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Riley Farley

What Clinical Research Professionals Told Us About Visibility, Start-Up Speed, and Performance in 2026

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Most site leaders feel confident in their operational visibility. The data tells a more complicated story.  That tension sits at the center of the RealTime Reports: Trial Start-Up, Visibility and Performance Benchmarks Survey, a study of clinical research professionals across independent sites, multi-site networks, and large site organizations. Respondents aren’t early-stage operations. They’re managing significant complexity: 43% are running more … Read more

RealTime Reports – Trial Start-Up, Visibility & Performance Benchmarks Survey Summary ​

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This edition presents findings from a survey of clinical research professionals across independent sites, multi-site networks, and large site organizations (11+ locations). Respondents shared how they manage trial start-up, operational oversight, and performance visibility today, and where the most significant operational gaps remain. The findings establish practical benchmarks for site networks and multi-site operations, with expert insights and actionable guidance to help research leaders close the gap between where operations are today and where they need to be.

Why Building an Enterprise Operating Model for Clinical Trials Starts With eSource

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The operating model for clinical research is shifting. Protocols are becoming more complex — more endpoints, more procedures, more oversight. In tandem, clinical research site networks and multi-site organizations are scaling rapidly, expanding across more studies, more sites, and more complex portfolios. But execution hasn’t kept pace.  While trial complexity has accelerated, operational visibility has not.  For sponsors and CROs, … Read more

RealTime Webinar Recap – The eClinical Command Center: Rethinking the Research Operating Model for AMCs and Hospitals

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Watch the Replay: The eClinical Command Center: Rethinking the Research Operating Model for AMCs and Hospitals    Most Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) and hospital-based research organizations don’t lack technology. They’re operating in environments where that technology was never designed to work together.  Over time, research operations have been built around tools that are familiar, accessible, and often free. Individually, these tools work. But … Read more

How eSource Turns Clinical Trial Capacity into Revenue Growth

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Clinical research sites rarely struggle with opportunity. What they struggle with is capacity.  Clinical research coordinators (CRCs) are buried in regulatory binders, monitors occupy office space for days at a time, and the sheer volume of manual transcription creates a hard ceiling on growth. A site may have the investigators, the patient population, and even … Read more

Outgrowing Your CTMS? Why Site Networks Are Switching for Better Financial Visibility

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As clinical research site networks grow, one issue consistently rises to the top: the financial reporting inside their Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) isn’t built for scale.  Many organizations begin with a basic CTMS, but as sites expand across locations, sponsors, and complex protocols, financial complexity increases, and system limitations become glaringly visible. This is why more multi-site … Read more

Why Multi-Site Research Organizations Struggle to Maintain a True System of Record

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In multi-site clinical research, data rarely lives in one place. What organizations call a “system of record” is often a patchwork of tools that capture only fragments of operational truth. Leaders may believe they have a system of record because they use a CTMS, shared drives, dashboards, or project boards. In reality, most organizations operate with multiple partial systems … Read more

Why Integration Alone Fails in Enterprise Clinical Research

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Why integration alone fails in enterprise clinical trials, and what AMCs, hospitals, and health systems need instead    Academic Medical Centers and large health systems have invested heavily in research technology, especially over the past decade. Most operate with electronic data capture systems, regulatory document repositories, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CMTS), financial platforms, and internal collaboration tools.   From … Read more