Clinical Trials Administrator Archives – November 1, 2004
November 1, 2004
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Southern research alliance could serve as model for NIH roadmap
When NIH announced in late 2003 that it was rolling out the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, there were no specific examples to show how this ambitious initiative might work in the real world. -
South Carolina goal: Use technology effectively
The NIH roadmap calls for research collaborations that would harness technologies into a virtual research enterprise, which is one of the first areas in which the collaboration called Health Sciences South Carolina is focusing. -
Complexity criteria helps center with budgeting
Many clinical trials offices struggle with determining an accurate estimate of costs for research services, sometimes falling short of comfortable margin. In an effort to improve this process, a Detroit clinical trials office has developed complexity criteria and productivity standards. -
These best practices can help you be more efficient
As each clinical trials administrator knows, its difficult to predict every problem and extra cost that might occur during a lengthy trial process. But with experience and following best practice guidelines, an administrator may find that all goes as well as planned. He offers these suggestions for how to improve the clinical trials process and promote best practices in managing trials. -
Improve case report form documentation
The way case report forms are handled can slow or expedite a clinical trials process, which ultimately will impact efficiency, workflow, and costs. -
IDE compliance is a threefold process
Clinical trial managers and investigators may need to brush up on the regulations regarding investigational device exemption (IDE) since researchers and research staff often forget about the three major categories of compliance regulations, an expert advises. -
2004 Salary Survey Results: Salary increases modest, but growth is promising
Over the last decades, as awareness has grown that medical-related research and development leads to curing our diseases, mitigating our pain, and even giving us many more years of quality life, increasingly enormous amounts of money were and are being poured in the R&D coffers, says Nancy M. Deeg, co-founder/partner of Norfolk, VA-based Life Science Recruiters LLC.