2008
2008 Winner Profile
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Project Description: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute migrated from paper-based data capture to electronic data capture for better management of its clinical trial data. The group claims to be among the first academic research centers to deploy the technology, which has not only saved more than 300,000 paper forms, but also helped to improve data accuracy and integrity. Investigators have access to research data more rapidlyin real time instead of waiting four to eight weeksenabling them to finish studies and make treatments available more quickly.
- Project type: Business Intelligence, Databases, Electronic Data Capture
- Business Functions: Principal Investigators/Study Staff
- Business Goal: Operational
- CIO: $model.cio100.cioFirstName Kessler, CIO
- CEO: Edward Benz, President & CEO
- Headquarters: Boston
- Industry: Health Care
- Revenue (2007): $21 million (budget)
- Website: www.dana-farber.org
