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CRAACO: Clinical Research as a Care Option

Date: Sep 16, 2024

Location: Philadelphia, PA

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The Business Model to Integrate
Clinical Research and Clinical Care

Embedding clinical research in the care setting can lead to higher rates of clinical trial participation inside of a health system, better health outcomes, lower cost of care and more satisfied patients. The CRAACO® conference is a unique opportunity for pharma, healthcare and patients to come together and address how we can integrate healthcare and clinical research to improve patient access to clinical trials.

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Key Topics​​​​​​​

  • The Business Case for Integrating Clinical Care and Clinical Research
  • Improving the Clinical Trial Experience Through the Patient Perspective
  • Enabling All Care Locations to be Research Locations
  • Community Integration and the Use of Decentralized Clinical Trials
  • Work Force Issues in Clinical Research
  • Integrating Digital Technologies
  • EHRs & Data Care to Research

Keynote

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The Future of Integrated Health

Julie Freischlag, MD
Chief Academic Officer and EVP, Adovcate Health CEO, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist EVP for Health Affairs, Wake Forest University

Co-Chair

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Denise Snyder
Associate Dean of
​​​​​​​Clinical Research
​​​​​​Duke University
​​​​​​​School of Medicine

Co-Chair

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Shalini V. Mohan, MD
Executive Director,
​​​​​​​Head of Health Equity and
Inclusive Research (HEIR)
US Medical Affairs ​​​​​​Genentech

Pharma and Health Systems Collaborating to Improve Access to Clinical Trials

Benefits to Health Systems

  • Structure research around the continuity of care
  • Build capacity to activate clinical trials to be research ready
  • Develop the next generation of clinical researchers
  • Be on the cutting-edge of research to provide patients with more options

Benefits to Pharma

  • Getting Patients more access to clinical trials
  • Reduce the gap of health inequity and reach diverse patient populations
  • Reduce barriers to participation in clinical trials
  • Greater access to real-world data to help pair the right patient to a clinical trial
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2023 Featured Sessions

Clinical Care to Research Data: A Dynamic Collaboration for Collecting and Sharing Data at the Point of Care 

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Conor Kane 
​​​​​​​Janssen Clinical Innovation

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Anita Walden
​​​​​​​Oregon Health
​​​​​​​ & Science University

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Catherine Diederich, 
Ed.D., MMCI
Duke University School of Medicine 

Building a Business Care for Clinical Care
​​​​​​​in the Research Setting

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Donna O'Brien
​​​​​​​Manatt Health

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Henry Wei, MD
​​​​​​​Regeneron

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Marianne Hamilton Lopez 
Duke-Margolis Centre for Health Policy 

How the Henry Ford Health System Integrated Clinical Trials into Clinical Care Across their Entire System

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David Lanfear, MD
Henry Ford Health System 

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Jennifer (Gibson) Leavy Henry Ford Health System 

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Donna O'Brien 
​​​​​​​Manatt Health

How Sanofi is Partnering with Hospital Systems to Leverage EHRs for Patient Matching from Care to Research

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Nadir Ammour
Sanofi R&D

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​​​​​​​Christel Daniel, MD
Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Addressing the Workforce Issues in Clinical Trials:
​​​​​​​Strategies for Building a Successful Clinical Research Team in the Care Setting

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Susan Landis
​​​​​​​ACRP

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Michelle Rowe, RN 
HCA Healthcare Research Insitute

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5 Goals of CRAACO

At the annual Conference and throughout the year, CRAACO aims to:

1. Bring together a variety of health systems, pharma, patient advocacy, payors, regulators and innovators to chart a path forward integrating clinical care with clinical research options.
2. Demonstrate practical examples, strategies and success stories from health systems and pharma navigating the intersection points of research and care.
3. Demonstrate tools to integrate clinical trials into health systems safely and for the benefit of patients.
4. Identify ways to reduce the barriers and burden to clinicians, research investigators and patients to participate in evolving, expanding and important clinical research.
5. Encourage continued forward movement, inspire further action and unite like-minded individuals and organizations.

2023 Sponsors

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