Method and system for processing electrocardiograms

A computer implemented method of processing an electrocardiogram (ECG), comprising the steps of:

• receiving digital ECG data for a plurality of ECGs for a plurality of patients within a clinical study, said digital ECG data evincing a plurality of heartbeats detected during said plurality of ECGs;
• providing interval duration data for said ECGs to at least one evaluating physician on a display, said interval duration data developed from digital interval duration data representing time durations of measured intervals associated with heartbeats from said plurality of heartbeats;
• receiving digital evaluation data representing a medical evaluation by said at least one evaluating physician of respective ECGs from said plurality of ECGs;
• and
• automatically identifying at least one ECG from said plurality of ECGs for quality review based on quality review rules.

A computer implemented method of processing an electrocardiogram (ECG), comprising the steps of:

• receiving digital ECG data for a plurality of ECGs for a plurality of patients within a clinical study, said digital ECG data evincing a plurality of heartbeats detected during said plurality of ECGs;
• providing interval duration data for said ECGs to at least one evaluating physician on a display, said interval duration data developed from digital interval duration data representing time durations of measured intervals associated with heartbeats from said plurality of heartbeats;
• receiving digital evaluation data representing a medical evaluation by said at least one evaluating physician of respective ECGs from said plurality of ECGs;
• automatically generating a report for at least one ECG from said plurality of ECGs, said report including evaluation data developed from said digital evaluation data associated with said at least one ECG from said plurality of ECGs;
• and
• automatically providing said report to a party identified by digital reporting criteria for said clinical study and in a manner identified by said digital reporting criteria.

A computer implemented method of processing an electrocardiogram (ECG), comprising the steps of:

• receiving digital ECG data for a plurality of ECGs for a plurality of patients within a clinical study, said digital ECG data evincing a plurality of heartbeats detected during said ECGs;
• receiving digital interval duration data, said digital interval duration data representing time durations of measured interval associated with heartbeats from said plurality of heartbeats;
• and
• providing said digital ECG data and digital interval duration data to a regulatory agency processor through a computer network from a computer processor unit remote from said regulatory agency processor.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) processing system, comprising:

• means for receiving digital ECG data for a plurality of ECGs for a plurality of patients within a clinical study from a receiving station coupled to at least one remote electrocardiogram machine, said digital ECG data evincing a plurality of heartbeats detected during said plurality of ECGs;
• means for providing interval duration data for said ECGs to at least one evaluating physician on a display, said interval duration data developed from digital interval duration data representing time durations of measured intervals associated with heartbeats from said plurality of heartbeats;
• means for receiving digital evaluation data representing a medical evaluation by said at least one evaluating physician of respective ECGs from said plurality of ECGs;
• and
• automatically identifying at least one ECG from said plurality of ECGs for quality review based on quality review rules.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) processing system, comprising:

• means for receiving digital ECG data for a plurality of ECGs for a plurality of patients within a clinical study from a receiving station coupled to at least one remote electrocardiogram machine, said digital ECG data evincing a plurality of heartbeats detected during said plurality of ECGs;
• means for providing interval duration data for said ECGs to at least one evaluating physician on a display, said interval duration data developed from digital interval duration data representing time durations of measured intervals associated with heartbeats from said plurality of heartbeats;
• means for receiving digital evaluation data representing a medical evaluation by said at least one evaluating physician of respective ECGs from said plurality of ECGs;
• means for automatically generating a report for at least one ECG from said plurality of ECGs, said report including evaluation data developed from said digital evaluation data associated with said at least one ECG from said plurality of ECGs;
• and
• means for automatically providing said report to a party identified by digital reporting criteria for said clinical study and in a manner identified by said digital reporting criteria.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) processing system, comprising:

• means for receiving digital ECG data for a plurality of ECGs for a plurality of patients within a clinical study from a receiving station coupled to at least one remote electrocardiogram machine, said digital ECG data evincing a plurality of heartbeats detected during said ECGs;
• means for receiving digital interval duration data, said digital interval duration data representing time durations of measured interval associated with heartbeats from said plurality of heartbeats;
• and
• means for providing said digital ECG data and digital interval duration data to a regulatory agency processor through a computer network from a computer processor unit remote from said regulatory agency processor.