3^rd Annual Clinical Research Fall Symposium

 Clinical Research in the Electronic Age

Friday, Sept 16th 2011, 6:45AM – 4:00PM

Join us at:

Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Ave, NYC, NY

Brief Program Description: This program aims to address the complex challenges that clinical research professionals face in this electronic age of clinical research. With an increased reliance on electronic systems as a means of communication, data and financial management, medical records storage, and many other relevant functions, there is an increased need to understand the options and the guidelines currently available in the field. This symposium will focus on these various topics and provide input from experts in the field that will share their personal experience related to clinical research.

Program Objectives:

1. Describe the processes of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (C-DISC) in developing standards for data integration in medical research and Electronic Health Records.
2. Identify techniques for electronic management of clinical research
3. Evaluate patient perspectives with electronic clinical research processes
4. Comprehend regulations and compliance with use of electronic research system

Program Agenda:

6:45am Registration & Breakfast & Vendor Fair

7:30am ACRP Global Address:  Jim Thomasell, Executive Director at ACRP

7:45am Keynote: Becky Kush, Executive Director at CDISC

8:30am Panel 1: Electronic Systems Ease Clinical Research?

Moderator: Jim Moran, Executive Director at Ernst Young Advisory- Healthcare, Clinical Research

1) Debra Henninger, Assistant Director of Research Compliance & Training at Geisinger Health System- “Electronic Health Records to Optimize Recruitment”

2) Jonathan Andrus, EVP of Clinical Data Management at BioClinica- E-Database  

3) Dorothy Damron, Director of Oncology Clinical Research Administration at Johns Hopkins University - CTMS

4) Gregg Fromell, MD, Vice President of Science Operations at NYU- eIRB

10:30am  Break & Vendor Fair  

11:00am  Panel 2: Patients & E-Access

Moderator: Jim Moran, Executive Director at Ernst Young Advisory- Healthcare, Clinical Research

1) Michele Pliner, Project Manager at Foundation for Orthopedic Research and Education (FORE)- Ping Your Site: E-Media Strategy for a Solid Online Presence

2) Susan Brink, President and CEO at Consent Solutions, Inc- Videos & On-line Consent  

3) Landen Bain, Healthcare Liaison, CDISC - The Patient's Perspective on Privacy in Electronic Systems

4) Ardis Olsen, MD, Prof. of Pediatrics and Community / Family Medicine at Dartmouth University- Cell Phone Messaging

1:00pm Lunch & Vendor Fair

2:00pm Panel 3: Compliance and the Digital Age

Moderator: Jonathan Andrus, EVP Clinical Data Management at BioClinica

1) Gary Urban, Clinical, Compliance, IT and Quality Management Systems Professional- Part 11 Compliance 

2) Lyn Goldsmith, RN, BSN, CCRC, Clinical Research Nurse at Columbia University- Paperless Clinical Research: Electronic Source Documents

3) Glenda Guest, Vice President at Norwich Clinical Research Associates (NCRA)- Electronic Records and Compliance (FDA/HIPAA)  

4) Michael Hamrell, President at MORIAH- E-records, e-CRFs and e-files:  Can you Survive an Audit in the New Electronic Environment?

4:00pm Close

Target Audience: All research professionals

Registration Information and Applicable fees:

Early Bird Registration: $100 Members, $125 Non-Members

Registration After August 15th: $125 Members, $150 Non-Members

At the Door: $175 Members and Non-Members

No refunds after September 1, 2011

Register online at: http://nymetroacrpsymposiumseptember16.eventbrite.com

Contact hour (s):  Attendees will be eligible to receive 6.75 contact hours for attending the event. The cost of contact hours will be covered by the NY Metro Chapter for all chapter members that are certified through ACRP.

For more information contact:  NYMetroACRP@gmail.com