ATTENTION MCC MEMBERS The MCC Clinical Trial Performance Metrics Process Improvement Work Group will be holding a LIVE MEETING to discuss new study start-up quality metrics developed by the WG.   Monday, March 22, 2010 6-8pm Loews Philadelphia Hotel Open to all MCC members free of charge See MCC Member Homepage for registration information

[click here to register for meeting]   [MCC member discount code]    Wednesday, March 24, 2010 METRICS CHAMPION CONSORTIUM UPDATE 8:15am- Deploying Process Improvement and Quality Metrics that Fundamentally Improve the Clinical Trial Drug Development Process   ·         What are the pitfalls of current industry metrics? ·         What are some new approaches to measuring the quality of site selection, protocol writing and other clinical trial activities? ·         How will organizations pilot and deploy these new metrics? ·         How will the new metrics impact protocol and product development performance? Keith Dorricott, Director, Quality  Improvement, I3 RESEARCH Linda Sullivan, Vice President of Operations, MCC Dave Zuckerman, President, CUSTOMIZED IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES