Remote monitoring of measurements in clinical trials

A method of remotely monitoring clinical trial measurements, wherein comprising:

• accessing, by a processor, one or more clinical trial participant data units received via a network connection (140) from a client device configured to execute a clinical trial diary application for collecting clinical trial diary entries, said client device connected via a short-range wireless connection to at least one measurement device configured to collect a clinical trial measurement sample and transmit the collected clinical trial measurement sample to the client device, wherein each clinical trial participant data unit is set to include a collected clinical trial diary entry and one or more collected clinical trial measurement samples corresponding to the collected clinical trial diary entry;
• in response to detecting, by the processor, that an accessed clinical trial participant data unit lacks one or more of the corresponding collected clinical trial measurement samples:
• searching, by the processor, a connection log for a corresponding connectivity issue entry, said connection log being kept by the client device about the status of each short-range wireless connection between the client device and each of the at least one measurement device and said connection log received via the network connection from the client device;
• and
• in response to finding, by the processor, a corresponding connectivity issue entry in the connection log:
• determining, by the processor, that a potential connectivity issue exists;
• and
• causing, by the processor, a connectivity correction action to be triggered, wherein the connectivity correction action comprises at least one of transmitting an alarm to a technical support entity about the potential connectivity issue or transmitting instructions to the client device for trouble-shooting the potential connectivity issue.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform:

• accessing one or more clinical trial participant data units received via a network connection from a client device configured to execute a clinical trial diary application for collecting clinical trial diary entries, said client device connected via a short-range wireless connection to at least one measurement device configured to collect a clinical trial measurement sample and transmit the collected clinical trial measurement sample to the client device, wherein each clinical trial participant data unit is set to include a collected clinical trial diary entry and one or more collected clinical trial measurement samples corresponding to the collected clinical trial diary entry;
• in response to detecting that an accessed clinical trial participant data unit lacks one or more of the corresponding collected clinical trial measurement samples:
• searching a connection log for a corresponding connectivity issue entry, said connection log being kept by the client device about the status of each short-range wireless connection between the client device and each of the at least one measurement device and said connection log received via the network connection from the client device;
• and
• in response to finding a corresponding connectivity issue entry in the connection log:
• determining that a potential connectivity issue exists;
• and
• causing a connectivity correction action to be triggered, wherein the connectivity correction action comprises at least one of transmitting an alarm to a technical support entity about the potential connectivity issue or transmitting instructions to the client device for trouble-shooting the potential connectivity issue.