Life Sciences

In a landmark effort to both guide and spur artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) development in the medical field, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan. Background The plan was created by the FDA’s Digital Health Center of […]

During Oracle Health Sciences Connect 2021 this week, some Oracle clients have been sharing why they decided that after 20 or so years using InForm, it was time to transition to Clinical One. The technical drivers for making this move include moving off antiquated architecture to a SaaS model with automated system upgrades. The business […]

I am looking forward to hearing from Oracle over the next couple of days at Oracle Health Sciences Connect about the roadmap for Clinical One and Safety One, in addition to customer experiences so far. These innovations could influence how clinical trials are run in the future and enable steps towards the elusive single source […]

For the past year, major health care providers and research centers have been focused on one goal – minimizing the negative effects of the pandemic. One of these providers, Moderna, has been a front runner in the research, development, and dissemination of a successful COVID-19 vaccine. Due to their increased efforts and high demands, they […]

One of the biggest challenges companies face with their SCM applications footprint is moving part or all of it to a cloud-based SaaS/PaaS platform. This decision is sometimes complicated by the fact that on-premise license renewals, de-support notices for earlier versions of EBS, ‘true ups’ for user license fees (especially when there has been significant […]

Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, including: Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Generally speaking, we review release notes at the beginning of each month for the previous month. On occasion, there are no new releases and, therefore, nothing to review; however, […]

David Shuford, Oracle Sales Consulting Director, and I presented a webinar on Oracle’s Clinical One and how Perficient could help companies plan, navigate, and support their transition to the unified clinical development platform. Clinical One helps streamline clinical development by reducing the need for data reconciliation, integration, training, and user support​ across multiple disparate systems. […]

Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, including: Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Generally speaking, we review release notes at the beginning of each month for the previous month. On occasion, there are no new releases and, therefore, nothing to review; however, […]

Perficient is excited to announce our partnership with Exterro.  Exterro is a leading software platform focusing on an area known as Legal GRC (Legal Governance, Risk, and Compliance).  Exterro’s software is developed “by lawyers, for lawyers” and is a fully SaaS & a secure cloud native product that helps clients using older e-discovery tools to […]

Maintenance. A word that does not inspire many people. It implies either an undesirable task or an unwanted cost. But, is maintenance really a bad thing? In this post, we’ll discuss some Asset Maintenance Management philosophies and how they can positively impact your everyday life. Types of Asset Maintenance Asset Maintenance is broken down into […]

Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, including: Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Generally speaking, we review release notes at the beginning of each month for the previous month. On occasion, there are no new releases and, therefore, nothing to review; however, […]

Given the unique challenges of healthcare, deciding what you do or do not need in your CRM can have profound ramifications on future capabilities.  My previous blog pointed out that the Legacy CRM systems that have been a mainstay in healthcare for decades are quite different from the Enterprise platforms that have become the norm.  Today, healthcare marketing […]