Clinical Trial Patient Technology Articles

1. Why Clinical Trial Technology Often Redistributes Work, Not Reduces It 11/9/2026

   A Duke research program leader breaks down where trial technology genuinely saves site staff time and where it just relocates the same work.

2. The 'Swivel Chair' Problem Slowing Down Clinical Trials 11/5/2026

   A community hospital research director explains why trial data still can’t flow between the EMR and sponsor EDC systems, and what would fix it.

3. How A Duke Coordinator Turned An EHR Tool Into A Feasibility Engine 11/2/2026

   A Duke research program leader explains how she repurposed Epic’s Slicer Dicer tool to speed up site qualification and catch enrollment risk before it starts.

4. Inside Blessing Health's Move From 300 Systems To One EMR 10/29/2026

   Blessing Health’s research director built a department from scratch in 2020, then led its move off a fragmented legacy EMR onto Epic.

5. The Infrastructure Behind Virtua Health's Push Toward 1.5 Million Studies A Year 10/19/2026

   How Virtua Health is rebuilding its imaging infrastructure – cloud migration, Epic integration, and vendor security gaps – to keep pace with volume.

6. Why Virtua Health's AI Committee Gives IT The Review, Not The Vote 10/12/2026

   Inside Virtua Health’s AI governance model, where senior operational leaders rank every project, and IT holds no vote.

7. Inside Virtua Health's Pipeline For Anonymizing Trial Imaging Data 10/5/2026

   How Virtua Health vets, trains, and re-engineers its imaging technology to safely anonymize data for clinical trial research.

8. AI Governance Is Becoming A Competitive Edge In Trials 10/1/2026

   Strong data hygiene, formal governance, and human oversight are becoming essential to responsible, scalable AI adoption in clinical trials.

9. From 73% Noncompliant To 2.4%: Building A Compliance Office 9/28/2026

   How one research administrator cut a university's clinical trial disclosure noncompliance from 73% to 2.4% in two years, then built a second office.

10. Four Stages Of Clinical Research Technology Maturity 9/21/2026

    A 30-year clinical research veteran outlines four stages of technology maturity and explains why organizations often misjudge their own readiness.