{"title":"Paving the Way for Workforce Innovation","authors":"James Michael Causey","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4050","url":null,"abstract":"ACRP’s Editor-in-Chief presents some of the insights gained from a recent discussion with the Association’s new Workforce Innovation Officer, Terri Hinkley, RN, BScN, MBA, CCRC, FACRP, about how rapid change across the clinical research enterprise requires a new set of skills and competencies from its professionals.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"136 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78541957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality Assurance from the Independent Site Perspective","authors":"Christine Senn","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4048","url":null,"abstract":"So often, it seems that the forces of enrollment and quality assurance (QA) are at odds in clinical research. If a site focuses on enrollment, quality may suffer. If a site focuses on quality to the detriment of enrollment, the site may not survive the financial consequences. This column’s author considers the advantages of using both real-time and after-the-fact QA procedures at her organization.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"42 1","pages":"26-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77566290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data-Tech Connect: Improving Technology Training to Facilitate Competency for the Clinical Research Professional","authors":"P. Smailes","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4035","url":null,"abstract":"It is without question that the technological advances that have infiltrated the clinical research industry have created efficient workflows that allow for faster reporting of data with huge cost savings. However, systems powered by technology can often be complicated to use and may require extensive training.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"37 1","pages":"44-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75388778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Talent Management Tools and Tactics for Today’s Researchers","authors":"James Michael Causey","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4043","url":null,"abstract":"Clinical Researcher ’s editor-in-chief interviews some of the clinical research enterprise’s top thought leaders about the challenges of human talent management for leaders at study sites, sponsors, and contract research organizations, and for others in managerial roles in the clinical trial lifecycle.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"61 37","pages":"12-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72445394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increase Awareness of Research in Your Organization by Using the Marketing Megaphone","authors":"Shirley Trainor-Thomas, M. Materne","doi":"10.14524/CR-15-0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-15-0046","url":null,"abstract":"Marketing is crucial to the success of any clinical research program, and while many organizations excel at marketing study opportunities to the community, there is often a disconnect when it comes to an organization’s internal awareness of research. Many organizations conducting clinical research already have tools in place to facilitate successful study operations, but if physicians are unaware of these resources, they may shy away from research.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"4 1","pages":"52-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86027902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Executive Director’s Message: Learning, Listening, and Learning to Listen","authors":"J. Kremidas","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4036","url":null,"abstract":"ACRP’s Executive Director has had the opportunity to do a lot of listening and learning in the past several months as he visited with ACRP chapters in Salt Lake City and Chicago. More meetings with chapter members around the country are on the schedule. He writes that it’s been an invaluable educational experience, and reflects on what he’s learned so far in his first year with the Association.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"10 1","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88148724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research Compliance: Launch of Medicare’s Oncology Care Model—An Opportunity for Administrative Reform","authors":"L. Christianson","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4039","url":null,"abstract":"An examination of how Medicare recently began enrolling select oncology patients under its newest payment plan, the Oncology Care Model, many aspects of which have yet to be established.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"53 1","pages":"46-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86698912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"QA Q&A Corner: Regulations, Records, and Razzle-Dazzle in Research","authors":"M. Hamrell","doi":"10.14524/CR-16-4041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-16-4041","url":null,"abstract":"This issue’s column considers some of the complicating factors regarding responsibilities, documentation, branding, and screening in clinical studies.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"1 1","pages":"50-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89552737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Pulford, Linda M. Coleman, Kathleen M. Smith, Jennifer Ribeiro, S. Prucka
{"title":"Addressing Educational Gaps in Biomarker and Pharmacogenomics Research Knowledge Among IRB/IEC Members","authors":"D. Pulford, Linda M. Coleman, Kathleen M. Smith, Jennifer Ribeiro, S. Prucka","doi":"10.14524/CR-15-0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-15-0038","url":null,"abstract":"What is the difference between biomarker and pharmacogenomic (PGx) research? How is this research conducted and what value does it have for patient care? These are just some of the questions that institutional review board and independent ethics committee (IRB/IEC) members may ask themselves when encountering PGx or biomarker research in a clinical protocol. This article summarizes findings from an Industry Pharmacogenomics Working Group survey of IRB/IEC members on related topics.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"19 1","pages":"28-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83323033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring of Clinical Trials—Are Remote Activities Helpful in Controlling Quality?","authors":"M. Hamrell, Kathleen Mostek, Lyn Goldsmith","doi":"10.14524/CR-15-0049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14524/CR-15-0049","url":null,"abstract":"The implementation of risk-based monitoring has spawned many forms of remote monitoring activities. This development has the potential to significantly impact how monitoring is accomplished for clinical trials. One question raised is whether remote monitoring activities are helpful or a hindrance to an effective data quality program. A survey was undertaken to assess the utilization and considerations related to remote monitoring activities and its impact on clinical data quality.","PeriodicalId":90809,"journal":{"name":"Clinical researcher (Alexandria, Va.)","volume":"7 1","pages":"18-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88682235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}