Features and Benefits
All COI Management Processes are Different
COI-SMART conforms to your institution’s management process and provides you with the necessary framework to manage conflicts of interest in the manner that best fits your organization.Ease of Use
COI-SMART is an automated system, with an easy-to-use interface for respondents and reviewers, and – just as important – a user friendly administrative interface so administrators can set up and manage the system without IT support.Versatile
COI-SMART can be used for an annual COI survey process as well as for transactional, or “elective” questionnaires. It can be linked to a Research Management portal, and can provide output, if desired, for a public disclosure website.Provides Answers
COI-SMART provides sophisticated tools for the development of multi-level branching questionnaires, automated assignment of reviewers, the development of COI management plans and data mining tools for auditing, tracking and reporting on potential conflicts of interest...- Improved control over the Conflicts of Interest disclosure and review process
- Tracking and management of individual and institutional conflicts
- Automated tools to speed and facilitate the review process
- Easy-to-use interface for respondents and reviewers
- Secure Login
- Questionnaire is automatically configured for each respondent based on their roles
- One-click access to disclosure requirements, policies, definitions
- Multi-level (branching) questions based on response
- Choose from various response formats: permitted values, numeric, text, multiple choice
- Permitted values lists standardize responses for more accurate reporting and analytics
- Simple color coding indicates completion status by question
- Ability for respondents to save partially completed responses and continue later
- Disclosures are automatically forwarded to assigned reviewer queue
- Automation facilitates the review process
- Email templates and quick-text entry tools provide fast and efficient communications
- One click lookup of a respondent’s review history
- One click escalation to next level of review
- Comprehensive reporting and audit trails
- Full documentation, FAQs, and other resources
