Patent ID: 7693729

Claim:
A system for conducting a clinical trial, comprising: a server, in communication with the Internet or a Wide Area Network for receiving medical data, where the medical data includes image data and at least one identifier via the Internet or a Wide Area Network, the at least one identifier including an identifier linking the medical data to patient records corresponding to patients from whom the medical data was obtained; and a database connected to the server for storing the medical data, the database including a list of participants in the clinical trial, where the participants are also coupled to the Internet or a Wide Area Network; a clinical trial protocol including a plurality of preset procedures implemented in the server, where the clinical trial protocol also includes authorized participant information that allows the server to track the progress of the clinical trial study and operate to permit the participants to access the medical data via the Internet or a Wide Area Network; and a time tracker implemented in the remote server to track times of accessing of the medical data and times of reporting the medical data by the participants and compare actual times of access and reporting with those in a preset schedule to generate a progress report identifying delays and pointing to potential sources of the delay according to the clinical trial protocol, where transmission of the medical data and the image data is in compliance with privacy requirements for handling electronic data interchange in health care, wherein the participants include an image analyzing professional, a patient physician, a monitoring facility and a clinical trial administration group each of which are linked to the server to receive medical data through the Internet or a Wide Area Network.