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How Software Can Help

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Yours are some of the world’s most vexing challenges. Diseases continue to threaten humanity as the life sciences industry advances rapidly. Yesterday’s microarray breakthrough yields to today’s next generation sequencing. Staying focused, processing only the vital information, obtaining results, and delivering a better outcome are why you come to work each day, and why you’re tired each night.

Software Can Make a Difference

We at 5AM believe that software can help. We only work in the life sciences, and we’ve partnered with organizations that also believe software can support their work.

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Once you’ve determined that software can help you understand your data, manage your workflow, add collaborative infrastructure to a research project or clinical trial, and mitigate other challenges, you face a new challenge – the often overwhelming array of possibilities. Evaluating and making sense of these options can be difficult. Whether you purchase a solution, work with your internal IT department, whether you decide to pursue custom software, engage with 5AM to craft the solution that’s right, with low risk and a commitment that there is a solution to meet your specific needs.

“But We Have a System That...Kind of Works”

Numerous life science-specific and general business software solutions are available, from LIMS systems to spreadsheets and everything in between. Every organization is different, and sometimes the way you work just can’t be changed by the dictates of the all-purpose software solution your IT shop provides. Sometimes "almost there" isn’t enough.

5AM can provide the “glue” to customize the almost-there solution. A bridge that crosses 90% of the abyss isn’t useful. We understand this situation and can work with you and your existing software to meet your needs.

For example, we’ve engaged with the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission to customize a virtual biospecimen bank solution based on software created at the National Cancer Institute. Sometimes custom software is just right, and sometimes you need help pushing “almost there” to “just right.”

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5AM Can Join Your Team

Many organizations have internal IT departments that develop software to meet internal needs. 5AM can join your team as integrated team members, component developers, or mentors. We joined with other software development teams to complete the National Cancer Institute’s COPPA project to provide person, organization, and protocol abstraction information services to be used by numerous clinical trial software solutions.

Custom Software

Custom software can solve unique problems that cannot be addressed by commercial, off-the-shelf, or open source solutions. Organizations don’t have to “force-fit” software to their unique set of needs. Sometimes a custom solution is the right approach. However, too many custom software projects result in time and money wasted, with a so-called “solution” that is never used.

All of 5AM’s software has been deployed and is being used by clients today. We work to understand and solve your problems so that software can have an impact on your organization’s objectives. Our process and our partnership don’t create software to be shelved, only software to be used.

At 5AM, we partner with our clients, and use a software development process that minimizes risk and provides transparency every step of the way. We don’t meet with you once and disappear – we return results quickly to ensure we’re meeting your needs, and to allow corrections to be made immediately.

Additional Resources

  • Read details about how software has helped the NCI, City of Hope, and TGen in Case Studies.
  • Unsure whether software can help in your unique situation? Engage with us for Strategic Consulting – we can quickly help you assess your challenges and map a way ahead.
  • Our 100% track record may speak for itself, but we’d rather give our clients the final say – read what our clients say about our work.
  • Find out how 5AM’s unique Glassbox® Software Development Process lowers the risk of custom software development, and allows you to see progress every step of the way, on your timeframe.