US 12,282,408 B1
Improving compliance of patient data collection in clinical trials with predictive analysis
Praduman Jain, Fairfax, VA (US); Josh Schilling, Salem, OR (US); Dave Klein, Oakton, VA (US); and Mark James Begale, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to VigNet Incorporated, Fairfax, VA (US)
Filed by Vignet Incorporated, Fairfax, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/207,321.
Application 17/207,321 is a continuation of application No. 16/877,162, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,461,216.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 11/3466 (2013.01) [A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G06F 11/3438 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of facilitating compliance with requirements of clinical trials, the method being performed by one or more computers, the method comprising:
accessing, by the one or more computers, (i) study data indicating a particular type of data to be collected in a research study and (ii) attribute data indicating attributes of participants in a cohort for the research study;
identifying, by the one or more computers, a multiple types of devices or software items that are each capable of collecting the particular type of data indicated by the study data;
determining, by the one or more computers, a predicted level of compliance for each of the multiple types of devices or software items, each predicted level of compliance indicating an expected level of compliance by participants in the cohort in using the corresponding type of device or software item to collect the particular type of data indicated by the study data, the predicted levels of compliance being determined based on the attribute data indicating attributes of participants in the cohort;
selecting, by the one or more computers, a type of device or software item for participants in the cohort to use in the research study based on the predicted levels of compliance;
updating, by the one or more computers, records for the research study to specify the selected type of device or software item; and
sending, by the one or more computers, configuration data or a software module over a communication network to remote devices of the participants in the cohort, wherein the configuration data or software module is configured to cause the remote devices to initiate collection of the particular type of data using the selected type of device or software item.