"Of course we're continuously working to improve OnCore and every new version we release reflects that," said Anthony O'Hare, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at PercipEnz Technologies, Inc., creators of OnCore. "What we're especially excited about with this version is bringing together the work that has been going on in several collaborative initiatives and making it available to all the OnCore centers."
Much of the new functionality being rolled out with Version 10.0 was previously only available to those research centers who were participating in specific collaborative initiatives. OnCore product development is heavily guided by these projects in which dedicated individuals from various centers devote their time and energy into planning, implementing and evaluating new functionality. One such project focuses on study financials management.
"Control of, and access to, real-time financials data continues to be top of mind for our centers," said O'Hare. "We devoted an entire team of developers to refining this functionality and delivering more tools for Version 10.0."
Removing barriers was another key focus in OnCore's development over the past year. New functionality in OnCore includes support for multi-center trials, a new Affiliate Network Administration portal, enhanced communication and reporting tools, and additions to the OnCore Software Developers Toolkit (SDK) for integration with other systems such as those for electronic IRB management.
But not all of the enhancements in OnCore Version 10.0 are about new functionality.
"OnCore is a mature product - it has been around for 10 years, after all. Because of this, we're able to pay attention to some of the finer points, too," said Srini Kalluri, President & CEO of PercipEnz. "I think OnCore users are going to appreciate all of the enhancements around personalization, workflow, and streamlining data entry that went into this version."