The advent of technologies and tools in the recent decade has made everyone’s life easier than ever. The medical industry has adopted a few technologies that are helping clinical trials. As the clinical trials are quite difficult to conduct, the researchers have to use the latest tools and technologies to streamline the process.
Previously, doctors and researchers relied only on medical equipment to conduct the trials, but with the new technologies available through the internet and locally, the process has been streamlined, and time has been saved. In this post, we are going to talk about the use of technologies in clinical trials.
Technologies Used in Clinical Trials
#1 – Electronic Health Records
The EHR or the Electronic Health Records are made to make medical record keeping easier. Doctors from all around the world use the EHR to keep a digital record of the patient’s health history. This is being used by researchers in clinical trials, as it helps them save time when performing medical tests and diagnosing other clinical findings. Also, the results of the clinical trials can be stored in EHR for other doctors to refer to.
#2 – Artificial Intelligence
The AI tools like ChatGPT and others have made the lives of many people easier with smart prompt generation. This is quite useful for clinical trials, as the researchers use finely tuned tools for their requirements. These tools are powerful enough to automate the difficult work of the clinical trials. These tools automate difficult and time-consuming tasks like data analysis, patient recruitment, shortlisting, report generation and many others.
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#3 – Big Data
Data analysis is the most time-consuming task for clinical trial researchers. With the big data tools, which are later paired with AI, data analysis has become easier than ever. These tools make data storage and analysis a swift process. When the data is loaded into these tools, they provide a comprehensive analysis and predict the trend. These tools allow researchers to find the minute changes in the data and arrive at a conclusion without wasting much time.
#4 – Remote Monitoring
The researchers started using the remote monitoring tools during the COVID-19 Pandemic for contactless experiments. These tools include devices like Smartwatches, Health trackers, Smart Blood Pressure and Blood glucose monitors and systems like Video conferencing and contactless delivery. With the smart devices, the researchers were able to monitor the patients and collect their health vitals remotely. With video conferencing, they were able to connect with the participants virtually. With contactless delivery, they were able to deliver the medicines or other products necessary for clinical trials to the participants.
Final Words
Due to the help of the latest technologies, it has become easier than ever to conduct trials in a streamlined manner. In this post, we tried our best to explain everything about the technologies used in the trials.
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