Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System

Abstract

In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving one or more requests to generate a medical study, retrieving from one or more data repositories one or more medical study instruments, receiving a selection of a particular medical study instrument to use in the medical study, generating by one or more computers a list of one or more research collaborators invited to review the medical study, and generating by one or more computers a list of one of more participants invited to join the medical study. Additionally, the computer-implemented method generates by one or more computer systems a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method comprises:
 generating by one or more computer systems a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 generating by the one or more computer systems a template comprising one or more first fields; 
 retrieving by the one or more computer systems a listing of keywords; 
 generating by the one or more computer systems a first mapping of the keywords to the one or more first fields in the template; and 
 generating by the one or more computer systems a second mapping of the one or more first fields in the template to one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments. 
 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 2  further comprising:
 receiving by the one or more computer systems the medical data; and 
 causing the one or more computer systems to detect the keywords in the received medical data. 
 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 3  further comprising:
 causing the one or more computer systems to apply the first mapping to the received medical data; 
 selecting text associated with the keywords, with the selected text included in the received medical data; and 
 causing the one or more computer systems to insert the selected text into the one or more first fields of the template. 
 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 4  further comprising:
 causing the one or more computer systems to apply the data filter to the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template; and 
 formatting, based on the application of the data filter, the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template. 
 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5  further comprising:
 causing the one or more computer systems to apply the second mapping to the formatted, selected text; and 
 causing the one or more computer systems to insert the formatted selected text into the one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments. 
 
     
     
         7 . A computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing a computer to:
 generate a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments.   
     
     
         8 . The computer program product of  claim 7  further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 generate a template comprising one or more first fields; 
 retrieve a listing of keywords; 
 generate a first mapping of the keywords to the one or more first fields in the template; and 
 generate a second mapping of the one or more first fields in the template to one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments. 
 
     
     
         9 . The computer program product of  claim 8  further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 receive the medical data; and 
 detect the keywords in the received medical data. 
 
     
     
         10 . The computer program product of  claim 9  further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 apply the first mapping to the received medical data; 
 select text associated with the keywords, with the selected text included in the received medical data; and 
 insert the selected text into the one or more first fields of the template. 
 
     
     
         11 . The computer program product of  claim 10  further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 apply the data filter to the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template; and 
 format, based on the application of the data filter, the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template. 
 
     
     
         12 . The computer program product of  claim 11  further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 apply the second mapping to the formatted, selected text; and 
 insert the formatted selected text into the one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments. 
 
     
     
         13 . An apparatus comprising:
 a processor; and   a computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing the processor to:
 generate a data filter to format medical data from a first data format to a second data format, wherein the second data format complies with a third data format associated with one or more medical study instruments. 
   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 generate a template comprising one or more first fields;   retrieve a listing of keywords;   generate a first mapping of the keywords to the one or more first fields in the template; and   generate a second mapping of the one or more first fields in the template to one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 receive the medical data; and   detect the keywords in the received medical data.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 apply the first mapping to the received medical data;   select text associated with the keywords, with the selected text included in the received medical data; and   insert the selected text into the one or more first fields of the template.   
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 apply the data filter to the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template; and   format, based on the application of the data filter, the selected text inserted into the one or more first fields of the template.   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , the computer program product further comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
 apply the second mapping to the formatted, selected text; and   insert the formatted selected text into the one or more second fields in the one or more medical study instruments.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 3  wherein causing the one or more computer systems to detect the keywords further comprises:
 causing the one or more computer systems to perform character-based recognition scanning on the received medical data. 
 
     
     
         20 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 4  wherein the received medical data comprises medical data associated with one or more patients, the selected text comprises selected medical data associated with the one or more patients and wherein causing the one or more computer systems to insert the selected text into the one or more first fields further comprises:
 causing the one or more computer systems to insert the selected text associated with the one or more patients into the one or more first fields of the template.