Topography Health

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Topography Health’s Co-Founder and CEO, Alexander Saint-Amand, is featured on this week’s episode of FierceHealth’s Podnosis podcast. Alexander spoke to Fierce’s Anastassia Gliadkovskaya about the evolving clinical trials landscape, including the challenges that practices and hospital systems alike face when it comes to scaling research programs and what physicians need to conduct research successfully. “Physicians love research as long as they have support. Most of them have done it in their training and many express frustration with the standard of care. They wish they could do something more, particularly as their career progresses.” https://lnkd.in/e-cVVXTK

“Physicians are incredibly busy people, so it requires a level of patience to communicate with them. Oftentimes it takes more than sending them a PDF of a workflow. Sometimes you have to pull up a chair next to them and reassure them on exactly what they’re going to do.” Read more about our Regional Manager, James N. McMullen, and how he brings Topography’s core values to life through managing his team. https://lnkd.in/gVRYYqxF

Dr. Kenolisa Onwueme is an incredible example of leadership in research in a community practice – and as person has the patience and generosity of spirit that are required to manage research within a busy practice. He and the overall team at Maryland’s Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates continue to build a strong community research program. Read more about his journey, how he addresses the challenges that physicians face in trials, and what goes into building a successful trials program in GI. https://lnkd.in/ev4pyZfN

“A crucial trait is being a team player. In clinical trials, collaboration is non-negotiable. If you can’t rely on the people you work with, you’re not going to be successful—whether that’s in demonstrating empathy for patients or ensuring every detail is right. Teamwork underpins everything we do.” Read more about our Director of People, Abigail Shepardson, M.Div, CDR, and how she brings Topography’s core values to life in our hiring process. https://lnkd.in/eWsdq_dD

The Topography Health team is spread across the country — in California, Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and more — serving the hundreds of physician investigators and practices we work with. Last week, we came together as a team in Nashville to strategize around how we can continue to improve the physician experience within clinical research and expand trial access for patients around the country. A highlight from our offsite was our Co-Founder and CEO, Alexander Saint-Amand speaking about the power of learning. At the very core of our mission is helping physicians navigate the challenges that come with running clinical trials so they can focus on finding new ways to contribute to medicine. If you’re interested in learning more about our approach and getting to know our team, schedule a call using the link below. https://shorturl.at/USN3L

Cristy Patterson, our Senior Director of Life Sciences Partnerships, attended #CRAACO2024 and #DPHARM2024 earlier this week in Philadelphia. Here are some of her key takeaways from the conferences. ??Supporting research-naive investigators — To increase the diversity of trial participants, we need to include more investigators who haven’t previously conducted research, but sponsors have specific criteria and infrastructure requirements that can make it harder for interested clinicians to get started. ?? Sourcing eligible patients – Patient identification continues to be a challenge, and while there is a huge range of technology solutions that can support the process, they are not one-size-fits all. ??Identifying strong partners — The right partnerships continue to hinge on building trusted relationships, and evaluating who might be the right partners is challenging, even for large organizations. ??Leading with data — Sponsors are increasingly using AI to analyze past performance data and incorporate predictive elements to determine which sites are likely to be strong performers for research. However, we need to be aware of bias, whether human-based or pre-existing, in the data used to build the models.

Dr. Rajesh Jain from Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology is a Principal Investigator who has offered clinical trials to patients for more than twenty years. He’s seen the inside of many different research models and is a big believer in Topography Health's approach. Read more about his path to research, how he selects trials, and the types of studies he finds compelling - https://lnkd.in/eR_vNTEV

From the very beginning, Topography Health’s goal has been to provide a full stack of services to practices and systems looking to run trials at scale. We’re checking in on our progress and sharing some of what we’re seeing from across our network of sites and the hundreds of physicians we partner with everyday. ?? - Topo sites have finished at the top of the study leaderboard 18 times, despite no physical sites with more than 10 physicians ?? - 100% of investigators that have started working with Topo since our launch continue to work with us today ?? - Topo principal investigators earn 4x the national average revenue ?? - Topo’s Life Sciences customers account for 83% of the total R&D for the top 20 pharma companies If you’re interested in learning more about Topography, schedule a call with our team using the link below. https://shorturl.at/USN3L

"The way we structure and run clinical operations is a big reason why physicians choose to work with Topography. Whether they are experienced at running trials, or are opening up their sites for research for the first time, details really matter. We bring a level of robust staffing, management and leadership that far surpasses industry standards to provide the strongest possible partnership." Topography's Executive Director, Clinical Operations Wendy Pinson, LPN, CCRP Pinson explains how her team addresses trial safety at every step. Read more on our Resources page: https://lnkd.in/ejpH2UKi