System and method for gathering, managing, and analyzing patient recruitment

Abstract

A system and method for gathering, managing, and analyzing patient recruitment contains logic configured to receive patient marketing material from a source and logic configured to determine whether the patient marketing material is approved for use by a system administrator. The system also contains logic configured to provide the patient marketing material to a sponsor of a clinical study requiring patient recruitment, where the patient marketing material is provided to the sponsor for approval by the sponsor, and the system contains logic configured to determine if regulatory approval of the patient marketing material is required. Further, the system contains logic configured to make the patient marketing material available to a patient investigatory site for use in recruiting a patient for the clinical study.

1 . A system for gathering, managing, and analyzing patient recruitment, comprising:
 logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to provide an advertising request form to a member of an investigatory site, where the investigatory site is assigned to assist with patient recruitment for a sponsor of a clinical study;   logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to forward a completed advertising request form to an administrator;   logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to forward an administrator approved completed advertising request form to the sponsor for review and approval; and   logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to notify the administrator and the member of the investigatory site of sponsor approval if the sponsor approves the administrator approved completed advertising request form.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the completed advertising request form further comprises selection of at least one type of advertising medium, and wherein the system further comprises logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to determine anticipated expenditures to be incurred for advertising in each of said at least one type of advertising medium. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the determined anticipated expenditures to be incurred for advertising in each of said at least one type of advertising medium are determined per investigatory site. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the system further comprises logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to determine whether the anticipated expenditures are within a pre-defined budget. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the pre-defined budget is per investigatory site. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the pre-defined budget is for multiple investigatory sites. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the completed advertising request form further comprises selection of at least one type of advertising medium, and wherein the system further comprises logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to determine anticipated expenditures to be incurred for advertising per patient. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the determined anticipated expenditures to be incurred for advertising per patient are determined per investigatory site. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the advertising request form is provided to the member of the investigatory site via a Web site. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to forward an invoice for advertising expense to the administrator. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to update a budget tracking document when the administrator reviews the completed advertising request form. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to update a budget tracking document when the administrator approved completed advertising request form is forwarded to the sponsor for review. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the advertising request form contains selection options for selecting at least one specific type of advertising medium. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the advertising request form contains a list of regulatory-approved advertising materials for selection by the member of the investigatory site. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the regulator-approved advertising materials are different for different investigatory sites. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the completed advertising request form further comprises selection of at least one type of advertising medium, and wherein the system further comprises logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to determine actual expenditures incurred for advertising in each of said at least one type of advertising medium. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the determined actual expenditures incurred for advertising in each of said at least one type of advertising medium are determined per investigatory site. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the system further comprises logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to determine whether the determined actual expenditures are within a pre-defined budget. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the completed advertising request form further comprises selection of at least one type of advertising medium, and wherein the system further comprises logic embodied on at least one non-transitory computer readable medium configured to determine actual expenditures incurred for advertising per patient.