Study Manager

What is Study Manager?
Study Manager is a Windows-based, web-enabled clinical trial management system created for research professionals, coordinators, and physicians who need to closely monitor all phases of their clinical trials. Since Study Manager runs over the Web, it can be securely accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. 

According to Advanced Clinical Software (ACS, developers of Study Manager), more hospitals and universities have chosen Study Manager than any other clinical trial management system because of its ability to reduce the cost of clinical trials and make research more efficient, more productive, more profitable, less error-prone, and more enjoyable for research administrators, coordinators, physicians, and other staff members.

Whether you're part of a single department or a centralized office that wants to manage clinical trials across multiple departments, Study Manager gives you a single, centralized database in which you can track any number of patients and clinical trials. Study Manager's flexible and powerful architecture is designed from the ground up for multi-site and multi-department use.

Study Manager offers many features, including:

• Study protocol entry.

• Complete study budgeting and financial management.

• Invoicing and payment reconciliation.

• Contract milestone tracking.

• Regulatory document tracking.

• Task management.

• Patient database with full search capability.

• Patient visit and procedure tracking with automatic revenue accrual.

• Graphical scheduling for staff and patient appointments.

• Patient recruiting and screening system, including electronic questionnaires.

• Advertising effectiveness tracking.

• A flexible report builder that enables customization of report templates.

• Full HIPAA compliance.

Study Manager has many advantages:

• It is professionally engineered by senior software developers who understand the clinical trial process and the importance of good user interface design.

• It has an exceptionally intuitive user interface - perfect for medical staff and research administrators who don't feel comfortable with computers or software.

• It is used by many of the largest research organizations in the world, including Penn State University, AmericasDoctor, The National Institute of Aging (part of NIH), The National Institute of Mental Health (also part of NIH, Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, Baylor Healthcare System, INOVA Health Systems, Saint Louis University, Rush Presbyterian / St. Luke's Medical Center, Neeman Medical International, Northwestern University, and hundreds of others.

• It supports virtually any type of network, including the Web, intranets, virtual private networks, wide area networks, and local area networks.

At the Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine, Study Manager, has been designated the tool of use for all School of Medicine clinical research studies requiring IRB approval.

How do I become a user?
1.  Complete Study Manager User Request form either online or by downloading.
2.  Obtain signature of authorized fund approver and the Department
     Administrator.
3.  Fax the signed form to 1-3818, or send via campus mail to:         
     Barbara Covington, OCIS, FF-100.
4.  Within 2-3 business days of receipt, an email will be sent confirming new
     account.
5.  Each approved user is given an account and receives a unique login name,
     password, and reference materials.

Free training for new users is available by contacting Barbara Covington     
(1-7581).

What does it cost?
The MCG School of Medicine and Research Administration are paying all the implementation and training costs. A monthly user fee is charged based on the number of MCG users.  Currently, the cost is $60 a month for each user (one-year subscription, automatic renewal). This charge can be included in study budgets and when approved, can be paid using a department credit card (P-card).

Where can I get more information?
Contact Barbara Covington, extension 1-7581 or email: bcovington@mcg.edu

You may also visit the Study Manager website at www.ClinicalSoftware.Net.