Information in pharmaceuticals is often siloed off and contained in individual sectors. When information is siloed, data gets lost or changed as it travels between divisions. Manual transfers onto paper or electronically via software create opportunities for human error. Using different processes and documents in each sector promotes siloed information. It also causes compliance issues when information is not transparent between sectors. This contributes to the burden of meeting compliance regulations, which is estimated to be 35 percent of the total cost of clinical trials.Consistently meeting compliance regulations on the first try can lower the cost of research and speed up a drug’s time to market. To do this, drug developers are shifting to more systematic, data-driven strategies to improve quality outcomes by eliminating compliance issues in their pharmaceutical processes. Process automation has helped pharmaceutical companies break down information silos and manage databases containing information about healthcare professionals. BPM software integrates the different types of software used across divisions so that pharmaceutical processes flow easily across divisions. Eliminating the barriers between divisions allows data to flow freely without being subject to unauthorized changes or human error. Bridge together processes throughout different sectors to build compliance checks in to your workflows. Read on to learn how automating IT Processes and HCP (Healthcare Provider) Database Management can help your enterprise meet compliance standards to bring down the cost of drug development.
IT Processes
When processes span multiple divisions and types of software, information and documents are hard to track. Data silos also act as a barrier to the exchange of information across the company during manual transfer between systems. As tasks go from one part of the company to another data is lost and bottlenecks occur. Paperwork sits forgotten in inbox trays and errors interfere with creating legible audit trails, which delays processes. Processes become hard to audit for inspection by regulatory bodies. This can lead to big compliance issues and headaches for your company.The traditional solution to these problems is to create new software solutions for every data transfer between systems from scratch. Not only does developing home-grown solutions take your IT department away from other projects, it reinforces existing data silos in your company. Solving individual problems one at a time limits the scope of IT solutions and filters time away from improving existing processes. This is where using BPM software to bridge the gap between systems and create streamlined workflows comes into play.
