Featured Articles
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Headed Down Registry Road? Here Are The EDC Features You'll Need
3/18/2022
Most of us rely on electronic data capture (EDC) to help us reach our study destination. How do we choose the EDC "vehicle" that will get us there safely, with minimal delays? Consider the relative importance of these key EDC features.
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Get Your Queries Under Control (Part 1: Query Aging)
3/18/2022
Data capture entries, when left unresolved, not only create more work for monitors and coordinators, but delay interim and final locks.
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To Counter Bias, Counterbalance
1/4/2022
It’s easy to overlook the effects a survey’s format can have on responses, but those effects are potent sources of bias. Modern EDC allows you to systematically vary both question and response option order. This practice, called counterbalancing, guards against unwanted order effects.
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UAT: The One Test Every Data Manager Should Try To Fail
1/4/2022
Clinical data managers spend their careers ensuring the accuracy and integrity of clinical trial data. It’s a bit ironic, then, that perhaps the most important CDM test is one that is supposed to fail.
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Clinical Data Science For Non-Data Scientists Part 2: Resources For Bridging The Gap
1/4/2022
In the second part of this blog series, explore the ways to access clinical data resources even if you are not a data scientist.
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Clinical Data Science For Non-Data Scientists (Part 1)
1/4/2022
Explore how "data science" can be inconsistent with terminology and navigate the answers to the following questions: Is a given example best characterized as data science, or data analytics, or perhaps business intelligence? Do you need a data visualization expert?
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Build A Better Study: Six Must-Know EDC Guidelines
12/17/2021
You’ve just been handed a protocol and asked to build it out in your EDC system. How can you make sure that the protocol is implemented in a way that maximizes efficiency and data quality? Learn how in the available white paper.
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The Anatomy Of An Electronic Case Report Form (eCRF)
12/17/2021
In this blog, walk through some of the terms that need to be known before embarking on the design of an electronic case report form (eCRF).
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Peer Advice: How One Clinical Data Manager Does More With Less
12/17/2021
Clinical Data Managers sit at the intersection of busy information highways in clinical trials, but they do more than just direct traffic. Learn how this information can be managed in this Q&A with Justine Pierson, a battle-tested clinical data manager.