{"id":66682,"date":"2022-01-12T01:58:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T00:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.veeva.com\/eu\/?page_id=66682"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:59:37","slug":"leveraging-econsent-to-benefit-sites-and-patients","status":"publish","type":"customer-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.veeva.com\/eu\/customer-stories\/leveraging-econsent-to-benefit-sites-and-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Celerion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nHaving overseen the successful integration of eConsent into Celerion processes, Staci McDonald, Executive Director, Scientific Clinical Operations recently presented at the Veeva R&#038;D Summit. Staci explained the reason why introducing eConsent was important to Celerion, discussed practical considerations for implementation, and explained how eConsent has helped Celerion transform their onboarding process.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-30\"><strong>Chapter 1 &#8211; Why move to eConsent?<\/strong><br \/>\nThere was a strong drive for Celerion to move away from paper consents. One of the biggest was the sheer volume of paper documents that need to be printed, signed, and stored &#8211; hundreds of thousands of pages every year!<br \/>\n<a href=\"\" class=\"after-arrow-orange\" onclick=\"wistiaAPI.playSeekVideo(8); return false\" style=\"margin-top:0; font-size:18px\">Watch<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter 2 &#8211; Practical considerations for eConsent implementation<\/strong><br \/>\nCelerion considered a number of practical considerations to ensure successful implementation, including adaptation of existing processes, stakeholder training, ICF digitization, and ethics approval.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\" class=\"after-arrow-orange\" onclick=\"wistiaAPI.playSeekVideo(60); return false\" style=\"margin-top:0; font-size:18px\">Watch<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter 3 &#8211; The eConsent workflow<\/strong><br \/>\nCelerion adapted the consent workflow to incorporate ethics approval of the digital consent form, screening, and signature for the paperless process.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\" class=\"after-arrow-orange\" onclick=\"wistiaAPI.playSeekVideo(216); return false\" style=\"margin-top:0; font-size:18px\">Watch<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter 4 &#8211; Outcomes<\/strong><br \/>\nAll stakeholders (site staff, participants, and clients\/monitors) experienced significant benefits to the electronic process, including removing the previously significant need for copying documents, reducing the need for QC checks and follow-up, and improved access to documents and version control.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\" class=\"after-arrow-orange\" onclick=\"wistiaAPI.playSeekVideo(348); return false\" style=\"margin-top:0; font-size:18px\">Watch<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter 5 &#8211; Feedback from users<\/strong><br \/>\nHear what site staff, participants, and clients\/monitors had to say about the eConsent experience.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\" class=\"after-arrow-orange\" onclick=\"wistiaAPI.playSeekVideo(559); return false\" style=\"margin-top:0; font-size:18px\">Watch<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<p>Celerion is an early phase Clinical Research Organization that focuses on Phase I and clinical pharmacology studies with three clinical pharmacology units located in Europe and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>To view <a href=\"https:\/\/veevaconnect.com\/articles\/2021_RDQ_Clin_Op_11\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the full presentation<\/a> sign up to access via VeevaConnect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear how Veeva eConsent has helped Celerion transform their onboarding process &#8211; 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