Signant Health has announced the acquisition of VirTrial, a provider of software solutions for remote site startup and decentralized clinical trial conduct.
In addition to VirTrial's tele-research platform, which includes secure video, audio, chat, and connected medical device capabilities for decentralized patient-site interaction and assessments, the agreement provides Signant with a solution to address remote site startup and monitoring. Known as Virtual Site Monitoring, the solution leverages wearable technology for in-house or outsourced clinical research associates to remotely conduct site evaluation, initiation, and monitoring visits.
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