CLINICAL RESEARCH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CRIMSON)

As many of you may know, the Chancellor asked a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders to develop a mechanism to electronically submit and track all clinical research projects administered by the Office for Research and Sponsored Programs at UAMS.

That program that was developed and implemented in July 2007 is known as the CRIMSON module of ARIA. Now all clinical research that will be performed on the UAMS campus has to be entered into CRIMSON. When you start entering a new study into ARIA, if you check that your study will be performed on the UAMS campus, you will automatically be forwarded to CRIMSON.  In order to use CRIMSON the first time, you will need to contact Julia Washam at 686-8572 for training.  

Some key features of the CRIMSON module include:

• Electronic submission and approval of clinical research budgets
• Coverage reviews when appropriate
• Accurate assignment of research and clinical charges to appropriate accounts
• Integration with the ARIA IRB module
• New modules that permit electronic submission of other required reviews
• Contract review and approval
• Electronic routing and signoff

For more information on accessing ARIA and CRIMSON, see our RESOURCES page.