Electronic Adverse Event Reporting System with Automated EHR Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current adverse event reporting in healthcare is inefficient, with low reporting rates due to difficulties in identifying events, time constraints for medical personnel, and lack of perceived value, resulting in less than ten percent of events being reported via paper-based voluntary systems.
Innovation Solution
An electronic adverse event reporting system that allows direct communication of pre-populated forms to regulatory bodies and other organizations, including automatic detection, data entry, validation, encryption, and tracking of reports, ensuring efficient and secure submission and tracking of adverse event data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If paper-based voluntary reporting system is used, then simplicity of system is maintained, but reporting rate is low (less than ten percent)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the paper-based mechanical reporting system with an electronic computing system that automatically detects adverse events through monitoring, generates electronic reports, and transmits them directly to regulatory bodies. This substitution eliminates the need for manual form filling and paper submission, thereby increasing reporting rates while managing system complexity through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting adverse events through monitoring of patient data, generating reports, and transmitting them without requiring active participation from medical personnel. The system monitors, detects, and reports autonomously, freeing clinicians from the reporting burden while maintaining comprehensive tracking.
2Loss of time
If manual filling of adverse event forms is required, then data accuracy can be controlled, but time consumption for medical personnel increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-filling adverse event report forms with data automatically extracted from patient records before the form is presented to users. This preliminary data preparation reduces the time medical personnel need to spend on reporting while maintaining accuracy through automated data extraction and validation processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual data entry and form filling with automated electronic extraction of adverse event data from patient records. The system automatically identifies adverse events, extracts relevant data, and populates report forms, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining data accuracy through systematic automated processes.
3Productivity
If direct electronic reporting is implemented, then reporting efficiency is improved, but data security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary security layer through encryption mechanisms that protect adverse event data during electronic transmission and storage. The system uses encryption as a mediator between the reporting system and regulatory bodies, ensuring that data is transmitted securely and cannot be accessed or tampered with during transmission, thereby maintaining reporting efficiency while mitigating security risks.
4Loss of information
If comprehensive tracking and monitoring is implemented, then completeness of reporting is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal monitoring system that performs multiple functions including adverse event detection, data extraction, report generation, transmission, and tracking within a single integrated electronic platform. This multi-functional approach ensures comprehensive reporting completeness while managing system complexity by consolidating multiple processes into one unified system rather than using separate specialized systems.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for communicating an adverse event report directly to an end-user receiving party and tracking one or more adverse event reports. An adverse event may be detected manually or automatically by a system and an electronic adverse event reporting form presented to a user with one or more data fields pre-populated with data from a patient's electronic health record (EHR). The user may enter and edit data in the electronic form and may submit the data in the electronic form directly to an end-user receiving party such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One or more receipts may be received from the receiving party and indicia from the receipts recorded to one or more records. The submitted adverse event reports may be tracked, accessed, and interacted with through a user interface and additional information may be provided to a user therein.