Conversations in Clinical Trial Readiness
The Evolving Role of Sites in Decentralized & Virtual Trials with Mary Costello
Episode Summary
Mary Costello talks with Kelly Ritch, EVP of Product and Clinical Research Solutions at ArcheMedX, about how research site management is changing in the face of the pandemic. Mary’s more than 20 years of diverse experience in the industry position her well to provide insight from a variety of perspectives, including management, marketing, and the coordinator’s role. She shares the new cornerstones of success that have emerged in the face of COVID, and illuminates ways we can all work together to help research sites deliver.
Episode Notes
Topics covered and questions you’ll uncover during this episode:
- How excellence in site management has changed since the pandemic.
- Why the sites are still the lynchpin.
- Why anxiety around decentralized clinical trials is misplaced.
- How a marketing perspective can serve clinical operations and site management.
- What sets sites apart that will succeed and sites that will struggle in this new landscape.
- Why it’s important to assess a site’s tech-readiness and physical situation before handing down directions on how a study will be run.
- Simply providing a site with technology isn’t enough, so what else needs to be done?
- Why prevention and preparation beat correction and remediation.
- How to maximize collected data through follow-up and implementation.
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