Increase Clarity of Information With a 'Single Version of the Truth'

A clinical portal can gather, organize and present information to individuals throughout an organization, including those at trial sites around the world. The use of 'Enterprise Information Portals' in the generic sense has revolutionized the way users can retrieve and report information from different sources of data. Other industries (for example finance and banking) have demonstrated impressive progress in the way they operate globally by 'surfacing' data from many different applications using a portal approach. The pharmaceutical industry is clearly now implementing similar solutions, and reaping the benefits.

The Perceptive Solution

Perceptive Portal™ allows secure access to critical, real-time information over the web. It offers a clinical development oriented portal, which is in essence, a tool kit bringing together clinical, planning and financial data.

The suite consists of tools for the following areas:

Management Information - Perceptive Portal enables information to be shared at all levels within the organization. For example, project plans, timelines, milestones, financial information and product launch activities are all available to any portal user with the appropriate authorization.

Document Publishing - Any authorized user may easily upload documents to the portal and assign user access rights to the documents. With this feature, an investigator has access to the latest versions of all-appropriate documents, forms, or templates. Program and functional management now has a single place to go to get the latest version of documents from third parties such as CROs or core labs.

Metrics - The metrics engine allows any key measurement to be incorporated at any level into the portal. Navigation through clinical, data management, safety or other data is simple and intuitive. It is possible to drill down to metrics at compound, program, trial or site levels. Similarly, roll-up or aggregation of metrics to these levels is also part of the portal. The use of custom configured graphs and tables helps to pinpoint such issues as safety problems, training or quality gaps and process problems. Additionally, Perceptive Portal presents metrics based on customer specified Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a consolidated Dashboard format, displaying whether the study progress is meeting KPI thresholds, as specified for a particular project.

Document Sharing - Perceptive Portal enables document collaboration through a document repository with full check in / check out and version control capability. Authors and reviewers may access documents at any time and from any place in a secure, completely audit trailed manner.

Communication Center - The portal provides efficient communication between cross-functional groups. Moderated discussion forums facilitate interactions and enhance problem solving. Newsletters keep all development organizations and trial participants informed. Archived training material and frequently asked questions provide a simple mechanism for distributing knowledge to a diverse population.

Features

Open Systems
Perceptive Portal is designed to collect information from a variety of disparate sources. The portal does not attempt to copy the functionality of these systems but instead provides a database of specified information to be fed by them. The database can be updated periodically and against pre-defined triggers.

Proven Technology
Perceptive Portal is accessible using standard web browsers without the need for specialized configuration of user machines. The system is based upon a three-tiered architecture and uses industry standard Oracle or MS SQL databases. Perceptive Portal is based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technologies and can run with a variety of web servers.

Corporate Branding
The web site 'look and feel' is customized to the sponsor's corporate identity and standards.

Security and Access
Access to all data requires appropriate authentication for which encryption technologies are employed. Access to the portal is role based and managed by an intuitive administrator tool. The explicit assignment of privileges defines what material can be viewed. For example, a corporate executive may have access to all trials being run by a company while a project manager may be given access only to the program for which he/she is responsible.

Simple to Customize
Various data from different sources may include financial information, project timelines, enrollment figures, case report form data from trial sites…and much more.

Benefits

• Faster decision making is achievable because information is put at your fingertips. It is therefore possible to take action quickly if there is a problem.
• Teamwork is strengthened as a sense of community is created amongst all stakeholders, including those at geographically dispersed sites.
• Products can be launched with confidence because the portal manages all the knowledge necessary for a successful product launch: business plans, news updates, market intelligence, global marketing standards and marketing materials.
• Increased clarity of information is apparent because there is a 'single version of the truth'. This is possible because all data within the portal must have a standard data structure and definition.
• Familiar corporate branding encourages rapid uptake of use of the portal.