Defining site scoring parameters (weighting)

Turn site scoring off, or specify the formula used to determine how Oracle Site Select assigns a site score when turned on. Your site selection team can use the scores displayed in the site grid to determine which sites are most likely to meet key study criteria.

If your organization doesn’t use site scoring for your existing studies, you can turn it off for your existing studies to improve site grid loading time. New studies will have site scoring turned off by default, and you can turn it on if preferred. The master list scoring control has a yellow highlight when study site scoring is disabled and a green highlight when enabled.

When you have site scoring turned on, Oracle Site Select bases site scoring on the “weight” (a whole number) of the following, which must add up to 100%:

• Study fit: the relative weight to allocate for patient demographic parameters (ontological terms) that were defined for the study
• Site performance: the relative weight to allocate to a metric that indicates how well a site delivers patients compared to what was promised
• Experience: the relative weight to allocate a metric that indicates an organization’s experience in past and/or current studies

By default, a site record field with no data scores 0 for that field. If preferred, you can change the radio button setting (above the percentage fields) to assign empty fields a score of 50.

Note:

Master list creation is independent of the site scoring process, so you can proceed with your work on the master list while site scoring runs in the background. Look for a "Master list created" text note at the upper left of the grid to see the last time the master list was built.

• Set site scoring parameters (weighting)
  The integer value or "weight" defined for Study fit, Site performance, and Experience categories determines a site's score. This score provides an easy method for the selection team to quickly determine which sites meet the study criteria.