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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 transmitting, to a client device, information indicative of a medical study instrument;   determining, by one or more processing devices based on application of a scoring rule to answers to questions in the medical study instrument, score values for one or more of the questions;   wherein the scoring rule comprises a series of instructions for assigning a first score value to a first answer to a first question and for associating a weighted value with a second question, and with the weighted value indicating an importance of the second question associated with the weighted value relative to other questions in the medical study instrument;   determining, by one or more computers based on one or more of the instructions of the scoring rule and the determined score values, a score for the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining score values comprises:
 determining one or more weighted score values.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the score for the medical study instrument comprises:
 determining a weighted score for the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving information indicative of the answers.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating a notification messaging indicating that one or more of the questions included in the medical study instrument need to be answered; and   sending the notification message to one or more devices used by one or more participants.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 generating by the one or more computers information for a multimedia module to explain one or more features of a particular question. 
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating information for a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device comprises a visual representation of the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         8 . One or more machine-readable storage devices storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devises to perform operations comprising:
 transmitting, to a client device, information indicative of a medical study instrument;   determining, based on application of a scoring rule to answers to questions in the medical study instrument, score values for one or more of the questions;   wherein the scoring rule comprises a series of instructions for assigning a first score value to a first answer to a first question and for associating a weighted value with a second question, and with the weighted value indicating an importance of the second question associated with the weighted value relative to other questions in the medical study instrument;   determining, based on one or more of the instructions of the scoring rule and the determined score values, a score for the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         9 . The one or more machine-readable storage devices of  claim 8 , wherein determining score values comprises:
 determining one or more weighted score values.   
     
     
         10 . The one or more machine-readable storage devices of  claim 8 , wherein determining the score for the medical study instrument comprises:
 determining a weighted score for the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         11 . The one or more machine-readable storage devices of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving information indicative of the answers.   
     
     
         12 . The one or more machine-readable storage devices of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 generating a notification messaging indicating that one or more of the questions included in the medical study instrument need to be answered; and   sending the notification message to one or more devices used by one or more participants.   
     
     
         13 . The one or more machine-readable storage devices of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 generating information for a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device comprises a visual representation of the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         14 . An electronic system comprising:
 one or more processing devices; and   one or more machine-readable storage devices storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devises to perform operations comprising:
 transmitting, to a client device, information indicative of a medical study instrument; 
 determining, based on application of a scoring rule to answers to questions in the medical study instrument, score values for one or more of the questions; 
 wherein the scoring rule comprises a series of instructions for assigning a first score value to a first answer to a first question and for associating a weighted value with a second question, and with the weighted value indicating an importance of the second question associated with the weighted value relative to other questions in the medical study instrument; 
 determining, based on one or more of the instructions of the scoring rule and the determined score values, a score for the medical study instrument. 
   
     
     
         15 . The electronic system of  claim 14 , wherein determining score values comprises:
 determining one or more weighted score values.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic system of  claim 14 , wherein determining the score for the medical study instrument comprises:
 determining a weighted score for the medical study instrument.   
     
     
         17 . The electronic system of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving information indicative of the answers.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic system of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 generating a notification messaging indicating that one or more of the questions included in the medical study instrument need to be answered; and   sending the notification message to one or more devices used by one or more participants.   
     
     
         19 . The electronic system of  claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 generating information for a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device comprises a visual representation of the medical study instrument.