Assisting researchers to monitor digital health technology usage in health research studies

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
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• one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• monitoring, by the one or more computers, usage of devices or software by one or more participants in a health research study that has a corresponding study protocol that specifies that participants each use a particular type of device or software as part of the health research study;
• based on the monitoring, generating, by the one or more computers, usage data that indicates a manner in which of the one or more participants used a device or software item of the particular type during at least a portion of the health research study;
• identifying, by the one or more computers, one or more technology usage requirements that are determined based on the study protocol for the health research study, wherein the one or more technology usage requirements indicate a level of use of a device or software item of the particular type that is needed for individual participants to comply with the study protocol for the health research study, wherein the one or more technology usage requirements specify a minimum level for at least one of frequency, consistency, or duration of use of the device or software item;
• determining, by the one or more computers, whether the usage data indicates that the one or more participants used devices or software items of the particular type with at least the minimum level of frequency, consistency, or duration of use specified by the one or more technology usage requirements that were determined based on the study protocol for the health research study;
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• based on the determination, providing, by the one or more computers, configuration data over a communication network to a user device of a first participant of the one or more participants, wherein the configuration data is configured to cause the user device to change settings for monitoring the first participant, including changing at least one of a type of data collected by the user device, a frequency that data is collected by the user device, a level of precision of data collected by the user device, or a context or trigger for initiating data collection by the user device.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• monitoring, by the one or more computers, usage of devices or software by one or more participants in a health research study that has a corresponding study protocol that specifies that participants each use a particular type of device or software as part of the health research study;
• based on the monitoring, generating, by the one or more computers, usage data that indicates a manner in which of the one or more participants used a device or software item of the particular type during at least a portion of the health research study;
• identifying, by the one or more computers, one or more technology usage requirements that are determined based on the study protocol for the health research study, wherein the one or more technology usage requirements indicate a level of use of a device or software item of the particular type that is needed for individual participants to comply with the study protocol for the health research study, wherein the one or more technology usage requirements specify a minimum level for at least one of frequency, consistency, or duration of use of the device or software item;
• determining, by the one or more computers, whether the usage data indicates that the one or more participants used devices or software items of the particular type with at least the minimum level of frequency, consistency, or duration of use specified by the one or more technology usage requirements that were determined based on the study protocol for the health research study;
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• based on the determination, providing, by the one or more computers, configuration data over a communication network to a user device of a first participant of the one or more participants, wherein the configuration data is configured to cause the user device to change settings for monitoring the first participant, including changing at least one of a type of data collected by the user device, a frequency that data is collected by the user device, a level of precision of data collected by the user device, or a context or trigger for initiating data collection by the user device.