Method for identifying and communicating with potential clinical trial participants

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 wh...

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Main Authors MASTICOLA, STEPHEN P, SHERMAN, WILLIAM, BRUSCHI, PAUL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 28.07.2004
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
PHYSICS
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20040250295