Merge CIMS to provide imaging capabilities for five-year global oncology study

Merge Healthcare Incorporated, a global corporation dedicated to health IT interoperability solutions, announced that Omnicare Clinical Research, a full service Contract Research Organization (CRO) and subsidiary of Omnicare, Inc, will work with Merge’s clinical trial solutions in a major new clinical trial. A long-standing user of the Merge EDC™ clinical trials application, Omnicare Clinical Research will now will implement Merge CIMS™ as a part of its end-to-end solution for image management of oncology, cardiology and ophthalmology clinical trials.

Mark Penniston, Senior Vice President, Biometrics, Data Management, Clinical Writing and eTechnologies at Omnicare Clinical Research explained, We needed a comprehensive image management solution to support our customer’s imaging requirements for this new clinical trial, as well as for upcoming studies. We feel we can now offer best-of-breed solutions to our Sponsor organizations, particularly those in image-intensive studies such as oncology