Patent ID: 8131560

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for managing and accessing interconnected regulatory data associated with a regulatory status of a healthcare product of an entity, comprising: a network interface configured to receive a plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, wherein the plurality of types of regulatory data reflect interactions by the entity with a regulatory authority with respect to the healthcare product; a plurality of information memory stores configured to store regulatory data records, each record including one or more of the plurality of types of regulatory data associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product; a computer processing module configured to: establish data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records, wherein the data relationships are used to interconnect the information memory stores; maintain the interconnected information memory stores based on the data relationships between the plurality of types of regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product, wherein the processing module is configured to maintain the interconnected information memory stores based on a common data pattern associated with a type of the healthcare product; identify, in response to a received request, the interconnected regulatory data records associated with the regulatory status of the healthcare product stored in the interconnected information memory stores; perform a first determination as to whether to generate, based upon the entry of regulatory data into a first regulatory data record stored in at least one of information memory stores, a second regulatory data record for storage in another of the information memory stores; based on the first determination, generate the second regulatory data record; perform a second determination as to whether a communication with a regulatory authority, recorded in a contact record, results in a commitment; and based on the second determination, link the contact record to a commitment record, said commitment record recording the commitment.