Communication Counts: 6 Communication Tips for Your Clinical Trial
While clinical trials have the potential to significantly improve public health, their impact can be damaged by inferior or absent communication. Ultimately, the most effective forms of communication convey the scientific value of your trial, mobilize community involvement, and continually inform and update all key stakeholders in order to maintain engagement. Let’s take a closer look at […]
Five Tips to Maximize Patient Recruitment Through Your Clinical Trial Website
Is your clinical trial website doing everything it can be doing to maximize patient recruitment? If it’s like the majority of sites, the answer is probably “no.” But you don’t have to settle for so-so when it comes to building a clinical trial website that not only reaches more potential participants, but also yields significantly […]
A Call to Action: Older Patients and Clinical Trials
A 2013 poll conducted by Research!America shows that while 76 percent of Americans feel that clinical research is important, only 16 percent of Americans report that they or another member of their family have participated in a clinical trial. While clinical trial enrollment is a challenge across all demographics, many clinical trial investigators struggle with […]
Twitter and #ClinicalTrialMarketing: The Hashtag Revolution
By now, just about everybody has run into a hashtag on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. These pithy mini-monikers allow users to share related information and have conversations about particular subjects. Hashtags, at the most basic level, connect users with similar interests.
5 Things to Know About Recruiting E-Patients for Your Clinical Trial
While we are undeniably living in the era of the e-patient, many clinical trial managers remain committed to traditional recruiting methods. Unfortunately, this antiquated approach is not helping struggling enrollment numbers. So what can you do to transform this new breed of healthcare consumer into clinical trial participants? Let’s take a closer look at five […]
Clinical Trial Marketing: 4 Steps for Getting Started on Facebook
There’s an old adage in marketing that says you have to go where the people are. In days past, patients relied on doctors to provide information about clinical trials, and, often, doctors failed to share this information with their patients. Today, more and more patients are turning to the Internet rather than doctors for information […]
How Recruitment in Clinical Trials Benefits from a Personalized Approach
From studies in the New England Journal of Medicine to this touching report in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, studies continue to show that one of the greatest motivators for patient participation in clinical trials is the individual’s desire to be a part of medical breakthroughs and help improve the healthcare system not […]
Is Social Media Part of Your Clinical Trial Recruitment Strategies?
If you’re struggling with low patient enrollment in your clinical trials, you’re not alone: a staggering 85 percent of drug trials are delayed due to lack of enrollment. With enrollment rates continuing to drop even as more clinical trials are being conducted, the imperative is clear: clinical trial coordinators must seek new approaches in order […]
What Is On The Digital Horizon for Clinical Trial Recruitment?
Although peering into the future can often be an imprecise art, it is helpful to sometimes look down the road at potential strategies that might be able to improve the effectiveness of clinical trial recruitment. Many of these newer approaches will involve online marketing strategies that are beginning to post impressive results in other industries. […]
