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SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG

Going the Extra Mile with Patient Navigator Services

Scout's Patient Navigator services help guide every participant through the clinical trial ecosystem.

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PRESS RELEASE

Moisha Platto Appointed Scout CEO

Platto succeeds Paige Bingham, now Executive Chairman of the Board, in driving innovation in service as Chief Executive Officer.

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SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG

Sustainable Practices in Clinical Meetings

Finding the right partner is critical to reducing carbon emissions around clinical meetings.

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EBOOK

Evolving Compensation Models in Clinical Research

Explore evolving compensation models and participant support in clinical research to enhance outcomes.

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Tying Up Loose Ends with Post-Meeting Services

Post-meeting services are vital to clinical meeting success. See how they aid compliance, streamline financial processes, shape future meetings, and help engagement.

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PRESS RELEASE

Scout Launches ecoScout to Lower Carbon Footprint in Clinical Meetings

Scout’s groundbreaking program supports business-critical sustainability strategies while maintaining exceptional service and quality.

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ecoScout for Scout Meetings

Discover Scout's carbon-conscious strategies for elevated, eco-friendly face-to-face and hybrid events.

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VIRTUAL EVENT

Comprehensive Patient Support for Clinical Trial Success

Explore three major participation barriers and how effective patient support helps overcome them for better retention.

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SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG

Scout’s Strategies for Optimizing Clinical Trials in France

We work where you do, no matter what! Discover how Scout adapts to unique regulatory and operational circumstances around running clinical trials in France. 

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SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG

Meeting Diverse Needs in Global Clinical Trials

See how Scout meets diverse needs in global clinical trials by leveraging best practices, patient-centric approaches, and robust quality assurance strategies.

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SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG

Hybrid Solutions for Navigating the CrowdStrike Outage

When attendees' travel plans were disrupted, our hybrid meeting solutions rescued a rare disease IM.

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INFOGRAPHIC

The Full Impact of Oncology Clinical Trials on Patients

Explore the multifaceted impact of oncology clinical trials on the people behind the data points.

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CASE STUDY

Enhancing Investigator Training and Communication During COVID-19

Centralizing all trial-related information, enabling seamless interaction and global team coordination through Scout Academy.

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SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG

Enhancing Clinical Trial Patient Services With Digital Technology

Discover how melding digital technology and personalized care can revolutionize clinical trial patient services to improve outcomes and enrich experiences.

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SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG

10 Ways to Elevate Your Investigators' Meeting

Take your next Investigators' Meeting from everyday to exceptional with 10 top tips from the clinical meeting planning experts at Scout.

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CASE STUDY

Enhancing ER Patient Recruitment

A custom information delivery mechanism for clear, accessible patient education facilitated trial enrollment in a high-pressure setting.

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GUIDE

Scout Academy Services

Learn how Scout Academy keeps your people on the same page with a secure shared environment for trial collaboration and education.

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PRESS RELEASE

Scout Partners with Two Top 20 Pharma Companies

Scout announces strategic collaborations to enhance patient services in clinical trials, focusing on inclusivity and efficiency.

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CASE STUDY

Global Vaccine Trials

Scout supported patient support and payments for 22,000 participants across 18 vaccine studies in 8 countries around the world.

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ARTICLE

The Strategic Role of Stipends in Trial Success

Discover how a more effective use of stipends can allow participants to fully engage without financial worries.

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Clinical Trials Day: Celebrating Innovation in Research

Discover how Clinical Trials Day raises clinical trial awareness, encourages study participation, and supports research initiatives for a healthier future.

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PRESS RELEASE

Scout Wins Second Consecutive MedTech Breakthrough Award

Prestigious International Annual Awards Program Recognizes Standout Digital Health & Medical Technology Products and Companies

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WEBINAR

Strategies for Global Clinical Trials: Clinical Research Without Borders

View this webinar to broaden the knowledge required for achieving success in the rapidly evolving landscape of global clinical trials.

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SCOUT ACADEMY BLOG

Enhance Audit Readiness: Virtual Clinical Trial Platforms and LMS

Explore how tools like Scout Academy help maintain clinical trial audit readiness by ensuring regulatory compliance, patient safety, and data integrity.

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INTERVIEW

Eyeing Efficiency for All

Paige Bingham discusses reshaping clinical research, optimizing operations for investigators, and enhancing experiences for patients.

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SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG

Beyond the Meeting Room: Maximizing Virtual & Hybrid Meeting Success

When face-to-face isn't the right fit, virtual and hybrid meetings can offer unique benefits to add value to your clinical trial.

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BLOG

Rare Disease Day: How Patient Advocacy Impacts Research

This Rare Disease Day, we're discussing how Patient Advocacy Groups help make vital treatment more easily accessible.

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BLOG

Our Next Step: From Meeting Protocol to Scout

Discover how our 2024 rebrand reflects our commitment to making the complex easier in the life sciences industry.

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PRESS RELEASE

Meeting Protocol Worldwide Rebrands to Scout

The company’s new name and rebranding strategy reflect Scout’s growth, evolution, and dynamic future ahead.

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INFOGRAPHIC

The (True) Patient Journey

For clinical trial patients, challenges begin when the first visit is set. See their pain points—and how Scout helps patients navigate them. 

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INFOGRAPHIC

Beyond the Numbers

Clinical trial participation has more benefits than a data set reflects. See how whole-person patient support can help participants stick with it.

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INFOGRAPHIC

Minimizing Patient Attrition

Discover how understanding and overcoming the top challenges to patient retention can help more participants get in (and stay in) their trial.

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EBOOK

Going the Distance

Discover challenges, opportunities, and strategies for success in today's rare disease clinical research in our eBook with Applied Clinical Trials.

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PRESS RELEASE

Scout Clinical Wins 2023 MedTech Breakthrough Award

Our Scout Portal was named Best Patient Portal in the 2023 MedTech Breakthrough Awards for excellence and innovation in health and medical technology.

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ARTICLE

Optimizing the Rare Disease Patient Experience

Pam Cusick of Rare Patient Voice provides valuable insights into rare disease participant needs and ways to optimize clinical trials for enrollment and retention. 

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CASE STUDY

Navigating Sensitive Country Requirements

See how Scout expertly navigated complex regional laws and regulations to allow study patients in Iran access to treatment in Turkey.

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ARTICLE

Understanding Rare Disease: Challenges & Opportunities

Explore how patient experience and advocacy groups are shaping breakthroughs and helping navigate the challenges of rare disease research.

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PRESS RELEASE

Scout Clinical Secures Preferred Provider Status with Top 5 Pharma

Scout's preferred supplier status with a global Top 5 Pharma Leader bolsters its commitment to enhancing the trial experience for patients worldwide.

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INTERVIEW

Challenges in Rare Disease Clinical Trials

In this Q&A, CEO Paige Bingham shares how her meeting planning background translated into addressing logistical challenges in rare disease trials.

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GUIDE

Country Specific Services

See three examples of the innovative service solutions Scout has expertly developed in response to sites' regulatory needs all around the world.

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ARTICLE

Understanding Clinical Trial Patient Attrition

Understanding the reasons patients may choose to drop out of a study can help sponsors and researchers create a strategy to keep them more engaged.

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CASE STUDY

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Explore the effective impact personalized patient support services can have on clinical trial success for rare disease studies in remote locations.

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PRESS RELEASE

Paige Bingham Appointed CEO

After years of exceptional leadership, founder Pat Bingham steps aside for Paige Bingham to lead the next phase of growth.

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CASE STUDY

Global Oncology

Scout's transportation, expense reimbursement, and time and wage loss compensation helped an oncology study recruit and retain hard-to-reach patients.

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INTERVIEW

Building a Better Toolbox

PharmExec interviewed EVP KimberLee Heidmann on the difficulties of enrolling patients in clinical trials and how to navigate them.

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INFOGRAPHIC

Impact of Patient Attrition

Patient attrition can negatively impact trial sponsors, investigators and patients alike, but excellent patient support services can help.

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INTERVIEW

Supporting Clinical Trials Through Patient Support

In this interview with Health Professional Radio, KimberLee Heidmann discusses Scout's mission to help patients stay enrolled in clinical trials.

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GUIDE

Patient Navigator Services

Scout’s Patient Navigator services are designed to eliminate patients’ barriers to clinical trial participation and maximize study outcomes through patient experience.

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WEBCAST

Driving the Discussion: Rare Patient Voice

Rare Patient Voice’s Senior Vice President Pam Cusick explores how we can improve patient experience and education in this exclusive webcast.

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GUIDE

Scout Clinical Overview

Trial success begins with anticipating patient needs. Explore Scout's flexible, personalized services in patient travel, stipends, reimbursements, lodging and more.

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WEBCAST

Driving the Discussion: Rare Dad

In this webcast, Dr. Charles Steward discusses the patient experience from his unique perspective as a rare disease dad and genome scientist.

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PODCAST

Understanding the Importance of the Whole Person in Clinical Research

EVP of Patient Experience and Customer Success KimberLee Heidmann shares the importance of seeing the "whole patient" on the PharmaPhorum podcast.

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CASE STUDY

Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis

Scout provided travel and transport services and reduced financial burden for 800 Phase III gastroenterology study patients in Russia and Belarus.

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GUIDE

Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't

With customizable, comprehensive clinical trial patient travel and payment services, Scout is a true partner in patient engagement and retention.

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PODCAST

Driving the Discussion: SYNGAP1 Foundation

SYNGAP1 Foundation President, CEO & Founder Monica Weldon discusses their work for SYNGAP1 and related overlapping neurological disorder patients.

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ARTICLE

Preventing Attrition Through Patient Experience

Positive participant experience in clinical trials enhances patient retention rates, leading to more precise and comprehensive study results.

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GUIDE

Scout Meetings Overview

Whether face-to-face, virtual, or somewhere in between, Scout has decades of experience planning all types of life sciences industry meetings.

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PODCAST

Removing Burdens Throughout the Global Clinical Trial Ecosystem

KimberLee Heidmann joins the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda to explore burden reduction for trial patients and caregivers globally.

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GUIDE

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

Scout can arrange non-emergency medical transport for patients, helping ensure access to treatment and appropriate patient care.

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PRESS RELEASE

Leadership Team Expands with Four Appointments

Scout's expansion with four strategic hires reflects its global business and growth of technology and service offerings.

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INTERVIEW

Q&A: Importance of Human Touch in Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials Arena interviews Scout CRO Kuno van der Post on the vital importance of human interaction to the success of today's clinical trials.

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SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG

Tailoring Patient Payment Innovations

Walk through Scout's steps for clinical trial patient payment innovations that meet the needs of sponsors, sites, and most importantly, patients.

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INTERVIEW

Pharma Should Embrace SSO

CEO Paige Bingham weighs in on why making clinical trial site technology easier and more seamless for participants to access is a key consideration.

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WEBINAR

Optimizing Rare Disease Clinical Trials Through Patient Experience

Our panel discusses the impact of patient experience on rare disease trials and how researchers can partner with patients and advocacy groups.

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SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG

Meeting the Challenge: Printing on a Dime

A client was so impressed with our banners that they added printed covers to their protocol last-minute. Luckily, no request is too big or too small.

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ARTICLE

Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials

See why diversity is critical to clinical trials and how outsourcing patient support helps optimize trial retention through patient experience.

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Make Your Virtual Meetings Stand Out

Check out some our of tips and guidelines for planning a virtual life sciences meeting that's memorable, enjoyable, and collaborative.

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Meeting the Challenge: A Texas Welcome

When a first-time client approached us to plan their Dallas-based meeting, we showed them everything really is bigger (and better!) in Texas.

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WHITE PAPER

Crossing the Finish Line

See the gap between clinical trial patients' experiences and the support they receive in this look at rare disease patients and caregiver needs.

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