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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...

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EMR to EDC: Why sites and sponsors need CRIO’s EHR/EMR Integration

The new standard in clinical care Electronic Medical Records In the past several decades, Electronic Medical Records (EMR) have become standard in clinical care in the United States and many other countries, while Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems have become standard in global pharmaceutical trials. Naturally, the industry has been highly focused on the tantalizing...

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Automate the Protocol with eSource

Hiding in plain sight – CRIO eSource is the biggest opportunity for sponsors. While the clinical research industry has automated many processes, there is one area that is still mostly paper-bound. This is the source of one of the greatest inefficiencies in research today. Automating this one process could drive 20% cost savings in a...

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CRIO’s integrated eSource-EDC Model is a Game Changer

CRIO’s integrated eSource-EDC model revolutionizes both the data entry process at the site level and the monitoring process from the CRO perspective. According to a third party survey of CRAs who have used CRIO, CRAs agreed by a margin of 23:1 that this new model would increase overall trial efficiency, improve data quality, and enhance...

Recruitment & Diversity

Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials – 3 Steps for Sponsors

Overview This past April, the FDA released updated guidance to sponsors and pharmaceutical companies on increasing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials to propel more inclusive research. Racial and ethnic minorities have historically been underrepresented in research,1 even within diseases where they make up the majority of those affected. The FDA also advises sponsors...

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The results are in: CRAs love CRIO

Over 13,000 protocols have gone through the CRIO system, and in the vast majority of them, CRAs have used CRIO to monitor source. We’ve always heard from our sites that their CRAs love the system, but now we have proof. According to a third party survey of CRAs who have used CRIO, by a healthy...

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How the World’s Leading Vaccine Site Network Decreased Protocol Deviations by Almost 40%

Overview With 9 locations in Texas, California and Louisiana, Benchmark Research is the world’s leading vaccine network. Benchmark has performed over 10,000 studies on over 40,000 subjects and has received numerous awards, including being a five-time recipient of the Best Clinical Trial Site/Network award from the World Vaccine Congress. Challenge Historically, Benchmark used paper charts...

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Never miss another re-consent: The benefits of an integrated eConsent-eSource solution

With the recent push toward Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs), many sponsors are adopting eConsent. eConsent allows patients to consent electronically, whether in clinic or remotely, from the convenience of their home. eConsent offers sponsors, CROs, investigators and patients these benefits: Reduce errors by ensuring completion of all fields Automated audit trails ensure accuracy of date-times...

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Ask Me Anything – Hitting the Target with Good Study Design

Mary Brenner, MSN MArch RN, is CRIO’s Study Design Manager and brings deep-rooted expertise as a registered nurse to CRIO’s in-house study design team. In this quick Q&A, Mary shares the benefits of good study design for sponsors and sites, the downstream effects of standardized study designs, and gives tips for designing it on your...

CRIO Company News

CRIO continues record growth in 2022, more than doubling the number of clinical research sites supporting over 800 life science sponsors

BOSTON, MA – August 9, 2022 – CRIO, a Boston-based healthcare technology company streamlining clinical trials for sponsors, sites and patients, announced that it has reached another milestone, exceeding 2,000 clinical research sites standardizing on CRIO’s eSource platform. CRIO supports a variety of clinical trial data. To date, over 800 life science sponsors have data...

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Key Takeaways from the 2021 SCRS Site Solutions Summit

Reflections on the Summit The 2021 Global Site Solutions Summit, hosted by the Society for Clinical Research Sites, was an amazing event. The first in-person event that our company has attended in 18 months, the Summit provided an opportunity for CRIO to meet new people and reconnect with clients and friends alike.  Post-Pandemic Trends, Here...