Sanford Health Implements Huron Consulting Group’s Click Portal COI Software
Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced that Sanford Health, the nation’s largest rural non-profit healthcare system, has deployed its software to automate conflict of interest disclosures required for research. Sanford chose the new Click software solution in part to help comply with the new federal rules governing conflict of interest (COI).
“To meet the new rules while growing our research programs across multiple campuses in several states, we needed to facilitate the submission of accurate, complete disclosures,” said Arlyn Broekhuis, chief information officer, Sanford Health. “Working with Huron’s implementation team, we were able to fully automate COI reporting and management processes in two and a half months.”
The new federal COI rules issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the National Institutes of Health went into effect in August 2012. The rules cover a wide range of areas which are directly addressed by Huron’s Click Portal software.
For example, the new rules require that:
“In each of these examples, our software eliminates process roadblocks such as lengthy turnaround times, interoffice delays, duplicate data entry, and information loss,” said , managing director, . “Sub-recipient and management plan monitoring capabilities are also built into the solution. The speed with which we were able to launch the Sanford system is a testament to the clarity of their stated needs, outstanding teamwork demonstrated throughout the project, and a flexible product that has been employed on more than 35 different COI implementations.”
Sanford Health and many other leading research institutions use Huron’s Click Portal platform to automate a wide range of administrative and compliance processes, including those associated with , , Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), , , and .
Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas and is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 126 communities in eight states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ireland, Ghana, Israel and Mexico. Sanford Health includes 35 hospitals, 140 clinic locations and 1,200 physicians in 70 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 25,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North and South Dakota. For more information, please visit .
Huron's software has been developed to meet the needs of leading academic medical centers and research institutions throughout North America. Click solutions are deployed by consulting experts from working in conjunction with local client teams. Configurable applications for grants administration, research compliance, and clinical trials efficiently manage the business of research by combining information technology with industry best practices. Huron Education’s professionals have worked with more than 90 of the top 100 research universities in the U.S. More information can be found at or follow us on Twitter: .
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