Apparatus and method for managing medication adherence
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring participant medication adherence in one or more clinical trials, comprising:
- a medication adherence monitoring apparatus operable to determine adherence of one or more clinical trial participants to a predetermined medication protocol, the medication adherence monitoring apparatus comprising a camera arranged and configured to capture a video of a user performing a plurality of predetermined steps indicative of proper medication administration, and comprising a processor operable to employ automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition of one or more medication administration instances performed by each of the one or more clinical trial participants;
a computer configured to, in response to data received from the medication adherence monitoring apparatus, output to a display;
a graphical user interface comprising a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier;
a plurality of clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers in the summary page, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant as represented by their identifier to which it is applied, wherein at least one modifier is indicative of a deviation in compliance with a medical protocol by a clinical trial participant as determined at least in part in accordance with the operation of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus; and
a zoom selector for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page;
wherein the computer is further configured to;
provide a first zoom level of the summary page;
receive a user-initiated command via the graphical user interface to modify a zoom level of the zoom selector; and
responsive to receiving the command to modify the zoom level, providing a second zoom level of the summary page comprising a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers that is unavailable in the first zoom level, the detailed information including at least an indication of a plurality of different methods through which medication adherence has been confirmed and an indication of at least a proportion of medication adherence confirmations that have been performed by each of the plurality of different methods, at least one of the plurality of different methods comprising automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition by the medication adherence monitoring apparatus.
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Abstract
A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page. Upon selection of a particular level of zoom, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial identifiers is provided; the detailed information including at least an indication of the level of compliance of a clinical trial participant to a prescribed clinical trial protocol represented by a corresponding clinical trial participant identifier, and further information related to any particular clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applied to any one of the clinical trial participant identifiers included within the subset.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring participant medication adherence in one or more clinical trials, comprising:
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a medication adherence monitoring apparatus operable to determine adherence of one or more clinical trial participants to a predetermined medication protocol, the medication adherence monitoring apparatus comprising a camera arranged and configured to capture a video of a user performing a plurality of predetermined steps indicative of proper medication administration, and comprising a processor operable to employ automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition of one or more medication administration instances performed by each of the one or more clinical trial participants; a computer configured to, in response to data received from the medication adherence monitoring apparatus, output to a display; a graphical user interface comprising a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier; a plurality of clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers in the summary page, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant as represented by their identifier to which it is applied, wherein at least one modifier is indicative of a deviation in compliance with a medical protocol by a clinical trial participant as determined at least in part in accordance with the operation of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus; and a zoom selector for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page; wherein the computer is further configured to; provide a first zoom level of the summary page; receive a user-initiated command via the graphical user interface to modify a zoom level of the zoom selector; and responsive to receiving the command to modify the zoom level, providing a second zoom level of the summary page comprising a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers that is unavailable in the first zoom level, the detailed information including at least an indication of a plurality of different methods through which medication adherence has been confirmed and an indication of at least a proportion of medication adherence confirmations that have been performed by each of the plurality of different methods, at least one of the plurality of different methods comprising automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition by the medication adherence monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for monitoring participant medication adherence in one or more clinical trials, comprising:
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determining, by a medication adherence monitoring apparatus, adherence of one or more clinical trial participants to a predetermined medication protocol, wherein determining adherence comprises capturing, by a camera of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus, a video of a user performing a plurality of predetermined steps indicative of proper medication administration, and comprises employing, by a processor of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus, automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition of one or more medication administration instances performed by each of the one or more clinical trial participants; outputting from a computer to a display, in response to data received from the medication adherence monitoring apparatus, a graphical user interface comprising a summary page depicting an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier; designating on the display one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers in the summary view, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant as represented by their identifier to which it is applied, wherein at least one modifier is indicative of a deviation in compliance with a medical protocol by a clinical trial participant as determined at least in part in accordance with the operation of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus; receiving a user-initiated command via the graphical user interface to modify a zoom level of the summary page; and responsive to receiving the command to modify the zoom level, zooming from a first zoom level to a second zoom level, the second zoom level comprising a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page; and displaying, on the display upon zooming to the second zoom level, a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers that is unavailable in the first zoom level;
the detailed information including at least an indication of a plurality of different methods through which medication adherence has been confirmed and an indication of at least a proportion of medication adherence confirmations that have been performed by each of the plurality of different methods, at least one of the plurality of different methods comprising automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition by the medication adherence monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for monitoring medication adherence in one or more patients, the system comprising a medication adherence monitoring apparatus operable to determine adherence of one or more patients to a predetermined medication protocol, the medication adherence monitoring apparatus comprising a camera configured and arranged to capture a video of a user performing a plurality of predetermined steps indicative of proper medication administration, and comprising a processor operable to employ automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition of one or more medication administration instances performed by each of the one or more patients, the system for monitoring medication adherence further comprising a computer configured to output to a display:
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a graphical user interface comprising a summary page providing an overview of each patient in a graphical format, each patient being represented by a unique patent identifier, each patient identifier able to be grouped according to one or more attributes of the patient; a plurality of patient identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the patient identifiers in the summary view, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular patient as represented by their identifier to which it is applied, wherein at least one modifier is indicative of a deviation in compliance with a medical protocol by a patient as determined at least in part in accordance with the operation of the medication adherence monitoring apparatus; and a zoom selector for zooming in on a subset of the patient identifiers included with the summary page wherein the computer is further configured to; provide a first zoom level of the summary page; receive a user-initiated command via the graphical user interface to modify a zoom level of the zoom selector; and responsive to receiving the command to modify the zoom level, providing a second zoom level of the summary page comprising a corresponding amount of detailed information related to the subset of the patient identifiers that is unavailable in the first zoom level, the detailed information including at least an indication of a plurality of different methods through which medication adherence has been confirmed and at least an indication of at least a proportion of medication adherence confirmations that have been performed by each of the plurality of different methods, at least one of the plurality of methods comprising a automated computer vision video activity sequence recognition by the medication adherence monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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