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Scout for Sites
Running a clinical trial is no small feat. With real people on standby and three decades of experience in 100+ countries, Scout’s on-call and in your corner.
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Anything but Average
Explore Scout's latest deep dive into rare disease clinical research, patient advocacy, and driving progress against unique challenges.
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Bridging Gaps in Clinical Trials through Patient Travel Support
Solutions to tackle clinical trial travel challenges while ensuring compliance and patient inclusion.
WEBCAST
Can Patient Liaisons Transform Clinical Research Access?
Amy Franco discusses how patient liaison services can empower patients and lighten the load on clinical trial sites.
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Why is Clinical Trial Patient Travel so Important?
The right travel support impacts clinical trial access, patient representation, and study outcomes.
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International Clinical Trials Awareness Day 2025: Systemic Barriers to Cross-Border Research
Initiatives like EU-X-CT are driving cross-border solutions for more countries globally.
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Scout Coordinator
Simplify patient reimbursement and travel management with Scout Coordinator—designed for high-volume clinical sites.
PRESS RELEASE
Scout Celebrates Third Consecutive MedTech Breakthrough Award
The Scout Patient Liaison team earns the 2025 Patient Experience Innovation Award.
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Scout: Supporting Sites
See how Scout supports patient retention with people-first solutions for reimbursement and travel at no cost to sites.
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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Navigating the Complexities of Cross-Border Clinical Trials
Explore the challenges of cross-border clinical trials, including regulatory, logistical, and patient-centered complexities.
PRESS RELEASE
myTomorrows and Scout Partner on Cross-Border Patient Recruitment
This innovative tech collaboration addresses international trial recruitment challenges, accelerating global treatment access.
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Your Trial, Your Choice!
Get everything you need and nothing you don’t! Scout offers true à la carte flexibility in patient travel and payments—all at no cost to sites and participants.
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Scout Meetings Service Overview
Scout’s global Meetings team plans and manages engaging, effective healthcare meetings of all types.
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Establishing Trust with Real People in Clinical Research
Trust drives trial success. Learn actionable strategies to build participant trust, improve retention, and support collaboration.
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The Buck Stops with Scout
Discover payment solutions that make the process straightforward for everyone involved. Let us handle all the details—the buck stops here.
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We Can Fix What's Broken by Solving the Right Problems
Study success starts with tackling the right issue. See how Scout helps make trials work—for everyone.
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Evolving Compensation Models in Clinical Research
Explore evolving compensation models and participant support in clinical research to enhance outcomes.
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Who Should Be Compensating Clinical Trial Participants?
Research thrives on relationships. How payments are managed can build connections or undermine them entirely.
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.
PODCAST
SCRS Talks: Enhancing Clinical Research in Europe
Moisha Platto and Courtney Dodge share Scout’s solutions for clinical trial efficiency across Europe.
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Making Cross-Border Enrollment a Reality
Specialized patient support can help international trials succeed and patients get the care they deserve.
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Rally for Rare 2025: Scout Delivered in Just 3 Days
Scout's expertise, flexibility, and dedication to delivery under pressure made the impossible a reality.
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Putting Patients First: A Personal Journey to Ethical Clinical Research
Courtney Dodge shares her thoughts on prioritizing patient care to advance compassionate clinical trials.
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Scout Meetings Spotlight: Becker Education & Engagement Day 2024
Transformative planning and patient-centered approach at BEED 2024 showcased Scout Meetings' expertise and impact.
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How Clinical Research Transformed My Son’s Life and My Career
Anne Perdue shares how experiences as a life sciences professional and cystic fibrosis mom shape her perspective.
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Shifting Policies Can Spark Progress in Clinical Trial Diversity
The opportunity for private-sector leadership can foster equity and innovation for better healthcare.
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From Trials to Triumphs: Carrying the Torch of Hope
Puspanjali Bhatta discusses the profound impact of oncology trials and Scout’s mission to restore hope.
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Rare Disease Day 2025: Representation Matters
Inclusivity in clinical trials is vital to equitable care for rare disease patients.
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Care Meets Collaboration: Insights from the EACT Clinical Trials Site Personnel Webinar
Kristin Hermann’s insights on the EACT initiative and the Clinical Trials Site Personnel Webinar
PODCAST
From Planning to Execution: Supporting Sites and Patients in Clinical Trials
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Courtney Dodge joins SCRS Talks to discuss partnerships, patient-centricity, and more.
ROUND TABLE
How is Scout Clinical Working to "Save Our Sites" with Courtney Dodge
Courtney Dodge joins the SOS Save Our Sites team to talk through Scout's services and expertise.
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Breaking Barriers in Drug Development
Unpack systemic challenges in drug development that inflate costs and delay life-saving treatments.
PRESS RELEASE
Scout Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in the Life Sciences
Scout is proud to mark a milestone three-decade anniversary in 2025.
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2024 Reflections
Paige Bingham details Scout's journey through a year of leadership changes and inspiring collaboration.
PRESS RELEASE
Scout & CRPN Collaborate on Site Voice Survey
Scout and CRPN's Dr. Daniel Fox are partnering to amplify the voice of clinical sites
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How Regulatory Changes Impact Clinical Trial Processes
Learn about navigating regulatory changes to ensure compliance, participant safety, and medical research advancement.
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OneScout
From start-up to close-out, Scout helps trials stay on track, patients stick with it, and sites maximize their time and resources.
SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG
Overcoming Barriers to Participation for Underrepresented Patient Groups in Clinical Trials
Enhancing patient diversity through overcoming barriers for underrepresented patient groups improves trial outcomes and inclusivity.
WEBINAR
Improving Clinical Trial Diversity: Meeting Patients Where They Are
Explore strategies to achieve inclusive research environments and overcome diversity barriers in trials.
VIRTUAL EVENT
2024 SCRS LATAM Ambassador Symposium
KimberLee Heidmann joins a panel of experts to discuss DCTs and Latin America's opportunities and challenges in clinical trials.
SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG
Guide for Families and Caregivers in Clinical Trials
Practical steps to advocating for clinical trial patients–plus plenty of essential resources to start with.
WEBINAR
Mastering Scope 3 Emissions in Clinical Trials
Strategies for carbon reduction and partnerships in trial sustainability featuring PPD Thermo Fisher’s Michael Cohen.
SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG
Decoding MR-001: Navigating Its Impact on Clinical Trials in France
Scout's insights into MR-001's impact on French clinical trials and strategies for effective compliance.
SCOUT CLINICAL BLOG
EACT & the Clinical Trial Modernization Act
Explore how the EACT and CTMA initiatives break financial barriers to make clinical trials more accessible and inclusive for diverse patient populations.
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.
SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG
Sustainable Practices in Clinical Meetings
Finding the right partner is critical to reducing carbon emissions around clinical meetings.
SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG
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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ecoScout for Scout Meetings
Discover Scout's carbon-conscious strategies for elevated, eco-friendly face-to-face and hybrid events.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Scout Academy Services
Learn how Scout Academy keeps your people on the same page with a secure shared environment for trial collaboration and education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
INTERVIEW
Eyeing Efficiency for All
Paige Bingham discusses reshaping clinical research, optimizing operations for investigators, and enhancing experiences for patients.
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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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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.
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.
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.
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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Going the Distance
Discover challenges, opportunities, and strategies for success in today's rare disease clinical research in our eBook with Applied Clinical Trials.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
INTERVIEW
Building a Better Toolbox
PharmExec interviewed EVP KimberLee Heidmann on the difficulties of enrolling patients in clinical trials and how to navigate them.
INFOGRAPHIC
Impact of Patient Attrition
Patient attrition can negatively impact trial sponsors, investigators and patients alike, but excellent patient support services can help.
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.
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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Scout Clinical Overview
Trial success begins with anticipating patient needs. Explore Scout's flexible, personalized services in patient travel, stipends, reimbursements, lodging and more.
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.
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.
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.
PODCAST
Driving the Discussion: SYNGAP1 Foundation
SYNGAP1 Foundation President, CEO & Founder Monica Weldon discusses their work for SYNGAP1 and related overlapping neurological disorder patients.
ARTICLE
Preventing Attrition Through Patient Experience
Positive participant experience in clinical trials enhances patient retention rates, leading to more precise and comprehensive study results.
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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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Scout can arrange non-emergency medical transport for patients, helping ensure access to treatment and appropriate patient care.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.