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A system and method are disclosed for locating, collecting, collating, analyzing, and reporting on summarized data that is generated from regulatory compliance matter data. Data is collected and compiled from multiple sources, including government databases, web pages, and regulatory documents; These collected data are consolidated and reconciled. A single topic record is created for a person, company, or product. Duplication and redundancy within the information are reduced. Corrections in data format are made for inconsistencies that exist between different information sources. Broad and/or narrow searches are enabled with the retrieval of information and/or relevant documents. The integrated data and associated analyses can be presented in reports that can be made accessible through a LAN, a WAN, a desktop, and/or a web interface.
1. A reporting system for regulatory intelligence information from a plurality of heterogeneous regulatory information sources implemented on a computer system, the reporting system comprising:
a processor; an information retrieval system that collects information from the plurality of heterogeneous regulatory information sources, wherein the information retrieval system collects information from multiple sources including local and web-based data sources, commercial databases, and hard copy documents, wherein the information retrieval system is configured to perform authorization to access and retrieve data from the database of consolidated heterogeneous regulatory information sources;
a data integrator that reconciles the collected information and integrates it into a common form, wherein the data integrator converts the collected information into one or more appropriate data table while maintaining links to related data, wherein the data integrator checks the collected information for errors by utilizing a predetermined standard defined by an Administrator, wherein the data errors are corrected according to standard, established criteria established by the Administrator;
a database of consolidated heterogeneous regulatory information sources in which the collected and integrated information is stored;
a query engine receiving a specification of a search of the information from the database of consolidated heterogeneous regulatory information sources; and
a report generator that outputs the results of a query by the query engine of the database of consolidated heterogeneous regulatory information sources as processed by the data integrator and data analyzer, wherein the data integrator forms the database of consolidated heterogeneous regulatory information sources from the collected information, the database comprises relational tables that associate the plurality of heterogeneous information sources and data fields with one another, wherein the data integrator converts the collected information into a plurality of predetermined electronic forms for output according to a plurality of predetermined analysis and output formats.
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analyzes and summarizes the collected information; and
locate duplicate data and eliminate redundancies.
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9. A method comprising accessing, querying, identifying, and retrieving data from a consolidation of information collected from a plurality of heterogeneous regulatory information data sources, wherein:
receiving, from a user interface, a query specification and a reporting specification;
accessing data from a regulatory information data source selected from the group consisting of regulatory performance data, regulatory compliance data, regulatory requirements data, and the combination thereof;
querying the accessed data according to the query specification, wherein identifying the queried data;
retrieving the identified data, wherein each data source within the consolidated has; a predetermined digital content and format;
predetermined schema for inclusion in the consolidation; and
predetermined indexing for user searches;
the method further comprising:
converting the retrieved data into the predetermined digital format, wherein the data, prior to the converting the received data into the predetermined digital format, is in a published on a web page, the method further comprises:
converting the data in the predetermined data field into a spreadsheet application; and
converting the data in the table into predetermined data fields within the consolidated regulatory information database;
importing the data in the predetermined digital format into an electronic database; and
querying and reporting on the regulatory, data in the consolidated database, wherein the reporting on the data in the consolidated regulatory information database is according to a predetermined or customized user report specification, wherein, prior to the reporting, the further comprises removing duplicate data from the electronic database; and
performing authorization to access and retrieve data from the database of consolidated heterogeneous regulatory information sources including local and web-based data sources, commercial databases, and hard copy documents.
10. The method as defined in
a portable data format (PDF),
a markup language formation; selected from the group consisting of XML, HTML, and combinations thereof;
a word processing format;
a spreadsheet format;
a graphic format;
a delimited text format; and
a table published on a web page.
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This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/609,960, filed on Sep. 15, 2004, titled "System and Method For Regulatory Intelligence", which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates generally to data consolidation, and is more particularly related to the consolidation of and reporting on regulatory data, where the reporting can be used for regulatory intelligence.
With the introduction and rapid adoption of the Internet and the World Wide Web, huge amounts of data and information are increasingly more accessible. A variety of companies have developed "products" consisting of specific information topics.
Commercial entities are not alone in taking advantage of this technology. Regulatory authorities in federal, state, and local governments are providing citizens access to frequently requested information via the Internet. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has allowed access to a wide variety of documents and regulatory records, making these available upon request. More and more, these documents and regulatory records are made available through government websites.
Although the ready availability of regulatory information has significantly improved over the past decade, the ability to use the information in a meaningful way remains limited. Compliance and enforcement data that are collected and used by regulatory agencies are highly compartmentalized according to the agency responsible for collecting it. There is little consolidation of inter-agency regulatory information, making it difficult to quickly and easily perform regulatory performance assessments for either the regulatory agencies or the regulated party. Even regulators are forced to access multiple information sources to completely characterize regulatory performance and compliance history.
Consolidation of the many data repositories of regulatory agencies is problematic for several reasons. As each agency has developed their database systems to meet their own needs, the data format, user interface, and data definitions are not necessarily consistent with other agency information systems. Correcting this condition to allow inter-agency access under a single compatible system would be expensive, time-consuming, and resource intensive. Government agencies have little available resources to accomplish such a consolidation.
For regulated industries, the problem is similar. Enforcement focus is subject to change, depending upon the environment. For instance, regulatory agencies may choose to focus closely on enforcement of certain environmental laws following a much publicized chemical accident. Enforcement focus may also change for less obvious reasons. A problem encountered by one manufacturer may alert the regulators to scrutinize areas that have not previously been examined. Without rapid access to good regulatory intelligence, both companies and regulators may be unprepared to manage a public health issue.
It is difficult to stay current with the constantly changing requirements and compliance trends. Today, there is not a timely, efficient, and effective way to stay current. Regulatory research into specific areas is difficult and time-consuming. This research requires highly specialized knowledge of the regulatory processes and the available information sources.
The diverse nature of the information sources discussed above makes integration of the data resource intensive and costly. Accordingly, there would be an advantage in the art to provide a system and method for addressing these issues by providing an easy to use, single point reference that enables research of or relating to people, products, companies, regulators and/or the regulatory environment. Moreover, such a system and method would provide ready access to understandable regulatory intelligence to facilitate the regulatory process, and to benefit related government agencies, industry, and consumers.
A system and method are provided for locating, collecting, collating, analyzing, and reporting data generated about regulatory compliance matters, turning disorganized data into regulatory intelligence. The system and method can collect and compile data from multiple sources, including government databases, web pages, regulatory documents, and data from other sources. A consolidation and reconciliation is made of the collected data. A creation is also made of an indexed topic record for a person, company, and/or product, thereby reducing duplication and redundancy within the information. This allows seemingly unrelated records to be laterally related for broadening of on-demand query parameters. Corrections are also made to data format in consistencies that exist between different information sources. Broad and/or narrow searches with information and relevant document retrieval are enabled. The integrated data and associated analyses can be presented in reports that can be accessible through a LAN, a WAN, a desktop, and/or a web interface.
These and other features of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claim, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth hereinafter.
In order that the manner in which the above-recited and other advantages and features of the invention are obtained, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
Implementations provide a system and method for locating, collecting, collating, analyzing, and reporting on summarized data that is generated from regulatory compliance matter data. The regulatory compliance matter data is collected and compiled from multiple sources, including government databases, web pages, and regulatory documents. The collected and compiled regulatory compliance matter data is consolidated and reconciled. A single topic record is created for a person, company, or product. Duplication and redundancy within the regulatory compliance matter data are reduced. Corrections in data format are made for inconsistencies that exist between different information sources. Searches of varying scope are enabled with the retrieval of information. The consolidated and reconciled regulatory compliance matter data, and associated analyses, can be presented in user-selected reports.
A regulatory information management system (RMS), in various implementations, is provided. The RMS provides for the management of regulatory information that is obtained from a plurality of heterogeneous information sources. The RMS includes means for a querying a plurality of sources to collecting information. The querying means can include a query engine that enables searches of the plurality of sources to derive specific information specified to the query engine. These sources include, but are not limited to, a plurality of databases residing on respective geographically dispersed servers. Each database is a repository for regulatory information, including information from public, governmental, and private sources. Each server, and the means for collecting information, is in communication by one or more networks.
The RMS includes means for integrating the collected information into a predetermined form. The integrating means may also include means for reconciling the collected information prior to the integration thereof it into the predetermined form. The reconciling means can also locate duplicate data and eliminate redundancies, as well as consolidate data retrieved from the plurality of heterogeneous information sources so as to be conformed into one or more predetermine record layouts or formats, where each record has one or more predetermined fields.
Optionally, the RMS may include means for summarizing the collected information in the predetermined form, and means for analyzing the collected information in the predetermined form. Further, the RMS may include a means for reporting, The reporting means may report the collected information into the predetermined form, the summarized collected information in the predetermined form, the analyzed collected information in the predetermined form, and/or the summarizes and analyzed collected information in the predetermined form.
In general, the reporting means reports the results of information derived from information specified to the query engine. The results are the result of integrating the collected information into a predetermined form. The collected information in the predetermined form may also be reconciled prior to being integrated into the predetermined form. Also, an analysis and summary of the collected information by be performed prior to the reporting thereof by the reporting means. Alternatively, the analysis and summary of the collected information by be performed prior to the integration of the collected data into the predetermined format.
In that access to, and retrieval of data from, the plurality of heterogeneous information sources may require access privileges and authorization for same, the RMS may also include means for performing authorization for access and for retrieval of data from the plurality of heterogeneous information sources. The authorization and retrieval means may perform one or more steps for each of the heterogeneous information sources. Each heterogeneous information source can be a local data source, a web-based data source, a commercial database, a hard copy document database, or a database having data in another electronic format.
The RMS integrates the collected information into the predetermined form, where the predetermined form has a consistent electronic form, such as a consistent tabular or other matrix format. Further, the RMS can operate upon the collected information, given a predetermined error determination and correction routine, in order to correct the collected information. The predetermined error determination and correction routine will preferably use a standard that is recognized by an industry association that corresponds to the regulatory data being collected.
In order to place the collected information into the predetermined form, the collected information can be normalized into a predetermined format which includes a predetermined presentation format. The data in the predetermined form can be in one or more predetermined fields. As such, the data in the predetermined form and predetermined fields can be integrated so as to link, or otherwise be associated with, a subject, a category, or another predetermined field. Each heterogeneous information source can be, for instance, a database that is comprised of relational tables that associate the data and the data fields therein with the data and the data fields of another database that is also comprised of relational tables.
The reporting means can display data associated, according to a predetermined standard, with a single subject. The display can include the presentation of data retrieved from the plurality of heterogeneous information sources. Moreover, the display of the retrieved data can presented via a web-based interface, a locally accessed server or desktop interface, or a telecommunications access.
In other implementations, a computer readable medium that includes instructions. The instructions, when executed by a computer in communication with one or more databases of regulatory information, locates and retrieves the regulatory information in the one or more databases, consolidates the retrieved regulatory information, analyzes the consolidated regulatory information, and outputs a report of the analysis of the consolidated regulatory information. The executed instructions can also perform one more management functions upon the regulatory information of the one or more databases of regulatory information.
The RIS 10 is controlled through an intuitive user interface (UI) by which the user composes and submits queries 23; reviews the information found; selects report preferences; and outputs (e.g.; prints) reports. Users are identified and their access is authenticated through the AM 24 upon requesting access to the RIS 10 via assigned user passwords and identifiers. The identifiers define the user's level of access and the types of information they have permission to access. For example, a user may only be interested in accessing regulatory information relating to medical devices. As such, other regulatory information categories (i.e., pharmaceutical or environmental hazards) would not be accessible.
Throughout the UI, as shown in
The RIS 10 includes a plurality of heterogeneous information sources, each of which may have different information types (e.g.; different files, different records with each file, different fields within each record, etc.). Some information types are extracted from public websites 11, where this information may reside within the text of a web page or in a downloadable file. For example, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) publishes a list of persons or entities that have been excluded from participation as a provider in the Medicare/Medicaid program. Also by way of example, adverse event reports for medical devices are typically contained in a downloadable file that can be imported into a database.
Some databases are not available on a website, but are available for purchase through specific government or private resources, such as commercial databases 12. For example, establishments and individuals who request and obtain a permit to manufacture or prescribe controlled substances are listed in a purchasable dataset from the US government.
Both documents and data may be obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request 13. FOIA made available certain types of information that is considered to be "public" information. A written request sent to the appropriate FOIA office enables documents and data that are not published on public Web pages to be accessed and incorporated into the RIS 10. The user can generate this request directly through the RIS 10.
A variety of other documents or information sources 14 can also be included in the RIS 10. For example, news releases or curriculum vitae may also be included in the RIS 10. These items are retrieved from a variety of public sources.
Multimedia items 15 may also be incorporated into the RIS 10. For example, photographs of products or people may be located from public sources and incorporated.
Using one or more components of RIS 10, each information source 11-15 can be checked at one or more predetermined intervals to determine if new or changed information is available. The frequency of the checks is determined by the nature of the data and the information source. Some sources are updated daily, while others may be updated annually.
Each information source may contain one or more information types. Each information type may have one or more sources. The sources may be in different forms or locations sponsored by different agencies or groups. As seen in
As the information is retrieved 30, the source and date that the data was obtained is recorded, although the user may not have access to this information. This allows traceability of the data for source verification and information history.
Each information type 28 has its own characteristics and style. Thus, the data from each source has a defined set of rules and a regimen for conversion 32 within the DC 16. Each information type 28 can be converted into a consistent digital format suitable for importing into an electronic database. For example, data retrieved may be in a portable data format (.PDF) or in a tab-separated text format. A table published on a web page is extracted, broken down into specified data fields, and converted into a spreadsheet or into tab-separated text. Appropriate conversion 32 is completed prior to the data correction 34 process.
Data corrections are made 34 for data inconsistencies to allow consolidation and integration of data from multiple sources. Errors can exist in data sets obtained from an information source. For example, the data listing for clinical investigators of drug clinical trials can include multiple listings that begin with a sequence of "ZZZ". If this data was not corrected, searches for "Jack Smith" would not recognize a record for "Jack ZZZSmith". A means for identifying such errors and correcting them, such as one or more predetermined filters, can be provided by software and/or hardware. As new discrepancies are discovered, the system and method can add, alter, or delete one or more predetermined filters so as to identify and correct discrepancies as they are identified.
Over time, the information sources may change the way that the information is collected and/or reported. For example, information sources are increasingly converting their frequently used information (for example, adverse event reports or establishment registrations) into a searchable format via a web interface. The DC 16 includes internal checks that detect changes that occur in order to appropriately adjust the conversion (DC 16), integration (DI 17) and subsequent reporting (RG 22).
Inconsistency in terminology is likely across heterogeneous information sources (e.g.; disparate data sources), which may be due to each data source having been created with a specific use in mind that differed from that of other data sources. These data must then be normalized 36 before data integration 17. One source of New Drug Application numbers, for example, may include a two digit year followed by a dash in front of a five digit number (i.e.; 93-12345). Another source may omit the dash and add an "N" at the beginning of the number (i.e.; N96312345). Data fields such as these are considered "key fields" and must be in a consistent form for accurate integration and cross-referencing.
As regulatory requirements change, an entire scheme of information may change. The DC 16 detects and allows compensation for these changes. For example, prior to 1996, adverse events relating to medical devices were reported under a specified set of requirements. Reports made to the Food and Drug Administrations required specific information to be included in the report. A new system was introduced in 1996 that increased the amount of information collected and altered the regulatory requirements for reporting. When changing from the old system to the new system, a set of new rules and a conversion regimen 32 are desirable to maintain continuity within the RIS 10.
The DI 17, as shown in
Historical information will preferably be kept, even though an information source may remove its "old" data, perhaps through a data attrition process. For instance, when an information type is updated, that information type may be completely reloaded (e.g.; replacing all of the previous data), or only new/changed information may be added. Duplicate information is identified and, as appropriate, eliminated 44. The remaining data is integrated 46 into an indexed record 46. This record is used to update or replace 48 the records contained in the Transformed Data Master Record (TDMR) 21.
The MP 18 includes the TDMR 21, the QE 20, the UAM 26, and the DA 19. Within the TDMR 21 each information type 28 is segregated into data containers comprised of consolidated records. This segregation enables the user to make more focused queries within only those data containers that are relevant to the subject of the query.
A user interface (UI), such as is seen in
Correspondingly, if the user only wishes to know whether the subject has been disqualified, using an FDA disqualification function 62, by the FDA as a clinical investigator, the query can be directed at this single information type. Each information type may be queried for more detailed queries within a selected information type. Examples of other criteria that can be included in the query include, but are not limited to: geographical location; dates; or date ranges and license numbers.
A User Query 23 performed for a person's name as the subject would return any information associated with that person. For example,
A User Automation Module (UAM) 26 seen in
Data analysis 19 varies, depending upon the subject of the query. The analysis may consist of simple tabulations or more complex summaries and sub-summaries. For example, a search for a person's name may return a simple statement of the establishment registrations for which they are the designated official contact. Regulatory Performance searches may require more detailed analysis (
The Report Generator (RG) 22 can generate reports in a form that is understandable to both regulatory and non-regulatory professionals. The user can select from a list of standard report formats that reflect the information types related to the query subject. Custom reports can also be requested. The UAM 26 can "remember" the sorting order and report format selected, making it easier to obtain updates or retrieve previous reports. It can also save a copy of the criteria used in the query, the sorting order specified, and a copy of the report.
A report based on the name of a prescription drug would receive a report (
The User Query 23 subject may also be Regulatory Performance (
The RG 22 can report all information or only new information since the previous report was generated. For example, a report of all premarket notifications submitted by a particular company can be scheduled for the 10th day of each month. After the first report generated, subsequent queries can return only new submissions that have been cleared since the last report. An e-mail notification function in the UAM 26 either alerts the user to retrieve the report or e-mails an electronic version to the user.
Access to the RIS 10 is provided through a variety of hardware configurations. Examples given here are some of the possible configurations and are not meant to show all possible solutions. As shown in
The Remote Access Model shown in
The Resident Access Model shown in
One type of regulatory information that can be retrieved and reported by use of User Query 23 is regulatory performance measurement data. A user can define the regulatory performance measurement data that is to be calculated and displayed. A user can also employ the User Query 23 to define the specific subject or subject type that is to be analyzed by RIS 10. Queries submitted via the User Query 23 are authenticated against defined criteria to allow access to specific data types and sources within RIS 10. As such, the User Query 23 allows a user to submit a query and retrieve the results of a search within a specified subject type or category. Multiple criteria searches within a plurality of disparate data records can be performed according to user specifications with the User Query 23. Searches can be performed within a user specified subset of the disparate data sources. The searches can be limited by RIS 10 to a specified subset of disparate data records to which the user has access. In one such search specified by a user, the search criteria can be retrieved from a plurality of data tables, where data is retrieved based upon a received search criteria. When data is retrieved that matches the received search criteria, that data is consolidated for reporting the results of the user's query. The reporting can include displaying the consolidated data in a default format or in a format specified by the user.
The search request using RIS 10 can be presented to the user in multiple access venues. These venues include venues in which the user initiates a search request via a web-based interface, or via local access through a LAN or WAN. The user initiated search requests can be displayed via a web-based interface or via local access through a LAN or WAN.
Data retrieved by RIS 10 can be aggregated and organized for incorporating into one or more types of reports. The data that is retrieved and displayed, when so specified by a user, can be specific to the subject type and nature of the user's query. For instance, the user can specify that regulatory performance reports are to be generated within a user specified subject type.
Searches can be authenticated based on user and subject type, where the authentication function specifies the level of a user's access to both subject type and data. Moreover, the authentication function can specify the data sources that are accessible to the user (e.g.; the search requests can be authenticated based only on the user and the subject type). A report that displays request submitted by a user via user query 23 can be authenticated based on the user and the subject type. The type of report can be tables, charts and/or graphs, each of which can be created from the data that was retrieved and summarized by RIS 10.
The user query 23 allows a user to specify a report that is generated upon user selected time intervals or upon the occurrence of user selected specific events. Also, RIS 10 allows the user to specify the generation of reports based on searches conducted upon request by the user, or to specify criteria for searches to be conducted upon the availability of updated information in one or more of the disparate data sources, or to specify the generation of reports based on searches conducted upon the availability of updated information in one or more of disparate data sources.
Pre-defined searches can be retained by RIS 10 for execution according to user-specified terms. The pre-defined searches can be used to generate reports that are also retained by RIS 10 for display according to the user specified terms.
RIS 10 can generate notifications of the availability of new information from one or more different data sources. As such, a UI for RIS 10 allows the user to define the types of notifications that the user requires based on the different data sources. The user, for instance, can define the types of notifications that the user requires based on a specified subject, or the time interval of the notifications that the user requires, or which specific events for which notifications are required by the user. The user can also define the nature of the delivery of the notification.
The disclosed system and method, in their various embodiments and alternatives discussed above, solves resource use and financial problems inherent in integrating diverse regulatory information sources, and produces a consolidated and reconciled collection of data within a single topic record in which duplication, redundancy, and data format inconsistencies are reduced. The single topic record can be advantageously used to produce reports in a form that is understandable to both regulatory and non-regulatory professionals.
While preferred embodiments of this invention have been shown and described, modifications thereof can be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or teaching of this invention. The embodiments described herein are exemplary only and are not limiting. Many variations and modifications of the method and any apparatus are possible and are within the scope of the invention. One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the process just described may easily have steps added, taken away, or modified without departing from the principles of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection is not limited to the embodiments described herein, but is only limited by the claims that follow, the scope of which shall include all equivalents of the subject matter of the claims.
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Consider and , then use the parallelogram law to construct each of the following vectors.
(a) Consider .
Now let denote vectors determined by and respectively.
Then the vector is given by parallelogram law, which is illustrated in the below diagram:
Thus if and , then the terminal point of vector is given by , that is it corresponds to the point .
Thus in this part of question, we are given and ,
Consider the diagram below:
Hence the resultant vector is .
(b) Consider , and also the diagram is shown below:
Thus the terminal point of vector is given by .
(c) To find , first find
The diagram is shown below:
Thus, the resultant vector is.
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