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March 12, 2010
Dictionary Quandary
5 Definitions of “Eclinical”
What “eclinical” should mean or might mean. An attempt at a definition. And a dietary adventure.
Magic Pen
Kayentis: Back to The Future
From France, a hybrid system that uses special paper and a scanner-pen to gather clinical data.
Top '08 Talk
Realizing (Or Missing) EDC’s Potential
Consultant Ron Waife of Waife & Associates discusses what eclinical means and why it matters.
Tech Preview: Clinical Tablet
PHT Device Aimed At Sites
The patient-reported outcome company moves its software to a Samsung device with a new form factor and operating system.
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Honestly? The word has tormented us. We are talking about “eclinical.” The once-technical term is now routinely being referenced on calls with Wall Street analysts. Google has zillions of links to it. We finally decided to wrestle with it in our…
For years, we’ve been mocking it. There have been unkind remarks. Words like antique, prehistoric, pre-computer, Elizabethan. “Dickensian” is our favorite. We’re talking about ... paper. Then we found ourselves on the phone with a gentleman who makes a good argument…
Should the life sciences be in a self-congratulatory mood about moving away from paper and toward electronic data capture (EDC)? Nope. For Ron Waife, president of Waife & Associates, it may be premature to ask John Williams to compose a symphony…
Paying lip service to the woes of the investigative site is a time-honored hobby in the world of clinical trials. Doing something to really help the site? Rare. Boston patient diary company PHT is trying to change that. It has revamped…
From hundreds to thousands of pages, the trial master file (TMF) contains every last bit of data associated with a trial including, under Good Clinical Practice (GCP), the signatures of all the investigators. Many key pieces of the electronic common technical…
