eResearch Release 2.0

Release, February 28, 2009

Release 2.0 presentations

February 25, 2009 2 - 3:30 p.m. (Registration through IRBMED)
March 4, 2009 2 - 3:30 p.m. (Registration through IRBMED)


March 5, 2009 12 - 1:15 (Registration through IRBHSBS)
March 17, 2009 12 - 1: 15 (Registration through IRBHSBS)

Impact on submissions in progress at the time of the release.

Release Notes

New System Features

Design and Usability

The eResearch Regulatory Management system has a new look and additional functionality to make it easier to navigate throughout the application.

New Submission Workspace

  • Study Team list can be expanded or collapsed
  • The tabs have moved up on the screen
  • MAIN tab displays study status, activities and correspondence (this is the same information displayed on the Correspondence tab prior to Release 2.0)
  • Activities are now links, icons have been removed

New Form Design

  • The question boxes have been reformatted.
  • Throughout much of the application, questions conditionally display based on how the study team responded to previous questions.
  • Help displays on right-hand side of the screen. You can choose to Hide the help.

Customized Application Paths

There are new, shorter, application paths for Exempt, Not Regulated, Secondary Data Analysis, and Requesting Review by a Non-UM IRB. To use these paths select the appropriate application type in question 1-1.1.

Non-key Personnel Changes

Using the Edit Study Team Member activity, study teams will have the ability to update non-key personnel (study team members with roles of staff, consultant, or other) on approved applications without submitting an amendment.

Amendment Workflow changes

In the current system, amendments must be processed through all of the committees that reviewed the original application, even if the changes are not relevant to that committee. After Release 2.0, non-IRB committees will only review changes that are relevant to them. Details..

Clinical Research Billing

The CRBU Initial Review Form has been incorporated into section 14-1 of the human subjects application.