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
