eRIC

Electronic Research Information and Compliance (eRIC) is a paperless system designed to automate the submission, tracking, and review of scientific regulatory and compliance information that is required for the safe conduct of human subject research. The solution aids the group process of reviewing research protocols and related materials, such as informed consent documents and investigator brochures.

eRIC is designed to address the research community’s need for a system that automates the protocol lifecycle processes to make protocol creation less burdensome. eRIC’s modular, component-based architecture serves as the basis for its key ability to serve as the central repository for documents, tasks, and relevant information for investigators, their research team, IRB committee members, and administrative staff. It’s flexible enough to meet the requirements for data sharing and integration. In addition, the solution’s workflow engine and administrative component meets the needs of today’s complex research environment, which involves multiple oversight committees.

Objectives

  • To automate and centralize the clinical trial registration process on a single platform
  • To reduce clinical trial setup time
  • To eliminate redundancy and risk of human errors
  • To reduce workload and paperwork
  • To increase standardization
  • To maintain audit trail and change control
  • To improve human subject protection and animal care

Benefits

  • Quickly view tasks of assigned user
  • Easily route forms for approvals
  • Securely collect electronic signatures
  • Promotes interaction among regulatory agencies and research communities
  • Streamlines meeting logistics
  • Maximizes return on investment of federal and state research dollars
  • Complies with regulatory and good practice standards