Patent ID: 8682685

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for assessing data quality of clinical trial data generated during a clinical trial, wherein the clinical trial includes one or more clinical trial subjects that each interact with a plurality of data collection points of the clinical trial, the method comprising: generating, by a processor, an ideal data quality score for a clinical trial data collected at a data collection point, wherein the data collection point comprises a point during the clinical trial at which the clinical trial data for the clinical trial is collected, wherein the clinical trial is conducted according to a clinical trial protocol that includes a protocol by which clinical trial data should be collected at the data collection point, and wherein the ideal data quality score represents a benchmark that indicates clinical trial data has been correctly collected during the data collection point in adherence to the clinical trial protocol; receiving, by the processor, an indication of an actual procedure by which an actual clinical trial data was collected during the data collection point, wherein the actual clinical trial data is associated with a subject undergoing the clinical trial; generating, by the processor, an individual data quality score based on one or more data factors associated with the protocol by which the clinical trial data should be collected, wherein the one or more data factors are different for different protocols by which the clinical trial data should be collected, and wherein the one or more data factors are used to determine a level of compliance with the protocol by which the clinical trial data should be collected such that the individual data quality score represents whether the actual procedure by which the actual clinical trial data was collected from the subject at the data collection point is in adherence to the protocol by which the clinical trial data should be collected during the data collection point; and generating, by the processor, a data quality assessment based on a comparison of the individual data quality score and the ideal data quality score, the data quality assessment representing the degree to which the protocol by which the clinical trial data should be collected was adhered to during the clinical trial.