March 22nd, 2012 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
The clinical trial management system that streamlines site identification and selection, helps reduce study start-up timelines and provides visibility into study conduct.
Forte Research Systems, Inc. is pleased to introduce the newest member of the Allegro® product line, Allegro CTMS@Network™, which addresses key challenges encountered by site management organizations (SMOs) and investigator site networks. Topping the list of key functionality are streamlined site selection, study start-up project management, and visibility into study conduct across multiple sites.
“Taking complex and data-intensive situations and making them easy to visualize and simple to manage is what the Allegro product line does best,” said Srini Kalluri, Founder, President, CEO and Chief Customer Officer at Forte Research Systems. “Allegro CTMS@Network is a terrific addition to the Allegro product family.” Read More…
March 12th, 2012 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
As providers of software used to help manage the day-to-day operations of clinical research organizations, it is our goal to provide systems that: fit into the daily workflow of our customers, get used, and provide value. We have the opportunity to influence the course of clinical research at a very fundamental level, and we take that seriously.
Many of the key challenges faced by clinical research sites are centered around managing study financials. Due to the economics of the drug development industry, there is ever growing pressure to maintain tighter control over research financials, from negotiating new contracts with pharmaceutical companies and creating budgets that account for “hidden costs,” to submitting invoices and recouping costs in a timely manner after completing work. Read More…
January 5th, 2012 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
The recent quarterly release of the Allegro CTMS@Site system from Forte Research Systems includes a great deal of sought-after functionality. The clinical trial management system (CTMS) designed exclusively for investigator sites now includes investigator and vendor payments, patient stipend management, patient scheduling functionality, and re-consenting management among its many recent enhancements.
“With the addition of payments functionality and the other enhancements in this release, Allegro CTMS@Site is now the most comprehensive system available for investigator sites,” said Srini Kalluri, CEO and Chief Customer Experience Officer at Forte Research Systems. Read More…
January 4th, 2012 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
Forte Research Systems, Inc. and Aegis Compliance & Ethics Center, LLP, an affiliate of Meade & Roach, LLP, are collaborating to make the nation’s most widely adopted enterprise-class clinical research platform the premier option for clinical research billing compliance.
“In the wake of increased regulatory enforcement by government agencies and settlements under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law and False Claims Act, institutions conducting clinical research are under increased pressure to develop solutions for managing research billing compliance,” said Ryan Meade, JD, CHRC, partner at Meade & Roach, LLP and a managing director of Aegis. “We’re pleased to be contributing toward the creation of better tools for managing this exposure and risk.” Read More…
August 24th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
Allegro Research on Demand cloud-based clinical research management system
Bangalore, India (August 24, 2011) – Input from sites working closely with Forte Research Systems has resulted in another fantastic quarterly update to Allegro® CTMS@Site™, the clinical trials management system designed exclusively for investigator sites. Additionally, cash-flow concerns of investigator sites spurred the company to offer a six month payment holiday and create other new flexible pricing structures.
Allegro CTMS@Site Summer 2011 Version Released
New features for drug accountability and supply inventory management along with enhancements to protocol design, clinical trials financials management and budgeting are central to the Summer 2011 version of the Allegro CTMS@Site system.
The Bangalore Diabetes Hospital, one of the sites from Bangalore, India, worked with Forte Research Systems from the beginning to help guide the development of the Allegro CTMS@Site product. Recently, they have upgraded to the Summer 2011 version of the product.
“Allegro is helping us reduce the effort of tracking a lot of data related to clinical research site management, which has enhanced the productivity of the team. I feel comfortable knowing that we are supporting GCP with a centralized system and that we can easily demonstrate compliance,” said Dr. Prasanna Kumar, CEO of the Bangalore Diabetes Hospital. Read More…
August 14th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
The world of clinical trials compliance poses evolving risks and requirements for institutes. As the keynote speaker at the Onsemble 2011 Fall Conference, Ryan Meade of Meade & Roach, LLP, will tackle the important issues of billing compliance for sites. He will offer a variety of solutions and safeguards that institutes can implement within their respective operations.
As a partner at Meade & Roach, which is headquartered in Chicago and specializes in clinical trials compliance, Ryan is a prominent figure in the compliance arena. He will cover the key aspects of billing compliance that face organizations operating across the country, offering valuable insight for attendees.
Ryan is an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law where he teaches a variety of health care regulatory courses and is an assistant professor at Rush University in the Department of Health Systems Management. He is the author of “A Training Manual for Clinical Research Billing Compliance.”
July 27th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
New features for drug accountability and supply inventory management along with enhancements to protocol design, clinical trials financials management and budgeting are central to the Summer 2011 version of the Allegro®CTMS@Site™ system from Forte Research Systems, Inc.
“I currently have three active trials that are recruiting patients, and supplies are important in the beginning phases of these studies. I was very pleased to see the inventory management functionality,” said Karen Gaddy, CCRA, President of KLG Consulting. Gaddy, a new user of the Allegro CTMS@Site product, assists community-based physicians interested in performing or enhancing clinical trial research in their practices. “Not having to personally take inventory or asking the coordinator to do an inventory on a weekly basis is invaluable to me.” Read More…
May 18th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
Large clinical research organizations can now administer their clinical research data across multiple organizational units within a single system while giving each research group their own virtual environment when they use Version 11.0 of the OnCore® clinical and translational research platform. OnCore’s creator, Forte Research Systems, Inc., has taken the system’s signature configurability for supporting individual workflows at an organization down to the departmental level. Read More…
February 4th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
SCOPE Summit for Clinical Ops Executives
February 7-9
Miami, FL BOOTH No. 11
Introducing Allegro CTMS@Site! Please drop by Booth No. 11 for a live demonstration of the new system designed exclusively for investigational sites. Or, reserve the time that works be for you by contacting Lars Talbert ahead of time (lars.talbert@ForteResearch.com).
We’re proud to be sponsoring an Informal Breakout Discussion Group. Forte Research Systems founder, president & CEO, Srini Kalluri, will be moderating a Roundtable Discussion on “The Need for Improved Operational Efficiencies in Site, CRO, and Sponsor Interactions,” on Monday February 7th at 4:30 p.m.
Srini Kalluri will also Chair the “Site Perspective” Session on Tuesday, February 8th from 10:40 a.m. until Noon. During this session, Srini will give a presentation on “eClinical: Integrating Stakeholders, Not Just Systems,” at 11:15 a.m.
January 11th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services
MADISON, Wis. (January 12, 2011) – The University of Virginia (UVA) NCI-designated Cancer Center recently made the move from a comparatively sophisticated home-grown clinical trials management system (CTMS) to the OnCore Clinical Research Management System (OnCore-CRM) from Forte Research Systems, Inc. Read More…
