The Velos-EPIC interface ("RPE") was launched last week to synchronize research protocol data across the IRB Manager system (BRANY), the IRIS System (Einstein-Montefiore IRB), the Velos Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), and EPIC. Below is a more detailed overview of the interface:

1) Research studies created in either IRB system are imported into Velos and study team members are then notified by the system to complete information in the Velos system. Staff can now verify/enter basic study summary information, upload relevant non-IRB related documents (e.g. contracts, budgets etc.), and verify study team roles of all key personnel and identify other personnel who will require access to the study in EPIC. 2) Upon IRB approval of a study in either IRB system, the study team will be notified by the system to activate the study in Velos (when appropriate) and indicate if the study should also be established in EPIC. 3) Upon activation in Velos, the study will be created in the EPIC system in real time with all relevant information including NCT number, IRB number, and the list of study team members who require access to the study in EPIC. 4) Patient status will be documented in Velos by study coordinators with relevant information including status dates, physician, etc, and the interface then updates patient information in EPIC. Active start and end dates which are required for EPIC research billing will also be updated in real time. 

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Einstein-Montefiore translational investigators continue to succeed in obtaining funding. One of these investigators with a recent grant award is Robert Kaplan PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health and Dorothy and William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Chair in Social Medicine for his R01 titled, Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Multi-ethnic Physical Activity & Sedentary Behavior Study (COMPASS).