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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.
PRESS RELEASE
KimberLee Heidmann at SCRS Latin America Ambassador Symposium
Our EVP, Patient Experience & Customer Success, will share Scout's strategies for LATAM clinical trial innovation.
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.
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.
SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG
Sustainable Practices in Clinical Meetings
Finding the right partner is critical to reducing carbon emissions around clinical meetings.
EBOOK
Evolving Compensation Models in Clinical Research
Explore evolving compensation models and participant support in clinical research to enhance outcomes.
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.
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.
GUIDE
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CASE STUDY
Enhancing ER Patient Recruitment
A custom information delivery mechanism for clear, accessible patient education facilitated trial enrollment in a high-pressure setting.
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.
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.
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.
BLOG
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.
PRESS RELEASE
Scout Wins Second Consecutive MedTech Breakthrough Award
Prestigious International Annual Awards Program Recognizes Standout Digital Health & Medical Technology Products and Companies
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
GUIDE
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Scout can arrange non-emergency medical transport for patients, helping ensure access to treatment and appropriate patient care.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG
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.
SCOUT MEETINGS BLOG
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.
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.