HealthMark Multimedia & Enforme Interactive Announce ConsentSolutions: Online Informed Consent for Clinical Trials
HealthMark Multimedia LLC and Enforme Interactive, Inc., announce the formation of ConsentSolutions™. This new firm has been opened to provide media-enhanced, interactive online informed consent documents and patient information for clinical trials. ConsentSolutions™ facilitates investigators in the development of clinical trial informed consent documents and provides qualified potential clinical trial subjects with an online, interactive informed consent that is supplemented with media-enhanced medical explanations, self-assessment questions to test understanding, and values assessment and decision-making tools.
(PRWEB) March 14, 2005 -- HealthMark Multimedia LLC, and Enforme Interactive,
Inc. announce ConsentSolutions™ : online informed consent for clinical
trials
Washington, DC, March 11, 2005 - HealthMark Multimedia LLC and
Enforme Interactive, Inc., announce the formation of ConsentSolutions™. This new
firm has been opened to provide media-enhanced, interactive online informed
consent documents and patient information for clinical
trials.
ConsentSolutions™ facilitates investigators in the development of
clinical trial informed consent documents and provides qualified potential
clinical trial subjects with an online, interactive informed consent that is
supplemented with media-enhanced medical explanations, self-assessment questions
to test understanding, and values assessment and decision-making
tools.
ConsentSolutions™ provides:
• customized
approaches for the production of multimedia consent documents for approval by
IRBs
• enhanced multimedia information for the education
and information needs of potential clinical trial subjects
• changes, updates, and subject approvals for ongoing
clinical trial protocols in an efficient and timely
manner
• audio-visual presentations in multiple
languages
• tracking and verification of subjects' date,
time, and use data
• text and narrative in multiple
languages
• consistent presentation of information across
the entire subject base
• email links between investigator
and subjects for updates and questions
Studies indicate that
multimedia-enhanced informed consent increase enrollment by 50%, increase
participant retention by 35%, increase subject understanding by 40%, and require
significantly less researcher time per enrolled subject.
About HealthMark
Multimedia
HealthMark Multimedia, LLC, a certified woman-owned business,
combines graphics, audio, video and text to develop award-winning interactive,
user-friendly software and Web sites for:
• patient
treatment and self-care decisions
• continuing education
for health care professionals
• disease prevention and
health promotion materials for parents and children
HealthMark Multimedia
uses an established network of medical experts, as well as patients and lay
caregivers to review and test products for accuracy, relevance, and usefulness.
Since 1997 HealthMark Multimedia has been funded by the National Cancer
Institute, Centers for Disease Control, American Psychological Association, and
other public and private organizations needing specialized health
communications.
About Enforme Interactive
Enforme Interactive, Inc., a
woman-owned firm, is a cutting-edge electronic presence developer focusing on
the delivery of sound, constructive messages appropriate to the medium and
target audience. The principals have more than 21 years of technical project
management, interactive design and programming, and writing for a variety of
media, including video, interactive videodisc, computer-based training, CD-I,
CD-ROM, and Web applications. The company provides a wide range of digital data
and media services.
For further information about ConsentSolutions™ , its
products and services, contact: Susan Brink, DrPH, ConsentSolutions™, 1828 L
Street NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20036, Tel #: 202-448-6150, email: e-mail
protected from spam bots.
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