking information comprising information comparing each of said plurality of clinical research sites and each of said plurality of investigators to all clinical research sites and all investigators participating in said clinical research trial; anda communication server, in communication with said database server, for providing a user interface for communicating some or all of said calculated benchmarking information in real time to one or more of said plurality of investigators and one or more of said plurality of clinical research sites, said calculated benchmarking information being viewable immediately after said investigator and research site metrics are received by said database server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for collecting metrics, and calculating and communicating benchmarking information concerning conduct of a clinical research trial among a plurality of research sites and a plurality of investigators participating in the conduct of said clinical research trial, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a user interface for capturing and displaying investigator and research site metrics on a database server for a plurality of research sites and the plurality of investigators who are participating in said clinical research trial, such metrics including at least one of time to first patient enrolled, total patients enrolled after the first 30 days, actual enrollment as a percentage of the enrollment goal, enrollment rate, screen failure rate, completion rate, per-patient budget, number of queries per patient, enrollment as a percentage of patients screened, and elapsed time from irb submission to irb approval; (b) storing on said database server said collected investigator and research site metrics useful at least for calculating benchmarking information regarding the conduct of said clinical research trial; (c) automatically calculating on said database server said benchmarking information for each of said plurality of investigators and each of said plurality of clinical research sites participating in said clinical research trial using said collected investigator and research site metrics for said clinical research trial, said benchmarking information comprising information comparing each of said plurality of clinical research sites and each of said plurality of investigators to all clinical research sites and all investigators participating in said clinical research trial; and (d) providing a user interface for communicating some or all of said calculated benchmarking information in real time to one or more of said plurality of investigators and one or more of said plurality of clinical research sites, said calculated benchmarking information being viewable immediately after said collected investigator and research site metrics are received by said database server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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