Research Support and Medical Record Abstracting Services

At CARE we help organizations performing clinical research achieve their data collection goals. We navigate HIPAA hurdles better than other firms and assign the best clinical abstractors, resulting in highly predictable results that are on time, on budget and meet data integrity requirements. An unparalleled, time-tested methodology for data quality assurance and project management is our key to ensuring the reliability and validity of clinical data abstracted on every project.

Improve your outcomes - go to the source

The medical record is the most comprehensive source of detailed clinical information pertaining to all aspects of patient care and the effectiveness of that care. Yet, researchers may avoid healthcare study designs involving medical chart abstraction because of concerns about abstraction accuracy, complexity, cost and timeliness.

The question you must consider

If the chart abstraction for your next study could be performed accurately, smoothly and within budget and time constraints, would you be able to deliver more robust data analysis and ultimately advance your organization’s research goals?

If you answered yes, then CARE has a solution for you.

What you can expect from the professionals at CARE

• Accountability with superior project management leadership, ensuring optimal productivity within defined quality and data-management parameters.
• Ability to create customized case report forms and data collection tools based on study protocol parameters, including consideration of data element constraints, database management and data analysis concerns, audit issues and reporting requirements.
• Extensive clinical experience and talent in supporting a wide variety of chart abstraction and coding projects, including clinical research and reporting partnerships with:
  • The Rand Corporation
  • Pharmaceutical clinical research organizations
  • Academic biostatistics centers
• Guaranteed achievement of study objectives.

“CARE’s team of HIM professionals is second to none. Their attention to detail and commitment to quality make them an excellent resource”

- Dr. Steven Asche, Rand Corporation

“The procurement and abstraction of charts for this large study of screening for lung cancer is complex and challenging. Medical records from diverse sources, both inpatient and outpatient, are collected on thousands of study participants in more than twenty hospitals across the country. These records document health care utilization and clinical outcomes over a period of time spanning several years. Care Communications took on the challenge and brought it to fruition with remarkable resourcefulness, flexibility and professionalism.”

- Constantine Gatsonis, Ph.D., Principle Investigator & Professor, Community Health,
  Brown University

Please contact Roberta Peters by selecting the contact now link at the bottom of the page and let us help you customize your project.