Patent ID: 8606593

Claim:
A system for analyzing, collecting, and tracking patient data across a vast patient population comprising: a plurality of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems that are each built on a common architecture and that are provided at a plurality of healthcare provider sites, said plurality of EHR systems being configured to capture and transmit the patient data in a common data format that specifies information to be collected and a format for the information to be collected, each EHR system comprising at least one input device for capturing data for a plurality of patients in real time and in the common data format; at least one research system that is built on the common architecture and that is configured to transmit and receive the patient data in the common data format and to generate a dataset by performing at least one of analyzing, collecting, and tracking the data captured by the plurality of EHR systems in the standardized format; and at least one workstation that is configured to receive input from a user for setting criteria by which the research system analyzes, collects, and tracks the data captured by the plurality of EHR systems and to display the dataset generated by the at least one research system; wherein the dataset includes the data that corresponds to each of the criteria set at the workstation; wherein the dataset generated by the research system is used to pre-populate at least one form retrieved utilizing the RFD standard; wherein the at least one research system sends defined data elements from a dataset to a central router or registry in a batch or near real time feed to complete forms as the data is captured in real time by at least one of the plurality of EHR systems; and wherein the criteria set at the at least one research system generates a dataset that includes at least one of de-identified data for at least one patient that has demonstrated health conditions that suggest the at least one patient is having adverse effects from taking a specific drug, de-identified data for at least one patient that qualifies for a clinical trial, de-identified data of at least one patient diagnosed with a disease to be recorded in a disease registry, and de-identified data summarizing at least one healthcare provider's quality and financial performance.