Abstract: A method for collecting data includes receiving a request for a workflow from a remote device. The request includes information indicative of a goal for the workflow and an object associated with the workflow. The method also includes selecting the workflow. The workflow includes instructions for conducting a plurality of activities. The method also includes transmitting the workflow to the remote device, and receiving a workflow report comprising inputs received in response to plurality of activities of the workflow, from the remote device. The method further includes selecting one or more entities based on the workflow report, the goal, the object, or a combination thereof, and transmitting data based on the workflow report to the one or more potentially-interested entities that are selected. The method also includes receiving one or more responsive actions from at least one of the entities.

Abstract: A computing system having a server including a processor and configured to communicate with a plurality of remote devices via a network is provided. The system includes an application database accessible to the server and having application indices, and at each application indices, the application database stores information related to an operating environment of one of the plurality of remote devices. The system further including a workflow database accessible to the server and providing workflow indices, the workflow database stores a workflow, the workflow including activities and required inputs; an input database accessible to the server and having input indices; and a master database accessible to the server and comprising master indices, wherein the master database stores information linking one of the input indices of the input database with one of the plurality of remote devices and with one of the workflow indices of the workflow database.