BOSTON — AG Mednet has added Microsoft Office integration to Judi, its clinical trial optimization platform, allowing trial teams to create, edit and collaborate on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents without leaving the system.
The company said the integration brings document drafting under the same permissions and audit trail used for other study activities, reducing the need for offline files, duplicate versions and email-based collaboration.
Previously, documents such as charters, meeting minutes and memos were often drafted outside Judi, circulated for review and uploaded once finalized. AG Mednet said that process could create gaps in audit trails and increase the risk of sensitive patient information being stored in uncontrolled locations.
“The audit trail in most trials has a gap precisely where the judgment happens,” said Abraham Gutman, Founder and CEO of AG Mednet. “Putting Office inside Judi closes that gap, so the reasoning is captured with the same rigor as the result.”
With the integration, document access can be controlled by user role and workflow stage. A file can be editable during one part of a process and automatically become read-only at another stage.
The platform also supports real-time co-authoring, allowing sponsors, contract research organizations, academic research organizations, clinical sites and committees to work in a single document rather than circulate multiple copies.
AG Mednet said the integration is designed to reduce accidental exposure of protected health information by keeping sensitive trial documents within Judi rather than on individual desktops or in email attachments.
“Narratives hold the most sensitive text in a trial,” Gutman said. “Inside Judi it doesn’t, because the controls travel with the document rather than with the person handling it.”
The Microsoft Office integration is available across trial functions including data safety monitoring, protocol development, patient eligibility and study startup. It works with customers’ existing Microsoft Office licenses.
