Click Commerce Automates Research Processes for The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
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Monday August 7, 9:15 am ET
New System Provides Comprehensive Research Administration Portal
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2006--Click Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq:CKCM), a leading provider of collaborative portals for hospitals and research institutions, announced today that The Methodist Hospital Research Institute has selected the Click Commerce eResearch Portal as its platform for a comprehensive electronic research administration initiative.
The Institute, a cornerstone of The Methodist Hospital's strategic vision for its future as a top-ranked academic medical center, will use the eResearch Portal to automate the major research administration functions of the organization including the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Grants and Contracts, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and Conflict of Interest functions. The system provides researchers a seamless Web interface to manage their complete research portfolio.
"The goal of the new online system is to streamline the administrative processes and allow the investigators to focus their time on research," said Edward A. Jones, vice president and associate director for administration for the Methodist Hospital Research Institute. "The new system will let us quickly automate our core research administration processes before the NIH (National Institutes of Health) requires all grant submissions to be submitted electronically by the end of the 2006. We hope this new system will make NIH submissions simple right from the start for our researchers."
The Institute plans to move the IRB module into production this month, followed by the Grants & Contracts module. With the Click Commerce eResearch Portal, The Institute will route and review IRB applications and funding proposals internally before the funding requests are submitted electronically to the Federal government's new site, www.grants.gov. In addition, researchers will have increased access to electronic tools for closer collaboration with budget analysts and financial specialists. This closer collaboration will help researchers accurately complete new government funding forms and research grants, such as the SF424, to ensure a smooth application submission process.
"Research procedures are becoming increasingly complex, and forward-looking institutions like Methodist are turning to Internet-based systems to help them save time and reduce errors," said Nancy Koenig, executive vice president of operations for Click Commerce. "The Click Commerce eResearch Portal was specifically designed to streamline complexity by uniting grants, IRB and other processes on a single platform."
In addition to the Methodist Hospital Research Institute, some of the leading research institutions in the United States such as the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pittsburgh, Columbus Children's Research Institute, and the University of Michigan use the Click Commerce eResearch Portal for Grants, IRB, IACUC, and Conflict of Interest processes. All have joined together to form the Click Compliance Consortium, where they share best practices and collaborate on key issues in eResearch and compliance. |
