As the world adapts to the new normal of life in the wake of COVID, thought leaders are looking deeply at how industries are transforming through the digital cloud, AI and other smart technologies. In healthcare, the digital cloud transformation is already well underway, as evidenced by this analysis of What [healthcare] payers and providers can learn from successful cloud transformations in other industries.
The opportunity for digital cloud transformation to impact the clinical trial oversight ecosystem has arrived, offering myriad advantages to sponsors, CROs and DSMBs. Those who start now can still be ahead of the digital curve.
Today, we look at 3 advantages that cloud transformation offers to clinical trial oversight players, if they anchor their transformation in enterprise, integrated platforms.
1. FACILITATED ACCESS TO INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS EMPOWER DSMBs TO MOVE FASTER & MORE SECURELY
Clinical trial oversight depends on accurate, up-to-date information that is securely and quickly available to decision makers. Centralizing this information securely in the cloud means the right people will have instant, 24/7 access to the right information they need.
What’s more, rather than trial updates needing to be sent over insecure connections, the information can be uploaded or updated automatically,when it’s ready, and is immediately available.
At the same time, the information is more private and protected than ever because it is only being shared within a single, secure platform that has high level privacy protection.
Truly, we are seeing a revolution in the way a DSMB can do its work.
2. CONTROLLED PROCESSES BENEFIT COMMITTEE EFFICIENCY AND CONSISTENCY
Hosting clinical trial oversight processes in an integrated, cloud-based platform will help formalize and automate many steps of the DSMB workflow. Scheduling meetings will be streamlined, creating reports will be simplified and access to information will be centralized. In short, what has always taken a series of phone calls or email threads can now be done with a few clicks -- or automated altogether.
The oversight administrator will have an easier way of creating repeated, trusted processes for members; the DSMB as a team will be able to complete key tasks on their own time while engaging in asynchronous conversations, and every stakeholder involved in the study oversight will have a simple, central authority available for access when they need it.
Processes will drive the timeline, not the schedules of individual people. A cloud based integrated platform will make everyone’s life easier, and the oversight of every study more efficient.
3. TRANSPARENT OUTCOMES PROVIDE BETTER RISK MITIGATION
A further advantage of cloud-based integrated transformations is that all outcomes are much easier to track and are more transparent, allowing for improved risk mitigation. When information and processes live in the cloud, they are easily trackable, which gives administrators the unique opportunity to analyze activity after the fact. Over time, administrators will be able to observe and address patterns and optimize the risk management of a study, accelerating the overall risk mitigation processes.
On an even broader scale, CRO’s and sponsors will be able to see and review aggregate data within and across studies and portfolios, offering insight into best practices that help manage risk in studies currently underway, and inform next practices for studies currently in the pipeline. Overall, risk mitigation will benefit from the transparency of outcomes that promote improvement for all.
The future of clinical trial oversight is powered by smart cloud transformation that is happening across industries and is already changing every corner of the healthcare industry.
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