Posts Tagged ‘Oracle’

  We recently discussed what CAPA means and why it’s important. Since many people in our field express confusion between the “CA” and the “PA,” I’ll quickly explain the difference between corrective action and preventive action. To put it simply, a corrective action can be defined as specific steps taken to address observed non-conformities or […]

  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: 

  Now that September 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 August – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. 

  In a handful of upcoming blog posts, we’ll be discussing a hot topic in our industry, along with a complementary piece of technology that might surprise you. The term Corrective and Preventive Actions, more commonly known as CAPAs, refers to an elaborate combination of processes and procedures used to maintain compliance with the following […]

This week there’s a short, excellent article on the Forbes site about Boise State University and its transition to a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning solution. Even though one of the advantages of cloud is the relatively quick rollout time (compared to customized software), the school’s leaders knew that employees aren’t always eager to embrace a […]

Code list maintenance is critical in Oracle’s Argus Safety. These code lists often present as drop-downs in the case entry sub-system. While the entry, modification or removal of these list of value options are very convenient, it does take some effort to ensure the reliable data points that are used everywhere in the system are […]

  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: 

  In a recent interview with Penn Medicine’s associate vice president of health technology and academic computing, Brian Wells, and chief data scientist, Michael Draugelis, Healthcare Informatics’ David Raths was able to glean great insight into how the organization is leveraging IT to support their patient care, clinical trials, and precision medicine efforts. 

  One of the other major benefits of Argus Safety, Oracle’s drug safety and pharmacovigilance system, is the ability to maintain administrative tasks in an easy-to-use interface. The following blog post reviews some of the very simple possibilities of configuring Argus Safety to your own needs with minimal technical effort. 

  With the continuous improvement of electronic trip report functionality offered by certain clinical trial management systems (CTMS), companies can do a lot more in a shorter amount of time. And, with an increased focus on risk-based monitoring (RBM) techniques, designed to identify, resolve, and prevent issues relating to the execution of trials, trip reports […]

Healthcare is undergoing a seismic change in the way traditional institutions think about healthcare delivery. From consumer-driven loyalty programs and social listening to telehealth and wellness programs, disruptive technologies are leading the transformation. Telehealth, once reserved for the chronically ill, is now being used to drive increased revenue by creating services that scale beyond traditional […]

Making the Most of Oracle Sales Cloud When Oracle developed Sales Cloud, they focused on making the system fast and easy to use, reducing incidences of user frustration. Oracle has built a modern selling environment that is collaborative, insight-driven, and mobile, meaning it can be accessed anywhere. In a mobile-driven world this can improve productivity […]