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, because by identifying the most popular information channels, we can determine how best…
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Participant Engagement
Getting Patient Recruitment Right from the Start: Planning Your Protocol
by Dan McDonaldby Dan McDonaldThis is the first of two posts containing excerpts from our forthcoming ebook on proactive recruitment planning. CenterWatch data tells us that in clinical trials, too many patients who volunteer don’t qualify, or they leave the study after they are enrolled. 69% fail prescreening 58% decline…
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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 knowledge about and interest in clinical trials. We intentionally surveyed the general public…
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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. While technology is moving at lightning speed, we must be careful not to…
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This week we’re taking a look back at our top 5 posts from 2015 (actually 6 since we had a tie-so you get one bonus post!) and reflecting on the themes and events that resonated most with you, our audience. Events and conferences seemed to…