Patent Document ID: 9129215
Application ID: 12965719
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for predicting invalidity of subject reported data collected during a current clinical trial or current survey, the method comprising: analyzing one or more historical validity markers associated with at least one earlier clinical trial or earlier survey, the one or more historical validity markers comprising: timeliness of a subject response; proximity of data to an expected data range; a number of missed data entry occasions; or a number of times an entry was changed; generating a predictive algorithm for predicting invalidity of subject reported data based at least on the analyzing of the one or more historical validity markers; translating the predictive algorithm into a decision rule for use with the current clinical trial or current survey, the decision rule specifying an action; applying the decision rule to one or more validity makers associated with the current clinical trial or current survey; and determining that the action should be taken based at least on the application of the decision rule to the one or more validity markers associated with the current clinical trial or current survey.