A Novel Approach To Accelerating Regulated Research: Building A Robust Research Network And Leveraging Real-World Data

The coronavirus that has shaped all of our lives since early 2020 certainly brought excessive hardship around the globe, forcing us to change the way we meet, work, and communicate. Some of these changes were long overdue and should continue, particularly the way we conduct clinical research. We have a clear opportunity now to take advantage of new processes, technologies, and virtual methods that have become mainstream.

Building a robust research network of healthcare providers and community physicians can create a wealth of healthcare data that can point to where qualified patients live. The key to shifting the paradigm for how clinical research is completed in the future lies in a robust community research network, which makes available significantly more healthcare data than traditional research sites, coupled with appropriate new technology and processes delivered by a specialized clinical research organization that provides support and expertise to healthcare physicians and patients who have thus far not had access to research.