Resources

April 24, 2026

Mobility in Clinical Trial Operations with the SIP Mobile App: Practical Gains, New Friction Points, and What to Watch

Mobile tools add real value for short, time-bound actions like approvals, sign-offs, and safety notifications — but mobility rarely means mobile-only. New efficiency gains come with new governance questions around auditability and accessibility. The biggest wins come when mobile design respects the realities of busy clinical environments.
April 24, 2026

Cardiometabolic Trials are Exposing a Flaw in the Clinical Research Model: Retention is Engineered Upstream

Dropout rates of 30–40% are common in cardiometabolic trials, yet retention is still treated as a downstream problem rather than a design decision. The real drivers — visit burden, logistics, side effects — are predictable, which means they're preventable. Until trials are designed around how participants actually live, the enrollment-to-completion gap will persist.
April 24, 2026

Bridging Innovation and Reality: Why Human Support Is Essential in Tech-Enabled Clinical Trials

Digital tools are reshaping clinical trials, but they can't eliminate every barrier patients face. Sites absorb the friction between protocol design and patient reality daily. Making trials truly accessible requires pairing technology with human-centered support.
December 11, 2025

2025 SCRS Award Recipients: The Leaders Shaping Progress in Clinical Research

This year's SCRS Global Site Solutions Summit celebrated the people and organizations driving clinical research forward. From groundbreaking operational solutions to transformative leadership and measurable impact on patient outcomes, the award recipients represent the best of what collaboration, innovation, and commitment can achieve. These are the organizations and leaders setting the standard for what's possible...
December 10, 2025

From Vision to Momentum: How Shared Investigator Platform Continues to Unite Global Clinical Research

For over a decade, Cognizant’s Shared Investigator Platform (SIP) has transformed global clinical research, evolving from a bold vision into a trusted solution that connects thousands of sponsors, sites, and investigators. Today, SIP continues to streamline collaboration, accelerate trials, and enhance transparency to deliver better patient outcomes.
December 10, 2025

Expanding Collaboration in Clinical Trials through First-of-Its-Kind Site-Sponsor Shared SSU Milestone Tracker

Clinical research continues to evolve toward greater connectivity and efficiency, yet study startup remains one of the most complex and time-consuming stages of a trial. Disjointed systems and communication gaps between sponsors, CROs, and research sites often lead to avoidable delays. To address these challenges, Advarra...
December 9, 2025

Turning Site voices into action

“It’s incredibly frustrating […] we want technology that actually improves their job”. This was shared in a recent Site Listening Session, but it’s a sentiment I’m sure many can relate to. When tools that are intended to support and accelerate are delivered without their users in mind, it’s a recipe for failure. For sites, every redundant training, missed integration opportunity, and feature that doesn’t quite work as it should, ticks away at the time that could be better spent with patients.