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title: CRO Daily News — October 14, 2026
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description: October 14 CRO daily: EHR-EDC Integration Standards Critical for Real-Time Clinical Trials — CRO operational teams must prepare for FDA-mandated digital data…
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### EHR-EDC Integration Standards Critical for Real-Time Clinical Trials
- FDA's real-time clinical trials initiative requires standardized eSource-EDC-EHR digital bridges to eliminate manual data transcription and paper workflows at research sites.
- Competing data standards (CDASH, CDISC, NCQA) lack regulatory enforcement; FDA and EMA must mandate a single standard like FHIR to enable scalable, repeatable integrations across studies.
- Sites face IT cost increases and change-management burden similar to historical EHR adoption; scalable eSource deployment remains limited to one-off integrations rather than industry-wide practice.

**Operational Impact**

CRO operational teams must prepare for FDA-mandated digital data standards and FHIR-based EHR integrations; sites will require IT infrastructure investment and staff retraining, increasing outsourcing demand for technology-enabled trial execution and data management services.

*Source: [Applied Clinical Trials RSS](https://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/view/real-time-clinical-trials-depend-scalable-ehr-edc-connection)*

## References

1. [Applied Clinical Trials RSS — EHR-EDC Integration Standards Critical for Real-Time Clinical Trials](https://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/view/real-time-clinical-trials-depend-scalable-ehr-edc-connection)

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