For Clinical Trial sponsors (device and drug manufacturers):

• determine the most optimal electronic medical records (EMR) search strategy
• estimate the yield of potential study participants that fit study criteria
• translate the study criteria into searchable database and free text parameters
• create electronic filters based on variations in study parameters
• help define study criteria based on the available data elements in the EMRs

For Clinical Trial sites (clinics and hospitals):

• identify structured and unstructured data elements necessary for each study in their EMR system
• enable free text and structured data searches of the EMR data for hard to find elements
• enable aggregation of patients into groups by various criteria (e.g. symptoms, physical findings, etc.)
• index the records for subsequent searching on keywords and concepts

For sponsors and sites:

• secure data storage, transfer and disposal
• conversion of typed but not electronic documents to searchable electronic form using optical character recognition
• conversion of audio medical dictations to electronic form using automatic speech recognition