Method for identifying and communicating with potential clinical trial participants
OwnerPaul Bruschi, Stephen P. Masticola +1inventors
InventorsPaul Bruschi, Stephen P. Masticola, William Sherman
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for selecting clinical trial candidates. Medical records are obtained from a source of patient clinical data, and are searched by a clinical trial candidate identification service for suitability for a particular clinical trial. The privacy of patients whose medical records are searched is preserved by replacing the identity of the patient with a secure patient code before the records are released to the clinical trial candidate identification service.
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A method for identifying clinical trial candidates, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a patient clinical data source, patient data including identities of patients;
- replacing the identities of the patients in the patient data with secure patient codes;
- forwarding the patient data with secure patient codes to a clinical trial candidate identification service;
- receiving from the clinical trial candidate identification service a clinical trial candidate proposal including a secure patient code corresponding to a proposed clinical trial candidate;
- determining an identity of the proposed clinical trial candidate from the secure patient code;
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- forwarding the identity of the proposed clinical trial candidate to a candidate contact.
A method for identifying clinical trial candidates, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving at least one clinical data record, each said record including clinical data and a secure patient code uniquely identifying the record without revealing an identity of a corresponding patient;
- receiving a candidate selection criterion for a clinical trial;
- searching the at least one clinical data record for a matching clinical data record based on the candidate selection criterion;
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- if a matching clinical data record is found, then forwarding a contact request including at least a secure patient code from the matching clinical data record.
A method for selecting clinical trial candidates, the method comprising the steps of:
- periodically receiving clinical data records, each said record including clinical data and a secure patient code uniquely identifying the record without revealing an identity of a corresponding patient;
- periodically searching the data records to identify records of clinical trial candidates.
A system for identifying clinical trial candidates, comprising:
- a data exchange service for receiving patient records from a patient clinical data source and replacing identities of patients in each patient record with a secure patient code;
- a clinical trial candidate identification service for receiving the patient records with secure patient codes from the data exchange service, and identifying a patient record as a clinical trial candidate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.