Rave Companion
Bridging the gap between EHR and EDC
Rave Companion reduces clinical trial data entry efforts for sites by making it simpler and faster to get source data from any system (e.g., EHR – electronic health record) or document (e.g., lab values in a spreadsheet) into Rave EDC. Rave Companion dramatically reduces the time trial sites spend keying in data and resolving queries so they can spend more time with their patients. And it enables sponsors and CROs to get higher quality data, faster.
Unlike EHR-to-EDC integration approaches that require point-to-point connections and complex mapping between systems, Rave Companion is much simpler and faster to implement, making it very scalable, and it’s not limited to EHR data.
Benefits of Rave Companion
Make Data Entry Faster and Easier for Sites
Enable your sites to dramatically reduce the time they spend re-keying data by quickly, easily, and accurately capturing electronic source data from any system (including EHR and CTMS) or document into Rave EDC.
Get Cleaner Clinical Trial Data, Faster
Rave Companion reduces manual data entry, resulting in fewer errors. Fewer errors means fewer queries need to be raised by your CRAs and Data Managers and resolved by your sites.
Reduce Data Monitoring Efforts
Rave Companion (via Medidata Health Record Connect) presents patient health record information to the site user, from which they can select to populate fields in the case report form and subsequently review and submit the data to Rave EDC. Because the data is electronically sourced, sponsors/CROs can reduce the need for source data verification (SDV).
“Rave Companion has been really helpful in reducing my time and frustration with data entry. It’s easy to use and always on top when I need it. It was simple to get started, and it helps me focus less on the manual burden of data entry and more on delivering great clinical research.”
– Melanie Curole, Sr. Research Coordinator, Velocity Clinical Research
“We’re excited that Medidata has decided to invest in technology that directly addresses one of the major pain points in sites’ being able to take on and expand their clinical research efforts. We believe Rave Companion will reduce our time spent in data entry, increase job satisfaction, reduce monitoring costs, and ultimately make for better, more efficient research.”
– User, Large Academic Research Center
Key Features of Rave Companion
Populate with EHR Data
Rave Companion presents structured EHR data (using Medidata Health Record Connect) to assist sites in quickly finding and selecting data for case report forms. Rave Companion further accelerates data entry by auto-populating multiple fields with values from the same data range. The site user can then review the completed form before submitting it to Rave EDC.
Always Stay ‘In Sync’
There’s no separate login to use Rave Companion. When a Rave EDC form is opened, Companion automatically pops up a compact replica of the form and stays ‘in sync’ with the EDC form. The Companion form is free-floating, meaning users can have it alongside any source application or document. There’s no need to switch back and forth between windows. Data entered or captured into Companion is automatically reflected in Rave EDC, where the site can review it before it’s saved.
Capture Any Source Data
With Rave Companion, any site can simply point-and-click or drag-and-click to capture data from any source system (e.g., EHR, CTMS, eSource) or document (e.g., lab values in a spreadsheet).
Scale to All Your Sites and Studies
Rave Companion is available to all sites and studies using Rave EDC. Its engine to access EHR data, Medidata Health Record Connect, is connected to the patient health records of over 90% of the top clinical research sites and thousands more in the US.
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Rave EDC
Rave EDC is the most advanced, robust, and secure system for clinical trial site, patient, and lab data capture and management.
Rave Safety Gateway – Safety Data Transmission
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