You Should Listen in on Patient Conversations
Getting feedback from potential clinical trial participants has long been part of research programs undertaken in our industry. The typical modus operandi is to seek out the information from a particular group… Read More
Virtual Clinical Studies
Over the last several decades, the clinical research industry has been riddled with the challenge of meeting enrollment goals on time. Eighty percent of trials fall short of their goals. Moreover, the industry… Read More
Patient Engagement: Is There an App for That?
With patient attrition rates in clinical trials on the rise, retention strategies and tools must be constantly refreshed, refined, and even invented. Truly patient-centric approaches to aid retention are called for. How… Read More
Patient Centricity: Focus Groups for Protocol Design
This is the second in our Patient Centricity blog series. Read the first blog in the series, “What Does Patient Centricity Really Mean?” Pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and private medical facilities have been… Read More
What Does Patient Centricity Really Mean?
Patient centricity is officially defined as the process of designing a service or solution around the patient. Sounds simple enough, right? For those of us in the clinical research space, it’s not… Read More
Trial App Boosts Patient Engagement
With patient attrition in clinical trials on the rise, more than ever it is important to provide services that will ease the burden of participation. Studies that require caregiver support have special… Read More
Listening to Our Audience: How Can We Spread the Word About Clinical Trials?
This is the second of two posts containing excerpts from our just-released ebook on proactive recruitment planning How do patients and caregivers gather information and make decisions about health care? This is an important question,… Read More
What the Public Thinks about Clinical Trials
Our Survey In the Fall of 2015, we launched a survey to the general public to learn how they gather healthcare information and how they make decisions. We also wanted to gauge their… Read More
Wearables in Clinical Trials
To Wear or Not to Wear is the Question Wearable devices have taken our society, and the clinical research industry along with it, by storm. The immediate access to data makes researchers drool. … Read More
Sites in Europe: at the EU Site Solutions Summit
Nice, France recently played host to the inaugural SCRS European Site Solutions Summit. Nestled among the infamous Promenade des Anglais, the Summit hosted over 100 attendees from various sites around the globe. During… Read More