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Business Expansion in the Digital Age
No business or industry went untouched by the widespread impact of COVID-19. Whether it was business development, talent acquisition, or ...

Overcoming the Protocol Intimidation Factor
Clinical protocols have been growing in complexity over the last several years. And the more complex the protocol, the higher ...

The Real Obstacles Facing Patient Enrollment & What Sponsors Can Do About Them
Low enrollment and patient diversity remain two of the largest challenges in the clinical research industry, and standard solutions are ...

Pro-ficiency Acquires Compass Group Partners and Affiliated Assets
DURHAM, N.C., June 13th, 2023 - Pro-ficiency, the leading provider of simulation-based training solutions for clinical trials, has announced its ...

Unlocking Clinical Site Efficiency with Simulation-based Solutions
The need for site efficiency is greater than ever in light of the ever-growing complexity of clinical trials and the ...

Pro-ficiency Launches Pf Library to Expand Study Training Service Suite
DURHAM, N.C., June 1, 2023 – Pro-ficiency is excited to announce the launch of Pf Library, an innovative online document ...

Rethinking Training: Achieving Competency in Less Time and With Better Results
Training for clinical research staff that focuses on complete comprehension of a protocol and its goals can be a key ...

Measuring Training ROI in Clinical Research
Clinical trials are vital to the future of medicine and pharmaceuticals. Many of them are literally matters of life and ...

Analyzing Protocol Deviations Before Retraining
Protocol deviations can cause significant problems during clinical trials, forcing sites and sponsors to direct time and resources toward investigating ...

Pro-ficiency Releases Simulation-Based Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training Program
DURHAM, N.C., March 23rd, 2022 – Pro-ficiency has launched a new Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Simulation training program. This program ...

Preemptive Protocol Analysis: Reducing the Need for Retraining
When things go wrong during a clinical trial, retraining of staff is often the go-to response to correct the problem ...

Bringing Protocols to Life to Reduce Site and Patient Burdens
In a world where clinical trials are growing larger and protocols more complex, it’s increasingly important that study sponsors make ...

3 Steps for Reducing Costs and Errors in Clinical Trials
Clinical trial costs are trending upward, driven by a variety of factors, such as increasing trial complexity and rising travel ...

Developing Protocols For Patient-Centricity
The only sure way to ensure that sponsors can ensure their clinical trial protocols are truly patient-centric is to design ...

Simplifying Training Analysis with Pro-ficiency’s New Admin Dashboard
Pro-ficiency has launched an upgrade to our clinical training platform’s Admin Dashboard to provide a single location to view real-time ...

Pro-ficiency has been selected as a ‘Top Ten Tech Startup to Watch in 2022’ by the NC Tech Awards
Durham, North Carolina, December 1st, 2022 – The NC Tech Awards has named Pro-ficiency as one of the Top Ten Tech ...

Embrace Innovation to Dodge Rising Trial Costs
The cost of conducting a clinical trial has been rising in recent years and that trend shows no signs of ...

Decentralized Clinical Trials: Balancing Patient and Site Needs
Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), including hybrid studies, have become the latest trend in pursuit of more patient-centric trials. But the ...

Pro-ficiency Launches New Solution: Pro-Active Protocol
Pro-ficiency announced today the launch of Pro-Active Protocol, a unique and proprietary protocol optimization methodology that applies simulation to visually ...

Selecting a Study-Specific Protocol Training Strategy
“The right tool for the right job” is a saying that applies in many situations across many industries. When it ...

Reducing Study Team Burden With Shorter Training
Shorter training is an ever-present item near the top of nearly all clinical research site wish lists. The time and ...

3 Barriers Preventing Clinical Trial Innovation
Although adoption of clinical trial innovations have seen a rapid adoption in the world over the last decade, organizations that ...

Pro-ficiency’s Commitment to Customer Service
Good customer service starts with a great product. Without that foundation—a product that is reliable and meets client needs precisely—it ...

Reducing Study Team Burden with Targeted Training
Booming administrative tasks, customized technology systems and redundant certification and training requirements are among the primary factors that clinical research ...

Pro-ficiency Acquires Fugitive Labs
Durham, North Carolina, July 12th, 2022 - Pro-ficiency announces the acquisition of all life sciences intellectual property and the associated ...

Jeanne Hecht Joins Pro-ficiency Board of Directors
Durham, North Carolina, June 23rd, 2022 - Pro-ficiency completes its strategic board expansion initiative with the appointment of Jeanne Hecht ...

Robin Newman Joins Pro-ficiency Board of Directors
Pro-ficiency continues to expand its thought leadership representation on their Board of Directors with the addition of Robin Newman, RN, ...

Dr. Jeffrey Kasher Joins Pro-ficiency Board of Directors
Pro-ficiency, a pioneer in the field of simulation-based training in clinical trials, has opened up a select number of seats ...

Mitigating Study Risk With Performance Analytics
Research sites are turning to various types of performance metrics to support risk-based management of clinical trials. “The first step ...

Correcting Site Enrollment In 3 Steps
Patient enrollment is a common subject of discussion among both sponsors and research sites. Challenges to enrollment can be myriad, ...

Reducing Protocol Deviations With Training-Based Metrics
Protocol deviations can have a detrimental effect on new drug development, adding to costs and time to clinical trials and ...

Telling Ain’t Training
Whether ensuring GCP compliance or the correct application of a study protocol, training is a critical part of any clinical ...

SIVs: Identify Skill Gaps Before Retraining
As a former CRA, I have spent the better part of my career mentoring, teaching, and helping CRAs become competent ...

Preventing Protocol Deviations With Simulation-Based Training
Protocol deviations can have a devastating impact on the quality and integrity of key study data and potentially affect patient ...

Maximizing Site Enrollment with Improved Protocol Comprehension
Sponsors and CROs trying to achieve better enrollment in clinical trials often overlook the most essential stakeholder in the process ...

Behavior Should Drive Clinical Trial Training, Not Test Scores
Behavior Should Drive Clinical Trial Training, Not Test Scores Applying analytics that focus heavily on measuring changes to research staff ...

The Fallacy of Footnotes Within Clinical Protocols
As part of our series covering all the do's and don'ts surrounding protocols, I wanted to call attention to one ...

Increasing Diversity in Clinical Research with High-Quality Training
Over the last several years, the pharma industry, along with the world at large, has become increasingly focused on issues ...

101 Things That Could Go Wrong if You Don’t Get Your Training Right
Although it can be tricky to acquire proper clinical site training, inadequate planning for a research study's training needs will ...

Pro-ficiency Selected as Participant in DPharm Idol Disrupt
Pro-ficiency was selected as a participant in the DPharm Idol Disrupt program, hosted at the Disruptive Innovations conference September 28-29, ...

Stop the SIV Madness
At the outset of this post, I want to make one thing clear. I am a huge fan of and ...

The Nature vs. Nurture in Developing a Corporate Culture
I have seen in my own life the power of nature vs. nurture. I was adopted at birth and recently ...

PhRMA Alters Their Code on Interactions: How to Prepare
PhRMA has adjusted its Code on Interactions, partly in response to the Special Fraud Alert issued by the OIG. Pro-ficiency ...

Are Your Sites Failing Your Training? If Not, They Should Be!
Are Your Sites Failing Your Training? If Not, They Should Be! Did you know that 100% of a seasoned clinical ...

What Asset Isn’t Listed on Your Balance Sheet?
SAS CEO Jim Goodnight famously quoted “Ninety-five percent of my assets drive out the gate every evening. It's my job ...

What Does Pro-ficiency Have in Common With HP, Microsoft, Google and Amazon?
They all started in a garage. Our founder Dave Hadden is a serial entrepreneur. He has founded several successful companies ...

Lessons Learned from Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick has won six Super Bowls as a head coach in his storied career. He also has two Super ...

Pro-ficiency’s Take On the COVID-19 Delta Variant
Decisions, Decisions…. Yale Medicine posted the following article on July 15th. Delta is the name for the B.1.617.2. variant, a ...

Beth Harper named Chief Learning Officer at Pro-ficiency
Beth Harper named Chief Learning Officer at Pro-ficiency RALEIGH N.C. Release Date: [For immediate release]- Pro-ficiency is pleased to announce ...

Pro-ficiency Launches New Website and Brand Update
Pro-ficiency Launches New Website and Brand Update RALEIGH N.C. - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [June 22, 2021] RALEIGH N.C. & DURHAM, ...

Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) To Ensure Success
"If you don’t know where you are going, you might not get there." -Yogi Berra At Pro-ficiency, we are scaling ...

Opening Back Up: When Will Investigator Meetings Resume?
The announcement by the CDC on May 13th indicated that vaccinated consumers could fully resume activities that you did prior ...

Building a Focus Differentiated Company: Success Through Innovation
Pro-ficiency is a Focus Differentiated Company Michael Porter, a Harvard Business Professor, analyzed 1000’s of successful companies and determined that ...

Pro-ficiency strengthens executive leadership team
Pro-ficiency strengthens executive leadership team with the appointment of Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Solutions Officer RALEIGH N.C. Release Date: ...

The Art and Science of Our Solution
Pro-ficiency is known for creating the category of simulation training for clinical trials by leveraging our film production skills. Many ...

How to Recover From Protocol Deviations in 6 Steps
Honesty. We must acknowledge as an industry that we have an unacceptable waste in the operations of clinical trials. The ...

Post-COVID Clinical Trial Performance Innovations
COVID has presented many challenges to the clinical trial industry over the past year. These challenges have included: Moving from ...

Learning Is an Experience
"Learning is an experience. Everything else is just information" -Albert Einstein Pro-ficiency is poised to play a key role in ...

Enrolled Subject Training
Clinical trials are becoming increasingly patient-centric. Pro-ficiency has trained tens of thousand of patients in multiple therapeutic areas using it’s ...

Make Your Studies More Proficient
Pro-ficiency Simulation Training Pro-ficiency is a simulation-based training platform and site-performance management system. Pro-ficiency mirrors site challenges through simulations of ...

New Standard in GCP Training Announced by ACRP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [March 8, 2021] CONTACT: Jeremy Glunt + 1.703.258.3506 [email protected] New Standard in GCP Training Announced by ACRP Immediately ...

Seasoned Healthcare Executive Michael Raymer joins Pro-ficiency as CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: [March 2, 2021] Seasoned Healthcare Executive Michael Raymer joins Pro-ficiency as CEO RALEIGH N.C. & DURHAM, N.C. Release ...

Pro-ficiency to Accelerate Growth with Major Investment from NovaQuest Private Equity
Pro-ficiency to Accelerate Growth with Major Investment from NovaQuest Private Equity NovaQuest acquires majority interest in leading, simulation-based clinical trial ...

Is Your Trial Training Compliant With FDA and ICH Regulations?
Are you outsourcing any of your protocol, GCP, or Safety training for investigations and site staff? Training is important for ...

Do You Identify Your Site Heroes?
If a clinical trial was a 747, …then the subjects would be the passengers …and the flight crew the site ...

Meetings and Slides Are Ineffective for Training Site Staff and Could Increase Patient Risk
While meetings are an excellent way to network with investigators and study coordinators, they are proven to be the least ...

Pro-ficiency Appoints Jenna Rouse As VP of Client Success
PRO-FICIENCY APPOINTS JENNA ROUSE AS VP OF CLIENT SUCCESS This year’s most exciting news! Jenna Rouse has joined the team ...

TissueTech Announces Engagement of Pro-ficiency Virtual Study Trainer™ for Clinical Trials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information, Contact: Barbara Getz 305-370-5708 [email protected] TissueTech Announces Engagement of Pro-ficiency Virtual Study Trainer™ for ...

GCP AND PV TRAINING THAT DOESN’T SUCK
GCP and Pharmacovigilance training is a requirement for all sites that participate in clinical trials. Non- compliance with ICH GCP ...

Unlearning in Clinical Trials – The Cure to Repeating Our Mistakes
How many stories have you heard where mistakes - made by clinical research sites - caused problems in a study, ...

When Failure is Not an Option
Air travel is really safe. You have a greater chance of being struck by lightning or attacked by a bear ...

Pro-ficiency and Scarritt Group Join Forces
Pro-ficiency and Scarritt Group Join Forces to Create Comprehensive Solutions for Virtual Investigator Meetings and Site Initiation Visits DURHAM, N.C., ...

ACRP – Pro-ficiency Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 11, 2020 CONTACT: Jeremy Glunt + 1.703.258.3506 [email protected] ACRP, Pro-ficiency Partnership Signals New Era in Clinical Research ...

Source Code in the 21st Century
Guess what this is. Spirograph? Really complicated Venn Diagram? If you guessed either of those you would have been close ...

Pro-ficiency Wins the Start-Up Component of VCIC – Venture Capital Investment Competition
DURHAM, N.C., April 5, 2019 (Newswire.com) – Pro-ficiency, a start-up company providing a comprehensive human performance improvement system for clinical trials, ...

Hidden Risk = Hidden Benefits
Last week I was on a climbing trip in Austria. At the most challenging part of the climb, I found ...

Research Abstracts to be Presented at the 10th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare: Phoenix, Arizona
An Expert Systems-based Virtual Patient Simulation System for Assessing and Mentoring Clinician Decision Making: Acceptance, Reach and Outcomes D. D ...
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