Dan Schell articles

  1. 7 Steps To Manage Local HCPs In A Decentralized Trial 4/17/2025

    Here’s a template you can use for a multi-step process to create a centralized system to verify the credentials, licenses, and professional standing of all local healthcare professionals (HCPs) participating in a DCT.

  2. Local HCPs in DCTs: Big Benefits, Bigger Burdens? 4/17/2025

    Local HCPs in DCTs provide benefits like improved patient accessibility, retention, and diversity, but create significant oversight burdens for investigators and sponsors, requiring extensive documentation, training protocols, and communication systems to maintain compliance.

  3. The Evolution Of A Clinical Research Coordinator 4/9/2025

    Briana White is a CRC with Superior Clinical Research, a small clinical research site in Smithfield NC. She talks about how she got into the clinical industry and what she struggles with in her job (spoiler alert: it involves tech). 

  4. Being Financially Prudent As A Site Isn't a Bad Thing 4/1/2025

    Most sites are composed of three silos of people who rarely cross communicate -- especially about issues that could affect finances. But if your job is to take care of patients. should you be concerned about the same things as your finance-related colleagues? Dr. Daniel Fox says, at the very least, you should be communicating some key events/milestones.

  5. Did The SOS Conference Suffer From A Sophomore Slump? 3/17/2025

    You’d be making a big mistake if you felt the Save Our Sites conference was too small to attend or exhibit at. You also may be misinformed if you’ve been told this show is simply a forum for small sites to complain about being treated unfairly. After attending for the first two years, I’d say this is one to keep on your radar. Here’s why. 

  6. Takeda's Diversity Strategy Pays Off For Phase 3 Trial 3/12/2025

    LaShell Robinson, head of global feasibility and trial equity at Takeda explains how the company’s Phase 3 trial for a psoriasis drug ended enrollment well before it’s goal and achieved some impressive diversity metrics. 

  7. What ClinOps Wants To Know About AI 2/13/2025

    Registrants for our recent Clinical Leader Live, “AI In Action: Transforming Clinical Trials,” were asked what they wanted to learn after watching the webinar. We thought it would be interesting to look at the five general themes to the types of questions they were asking.

  8. The Scoop On SCOPE 2/7/2025

    Chief Editor Dan Schell summarizes some of his favorite quotes and learnings from the 2025 SCOPE Summit. Spoiler alert … Not everything is about AI these days. 

  9. Site Networks Find Strength In Numbers With AMRC 1/29/2025

    Jim Kremidas, executive director of the newly launched Association of Multisite Research Corporations (AMRC), talks about the genesis and future of this association, which launched with 14 multisite clinical research corporations (MCRCs) members.

  10. We're Looking At Patient Recruitment All Wrong 1/22/2025

    Leanne Woehlke, a 30-year veteran of the clinical research industry, says our standard patient recruitment efforts are lacking one key element — a focus on the patient’s needs.