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Running a Study 8 Minute Read

Data Management to Data Science – It’s Time!

Over 70% of clinical trial data today comes from non-case report form data. Non-case report form data includes continuous data such as wearable data, lab data, patient reported data and ECG data, to name a few. Generally speaking, these are all collected as source without transcription or entry into another system. Today, we have reached...

Improving patient diversity with technology
Recruitment & Diversity
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Improving Patient Diversity in Clinical Trials with Technology

Improving patient diversity in clinical trials has been a major initiative by the FDA as evidenced by the 2020 Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations guidance as well as the 2022 Diversity Plans guidance. Many forward-thinking site operators are looking for new ways to access potential study participants that better reflect the population most likely...

CRIO Culture
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Employee Spotlight – Brendan Yang

Meet Brendan Yang, principal full stack engineer at CRIO. Our employee spotlights celebrate the remarkable talents and personalities that make up our team. At CRIO, we’re mote than “just the tech guys.” Here, even our engineers have industry knowledge and training to help them build the best-in-class eClinical solutions for our industry. Brendan has made...

Embracing the fully remote work environment
CRIO Culture
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Embracing the Fully Remote Work Environment

In March 2020, when the pandemic hit, CRIO was only 14 people in a small office in Cambridge, MA. Today, we employ 65 people operating virtually, all over the U.S. and increasingly, the world. While most companies returned to an office or hybrid environment, we didn’t. We decided to commit to a fully remote work...

CRIO Employee Spotlight
CRIO Culture
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CRIO Employee Spotlight

Welcome to our CRIO Employee Spotlight series showcasing the talented individuals that make our organization thrive. We believe that our people are our greatest asset and we’re excited to share their stories with you. Q1: What do you love most about your job? A: I love CRIO’s dedication to pushing the needle when it comes...

Progress notes are vital to source data
Running a Study
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Progress Notes are Vital to Source Data

Progress notes are free-text entries by the investigator, coordinator or study team member that are inserted into the source record. Generally, these play a critical and highly undervalued role in the study process. Progress notes are often used to: Clarify or confirm any data points that may appear as outliers, even before a query is...

Running a Study 5 Minute Read

Sponsors, Funding is Tight – Be Smart with Your Money

Getting a new product to market is expensive. There are a variety of studies and research that point to a wide array of costs, but generally speaking, it costs nearly $3 billion dollars to bring a new drug to market. Yes, you read that correctly. Beyond this, the success rate of a new compound to...

DCT Draft Guidance explained
Running a Study
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The FDA’s Decentralized Clinical Trials Draft Guidance Explained

The highly anticipated Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT) draft guidance from the FDA was finally released on 02-May-2023. In this 19-page document, the FDA outlines its current thinking around the concept of DCTs. From the outset of the draft guidance, the FDA makes a clear point on what DCTs can mean for patients and the patient...

Beyond the Vision: Exploring CRIO's Mission for eClinical Solutions
CRIO Culture
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Explaining our Mission Statement

CRIO’s mission statement serves as our north star. It shapes our strategy and prioritizes our initiatives. Developed by the CRIO management team, it encapsulates succinctly what makes us different, and it avoids buzzwords and vague, unattainable aspirations. Our mission is “To design and deliver a modern, intuitive, and integrated software platform that reimagines clinical trials...

Performance management for remote teams
CRIO Culture
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Performance Management in a Virtual World: Strategies for Remote Teams

The Challenge How do remote organizations ensure their team members are performing? We’ve heard it all. Webcam monitoring, mouse movement, activity tracking, micromanagement. But what if we told you CRIO does none of this. Yet, we consistently develop and retain some of the top talent in the industry? Here’s our secret. Traditionally, performance reviews were...

Happy company team members
CRIO Culture
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Empowering Professional Growth in a Remote Work Setting

With its increasing popularity, remote work comes with a wide array of benefits centering around flexibility and cohesion with the human element of our workforce. It has also moved the needle for ways we think about productivity and talent development – namely, virtual learning. There are skeptics who believe that remote work impedes career development...

Running a Site
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Ask Me Anything – Tools for Top Performing Sites

Kristen Bosse, Director of Product Development, is CRIO’s in-house product guru. In this Ask Me Anything, a CRIO expert roundup, Kristen discusses CRIO’s products, UX design and beta testing, and shares recommendations for sponsors looking to identify the best sites for their trials. What differentiates CRIO’s products from any other products on the market?  We...

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