There’s been a lot of talk recently about SharePoint 2016. This latest version is especially appealing to life sciences companies because it supports the flexibility of a hybrid on-site/cloud implementation. That means that organizations who aren’t quite ready to fully embrace the cloud have the power to host certain features in-house behind their firewall and […]
Release Notes: Oracle/Perficient’s Clinical Apps [June 2016]
Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, as well as our own clinical and safety systems. The systems covered in our review are: Oracle Systems Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Perficient Systems Accel-Account Manager Accel-Copy ASCEND (Siebel CTMS) Generally speaking, […]
Top 5 Life Sciences Blog Posts From May 2016
Now that June is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in May – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. Gartner’s List Of 5 Cool Vendors […]
18 Resources For Life Sciences On Digital Transformation
We thought it might be helpful for you if we pulled together all of Perficient’s resources to-date related to digital transformation. Happy discovering! Digital Transformation “Boot Camp” Digital Transformation: Part One: Laying the Groundwork for Success Digital Transformation: Part Two: How the Customer Experience Drives Digital Transformation Digital Transformation: Part Three: Building a Mobile Foundation […]
FDA Draft Guidance: Using EHR Data In Clinical Trials
We’ve talked a lot in this blog about the use of electronic health records (EHRs) in clinical trials. Recently, my colleague wrote about it on our healthcare blog, so, I thought I would share her post with my pharma and CRO friends. While our previous posts focused on the use of EHR for subject recruitment […]
3 Fundamental Shifts Pharma Needs To Make To Survive Digital
Over the past several weeks, I’ve published a series of posts that focus on segments of an article published by McKinsey & Company called “How pharma can win in a digital world.” (See the bottom of this post for links to the previous posts.) At the end of the McKinsey article, the authors describe “three […]
13 Facts To Celebrate Genentech’s 40th Birthday
I came across an article that celebrated Genentech’s 40 years in business with a few fun facts and stories about the biotechnology pioneer: Founded on April 7, 1976 The name Genentech stems from GENetic ENgineering TECHnology The company was founded with a $1,000 investment in 1976 by Robert Swanson, a venture capitalist, and Herbert Boyer, […]
McKinsey Says “Pharma, Digital Technology Is Waiting For You”
A couple of weeks ago, I took an in-depth look at the second of three critical themes for success in the digital age, as identified by McKinsey & Company through interviews with 20 pharma executives: It is time to reimagine them as solutions companies, not asset companies. In today’s post, I’d like to take a […]
Appian’s Journey From Gartner’s Magic Quadrant To Life Sciences
The other day, I was on a business development call in which the Appian platform was discussed. Appian happens to be a “Leader” in Gartner’s 2015 Magic Quadrant for Intelligent Business Process Management Suites. Not too shabby. The presenter talked about Perficient’s successes with Appian in financial services and healthcare, but when I heard him […]
How To Automate Clinical, Safety, And Business Processes
The deployment of business process management (BPM) strategies in a digital world revolves heavily around leveraging software platforms to automate pieces of or even complete processes. Whether you’re in clinical operations, safety and pharmacovigilance, or a back-office department, BPM technology solutions can be used to address virtually any business challenge that involves a process. Join […]
When TV Host John Stossel Says Your Customer Service “Stinks”
John Stossel, the host of a Fox News weekly program that highlights current consumer issues, was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. The good news is that it was caught early. It wasn’t his diagnosis that went viral, but rather the article he wrote from his hospital bed. “I have to say, the hospital’s customer service […]
McKinsey Advises Pharma: Focus On Solutions, Not Assets
In a recent post, I took an in-depth look at the first of three critical themes for success in the digital age, as identified by McKinsey & Company through interviews with 20 pharma executives: