With increasing frequency, TMF stakeholders face a completeness crisis at TMF close-out.  Delays in TMF closure increase regulatory risk, derail regulatory submissions, and can endanger an entire project. Sponsors, when asked about the growing trend of TMF incompleteness, are likely to cite a challenging relationship with a CRO. Regulators, however, have little sympathy for this…

Your choice of eTMF system, performance metrics, quality system, and any other TMF initiative are critical, but ultimately the success of your TMF is secured through the engagement and competency of your TMF team. At LMK, we believe the most important features of your TMF are people and that innovative TMF training is as important…

Change isn’t easy. Although your current TMF system may no longer align with your team’s goals, the prospect of migrating to a new eTMF system can be intimidating. Selecting the correct eTMF system for your team’s needs is only an initial step. Deployment of a new eTMF system requires training, updated processes and SOPs, complete…

About LMK’s Mindful TMF Series Your palms are sweaty. Your pulse races when you hear the news. You’d do anything for a few more hours to prepare and you might work all night. It’s TMF inspection day and now it’s too late to make a meaningful change. At LMK Clinical Research Consulting, we know the…

About LMK’s Mindful TMF Series Your palms are sweaty. Your pulse races when you hear the news. You’d do anything for a few more hours to prepare and you might work all night. It’s TMF inspection day and now it’s too late to make a meaningful change. At LMK Clinical Research Consulting, we know the…

  About LMK’s Mindful TMF Series Your palms are sweaty. Your pulse races when you hear the news. You’d do anything for a few more hours to prepare and you might work all night. It’s TMF inspection day and now it’s too late to make a meaningful change. At LMK Clinical Research Consulting we know…

TMF Stress Your palms are sweaty. Your pulse races when you hear the news. You’d do anything for a few more hours to prepare and you might work all night. It’s TMF inspection day and now it’s too late to make a meaningful change.   TMF stress is why clinical documentation might be the least…

In a recent blog post, Sholeh Ehdaivand, President and CEO of LMK Clinical Research Consulting, discussed the benefits of migrating from paper or hybrid TMF to eTMF. In her blog post, Sholeh wrote at length about the potential of a “shiny, new eTMF system”. Simply put, the transformative potential of the eTMF is astounding.  Beyond…

The New Year is a time to examine old routines and make new ones. Early in the year, we all can embrace a blank calendar and blank slate of ideas, goals, and resolutions. This year, at LMK, we’re challenging you to take up our resolution – to ban the Note to File (NTF). Yes, our…