Hark! The holiday season is upon us! Alongside the parties, shopping, and travel, WORK MUST STILL GET DONE. Let’s call it the December Challenge. It’s been around for a long time. Here are tips to stay focused and productive (and merry) during this magical time…
Returning from the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) Language Industries Summit 2017, I reflected on an emerging theme that threaded across the presentations and discussion topics. Like the gas lamplighters of the 1800s, whose numbers dwindled as electricity gradually eliminated the need for most of them…
[pullquote]Social Listening is a Key Tool for Clinical Studies[/pullquote] 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 of people through such…
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 is further challenged with maintaining trial participation by patients once they are enrolled.…
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 about a tool that puts the study right in the patient’s hands? Specifically…