Clinical Research Needs a Moonshot: What Patients Can Teach Us About Innovation

In this captivating presentation, Alicia will share her experience as a three-time cancer survivor and what she’s learned about the state of clinical research from the patient perspective. Since her initial diagnosis to today, she’ll share how her journey changed the course of her career. Her focus on improving the patient experience and highlighting critical needs throughout the clinical trial ecosystem can help data management professionals find new ways to unlock value for all stakeholders. Alicia will share how her health information and clinical trial data are still siloed and why this erodes the patient experience for all.Without collaboration, true innovation is not possible. Alicia will inspire the audience to look for new ways to collaborate to bring efficiency and empathy to the solutions that support the industry.  That’s the essence of a moonshot – an industry wide collaboration that’s an ambitious venture to deliver profound results. 

First Learning Objective of the Session: Understand how the patient perspective can help highlight ways to improve processes and solutions to deliver a best-in-class patient experience.

Second Learning Objective of the Session: Recognize the need for building a true collaborative framework to address key patient needs and how data management and solutions provide a crucial role in this work.

Third Learning Objective of the Session: Envision the future of data management as an industry leading innovation hub and a core function of patient centricity