Over the course of the past several years, a growing number of industries - including those in health and life-science - have realized the need for advanced technological solutions as a means of managing and interpreting data. But actually going through the process of selecting the right CDR/MDR technology platforms for your business needs can seem almost as daunting and overwhelming as the prospect of dealing with the data yourself. As a result, numerous organizations are turning to an unbiased and knowledgable outsource company to assist them with the process of choosing CDR/MDR technology that's tailor-fitted for their requirements.
Benefits of Outsourcing CDR/MDR Technology Selection
You might argue that no one could possibly know the technical needs of your organization better than the organization itself, but before you close your mind to the idea completely, let's explore some of the benefits of outsourcing your CDR/MDR technology selection:
- Time Savings - A huge problem life-science businesses experience with getting their CDR/MDR technology up-and-running is that it takes too long to select a solution. There are a staggering number of options that must be reviewed and compared both against your internal needs, and against one another. This can end up taking months to years. With the help of a neutral vendor who is well-versed with the various available solutions, you can choose and implement a data management platform much faster.
- Inter-operational Efficiency - When in-house IT or other staff are pulled off the job to select your data solution, operational efficiency is reduced. Handing off the baton to someone else enables your facility to focus on core business.
- Proven Selection Methods - Through years of experience and hard work, and expert outsource company will have established a proven decision-making framework and methodology to ensure that all of your needs - including needs that you may not have known existed - are met with your data solutions.
- Reduced Costs - Finding an outsource vendor who has ongoing relationships with CDR/MDR vendors can result in the best deals and savings.
- Implementation Processes - Don't be left scratching your head when it comes time to actually implement the CDR/MDR technology. It's far easier to leave this task to an expert who has experience across a range of technologies.
- Ongoing Advice - Take advantage of optional ongoing advisory services from a neutral, unbiased party.
CDR/MDR Technology Uses & Selection
Both CDR and MDR technologies are invaluable in the life-science sector. The Clinical Data Repository acts as a real-time database, constantly consolidating data from a range of sources in order to create a unified view of a single patient. This helps to streamline processes, make better predictions about patients with certain characteristics, facilitate the management of specific departments, and ultimately, improve patient care. The Metadata Repository provides IT and other users with "data about data". In other words, this platform organizes various data structures, making it possible to analyze specific data sets for use by different departments, different business needs.
In order to ensure that you are set up with both a CDR and MDR technology platform that will meet your specific objectives while conforming to your budget, scaling, and other needs, an excellent outsource vendor will abide by a 3 step selection process:
- Technology Strategy/Evaluation - Here, your requirements will be closely evaluated for the overall framework/infrastructure including components, IT architecture, systems integration, data migration, workflows, options for deploying a multi-technology solution, and recommendations including solution design, architecture, hosting, implementation, and migration. Any gaps in your current business processes will also be analyzed and presented at this time.
- Vendor Analysis/Options - Next, a variety of CDR and MDR solutions will be reviewed through a comparison of feature sets, hosting, implementation, delivery scenarios, and roll-out pricing.
- Procurement Support - Finally, expect RFI/RFP development and management, proof-of-concept support (technology demonstration), the actual selection of the solution, and contracting.
From start to finish, it's clear that a neutral vendor can help you take advantage of CDR/MDR technology faster, more efficiently, and more affordably.
