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Harnessing primary care data for clinical research and trial recruitment

Report from Newmarket Strategy.

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Catalysing change

We’re proud to have sponsored this report from Newmarket Strategy; a thoughtful exploration of the power of primary care data to transform clinical research delivery and improve patient outcomes. Here's a snapshot of what you can expect.

  • Leader insights

    Explore insights from leading stakeholders across healthcare and research who were interviewed for this paper.

  • New research

    Explore novel data from surveys from 1,869 patients, and 127 healthcare professionals who are Optum system users, about attitudes to clinical research engagement, participation, and delivery.

  • Challenges and opportunities

    Take a closer look at the value primary care data could bring to clinical research and clinical trials, and the challenges of engaging in this setting.

  • Recommendations

    Uncover six specific recommendations designed to address the barriers to primary care research.

This report brings together new research findings and provides constructive, pragmatic recommendations for improvement.

Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard

Professor of GP Education, Birmingham Medical School, University of Birmingham

Clinical trial recruitment

Our solution

68% of the healthcare practitioners surveyed as part of this report stated they'd be more likely to engage in research if simply available in their clinical system. Our Recruit solution is meeting this need now, by enabling primary care to support clinical trial recruitment with ease from within their day-to-day EMIS Web workflow.

  • Recruit for healthcare professionals

    Find out how your practice could support clinical trial recruitment today with our Recruit tool, integrated with EMIS Web.

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  • Recruit for Life Sciences

    Interested in how Recruit could support your clinical trial? Take a closer look at our solution and how we're supporting the identification of high quality candidates at scale.

    Clinical trial recruitment

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