Methods and devices for identifying improper medical reporting
OwnerJonathan Rabinowitzinventor
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention relate to pharmaceuticals, clinical trials and reporting, and more specifically to finding duplicate medical reporting in clinical trials or when reporting adverse events attributed to drug use. Some embodiments of the invention relate to clinical trials, and more particularly to methods and devices for improving the results of clinical trials by preventing improper participation in clinical trials.
Claims23
A method for identifying duplicate participation in a specific clinical trial, comprising:
- receiving identifying data for an individual;
- comparing said received identifying data of said individual to identifying data of clinical trial participants included in a clinical trial participant database;
- and
- if said identifying data of said individual matches identifying data of a specific clinical trial participant in said database, providing exclusion data identifying said individual for exclusion from said clinical trial.
A method for improving the accuracy of medical information, comprising:
- for each member in a group of people used to determine said medical information:
- obtaining identifying data of said member;
- comparing said obtained identifying data of said member at least to identifying data of each other member in said group of people;
- and
- if said obtained identifying data of said member matches identifying data of at least one other member in said group, removing said member and said at least one other member from said group of people;
- and
- if at least one member was removed from said group of people, notifying a user of said removing said at least one member from said group of people.
A device for improving the accuracy of medical information, comprising:
- a comparison module configured to compare identifying data of each specific member in a group of people used to determine said medical information at least to identifying data of each other member in said group;
- and
- an analysis module functionally associated with said comparison module and configured to:
- remove said specific member and at least one other member in said group from said group of people if said identifying data of said specific member matches identifying data of said at least one other member;
- and
- if at least one member was removed from said group of people, notify a user of said removal of said at least one member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.